The biggest giveaway is the constant mini-requests. Real sugar babies negotiate once and stick to an arrangement. Fakes ask for tiny amounts every few days because it’s low risk and adds up fast. It’s basically micro-fraud disguised as “bad luck.”

A lot of them use face filters so heavy they might as well be cartoons. You’ll notice every photo is taken at the exact same angle with the exact same lighting. It’s because the pictures aren’t from a real, recent person. When you ask for a candid photo, everything suddenly collapses.

The smartest fakes don’t even ask for money at first. They build trust for a week, act sweet, act consistent, then boom:
“I hate to ask, but I’m short for my electricity bill.”
It’s all psychology. They know if they wait long enough, the chance of getting paid skyrockets.

A real sugar baby will always eventually meet or at least move toward a real arrangement. Fakes will push every meeting back with “I’m nervous,” “my boss needs me,” “my Uber cancelled,” “my ex is outside,” whatever. Endless excuses are the hallmark of a professional time waster.

The funniest pattern: they disappear the second you offer to pay in person, not online.
You can literally watch them vanish mid-conversation.
If someone refuses every safe, public meet and insists on digital transfer only, they’re running a side hustle, not sugar dating.