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As you know, I’ve tackled the issue of all these Nigerian and foreign scams for quite some time. I get emails and comments almost weekly from people who read one of my posts while doing research about a possible scammer. These people have become quite sophisticated in their methods. They’ve gone from the old “you’ve won a multi-trillion dollar lottery! Just send me $2500 and we can send it to you” to “I’m a Soldier in Iraq who found millions of illegal money Saddam was hording and I need your to bring it back.” The latest trend involves trolling internet dating sites and convincing women that they are honorable Soldiers who have fallen in love and would do anything to communicate with the object of their affection. But, because they are deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, they need you to sign up for an expensive telecommunications service like “Military TELEX” in order to make that happen. They profess unending love as their motivator and, unfortunately, many women have fallen for it.
I got an email from a reader who came across my Military TELEX post. She told me about a man she met through MyYearbook.com that had introduced himself as Major General (MG) Tim Canny. Thankfully, she became suspicious after reading this “general’s” poor grammar:
I’m happy that you are able to release your email to me and i will like to share with you more information about me that will help us to start knowing each other better ….
I was giving birth to a wonderful family 49yrs ago. My dad was an American man that married a Malaysian woman due to his service and work in malaysia when he was younger, he was in the marine until he left and become civil engineer. I was their only son and child. I’m very simple, caring, honest and self independent..I got married and enjoyed my matrimonial home. I and my then wife gave birth to a girl and she’s so beautiful and I love her wholeheartedly. Well, I and my wife lived happily and I worked as an Engineer before I later joined the Army 23yrs ago. I fix and inspects Cars and trucks, but I have special interest for the Military because my dad was once in the Military before He retired and started His Civil Engineer Career.
My late wife was dead 5yrs ago due to lungs cancer and I became a widow. Since then, it has been one bad experience after another; I also lost my dad last year. I really loved my wife and dad because of the relationship between us.. …She had loved me with all her heart and she had loved me for me. She was so caring and possessed all of the qualities a woman should possess. She was so much an angel that I treasured her so much but God knows why that happened to me. I also give thanks to God that she gave me a beautiful daughter Monica…
I just need someone that can love me for me and we will love each other for the rest of our lifes, because i know life is too short to play with…I have learnt to leave my past behind and move forward to the future, though my past makes part of my life and I need to plan for my future. I need love again in my life. I had love once in my life and I need a woman that can be mine on a longterm goal. I hope I will still find love someday soon, that’s all I believe and I’m so optimistic about it.
I am ready to date from any part of the globe. I need to meet my true love, because we don’t know where our love is at the moment and we have to keep searching for it anywhere, any time and any way we can.
Presently, I’m active in the Army and been stationed at Fort Lewis, Barrack Washington State . I live alone on base, while my girl ives with my Mom in Malaysia ….though I planned to retire from the Army soon in order to start a family life
I really need a woman to come up to and be when I will be back to the state, a woman that will be mine forever and that will cherish me for me….Thank you for spending your time in reading this long note/essay about me….if you think we are still on the same looking page let me know so we can know the waay forward…
TIMMY
Last time I checked, most generals were quite well versed in the English language. The way this scam works is the individual takes some time to get to know the target woman. Once he’s gained her trust and confidence, he tells her that pretty soon he will be deployed to an area without internet or communication services and won’t be able to write to each other. He then sends an e-mail address with something like, “Well to get registered with the telecommunication you will have to email them with gsatcom@programmer.net and you have to tell them you want to use the phoning facility system with MG TIM CANNY presently on deployment in Afghanistan. The service is a way we can talk on phone without no call charges attached, all is 100% free after we get registered and pay the registration fee”
Here’s the catch: if there isn’t service in Afghanistan where a Soldier is being deployed, there isn’t service period! And I have no doubt that a MAJOR GENERAL will ever be sent anywhere that he can’t communicate. That’s where the Army sends peons like Lieutenant Colonels and below! No general officer would ever stoop so low as to be so archaic. To be honest, few LTCs do either.
If you email the company, you’re likely to get a response like this:
Dear Subscriber,
Thank you for the enquiry, our service is to provide phoning and Satellite facilities for civilian and Military Personnel.
Gsatcom provides essential communications services to and from remote areas where no other form of communication is available. Whether at sea, on land or in flight, our services ideally suit the maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation and utilities industries.
We specialize in providing global satellite access services. Gsatcom solutions have been implemented for United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Army Corps , Australian Defence Force (ADF), Command of Polish Navy, Special Military Formation GROM Especially for US Army soldiers we ship VSAT equipment within 72hrs in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East.
Satellite phones are about 3 times more expensive than GSM phones, but have the best coverage. Often they are the only choice for a soldier that is deployed at a remote forward operating base (FOB) that a cell phone network cannot reach.
Basic advantages of our service for Military personnel;
Possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East
- Satellite and GSM connectivity in one telephone
- No prepaid cards needed
- Free Iridium 9555 handheld satellite phone
- Free unlimited calls for Military Personnel.
- Payment incure refundable when the officer leave the war zoneThe Facility involves $400 registration fee(s).
In other to register for our phoning facility, you are advice to provide us with the information below;
YOUR INFORMATION:
- FULL NAME:
-HOME ADDRESS:
- PHONE NUMBER:
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION:
-NAME:
-RANK:
-MOS:
-LOCATION (COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):
Once you provide us with the above information you are no longer anonymous to us.
(We) protect your privacy. We do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary.
All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity
The information is what we are going to use to register you with our service.
Regards,
Gsatcom.Satellite Provider – Technologie Satelitarne
First of all, Iridium phones are uber-expensive! Anytime someone mentions a satellite or iridium phone being “free,” ask some serious questions, especially in an austere place like Afghanistan. If you ask too many questions about the service, you’ll miraculously get an email from the “soldier” in question professing his undying love for you. Coincidence? No. More thank likely, the email to the GSATCOM goes directly to the “soldier.”
So, if you get an email from a “Tim Graham Canny” – who doesn’t exist in the Army – send it to your spam box immediately. These people use these internet dating services as the initial opportunity, then progress to Yahoo chat and other methods of email communication. Oh, and here’s the clincher: he made Major General in less than 23 years!!! This guy should be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff if he keeps this up. And if that doesn’t convince you, these photos of the good “general” will.
Yes, these are the actual photos sent to back up his story and sucker these women into giving them money. Don’t fall for it!
Hilary
The second picture made me laugh. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a general dressed that way! Also, I think this kid isn’t much older than 23 so how can he be in the military for 23 years? And any general I’ve met are at least in their 50s if not older! LOL! Thanks for the laugh although it is a serious story!
Janey Allen
latest name is John Carrick but with the pictures of Adam Lingo who is a real soldier and again he asked for money $455.00 to connect to him in Afghanistan but I didn’t! oh and the poetic love he spouted lol this was on facebook. Cheek he has photo’s of this poor REAL hero called Adam Lingo!
same story and bad grammar! lol
maryann
I dont know who to post in here except in reply .. am talking to a man who says he is a Captain in Iraq .. he said his name is Ryan Scott .. although he uses Scott Ryan on the site i meet him on … he has Relinger or Relingor on his uniform .. he said that Ryan Scott was his first two names when i questioned him .. he has two small children living with an Aunt in Florida .. I have pictures of him and i have traced his IP to California ..I hve pictures of him if anyone can help … my email is teneesha2003@yahoo.com.au thank you
theresa wendell
omg, i had experienced so similar the past two days, this colonel stephen ownens divorced 2 years, kids, etc. deployed in iraq nearly 2 years wrote to me on datehookup dating site free. then he gave me his email which did not go through so he contacted me and for 2 days oh i love you miss you will be in the states so, i knew a red flag when in his profile he was david i when he wrote me he was steve? and pictures on his name tag was something different i could not make it out. after talking how much he could fall for me and desiring to meet me i should email the general if he could have a pass for two weeks which was another red flag when the general not the insurance general oh the commander general responding within ten minutes if not less and email me this oh yes we are so proud of steve s. owen when on his profile his middle initial was l. and after threee/four paragraphs about we need to cherish these service men and life is hard they have no access to their funds/money and i would have to sign a voucher and pay so much money up front??? that did it i said what? realizing why is a colonel on a free dating site while he is still in iraq, why do i have to contact a general and he responds within a few mins and why military men do not have access to their money oh they are not paid? are they slaves?? and why do i need to pay for someone i do not even know i email the general back later the day and said this is a scam please reply tell me i am wrong or i will take it to the Better Business Bureau and Army Facility in my town and every else i could think of be careful. i did not give this guy any money and i email him back and he said oh really this is happening i do not know any of this ? like they are so blind and stupid??? a person will use the military and we women love a man in a uniform when a real man is hard to find especially a military colonel or not a private or corporal a colonel. big man high ranking. what we poor single women want like in an officer/gentleman. i seen red flags from the straight that should be your first clue and if something seems to good run away. thanks for your time. do not let them play with your emotions. nonono. sometimes i learn if you go out with someone maybe it takes a coupple of times to find someone who will not scam you just be cautious and good luck. theresa
Beatrice
I have to say I had a similar experience with a Col. Mark Wikins in Darfur, Sudan. He was divorced with a dependent stateside. Claimed he was low on funds and needed me to help pay for the satellite phone as he couldn’t download Skype.
Fortunately I had a bad feeling the first time he wrote to say how “lonely” he was. I mean come on. A Colonel in the Army is going to write something that sad to a woman he’s never met? Anyway the IP address was from Nigeria once I checked. His email address was markwilkins25@yahoo.com but he uses the last name of Hall apparently. Watch out ladies!!
mary
I am talking to a Sgt Jonathan Laureles. He is starting to ask for money. If anyone else has had any experience with him, he is suspose to be a medic in Iraq, please contact me at maryseitz3@aol.com. Thanks.
nicki
Hi
Poor old Adam lingos a popular target..(although he is a hottie!!! but unfortuantely married and not in Iraq) I have been talking to a “matthew” lingo but with Adams photos. I wish something could be done about these B***ards as lucky for me they never asked for money ( not sure why) so all I have got is hurt feelings and pride but I will get over that The ones that have lost money – it must be dreadful. I met him on a reputable UK dating site and to be fair his grammar was impecable – thats why I never had suspicions. I did end up contacting the American Embassy in London about it and have since reported it on. So I would advise any woman that gets photos of a Sgt Lingo – its not real-sorry!
Carolanne
Hi Nicki
Yes my friend was talking to “Matthew” lingo too for 5 months and then he asked her to open a bank account for him. Apparently he was leaving the army and going to work in oil in Africa!! Again met on a reputable UK dating site. Yes we agree, what a hottie lol. We did a bit of detective work ourselves but never thought of calling the Embassy. Can you tell me if the real Adam Lingo knows that his identity has been used in this way? Just wondered if you had managed to find him as my friend is very concerned and thinks he should know. Sounds like you were talking to him at the same time as my friend. Good advice Nicki and I just thought I would back it up. Best of luck for the future.
Carolanne and Liz
Liz
Hi Nikki, my friend posted a reply on my behalf regarding the “Matthew Lingo” situation, and I have to say I’m so glad that I’m not the only one. Yes poor Adam that poor man is a very popular target.I also used a reputable UK dating site * H**M**Y.
And yes something needs to be done about thses B***ards, and yes his grammer was very good, although IT didn’t get the easiest of jokes, and many other things. But thats life. I didn’t loose any money but the alarm bell’s rang when he said he need to have access to a English bank account and could he use mine, thats when my suspicions where raised.
My friend and I have done some detective work and found that it is a Nigerian scammer. They also use the name Raymond as we thought we had found the real one on face book, only then to find out that he was a scammer too. I would like to hear from you again, if you want. I will look on here soon.
Tracy
Maybe a change of name again as today ive been contacted by a Major Jeffery Lingo has anybody heard of him ???Im sure hes a scammer i seem to be collecting them
i now have
SGT CHARLES LECAIN OR LEACAIN he spells it both ways
LT HANK COLLINS
SGT SIMON ROBERTS
SGT JONATHAN
Marie-Laure Wolff
Dear ladies,
I am a french woman of 48 and on Meetic for the last 3 weeks.
After 2 days, I falled totally for a beautiful “General Commander”. His name was Mark, widower, one son in boarding school and peacekeeper in Irak… I can tell you that the first letters were so beautiful, I can’t even remember having received anything like that before in my life!!!!!!!!!
I’d like to think of myself as a very down-hearted woman as I raise alone 3 beautiful teen-agers. I became a little suspicious as he never wanted to show me his face on webcam and didn’t seem to know New-York very well, quite strange for a new-yorker….
After a week, he wanted me to receive 650 000 euros in cash and gold… I know I am not that irresistible, lol!
I called Meetic (He had also stolen my meetic account)and they acted “surprise”, I went to the police but as he didn’t take money for me, nothing…, I called the US embassy, each time I felt more and more humiliated…
As you, I feel really bad for the “real guy” on the picture, they are fighting for the world freedom and don’t deserved to be dishonored like that. I hope my Mark isn’t your Lingo…I want him back so much!!!!
Since that, I have been in touch with 3 generals, 2 sargents and more colonels… I have some tiny pictures on msn . Almost everynight 2 or 3 of them. I keep alerting the internet police and yesterday, I sent an email to the US army but I want to do more.
I am afraid that some girl might not get through such an heartbreaker. We should join our forces! I am thinking of a facebook wall where we could hang the pictures and the fake profiles for ex. We are a lot, believe me! Most women haven’t heard of it before getting caught so it’s really important to share that story with the maximum of people.last week, I told a friend and she called me back two days later with a collegue from her office who was telling her how lucky and in love she was as she just had met the perfect US soldier on Meetic!!! I can tell she was mad at me to tell her the truth but at least, she would escape sooner.
Also, can you help me to find the true owner of the picture, I think I might have some feelings left… Lol! Good luck to all of you and UNITED WE’LL WIN!!!!!!!!!
jo
i am waiting to hear from a sgt matthew lingo at this current time and wondered if you have any photos you can let me have…this oil thing in nigeria really rings bells. unfortunately ive just got over cancer and have spent 3 weeks thinking this guys come to some harm in iraq which has really caused bad health. i only have a ‘pager’ no for him an last had a daily text on 5th june speakin a few days later when he was packin his bags. does anyone know about a robert ankeny an stephen bruce linked in here…photos would hel end this saga since hookin up on ehar***** on the 15th dec…i see hes updated his profile on sunday just gone an if this is the same guy would love to send one final msg ! lol then health and peace can return…earliest reply appreciated THANKS X i believe he may noe be talkin to an ENGELINE TAPERA an have bank xfers namin a maria williams and a major daniel knott
Patricia Sampson
Hi, I am an english woman and wanted to let you know I was also talking to A Captain Matthew Lingo until 2 days ago on a reputable dating site. His english was very, very good and he was very believable. He said he was retiring and planning to do something in oil, divorced with one kid and lived in Alexandria, Virginia. He said he had no family, parents died and an only child. I was only talking to him for a few weeks and he did not ask for any money, probably building up to it. Something just didn’t sit right, all too good to be true, so I trawled the internet and found this site, thank God. Adam Lingo, whose photos he uses is now on facebook. I contacted him but judging by the terrible english in his response to me, this might be a scam too. I thought I would let you know. He is still logging on to msn but has not contacted me sine I outed him.
Regards
Patricia
mari
Hey Nicki
I am to here you are putting your information out on this man but he goes by the name Msgt Steven McCabe in the air force aka Charles Lecain/leacain- smiling robert- alex roberts- simon roberts/robert simon- david alejandro walker- major jeffery lingo/matthew- hanks collins- sgt jonathan- adesina ajibola, akinlabi anthony, terry willaims—he is smooth and scammed me big time — i want revenged also
Sandra
He also goes by albert lingo and tons of other names he is on the romancescammers.com website and i have a picture of the real guy. He asked me for money to but i didnt send any i mean why would i send money to someone i dont know i mean honestly. If anyone wants to see a picture of the guy using the real Mark Lingo’s picture let me know i found it.
laurie
i have photos of a LIngo …. & son
what do u have ? can u send 2 me Please
lets see if there the same lingo
wramncuddlie1@yahoo.com
carmel cathcart
Can u tell me anymore about him. Im sure im chatting with him at the moment,please email me at my hotmail address thanks
lila
hi i had a john carrick contact me on face book too,i told him how i knew he was fake as i done a search on the net for another fake persons info and found this in the search. and then he came back and made threats i have proof as you know if your on face book all the message sent to your in box is sent too your email address too there is three on there as i know of .
lila
you may contact me at lillywhitton@live.com
Joe Warner
Ladies, for $1.00 (yes, one dollar) I will check out your beau and tell you if he is in the military or not, plus include a photo of him, if available.
You can pay after I give you the information, and only if you are satisfied with the service. I take Paypal.
Joe Warner
Joe Warner’s address is hotproton@gmail.com . He will tell you if your man is in the military or not.
Pay $1, by Paypal, after service is rendered, if you wish.
donna
has anyone been talking to a walter pafford? I have been talking to him for about two weekds. He wanted me to send him money for a phone card too. I know better than to send money to anyone on the internet I don’t know… they try to bully you but don’t let them get the best of you. pafford_walter@yahoo.com I just got bored so I kept it going to my amuzment..
Kim
Well gals I know him too and was dating him under the name of Steven Grant ( stevengrant62@yahoo.com ) from November 2009 until march 2010 and sent him over 1800.00. Now you all should feel a little smarter, I stayed with him long like a real idiot!!!
I would like a list of every name this man hs used because I am going to turn him in. From what I have found so far is that he has used about 9 other names on other scam sites and I plan on listing every name he used, phone number, IP address and anything else I find on a website dedicated just to him! Anyone willing to help me out?
Donna Holmes
I was chatting to a guy Lt Christopher Morris sent me poems etc,,, chatted on MSN then asked me for $350 so we could chat I knew something not right I sent his emails to my friends they could not believe what he was saying, this scam needs to be stopped as some ladies would believe it ,…..
Diane Smith
I too was almost scammed by a very suave man named Bernard Christopher Morris. He is on a dating site called hot or not.. Ladies beware he tells you everything you want to here. Do not talk to him. He claims to be a sgt. in the us army…
Sue Levesque
I think I found LT Christopher Morris on match.com…or he found me. What else can you tell me? 8 year old son Alex in boarding school while he’s in afghan? Can text somehow but can’t email because he’s away on missions?. Wants money to bribe a reservist to take his place? Thank goodness I’ve only gotten 1 poem. Hokey!
Thanks, sue
Mary
I also have been talking with a Steve Morris, Staff Sgt in the Army stationed in Baghdad and due to get out in two months to retire. I have been talking with him for 6 days now with no mention of money but have read some of the things that supposedly other military men have written and have found word for word things that this Steve has also written. He even sent me three pictures and I made him send me a picture of his ID card. Also he video cam me because I also asked to see him
MARISSA JEAN
DO YOU HAVE PICTURES OF THIS GUY., I THINK HE IS THE SAME ONE TRYING TO SCAM ME..SO FAR I HAVE NOT SENT HIM MONEY. THANK YOU.
alice
He told me his name is Garry Hammond – he uses lava life and badoo. I searched his name on the internet. The IP address is 15.1.3099.0211 I believe. He told me that he had a 15 year old son called Alex. His e-mail address is little_alex123@live.com. I reported this as phish and did not get his IP address. But has son had a weird last name like Amanam. It just did not match.
The bad grammar is a big tip off and the fact andso is the fact that he declares his undying love to you in the first e-mail. Dont’t believe him at all.
I hope he gets caught and rots in prison for a long time. They should make sure he does not have access to the internet though.
Ms. Miranda
I had the same issues recently. The person claimed to be David Edwards. He was using the photos of 1SG Duane Rancourt, US Army. I’m trying to contact him to let him know, but his Myspace.com accnt has been inactive since May 2009. I can’t believe people are doing this. It makes people like my son, who is also an Army soldier, look bad. his email address was dvdwards@aol.com.
Jo anne
I have been talking to a David Edwards for 3 months now. He has recently started asking for money for phone privileges and said he could take a personal leave from afganistan but it would cost me $900 because it was a personal leave. He has sent me several pictures and emails with music attached and lots of poems. He must think i’m stupid because i have friends and they said if you get leave it doesn’t cost it is something earned with time.
Becky Clark
I think I may hv just been scammed by the same guy. He told me he has a son named NIck & that he lost him at 15yrd old & that he lost him in a car crash with both his parents. Grammar was always a bit weird & after many emails of how much love & $$ he wanted to give me spoil me & take care of me, he asked for a 2800$ round trip ticket to come home to the states. Most wld ask for $2800, not 2800$. Said he had a house in Brooklyn, then QUeens & one in Hollywood. Divorced, wife cheated on him. When I told him I cld not help, asked me to borrow & then told me I was not an honest woman. I reported him to the dating site. Hopefully no one else gets scamed by this a..HOLE!!!
Sharon
David Edwards is still doing the rounds. Only tonight I have been contacted by a man claiming to be him on Flirt.com. He claims to be in the US army deployed in Afghanistan on a peace mission, and intending coming to the UK to live when he finishes there. Very quickly he was asking about me and hinting if we could chat and get to know each other we might just be right for each other. Not sure how you can work that out in a 5 minute conversation. I let him know that I believed he was a scammer and that it wouldnt be me that he would be getting together with. His email address was David48s@hotmail.com.
