From a friend request and “babe” to the cheaper price list: this is how fake escorts persuaded more than 300 men

“Hi honey.” These are the sweet words that are now causing chills in about four hundred men. We spoke to one of them: Alex*. We were able to view his conversations with the infamous ‘escort gang’ – the group of East Flemish girlfriends who defrauded 384 men with false profiles. From the initial friend request to the stolen photos of countless influencers. This is how they worked: “When I saw the amounts, I thought: ‘Wow, he is working well below the market price.’”

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