TS Gia Avery - Brixton - WARNING: Deposit scammer

[cptcoconut]

Went off the positive posted by e4c69 - unfortunately I had a very different experience (not disputing his review at all, but just a fair warning that YMMV). She scammed me of a £50 deposit, which I was dumb enough to give her.

Service: would have been 1hr £250, did not happen, she asked for a £50 deposit which I've now lost.

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Date: Dec 23

So this TS looked really hot and given the fairly recent positive I figured why not - Whatsapped her and got a fairly prompt response, confirmed a date, but then she asked for a £50 deposit, via bank transfer/gift card/cashapp. I coughed up the cash and she confirmed the booking (this was all about a week in advance). Day before, I message to confirm we were still on - no response. Morning of, I again message to confirm, starting to get worried now - still no response (we had booked an afternoon slot). Eventually she gets back to me, saying she couldn't meet as her "boiler had broken again", suggesting another weekday (which she knew I couldn't do as I had said I could only do weekends). I explained as such, and she suggested she "hang on to the deposit for a new year booking", which I declined and asked for a refund.

At first looked like it was going ok and I was going to get my money back, as she asked for my bank details to do the refund, and said she would message when it was sent. Day went past with nothing, and I checked in the next day - she responded to say it would be sent that day, again nothing. Over course of the next week or so I sent daily messages, all of which were ignored.

Given the speed of asking for deposit and the lack of communication leading up to when the appointment was meant to happen - and the subsequent responses to try and delay as much as possible, I have doubts as to whether she actually ever intended to meet, in hindsight whole thing feels like a pure deposit scam and she never intended to fulfil the booking, the boiler excuse notwithstanding. The "your money is coming" thing feels like a delaying tactic, possibly hoping that I would forget about the whole thing? Idk.

I do acknowledge the existing positive review, and so it's possible YMMV - but just a fair warning, if you give her a deposit be prepared that you'll lose it and the meet may not happen. Hope everyone has the chance to learn from my sorry mistake, I'm gonna avoid paying deposits from now on (yes I know, dumb rookie error!)   

[cptcoconut]

Mods - sorry realised I somehow clicked the wrong link and this is not showing up in the reviews section, is it possible to move it or shall I resubmit as a review?

[SonofAJohn]

OP, if you want your deposit back.
I would suggest you gather all the evidence you have and put it on all her social media accounts. That could assist you in getting your funds back.

[myothernameis]

she asked for a £50 deposit which I've now lost.

How did you pay, and if by debt card, request to your bank, a charge-back, for services not received

[cptcoconut]

OP, if you want your deposit back.
I would suggest you gather all the evidence you have and put it on all her social media accounts. That could assist you in getting your funds back.

Thanks - ultimately it's not worth the grief imho, and there could be potential blowback on me which I'm not willing to risk. I'm going to take this as a (very expensive and stupid!) lesson, and hope that this warning tale will at least save some other poor shmuck from getting scammed.

[cptcoconut]

How did you pay, and if by debt card, request to your bank, a charge-back, for services not received

By direct bank transfer - honestly I don't know of any indie prossies who would have the facility to take a deposit by debit card transaction, think you need to be set up as a business to do that? Given direct bank transfer the chargeback wont work I don't think.

[myothernameis]

By direct bank transfer - honestly I don't know of any indie prossies who would have the facility to take a deposit by debit card transaction, think you need to be set up as a business to do that? Given direct bank transfer the chargeback wont work I don't think.

Done some checking on google, might be of help.  So considering the escort has scammed you out of £50, has she done this to anyone else

If you were to contact bank, you dont need to go into the details, so think all you need to tell them, you were asked for a deposit of £50, for a named service, which you didn't receive

Can you claim back a bank transfer?   If you paid by bank transfer or Direct Debit

Contact your bank immediately to let them know what's happened and ask if you can get a refund. Most banks should reimburse you if you've transferred money to someone because of a scam.

[cptcoconut]

Done some checking on google, might be of help.  So considering the escort has scammed you out of £50, has she done this to anyone else

If you were to contact bank, you dont need to go into the details, so think all you need to tell them, you were asked for a deposit of £50, for a named service, which you didn't receive

Thanks yeah that might be a good shout, I'll give it a go. I've not really got much to lose anyway, worst case scenario I guess the bank just says no

[cptcoconut]

Mods - sorry realised I somehow clicked the wrong link and this is not showing up in the reviews section, is it possible to move it or shall I resubmit as a review?

Mods - this one's a negative, please can it be moved to reviews, thanks v much

[williambream]

I don't understand these people, if you scam the wrong person they'll come after you and if you continue offering services it's very easy to end up in a situation where you're getting the shit kicked out of you - all for £50.

Far too high risk to the reward.

[Sebstyles7]

I met her a number of years ago (thought I'd reviewed on here but might have been pre UKP days).  Had a great time and seemed a nice lass.  There was no deposit from memory.  Sorry this has happened to you.

[cptcoconut]

Went off the positive posted by e4c69 - unfortunately I had a very different experience (not disputing his review at all, but just a fair warning that YMMV). She scammed me of a £50 deposit, which I was dumb enough to give her.

Service: would have been 1hr £250, did not happen, she asked for a £50 deposit which I've now lost.

