are they legit or part of scam? Here is an example

http://raleigh.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/very_athletic_very_naughty_strictly_part_time_25/classifieds/ViewAd?oid=1452336

the pictures are very enticing but is this really an ad from an escort?

''Use the private anonymous text for contact. Send the word 'tango' to the number 22428, answer Y (yes) to get in, then ask for me, 'andra25'. I'll get your message and chat you right back.''

 Can you send a text to a number like above that does not have the number of digits of a cell # ?
She looks damn good . I can see how you are tempted.

it is a scam found this on the web

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090805230944AAxx8mE

Yes sir
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/571841.html


''US Cellnet apparently leases access to this number, and several
others, to 3rd party content providers (such as the person who placed
the personal ad looking to "chat" with someone).  Code 22428 is used
for SMS Operator Chat (OPCHAT), a service allowing users to
communicate with live operators employed by the service provider for a
fee (eg. advice lines, live psychics).  There are other codes which
allow a service provider to offer horoscopes and jokes, ringtones,
graphics, and micro-billing services.  Adult services are supposedly
prohibited, though I doubt that they can, or even would want to,
police them very diligently.


The schedule of fees that US Cellnet allows providers to charge their
customers is at: http://www.cellnetinfo.com/index.php?pi=rates.htm


It appears that a Chat SMS is $0.99 per message.

Remember, these are not telephone services, so they are not regulated
in the same manner as 900 lines.''

Damn she looked nice though ,good call that you did not  text  her .

it looks like a scam, but what is even scarier is she's advertising little blue pills, as in viagra.  

Isn't possession of medicine not prescribed to you pretty much the same as possession of illegal drugs?

There are way too many warning signs on this ad and too many quality reputable ladies around here to risk responding to this ad.

it should have been known to be a scam to begin with what provider do you know will ask you to contact them through a text message anyway? without  a valid phone number or e-mail address to be contacted at screams BIG ASS SCAM no matter how good the pics look although they are fakes. use your head it will save you the embarrassment and money in the future when you see something like that again.

it would not be hard really. there are a lot of send an SMS over the web. and with some judicious software it would not be hard to create an anonymous session so all the sms website phone #