jo
ye i will…contact is jolee.romano@googlemail.com..id have thought lingo would be sippin pimms somewhere exotic by now..he was a majorl on freedate with a dead wife an ye he hails from alexandria va with a son donald of around 9 thats into martial arts. A staff sgt isnt even a commisioned officer so he cldnt be a captain a few weeks later..what a failure at even scammin these days…its public knowlege and i can trace the last 2 years of him. These funds hes havin to work around the clock in some nigerian boiler room to scrape together could be fundin anti us arms child porn or anything…he wants removin from netlog where hes been adamlingo with no gapsc as this alarmingly is a youth network site..ive had breast cancer an one removed…youd have tgt he was my best friend..an wtg for anther op got quite ill checkin daily us fatalities for his name…then ive had quite a windfall just this week and im glad hes mistimed all of this so badly ! for him..but not for me…also listed as a white nigerian scammer alex lingo alias jizzmonkey..what a high class guy yuk lol
jo
RE SGT MAJOR CAPTAIN LINGO…Ive had a visit on chat an he wants to be a friend…all profile pictures used can be traced using tinyeye.com to where he got them..TARINGA! album de la tropik iraak..an my he is not a gentleman in all of them..holdin up signs saying jizzmonkey fucked your mother an humpin metal poles…ive neva seen anything so hilarious in all my days…the in between the shots he used for last few years on various datin sites.if anyone wants a copy email me jolee.romano@googlemail.com an will send you one. He was a bit down the other day…apparently theres no discos where he is an he used to have a dog and not a son i think now….anyhow he owes £1000 to me an still hasnt got a pc that works ok…next day had left a line sayin he ll be ringin sometimes…but his line i have is charging for incoming calls …it was a pager when he used to text askin after the children an my health every day…this is all very strange since i inherited just 10 days ago…who thinks i should give this gent a chance
lol he asked if i wanted to see his face…to which i replied since i have principals i doubt we d ever be seen togther…what a sad little guy…used to make so much difference…when they said cancer cld come back he was very supportive…i guess nobody can be blamed for thinking we all have humaness in common…im proud of who i am…and will go on supportin whatever GENUINE peopele i can…the mad thing is i didnt choose a soldier…i actually thought he was just some guy in london to begin with in fancy dress ! When sum1 likes you for who you are…not cash or looks or your job…i got dreaded high cheekbones myself…you cant buy that…i think about all the days i worried watchin newsreels about explosions an know im capable of stickin by sum1 in a jam…people who turn out to hide their faces do so for a reason…THAT WE DONT HAVE TOO !!!! DONT CHANGE…ONE DAY YOU COULD BE PRICELESS TO SUM1…DONT LET SAD PEOPLE STOP YOU BEIN BRAVE…BUT REMEMBER BRAVE LADIES REQUIRE BRAVE MEN…with real faces who stand tall an not in shadows x god bless you all in that attempt 
he knows he can talk to me…let everyonw who reads this know that by not doin so his cowardice an unoblness an lack of plain common decency is publicly displayed all over…i told him HES FAMOUS NOW…what a tragic thing to be remembered for an way to spend your life…I ALMOST LOST MINE THIS TIME LAST YEAR..i actually had no hair thru chemo when i met this guy…life is short ! concentrate on POSITIVE people with good charactors..and never let a love of life be jaded or lessened by those idiots who dont even really have one apart from hookin up with us for a while an pretending they do x i had so much respect for this guy for such a long time…now all hes talkin about is a once upon a time dead dog…hhhhmmmm…hi sweetheart he said…hi stranger i replied an thats a real sad story for a lonely man in a bad world…who once belonged in mine where strong people smile when theyr on thr knees for those relyin on them…THE BEST SOLDIER EVER WAS PROBABLY A WOMAN…i feel sorry for him now…he has no good name…an no excuse not to change career for somethin all these skills an qualities could do a little good in sumwhere…thats CHOICE…thats lazy…an to play with love which is a rock in so many peoples lives..shows what a fool he continues to be in reality.Love is not a pretty pink flully thing…IT IS A ROCK..an while playin dead for 3 weeks leavin me chekin us fatalities daily if that kinda stress had regressed my cancer…that effects my 2 little children of 4 an 5 who have already seen thr mama fight thru enough an are just glad shes at home now an not in hospital any longer this year…id text him after treatment…hed text right back just like a friend that cared. THATS A PERSON WHO KNOWS HOW TO CARE..SO I CANNOT GIVE THIS PERSON ANY EXCUSE FOR WHAT THEY SEEM TO BE DOIN AS A RULE TO SO MANY PEOPLE…SHAME ON HIM…Hed say that my family was his…thats your gentleman ladies…hes ANYBODYS…just a male slut only worse…FALSE HONOUR FOR HIRE…too old to be a gigilo huh…what a cold emptyhearted road…REAL FRIENDS STICK TOGETHER
natalie
hi i have had just the same sort of thing tht happened to me yesterday but i was lucky as he had been chatting to me for 8hrs and i had to go off lie as i only have dial up and you cannot use the ph when you go on dial up wen i went back online this michael adam lingo was hard out trying to get ahold of me and was saying all these lovely things etc and then he said he would like to communicate but ot would cost me alot of money but refundable in 24hrs so i looked up and got an email and as soon as i seen western uninon i knew then tht he was a scammer,he has a son called joe who is 21 and is a widower and that he would ask to relocate to me in NZ which i thought was fishy also.and then he asked me if i owned a hm ,car etc and said tht he had a mate called jimmy and would hook them up so my friend and i played them off we did not ask for money as tht wasn’t our intentions as i am on Are You Interested dating line and he seen me and asked if i was interested. He is a scammer and all should be aware of tht name as if you see western union umo it’s a scam and also i rung our NZ army and spoke to a nice man who said they can set up skype for free over there as well as i could also and they can commincate to u without phoning and funny thing is tht if they cant do tht then how do they chat lol.so be wary of tht dating line also and thk god i wised up he got nthing from me and i am reporting to face book and have reported him to windows llive and are you interested and i will also be going to face book next as i want him barred from the sites and facebook.So all ladies dnt answer any army guys at all no matter where you are someone tht has not even met yo and says they love you straight away is talking shit, thank u and dont be silly and ignore our msgs about the scammers
debbie
Hi i wish to god id known about this all before as i am in a terrible situation, absolutly devasted, have fallen for a so called Capt Aaron johnson of camp victory Afghanistan, and lost £12,000. believe it all not i have a degree in nursing and didnt think i was stupid and gulable enough to allow this to happen. im on my 2nd kidney transplant have an Autistc boy lost my partner yr half ago in a horific diving accident so was very vunerable. there were warning bells but he always had a legit answer . ihad what looked like official documents form the us verterans and Colonel Watson ect , i even checked them out,! finally went to the plice and they tell me it is a scam, and i have lost it all. i took out an overdraft , a loan , all my savings and now i havent the money to pay the monthly repayments on the loan and overdraft. i feel so violated raped of all my dignity. my self esteem and my pride have gone i feel devasted , and im in a very dark place at the moment trying to survive for my sons sake. what a hell hole and what a evil wicked thing we have in this world.debbie
mari
I’m with you Kim I also finding to to catch all these bastard —my email is mvazquez4@msn.com
Linda
I was scammed by Sgt Mattew Tonsetic who is deployed in Baghdad, Iraq. I met him on match.com His email address is belive_god03@hotmail.com. He claimed to have a 14 year old son, Gabriel Agbeko, living with Mattew’s mother in Accra, Ghana. He told me that he was from Bronxville, New York, and froze his bank accounts before leaving for Iraq. He and his son asked me to help pay for Gabby’s outstanding tuition fees and also the summer IT program. Mattew promised that he would pay me all back once he returned to States in September. Unfortunately, I did wire transfered money to Accra twice. Now, he asked me to help him out of Iraq by paying for the flight ticket. I realized that I was caught in a scam operated by a group of Ghanians. He said that he would marry me and to spend the rest of our lives together. When I refused to pay for the plane tickets, he stops chatting with me. Yes, we should all work together to bust those scammers who stole the identities of the real soldiers.
Natalie
Although i have yet to be scammed by this Mattew Tonsetic, he began writting to me on September 13, 2010. I met him on the Lavalife dating site. He has told me about his son Gabriel and hi daughter whom he does not see because she lives with his ex-wife. He has also told me about his mother who reportedly lives in Accra. I began supicious and decided to look up his name on line when after a couple of days he told me he loved me, wanted to marry me and that i was his world. Thanks for your post as it confirmed what i was suspecting all along. The email address u have listed is the one he uses to communicate with me. He says that he will be retiring from the army in January 2011.
Izzy
I think the man I was talking to are the same man as Linda but different name. I met him at match.com. He claims his name is Frank Rancourt. his email address is Frank_Rancourt@yahoo.com. he also claimed to have a 12 year old adopted son living in Accra, Ghana which he can’t contact with when he is station at iraq. First he wants me to help him contact his son and see how he is doing. I did help him call his son but when the next day, he ask if I could help him get his son an iPhone for his birthday and he promised that he will pay me all back when he get back to the state, i kind of suspicious and I told him that I could not help him because I don’t really know him yet. The next day we chat again, i insist that he show me his face on web cam but he never did. All the pictures he send me that he claimed it was him, I fall for it. I also so stupit to share with him my pictures because we did photo share when we chat on IM in yahoo. Now he had some of my pictures and I wonder what he might do with my pictures. He might use them to scammed other male person.
Yes I agreed, we should all work together to bust these scammers who stole the identities of the real soldiers.
Shanter
I too have enough information to catch someone, but have turn the information into the CID and the FBI, in Jan, but haven’t heard anything. yet. I am too, for putting all the information we have on FACEBOOK. I have started one, but haven’t put in all the information I have. Lets get together. Lots of scamers on Badoo.com
Lori
I had the same thing happent o me. but I did send money. I’m still talking to hime online. he goes by the name Marcus Swain. Is this name on your list?
Laura
stop talking to him and don’t send any more money..These people are from Ghana or Nigerians.. They’re all scammers.. Please please please. DON’T SEND ANY MONEY…
Randi Neff
I am looking for two men…Alex Williams and David James McNamara. I was scammed out of about $400K total sent to Alex Williams in Accra, Ghana over the span of 2 yrs. When I can’t call Alex, I call Zinatu Saeed and I get an immediate phone call from Alex. I am caught up in I don’t know what……I am so scared of what is going to happen to me. I don’t have any family to turn to. I have nobody to talk to about all this. I have received many items that were purchased with fraud credit cards and I turned them over to the police. I have talked to the FBI, but I need somebody I can just talk to. I have no where to turn. I am at my wits end. I am contemplating suicide. I can’t handle this anymore. I cant handle this anymore. Then David McNamara contacted me through Singlesnet,com. He claims he is a Colonel in the US Army located in Afghanistan. I have pics of this man. We talked online for a couple months. He wanted a phone so I sent him an old Blackberry. He claims he will be leaving the Army on May 21, 2011. I am turned to him and discussed some things that had happened with Alex. He said we would deal with things when he came home. In order for him to receive the phone, I had to send it to a Prince in UK. He supposedly delivered the package to Afghanistan. Supposedly he needed to buy airtime for his phone. Well he didnt know I was in the US Army and I know how things work. So I just let him keep talking and carrying on and he is unknowingly burying himself. When he told me he borrowed $2500.00 from this Prince and he needed my help in paying him back, red flags went up. I gave all kinds of reasons as to why I couldn’t give him the money. When he realized he wasn’t getting any money from me, he told me he was going to another post where there wasn’t internet. Now I know better than that. I asked for a number to call him…he said there is no number for you to call my office. that is BS, I know better than that. I just want to find the both of these men. Has anybody else had contact with these two men? I want to know. Email me at randinef@aol.com. Lets compare notes before I end my life on May 1, 2011. Thank you for your time and attention.
susan
I am talking to a guy cptn.George Wilson i did send money for internet service twice de 8th of each month then I send money fro his flight 2300 and then 1700 to another flight .Hi did send me the confirmation that the tickets were paid in KLM can this be true or not they offer you the world ,and you just fall in love like idiot i never thoug about scam i just talk to him on Friday ,every day was longer chats that we spend 3 hours last week,how someone have time to do all this.his emails are.
milgeorge123@yahoo.com
milgeorge123@hotmail.com
cptnwilson1@yahoo.com
I have pictures of him with uniforms and also with sport cloths if someone want to see the pictures let me know.
He said have a daughter in canada 21 years old her name is Lisa Wilson and seh make him sign on plenty of fish dating site.
if someone get familiar with this name please email me to .
silvesy@hotmail.com
Dawn
Lori, I have a Marcus Burke. Ever heard of him. Infact we still talk but I have so many doubts. I am very mean with money so no money sent to him.
suzanne
I have landed on a guy who calls himself jack wilson on facebook also facebook.com/csmjackwilson…please get back if same guy
susan
Hi can someone help me find if Capt. George A Wilson exist he said is from Las Cruces New Mexico IN US ARMY now in Sangin Adghanistan i have pictures of him very sweet guy involved me like crazy i ended sendin 4 times money total of 5000 to china to pay his ticket and internet service i have all information and saved every single e-mail and chats in my phone.
talk to him almost everyday until Friday May 27.
Joe Warner
There is no George A. Wilson who is a CPT. There is a contractor, a master sergeant and a sergeant.
Sorry, I don’t see your guy.
alan
hi my mums talking to a soldier now and he’s blagging her for 1000$. and she wont listen to me can one of you try to talk some sence into her please alan xx
dumblonde1952@hotmail.co.uk thanks
Joe Warner
Sorry Joe Warner’s Email address is hotproton@gmail.com
Marlene
I have seen this man on a website called Hot Or Not. I have currently been chatting to a soldier in Afghanistan and he has just asked me if I will send an email to the following email: TS2USmilitaryconnection@usa.com
I have sent an email but so far no reply. This is so we can chat on the phone.I am wondering if this is a genuine email. With all this scamming going on I am so worried now that he may not be who he says he is.How can we know for sure please?
charlotte
Marlene be careful,I was sucker in and lose some money.It sounds like the same thing i was pulled into.Check with the military inlistment place in your home town and they can give you the info you need.They told me when i called them they furnish our military with stuff they need and when i told them what the people wanted me to do the soldier in the office said it was a scam.The scammers can say all the right things and push all the right buttons,so be carefull.If they are true they will not ask for money,and believe it or not they have tried to contact me again posing ask a Gen David Petraeus,SO GOOD LUCK AND PLEASE BEWARE
charlotte
I forgot to say who the scammers name was that contacted me the first time,it was a sgt Patrick Mcdonald.So ladies beware of that name also and I am willing to help anyway i can to put these scammers out of business.I also have pics of this so called patrick mcdonald.I am sure the pics i have is probably or could be the real pat mcdonald.
Hooi
I have recently been in contact with a John Dodson Perez who is supposed to be a colonel currently serving in Haiti as part of the peace keeping mission. However, I notice that his grammar and spelling is very bad. He says that he will soon be moving into an area where there is no internet service so he wants me to sign up with a special service provider so that we can continue to communicate. However, he says that it is costly and is about USD1,850 but the amount is refundable.
I am very skeptical and told him that I can wait it out. There are many things he told me that doesn’t add up. Like he says he joined the service at 20 and served 33 years but he is now only 49. So he can add either.
I have asked a friend to help me look for a private investigator to check up on him. Perhaps all you girls out there should do the same if you are really interested in someone from an online dating site. He is the third scammer that I’ve come across. Is there no real honest person alive anymore ?
juliet marzouk
Hi Marlene,
My nane is Juliet from Vancouver Canada, its too late for me when I’ve learned that The Gen. Frank Moops I’ve been chatting for almost 4 months is A scammer. I cannot believe it, pretending he is a Christian and a very sweet talking, never in my whole life
encounter a guy like that, Its like a dream come tru to me. I was scam bec. he said he was In Iraq 3 yrs ago and found a Bar of
Golds,to make it short He put it in A keep deposit in London. Bec, he was in Afghanistan right now no Acees of money, Ihave to pay first the Security Co. to rrelease the box be. the buyer is waiting, I emailed the Co. and reply me after a day. And I have to pay 14,000 sterling thats 22,000 cAN. I told him give me a proof that you are really Afgh. right now well he send me lots o photos from there. I lost my money
all in all 46,000 And it too late already I’ve been crying many nights since it happens
just want to share, He is still in WOOME yahoo.com His picture is fake you can see him
NeTTy
Hi,
lm at this very moment talking to a so called “Sgt Jeff Wilganoski” in Afganistan, he has advised me in order to talk to him l would have to email some communications department, then l get asked to send $250 USD via money gram, prepared to lose the $250, l sent it & now there is a %2750 USD payment required for transit leave & liberty pass. l suspect his full of crap this crafty specimen, l have checked all IP Addresses & all based in America (washington) though still suspicious as l have heard such awful things. what else can l do to confirm he is the bug that deserves to be squashed
Karin
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: GEN. RAYMOND T. ODIERNO military transit depart
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 2:03 PM
Subject: *** Transit Process Of Captain……***
My name is Gen. David Peatrus and i have been put in-charge of the Transit process of Capt………..by the Transit Department of the US Army.. I promise to guild you through the process to the best of my ability.
You can now proceed with the transit application of your fiance ”Captain…………….” name will be kept annonymous.
You should also be aware that, during this transit process, you are going to remit some amount of money($2100 )to our finance department. This will be return to you as soon as your fiance’s safe arrival is confirm.
You are advise to provide us with your information required below:
Name :
Age :
Work :
SSN :
Address :
Cell number
Once you provide us with this information you are no longer anonymous to us.
We protect your privacy and we do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary.
All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity. The information is what we are going to use in registration of your name with the Military Transit Department.
Regards,
Gen. David Peatrus
Multi-National Corps Iraq-Afghanistan
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory Kabul
APO AE 09342
I AM SO GRATEFUL I FOLLOWED MY INSTINCT TO CHECK THE EMAIL ADDRESS OUT AND IT BROUGHT ME TO THIS SITE. I HAVE UNFORTUNATELY LOST A LOT OF MONEY BUT AM WISER TO THE GAMES PLAYED BY THESE SCAMMERS. BADOO. BE2, AND THE LIKE….. A HAVEN FOR THESE NASTY PEOPLE WHO PREY ON INNOCENT WOMEN.
LADIES, THE PROMISES OF A GOOD LIFE ARE WEAK AND UNTRUE. DONT FALL VICTIM TO THESE SHALLOW PROMISES LIKE I DID. IT COST ME LOTS OF MONEY WHICH I CANNOT RECOVER.
I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE TEAM TO PLACE THESE MENS PICS ON THE WALL OF SHAME.
Annmarie
well i hate to tell you but ts2usmilitary connection is a scam i talked to a military man that has filled me in on a lot if you send a email to ts2 it will come back and say the a registration fee is 545.00 but the truth its a aol account that it uses and the woman lives in ohio that except the email on aol but the truth its all a scam so beware ..need to know more you can email me just reply to this and i will get back to you with my email
robin johnson
I have been asked to send an email to the same address. I live in Ohio. This was to arrange for sending money for phone communication to a Colonel in Afghanistan. Please tell me what you know about this. He seems sincere, but I want to know if I am being set up. Why does the bad grammer seem to be such a common factor. Are they not American or just poorly educated and if so, how do they become so high ranking?
Thank you
Beatrice
To Robin johnson,
If he’s a COLONEL he’s pulling in 5 to 6 thousand a MONTH. Don’t be fooled it’s a scam.
TRACEY
YES IVE JUST LOST 2,000 SGT TO A JEFFREY MILLER BUT BUT DID NOT ASK FOR THE PHONE THING ASKE TICKET ON A MONNEY BACK LETTER FROM A GENRL STANLY MACC SINE GONE GEN I HAVE A ID ARMY NUMBER THAT HE GIVE ME ENNY WAY TO SEE IF ITS TRUE AS HE IVE HAD SO MENNY FIGHTS WITH THIS MAN AND CALL HIM ALL SOTES but he still comes back and there is now way ill send no more . also had a mark vass mark4abey he is nigarin
linda allison
hi i have knowed this guy call,s him self EDWARD PRESTON, saids he is a col. special forces. sarry dont belive him any more.saids he needs money to come home $300 .i have asked miltary doesnt have to pay. still trying to get money wants me to pick up money gram and send to someone in africa. not going to.can someone tell me whates going on my email add. is lindaallison60@yahoo.com ,,need to talk meet him on line. saids he is in afgan. in war zoon here,s his email edwardspreston50@yahoo.com please help
Laura
I got suckered into the same thing. My Dad works on an Army base so I talked to him about it and he told me it is a legit company. I sent the company my money then they wanted more. It would have cost me about 5000 to talk to a so called SGT Brandy Floyd. I got suckered out of a lot more money because I thought this guy was telling me the truth after that. I would love to get my hands on him and get my money back.
susan
Hi I gues we can’t get our money back i wish we coul i spend 5000 to chat and think my self that someone can love me,what is going on with us ,how can we catch this people it would be nice to place all the pictures in the internet from all this people my guy was George Wilson from kabul Afghanistan.
my e-mail silvesdy@hotmail.com
Mary
I had someone by the name of Adams chris Melito request I do the same. I did get an answer back asking me to give the rank of the person and other info. I never went through with it because the guy said I had to pay $200. Thank god I had no money, not that I would have done it anyway. When some one says they love you without meeting you is a fraud. You will know when they ask for money. That is a red flag!!I also found out that if they are using a yahoo account instead of an email address in “mil” then that is a red flag too.
Undying love and asking for money? Walk away!
Sheree
I also had Adams Christopher Melito find me on Lavalife he told me he was a Pediattrician with UNICEF and he is in Africa right and when he comes home wants to start a life with me and that he has a seven year old son and also set it up to were I was im on yahoo with his son and him.Please be aware of this person cause in my situation he was a doctor not a solder.
theresa
that e mail is the same I got for a phone he wanted, mine is kraftrichard35@yahoo.com please let us exchange pics of these guys it may be the same person, Thank you and this e mail and guy is a scam dont fall for it!
cristy
i am being scammed by this name general alex parker miller.. bearing of his email id alexparker_44@yahoo.com
illian Young
hi, also I am in the same situation as you to me $200s is a lot of money,at this time of month when bills have to be met…..though I would skrimp by to listen to my love…..also I replied to the email that need details for the phone connection ans have had no responce
A B
I have been scammed by someone claiming to be Captain Michael Massingale deployed in Afghanistan. He claimed his daughter was at a military facility in CA. Long story short……I was his soulmate….and a lady with a good heart etc……..I ended up sending him over £6000 to help him get home ! He asked for a further £12000 to facilitate a special procedure to get him early retirement…….fortunately I didn’t send anymore money.
His email is massinmic@yahoo.com
Susan
I have met someone on match.com who is a captain in the US army, flies military helicopters and is presently in Basra. He is retiring soon and we have developed an intense relationship online. I have confronted him about these soldier scams and he says he is not part of it. Does anyone know of a Captain Travis McFly who is from Pekin Illinois or have you met someone who sounds like the same man. I have pictures of him as well and can make availbe if need be. Because of my deep feelings for this man, I am hoping that he is telling me the truth and that my heart will not be broken. He is set to retire mid June. His deployment ends on May 30th in Mosul Iraq and then he heads bake to US. He wants to relocate to Canada to be with me. Any thoughts out there on this one would be helpful. Thanks
Foon
Susan,
You could ask for his service number and his home address for identity verification. Also like they say above, ask him to send you an email from his military email address. If you have a friend in the States, then ask him/her to verify the identity for you. make sure you know which branch of the service he is in eg. Army, Navy or Marines. That’s what I did and the guy refused to provide the details saying that it’s against security. BS.
Kathy
Hi Susan, Please be SO careful. I have just ended an intensely long relationship online w/a supposed soldier telling the same story. He is retiring in June and wants to move to MA to be w/me. He went so far as to say he was sending a package to me and when that supposed day came the person who was to deliver this package was stuck in Africa and needed over $6000 to bring the package because it was in customs. My story and yours seems similar so please be careful..I didn’t lose $ but I did have a tough road to get over the feelings I had and still do for the photos I hold. All my best to you.
Angel
Kathy, would you be willing to send me the pictures? I had the same story from my man. nic_anel26@hotmail.com
Magda
Hi there, Thanks to this site so we can communicate with the world. My story is identical to yours, the delivery man got stuck in Ghana airport as customs asking a lot of money.I would like to help a certain Ivan Nobile.In the US army, Baghdad Iraq. People in Ghana are using his photos and personal details in a scam by defrauding women with money. I have a bank account number, cell number in Ghana and 2 email address of this certain delivery man.”Daren Smith”. I have two name that is for the bank account he gave me.”Archimides Dankyi” and the other one is “Jibril Mohammed”
I also didn’t lose $ but have a tough time to get over the guy who’s photos I have.
brenda
i had it over a year.can you send me his pictures. i have a lot but he said he was a captain
lynn anne
oh my god. this sounds like mine. the soldiers name is jake issac. met on match.com. wife died 11 years ago. did a good deed in iraq, got paid money.decided to have a friend, a diplomat, jeorge abt.bring it to the states. but got stuck in customs in acca, ghana/and then again in england more money needed to be sent for certificate from customs in ghana. i got pictures of jake and family and two months of daily conversations. 2/3 hours long. his email jake_iss@yahoo.com also oon yahoo im. i am so hurt i sent money, but while i was trying to investigate i never found right site hope this helps someone
suzanne
i also have landed on a soldier called jack wilson a diplomat in africa wanting 12000 out of me ithis one on facebook also..get back please suzanne
janice
same as my story thats today 6th november 2011 – these guys are still operating – my guy is timothy murphy and said he wanted money to get parcel of money out of gaza via africa with a person named alex daniels – who are these guys – did not give him the money by the way but he has my name, address which is scary now
Kaz
Susan…I live in Central IL & saw your post, so I had a look in the local tri-county telephone book which includes Pekin, IL…I’m sorry to report that there are no families listed @ all with the sirname (last name)of McFly.
Yolandi
Susan I would like to hear what happened to you.
TRACEY
scammer thats wot thy all say
juliet
Hi Susan,
I hope you did not give him money, That story of yours is really similar as mine, Going to retire next year and Deployed in AFGHANISTAN, no access of money overthere, I have to sent money for his son doing research in Ghana. First time I will sent him money in Wetern Union the lady told me if you met this person on line this is scam. So I listen to her and did not sent the money. And I told Gen. Frank Moops that he
is a Scam. But he denied everything that his not all those e-mail that his was crying and begging me to sent the money bec. his son
really needs it. Many texting and lots of
e-mails. Then I believe him and send the money and going on and on. Not until a friend of a friend came from Ontario send me
this site to read, bec. your story is just similar to the victim. Right after I read the victims story I knew that I was scammed.
I was thingking
to send that big amount of money to invest for that Gold of Bars, He found in Iraq 3 yrs. ago. I even e-mailed the Coaster Finance and Security Co. which the safe box keep there. I was so stupid not to check it first. Its too late already that Co. doesnt exist at all are Fake. I LOST ALL MY MONEY… I e-mailed him that he is a SCAMMER but he told me his not, he will pay all my money. But I wrote in his Send Gift in WOOMEE Yahoo profile lots of things so that all the Lady’s will be aware. I thought I found my dream guy bec. really he makes you believe. When I googled him He lives in Ghana Frank Moops not in Afghanistan
they are in big Group involved, bec. theres somebody will accept the money, and somebody will phone you if you will not response his e-mail. That the General is so worried why I did reply his text and e-mail. At first they will tell you after a week he will go to Afghanistan to finish the papers overthere
bec. he will retired next year. You really gonna love the Scammer’s love notes they are good on it. They will brainwashed you not to tell your friends, bec. he wants them to surprised. What a fool I am to beleive him,when I have doubts on him. He send me pictures that his in Agghanistan with all these photo very high ranking official. I wonder were they got all those really make you believe. I hope all the Lady’s SAEEKING FOR lOVE WILL BE VERY CAREFUL! GOOGLED THEM
FIRST AND BE SMART DONT TRUST RIGHT AWAY
Rachel
Hi, I chatted to this guy a couple of times about a year ago. Did he end up being genuine? How did it work out for you? Rachel.
