A police sting at a Route 75 motel resulted in 12 arrests. Details in the Hartford Courant. Be careful gentlemen.

which is why I always deal directly thru TER for my meetings, rather than online classifieds or boards.....

Here's the link to that newspaper story:

I wish I could see the ad, and I'd like to know if those guys had to be tricked into dialog like "Do you want sex for $__?", "Yes, I'll pay that".  Or if they just show up in response to a typical online escort ad and get arrested.  

Is there any fool proof way to avoid these. Obviously I can think of using outcall rather than incall since they can't come to your hotel to setup equipment to trap you. I can also think of using agencies rather than responding to backpage ads and not using cheap ones. Typically you get what you pay for. I wouldn't go for anything less than 300 hour. See if the agency and the provider has reviews. Any comments by veterans appreciated. I am new at this and still learning tricks of the trade.

I tried to warn people last week about a sting operation in rocky hill, but my post was rejected on the grounds that it contained "personal information".  The only personal information was the name of the hotel that the fuzz wuz watching.  CT mongers beware...this is becoming more common.

TER is a place where men and women have reputations based on their history in black and white.  For most of these people, strict screening is the rule.    
   
 Backpage is a place where lack of screening is accepted if not expected.  LE can get a lot more "bites" here.  I'm guessing one of their mottos might be...start with the low hanging fruit.  
   
 EROS used to advertise anyone who paid their fee.  They have only recently started doing "quality control" with regard to fakes/scammers.  
   
 This is all IMHO based on several years of hobbyland experience and reading what goes on.