LL. What is with all the fake ads?

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Seriously. Can someone explain the sheer volume of postings with phone numbers that come back with no hits and clearly fake photos? I’m using both tineye and GIS because they don’t always have the same results.
I’m not sure why SPs don’t post at least one pic holding a copy of the local paper. You’d think that they suffer more from the fake ads than anyone.
My question is basically, what’s the end game of getting someone to text a fake number? Are there really that many fools sending e-transfers?
Is this a YWG thing, or is this happening everywhere?
 

westwoody

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If you use GIS or to eye then good for you. Very few guys do image search judging from the 411 queries.
Ads can include well known porn stars or have watermarks and guys still ask.
Many reviews have included “not the girl in the pics but I stayed” so obviously fake pics work fine. Ripping off fools is a tax on stupidity.

Fake numbers go both ways: guys text using apps all the time.
 

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honestly I've seen evidence that LL may be posting its own fake ads, so that our ads get pushed down faster and we have to pay more.
Yeah LL is coming close to killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
Their rates are absurd. There needs to be competition for sp revenue.
 

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There is a thread on Victoria 411 .. Legitimate SPs .. A list of confirmed legit MP, SP, and some TS advertisers on LL. This might soon get expanded to Nanaimo as well , covering most of South Vancouver Island.. ..Someone might want to compile a list for the mainland as well.. Or other areas... Just a thought... For what its worth..
 

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honestly I've seen evidence that LL may be posting its own fake ads, so that our ads get pushed down faster and we have to pay more.
I think there may be something to this, and there's certainly plenty of fraud artists out there using fake pics and asking for deposits. All they need is 1 or 2 suckers a day and it more than pays for itself. When I have looked at the local ads near me, at least 1/3 or more are clearly fake or at least questionable. LL doesn't care 1 bit about the fakes/scams, they just keep making money. Phone sex ads, Viagra, ads clearly stolen from reputable ladies in other cities, snap chat sellers and cam models, all seem to be welcome.
 

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Yeah LL is coming close to killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
Their rates are absurd. There needs to be competition for sp revenue.
Yes at 4.29 euro per unverified ad bump, little less if you autobump 3 at a time and again cheaper if your pics are verified it can get very expensive. If you want to stay on page one you have to bump about every 30-40 minutes depending on the time of day.
 

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As I've previously stated in past. All the more reason you & every other lady, agencies etc , should abandon LL and be, and keep on riding Perb.

To me, LL is a new version of backpage & erslist. I'm still a bit surprised that PERB doesn't have a swarm load more ladies coming on board. Personally, I don't bother with LL. Only this forum.



honestly I've seen evidence that LL may be posting its own fake ads, so that our ads get pushed down faster and we have to pay more.
 

Angela Angel

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There is another element to the fake ads in the Okanagan...when I first created my massage website the fake ads started the day after I posted it, when BP was going. The first time I posted verified pictures in the massage section on Leolist there were 30 fake ads posted in the massage section within 24 hours, it was even commented on here a while back about this. Leolist was made aware of this. I am constantly followed by fake ads that are posted as deferral, mockery bs, diminishment & drama ads. Behind several of the ads are some who seem to fixate on creating this BS..oh and yes there are several who use them to fool gents out of their money.
 
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Well that all makes sense. So back to, why don’t SPs post an obvious real pic with a newspaper? Maybe none are old enough to remember the PLO or the IRA doing that ?
 

Relax10

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Fake ads like fake girls on Match/dating websites scamming people will always be around. A few big reasons is the fact most dont do their homework/due diligence/research or refuse/fail to take the too good to be true pill. As someone in this hobby who's in/has been in an unique spot where as I'm around a bunch of hobbyists and have known many over the years this is the main trend. For some reason (hint hint) many men just see a photo and just jump in blindly then get scammed/robbed/ripped off. Now granted there are some real women new to the industry that don't have reviews or info yet. So someone needs to TOFTT. But it's alarming how some men will see a photo of the hottest women in the world offering everything on the menu for $10 bucks an hour (ok way exaggerated but you get the point). And yeah ok maybe the spring break tale of a guy getting a blowie on from a hot college gal for $10 because she lost her purse to get a cab ride to her hotel happened. To good to be true sometimes is what it is. Not here to argue SP's different rate structures I'm sure there are quality and fakes all over the map.