Helen
Hello
I believe I am involved with a scammer who purports to be in the military at this present time (6/5/2010). He claims to be a Colonel Edward James McNamara over in Afghanistan at the moment. I think he is using me to get leave. He sent photos and he is in a PFC (private first class) uniform!! He used me as his Fiance to get a liberty pass and leave and I was sent forms from a Col. Susan Croakley to fill in, they all looked official? don’t know? Well I did then I was asked for money to process the leave, which unfortunately I have paid and I have paid for his flight, but then being suspicious I checked out things and am not sure what to do now. I confronted him and he gave me his parents names etc and he says he is going to get funds to pay for the flight fees and try to work something out. Well I am waiting to see all this!!! If nothing happens then deep down I know it’s a scam, but if he comes up with them and actually flies out of there then we will see – I do not think so!!! haha well it will all have been an experience for me but I just wanted to warn everyone about him and this story is different as funds I sent went to someone named Brenda M Burgess, supposedly a military agent and she actually called me on the phone to check out I was indeed his fiance. Now either he’s using me to get out of there or what? I don’t know? Has anyone heard of any of these names? I have photos of him but don’t know how to post them on this site yet… please let me know if anyone has heard of this before, thank you for all posting things so that women can check up, thank you so much.
Tracy
Hi Helen reading what you have written i believe we could both have the same man scamming us plz eamil me at tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk and i will forward to you the photos i have
Regards Tracy
Kimberly
Helen..I have a man named McNamara.OMG..was he bald ??? Anyone have this guy ? And do they have to use a Military email address ?
Kathryn Jones
David James McNamara has been contacting me from e-mail davidmc2050@yahoo.com. I knew it was too good to be true.
Kim
helen, try to post the document he sent u and his pics on this website or email it to me at kim.gaglio@yahoo.com we re gonna do some investigations on it.
kathy
Hi Kim i have a few for you i have a sgt john paul-a sgt john tony-a sgt dennis morisson-sgt jason cardros–a sgt jim landman-a major general john anderson- -a peter who is in the military but don’t remember his rank-a major craig preston-a sgt mike thompson-a sgt james clark-sgt william gernet- sgt dave henderson–general yuri mikhaliv–now i got john anderson dog tags number and his password to most likely one of many e mails and i have john pauls password to his e mail and this major craig preston he seems alright but not sure cause we were talking about phoning him and he told me that if there was cost then to let him know and he will pay for it but the thing is he never once contacted me again after our first talk now this dave henderson tried to get me to accept a package that he said he could not send to his son told me his son was to young to send this package to he stop contacting me for months and today he had contacted me again wanting help even though i had refused him the first time and again this time–i just could not believe he would contact me again —if there is away to find out about who’s pictures they are using i would like to know these brave men should be notified that their pictures are being used to scam their women folk here in the united states –i hope to hear from you soon in letting me know if any of these names are also on the list of military people who are scammers thank you for your time —-kathy
Gwen H
I have a “Sgt.” in the Army asking for me to say I am his finance to get leave. I refused then he asked for me to get him a sat. phone at the following web-site. http://www.militaryvoices.net. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I have pictures also.
ann
please e-mail me cos we’ve as the same story so we’re gonna do someting about it?
vicky
hello i am on the same situation the person i met he suppos to be a sargeant at the us army, hes a father of 2 girls, i too have pics, pls get back to me. thank you
Michelle
Hi Gwen,
I might be talking to the same “Sgt” now. Different company for the phone service though…can you email me and tell me what his name is? I am in Canada, I am not sure where you are located. I found this web site today and I feel sick to my stomach now….and heart broken. Thanks, Michelle
mickey
hey email i need to talk to u i been talking to a sgt robert evert that wants me to pay 500 to army leave section
Jean Calder
I am chatting with someone now and it sounds like the same story.Can you send me the photo’s so I can check
Sandra
Gwen, you did’t give much info, but I’m being asked by a sgt for money and a letter to request a leave for him too. What’s your guys name?
BONNIE CHAPMAN
4 DAYS AGO I GOT AHIT FROM A GUY THAT TRIED TO BUILD ME UP,KEPT TELLING HIM I WAS A PATIENT PERSON,PATIENT BECAUSE I WAS WAITING ON THE MONEY CATCH.HE DIDN’T NO THIS BUT HE ASK ME TO BE HIS PROPOSED SPOUSE AND HAD ME SEND HIS GENERAL THE TRANSIT REQUEST,RESPONSE BACK I WOULD FIRST HAVE TO SEND HIM A THOUSAND DOLLARS.I SENT HIM A MESSAGE BACK THAT I WOULD NOT SEND ONE CENT TO BRING SSG COLE MAXWELL TO THE STATES.COLE THEN SENT ME A MESSAGE THAT HE WOULD PAY FROM HIS OFF SHORE ACCOUNTBUT THAT I HAD TO HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR CREDIT CARD I TOLD HIM NO AND THAT I KNEW HE WAS A SCAMMER.THEN I TAGGED A PIC OF HIM AND POSTED HE WAS A SCAM ARTIST,THEN I DELETED ALL TIES TO HIM.WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO A VERY NASTY MESSAGE SAYING HE WAS GOING TO SUE ME AND CALLED ME A COUPLE CHOICE WORDS.ONE OF THOSE WORDS WAS BITCH AND I ASSURED I AM ONE.
jada
anyone heard of a jordan bratt?
Elaine
Can I just ask Vicky. The person you were talking to with the two girls. Do you have any photos of him that you could email to me at cairns.elaine831@yahoo.com I think I could be talking to the same person. I would really appreciate it please.
debbie
Well ladies, my scam artist was Bryan Jordan, supposedly retiring from Camp Phoenix, in Kabul. He was trying to get a suitcase of $$ out of Kabul via a private courier service that wanted me to pay $5000 up front and $15,000 more when the package was delivered to me. Never been so happy in my life to be broke…but he broke my heart as he had all the right things to say…
Ann
Has any body heard of Sgt Lewis Robb.
Dollie
Hi There I just be asked to do the same thing for Sgt Edward John Dwyer and don’t do it …. it is a scam forward me your e- mail address and i will forward you a picture of him.
Regards
Dollie
Tina
I have been talking to a guy which I have been leary of all the nice things he say, he claim that he wanted to take a leave to see me but I had to email overseasource@usa.com, this just did not sound right to me, I got the leave paper today and the name Susan croakley is suppose to be the authorizing officer, the whole thing does not sound right and the 2 forms don’t look offical plus the email was not written professionally. One of the forms that has policy states on #9 that family or spouse would have to pay for all expenses. Is this what you got also?
tricia
I was just wondering if anybody had been in contact with a Staff Sergeant Bobby George?
Mary
I have been talking to a James Edwards for 1 Month. Asking for money to send a package home full of money. Need to send airticket to some diplomat. He said send the money to an Account in Accra Ganha. Do you have a picture?
melinda
hello,did you know ho is General DENNIS MILLER
Mary
Dont send any money, Belive me it will be going to Ghana, I will get back to you with more information on this. Please do not send money or anything electronic.
Tracy
I met a man on the kissingate website in feb 10 he toldme he is a soldier serving in Afgainstan he has been in the army over 20years he is called SGT CHARLES LECAIN he is 46 have lots of photos now he is aking me for money i have already lost £1,000 for his TRANSIT GRANT so he can visit me 5 wks later hes still not here now hes asking for £5.000 for his BENEFIT FUND i really fell for this man he send me flowers choc teddies and balloons i really thought he was real he says he has 1 son TOM whos 11 they live in GA but also have a house on OZ i have also spoken to his m8s SGT SIMON ROBERTS and LT HANK COLINS does anybody know of these men …..He has treated me like a queen mention a wedding at xmas when hes on leave in my heart i hoped he was real but guess hes a scammer aswell anybody can tell me more plz contact me
Ecaterina
OMG Tracy, your story is exactly like mine.This Lt told me the same story, sent me flowers every day since we met. Love letters, flowers, notes…you name it.
Really captured my heart (I never thought I am this gullible). So he asked me to request leave for him, which I did. It has been approved, but now they are asking me to pay a substancial amount of money for his leave. I said no to him, but I am still doubting whether he is real or not. He refuses to call me, he refuses to transfer his money for the leave into my account so I can pay for it…what a shame that these men are out there playing with inocent hearts and bringing bad name to genuine soldiers looking for love…I am very disappointed…You want to discuss, please e-mail me at ecaterinap@y7mail.com
Tracy
Hi im having a job to email you please try and contact me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
Tracy
Dear Tracy
We share the same name and i believe im being scammed also. The name LT HANK COLINS is a man i spoke to to verify his story for transit leave …and is curently going under the name of steven MCCABE and i, have had love, flowers and poetry spoken every day. I want to do anything i can to stop this. i would like to talk to you so please reply.
Tracy
Well Tracy u have now made contact with me and dont we share the same story and now we haev our FACEBOOK GROUP …..US ARMY DATING SCAM anybody please feel free to join and NAME SHAME and add PICTS of these scammers UNITED WE STAND GIRLS
susan
where can we post photos for this people who pretend to be in love with Us can you tell me where can i post his pictures Thanks
silvesdy@hotmail.com
julie
is the page you’ve done on facebook is still exist???? i’m looking for someone who can be a scammer
TRACEY
sound like the same scammer as mine and a outher women hank collins jeffrey miller
marianne
his name ws brian millar andhe was talking to me about money and he was gpoing to marry me i seareched ed his file and found out he was talking to six women i got all thier names and we put a stop to him
Evelyn
Hi! My name is Evelyn & the same
jerk has taken me for $1200!!! But
I will nip that turkey in the bud for
sure! Gals, I promise! I am now working
with the State Police investigators on
this, & I pray that that scum bag gets
what is coming to him!!
Beware of anyone posing as Sgt. Jeff Miller
mari
yes i know him follow up with Msgt Steven Alejandro –david alejandro–sgt jonathan–alex roberts — smiling robert–simon roberts–major jeffery lingo–matthew lingo they are all the same bastards—ask him about adesina abijola or akinlabi anthony–terry williams
Deborah Martin
God this sounds so familiar.. this guy is saying he is a Capt. in army…needing a family leave…son in UK with ex parents,,she died in accident this yr. Damn…they talk a good game, we are not gullible…..this guys name is Captain Brian Wood. I am in Spfld. IL. He didnt ask for money the commander did.. sent a request from and all..isnt that against the law…creating false military documents. swears he is not a scam….how do you find out if they are real….militarys not giving out names….Deb @ debi7955m@yahoo.com….
Elaine
I have several encounters with men requesting my financial help on the be2 dating website.The first one told me he was Cassie Wiiliams working for the united Nations and was in Pakistan at the time. He asked me to send money to help his son, which I did not. The same website turned up a Bradford Vancole from Birmingham Uk. He was working on a contract in Mexico when he said his daughter became ill and he had no extra cash for medicines etc. He asked me for £750 again I did not send it. I have recently been contacted by a Steven Berry who says he`s American serving in Afghanistan. He asked me to send a Mobile phone to an Anthony Akinlabi at 20 fanibi layout, Ondo Road, Akure Nigeria Instead of giving me an address for his base which I was expecting. I have told him I will send him nothing to that man and sent him a link to look for himself what people are saying about Akinlabi.
Jax
So glad I stumbled across Elaine’s post on this site. I too am in contact with Bradford Vancole, allegedly a Dutch national living in Birmingham UK. We have spoken several times on phone (genuine UK mobile no) and by email. He does have some bad luck with his and his daughters health it would seem as he is currently in Benin working on a contract where they have both been hospitalised due to a car accident. Am expecting the plea for money at any time now – bring it on! He also appears on the Match.com website as Donovan8
TRACEY
HE IS THE SAME GAY LT2 JEFFREY MILLER AND SGT JEFF MILLER AND HANK COLINS .
ALL THE SAME SCAMMER NONE OF THEM ARE ARMY
HE IS FROM AFRICA
AS HE COME CLEAN TO ME LAST WEEK .
AND THY ALSO HAVE A SHARES SITE FOR A SCAM ON YOU FOR IS SHARE TO BE SENT TO U .
AND THY CANT SEND IS BENEFIT FUND . TO U AS THERE NOT REAL
AND THERE ALL SCAMMERS IN AFRICA
DONT SEND NO MORE . THERE ON FBOOK AND UNIFORM DATING
susan
Can we sahre photos sound like my guy 46 years old ,retiring in Nov and been for 20 years in the Army.I sent a lot of money.
silvesdy@hotmail.com
laurie capps
Susan,
I’m laurie capps of summerville sc. I have just been contacted by a anderson lingo from miami fl. in the army or just retired from it. I was wondering if you had a photo of your guy? I would like to compare.
thanks
laurie capps
Gina
Im not sure how to post, but I believe I have one of these scammers in my grips now. I met him on Singlesnet, we communicate thru yahoo… states he is in Iraq, his pic on the dating site is normal, and pic on yahoo profile is in uniform… can’t enhance that pic to read the uniform. He just asked me to send an email requesting private communications at USCMPS@techie.com… He is using the name Mark. The red flags came up, since this was not a military email address. So I wrote an email as he requested, but did not put his name or anything on it, to see what response I would get. I know this is probably a scam, so I want to get his pic and his name out there for anyone else. Please contact me at gmb112974 at yahoo for the pics I have of him and his name that shows up. I am not sure how to check the location of an IP address so if you can guide me on that I will have more information. Our military keeps us safe, and how dare these people use that to scam someone especially in these hard times. I want to exploit all these so called military men. If you have been scammed or think you are trying to be scammed contact me. I am playing along with this guy… men don’t realize you can’t play games with a woman who can play them better than you. Please contact me so we can get all the pics and names on one website. Online dating can be very safe, lets get the people who are abusing it off these sites. Several people I know have met online and are married. The scammers need to be exposed. If we get together and start a website with posting their pics, and their screen names, where we met them, then other women just have to log on to that website to see if they are about to be scammed or if they need to add someone. Ladies, lets do this. PS No money required to put this website up… LOL… Just pics and where you have met them. I am so angry about this, I will start the website. This makes me so angry, read a post about a woman who paid for her wedding plus sent the guy money thousands of dollars, just to be stood up. Lets stop this!!!
Gina
Jean Rice
I too have a scammer that I am now playing with him.. he uses the name Lt.Col.Alexandra Daniel Robinson he claims to be in Baghdad Iraq and says he actually lives in the same state I do. Quite a heart breaking tale, he was very sweet, romantic, and very convincing of how he cared. I am very fortunate, I did not have the money to send to set up the telecomm but, if I had of I probably would have. He sent me 4 pictures and the one on this site the one with the glasses is not the same picture but, is the same guy. I just can not believe how good these people are. I had went to the ts2 website and found the scam alert and went completly off online with him. Then I felt so bad we were on webcam and I was tore up crying and he and I made up. Now I am not completly stupid but because the romance was so sweet I didnt want it to end,. Anyway, the next thing I know I have found this website and here it is the truth is here. I am still very sad because as you all have experienced how convincing this guy or group of people are they make you feel very special. Anyway, today he was offline and I came on saying babe I can pay the telecom tomorrow I got the money.. it wasn’t one minute before he was online talking with me. I have told him I had a friend that is sending me 10000.00 from an aunt of hers that i used to take care of. He was wondering why I had not told him about it and I told him that I didnt know about it that my friend was in Niagra or Nigeria or somewhere and she was sending me the money the following day and after paper work was all taken care of another 50000.00 would be sent to me.. He actually said.. babe watch out those Nigerians are fraudsters… I asked him what did he mean and he was all over this with innocence. I will continue this until I get enough or tell him he is busted. Anyway,it is all now about what I plan to do with the money, and I have said I would send the money to the guy in the UK or I will just buy him a sattelite phone. I also put in one sentence that a Colonel had came into my office today and he had told me that deployed soldiers draw their paychecks and get paid very well, and that they can call home at anytime. Then slipped in an I love you. We will see what happens tomorrow however. I want this guy stopped, just to think how much money is being sccammed makes me sick. But what really hurts is that hearts and lives are being toyed with and I would hate to hear of somebody hurting themselves over the heartache these jerks are causeing. Damn it just makes me so mad because they make it so easy to fall in love with…. such a shame.. whatever it takes to help catch just one of these people I am willing to do..
TRACEY
the real col alexander left the army 5 years ago
Lesley
Hi please count me in if there is any way to help in catching these people. I’m still in touch with my guy who is calling himself Colonel Brandon Hutton (should be back on tonight).
Janollie
In reply to Lesley.
Hello.
Brandon Hutton has been in contact with my friend recently, he’s had a fair bit of money off her already.
I will be back on later so I will link to some pictures of him. Perhaps they’ll be the same.
my email is forthingsandstuff@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to contact me or send any pictures you may have.
juliet
hI jEAN rICE,
Can you please check this GEN. FRANK MOOPS in WOOMEE yahoo.com just pretend that you like his profile, his still there right now
I wrote lots of comments in the send him Gift. That picture of him are all fake, his not an ARMY at all. I wonder were he got those photos. thank
TRACEY
COL ALX GOT OUT OF THE ARMY 5 YEARS AGO
Linda
count me in to catch these scammers!
Magda
Hi there, I can help with some pictures and many letter etc, I would love to help as I really find if very difficult to get over the guy who’s photos I have. You can contact me at magzhealy@vodamail.co.za
brenda
hai i dont know if i am scammed. but i have serious doubts. I have pics of him. i am not sure to help you. but i want to get in touch with you. i am belgium and try to write “good english” if you can help me i would be glad. because after a year we are still talking, chatting and texting. thanks
Linda
Hi Brenda, I am talking to a COLONEL DAVID BEN JAMES GARBER (who the Army do not recognise). One time he made a mistake and send a love letter to me addressed to Brenda. When I enquired about it, he reasoned that it is an honest mistake and that he could not stoop down to that level.
He said he is in Victory Camp, Kabul Afghanistan(which do not exist). I have been talking to him for nearly 2 years. I believe you have fotos of him. Can you attach one to my email please which is stanton.erlinda@yahoo.com. I will share with you his fotos I have on my files. Thank You. Linda
Linda
Ladies Beware!
Colonel David Ben James Garber (eng.garber @yahoo.co.uk )is now back on the prowl. He is announcing that he is so happy because he is now retired from the military. Still using the photo that belong to Michael Adam Lingo on his Yahoo IM avatar. The last time he emailed me was 12 October 2011 where he said he was going to war. This was the same day he was due to fly to UK after I paid for his leaving & retirement expenses. He has been offline for 3 months. Noticed him sign on every night and day from 31 Dec 2011. Whoever he is talking to currently is in for a rough ride. Happy New 2012!
Lisa
Is the last name he uses Donnelly?
Deborah Martin
Gina…lets do this…tell me how to help….
melody
contact me because I have been scammed for months too, lots of emails, pictures, etc.
Sally
Gina, whatever we can do I’m with you. I recently chatted with 6 men thinking there would be at least 1 I could begin a relationship with. All 6 were scammers.
Lorena
Is Mark’s last name Hollenbeck? Can you send me the pic of him I am currently talking to him as well.
TRACEY
there is 6 jeffrey millers on the scamm
same photo on fb and unifom dateing site
wot id like to now is wot THEY ARMY AND THIS
REAL SGT MILLER HAVE DONE ABOUT ALL THIS AS THERE PHOTOS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE .
AND WHY THY DONT GET THEM OFF THE SITE . ?
TWO MENNY PEAPLE HAVE LOST MONNEY TO THE SCAM . lt2jeffrey miller jeffer miller
jeffrey miller .
debby hall .
sharon grant
janet thophson .
nita vinson
so menny scammers
linda komm
hi there
my room mate and i are being scammed but are trying to prove it
the 2 gentlemens name are Ben Mixion and ANthony Schaffer
when i talkd with him there is no way that he is amerian so lets get these bozos we are both from canada
alison
Hi there, so glad I found this website and read all these horrendous stories before I too, was scammed for money. You can check where emails are send from by following the instructions on this link.
http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/
If I can do it anyone can.
Just found our my soldier is not sending his emails from Iraq, but from the US?!! Anyone know a Sgt.EMMANUEL RICHARDSON? I’m still chatting to him and trying to plan how to get the “B” back. Same sob story as all the others, little boy missing his dad, mum died in childbirth, only child, no relatives, but of course he cant send anything to him, could I help etc etc. Anyone know a fitting way of getting him where it hurts!!!?
Daisy
Hi there i did read all the stories i here and would like to know if any of you heard of a Ruddock Schwartz Staff seargeant in Afghanistan in the moment or Morssen Verde also based somewhere in Afghanistan in the moment …they not started asking for money yet but talking to them sound very familiar to some of your storys …love to hear if anyone heard them names or spoke with any of them two also…thank you
NANCY BEACH
hi,i have been chatting with a guy name ruddock these stories are just like my story,please contact me
Joy
I have chatting with a Brian Woods for months. I guess from start it was too good to be true. Have feeling he is going under different names. If anyone wants the photos I have just email me ay tribalgirl1@hotmail.com
candy
i think i have a scammer i’m talking with. he fell madly inlove with me and vis a versa and now all of a sudden this man who is a pfc after 17 years needs 4000 usd to get leave. i said no way and cursed him out for playing me, now he says he only needs 2000 usd. i am so mad at my self for falling for this man.i found him on a dating site on face book. cannot believe i let this happen. how can you only be a pfc after 17 years? what can we do? i even went on military.com to use the buddy finder and the info on him i have does not pull up any info at all. i’m sure its a scam but how do we know for sure?
kitty
I have been talking to a military man overseas and there were a couple red flags. I decided I would do a little research and came across this. His name is Parker Graves online name is heffkins@yahoo.com. The story is somewhat the same he was adopted, planning on retiring upon his return, single, 42 years has no means to credit card due to issues from family matters. Very charming, sweet, and love the “perfect guy”. In a couple of our chats he mentioned “transit leave” that I would have to request on his behalf… The one thing I remembered from being a military wife …I was not the one in the military and could not make any official request but only my husband could. Well then Mr. Parker really screwed up he called me Kristy. I want to thank you so much as I did have feeling invest but not to the point I am crying over this man. All of you said you want to be at war against scams well I am your proof it is working and I am very thankful for every person who took the time to post. I took everyone’s advice and asked for his current address, military ID#, military email address and his address in the states. Well that sure pissed him off. I was gracious and responded…”I am worth it and if you love me verifying who you are would not be an issue you would have to do it anyways if we were to get married”. I have not received a response back from him and my prayers to God for wisdom in this situation brought me to your website. Thank you once again and if I was wrong on my judgment of Mr. Parker Graves then I truly apologies. If anyone has heard of Parker Graves please let me know. Thanks
Kristy
Dear Kitty,
I’m so sorry for your experience with Parker.I am most likely the “Kristy” he’s been courting along at the same time. Met him on the Christian Cafe website back at the end of July. Yes, he is charming but unfortunately lost. Thanks for your posting because I’ve been praying about the situation.
kitty
Here is Parker’s responding email as he stated I need to correct the impression I made about him. Here you go Parker your words…
Ok Madam!
Tell Me ! one good reason why I should not be really mad! and tell me why I should forgive you. I read the post you made of me on a website and it was so heartbreaking. Let me tell you this. I called you KRISTY the other day because she made more sense. She much older than you yet she wouldn’t tell me about how SUCCESSFUL she is. Like I told you before .I do not need your money and you think I am one of these dumb soldiers who would fall victime of Identity theft. You asked me for very personal details. I would never give you these online. I wanted to tell you how dissapointed and mad I was. The other day I tried to call you but the rec eption was quite bad. I need to tell you that you must correct this impression of me yopu have made on that site because I haven’t and never will have a career in scam. I pray that the lord almighty forgives your evil deed because you have just touch his annointed. It is true that I was talking to two people at the same time ..The other is Kristy and she makes more sense to me and by HIS GRACE/.. We will be married next year.. Stay off Please..
In Gods name
Allyson
I am currently a victim of Parker Graves too!!! Im thankful I have friends that can access information needed to dump him. But first i am going to email that yahoo address given to kitty and shock the hell out of him!
Allyson
Dump parker. We were supposed to be married in July! Dont send money and quit praying about the situation because if it seems too good to be true (and it did) then it probrably is.
Laura
To Kitty, Kristy Allyson, Carmelle, Stephanie, Kaitlyn, Caren, and anyone else scammed by Parker Graves.
I too am his latest victim. I am sure he has moved on to someone else. He seduced me for 4 months with 36 beautiful love letters. All kinds of red flags went up with this guy, especially when he became pissed about me asking for proof of his existance. I wanted a current picture of him sitting on the end of his bunk… He wouldn’t do it. He was pissed that he replied in another language. I would like to know this guys real name and I hope he gets caught before someone really gets hurt.
I can’t help but wonder if the real Parker Graves knows he has all these women falling for him. If this is the real Parker Graves(I doubt it) he is giving the US Navy a black eye with so much disrespect…
Ladies let’s stick together, keep each other informed. There are plenty of good men out there. Please just be careful and use common sense…
Keep your head up…
Laura…
Kristy
Dear Kitty,
I’m posting this a second time because I’m not sure it posted the first time. I’m sorry about your experience with Parker because I too have been deceived by him. I am the “Kristy” he’s been courting since the end of July.
