It's called flipping when LE busts a provider and then offers her a deal to snare some clients.

The only defense is to pay attention to the local boards as these are often outted, but not until some damage is done.

Do the reviewers of the gal have several other reviews to authenticate their standing?  If not, it could be somewhat risky.

police ever use an escort to assist them in a sting?
I'm looking at an independent who has 3 reviews and nude pictures on backpage and cl.

If your worried wait a couple of weeks before seeing her, does she still get good reviews? Are her ads still appearing and no mentions of a sting going on? It is much harder for LE to maintain a long term sting operation. As  Mr Fisher said, once guys get pulled in it is hard to keep it quiet. There are no 100% sure things in this activity, doing your research, not being impulsive but waiting if you have any doubts will do a lot to lessen your risk.

I think it may happen in the movies and on TV but I can't see well supervised, well trained LE putting a non-LE in harm's way. I can see using a busted escort's phone logs, have her talk on the telephone, and stuff like that, but I can't see them putting her on the street or in a room as "bait". Besides there are plenty of attractive female cops to play the role.

Either way, I am only GUESSING, I have no actual LE knowledge or experience and everything I learned, I learned from TV and movies.

If you are suspicious or have a bad feeling about something not being on the up-and-up, take a pass and pick someone else.

allows LE to position backup goons where they can quickly pounce before anything gets out of hand, so to speak. They've been known to use female decoys or "flipped" providers as the bait.

I've only read about this in news reports, though. I'm not sure if it has been confirmed yet on TV or in movies.

The only fear I've ever had when seeing escorts who are well reviewed, is she could have been arrested by LE in a sting, and the police have her cell phone, and lap top with them.

This way the police could post the providers ads', and have a female police officer take calls, and bust unsuspecting clients.

I have at four providers I see on a regular now based on their touring dates, so I hardly ever see new  providers any more.

When I do go see a provider I've seen before I will bring up conversation, or something during of one our last meetings. The provider(s) usually know I'm asking a test question, and will give a detailed response to what I'm talking about.

I doubt that a provider would help police bust unsuspecting clients like that, not to say it hasn't happen. But chances are she'll need the cops to put her in witness protection afterward because she'd have a hand full of client(s), provider(s), & pimp(s) ready to chop off her head.

If LE busts a lady, they've been known to be lenient with them if she plays along, and allows LE to bust whatever visitors are coming that day.  CL and BP advertisers are more risky in this regard, which is why we recommend newbies to see ladies with multiple pages of excellent reviews, and that advertise here.  Doing so doesn't eliminate the LE risks, but it does lower them.