Boston Craigslist. Why Chance it?

BOSTON - Boston-area sex providers are advertising their services on
the popular craigslist.com website, The Boston Herald reported this
past Sunday.

 The following is the article itself that I feel should make anyone a
bit leery about advertising on that site which LE is openly using to
go after a lot of providers including ones that just do Massage,
Escort and No Full Service……I realize that it is a Free Site but I
ask you,  “Is it really worth the headache of being busted, the time
lost, and the fines that have to be paid”?  Would it not be easier
and most probably safer to have some nice pictures taken and
advertise on a more prestigious site?  Read on and see what you
think!!

“Craigslist has made it much easier for women to negate in this sort
of business,” 
Detective Sgt. Jimmy Fong of the Boston Police Department told the
newspaper. 
The Website, said to be popular among apartment hunters and job
seekers, is now being used by prostitutes seeking to meet dates in
local hotels, apartments, or cars in secluded parking lots. 

As part of a two-week investigation by the Herald, eight women were
contacted by reporters by telephone or e-mail and meetings were
arranged within 15 to 30 minutes. 
In East Boston, a Herald reporter responding to an ad indicating a
trio of “young, sexy and willing” women made the date and met a woman
in her 30’s with a pockmarked face at a dingy apartment she shared
with two other women. But when they were informed the John was a
reporter, the three consulted with each other and quickly left with a
man driving a 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis. 
Jim Buckmaster,  Craigslist CEO  said,  “Prostitution is prohibited
on the site, though ads for massage and legal escorts are allowed.” 
But he added that it’s nearly impossible to weed out illegal
prostitution ads since some could be disguised as massage or legal
escort ads. 
However,  Fong said he doesn’t buy the argument. 
“They just say that as a way to cover themselves.” 

Having perused different Adult Entertainment Directories and seeing
the quality of the photos, the wording and spelling of the ads then
comparing them to the ads posted on Craigslist, I think most people
who look for this kind of services will be able to differentiate the
legal ads for Massage and for Escorts.  There have been other news
broadcasts from other cities where Craiglist has been used as a
‘guide,’ (the word used by LE), to set up stings and make many
arrests.  Boston’s article is not a singular occurrence, so I ask
you……..If you know that this is happening, why take the Chance?!