Allyson Kocmick
My name is Allyson and I am currently chatting with this man. He also requested 4,650 dollars for his transit leave. Im just finding out about this and am heartbroken. I didnt send any money THANK GOD. I think I am going to email him and mention your name and Kristys name. Just out of curiosity, when were you speaking with him. I am suppose to marry him in July. Thanks Allyson
Carmelle
Hi, I’m Carmelle and Parker Graves started sending me emails since about a week ago, he’s already head over heels in love and already planning our wedding when he retires from US Marine, currently stationed in Afghanistan for Peace Mission or something…Has a 9yr old daughter living with a friend in GA, wife died from a car accident, both parents dead and only child. Hasn’t asked me for money yet or anything else so far but he sure knows how to speak about love though, had my head filled with crazy ideas about us together forever after. Yesterday I happened to mention in my email that my son in law is in the Air Force and was also stationed in Afghanistan earlier this year. Last night I had a hunch to check up on him online, just to be sure and I came to this site and saw your posts, well I’m glad for that…guess there won’t be a wedding after all
Anybody has pictures of this hunk? I could compare with mines. He’s going with captgravesparker01@yahoo.com for MSN chat, haven’t chatted with him yet and his email with me is gravesparker01@aol.com I only received a very short email today stating that his camp’s been attacked by Taliban’s and 3 of his men are seriously injured…as if! Well probably won’t hear from him again since I told him about my son in law…Thanks so much for all your posts about these scammers, we really can’t trust anyone anymore.
Carmelle
karml@hotmail.com
Stephanie
Well ladies as of this evening, I was Parker’s latest girlfriend/fiance. He told me he’s a Captain of 6 years in the Navy and sent photos which seemed appropriate. He charmed his way into my heart fast and fell in love with me even faster! He said he has a 6yr old son living with his ex. He claims he was born June 19th, 1958… and grew up in the UK. St Marys
He claims to be ready to retire and wants us to travel once he obtains his Ph.D in International Relations..
I can’t begin to explain how wonderful it’s been being cared about so deeply by this man. Yes his grammar doesn’t at all match the education he claims he has. So when a flag or two screamed “danger”, I asked for his military address to verify whether or not he’s been honest with me. Trust is something earned; not automatically given. Oh did he ever blow up… he went on and on about trust and how I couldn’t possibly love him if I was doubting him. His behavior was definately another bucket of red flags!
We made up. I needed more time to figure out why things weren’t adding up. I admit I wanted them to. I had deep and wonderful feeling developing for Parker. Seriously I was thinking about accepting his consistent references to marriage and agreeing!!
My head kept telling me to wake up and pay attention to the fact that he may not be the real thing. His photos were gorgeous and they made it tough to doubt him.
But my heart won out. It told me to “follow my heart”. That’s exactly what Parker asked me to do..Follow my heart.
Love truly is blind isn’t it.
Tonight out of nowhere, I typed in his gravesparker01@aol.com email address with Google, and up popped this site and all of you who have encountered Parker. My God I’m devastated and humiliated. I’m about to cry knowing all these wonderful emotions were built on a lie. He’s been a fake.
And my heart is broken. I appreciate all of you sharing your stories in order to help others. I’m glad I found out before I fell any deeper in love with Parker Graves.
Stephanie
Hi my name is Stephanie. I met Capt. Parker Graves from a singles connection website about 2 weeks ago. He said he’s a Captain of 6 years in the Navy and send photos of himself in uniform. A very handsome man for sure. He claims he has a 6 yr old son named James who lives with his ex-wife in GA. Parker has sent some of the most romantic emails I’ve ever seen. He plans on retiring very soon and wants to pursue his Ph.D in International Relations (or some BS title)…
I noticed that his english was very poor and did not match his rather impressive education thus far. Flags began to pop up so I asked Parker for his address so I could send him something for his “Birthday” this past June 19th!!! Wow he blew up. He went on a Yahoo Chat rant about love and trust. He got so angry, he said he wanted to close chat and went offline. I was shocked at his behavior. For a man who claimed so quickly that he was crazy in love with me, and wanted to marry me, he sure turned his back and ran over a simple request to in fact verify his real existence. I explained that many people online aren’t truthfull and that I wanted to be sure I was developing feelings for a man who was being honest with me.
He has since began chatting with and sending emails to me. I am so hurt to see all these posts about Parker. I can’t begin to tell you how deeply my feelings were becoming and how great it felt to feel alive inside again. Parker claimed his ex wife cheated on him so he divorced her. I was cheated on and find myself being much more sceptical than ever was. But Parker waltzed right into my heart easily and said all the right things. He has not yet asked me for money or anything strangly enough. But after reading all these posts, I’m expecting him to do that. I’m so sad and embarassed right now.. How could I be so ignorant. Am I so desperate that I’d ignore my original gut hunch when the flags went up, and continue being played for a fool by Parker?
I can’t believe this… I have a painful lump in my throat at the loss I feel right now. What am I going to say to him when he contacts me again.. how do I turn off all the emotions…….
My head tells me to delete him and walk away.
My heart says something very different.
Thank you for sharing your stories. The support and concern I’ve read from everyone is heart warming to say the least. We women do look out for one another.
I have a website I started to build and was going to post Parkers photos there but it’s still under construction. My email on the page works.. born2care.com
Feel free to contact me: inxsmph@yahoo.com
My Yahoo ID is inxsmph91752
Take good care and keep up the great work!
Stephanie
Stephanie
Yes Kitty. I’ve heard of Parker Graves. I guess I’m his latest victem. I’m extremely upset to learn all the love I thought was between us, was based on a lie.
kaitlyn
I am yet another woman that has experienced the loving emails, hours of chat time, and promises of spending our lives together as “two peas in the pod”, by our mutual friend Parker. His personal story was quite different than that told to Stephanie, and others, although he maintained that he was a captain in the Navy and had been serving for the last 20 years. Supposedly currently serving in Afghanistan, there came a time in our 7 month relationship where I wanted to send him
some comfort items, surprises and necessities
that all soldiers like to receive. When I asked for his APO he said he’d rather go through http://www.shipitapo.com where he had an account and they would secure the arrival of any packages to their destination. Although this shipping business is legitimate-not giving his APO is a red flag-APO’s are used all the time. I took his account info and went to mail the packages to learn that the zip code was wrong for the stateside address of ship it apo. That alerted me to contact ship it apo to ask about the correct address and the account number Parker gave me. Are you all sitting down? The man at ship it apo said the account number I gave him was fake, there was no record of Captain Parker Graves, and the email of Parker’s I had forwarded to them stating his account information had a Nigerian IP address. At that point they warned me I would be a victim of fraud, and that they were reporting it to the FBI. I hesitatingly gave Parker the benefit of the doubt as he said his personal email account had been hacked into-also I had no way of verifying the IP address…but why would a bonafide business make such an accusation? Within the next few months there were also occasions where he would be preparing to come and see me “on leave”, and for different reasons needed some financial assistance. He didn’t receive anything from me. What also spoke loud and clear was his controlling, manipulative, passive-aggressive behavior when questioned. This is the classic personality type of a scammer and I’m sorry I didn’t act on my suspicions sooner, but thankfully I didn’t lose anything. And I gained some wisdom, however painfully. I pray the same for you ladies. And to Parker, if you should read this, I pray that you will make your peace with God while there’s still time. He stands at the door of your heart but the knob is on the inside. He wants you to be able to live the life that Jesus died for you to live. The choice is yours.
Caren Mann
Well I guess I am the latest victim of Parker Graves. We have been corresponding since the beginning of August and I fell hook line and sinker for him.
I have never had someone say such nice things to me.
Suppostly he is coming to visit me in Canada this weekend but needed money for his flight.
Told me he had been married for seventeen years and his wife died in a car accident three years ago. His son is living in Asia with his grandparents.
So he is stil on the hunt so what out.
Caren
Aileen
I just had a encounter with a Sgt Micheal Messengale..from Barnsley UK..said he was orignally from Spain but now lives in the UK..he contacted me from Afghanistan from facebook just sending me mail..then chatting on msn..didnt take him long to start asking me to send mail to a defence place at gmail address for a pay plan for a phone line so we could talk on the phone at my cost of course…he kept telling me that I could afford it which I couldnt..traced his emails straight to Nigeria…I then told him he was busted and needless to say hes ignored me…his grammar wasnt too bad but Thank God for email trackers..this guy promised me the world in less than a week!..be vigilant and stay safe
Monika Nordström
I’ve got a mail in facebook from a Colonel Mark Wilkins, placed in Darfur, Sudan. Oh what beatiful things he wrote me. He needed me and wanted to visit me in Sweden. He asked me to apply for his leave of absence and to pay his fee. His mail is peritweezer@yahoo.com. He really got to me, beeing in the midle of divorce and in need of attention. I was easaly fooled.
judith oxlade
i was nearly scammed ..but it smelt fishy from the start.he named himself josh upson cole.he was postd in iraq,then supposedly moved to africa.he said he loved me after only a few wks.which was a big shock .and was askn questions of my family .and that they would be his family soon too.he asked me if i would marry a soldier.he finds a weak spot ,then trys his look.this person needs to be caught.he askd me to contact the transit department of the arny and ask for him to have leave.it was sussesful.but then i was told by army supposedly .to buy a flight stamp thruogh the western union .money transfer.business.so i told him i couldn,t help at all.plus i had a women add me on facebk askn why i added josh upson cole.i told her i never ,and also told her of hid scam,she added that she was going out with this man also,so he nust have been tryn to scam this person as well.after this i got a threat from him on yahoo messenger .telln me he was going to come and shoot me with rifle for telling the other women .this needs to be sorted .
CJ
I’ve got another post up here: http://militarygear.com/asp/2011/03/28/still-scamming/
Armi Schroderus
Hi Monika,
I have got a mail in Facebook from a Colonel Mark Wilkins, placed in Darfur, Sudan. He says he is divorced and has a 8 year old son and wants marry me (???!!!!). The email address is the same you got. He says if I am not sending the money for his leave of absence he will cut the contact, thank god if he do it!
Take care, Armi
schuller gyongyver
hello!i was contacted too from this colonel named Mark Wilkins he has the same mail.he wrote to me that he loves me and i am the only women in his life.He asked from me money but i have told him i don’t have. He is writing me , we are in contact,but i don’t believe him.I considering that like a joke because i don’t think that someone -i mean a really man-is in love to ask money from a women to meet her,specially when is a colonel.I am really sorry for all the women who was fooled and i think that all this cheaters must bee captured.
JoAnne
Wow, he has been a busy boy, because he had been chatting with me as well. He doesn’t reply too much to my emails anymore, because I keep asking him about his real job of scamming people. He never did ask me for money, but I am sure he would have eventually.
christina francis
this scam is still going on on uk date sights I was tageted by sgt simon roberts who uses the name bob onthe date sight, lucky I got sus and goggled him .
rosie
Hi Christina, read your comment, I too am in contact with a guy of this name , has he sent you photos ?
Sally
I started chatting with Edward Cliff who said he was in the army in Afghanistan. This was his last tour and he would be home in 3 weeks. After quite a few chats he said he found a diamond while on patrol. He had been hiding it but was now going to the desert and wanted to send it to me. This would secure our future. I was nervous about what he might send to me. I told him I work and am not at home to accept a package. I suggested his relative who was caring for his son. He said he could do that but then told me about a safe deposit box which would cost $300 a week for 3 weeks until he returned. Of course he wanted me to pay for the safe deposit box. I said “I have no funds to pay for anything” and ended the chatting with Edward Cliff.
janice
have been chatted up by a bloke saying he is a major in us army – name timothy murphy,said all nice things promising to love me for ever promising to make all my dreams come true- said he had a son – on his profile he did not have a son – until he asked me for money – said he had a payment for an injury he received and needed help to get it out of country – gave names of people who i should contact – one the army consultant at the usa army veterans office, another called bright asare – as if – like a mickey taking name dont you think? and then another called alex daniel- who are these people – i wasasked by murphy to send them cash via western union – when i ref;used he went very hard on me – the trouble is he has my name, address and phone number – i have not given him money but can he use the information he has to any detriment – should i report this even though i have given no money over – ladies beware
Karen Jenkins
So called General three star in Army .. Heli Miller Christos.. on facebook tried to scam me didnt work professing love and marriage and all of the above. Claiming he had top secret stuff to send me of jewels and money.. I know better as I have friends in the military and his english grammar was broken and awful. He claimed he had to have my address, email. and my full name and he found me on facebook. He professed love within the first two days and marriage too. What a jerk. I asked several times if he had a us citizenship and he claimed he did .. It was so boguss. Claims to have home in Garden City, New York. and put boguss pics of his family up on facebook.. and his vehicles.. lotsa lies.. just total crap. Glad I didnt fall for it.. Karen Jenkins .. OREGON, USA
Hilary
I must have read this article too much because the bad grammar rubbed off on me in my last comment! LOL!
Ellie
I can’t believe there are women this gullible. Even an old Alabama hillbilly knows this is a scam. ROTFLMHO
Jean Rice
maybe it is funny to you but it isnt funny at all. people are being hurt.
Dorothy
Ellie u know I couldn’t believe this kind of shit existed either but it’s not a laughing matter, I know guys who’ve been fooled as well as women. So go be a $%#@& somewhere else, people don’t need to be knocked off the hill any harder.
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geoff
what a mess ,ladies be carefull every one is becomimg desperate for money no matter what
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Samantha
I am glad I read this as it completely mirrors the scam I was sucked into by someone posing on a dating website as a British Sergeant Major in Iraq who was also widowed and needed to send money back to his new love of one week who he wanted as his wife. Unfortunately for him his grammar was also pretty poor and he couldn’t give a straight answer about anything, he just kept on asking and then demanding money to be sent to Ghana. All this was communicated by mesenger. Yes, I was a fool to be suckered in but he said exactly what I wanted to hear at the time, and the photos of some poor unsuspecting soldier in Iraq hooked me as well.
vivi
Im from Indonesia and i met my fiancee from dating site, now he deployed in Afghanistan *he’s sergeant after 20years in army, thats why i agree with this statement: he made Major General in less than 23 years!!! This guy should be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff if he keeps this up*. We communicating by internet *yahoo* and mobile phone message *sms*. First time we met, i asked him to use webcam and another time i called him when we chat using webcam…and it works…i know he’s not scammer… I searched his name in internet and i got him in military.com. Well… i made a role with him, dont send me anything and dont ask anything from me…Use webcam it will help you but you must stay sharp also!
Last thing, we cant communicate with our army spouse or lover as we like, especially if he/she deployed to war zone *afghanistan, Iraq, etc*
Jessica
hmmm…actually you can communicate pretty easily with them, the army has ways…I am happy for you but you should be careful and ask a friend who is IN the army to look him up in AKO just to be sure…if he’s really army you should know his .mil email address.
susan
what you mean with his mil email addres,someone said if the email stat with mil is scam my guy email is milgerorge@yahoo.com
sharon
Beware of anyone calling himself any version of joe0074. He is a phony. I was taken advantage of. Total stupidity on my part.
Look out. They are clever.
sharon
im so sorry..me too. was suckered in like an idiot
beverly
ladies, please remember that you do not pay for transit leave. I have checked out the stories with the Homeland Security, and Defense Dept. no real military man will ask you to pay for anything. there are several men scamming women on dating sites: such as, MATE1, DATEHOOKUP, CHRISTIAN DATING, AND SINGLESNET ALSO. I have been tracking these men and contacting official, hopefully one day we can get rid of them
Tracy
Hi Beverley
I have also set up a FACEBOOK GROUP called STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM please join and add any photos and names u may have and we can work faster to stop this happening by these scammers
Tracy
cookie
I was suckered into this too: I met a guy on Facebook who claimed to be a Lt. in Iraq, who of course “fell in love” with me, but needed me to send $500 for the Military phone system so we could talk. I did not, so did not hear from him again. Then I met a Captain stationed in Africa, who needed me to send $1350 for a laptop for him, so we could talk…I did not, and he called me horrible names and stopped communicating. A few months ago I met another guy supposedly in Iraq, whom I unfortunately “fell for”, and this one needed me to pay for his leave of absence so he could come to me…well, I got suckered and sent money, what an idiot I was. I start to wonder, is the entire US army like that???? I hope not…
Becky
I have unfortunately been scammed before, and have sent money. What an idiot I am! But when someone in the Military “Sergeant Steve Lopez” stationed in Baghdad, Iraq suggested we talk by phone, and his “old mom can handle ordering it because she did with no trouble”, well sure, I can send $400 to Western Union. Seemed a bit strange, but the ts2 website is real, the e-mail address for the info had “usamilitary” in it, so how can it be fake?…foolish me. So yesterday I send it, and today I hardly hear from him. I am swearing off online dating. Wish the word could be spread without having to search for it like I (we?) did. Get the news out there to the public!
Renee
Becky, do you have pictures of this Sgt. Steve Lopez??? I too have spoken to someone claiming to be Sgt. Steve Lopez. I would like to know if this is the same person. Can you tell me anything else about what he told you about himself? Any helpful information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Becky
This was all a mistake and a big misunderstanding. Please disregard my post.
Renee
Becky,
Don’t you find it a little strange that we are both talking to a Sgt.Steve Lopez in the Army stationed in Baghdad Iraq?? The one that I am speaking with also asked to communicate with a TS2 mobile military use phone. He also told me that his mom has one that they use to speak to one another. He also has asked me to request a transit leave for him so that we could meet in person!!
Renee
I would also be interested to know what your Steve Lopez looks like! And what he has told you about himself. I do believe that we are both speaking of the same person! And it is funny that now you are saying that it was a misunderstanding. What is there is misunderstand? You got him the phone and didn’t hear back from him? Did he tell you that he can’t get a signal now and the the network isn’t working, and that is why he couldn’t call you?? Sound familar???
Elizabeth
Renee, I have been talking with a guy who says he’s Sgt. Steve Lopez, as well. What kind of pictures did he send you? What did he tell you? If he’s not scamming for a phone or money…he’s at least scamming women.
Renee
Elizabeth, He has sent me pictures of himself dressed in Army uninforms. And in regular clothes. Sent a pic of him and his son, a blonde hair cute little boy, a pic of him and his mom. He has his arms tattooed!! Very nice looking guy who ever he is!
Stacey Dyer
I too, recently am speaking to a Platoon leader in Baghdad, Iraq. He is from Tampa, Fla. He will come home in three weeks time and practically already proposed! He too is a widower. His name on Singleparentmeet.com as BlinkyBlinkS6, and his real name is Steve Lopez. He claimes he has a 13 year old daughter. Very good looking, poetic, perfect. Too good to be true, already expecting phone with internet, and video so we can see each other. I am a skeptic, but wonder if this is a scam. If anyone has anything on this perfect soldier, please let me know before I do something really stupid!!
Joslen
I too have been chatting with Steve Lopez but was told he’s a Staff Sargeant in the United States Navy stationed in Iraq. Originally from Tampa Florida on the singles site “Singlesparentsmeet”, same ID name “BlinkyBlinkS6″, Sounds like same pics (tattooed arms, Navy Uniform, Dress clothes, picture with mama). Says he’s getting out in 3 months….
He told me his birthday is coming up on May 20th and the present he is most looking forward to getting from me is a new laptop with webcam so we can chat more. I told him with my budget that would be impossible. When I asked “IF” I had the money…where/how would I send it? He told me to send it to a “diplomat” who would make sure he got it. Ummmmmm I worked for the military and know you don’t send stuff to diplomats to men overseas. Playing the game for now to see how far he takes it. It’s a shame….the guy really is Great Looking!!
Barb
Hi Renee my name is Barb and I have talked to this guy Steve Lopez says he is a field shooter and a peace keeping soldier, he sent me pics of him his son Kelvin and pics of him and his mom he has tatoos we chatted on line and he asked me to request a leave for him that would cosst 1500 he was a christian and went to church his birthday was July 18 so he said we chattted for a month but I knew something was wrong Ionly talked with him a few times and he was telling me he loved me and he wanted to come see me.
Dee
Guess what the Ensign Steve Lopez of Iraq is at it again. I am so glad i am a smart woman and realized something is not what it should be. All of us Renee, Elizabeth, and Becky i got pictures of him in uniform, with a cute blonde haired little boy and his mom. Tattoed on his arms, lol, oh am i going to have some fun. He does not know i am on to him, but i am, and things are going to get good now. Revenge is going to be sweet girls, let me know your ideas. I have not sent money, having family in military i am on to him. Let me see some replies ladies!
Renee
Well Dee, I wish you luck with him he is a tough one to crack! I went as far as telling him that I worked for Home Land Security and it didn’t phase him! He kept up with his persistant request that I send in this bogus form for a leave from the transit department for the army!! LMAO!! Until the day that he tells me that one of his friends girlfriends would pay for half of the $2500 that is was supposedly going to cost ME to pay for him to take a leave! And I told him that I would be glad to send in the form and money right after I took it down to the Army Recruiters office down the street to make sure it was legal and I didn’t need to do anything else!!! ha ha ha he got all pissed off and defensive and I haven’t heard from him since!! I hope you get him good!! I have copies of everything that he sent also! so if anyone wants to persue nailing him let me know!!
Dee
Just curiouw I have been in contact with a solider in Iraq , reading some emails from others and seems this Steve Lopez may be the same guy I have been chatting with. He is divorced about 44 y/o white male with tatoo’s and a son nmaed Kelvin and mom . If u have any pics u can exchange with me I would be so grateful too. He has asked me for money too and I will give not one penny period to anyone so. Thank you will await ur reply too.
Catherine
Hey I “met” the same guy on a Christian online dating service. This Ensign Steve Lopez really gets around although he has been stationed in Baghdad for a very long time:)
Same pics again – he is very attractive with the tattoos, the blonde son whose name is Kelvin, his mother (who has since passed away), his wife died giving birth to his son and a brother who lives in Spain. When I asked if he was on facebook he said “no” but I think I found the real Steve Lopez there.
Just got to the point where he sent an email with something like “you are always on the phone” and something told me the guy is a fake.
You really have to be careful out there … and from what I can gather these scammers are focusing on the Christian sites now.
Janet
This is strange,I have been speaking with a so called sgt Steve Lopez supposedly stationed in Baghdad Iraq at Camp Victory,he was saying all the smooth talk but he said he wanted me to send an e-mail to the transit leave department to file for a leave for him so he could come see me,I asked him how much it cost and he said he wasn’t sure but when I contact them they will give me all the information I need.The part that is strange is I was just fooling around looking to see if I could find the leave department and I came across this and the same name of the person who I have been chatting too.It is a good thing I found this or I very well may have been his next victim.
Barb
Hi janet, yes I have talked with this guy steve and we talked for a month I would not sent 1500 for his leave I told him I wanted to get to no him first last time we chatted was July 30
Becky
Me again. Thought since I went ahead and sent the money the phone was real. Now that I see your current posts, it is the same guy. A very long story, too long for here. But he is scamming.
Elizabeth
Yes….he is scamming…well the fake one anyway. We need to remember that the real one is a victim of all of this, too. He is serving our country while this “scammer” tries to prey on women. Renee: Yep…that’s him! What gets me is he uses pictures with the real man’s son. Oh what I’d like to say to this person. He did take his pictures off the dating site my friend found him on. I also convinced him to have the profile taken off. I know he’ll just move it, but at least it’s one down.
angie
i too was one of those women who fell for it believe me it wasnt hard they were persistent and literally sent over 350 emails and actually called me over 70 times i believed it was real i have pictures of a man yes and his homes and i got emails form his sister and well he sent my family emails and pictures believe me the only thing i didnt notice was the poor grammer becasue i was to interested in the nice sweet things he was saying. well SGT Mark James Winkerson who ever you are kiss my fat ass.
Colleen
HA! Unbelievable. This same guy is writing to my friend right now online. He dodges questions too. And yes, some people just have poor grammar but his is not only poor…he doesn’t even speak ‘poor’ English – if you know what I mean.
He just started writing to my friend and we are both immediately suspicious. He is saying they are not feeding him in the army over there and that he has had to sell his personal belongings just to eat. He is saying his parents are dead (indicating he can’t turn to them).
I recently had a bad experience that I was lucky enough to figure out relatively quick and leave it behind. Not everyone is so lucky. If you’re guts are saying it’s too good to be true, it probably is. The sad thing is, how do we recognize when a really good one comes along that also seems too good to be true?
No wonder I’m happier single. lol
take care ladies…keep your eyes open and your gut-meter ON!! It is never wrong.
angie
yeah well this guy doesnt seem to catch a clue i havent emailed him or anything since and he still keeps calling me all hours of the night telling me he loves me and needs me bull shit ladies it isnt real and the army would never not feed people that is total crap. yes he told me his parents are not dead and his sister is in canada and ladies the guy leaving me messages well doesnt speak english very well how dumb was i anyway if a man named mark winkerson contacts you dont listen to a word he is saying. best of luck girls i too wonder will mr right ever come along and when he does a full back ground check is in order
angie
also ladies if anyone knows who i am , um cindy yurich, stacy fogler, and a couple other ladies who took my money and sent it else where i would like it back this is all under investigation adn well i hope no on egets in trouble.