Website:
External Link/Members Only
External Link/Members Only
External Link/Members Only or External Link/Members Only

Date: Dec 23

So this TS looked really hot and given the fairly recent positive I figured why not - Whatsapped her and got a fairly prompt response, confirmed a date, but then she asked for a £50 deposit, via bank transfer/gift card/cashapp. I coughed up the cash and she confirmed the booking (this was all about a week in advance). Day before, I message to confirm we were still on - no response. Morning of, I again message to confirm, starting to get worried now - still no response (we had booked an afternoon slot). Eventually she gets back to me, saying she couldn't meet as her "boiler had broken again", suggesting another weekday (which she knew I couldn't do as I had said I could only do weekends). I explained as such, and she suggested she "hang on to the deposit for a new year booking", which I declined and asked for a refund.

At first looked like it was going ok and I was going to get my money back, as she asked for my bank details to do the refund, and said she would message when it was sent. Day went past with nothing, and I checked in the next day - she responded to say it would be sent that day, again nothing. Over course of the next week or so I sent daily messages, all of which were ignored.

Given the speed of asking for deposit and the lack of communication leading up to when the appointment was meant to happen - and the subsequent responses to try and delay as much as possible, I have doubts as to whether she actually ever intended to meet, in hindsight whole thing feels like a pure deposit scam and she never intended to fulfil the booking, the boiler excuse notwithstanding. The "your money is coming" thing feels like a delaying tactic, possibly hoping that I would forget about the whole thing? Idk.

I do acknowledge the existing positive review, and so it's possible YMMV - but just a fair warning, if you give her a deposit be prepared that you'll lose it and the meet may not happen. Hope everyone has the chance to learn from my sorry mistake, I'm gonna avoid paying deposits from now on (yes I know, dumb rookie error!)   

UPDATE: She saw this post and gave me my refund. Clearly prompted by my posting this, as she suddenly made contact today after having previously ghosted me, and specifically asked me to amend my review on UKP after I'd confirmed receipt.

I'm aware there's no way to amend a review once it's posted, and in any event I stand by my original comments, but will add the following: yes I did eventually get my money back, so if that's all the comfort you needed for a booking with her I guess that's a positive. I will note however that when I was trying to resolve this without publicizing it on UKP, I was completely ignored for a week, it was only the post here that finally got me anywhere. I would still exercise caution if she asks you for a deposit - there's definitely risk there.

[charliepie]

Glad you got there in the end but it was a bit silly of her to mess you around over £50 which probably isn't much to her!

[Gethin_Thomas]

Not paying deposits is pretty much a golden rule. Glad you got your money back. Don't amend, as you say it was only the prospect of a dusty phone that got her to act.

[8MillionDollarMan]

Glad you got your money back OP,what a stupid girl ruining her rep.

[MMab69]

Done some checking on google, might be of help.  So considering the escort has scammed you out of £50, has she done this to anyone else

If you were to contact bank, you dont need to go into the details, so think all you need to tell them, you were asked for a deposit of £50, for a named service, which you didn't receive

There is no way the bank will pay you back this money. If made by bank transfer your banking app asks you if you have recently been asked to make payment by someone you have never met before, whehter you know the person etc
The bank more or less warns you of the risks of making payment to a new person , also depending on the bank they can verify the  name of the persons account when you set them up
However once you give the go ahead to  make payment - thats it.  you are lucky if (from the  later posts i can see ) the person pays you the money back

[cptcoconut]

There is no way the bank will pay you back this money. If made by bank transfer your banking app asks you if you have recently been asked to make payment by someone you have never met before, whehter you know the person etc
The bank more or less warns you of the risks of making payment to a new person , also depending on the bank they can verify the  name of the persons account when you set them up
However once you give the go ahead to  make payment - thats it.  you are lucky if (from the  later posts i can see ) the person pays you the money back

Can confirm the bank support went nowhere - it was still pending by the time I'd gotten the refund, so told them to abandon it.

[suchagooday]

I recently got in touch with her and I was asked for a deposit in order to book.
Thanks for sharing this as I might have ended up paying for it and getting ghosted.

[adx4646]

I'm curious if anyone met her after this review and had a positive session? Saw her reviews before this (admittedly it was back from 2021/2022) and they seemed positive, so maybe it's just a one-off incident.

[Snagbadjer]

There was an article in the paper today about a quasi-legal plumbing training course telling trainees to specifically target old, white, British people for "up-selling" (aka fraud). I'm not saying this is in any way racial, but the mentality is same in that dishonest and amoral SPs (and their handlers) play the percentage game by going after perceived weaker targets in order to steal as much as they can for as little risk as possible and then pay the odd bit back on the rare occasion someone actually kicks off.

[Mikebanana]

I'm curious if anyone met her after this review and had a positive session? Saw her reviews before this (admittedly it was back from 2021/2022) and they seemed positive, so maybe it's just a one-off incident.

I have to say, after numerous wanks looking at her online material I ignored the negative reviews here and met her about two weeks ago. I will right a full review soon, but it was definitely a positive… except for that I busted really quick lol!

[flybynightpm]

I saw her pre-boob job sometime in 2020 and I have to admit she was an absolute babe. Visited a flat near Old Street a few times, really dingy but we fucked like mad things, she was quite loose in the back door department and  I took an age to come, not sure I'd return if a deposit is required, something I will never do and alot can change in 5+ years.