Screening practices - suggestions
Not sure where to post this to gain the most benefit, so if it needs to be moved or duplicated, please do so.
Ladies, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, if a potential client emails his references to you, remember, you are trusting a total stranger to give you correct & current contact info on the gals he claims to have seen. GOOGLE those gals email address and/or phone numbers to make sure they are linked to ads and reviews! I've turned away alot of business over the years because the info given to me by a client didn't pull up squat on the internet. For all we know, he may have used the name of a well known lady, but opened an email account with an address that closely resembles the real deal... so of course the reply will be "oh, yeah, he's a great guy".... LE can do the same thing.
Also, many ladies don't post their phone numbers... so if a client gives you a number for his reference, and you dont take a second to cut & paste that sucker into google to see if it is linked to ads and reviews... how do you know who you're talking or texting to on the other end? Could be him... could be LE.
Nothing is foolproof, but by taking these few extra steps... you could save yourself alot of grief.
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