Was introduced to the site by a third party, who is marginally involved in this. After talking to a person for a little bit, he passed my contact information onto her. She then proceeded to attempt to get us to buy a $30 silver membership to this site as a prerequisite for arranging a meeting. Odd, but no huge red flags - the amount is small enough that it wouldn't really hurt to lose it.
However, for some reason my debit card was declined (thus my loss of 0.00), and after some discussion she offered me a free membership that's somehow equivalent (all that really mattered apparently was the number, which she gave me. This also indicated that she was likely employed by iHookup, but that's not terribly relevant.
After receiving this "free" membership (which I'm sure will end with my spam filter getting even more loving), she demanded that I send $200 to a person in the Phillipines as a form of charitable giving (with, presumably, a huge heaping of bullshit, as I'll go on to demonstrate). I did confirm that the person on the other end of the Western Union transaction does exist, and does live where they say she does, but that proves nothing, as anyone with appropriate identification can pick up Western Union Money Orders. Also, the woman appears to be unaffiliated with any charity organizations, which is a major major major red flag.
Obviously, I wasn't comfortable doing that - $200 is rather a lot of money, so I proposed a deal - via Escrow.com, I'd put the money up, providing she satisfied a set of rather simple preconditions, namely, agreeing to meet me in person (as she claimed to live relatively close by, maybe 30ish miles from my place of residence) at a neutral location. Shortly thereafter, she claimed she was having trouble convincing her boss to go for it, so I offered to sweeten the pot by a full 25% (as I was paying for 2 people, the full price tag would now be $500 plus escrow fee).
Shortly after I set up the transaction via escrow.com, she claimed her "head host" (essentially boss) had changed (which is a rather strange move) and the new boss wasn't interested in using escrow - If I didn't send the money via WU we'd have no deal.
No legitimate business would ever turn down an offer like that, and I am therefore forced to conclude that this is a major scam. I'm just glad I wasn't foolhardy enough to let my libido lead the way.
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