Dawn
Hi Angie I am chatting to Capt Clint Ferris, I have had all the e-mails and phone calls, I have even had an e-mail from his cousin telling me how wonderful he is… He wants to come to the UK and has Requested that I pay a fee for his vacation time, and stating that i have 72 hours to pay the money . Immediate alarm bells went off. Thought I would do my own investigating and came across this web site today and I feel sick to my stomach.
Dawn
I too talking to a Sgt Lopaz…he sent me a pic of a guy sitting on a camel and also one of him looking at the camel with another guy standing beside him…he wanted money for a little boy in Ghana…I found it strange and blocked him from communicating with me again. I deleted the pictures. I hope the descripton of the pictures will help anyone who is trying to find out what they look like
Magda
Hi Tracy, I will post everything I have on face book but need to inform you that he is on face book too. Under Ivan Nobile, the guy lying on the beach with a hat on this face.
Angela
I was scammed by a person callign him self SSg Christopher L barber. He said he was stationed in Iraq and his home base was Fort Hood TX. I was fooled into receiving the mony from organizations from western union and sending it out. I contacted the FBI and filed a police report with my local law enforcement. I was so afraid of being arrested for what I had done. I am too trusting. I contacted the Real soldiers chain of command and told them about what is happening and the real SSG is now being informed his ID has been stolen. I know I am gullible.
Dorothy
Angela u did a great thing, be proud. U can bet the real guy is really glad u reported it, nicely done.
Veronika
I got contacted by Tim through Friends Reunited Dating. As has been mentioned you don’t get a straight answer. Heard nothing since I confronted him with the information on this site. Have contacted the dating site, but he still seems to be on there. Thankfully I wasn’t taken in, though it’s nice to feel wanted.
Elle
Unfortunatly, this just happened to my sister-in-law. She tried internet dating after being divorced for 5 years. And being in her mid 40s she was delighted when a handsome man wanted to chat with her. Bad turned to worse when we found out she had been sending his ‘friend’ in Ghana money to ‘get military documents out of the country’. She is so naive and trusting of people. This was her first time on a computer! And in just a few weeks she has Western Unioned her life savings (10k) away to Ghana. She thought she was doing the right thing and helping someone. I wish she had said something to us beforehand.
I am so angry that people take advantage of someone with a kind heart. That people out there are giving the internet dating a HORRID name. And that people out there are giving the US Army soilders a BAD name. I wish there was someinthg I could do to help, but its long gone now.
Beware people, as much as he says he loves you. Have you webcam chatted with him? Have YOU called HIM? Check out the phone number, is it coming from the country he says he is in? But most of all, NEVER send a stranger money. If they needed it so bad, they would ask a family member, not a stranger.
diana
Elle,
I also had same type story, the person said his name was tom pendleton and was blond about 50 and had several pics he sent including one of him pretending to bite a snake, can you tell me if this is the same? used namenick2050
sandy
I know exactly who you are talking about, but he used the name steve endleton, he most difinitely is a phony, check out the pictures of the real soldier on here.
Laura Flynn
I am so glad I found this site. Well I have sent 120$ via western union to a marine who is staioned at Camp Liberty Iraq for 3 years??!! His words took my heart, and I was really believing what he said to me. But things are just not adding up. Says he can t have acces to phones,computers,tv etc. he uses the computer in an office there. Sometime he is online everyday and other maybe just once a week. And the money I sent him was via a person who was in London and was going to give it to him personnally. He then chatted me for weeks without asking for anymore money and then asked me again. He needs basic things and to help the kids out there. But if I couldn t send him anything soon he would understand cus he doesn t want me to be stressed. But when I come up with the money, he know whats me to send it to Italy?!!He says i am the love of his life, wants to marry me and move to Quebec. He found me via Zoosk on facebook. How through, if he is in Iraq?? And out of all the women why me in Quebec. He home town is in California. I can go on and on…But do soliders actually stay in the war for 3 years straight?? He always has a way to blow off some of my questions, or comes up with really good answers. He has sent me 3 pics too. I so wish it was true but the little voice in my head is telling me he is a con. He knows I have been seperated after 14 years with a man and I have 2 teens and I work as a nurse aid. Does this story sound too good to be true?? His name is Sargent Festus Smith a marine for 10 years and is 41, the same age as me..Any advise for someone. I feel like such a jerk, and my heart really wants to believe him. If only one could read his emails…but he too, his spelling…I just don t now. And to marry me after no even meeting me, only seeing a pic, never heard my voice and we have been chatting for about 3 month now. I guess you must think I am crazy, but his words blew my mind espically after the terrible relationship I had in the past. God Bless and hope to here form someone please. A women in Quebec, Canada is very confussed here!!! Thanks alot.
susanne f
Hi there,
i cant believe this. I fell for this guy Festus. aslo. Everything i Just read on the this side… he did to me. Exept I did not send anything to him yet.
I just thought he would be my new love in my life. Im so hearbroken.
We both share the same things. I really believed him and want to believe.. Because I actuly was the one asking him the questions.
Im so sad.., confused!!!
Kathrina
Hi there!
Sorry my english is very bad, but i also know this guy! I was a fool and sent him a laptop and he also wanted some pics from me… how stupid have i been…. Ladys we are not alone, he fooled us, but we have to stay strong, even when he breakd our heart. He caled me “his queen” and “his guardian angel”… hope to hear from you soon!!!!
kathrina from austria
Marilyn Dean
The man you are talking about sound justn like the one I was also talking with. Can ou please give me the name he used so I will know if we have the same man. Thank you so much
Marlene
Its ok, The guy have fallen for is going by the name Sgt Oliver Adamson. He has not asked me for anything at all except if I can afford to to try and get the army to connect us by sat phone so as we can chat on the phone. He is on leave in about 4 weeks and wants to come and meet me but now I am hoping he is ok as his english is perfect. I sincerely feel sorry for the real soldiers who are havving there identies stolen. Marlene
CJ
Marlene, if he’s asking you to pay for a phone or if you can afford it, it’s a scam plain and simple. Soldiers have access to FREE phones and internet. Don’t be fooled by the perfect English. Soldiers make so much money in combat zones, believe me when I say they can afford their own phones and internet even if they WERE required to pay for them.
Remember my two reasons to dump these fools. If they ask for money they are either: 1) a scammer or 2) losers!
eLAINE ,,NOT MY ACCECT NAME ,,PLS
i BEEN TALKING WITH A GUY AS NAME HARLSEY JAMES OR MIKE JAMES ,,US ARMY YOO STATIONED IN sOMALIA ,,WANTED ALOT OF MONEY ,,SCAMMED THE HELL OUT OF ME ,i GOT THE PROOF ,,ALL MONEY HAD TO GO NIGERIA ,,DIFFERENT NAMES ,,AS WAS NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP IN THE ARMY ,I PAID HIS WAY OUT OF ARMY ,,TO USA ,,IN HOTEL IN NEW YORK ,,HAH 3 WEEKS TONIGHT ,,AND STILL WANTS MONEY AS NO ACCESS TO PENSIN ,,UNTIL HE COMES TO cANADA ,,RIGHT ,,ALSO WANTS MONEY STILL SENT TO NIGERIA ,,COME AGAIN LADIES ,,AND GENTLEMEN NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT ,,BUT THESWE ARE NOT US ARMY PEOPLE ,,THEY ARE REAL GD SCAMMERS AND SUCHS OUR BANK ACCOUNTS DRY ,,PLS TELL THEM TO GET A LIFE A REAL MAN OR WOMEN WILL NOT ROB YOU ,,THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU ,,SO I HOPE THIS SCAMMER ROTS IN HELL AND AS FOR ONE THING THEY JUST KEEP CHANGING THERE NAME AND LOCATION TO YOU ,,BUT CONTINUE SCAMMING ,,REMEMBER IF YHEY LOVED US ,,THEY WOULD NOT NNED OUR MONEY AND FORGET US AS SOON AS THEY GET THE MONEY ,,HAHA I DO KNOW NOW ,,TOO LATE FOR ME ,,BUT NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU ,,PLS BE CAREUL
Milly
I have also had correspondence with Captain Mike harlsey James, tried to scan the hell out of me. The latest was to get him out of iraq. Also phoned me, the man was definately not from Alabama & called himself captain Mike.
What worries me is;
1. he still has a blog on My space & possibly other sites, i met him on Mate 1.Why is he allowed to carry on advertising if it is well known that it is a scam.
2. Is there a real Mike james out there that knows nothing about what this person is doing.
3.Where do they get the photos from, the photo of mike james does not look nigerian
Just every one be very careful
elaine
hi milly ,,is there any way u can contact me,,so we can talk about this man ,,,as I am so bad confused ,,pls
Milly
Hi elaine, you didnt fall for his scam as welldid you, im so sorry. I know he is still at it. i have tried warning others. how can i contact you?
very concerned lady
Please ,,ladies ,,don’t be led on by mike james ,,or hharlsey james ,,ok ,,I truely love him and am still in denial ,,He not real ,,and will ask for $ and no end toit ,,he is not using his real name ,,nor he is not usa army ,,this is al to break our hearts ,,pls give up now ,,and beawaer ,,alot of other fake guys out there ,,if u personally don’t know then ,,pls send no money to them as if in the army ,,they got money and will be willing to share there money to be with u ,,not needing our money ,,ok I am a big time looser ,,pls don’t do this to your self ,,it is very hard to pay back ,,beleive me and you will always be alone ,,he is not coming home to u oe me ,,but how I been wishing ,,he would walk through my door ,,thanks mike ,,,for all your sweet promises ,,they will live in my heart 4 ever ,,and I will repaid my money ,,if I die doing it ,,just glad u needed my money ,,more than u thought i needed ,,I cry my self to sleep at night ,,thanks to u ,,my love
Marlene
do you have an email address for this guy mike james please
vivi
Laura…does he use webcam while chatting with you? well…i’ve talked my fiancee, that army isnt rich but they arent poor either…i met my fiancee from dating site, i were thought that might be he trying to scam me, but after several months i chat with him till i met him, he never asking me money…*seems too good to be true, but its true!* dont be confused or even get stressed because a guy, i have been falling down many times but i wiped blood on my knees and get up on my knees,till i found him. Dont you ever send anything or accept anything from stranger,because sometimes they will ask you to pay shipping costs. They will make fake shipping company website…dont trust him 100% if you havent see him face to face. Stay sharp lady!
sassy
I wish now that i haven’t done what i did. I didn’t believe him at one point. Then we become friend and more. So, right now i have no ideal what to do for sure. I am going the army and find out who this person is really. He’s a** is mine.
Dorothy
Get’im girl. I hope u burn his @$$.
Lisa Z
Laura,
WOW! I almost got suckered by this! Guy is supposed to be at Camp Liberty for 2 years in Iraq. He found me on Zoosk too!!! Said he is widowed, wife died in car accident–2 young boys in London. Said he went to school at London Metro for 4 years in Criminology (guess he learned to scam there). Well, he is telling me he is going to marry me when he gets back–lOL–crazy!
Said he has been in for 23 years and to get promoted to a Sgt Maj soon. Sent pics–but one has the name Edwards on it–and he said his name is Brewster!
Well, he writes British and grammar is fairly poor. Ok, he is on a laptop–keys are close together, but. Anyway, one boy needs money to go on an excursion to Amsterdam and Paris–at 5 and 7? Well, his niece (could it be wife) is broke and he cannot access his account. Asks me. I am so tight with money–I get suckered with love, but not money. I was silent. Then, I said I don’t think you are as sincere as I thought. I said he sounds like a scammer. That set him off–bye he says!!
It was odd–as I asked if he wanted a care package sent. Said he didn’t need anything–odd! Could be a Nigerian or who knows!
jannette
i all so have a photo of a man who is surpose to be kelvin edwards on his shirt an 2 other photo of him one with him sitting dow on a chair side ways an another one of him standing beside a truck.i would like to see if the photo of him with his name on it is the same man i have been talking to for the last 10 days.he is retiring end of june so he says an coming out here to australia,to be with me an marry me so far he has nt asked me for any money,all so has a son in miame an 1he found in the bushes an he is in ghana,so u u please let me see a photo of him so that i know for sure as i think he is a scamer.john kissi is a scamer so look out for that name he has been reported here to the feral police
Annette Infurnari
I am from Ontario, and have been in contact with a Sgt. David E. Roscoe, who is supposedly in Afghanistan, he has done the same thing, supposedly he is 44 and lost his wife int he London Bombing 2005, and child died later. He gives pics, but from a pub like atmosphere and yet they are 5 months old, and the flights onthe darts are canadian, he is supposedly from California.
I checked him out extensively and this guy is good. There is a real Sgt. David E. Roscoe, he did photos for the Pacemaker Public Affairs Office, but I cant find anything more recent then 2008. I checked out the schools he went to and they are ligit also, but he does the same undying love, wants to get married, needs me to set him up with this military telex and that he is being redeployed soon to an area where he wont have communication. He is good, he has told me of events, like the unannounced visit from the President the day before the news did, etc. His emails are never replies to mine but cut and paste poetry.
Laura Flynn
also, he said to me that he too fell in love with my words, and since he has such unlimited time, I am the only one he chats with…He doesn t care what I look like cus he says love is in the eye of the beholder. And after Iraq early next year he is going to Washington for he retirment and then coming straight to Quebec…..He also said that the Marines don t get there pay there and when he finally leaves there he will have alot of money??? These are just a few of so many, many words and emails. And when we chat, it is usually at the same time 3am Quebec time, and we chat for about2-3 hours!! And then I can go without days hereing from him, but before I sent him the money we were talking everyday, but now apprently he is really busy since the other day when he asked me for more money. He knows when I am paid, so I guess I will be hearing from him soon. ha ha ha
Laura Flynn
And has anyone ever talked of heard of SARGENT FESTUS SMITH, CAMP LIBERTY, ARMORED DIVISON VI. but all the rest of the info is confidental apperantly!! And I am not allowed to send any parcels to him out there..Really weird eh?? Say its cus of the bombs in packages, I guess I have been really stupid. In the begining he wanted 650$USD, for his basic needs.He says things are really expensive out there. I am glad I only lost 120$.. And with the 120$, he said he bought 2 pairs of boxers and some body cream that all!!But I so wish he was for real Sorry bothering you with all this..I am just so confussed!!!!!!
Susan
mine wante vitamin pills and chocolate, and I could not send packages because of bombs as well,
well its such crap i fell for it but did purchase the vitamins but did not send to the african address i was supplied with.
i was confused as well as shocked,
now I’m just mad enough to help any way I can.
joy
Sounds like mine, sent chocolate, vitamins. Do you have any pics? He stationed in Iraq. Now asking for money
mixter
Laura, yes i have heard of one Festus Smith too. The details that you are describing are EXACTLY the same as what he has told me. We have been chatting for the past month. Yes i believe this guy is certainly a con man. Glad I read what you have written – thanks so much
Laura Flynn
I am glad you read this, I really didn t want to be mean but us women..well wil have hearts too. I have found at least 4 dating sites that he is on. For months and months he has ***LOVED** me, and when I asked him about the dating sites well he told me to f*** Off!! I can t believe it. I don t know if you are still going to chat with him, but please be careful. He was even starting to chat with my son, who is going through a really bad time. He really hurt him too. I still want to believe that want he said it true but there are way too many things that don t add up. Take Care dear and if you talk to him again, tell him his fiance from Quebec say Hello!!!! ha ha. Please give me some news. Did you get the nice emails, so well written that just blew your mind???? And what about his pics. I have even saw him in a Bon Jovi video…but he usually blows the question off of he has a damn good answer. I hope you didn t send any money like I did..I was going to send him more $$ until I started to do a bit of research. How can people hurt us and our poor troops like that. God Bless dear and thanking for believe me. we need to stop these men.
Candace Sturtevant
Yeah ladies, I would give up dating sites and the like. I was so naive as to move a predatory sex offender in with me until my kids checked him out and found this info about him.
I said you have 2 hours to get out of here or my friend, who’s 300lbs and 6’2″ will be over to properly move you.
I was scammed before about credit card deal too.
Just remember, “there is no free lunch”
Peace,
candy
Laura Flynn
I am giving up dating sites totally….But how ca we stop these guys. Damn this guy possed as a Marine…He really took my heart. I want to stop him before he hurts more women out there. Good luck to you dear.
Laura
susanne f
i just cant believe all the things i m reading about Festus.
He is good Really good. He took my heart.
I guess all of us ladies are getting the same sweet emails.
Yes, he needs to be stoppt!!!
but how???
vivi
i becoming curious with this guy “festus” is there anyone who wanna give me his chat or email to me?
mixter
if someone by the name of Festus Smith, serving as a marine in Iraq for 3 years as a marine, 41 years old contact you – don’t touch him with a barge pole. He is a con and has strung many women along contacting them through dating sites. He wins you over with his sweet talking and his words of love for you, professing that you are the only one. It is a bunch of lies. The trail of women he has left behind is now beginning to be uncovered. Don’t get sucked in by him!!!
Laura Flynn
RE: FESTUS SMITH **MARINE** I have found now at least 7 websites with him on it, info is never the same from height to location. California, UK, Ghanda…Please gals be careful of him!!! He is really to good to be true, and he sends the same emails to all women, anyways I have the proof that woke me up. And I don t think he is a marine and if he is well he is just one pathick lyer!!! If anyone knows of him please leave me a message cus I really want to stop him.
susanne f
Hi,
i just started to talk to Festus.
I m heartbroken. I thought He was too good to be true.
I started really to fallin love with him.And like you said.. Everything he sais is so sweet.
He always has these nice explainations..
One thing what made me wonder by him . Marines dont really stay 3 years in Iraq.
please tell me .
hilary
Has anyone talked to 2nd Lt. Stugart Hill Snips? just curious as to whether this guy is a scammer or not. Would like to check on him before i believe anything he says. I think he is involved in some phone scamming.
sandy
yes, he is a scammer, he is on scamwarners.com. dont send him any money for anything.
sandy
google.com shows names of scammers, just google stugart hill snips and see what u get honey.
V
I forgot to mention his name…Stugart Hill Snips….don’t fall for it please……
V
Yes, I believe he is. Last time I heard from him was on 2/9/10 and now I am just realizing he is a scammer. Don’t fall for it……PLLLEEAASSSEEE…..
Laura Flynn
Hi, honey if its too good to be true than it is. Google in his name do all your research before falling for him please.Where is he stationed and for how long has he been there?? I did alot of research and if I can help you I would be more than happier.
wanda
Hi
I am trying to do some research on a Wisdom Bell who claims to be in Iraq. But he speaks with the broken English and I know he is a scammer. He has not ask me for any money but has asked me to pick up a package from some diplomat. I read on the site about that scam as well but don’t know the complete gist of it. He was telling me that he was sending 2 million to a complete stranger come on something definitely wrong with that pic. I would like to know how to reach the real Wisdom Bell to make himaware of the scam in his name. Thanks.
Polly A. Nelson
Hi Wanda, sounds like you were going to hear from the same diplomat I was to hear from about a package containing a large sum of recovered money from Northern Iraq. The person whom I had been messaging(the imposter) was Staff Sargent US Army, 26 yr vet, male nurse. I waited until I got enough info and am now filing FBI internet claim, also filing a spill report with US Army Counter Intelligence, Ft. Knox KY. I will go to the ends of the earth to find the real person in the photos. Little does he know that his career and security have probably been compromised. These pieces of crap in GHANA, are just that crap. In this case instead of don’t shoot the messenger, quite the opposite applies according to me.
Joy
Mine is trying to involve into something similar. Who was the diplomat (his name)?
teresa
where can i do my research? I think i’m gonna be scammed too,but i didn’t do AS he says…Im not talking about the guy you ladies mentioed ,im just curious where i can do some searching on my soldier,he dont know i am doing this but hey its for my own protection.
thanks pplzz
mixter
Hilary, like Laura said do all your research, google him. There is a website ‘Stud or Dud”. When I googled Festus Smith there was no such person of that description living in California. If you think it is a scam I would go with your intuition and steer clear of him. Which site did you meet him on?
sue
Re:Festus Smith – Marine in Iraq….
This guy is a real peice of work isn’t he? He’s smooth and he knows just what to say.. I agree, he NEEDS to be STOPPED!!! I’m in Calgary, He seems to like the Canadian girls.The Sight I met him on is SugarSugar.com
jennifer
you all are very wrong about festus smith.maybe someone is potraying himself as smith deceiving you all especial you laura…you must be very stupid to have talking this so personal because of your 120 canadain dollars which you called a scam. the festus that i know is my ex in california and we have been together for a long time before he was deployed to iraq so if you dont have access to the real festus smith f*** you all because the festus that i know is not yet back home even if we are no more together. and you ladies should look for a better work to do with your time than sitting on the computer looking for a younger guy to destroy his life.
Marlene
They are saying tht is the name this scammer is using.
susanne
I really want to believe all the nice things festus sais to me.
I can not say he has asked me for anything exept not to break his heart.. I want to believe him.Im just so confused reading all these things .. And I m not in Canada.. Im right here in California. I guess time willtell.I really like him
sue
He said the same to me…sound familiar “I give you this heart of mine and ask nothing more or nothing less than you don’t go breaking my heart.” Please just be careful. This guy is good at his game and he has no remorse. I for one do not want to see him hurt more women.
Diane
Has any of you been scammed by a man calling himself Sgt. Steven Gaines?
Diane
Also wondering if the men contacted you or you contacted them from the original site. I have someone I am very close to that has been contacted on myyearbook.
FESTUS SMITH
Who are you all ladies just got an email from my ex that have been talked about on this blog…yes am station here in iraq but dont know any of you expect for susanne. please if anyone is using my name and information to scam you ladies its better you track him down and find away to report him to the authorities. the blog is destroying my relationship with the only woman i have loved and will need you all to put a stop to it before i report and charge you to court no matter where you all lived. I am not a scammer and God forbid i become one. I have change my email password because of this and dont know who this hacker is that is using my real name and messages in my inbox to scam you ladies and i have also contacted my law over this issue. Thank You.
Laura
Why don’t you ask a copy if the pictures that this Festus Smith sent to all the ladies before you call authorities and if you are the real one then go along with these girls to track him down,
mixter
Sue, Festus said exactly the same to me. Does this sound familiar too …”My love and trust is all I have to give to you, sealed with honesty throughout and as time goes by, may it grow stronger to fulfill your heart’s desire.”
Or does this ring a bell – “This feeling of love that I hold within my heart for you runs deeper than any ocean or sea; I just wish you could see how much you mean to me. If only you could hold me, then maybe you would feel my love for you that burns with a flame high enough to last.” I agree with you Sue – he is good and doesn’t care who he hurts along the way. This Festus SMith, whoever he is is a fraud, fake and a liar. Don’t believe him for a second!!!
CJ
Ladies and gentlemen, I am telling you definitively that Festus is a fraud and a fake. He does not exist, at least not as a deployed Soldier.
Festus, if you are indeed a soldier, please prove ime wrong by sending me an AKO email. I anxiously you lack of response.
Please don’t fall for the Festus scam! You will lose money and have your heart broken. Here’s a tip for everyone: if someone is claiming to be a deployed service member, ask him to send you an email from his .mil account. Every military member is required to have one.
wanda
Hey CJ took your advice and wrote my scammer asking him to send me an email from his military account he said what is that? But this is a copy of the letter from the diplomat who is brining me in the 2million dollars lol
Full Viewpackage
From: michael agornugah Add to Contacts
To: mamoore4102009@yahoo.com
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Hello Madam,
My name is Mr.Michael.Am the diplomat your husband Mr Bell told you about.Am to deliver some special package to you that contains some important documents and other stuffs which is important to him as he told me..I have alot to do about this package since he told me that the package seems alot to him and i have to make sure that nothing happens to the package…By so doing i need not to come straight to your location because my flight will be a transit i cant get a direct flight up on the way.Am sure he told you about this.All i have to do is to pass through the countries where i can come to you so that i can be able to make it to your location.For now what i want you to do for me is to confirm some details about you .I have to make sure that i have the correct information s before getting on my way.I will use this to make the trip so i will need your maximum corporation and your assistance so that i can work with you to serve you and your husband to your fullest satisfaction.
Name:Wanda Moore
Addressee:Baltimore, Md
Phone:443-378-9003
Name Of Nearest Airport:BWI Airport
Please confirm the above details for me.Let me know if all the in informations are correct so that i can booked my 1st flight and let you know the in formations.As am talking am now having the package with me and will be on my way as soon as i get the confirmation from you.Actually i will be booking my 1st flight to Dubai and from there i will tell you the next country i will be passing through.I will keep you update on whats going on.Well i will end here and i hope to get the final confirmation from you.
Best Regards.
Michael.
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laura
Reading Wanda…..Smells like Fesrus Smith words and writing…Really watch out..He has a 1000 personalities women!!Good luck.
Polly A. Nelson
Wow, this has to be the same guy. Bye the way the imposter who sat up the OKcupid site said his name was OBED WOODEN CAMPBELL, the diplomat was named John. I cut him off at the pass in Kotoka, which is in Ghana. I do believe that Mr. or Sargent Campbell does exist, and that he has relatives in Florida.
Magda
Hi there, here is my letter that I have received from him.
