Someone called ‘fake’ asked a very important question on Metafilter. He wanted help and information because his friends from Russia were about to walk into a situation he wasn’t comfortable with:
The program promised a job offer in advance, but didn’t deliver. They said they would send one via email, but failed there, too.
Her contact in the USA barely speaks English, doesn’t answer her calls but does answer mine. He has asked her and her friend to meet in NYC tonight around midnight, with promises of hostess work in a lounge. Yes, I know how horrific that sounds- that’s why I am working all possible angles here.
All the answering meta peeps pooled their resources and may have averted a potential trafficking situation. What some of these people did was dangerous and courageous. Of course we’ll never know if these women were in any danger to begin with, but what the internet can do in these types of scenarios is amazing.
via The 19th Floor.