Sex Worker Says She's Made 'Close To $1 Million' From Silicon Valley

Sex Worker Says She's Made 'Close To $1 Million' From Silicon Valley(sfgate.com)

17 points by flamingbuffalo 13 years ago | 8 comments

kilroy123 13 years ago |

Why the hell would you ever use your credit card for that kind of transaction? I would never visit a prostitue, but if I did, I sure as hell wouldn't hand her my credit card.

caseorganic 13 years ago | |

I thought the same thing until I watched the video. It looks like she categorizes the business as "consulting", which both justifies the prices and irregular schedule of visits and charges.

Those who pay for her services see a record of purchasing a consulting service on their credit card. Though this seems clever, she will technically have PII data on all of her customers if she is somehow caught in the future, but the chances of someone like her being caught may be smaller than most.

PAULHANNA84 13 years ago |

+ Hey do you take paypal? - Yeah...actually I do... + Nice...so let's bump phones and then bump uglies! + Oh...can you put "consulting fee" in the notes....this is a business expense...

cpursley 13 years ago |

Sounds like a startup opportunity, or does craigslist already have it covered?

noarchy 13 years ago | |

Craigslist has been out of this game for a few years now, after gov't pressure. http://www.wired.com/business/2010/09/craigslist-adult-congr...

mdesq 13 years ago |

I see she accepts Square. I wonder if she accepts Bitcoin.

orangethirty 13 years ago | |

Brilliant question. How is prostitution impacted by bitcoins? If anonymous payment is possible, how would people be prosecuted?

Throwadev 13 years ago | | |

Bitcoin is too geeky for them, and probably worse than cash because they'd need to get their money back through an exchange like MtGox. With exchanges being required to register as MSB's/MTA's, the government might be getting records of all cash people withdraw. Even if the government doesn't get the data, the money has to come out through a bank.

I guess they could do prepaid CC's, but still the prostitute would have to be pretty geeky to want to deal with the hassles involved. Do those prepaid CC's work for everything? I tried to use one to make online purchases once and it wouldn't work.