From: dsmith@diplomats.com
Date: 2010/06/13 05:17:15 PM
To: magzhealy@vodamail.co.za
Subject: Dip Smith
Attn: Miss Magda Healy
My name is Mr.Daren Smith.I am the diplomat that your husband Mr Ivan Nobile told you about.Am to deliver 2 packages to you that contain cloths and some documents as stated by your husband.They are in 2 empty air-condition case with some combination codes.He told me that the packages seems a lot to him and you also need the stuffs in the package really urgent for yourself and for your family.He gave me some information’s about you and i wanted to email you to confirm it from you also,so that I can know that am walking on the right path.I respect your husband a lot and I also know him as a very good man and want to work with you to serve you and your husband to your fullest satisfaction.I hope you will also correspond with me to make my work a very easy one.Your husband gave me the name of the nearest Airport around your area where I need to fly to as East London Airport.I will be flying to that city.I will be very happy if you can confirm the name of the Airport for me so that I can make my research.He also stated your phone number as (+27721244716).Please confirm all the information’s I have been given by your husband if they are all correct.Miss Magda Healy,What I want from you now is to confirm the above details whether I have the correct information’s because I will be keeping you update as am on my way to you.Again I want you to let me know where we will have to meet so that I can deliver the packages to you and find my way home.Okay Miss Healy,I hope you will correspond with me to make my work very easy one.Please confirm the above and below information’s for me because i have to know if i do have all of your information’s correct.
Full Name:Magda Healy
Address:East London
Airport Name:East London Airport
Phone Number:+27721244716
I will end here and I will be waiting for your urgent respond so that I can start my journey because I have a lot of places to pass through before I can make it to East London.
Best Regards.
Dip. Smith
Elizabeth
Wanda, that’s excatly the same phrase that Diplomat Suley Mohammed use to deliver the parcel for Staff Sergeant Christain Richardson.
Fool that I was, but I learned a lot from this web site and think I will be happily dating in future!!
Jenny
Hi guys has anyone heard of a so called sgt billy james chambers.
Lesley
Not sure if i’ll get this posted correctly but wanted to say how glad i am to have found this site. I am currently communicating on line with someone saying they are Colonel Brandon Hutton, US Army based in Kabul. I’ve received a request this morning for charges for leave. Had begun to suspect that this was a scam over the last couple of days when i had to apply for his leave. i’ve not seen anyone else show any details about this particular person so it may be a new persona that is being used. I would like some help to confirm that this is a scam and some advice on how i alert the real person to what is happening. I have several pictures and want to put them out there for other woman to see to alert them to the danger of this situation but to do it in a way that does not damage the reputation of the person whose photographs have been stolen and used. Fortunately i have only invested emotionally in this and have not lost any money. Any Help you can give me would be much appreciated.
Tracey
Lesley, I too have had communication from A Colonel Brandon Hutton requesting that I apply for his leave, he also sent me pictures but claimed he could not telephone for correspondence.
How do we stop this from happening, it is a cruel game on womans good nature and desire to find real love.
Tracey
Lesley I would be keen to share pictures it would be great if you could e-mail me at ytracey7@btinternet.com.
Janollie
Tracey & Tina,
My friend lost a lot of money to a Colonel Brandon Hutton on match.com. I have made several posts about him now but have still been looking through for anyone ele who has spoke with him.
I can be contacted at forthingsandstuff@hotmail.co.uk
Unfortunately my friend is very embarresed about the situation and does not want her family to find out so I will not name her here, but I may be able to put you in contact with her directly via email.
Here is a link to a couple of the pictures he was using:
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scan0001-1-1.jpg
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scan0001.jpg
(Obviously everyone here is aware that the man in these pictures is not the scammer himself, he is another victim, but I feel I must reiterate the fact as I am posting his photos.)
My friend has also been in touch with the US Army and they have informed her that under no circumstances do they ever ask for money regarding a soldier’s leave. So YES, HE IS DEFINATELY A SCAMMER.
Janollie
I’ve put Tracy and Tina. I meant Tracy and Lesley.
Sorry :/
CJ
Festus, for a soldier (which you aren’t) you English sucks! You’re a fraud and I won’t stop telling people about it.
laura
First to THE FESTUS SMITH AND JENNIFER WHO POSTED: I have better things to do with my time, cus I work and I do have a life. And internet scamming is a criminal offence.. So I will contact my lawyer not my LAW as Festus wrote. And If the festus smith is really in Iraq can you prove us all wrong so you can get a piece of mind. But I did not dream this, I was talking to him for over 3 months, damn I didnt send myself the 3 pics and emails. Mixter and Me have been exchanging emails and they are excatly the same, only the name has changed. Festus is on about 6 dating sites. With the same pic and the same words, I am cool and sincere guy.. He too told to never break his heart. And why does he break ours? And why, when I confronted him with this he just vanished?? Never heard from him since. If you watch you tube you will be surprised, as he said that no tvs, cells, xbox, letter,parcel etc are not allowed there, wow you tube confirmed my thaught. He is too good to be true. And the Festus who posted said we are ruining his relationship with Susanne?? Is it the same Susanne who posted earlier cus she never said she was in a relation ship with him.. He even had the never to get close to my son. He says his both parents past away, and has a big house in California and alot of money. But watch out gals cus he must know we are on to him, so he will probably change his way now. Please listen to your mind and not your heart, cus he is one good talker and knows whee to get us. I am wondering what he gets out of this and how can he sleep at night. I trusted him, but in the end he was just a scam. There is way too much proof!! And no, Marine don t stay in Iraw for 3 years straight!! They usually are there for 8 to 12 months, come home and then they go back. Why to fishy this story. And yes he english is bad on the chat but his emails are almost perfect!!! Funny eh?? And why are there so many of you asking abouthim, cus you are wise women and something just didn t seem right eh??? Do want you want to, mixter and I just want to help, so that other women do get used like we did. Sorry if the truth hurts but we are not lying as we both have families and jobs. We were just taken in from a man who said he cared.. ha ha ha yeah right. Be wise gals and get back to me if you want. God Bless you all and MAY GOD BLESS FESTUS SMITHS EVIL SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laura
sorry for my spelling, I am just so mad. I wanted to say do what you want to,mixter and I just want to help. And FESTUS SMITH show us all the proof, not just Camp Liberty etc..But the way, I think it is called Camp Victory now, as per you tube. Like CJ says you AKO emails. He even said to me that a friend name Colin died in Novemeber, well on CNN site, there is no Colin listed there and unfortunately they show all the names of our fallen heros of war.!!!!! Festus who posted, can you help us stop the FAKE Festus, if it is true. Who says its not you writing on this site… PROOF PLEASE. BUT WE ALL HAVE HAD EMAILS AND CHATS WITH ONE FESTUS SMITH! And the pic is everywhere on internet???? WHY??? Why should anyone believe you or Jennifer when we have so much proof??
laura
I was just re reading Jennifer, who told you the 120$ was canadian?!!! And the way you write reminds me of someone, and ladies ha ha ha Festus smith wrote the same thing ladies..To everyone, re read the 2 posts, dont they look a bit the same, small i and starting senteces without caps… and what with the younger guy thing??? your past and present tense is really bad dear, really minds me of a certain someone, what about you gals?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am french and I write better that both of you ha ha ha ha. Maybe a call to my lawyer for abit of advise will help me.
laura
ha ha ha why would festus say that someone is using his messages from his INBOX????? And thanks alot CJ for the good info, you seem to know what you are talking about.
susanne
The Festus I spoke to was very very kind and never asked me for anything. We made plans to be together once he returns home. And yes, my heart is broken right now.
And if its true all the things the REAL Festus Smith sais, than i really hope HE will proof it to us. OR least proof it to me.
I m confused why would the REAL Festus Smith telling me that he has to take a break from me now until he comes home and wont just proof to me or all of us someone is setting him up?
Please Festus if you read this … proof us wrong.. I want nothing more than to continue with our relationship.
But I cant help but wonder .. Im a EX military wife and YES soldiers get to call home for free while they are overseas, every soldier has a APO address so they can recieve mail. And like earlier mentioned soldiers get deployed for up to a year and than come back home and get sent back later on.
Lovechild
Common sense is not your strong point. You are so desperate for attention that you refuse to acknowledge a scammer.
laura
Ah Susanne I don t know you but he is a fake, look good at the way he wrote the post!!Mixter and me believe the same thing! Why does he need a break from you and why did you start to question him and found this site.We too had made plan when he came home, damn he wanted to marry me. Do you have the same emails as all the rest of us?? There is too much proof and he told me that he couldn t call from Iraq, a bunch of bull. He didn t want to call cus I would have seen the phone number on my bill. Did he give you his APO address. I don t get anything out of this, I just don t want us women who struggle so much to get hooked by such a loser. You deserve better. He too broke my heart with his words, there are so many of us out there. You need solid proof dear, not anything that you can get off the news or google. And if Festus is reading this…I really wish you were here right now cus I would kick you sad ass. You are a damn loser and you are a very sick man, you really need help. Remember my email, send me the prof like CJ said and I will let this go, if not I will continue until you get caught!!! How can you live with yourself??? And Susanne, it took him awhile before he asked me for anything. Please be wise girl, he has his hooks in you and I really think you are in for a big surprise. Do you have 3 pics of him?? He is the one who found me on Zoosk. His words blew my mind, and so many other women. He has to my knowledge so far 3 emails, 2 yahoo and a hotmail. If is so easy to be someone else on a computer. It is your choice and I really hope you make the right descion. Why hasn t he left Iraq for 3 years, why does he say that Marines only get paid once they leave the war, so many questions?? How long have you been talking to him?? I am shaking as I am so mad and feel so helpless, but I voe that he is not finished hearing from me. It is now a personal goal for me. He screwed the wrong woman!!! And he will pay!!! I know it is hard for you to believe all this but you must. Emails, pics everything is the same. Help us stop this sick man. And if you don t well wait for him, I think the wait will be very long. Please if you came on this site, it is not for nothing. And yes Festus was very kind to me, I have cancer and I told him my life. I am going for an operation on dec 18th, and his words were so comforting. Too comforting. He always gave me great advise and listened to me..Prayed even for my cancer. What a jerk. How can he do this. The feelings of love are long gone and now it is hate.One day Festus this will be all over. Really awaiting you email you sick bastered!!!!!!!!!!!!! And good luck Susanne and please stay wise, he always has a good answer to everything. Honestly I really don t care if you are with him. It is your choice and please make the right one. FESTUS SMITH THE MARINE JAN2,1968 IS A FAKE FAKE FAKE AND ONE SICK SICK SICK MAN. He should be ashmashed of him self, as the real marines are dying for us.
laura
And when is coming home. Earlier next year, going to Washington first to retire and then he is going to start his live with you?? If he said that, well wake up cus it the same he said to so many. Has been in the Marines for 10 years also?
susanne
Thanks Laura,
yes he told me all of the same things you just said.
Only son, his mom died of cancer, my dad just passet away due to cancer.
I contacted him on the singlesnet..
I dont have a APO mailing from him and I only have two pictures of him. Coz he has all others back state sides…
I do know about military retirements and you can not retire with only 10 years to recieve retirement. SO YES i agree… things do not add up.
The secret bank account it not correct. I do know they get some money when deployed ..like i said my ex was in the military.
He did said he is new to the online dating… but i also found him on another dating side but i got a good explanation for it.
I guess I m still in shock and need to stop thinking with my heart and start using my head.
Stacie
Hi Susanne…….. I have been talking to an Army Sgt. supposedly by the name Ralph Edwards & he first tried the ts2 phone thing, said he needed 200.00 so we could talk. I googled the ts2 website when the email they sent to me said to Western Union the payment to an address in Nigeria. I questioned him & he got all indignant & hurt that I would question him. I told him that I wasn’t sending any money & that was the end of us disscussing the phone thing.
Meanwhile,he too also seemed to be the perfect man, everything any woman could ever hope for, & I wanted to believe him although in the back of my mind I knew it was prob. a scam.
He then started saying how he wanted to retire early & marry me & that I would need to come up with almost 4 Thousand dollars to pay the Military Benifits proccessing fees before he would be able to retire because military men overseas on tour didn’t have access to their income. I wasn’t gonna send 2 Hundred dollars, I certainly would never send 4 Thousand dollars. He has been more persistant & pleeding with me to do this if I really loved him. I feel that this is all a bunch of Bull……..but you stated that your husband really was a military man & you knew about how the whole Military Retirement proccess works. Could you please get back to me & counsil me reguarding this. I like to get educated about things I no not of so I don’t buy into peoples BullSh*t
I would really appriciate your taking the time to write me back to my email address…….. stcybckly@yahoo.com I could then send you all the photos & corrispondances that I have recieved from him.
Ladies……Lets not be Dumb Airheaded Victims to these Scandalous Parasites & Cock Roaches anymore. They are playing us on our one vulnerability…….Our desire to have true love. We are smarter than that! Lets stick together & get this told to every single lady on the internet.
jennifer
First am commenting on laura post which is like a full novel, it shows you dont have anything to do with your time and besides from the begining of this post you are the first person that started calling festus smith a scammer before the rest follow you up. how am sure you are not the hacker we are looking for? confusing other fools about smith just to bring him down. how did you no much about all smith privacy which is so personal to him? just take a look at the blog and see peoples comments how short they are, have begining to suspect you either that you know something about my ex conspiracy and i will investigate you privately. and for you cj or whats your real name asking for a military AKO, i guess you have never been married before and will never be especially to a soldier because no man or woman in the military reveals such account to anybody not even is mother unless he retired finally from the service and the account is never an account for dating because i have learn all this during when i was with my ex. as for you susanne he called his new found love am happy for you because festus is a wonderful man and will advice you stop contacting this frustrated asholes before they destroy you relationship because they wouldnt married you but can only destroy you happiness ever after.Am married and have been bless with two beautiful kids and the festus that can not even hurt a fly.
CJ
Jennifer, could you perhaps explain to me why your IP tracks back to Africa, the clearing house for these types of scams? I wait with baited breath! Also, you obviously know NOTHING about the military since you have no idea what AKO seems to be. Most spouses and families of troops even have AKO emails, so your assertion that they don’t give them out is absurd to say the least, conspiratorial most likely.
But, let’s go back to your Africa IP, shall we?
sandy
by the way nigerians say am happy not I am happy, just a little hint for you there.
wanda
CJ would you please tell me how to trace a ip address. This is my 1st scammer but quite sure it wont be my last one. thanks
Anonn
Yes I am Late but CJ you did a great Job exposing this fake jennifer great job Busting this scammers bubble they pretend to be Women all the time Lol relly funny about the AKO my husband Military hes NEVER told me that lie about not being able to share it with anyone EPIC Fail on this scammers part CJ once again GREAT JOB of exposing this lying piece of SHYT.Anonn
jennifer
Also susanne if you that kind of free and you are in cali we can met so that i can tell you more about Festus, i still have some of his pics with me because he is such a nice man to me which i never wants to forget in my life. we can sit down and talk about him and if you need one or two of his pics before he gets home i can spear you that once we meet and forget about this old fools who destroyers life cos i still believes the person doing this is also commeting with you on this blog.
CJ
Oh, good job changing your IP on this one to hide your location, by the way. But, it still tracks through Europe and back to you in Africa. Susanne and Laura, don’t be worried about “Jennifer’s” so-called investigation on your privately. She has no authority in Africa over you here, if this is even a “she.” You see, Jennifer and Festus Smith are using the SAME IP address. So either your Festus is cheating on you with Jennifer, or Festus – can I call him Festering Puss Filled Nodule instead? – IS Jennifer! You Nigerian scammers are so stupid!!
sandy
by the way they also say cos. a little hint for u there isnt it?????
vivi
hooah for CJ…*thumbsup*
Laura
Jennifer you also write like Festus Smith, bad grammar. Don’t know how to use punctuations… Poor you……….
mixter
Everything Laura says is true and Laura and I have exchanged emails that Festus has sent us – exactly the same ones but our names were changed. I would love to know how Festus is going to spend the rest of his life with so many women in so many different countries. f I also found him on numerous dating sites and when I questioned him he said that he had signed up to free sites when he was desperate to find his one true love. When he contacted me on a site, he closed his account from that site as he has found ‘his one true love’!!!! When I questioned him about the other sites he said that he had joined a few and couldn’t remember which ones he had joined but he never goes on them anymore because he found ME – yeah, sure, right. He will never call me baby, angel or my love any more! To scam being a marine when those boys are over there defending their country and putting their lives at risk and there is a gutless jerk who is posing as one – makes me sick!!!! He will eventually get just what he deserves when the authorities catch up with him.
chilly
The way I see it, any one of you could be the person who is running this scam. I have been absolutely horrified to watch this unfold as I too was a target for this scam. However, it is too close to Christmas for me want to waste my time and energy on HATE. There are good people out there ladies, it is just very sad that there are also people out there who are without conscience or moral ground. I just want to try to enjoy the silly season with my family and I would like to do that with as little heartache as I can muster. Take care yourselves first and foremost. Merry Christmas to all of you.
shea
Has anyone met a Kells Kline??
Same type of e-mails, asking for $400 to register to call through usmilitarycomm@engineer.com …
Likely another scam artist.
Roberta
Not a Kells Kline but a Frank Black Kline..but he did send me a pic and the title on the pic was Kell…so I am guessing it is probably the same gem of a person
Mel
I got a Kells. Sergeant Fred Kells. Usual story. Widower etc.
Yvette De Leo
yes a scammer!!
Yvette De Leo
Kells Klin or Kline is also using the name Paul or Paulos Zacheus Becker same guy and a scammer. He or they are not soldiers in Afghanistan, their IP showed them to or him to be in California.
laura
Jennifer I know so much because Festus told me. We chatted so much and for 3 hours at a time, plus emails for over 3 months, alot was said ok. So think what you want to, I really don t care. I just don t want other women to get screwed like me. Funny about your IP. And I am convinced that you and festus are working together. Mixter also knows alot too. He said the same things to everyone else. I yes I have other things to do with my life, but taking 1 hours of my life to help other women is well worth it. Thanks alot CJ for your understanding and support. And they can investage as much as they want as I am not worried. I printed all emails and the conversations with Festus as per my lawyers advise, so I am ready for them. Take Care CJ. And Jennifer and Festus you are made for each other.
laura
And Jennifer why do you call Festus by the name of smith??? That is weired and you type just like him. Have you checked all the dating sites. And yes my post were long cus I wanted to give all the info I have on him, to other women. And why did he want the money in London?? Whats with the same IP ADDRESS!!! You are both sick people. And yes I started this because too many things were not adding up, he is on damn good lyer and I am proud of myself cus it took guts to do want I did ok. Leave me and the other women alone.
Laura
I suspected that there is only one person pertaining to the scammer, He has different aliases. Darryl Lingo, Festus Smith could only be one person.
laura
And Jennifer tell me why do I have the same pics as the dating sites..And and I can hardly understand you writing in your email. And to you Chilly, you are right it is Christmas, must this man must be stoppped, I only wanted to help out the other women. I am not a sicko, it just upsets me to see these scammers get away all the time. Merry Christmas to you all!!!
laura
TO CJ: Really glad for all your help and info and I am sure other women will say the same. Funny Jennifer has not got back to you with the IP address thing. And her post is usually the same time that festus and I chatted on line. And what about her post, hard to understand eh?? A BIG THANK YOU DEAR!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
jennifer
Cj or what is you name? why dont you just tell us your real name if you not hidding anything, i guess you must be one of those old fat fools looking for a younger guy online without thinking of dying someday. i guess you must have been so old that you that you think your [Jennifer, we don't use that language on this site. -CJ]is what festus needs including you and laura. which i can see how ugly you both are and your cancerous faces, can you please send us what my ip address read and its isp network so that i can prove you [expletive deleted]wrong by everything you you have talked about. if you all are in the state why are you afraid of coming around and lets trash this physically because i wont be responding to you stupid comment again as from today because you have no proof and dont know what you talking about. if you CJ says you learn every about the military from festus, how long did you speak or talk with him online to have known everything about soldiers and there ways of life. you old cargo fools should just go get or buy a dog to lick your [expletive deleted]instead waiting and hoping for the so call festus smith that has scam you which definately is not the festus smith that i know. you all can go to hell because i have better things to do with my time.
CJ
Oh, Jennifer, if I didn’t already know you are a dude, I’d mention how cute you are.
For everyone else, I’ve just published proof that Jennifer and Festus are from Africa AND the same person. Click HERE to read it.
sandy
cool, good for you….high five girlfriend…
ber
Hi…have any one heard of,,,SSG MICHAEL RANCOURT,,,,32ND INFINTARY deployed in pakistan,,,widowed.one son ken living with mother,,in Malaysia,,,looking for money for Transit,,,have not sent any,,but he talks the talk,,,How can i check if he is fraud????
I think so and have told him so.He still continues to mail…can ayone help.
CJ
Fraud! We don’t have troops deployed in Pakistan yet. There is no such things as a SSG Michael Rancourt in the United States Army, Reserves, or National Guard.
mary
dear CJ and all brave intelligent females, I have had known Internet scams ,no money passed though asked, and some revenge by me.. long and slow..as soon as money for any reason asked remember..No decent man would ask a female for money ..your yardstick.
HOW DO WE AVOID GIVING OUR HEART THOUGH before the scam to sting us is apparent. I am talking to a ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson..he mainly cuts and pastes lovely poems ..says he is a bit Linear ..doesn’t need my money (I thought he could be a scammer).I stopped talking to him as a blog started with a few women before I started chatting to him one said she was asked for money Anyone know this name? He supplies his full military address in Iraq and have had three photos. Mary..I have stopped a few scams butfriends reunited dating site has only frozen their contacts.They are not interested so play back a painful process by drawing out the yes I’ll send you the money ..run them ragged an have a laugh. It can be so painful who do we believe? Are there any real military boys who are on these sites. Anyone know of Ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson? TIP: If you google some of the email written to you it sometimes goes to shows a scammer on a ‘known fraudster’ site. Mary
sandy
I TALKED WITH CHARLES RAMSY FOR MORE THEN 3 MONTHS HE IS A SCAMMER THOSE ARE NOT EVEN HIS PICTURES, AFTER I CAUGHT ON TYO HIM,A WOMAN ON FACEBOOK CONTACTED HIM,HE TOLD HER THAT HE IS MARRIED HAS AN 8 YEAR OLD SON AND LIVES IN ENGLAND, HE TOLD ME THAT HE LIVED IN DALLAS TEXAS.. RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN AWAY FROM THAT MAN…
anne
hi CJ…just wanna ask if the names below exist with the NATO troops in Afghanistan
* Col. Roncy Lishore
* Col. Lishore Bestman
he’s insisting for me to register to satlinkuphone which cost USD 390 but can’t find his name from any search
laura
Wow CJ…what nice words from a gal!! My last question tothose 2 phonies, if Festus Smith is really in the marines, how come he has so much time to chat with all these women?? Isn t it war out there?? Amd its funny when Jennifer says, can you please send US…Why us??? And did you ever see my face Jennifer, I saw yours when I got those three pics ha ha ha . Take Care CJ!!!! Your great xo And Jennifer, I would rather die alone than to have a jerk like festus with me. And old ha ha He is supossed to be my age. And to you Susanne, its your call, but I hope you can see straight, please don t get screwed by him. And if you choose to continue to talk to him the only thing I can say is good luck. Jennifer, did you ever go to school cus you can t spell for 2 cents and I can hardly understand you??? What a fool you are. I love my life and and so happy that I dont have a loser like Festus in it. Good luck cus you need it you fool.
susanne
Laura,
just want to wish you good luck on your surgery.
Everything what has happen is just very sad and it makes you wonder can you trust anybody anymore ?
Merry Christmas to Everybody !!!!
chilly
Without Trust we cannot love, but with that trust comes the chance of betrayal. We cannot hide and stop living, because if we do, then THEY win. WE cannot let that happen!!!!!!
chilly
Thanks for the truth CJ ugly as it is, hopefully it will be enough to prevent more women from being hurt. God Bless
SgtNoGo
There is also a person posing as a Army Engineer by the name of Micheal Brail(spelling of MichEal not too common) This person has some poor guys pics and uses words like Commendant..been in the military for a while and we never referred to our chain of command like that. He professes his love and then starts asking for money…Dont do it
Nan
I fell for this guy. Big time. Sent him the money he asked for and everything. His emails were sweet, his pic is gorgeous, he seems perfect. He also claims to be widowed, with a young son, looking for a woman to complete his “family.”
Thank you for the wake up call. Even though I’ll never get my money back, I feel lucky to have gotten out sooner rather than later.
SgtNoGo
Micheal Brail is no Army Engineer, he knew I knew what and who is was and was only alerted after a former female soldier found this so called PEN PAL…pls pass the word along, I have had former soldiers with their pics posted on the internet and having no knowledge of it being done…
Stayc
Nan, what is this Soldier’s Name you speak of??
laura
Thanks Susanne and I wish you and all the women on here Good Luck and thanks for listning to me. Merry Christmas to you all and God Bless. And CJ great work!!!You really helped us all.
