The promise of sexual gratification with young and attractive call girls in Costa Rica have caused would-be sexual tourists from the United States to fall for a scam.

According to a recent report filed by Gustavo Retana of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the flim-flam starts with online postings on social media outlets and classified websites such as Craigslist. In some instances, the messages actually arrive via email. Whatever the medium, the con game features the same narrative about an exclusive escort agency that offers prospective clients the opportunity of an unforgettable sexual tourism adventure in Costa Rica.

Once the mark falls for the initial bunco game, the hustle continues with online credentials being granted to access a website with hundreds of photos of attractive women (and a few men) wearing very little clothing and posing seductively for the camera. At this point of the swindle, the narrative turns more explanatory with claims about a rigorous selection process of all escorts, many of whom are not ostensibly from Costa Rica.

Purportedly, the dishy call girls and handsome gigolos working for the phony escort agency come from Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Russia, and even Ukraine. Some of them are polyglots fluent in four languages, who have also earned university degrees.

At the advanced stage of the gyp, the sham agency explains that once the clients are in Costa Rica, they can enjoy outcall service, which means that the prostitute will travel to their hotel room or residence, as long as they are located in the Greater San Jose Metropolitan Area (Spanish initials: GAM) as well as in Jaco Beach, Liberia, Perez Zeledon, and San Carlos (for some reason, Tamarindo Beach is not mentioned).

The monetary aspect of this alleged goldbricking operation occurs when the marks are directed to wire money to a bank Costa Rica. The rates charged by the agency start at $350 and increase to $1,000 for a sexual session of indeterminate duration. Apparently, once the money has been transferred, the deceivers no longer respond to the clients.

At this time, it is not known if the defrauded have launched a formal complaint before consumer protection agencies in the U.S.