In the US over the years fake ads have overran Craigslist so I stopped looking long before the they removed all ads, My Redbook and Regional boards had some but not as much because it was attached to a review board and making it easier to get info. Which is also why I have more faith in the Perb/Merb/Terb. City Vibe probably at least for a few years had the fewest fakes Ive heard of/seen. Eros Guide has not been too bad either. At one point it felt like a 75/25% real/fake rate. And way more fakes in the US on that there. Ive found good success using that in :canada: and cross checking info on Perb or asking people I know. BP in the US was holy crap at one point 30/70% real/fake ads and not worth the wasted of time. Not sure how BP fared on this side of the border for success/scam rate. Rub maps is around but thats such a hit or miss and adding the heighten risk LE no thanks. There are no guarantees, once a scammer finds a quality product they will find away to work the system. Just like in other industries. And the fake goods from the the fakes goods capital is another thread.

Now as for another area of fakes.....I get some establishments have SP's that don't want to use their real photos so they use very close images however, the overwhelming amount of B&S really screws the legit places that do this. Im sure every legit SP, Instagram model, porn star and even relagur chick has had their photos used dozens of times. Add to this the photoshop fakes. Hiding a mole is one thing but go in for DD boobs and get minus A's is another. I don't mind taking a tattoo off so people don't recognize you and I like tats (Addison Richards has them done very sexy) but damn when all tats are photo shopped out then you show up and the SP is covered in all tats you can't tell if she's naked or can't even find the nipples is a bit over the top :shocked:.........Can't lie my Tinder penis is way bigger then in person, thanks photo shop.......I'm kidding ladies that's really mine :lol:.

Happy Sunday :bounce:
 

rlock

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I keep reporting the viagra ads, but I don't know if it does anything.

Another is of course seeing the same "girl" advertising in multiple places at the same time (Victoria, Van, Winnipeg, NB, NS, Ottawa... etc.)

But the fakery is definitely increasing.
 

WashboardAbs

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Just have to say we are lucky to have this forum. Without it, many of us would be bilked out of much more money than we already have. If you've been doing this as long as I have, you will have been scammed at least a few times. For those old enough to remember, the most reliable way to find a girl back in the day was one of three ways: The Buy n' Sell newspaper had ads, the escort agencies would let you look at the entire line-up without asking for money, or you'd cruise for hookers and see what you can find. I've been lucky that since using this forum I have had many more positive experiences. But, it also is not like it used to be. There was a plethora of good escort agencies around before they were all shut down.
 

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I keep reporting the viagra ads, but I don't know if it does anything.

Another is of course seeing the same "girl" advertising in multiple places at the same time (Victoria, Van, Winnipeg, NB, NS, Ottawa... etc.)

But the fakery is definitely increasing.
That is why I stick with SPs that I know aren't fake.
You can report all you want....fake ads is money for them and they do not care.
 

rlock

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Still, I like the layout and searching system better than many other sites. It just needs to clean up its act a bit to re-establish quality. But I guess $$$ trumps all.
 

Miss Hunter

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Yea, they lost me when I saw proof of internally generated dummy ads (created to force providers in to bumping more?). With their payment processing going all crazy, this turn of events is eerily too similar to the events prior to BP going down.
I saw screenshots on twitter a couple days ago that appeared to be from a glitch in their internally generated fake ads. I’m not impressed with how they run their business, at the same time I’m not at all surprised.
 

Miss Hunter

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Still, I like the layout and searching system better than many other sites. It just needs to clean up its act a bit to re-establish quality. But I guess $$$ trumps all.
I don’t think they care to clean up their site. The way it is now it’s easy for them to blend their bot ads amongst all the scammer ads. That site is a cesspool.
 
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