Chris
Hi from Australia
Has anyone heard of
Bruce Merritt -Y, Japan.
Tom Eshbaugh Camp Bucca – Iraq
Tim Strickland – Kabul, Afghanistan
This certainly is World wide. I have reported scammers but they still appear on the same sights.
Men and Women from every corner of the Earth use these sights, we each are looking for the same but different attributes and have have our own reasons for using these sights.I would just like to find (for I know he is out there) the Man I am searching for without then discovering he is either impersonating a Dead Soldier (I felt sick for this Soldier and his Family) Requesting I sign up with this tts2 for $1250USD,telling me does not want me for my body like other Men (he wouldn’t have a clue my body type) send him Money to help pay for a parcel of 1.5mil for me to keep safe for our future.
I still believe there is a Genuine Man out there for each of us genuine Ladies.
Goodluck Everyone
Marlene
I have heard of Tim Strickland, He is on Hot or Not.
marlene
Donna
Tim Strickland is definately beautiful and totally full of s**t.
What about Mark Williams Ruddock or Steve John Ruddock?
All the same!
ber
help…they are some sick people out there ,,,this ssg michael rancourt i have 5/6 photographs of him,,,how can i check if this man is alive or dead??
CJ
Ber, there is not now or before a SSG Michael Rancourt in the Army. He’s a fake.
holgersen
gen daouglas owen
says he is in Iraq,
does this
is
he is a scammer
gen.douglasowen@hotmail.com
han har sendt meg mange bilder og aldrig spurt
om penger
david
The fact is most of this scammers always have access to people information friends or close relative using it to scam others, while the people there information are use are held responsible by the fbi for questioning without knowing anything about it. if anyone is making a friend you should be able to trust and believe in your relationship with anyone and be ready to face whatever problems that comes out of it.Good luck everyone.
Heidi
Hi,
Has anyone come across a Philip Miller. He says he has been serving in Iraq for 11 months. There are really good pictures of him in uniform with his name attached as well as with other soldiers and friends. Also same story of being due to retire soon and wants to settle down with me in south Africa. Wondering if he is a scam too?
Heidi
laura
ITS FESTUS SMITH WHO CHANGED HIS NAME”"”BIG SCAMMER, WATCH OUT PLS WANTED TO RETIRE WITH ME IN QUEBEC!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRACEY
yes he is jeffreymiller scamer on face book and all the sites
Rachel
Hi, I have been scammed by a supposed U.S army Captain James Miniard. Met on a uk penpals and dating site and (usual story it seems) his wife had died 5 yrs ago and he had 2 children. Got photos of “him” in uniform with name tag on etc and ordinary pics some with his children. Then came the sting after a couple of months. He was refused his leave but I could apply for what was termed “transit of leave”. Was told to apply to an email address which was supposed to be the U.S. army admin. dept. Got instructions and “official” documentation etc and told would have to pay for the cost of his transit from Iraq to German U.S medical base where he would have to have a medical before release. I was assigned a U.S diplomat to pay the money to and given the details of the flight times and arrival in Germany etc. Supposedley after the medical then his pay and leave bonus would be paid into my bank account because I would be recognised as his trustee whilst in the country! Fortunately I became suspicious
before giving my bank details and after “Colonel Steve Clarke” of the “admin dept” had said there would be no more charges and then suddenly came up with more! Only then did I start doing some checking to find out that it was all a scam and ceased communicating with the scammer. Have reported it to all the necessary depts and sites but I know I was a fool to part with the money so am writing this in the hope that it might just stop someone else being so naive. The scammer even had the cheek to ring me wanting to know why I would not reply to him. ( first time had actually spoken as it had only been email and messenger before that because of “security” at the base!)and he was obviously African and could hardly speak english and I think there is a network of them as the emails had always been typed accurately. If any of this sounds remotely like anything you are going through right now then take my words of warning and learn from my stupid mistake.
anna
hi rachel your story is the same as mine us military col steve clarke i have lost everything in getting my soldier home who i have been dating for mths not just via internet also phone calls call me stupid but im still not sure weather this soldier is involved as there is no more money but i still have full contact with him .But the us military site and col steve clarke is the same as yours .im in total shock and have no idea what to do .
rachel
Hi Anna, thank you for the reply. I dont feel so alone now and you are certainly not stupid! I checked out all the info I had with the U.S Embassy in London and sent copies of all the documentation emails to the military section there and the man there who had been in the military for years definately confirmed that they were all fake and seen similar one`s before and so is this department for the “admin” and this “Colonel” and the “assigned diplomat” that I was given!Even the medical base that he was supposed to have gone to was for severe injuries not for that purpose. I have lost everything in the same way and had no more to give but the scammer still tried to keep contact with me and the army NEVER ask for money so it is I am sorry to say definately a scam. The supposed soldier that I was in contact with had given me the details for this u.s military admin dept with this colonel so they make it look like they have nothing to do with it. I know it is hard when you really want to believe it is true because I found it hard to cease the contact with the “soldier” but it is a scam. They will keep on at you until they realise you have no more to give. Mine tried to do everything to get more money and he used to text me as well but when he realised that something was wrong he phoned me and was definately African and has finally realised that I now know as I told him he was a liar and a thief. It is all so convincing with the pics that they send and the things they say but we have actually been groomed into believing them. Please don`t feel alone as I really do understand how difficult it is for you right now but it is a horrible, nasty scam and it hurts so please try and get out now. take care and best wishes, Rachel.
anna
hi rachel,
thanks for getting back to me. I don’t know what to say, This is so hard to take in even though our stories are so nearly the same with the admin, the col, the germany thing. What i cant get my head round or understand is that my “soldier” has had full contact with all of my family, he has rung just for a chat even knowing that there was no more money and i couldnt help him anymore. He still talks to us all. He told me he was from California and his IP address matches California. So im finding it difficult to understand if he is a part of this r if he is just a victim in this like we all are. He knows that all of the authorities are involved and he is still willing to prove he is innocent and that he is who he says he is, he is willing to come to any police station with me to clear this “misunderstanding” up. At this moment i can’t cope with any of it they have taken everything me and my family have and now everyone wants their money back and i don’t know what to do because i have no way of getting it to them, being a single parent of two kids. We have all lost our lives to these people.
Anna
jazz
OMG i think i fell for this scam too. A guy called himself Lt Timothy Bills based in Kabul. Have anyone u ladies heard of him. He gave me his phone number and when I checked the origin its actually nigeria. rather odd and he proclaimed he is from alabama infact he even gave me his service . I am still trying to find out whether he is real or not. How do i enquire this. any help will be greatly appreciated.
kathy
Well if this isn’t a shock. I’ve just recently been involved w/Match.com and found what I thought would be a possible ‘forever’. I was a little surprised when he said he wasn’t in Arizona but Afghanistan. I was leary when his words didn’t match those of someone born in the US, when I questioned him about it he said his mom was Irish and his dad was born in Alaska. So I’m thinking why didn’t he say his dad was American. He said his wife died 5 years ago and I asked how, He said ‘cancer of the breast’. Then I’m getting really weirded out, since nobody talks that way. I ran a background check on him and he didn’t show up. When he asked for 1000.00, 4 days ago I told him in no uncertain terms would I give money to someone who could just wait 3 months and come home on a military transport. I told him it was inappropriate to even ask. He said he would pay me back and he wanted to fly directly to my home so we could ‘be together forever’. I asked him what rank he held and he said Sargent Major. I asked his job and he said an engineer, I told him that was interesting because that’s what I do for a job also. He quickly changed the subject. When I asked why he couldn’t get military pay he said they won’t pay him until he gets home, then I asked how long he had been deployed he said 2 years. I asked how long in Afghanistan he said 6 months, I asked what he did with the other 1 1/2 years he said he was in Iraq. I asked if they had not paid him in 2 years? He said no, I’m thinking ok what kind of an operation is this…He also said he was in the US Army. Anyone else would have said I’m in the Army. He kept calling things like Honey, Sweetie, Princess, Baby, any American would know that’s a turn-off to women. I contacted Match.com and told them of the situation but have not heard back from them so I would suspect that they don’t want this getting out. I also sent one more chat to Micheal Brail alias my soldier in Afg. saying that I had contacted the Army Division Securities to have them check and see whether he was in the Army, in Afghanistan and if he was even an American. I also told him about how illegal it is to try and get money over the internet. I haven’t heard back from him since. My only worry was that this could actually be a form of terrorism trying to get passports into the US via unsuspecting lonely women. When I googled his name this site came up and now I wonder should I contact a real Army entity instead of the one I made up to scare him???
SgtNoGo
The same EXACT story…you did your research good for you, this is nothing but a scam preying on women/men looking for love on the internet. One word of advise, the internet is a playground for people like this…one thing you cant beat is going back to the basics, good ole fashioned getting out and meeting people. The internet dating services will gladly take your money because they know that people may be desperate and they will never protect you as long as they are making money off you…PLS BE CAREFULL!!!
jazz
Could you advise me how to contact the us army as i really want to know if this lt timothy bills gurl is real. he said he is based in 82nd base camp in kabul and he gave me his cell phone number but told me not to call him just text him. he even asked me to get a voucher for t mobile for the cell phone.
please help and advise
Marlene
Can someone please look up Sgt Oliver Adamson for me and tell me if he is in the army thanks.
CJ
Marlene, There is no such person as SGT Oliver Adamson in the Army. Just looked him up. There’s not an “Oliver Adamson” of any rank in the Army.
Shelby
can someone look up Wesley J. smith and tell me if hes in the army?
kikay
Can someone tell me if there’s Gen. Travis Wallace in Camp Eggers, Kabul Afghanistan. He is 45yo and his pic shows he is Brigadier Gen based from his insignia.
Nan
Hey Kathy,
yes, we were duped by the same guy. Good for you for catching on faster than I did. I told him I was wise to him after Christmas, but he continues to email me, and ask for more $. Creepy, but probably not dangerous. He even sent me some pictures of himself playing tennis, playing guitar, etc. In the pix he called himself Michael. I asked him if he knew how to spell his own name and he said he was just really tired. How can someone so stupid have outsmarted me? I guess we all like attention from a “handsome man.”
Yikes.
Magda
How can we lookup if someone is in the US Army. I want to find out if Ivan Nobile is still in the US Army as the photos I have, had his name on. I know iT was not him that I had contact with, but just need peace of mind that this guy is OK and alive. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN. I don’t think the camp name will be right as they use anything to succeed. “camp Taji”
Barbara
Did you ever find him ? He’s been contacting me as of today. Feb. 15, 2011.
Carole
Can anyone tell me if there is a real Sgt. Clinton Rellinger stationed in Houston TX. Ive been sent pictures of a full dress sgt. but im a little worried he may not be for real…very nice guy….etc etc
CJ
Carole, there is no such person in the Army. Just looked him up. Is his name spelled correctly.
Magda
Can you tell me if there is a real Ivan Nobile in the US Army as an Intelligence Officer (MST SGT)currently serving in Iraq-Baghdad(Camp Taji)Ive been sent pictures of a full dress Sgt. I know it is a “scam” but need to know if there is someone alive with this name. We need to let this guy know what they are doing to his name. I cannot find peace of mind till I have done this.
janet theriault
hello magda my name is janet am from canada .omg do u what i meant this supose stg noble david ive been in relationship since october 6 2011 . . but everybody told me to be careful . but in my mind i refuse to believe its a scam but since 2 days ago a good friend of mine heard about scamer who use real soldier name .and ive found out that this ivan nobile and compare the pic tures that stg noble david send me omg one of his pic its says noble but am not sure cuz in the pic he has his gun and i can only read the last 2 letters is sound noble or nobile am not sure . and i found out that on youtube that they show real pics of real soldier who as been scams . and omg i saw one of the pic that this man suppose to be noble david appears in it . am very confuse if u have any pictures or anything plz let me know cuz i really fell in love deeply with this man and am very upset . and hes says that he in afganistan kabul and he supose to come home to me . hope to hear from cuz ireally need more info .thank u so much.
Vivette
Hi
Not sure if you can help me. I’m a british woman who is not sure if she is being scammed by someone who says he is in the US Army. He is going by the name Patrick Coffman with Bravo company of the 82nd Division STB how can I check if he is genuine or not. So far he hasn’t asked me for any money, but then I’ve only talking to him via MSN for 4 days but he did ask me to top up his phone credit today which I declined. Is there a website I can search his credentials.
Thanks in advance
Vivienne
Lizzy
Hi from NZ,
I have had a lovely chat with Sgt.Clinton Rellinger for the past month, says all the right things, knows how to charms a lady that is for sure, but now requesting to be connected by the Ts2 Communication at a cost, alarm bells went straight away, then I found this site, very helpful. I would like to know how you can check if they are in the armed forces.
maryann
Carole i am talking to a Relinger .. says he is a Capt though .. want to compare photos and see if we have the same man ..
donna sensenig
I think Jennifer and Festus where in the same english class at the University of Nigeria !!!LOL!!!
Heidi
Hi CJ,
Could you please look up Sgt. First Class Philip Miller with the 502nd infantry regiment stationed at Fort Hood in Austin, Texas? There are some things that do not ring true about him.
Thanks,
Heidi
Elizabeth
Heidi, Fort Hood is not in Austin, TX. It’s Killeen. Did he tell you it was in Austin?
TRACEY
im looking for a lt2jeffreyseanmiller 3rd armcav afghan . he is all over face book
cj6116
Has anyone heard of a Sgt. Smith Roy Kella with the USMC?
donna sensenig
Isn’t that guy sitting in the truck and standing in front it Ken Reed? I have another pic where he is standing on rocks with a rifle and wearing shorts.He wanted ts2 from me on the second day of chat so I cut him off. We do need to try and get these pics together. I have a feeling we are only scratching the surface.These guys don’t care about us one bit. To them we are like buses. There’s another one coming along every 15 minutes!!~!~ I printed out every word they said. I have pics and receipts. Anybody want to share pics? Damn them!!!!
donna sensenig
Hey Jennifer
How pathedic are you?Your lying for a guy that cons women for a living.If I was you I would keep my mouth shut.These women didn’t know they were being scammed. You know what he is doing and your still hanging on. Women like you give us a bad name.
Helen
Hi Everyone, think iv just tried to be scammed by someone calling themselves Irwin Preston, captain in american army in afghanistan, anyone heard of him?
Helen
Hi, told this Irwin Preston that he is a scammer, he is adamant that he isn’t and now thinks i am the taliban trying to get him because i am asking too many questions, please can somebody help, although I know I would really like to know 100% if he is a scammer or not
susanne
does the name dave gold mean anything to anyone,he tried to con me out of money for a transit from Kabul.He said he was a Major in the US army, widowed one son, blah blah. Excellent written english, well planned scam, using a military.com email address, even a high street bank account( fake so i presume he would of then asked for a non traceable method of payment…i wasnt fooled even tho i really fell 4 it all
priscilla
I got scammed by a Sgt Timothy Liners in Afghanistan. He was a widower with a 14 year old son being taken care of by his English mother in England.He said he was born in the US and his father was from Mexico.He feel in love withe me in two weeks, ha, ha, and wanted a $600 phone system; I said no. Then he wanted a transit visa to retire, he said he had 20 years in the army, and would cost $11000, I could not afford it, so he said we cold split the cost. I sent $700 to Mr. Worthers the phony Department of Department Representative by Western Union in two payments of $300 and then $400. The picture he had of himself liked like a soldier of 25 and he said he was 50. Neither he nor Mr. Worhters could spell or had proper grammer above fourth grade. He kept calling me Lovebird, and baby and said I was “His knight in shining armor”. How could I be so dumb; I am a 100% disabled navy veteran. Loneliness will make us women blind and sometimes we want sometime to be true so badly we overlook red flags. This web site has helped me realize that other women have had this happen to them to and I hope these scoundrels get just what they deserve.
Heidi
Hi Helen,
Use his I.P address to find out where the emails are coming from. There are websites which tell you how to do it. This is how I proved my so-called soldier is a scammer.
Best of luck!
Heidi
Helen
Thanks Heidi will try and do it, think I already know he’s a scammer really, thought it was too good to be true cos he was gorgeous lol
Heidi
Hi Helen,
I know sweetheart…mine too! Its really hard to accept though even when you are faced with the truth!!
Heidi
Heidi
Hi All,
Found a really good article on another site about dating scams. http://www.country-couples.co.uk/datingtips/behaviour-patterns-of-online-dating-scammers
Man they are clever!!
Heidi
Helen
Hi Heidi
Did as u said it was an email address in Atlanta, emailed him back asking how Atlanta was, he replied asking why i hadn’t sent the money and that i was a liar and a cheat lol, so i had to email him back to tell him what i thought of him! Not had a reply to that one lol.
tinaJ
Has ANyone heard of a STONE BLACKHALL?? let me know ok
Elizabeth
I have been in contact with a SGT Steve Lopez stationed in Iraq. He mentioned in one of our first conversations that he would like me to request his leave so he can come and meet me. I asked him why he needed me to request it and he told me because he has only been there for four months.
He proclaimed his love for me after a couple of days…now to know me is to love me…lol…but come on. I keep our conversation light and his are always filled with love. It’s actually funny…..well except the part where he was going to mass and was going to pray for me. I thought that that crossed the line. A scammer going to church to pray for me…..I think he meant to try to prey upon me.
I did a check and found out that Sgt Steve Lopez is active duty. I also have asked him questions that have proven true. How is this possible?
I do believe I may have figured out a way that they are getting pictures and information about REAL soldiers/men. I am going to research it some more on Monday when I return to work. If this is the case then we women aren’t the only target…our soldiers are, as well.
I plan to contact the real soldier after I get more info….making sure he is in fact real and let him know his identity had been stolen.
We as women can not only protect ourselves in this, but possibly be able to help protect the true soldiers fighting for us
laura
ehhh the words….alais festus smith alais scammers!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helen
Hi Elizabeth
how did u check if he was a real soldier or not. This scam has really annoyed me and would love to do something about it.
Helen
CJ
Helen, it’s not easy. Being in the military, it’s easy for me to check our internal knowledge database, but your only real option is to ask your “Soldier” to send you an email from his .mil address. Every military member, regardless of service, has one. If they say they can’t because of security or whatever, throw the BS flag and dump them on the spot.
Polly A. Nelson
Question for CJ. Would there be the slightest possibility that there could be a Staff Sargent Obed Wooden Campbell somewhere in the world. I mean his pictures do exist even to this day on my computer, so there is the real person. Could he be located by military archive pictures possibly?
Christy
CJ,
I have a friend that we feel has been scammed (or tried to be anyway). A man named Jason DesJardins of the Special Forces 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment..
after reading several of the post here I feel she has been dooped but I want to see if there was any way of checking to see if this was a real person.
Also how do I check an IP address?
Sharon
Hi CJ
I have pictures of a soldier whose last name is Ingram. It’s visible on his shirt. But the scam is the same as most of the women on here have been describing. I just want to let someone know that their identity and picture is being used. He also uses the name Joe Kelly
CJ
Sharon, send me what you have and I’ll try to locate the real Soldier.
Marlene
Thats how I feel also. The real people who are having there names and pics used. It is so sad for them really. Marlene
Magda
Hi CJ, I have pictures of a soldier whose last name is Ivan Nobile It’s visible on his uniform. But the scam is the same as most of the women on here have been describing. I just want to let someone know that their identity and picture is being used. I can forward you some pictures. please try and assist to locate the real Soldier.
I sincerely feel sorry for the real soldiers who are having there identities stolen. I need to tell him..Where can I forward the detais to?
Marlene
Does this apply to soldiers who are in the intelligent division please?
CJ
Yes. There is no such thing as the “Intelligent Division” in the Army.
Ang
Hi CJ,
Can you check the name Sgt Danny Jordan, suppose to be in the Army, I beleived I am a target as well, the only good thing is I did not send no money, or receive that bogus package!
CJ
Ang, there is a SGT Danny Jordan in the Army, but that doesn’t mean you’re actually talking to the real one. Can you email me some more information to cj@soldiersperspective.us (where’s he’s stationed, Active Army or National Guard, unit, etc)?
Carole
Interesting.. I’m a British woman, who has now come across not 1 but 3 on-line dating scammers. The latest one was .. PAY ATTENTION LADIES INCASE YOU COME ACROSS HIM.. Is Gregg McKee… alegedly a retired Lt Col in the US army but who didn’t know that a Lt Col is a higher rank than a Major!! I could sense the scam coming on when he mentioned his 15 year old twins had blocked his credit card .. oh really! Why are twins of that age in charge of a credit card I ask.. Anyhow I’m now on line to an alledged Captain Thomas Anderson Anglo-American serving in the US Army, found on a British on-line dating site.. stationed.. yes you’ve guessed it in Afghanistan. What worries me is that I have an army email address of captainthomas@armymail.com
CAN AN ARMYMAIL email be spoofed? My friend has been reading up on this and said it can be?! Help CJ.. should it infact be a @mil.com address? This guy has a mobile, and said he’d call when “back at base”.. is this fiction? This one seems to know a bit more about the army than the Lt Col.. but the “affection” seems too much too soon .. oh CJ I have a photo too.. so if you can trace him either this Capt. Anderson is being inpersonated OR this one is scammer no 4 in my book.. I hope he’s not fake but a coule of things he’s slipped into the conversation have the alarm bells ringing..
All this and still not dating ..what a waste of time..
Weary of Cheshire, UK…
Don’t let them get away with it ladies..
Carole
susan
Can you please tell me what mil address mean.How shoul be an e-mail like.
milgeorge123@yahoo.com
donna sensenig
To Heide
Thanks for the info. That site really spells out the reality of these scams. every one should read that. What you don.t know is spelled out in detail. Thanks for the help.
Andrea
Hi Everyone reading this. Only this morning did I get a reply from the darlng SSG Michael Rancourt serving in Pakistan. My reply from him when sayng that I was on to him was ‘ F… O… How lovely! It wasnt true love then! This is the second time this has happened to me and thank goodness I have never sent any money. Something rings alarm bells when the replies declaring love come too soon. Thanks for the replies on this site, otherwise who knows what would happen.
cheralyn
Can someone find out help me to find out if there is a captain richard goode in Iraq and if not let me know and how do you find where the ip address is comming from. dont know much about the ip address and tracking that down any help would help thanks.
Andrea
Hi Cheralyn,
I too would like to find out how you get someones IP address. If anyone could help that would be great.
cheralyn
ok i found what i needed to know on ip and you ladies can go to whatismyipaddress.com and read the simple instructions i found out the ip for the “captain” he is in nigeria. but i need a phone number to someone to find out who the man is in the picture and to let him know it is being used for scams to innocent american women for money. thank you for all information on the scams because i would have lost my grant money for college and i only get 141 a week in unemployment and i thought this man would have taken care of me.
thank you ladies so much for your stories and heroic efforts to save me and women like me
cheralyn
jazz
hi cheralyn
do u know a lt timothy bills based in kabul. i have been trying to get to the bottom of it but well dont seem to get anywhere. his pic if that is him actually quite cute.
i really hope you could help me.
Sarah
Please can anyone help i have read all the posts on here and i think someone is trying to scam me, he said about the phone charge thats mentioned on here alot.
can anyone tell me what to do, this is the name and address i have been given…
Sgt. Paul Kelly E8 Base-Mosul Camp-Liberty Number AA7/19/0407 Unit-Air Assualt.Victory camp base Adder Tallil Iraq
thank you
Sarah
donna sensenig
Hi Ladies
There are no US troops in Pakistan.Thanks for the tip to find someones ip. Glad you found out he was a scammer before you lost any money cheralyn.
