It has come to my attention that in some areas of the country there have been recent incidents of imposters using the Handel of an established Hobbyist to book an appointment.  Then when the guy leaves the provider finds the envelope is empty.  Although this has perhaps occurred in the L.A. area, I have not caught wind of it in L.A. yet.  But this has been going on in certain other areas.  I also was told second hand that some guy did something similar on P411.

Basically the way these providers got set up is they did not have the guy either PM them through TER, schedule through the P411 system, or have the guy confirm himself through DateCheck such as adding the provider to his fan club or other means.  Just like a lot of us have a no reviews, no deal policy, providers should have a no handle confirmation through one of the networks, no deal policy.  

Besides just getting ripped off, slipping up like that could have a much worse result since guys that have been blacklisted all over the place could use the same trick.

It's best that providers and clients alike remain super vigilant right now, as we draw closer to an election. Let's all have Xmas in July- make our lists and check them twice (or more)  
Thanks again, Teddy.

No, not that I am aware of.  Near as I can tell what some guys have done is go "shopping" for a good handle to use in the reviews.  One of the most obnoxious assholes doing this is active in the D.C. area and causing quite an issue there.  He also seems to have a couple of his own TER handles and was, according to the provider, brazen enough to then turn around after ripping her off and write a bad review of her under one of his handles.  I was not sure which handle because there were a couple of not so good reviews in with the good ones.  In this case it does not seem like like guys sharing a TER account.  It seems to be where the provider got a bit rushed and did not take the time to have him PM her first to verify the person who contacted her actually had access to the account.  And I must say, I have seen providers not seem to worry about such verification myself when I have mentioned I can send a PM if they like.  That is a good tool that should be consistently.  It works as long as it is not the hobbyist allowing others to use his account and I would hope there are not very many guys that would allow that.  But I guess there are always some.

harassers who lurked and stalked locations at times pretending to be LE to chase clients away to get into the KAMP get serviced and leave without paying.

In general there is usually not a need to go into excessive detail in reviews about how any donations are taken care of.  This is information such people can use to try and select a provider who would be easier to pull this trick on.

Dont even mention that guy......I think I missed him by five minutes when he was bothering that one provider. The fear in her face was palpable and it was sad to see her go through that because of an asshole like him and his kind.