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I’d rather you sign up with this site than any of the others I’ve listed so far, they charge a lot less, but I still don’t think it’s worth your money.

Magnum Escorts don’t claim to be an escort agency, they say they’re an escort advertising site, which is true. They don’t make many claims at all, preferring to leave it up to your imagination, there are a few though. When I searched for “escort agency” on google, their ad tried to entice me with promises of finding work as an escort and unlimited earning potential. The bit about finding work probably won’t happen, and unlimited earning potential doesn’t really mean anything.

Here’s an excerpt from their FAQ:

How many bookings can I expect to get?

There are no guarantees as to how many bookings you may get. We would like our escorts to have at least one booking per week to  start of with. Our aggressive advertising campaign, both online and in newspapers, is intended to attract more than enough members for us to expect these levels of bookings for our escorts.

No guarantees, but they’d like you to have at least one booking per week. Well, I’d like you to have your very own rocket ship and a pony, but that doesn’t mean you should give me money.

Oh, but that bit about their aggressive advertising campaign is a lie. I’m not going to go searching newspapers for their ads, but I did search google.

I first found Magnum Escorts when I searched for ‘escort agency’ and their ad came up in the sidebar. It said, “Find Work as an Escort. Publish your online profile now. Unlimited earning potential!”. Note that my query is the sort of thing I’d enter if I was looking to book an escort, but they’re more interested in signing me up to work. And why not? I have to pay to advertise with them, but if I just want to book an escort they don’t get any money.

I searched for some more terms I might use if I was looking to book an escort. ‘UK escorts’, ‘male escorts’ and ‘female escorts’. Magnum Escorts didn’t appear either in the ads or the first 30 search results for any of these terms.

Then I searched for ‘”Magnum Escorts”‘, to see what references to them I could find on the web. The only results in the first 40 that had anything to do with magnumescorts.com were pages from their own site, several ads on ukclassifieds.com which no longer exist, and one article warning about scams. I can’t speak for their newspaper campaign, but their online campaign is severely lacking in aggression at the time of writing.

If you want to be an escort read this, and don’t give money to just anyone who says they can find you work.

A BBC article about male escort agency scams.

Prompted by the story of a man who signed up with Elegance 4 Her (www.elegance4her.com) and Male Recruitment (www.malerecruitment.com) but only ever received bookings that were canceled at the last minute, BBC Wales investigates. They talk to someone who claims to have worked for the companies, and a forensic accountant.

There are a lot of scams like this out there. Please read this and don’t believe everything you’re told (yes, that includes here, do your research!)

Sexy Escorts (www.sexyescorts.uk.com) apprears to be a scam posing as an escort agency. There are lots of real escort agencies out there and lots of scams, this one has all the hallmarks of a scam, specifically the registration fee scam.

Please read this, and whatever you do in life, make sure you understand your situation before giving someone money.

Charming Escorts (www.charmingemployment.co.uk) is a scam escort agency. It seems to be the new name for Network Escorts / Network Employment, which you can read about here.

If you’re not convinced, look at the many similarities between charmingemployment.co.uk and networkescorts.co.uk. Then, if you think that Network Escorts might have copied Charming Escorts, have a look at Network Escorts’ archive on the WayBack Machine (starting in June 2005) and consider that Charming Escorts only registered their domain in February of 2008.

For future reference, anyone who tells you that you can make a living as a straight male escort is almost certainly lying. Read this article on SW5, and maybe this one on SAAFE, too.

If you want to be an escort, there are a lot of people who will try to scam you out of your money. Please learn the difference between real escort agencies and fake ones, and don’t give anyone any money until you’ve done some proper research.

Here’s an article that describes common scams. Have a look at the Escort Advice and Escort Discussion sites on the right for information that will help you if you decide to be an escort.

We believe that Candy Escorts (www.candyescorts.com) is a scam posing as an escort agency. It doesn’t operate like real escort agencies, instead it has many of the hallmarks of the Registration Fee Scam described in this article. A lot of people have been caught out by scams like this and you’ll find discussions of it on various escort forums. If you want to be an escort, please do your research and don’t allow yourself to be taken advantage of.

