...and what can happen to a seemingly "reputable" provider.  I bring the reputable part up because this young women appears to enjoy a good reputation and has a nice chart of high scoring reviews.  She is not some unknown tart that decided she'd supplement/enhance her OF career with some real life p4p.  This is an example of a relatively minor issue, a bunch of dudes lost a few hundred bucks.  But...

I feel very bad for her situation and if I were one of the guys that had sent her a $200 deposit that will never be returned, I'd check it off as a cost of doing business that would have zero impact on my life if not refunded.  That said, I might hold out hope for chance to meet her sometime in the future if she gets herself in a better place and maybe she'd honor the payment.  Her mea culpa seems sincere and heart breaking but she also includes a pretty damning statement I have pulled from her post.

"Maybe it's not the MOST responsible but I am also not going to starve, I know clients hate hearing those things but I will do what I can to eat & have basic necessities."

Seems like a harmless statement anyone could make but in this case, she is referring to misappropriation of funds which, in fact is embezzlement.   If she held a license as a professional she would likely be charged accordingly.  

Going back to the part where she justifies dipping into the deposits to feed, clothe or shelter herself would also indicate to any sane person that at some point, she might just get hungry enough to cash in her greatest annuity...that treasure chest of incriminating correspondence and personal intel so many guys willfully gave up for her or her future handler(s).  

I have zero doubt that the vast majority of the ladies requesting PII have anything but the best of intentions but what happens when things go wrong?  For the provider, there's zero liability involved in retaining that info forever.  It costs nothing to store it.  If they don't ever intend to use it, why go thru the hassle of deleting/scrubbing it from their devices as some claim they certainly do.  

I will take her situation as presented and I hope she gets better.  If the ladies want to set up a gofundme, I'll contribute if I can figure out a way to not create a paper trail.  I'll offer the first lady to PM me a fresh, unused $25 amazon code simply on her word that she'll forward the $25 to this gal.  If she wants to match it, I'll up it to $50.