In April this year I responded to an advert in the Watford Observer for escorts. Newlook escorts asked me to deposit £279 being three months' fees to join their agency, Before I deposited any money they phoned on numerous occasions and told me they had clients lined up and only needed my joining fee to proceed. So far I have not had any offers of work and when I have spoken to them they say they are still waiting for clients. When I complained they were rude, defensive and dismissive. Please don't fall into the same trap I have fallen for. I have not heard from them other than my calls since they have had my MONEY. My three months' membership has now expired.

I wish I had read this before I parted with my money!

I saw their ad for 'Social Escorts Required' in the local paper and emailed them, saying I was interested. Within minutes I got a phone call from 'Naomi', who asked me a series of questions, apparently to asses whether I would be right for this line of work. I was told that I would have a driver who would pick me up and take me to my destination and that they would hire a suit for me, if I didn't have one - they made it sound so appealling! And so, like a gullible fool, I parted with £240, via a bank transfer.

I was then sent an email with my membership details and log-in info. The site, at first glance, looks bona fide...

About 48 hours later, I got a call from a 'Selina Davis', who told me that she is head of the 'Puplic Eye' dept, who deal with high profile celebs and the like - she told me that a '45 year old british actress' had seen my profile and wanted to meet me. Being the naive soul that I was at the time, and possesed by the pound signs that had taken hold of my senses, I willingly parted with another £1, 000, which was my contribution to the bond they were putting up front - this is to ensure that I don't squeal to the press, telling them that I am having regular liasons with a celebrity. I was told that upon the first meeting with this person, that I would get the money back. The meet up was scheduled about 4 days from this conversation taking place. I was assured that this assignment was for a six month duration and was definitely going to happen.

All this happened about a month ago. As of yet, this meeting with the 45 year old british actress has yet to materialise. After I had deposited the money, the phone magically went quiet and I received no further correspondence. I have tried to chase this up with the company and after speaking to an 'Anna' and a 'Chloe', I was reassured that it was all going to happen and that the meeting had to be rescheduled and their booking dept was chasing it up. I was told that I would be 'called back as soon as they have news'. Interestingly enough, each girl I spoke to sounded exactly the same - is it one person pretending to be several!?

It boils down to the old saying: 'if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is'. I feel so humiliated and I can't believe that I fell for this SCAM! They come across as very genuine and very, very convincing and oh, so very nice.

I would say to anyone reading this - DO NOT CONTACT THIS AGENCY AND PART WITH YOUR MONEY!!