(This warning does not apply to eyecandy-escorts.com or candyshopescorts.co.uk, which both appear to be legitimate escort agencies.)

Are you here because you’re considering an exciting new career as a male escort with Elegance4Her (www.elegance4her.com)? I’m here to burst your bubble. Elegance4Her describes itself as an escort agency, but if you look at what they’re actually offering, you’ll see that they’re really a very expensive advertising site. Running an expensive advertising site is the best way to get along in the straight male escort market, because in reality there’s hardly any demand. If you don’t believe that, at least consider the fact that you could have your very own website professionally designed for less than the cost of a publicly viewable ad on Elegance4Her.

The scam that Elegance 4 Her is opererating is explained on SW5 and SAAFE. If you want to go into business as an escort, please do your research first.

We believe that Men At Work (www.menatwork.uk.com) is a scam escort agency which exists only to take money from people who want to be escorts. It has all the hallmarks of the registration fee scam described in this article. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before giving anyone your money.

Please note, this warning does not apply to Colin Hay or any of the other former members of Men At Work. They’re ace.

We believe that Majestic Escorts (www.majestic-escorts.com) is a scam escort agency which exists only to take money from people who want to be escorts. It has all the hallmarks of the registration fee scam described in this article. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before giving anyone your money.

Please note that there is another agency with the name Majestic Escorts, at majestic-escorts.co.uk. I don’t know anything about them, but they don’t appear to be affiliated with majestic-escorts.com. This warning does NOT apply to majestic-escorts.co.uk.

Chocolate.babycakes paid £325 to European Escorts. She was immdiately told she had a booking but that was then cancelled. Two weeks later she was still out-of-pocket.

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=395.msg3297#msg3297

Vixxy and her mum registered with Hilton Escorts. After paying £700 they haven’t been able to contact anyone at the “agency”. Fortunately they used a credit card so they can reverse the charges!

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=504.0

Our understanding is that Hilton Escorts (www.hiltonescorts.com) is a scam operation. They pose as an escort agency, but in reality all they do it take money from people who want to be escorts.

It’s a common scam, the registration fee scam. You can read about it here. The scam is well-documanted around the internet, along with people’s problems with Hilton Escorts. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before you think about giving anyone money.

Our understanding is that European Escorts (www.europeanescorts.co.uk) is a scam operation. They pose as an escort agency, but in reality all they do it take money from people who want to be escorts.

It’s a common scam, the registration fee scam. You can read about it here. The scam is well-documented around the internet, along with people’s problems with European Escorts. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before you think about giving anyone money.

Please note, there is a directory called European Escorts at www.european-escorts.net. I don’t know anything about the site, but it looks like a legitimate directory with no connection to europeanescorts.co.uk. This warning does NOT apply to european-escorts.net.

Ruff Diamond’s girlfriend was told by Escortopia that an American man wanted to book her. After paying the registration fee she heard nothing from him.

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=437.msg3754#msg3754

Escortopia told andrew123 and his friend that they could guarantee them at least four bookings each. Since paying the registration fee they haven’t been able to contact anyone at the company.

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=374.15

After declining to give escortopia their money, cassie and lexie were both offered a special rate of £75. Lexie received the offer from someone who she’d been told had been fired.

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=374.15

Marikboy1 paid the registration fee after being promised a booking which never materialised.

http://www.saafe.info/main/index.php?topic=395.msg3288#msg3288

To the best of our knowledge, Beautiful Adults (www.beautifuladults.com) is a fake escort agency which exists only to take money from people who want to be escorts.

They are operating a common scam, the registration fee scam, which has been written about here and here, amongst other places. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before you consider giving anyone money.

To the best of our knowledge, escortopia.co.uk is a fake escort agency which exists only to take money from people who want to be escorts.

They are operating a common scam, the registration fee scam, which has been written about here and here, amongst other places. If you want to be an escort, please do your research before you consider giving anyone money.

Please note, there is a Candian site called Escortopia at escortopia.com. I don’t know anything about that site but I believe it is a legitimate operation with no connection to escortopia.co.uk. This warning does NOT apply to escortopia.com.