I kind of meant to write “what they value” which is a bit different.
But your point stands that you never really know.
That said, when I first started posting on whoreboards I got the sense that there were sophisticated con artists all over the place and johns were a hapless bunch of well-meaning dudes that were constantly being taken advantage of.
But then, over the 20+ years, I got cheated exactly once - in my second year. And while there were many, many other attempts, they were always easily avoided. Most of the time I got exactly what I wanted.
And so my view of these women and the kind of guy who gets suckered kind of changed.