Marcus
Well, there aren’t any troops in Paki that will readily tell you they are in Paki.
cheralyn
I confronted him on his identity and he got angry yes he wanted me to get the phone too and be carefull that is a scam they actually send the email to you and then you send it to a “liget” email address and it even has pictures on it with military men in or by a humve it looks real but it is not it gets sent back to them at one of their different addrresses. The phone for a sgt cost 680 and a captain cost 150 the email address for the sgt for the phone is ts2tsatellites@aol.com for the captain it is ts2tsatellite@aol.com do you see the differense look closely at the two emails. they are 2 different emails one is for more money the other for less. I think these guys are sitting in a boiler room type of job and this is their job and trust me they get paid to reel us in. This was not thought up byone person pulling a prank this is a sophisticated engineered complex organization. They will fight to protect it too dont think they wont. It hurts like hell and it hurts more when you know the true soldiers are innocent and the innocent soldiers are splattered all over the singles sites. I did tell him to get a web cam and show himself and he said I should not doubt him. Think about it ladies because I did all day, when the men are over there fighting for us and putting their lives on the line for us they seriously do not have time to sit for hours and talk to us each day or every other day. I am an army brat and I married a Navy man and yes I divorced, and I should have been smart enough to know that yes it is top secret what they are doing and sometimes not but go ahead and ask for the military address for them, an email address for any relatives in the states and then ask for phone numbers to relatives of theirs and if they wont give it to you you will know then you are being taken for everything you have including your time and energy and the ripped your sleep from you too. I can tell you a military man wants mom and family to know all about you and if the man you are talking to doesnt want to share that then he is fake. Think about it thes soldiers may die over there and before they go to battle the only people they are going t want to hear is family not us lonley women. If a military man has that much time they are going to talk to relatives not go on dating sites. I did a lot of soul searching and put myself in the military boots and thought if i was able to contact anyone I would not want to sit and take chances talking to a complete stranger in the states I would want to hear my mom and dads voce my sister and brothers and tell them i love them and that i will be home soon not a strangers. I got out of it because I am true to my faith and I prayed for guidence because i was getting lost in hs words over the internet and I couldnt see straight. I ended up on this site and it was an eye opener to read what you women had gone through and i though to myself I almost did the same thing to feel that love from someone because it has been so long since I have felt that way. I think that this site should be on the front lines also, fighting for the identity of our soldiers who have families here and have no idea that some low life is taking their identity in one country while our soldiers are fighting for their lives to get home in another. The other thing I can tell you is look at the pics really good look for wedding bands, maybe signs behind them saying where these soldiers were and investigate and lets start warning each other when we see or have contact with another military man and seriously he doesnt have to be military he can even be a teacher an engineer a dad or minister but lets fight this and yes we have a battle on our hands and hearts as single women but lets start getting greedy too make them prove themselves and who they really are and if they cant then report, report, report. YES I reported him to singles net.com the site where he found me and he goes by goodlookinggoode stay away from him he is definetaly bad news. Good luck ladies and I am in the fight with you. Let me know any other names these losers are using and lets start our own AMERICAS MOST WANTED: NIGERIA
Cheralyn
Yvette De Leo
Hi Cheralyn,
two names for you:
Kells Klin or Kline
Paulos or Paul Zacheus Becker
I’ve done my research, he is a scammer using soldiers pics, from the site is “Are you Interested.”
carey
Hi Cheralyn
Staff Sgt James Ruddock is one for your list. I have been incontact with 3 other women on different sites who have been scammed by him. None of us gave him any money though. I’m worried because he has sent pictures of himself with 2 little girls in and loads of pictures of him in uniform with his name on – I think this person exists and his details have been stolen. My emails mostly came from Washington according to his IP but some came from Ghana. This guy is smart though and he speaks almost perfect English in his msn and mail, I think he is a Ghanan who is living in America. I’m in the UK and he was going to move here with his girls to a house he apparently owns here.
CJ if there is a real James Ruddock I would like him to be warned that his family photos are being used in a scam.
Kerry Robinson
Hi Cheralyn, interestingly this name James Ruddock is very similar to the name of the receiver for Western Union I was given, from the false military tel site for the phone connection, James Bullock. I and the Western Union agents realised there was a discrepancy in the address, when the town name did not match the post code, so I didn’t pay, and then found all these sites and futher proof that i had been scammed. The false soldier I had been mailing was CAPT.JEFFERY HUMPREY, E8 ARMY CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN,and I’ve found a letter on this site which matched mine word for word from a SGT. KEVIN NATHANIEL, same camp. At least i didn’t pay the money, although they now have my name and no. and photo to use to scam someone else, no doubt.
NANCY BEACH
HI,I HAVE BEEN CHATTING WITH A JAMES RUDDOCK,PLEASE CONTACT ME
Kim
Hi, I wanted to know if anyone recently met a william spalding with the air force. Don’t know rank but he is 46 years old and in Afghanistan. I first of all would never send money to anyone…I did have one “widow” that was doing contracting work on a hotel in lagos…nigeria? Hadn’t asked for money but his voice did not go with the pic he sent. I requested his address and employers address and phone…told him I had no money and if he was a scam artist he would be very sorry and did not know who he was dealing with…he would be very sorry to have even considered scamming me…and to not contact me anymore if that was the case. I could see he went online without contacting me…meaning reading my email and never tried to contact me after the email. so what do I do next? Hate to think of the desperate some ladies are and those that take advantage of them.
lori
cheralyn heres a name for youon the dateing service mate1.net look for me he goes under nickawsome66 thats what he uses for his nic name but for his yahoo messenger its sgtnickscott66i have been a victim here please get back to me asap please.
cheralyn
hi lori
make sure I looked for what you wrote on the site and didnt find him so please make sure spelling is correct and i will look him up again.
cheralyn
lori
cheralyn what dose it mean when you cant find him or look him up dode it mean he still is a scammer cheralyn please get back to me ASAP please thanks so much and please tell me what i should do thanks lori
donna sensenig
Here is the name of another scammer.Tim Krieger His email addy is tkrieger_imo1@yahoo.com He says he is in Iraq and wants ts2 and transit money etc.
Janice
Hi,
Please add email address moro_tanko@hotmail.com to your list of scammer addresses. He goes under the name of Peter Moro Tanko and he’s supposed to be stationed in Afghanistan as a Sergeant. I, like all these other women, was naive and vulnerable and took this man’s declarations of love very seriously and sent him $14K Aussie dollars within a short period of time. Please contact me and I’ll happily forward other details to support what I say. Cheers, Janice
lorraine
Hi Janice i am so glad i haved found your contact regarding peter with the email address moro_tanko@hotmail.com he recently contacted me through the dating site saying he was a sergeant serving in Afghanistan his words to me were amazing saying how i am the women he has been looking for all his life and that his wife died 13yrs ago and he had a 16yr son in boarding school things seemed to be going ok until he suddenly said that his son needed a laptop as he was going to Ghana on a school trip he said he needed my help as he had no access to money as his money was in the states he gave me a lot of emotional blackmail about how upset he was because he could,nt help his son and foolish me fell for it sending $650 to Gulate Rahman in Ghana who he said was his sons teacher.Then 2 days later he said his son had emailed him saying it wasn’t enough and he needed another $350 i have not sent him the money and told him i have no more which he accepted.i am still in contact with him and have confronted him about what i have found out he denies eveything saying it is not him and that another army colleague gave him the email address and swears its not him but i don’t believe him and i am still playing him along ive told him there will be no more money and he still wants to keep in contact with me and wants to come here to me in Australia when he retires in August does any of this sound familiar to you he has also sent me his so called army pictures do you have any pictures of him cause i need to know if this is the same man who has conned me i’m sorry for what has happened to you and i feel lucky that it was only $650 i look forward to your reply as i really need to know if this is the same man
regards
Michele
Heidi
Hi Donna and Helen,
Pleasure! Us girls must stick together! Its awesome that we can help one another and protect the soldiers fighting abroad!
Heidi
Marlene
I am in Australia but I am backing you all the way to help the real heroes the true soldiers. Maybe all these scammer names should be on a website for all women to be able to access.
cheralyn
Hi Janice
How much is 14k dollars in us money? That would be great to hear more about this man. Ladies we really need to understand that these men are really good at what they do and I just want to say that it is as easy to fall in love with the man over the internet as it is if they stand in front of you. The only difference we cant take them to court to get the money back. I was lucky not to get mixed up in the money situation i stopped before i lost it. Everyone wants to be loved and we really want to believe that these men are being honest but think about it they are not. I ask now when i am on the dating site to email me and if they do i trace the ip immediately as to not waste my time and also I ask if they are in the states and if so they need to email me and then go from there. Those two questions can save you ladies a lot of heart ache. We owe it to ourselves noone is going to protect us so we need to find ways to do it ourselves. Remember ask if they are in this country and then ask them to send you an email make it seem like that would be better way to talk. If they dont want to and they want to go on IM right away get rid of him he is no going to prey on you with no witnesses. Figuratively speaking. Good luck and Janice if you could let us know more that would be great. Again the website for ip addressess is what is my ip address
cheralyn
hi Lori,
I dont know what to tell you. You can go to email reverse search or if you have city and state where he lives or where he is from call information and ask for him in that city or ask him if you are able to talk to one of his realatives so you can try and get him home faster. Just make it to where he is not suspisious of your intentions but get all information from him as much as you can and then start tracking good luck and if i can help more let me know.
cher
lori
hi cheralyn tyou but i got some info 4 youi have been chatting with this so call i thought soldier who said he loved me but he dissapeared on me last he has now contacted me again just today and then he gave me his friendsemail and he said he would like to chat with you i say ok so he comes back on and starts chatting with me then he says can i send you pictures of my son to you i said sure then after a short chat he says why i gtg now and i left it at that then the other soldier i was talking to email me and started chatting away with me and then he says im aboy of 14years old dont be angry please i need your help i am from ghana i lost my parents in a bad accident i lost them at age 10 iam lonely and i need a good education and now in junior high shcool so if you can please help mebecause i have been sacked from shcoolbecause of my shcool levis so please i am pleadingto you please help so i can have a foundtion to education than i said but john you sent me a picture of you and you look like grown up he says yes i do fraud for a livein please can you help me i say what is it you need john he said i need you to assist me so i can go back to shcool pleaseand i say how do i do that i say to john right out straight i have no money to give to you he said well i think you can send me clothes shirts shoesECT… i saywell ill think about that maybe he says ty
i said i need a address and then he says cu l gtg mum then he comes back on and i said what and why did you call me mum forhe says i didnt say you were my mom and i want u to take me as your last born cause i told him im all ready a mom of 3 adult boys i said believe in the lord your savoir he will take care of you he says i do believe in the lord i said do not lie to me please send me a picture of you he saysyou may thinkthat i am makingfraud i will open a web cam tomorowto viewme he said to me were are your elder childeren i say 1is at home and 1 is working he works in the investigations department i said im no 1 to play games here and i mean it he said i need a person to take care of me so what are you goin to send me what kind of stuff if only you can see im not a scammerso i said john i have to go now but keep praying to the lord then he comes right out the clear blue im not john my name is daniel i said why do you do this danielha=e says that is the military name i used so i say do you no what the penalty is 4 this he says yea i no and he said to me right out the if a mike twidge1995@yahoo.comcomes on to chat with you dont hes a scammer i said ok daniel thank youhe says just ignore him he only wants your money ok mom he says i like you that is why im telling you this and all his secrets and take care and have a nice day and that was it he went off line so what do you think and what should i do cheralyn yours truely lori
lori
johns email is john.adams@hotmail.com
Helen
Hi CJ
Thanks for the reply, I told my so called soldier…irwinpreston@att.net, that i didn’t believe he was a soldier and that he was getting no money out of me and told him good bye, not heard anything since. I think we all know deep down when something isn’t right and us women need to listen to our own instinct because it is very rarely wrong.
Helen
Lt Col Harry Mark
Dear Helen
Cpt Irwin Preston as been a Good and humble member of the special forces who has been faithful with his job During is service year in the US army . Any form to spoil his name will lead US army taking up a case against the person for impersonating him of a crime that he has not committed .we know this handiwork are coming from the hand of the talibans that has been dealt with by Cpt Irwin Preston here in the war zone .we are trying and making it possible for this evil perpetrators to be brought under the law.
Yours
Harry Mark
CJ
Ladies, the scammers have come home to roost. This “LtCol Harry Mark” is a fake and a fraud trying to ease your fears and cave into the fake Captain. I only approved his comment to show you the lengths they’ll go to. The fact that they’re coming here now shows that we’re making a difference.
Nice try “Harry Mark.” The Taliban aren’t that smart to know who their enemy is dating! Moron! Where in Europe are you exactly, anyway?
Claudia
I’m just wondering if anyone has been asked to cash an annuity check from Canada so that the military guy could take a leave and come visit?? I don’t trust this guy.. I didn’t know that you could even request leave at his leasure???
CJ
Claudia (and others) do NOT cash any checks these guys send. Even if they give you a check for $1000 and only ask for $400 back. The trick is that they give you a fake check that gets cashed by an unsuspecting bank. You send the $400 and spend the other $600. The bank realizes they cashed a fraudulent check and come to YOU for the full $1000. Be careful of selling stuff on the internet too if someone sends you a check for more than the price of the goods and asks you to send the remainder to them.
cheralyn
Hello Claudia
You can request leave of absence but it woul have to be very important leave when they are over there fighting. Wh would he want you to cash an annuity check.. I mean why also? Iwould ask him a lot of questions. True military men will answer many quetions when it comes to money, pay rate, or rank if you are their girlfriend or wife. If the money has to go into your account dont do it it is a scam and the money is fraudulent and you have toask yourself would you give your annuity check to a stranger to cash and pray they will give you the money? No I wouldnt and I dont think you would either. so be careful. If money is involved then dont touch it and also have him send you an emal and or send me a goofy one one that is not serious and I will trace where he is actually at and I am betting nigieria. My email if you choose to is dallas4868@gmail.com
Take care
cheralyn
Helen
Hi Cheralyn
When I checked the IP address of my so called soldier it came up with Atlanta, would this just be a con man in Atlanta? as it didn’t come up with Nigeria or anywhere like that.
thanks
Helen
CJ
Helen it is very easy to use and IP anonymizer to create fool computers into being someplace they are not. The bottom line is that even if it were a real soldier, drop him if he’s asking you for money.
Helen
Hi CJ
Iv just been approached on friends reunited dating by yet another soldier who apparently lives in new york. I have checked his ip address and it says it comes from a place called El Segundo in America, does this sound true
I must have scam me on my forehead or something lol.
his email address is timothybills@mail.com
Thanks
Helen
Marcus
Helen,
Do not trust anyone from an online dating site claiming to be in the military unless you meeting them in person and they show you a military ID or they email from a .mil email account. I can’t stress that enough.
jazz
Hi Marcus
I been in contact with Lt Timothy Bills who sed he is in kabul and even give me his service numbers and e mail me his photos. hmmm he is quite cute. when i checked his ip address its in sunnyvale california. he sed he went to ramsey hight school in birmingham alabama and when i checked, i cannot find anything about him at all. I did send him a laptop cos he sed his laptop doesnt work anymore.
i am still in contact with him from time to time. even when i confronted him he still sed he is not a fake.
Helen
Thanks Marcus, i replied back to him because I was a bit curious to what his plan of action was i think, any military men that approach me now alarm bells will be ringing straight away.
Helen
jazz
hi helen
i wonder whether this timothy bills is the same timothy bills that in conact with me. please reply asap
jazz
lori
cheralyn can some 1 tell me what IP stands for please i am still trying to find this soldier i mean the real 1 i wont stop till i do
Kasey
Beware of a scammer using the name Sgt. Marcus Garvey. He had me “meet” him on Windows Live messenger. He sent me a picture of a solider dressed in full desert gear w/o the helmet. I came across him on a very popular dating site. He told me that he was a staff Sargent, had in the US army for over 22 years and would be retiring in in 4 months, also was stationed over in Afghanistan at Camp Eggers. Told me his home town was Tampa and was his home base was Fort Lee NJ.(Fort Lee is in VA). He gave me two different addresses: futprint1z@hotmail.com and futprint1z@yahoo.com. He may use more.. He did mention that he has multiple messenger accounts. He told me that he has no family other than a sister, nephew, and 20 year old daughter living in Germany. He told me of his background that he went to Army-Navy Prep school in California and University of California where he studied marketing and met his ex wife. He also told me that he has an uncle that he does not talk with and that both of his parents, that were born on the same day, 2 years apart are dead. He gave me an address in the UK to send stuff claiming that his APO address is shut because he never used it and is retiring. At first he seemed very charming and convincing, and a lot of the info that he gave me checked out on the net. The first couple of emails that he set, I checked out the IP address from the first couple of emails and it was from the Middle East. So I ran his emails thru a check and found one of them to be from a 14 year old kid in GHANA. But I also ran his name and found out that there is a SGT Marcus Garvey In the US Army that was stationed at one time in England. So wanted to believe that there was a remote possibility, I asked him a few basic questions about his military background and about the camp that he said he was station at. I was able to find the website for Camp Eggers by just googling it. None of the answers he was giving me started to make any sense. Finally he sent a third email, I traced his IP address and found it to be in Ghana. I broke off all communications.. I was one of the lucky ones, I found out the truth about this person, before I was really scammed.
If you have doubts that the person you are talking with is the person that you think he is, more than likely he isn’t. Google what the person tells you, if it doesn’t make sense then majority of the time the person on the other end is trying to scam you.
Lisa
Hi Kasey! I too was “taken” by one Marcus Garvey, and he told me pretty much the same things he told you. Then he started asking for things…chocolate, “bisquits”, shower gel, a LAPTOP, and an E97 Nokia cell phone and bells and whistles went off. He never asked for money, though. A friend of mine is married to a Major in the Army and he took all the info I had on this guy AND his contact in Britain and is looking into this back in D.C. Pretty tough pill to swallow, isn’t it? I’m grateful I found this site, and I found it through Facebook by searching Marcus Garvey under his yahoo e-mail address.
Marcus
Just for the record, I’m not Marcus Garvey. CJ can vouch for me there.
Roberta
I am amused he told he was stationed in Fort Lee NJ that is a city in NJ…I drive by the exit on the way to a friends house..lol
Helena
Hi
Has anyone spken to someone called Moxon Clarke who claims he is col in US army?
Helena
thelma sweet
Hi Helena
Ihave been talking to a Moxon Clark who also is Wesley Clark COL in the US ARMY I am a bit suspicious can we find out where is E -MAILS are coming from
yours sincerely
Thelma Sweet
Cornwall E NGLAND
Carolyn Pihl
Hi to both of you. It’s now June and Moxon Clark (still a Colonel) is using the photo of retired General Wesley Clark and still cruising for women. He contacted me through a dating site called Fun at 50.
Vi
yes,he contacted me,and we have been chatting for several weeks,he told me that he was a widower,and is coming up for retirement.And he is in Iraq.Is he genuine?
I also have a photo of him.
Linda
Reading the comments from the ladies above – and my own experience – I know that Moxon Clark is in Ghana and retired in June 2010 – how many times, I wonder, has he retired. So I would say Moxon is certainly not genuine. Vi good wishes to you. Please be careful
cheralyn
Good morning ladies,
How desperate are we to find love? Me There is a man now saying he is in sports he is on the singlesnet.com. He goes by portableray as his screen name and I had him immedeatley write me in my gmail and then I traced it and it came up Lagos Nigeria and he stated he has never been in Nigeria. well I confronted him on that and told him I traced his computer the one that he is using right now to send me emails, to the city and country. You need to run the full garbled Ip address to get the accurate info. Go to whatismyipaddress.com and go to trace email and it will take you through step by step what to do. You are getting the one here in the states just like mail it has to go through several cities to get here and the same with a computer every computer that sends it through will have an IP address. If you need more help contact me at dallas4868@gmail.com I will be glad to send you links and help you through it.
cher.
Once you do start the IP tracking you will never stop but the key is to get them to your email before you IM with him. The nice thing is it will set your mind at ease and you will never have to wander again if you are being scammed. The IP will tell you immediately. and yes it is addicting and I did it with some of the men on the site that live in spokane washington and there IP came up Spokane Washington.
Here is what an IP address is
Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a ‘dotted-quad’) and look something like 127.0.0.1.
Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within region-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet. An IP address can sometimes be used to show the user’s general location.
Because the numbers may be tedious to deal with, an IP address may also be assigned to a Host name, which is sometimes easier to remember. Hostnames may be looked up to find IP addresses, and vice-versa. At one time ISPs issued one IP address to each user. These are called static IP addresses. Because there is a limited number of IP addresses and with increased usage of the internet ISPs now issue IP addresses in a dynamic fashion out of a pool of IP addresses (Using DHCP). These are referred to as dynamic IP addresses. This also limits the ability of the user to host websites, mail servers, ftp servers, etc. In addition to users connecting to the internet, with virtual hosting, a single machine can act like multiple machines (with multiple domain names and IP addresses).
susan
Can you please helpm trace an Ip address my email is silvesdy@hotmail.com thanks.
cheralyn
ok greg on the singles net is not the one i am talking to and the one that is portable ray on there i am still trying to find out if he is legit. bare with me I have so many men and I really need to slow down lolololol
but the ip address was currect on the greg so that is good and now i know not to write him
Trine
Hi
I am a woman from Sweden, who has been contacted by a military man who is at war in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has been there for 1 year now.
His name: (C.S.M)Michael Johnson Brown, US Army, 51 years old, a son 15 years old and his wife was killed in Iraq, for about 3-4 years ago.
I also has pictures of him, a white man, very good looking.
I wants to know if he is for real or a scammer!!
Trine
cheralyn
Hi Trine, can you send the pic to dallas4868@gmail.com and does anyone know how to submit pics on here and if so we need to send all our pics of these men on here to compare and then nail the sonsof you know what.
cher
Paula
Hello,
Do you have a pic of this man? I would love to see if this is the same guy.
Heidi
Hi Cheralyn,
I can assure you I wont be chatting to anyone before I have checked out their IP address etc. Wish I had known that before….wouldnt have wasted time on this scumbag! Just wish I had a way of alerting the soldier who’s photos are being used. Am still a bit puzzled as to how he got on to a South African dating site though. Anyone have any idea?
Heidi
South Africa
Trine
Hi Cheralyn,
I will send all his pictures to you, because I want him to know about this. I think Michael is very good looking man!
Trine
Sweden
Monique
Hello ladies,
Just found this site and my mouth dropped open. Just last week Irwin Preston mailed me at a Dutch (!) dating site. Because he wanted me to mail him at his private address (irwinpreston@att.net like I read somewhere earlier in these comments) I googled his name and found all of you.
Eventhough all he did so far was praising me and telling me he thinks I’m beautifull (he couldn’t see my picture!!) I did inform the dating site. I also cut&paste his mail and picture before he deletes his profile.
Thank Heaven for Google!!
So, anyone interested in his picture??
Monique
From the Netherlands
jannette
i was talking to a man who used a difference name it was kelvin edwards i do have some photos of him but he said goodbye to me one night saying monique .i did ask him about it an all i heard was liers he has nt asked yet for any money.i got scam once an i have learn but now it is so hard to know who is honist out there.
CJ
Everyone,
I’ve written a new post that will flush out a few more details and give you some more insight into these scams. Here is the link:
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/01/15/anatomy-of-a-military-dating-scam/
Deb
I have been chatting with a US soldier (well so i thought) for a week and a half now. Had the sob story about him being a single father, no parents or any other living relatives, supposedly lives in Miami, in Iraq at the moment tho, returning in 2 months to the US. Who ever it was even supplied photos, and even sent more when i requested them. Then tonight i was asked by this person to receive a parcel from him which is supposed to contain money that he cant take into the US. So if anyone knows how I can find the real SSG Richard Miller could you let me know so i can inform him. He looks a very nice person. I was sucked in in Australia
Tina
Hi Deb,
I have also be chatting to a US soldier for the last six weeks. He is supposed to be in Iraq and calls himself Major Henry Weightman. He has the same sob story about being widowed, lives in Jacksonville Florida, in Iraq at the moment and returning to the US in the coming weeks. He too says he has no parents and that his little boy of 11 has been in a military boarding school in NYC for the last 5 years. I have even been receiving emails from this little boy. He also rang me last night to discuss something important. The important thing was that he said he had USD$4million given to him as part of a business dealing with some oil millionaire who he provided escort to the border and whose wife he also saved from a terrorist attack. He asked if I would accept a package from him that contains this money, via a United Nations diplomat travelling to Australia and that all I needed to do was to provide my full name, address and confidential telephone number. When I refused he became angry on line almost borderline abusive and I felt afraid. I am also from Australia and in many emails he has said how he always dreamed of finding a sweet woman from Australia. He said he was coming here for me and to take me away to the US with him. He also, like a lot of other internet scammers supposedly soldiers from Iraq, has surprisingly bad grammar for someone of his rank. The pictures he initially sent to me are of a very pleasant looking man in his 50s. Can I please cross reference with your photographs from SSG Richard Miller? Can you call me on 02 9663 5887 or 0413 253 672.
I would greatly appreciate your help and being able to sleep peacefully tonight.
Deborah Martin
how familiar this sounds he is going by capt.brianwood46@yahoo.com with photos and all..hiscommander is Petreous…with his emial address as
usmgenwilliams@aol.com
how to check all this out…we are not this gullible….these guys need to be stopped will the military do anything, they are using their men as frauds.
AnnBritt
Hi Deb!
Me too, It’s the same story, butI got suspicius, try to finde him too. Iam still talking to him, he doesen’t know that I have checked him up here. Pls write to me so we can compare stories and pictures. annbritt631@hotmail.com. I’m from Sweden.
Helen
Hi Monique
I would be very interested to see his picture to see if it’s the same Irwin Preston that was emailing me.
Thanks
Helen
Monique
Hi Helen,
Just found another site on which we all can see our loverboy..lots of pictures and I bet he’s the same one..
http://www.internet-love-scams.org
Check it out!
Don’t know how I can cut&paste his picture on this blog….
Monique
Monique
http://www.internet-love-scams.org/forum/photoplog/index.php?n=6262
Sorry, this is the complete link
Helen
Hi Monique
Irwin Preston used the same tactics on me, after calling me his queen and that it was written in the stars that we met lol, he mentioned about getting a secure telephone line so that we could talk to each other without any threat of the taliban catching him, sent an email requesting my info, ie tel no., provider etc etc, and said that it would cost me firstly £900 for this connection to happen and I would get the £900 back within 24 hours! Even if i had £900 to spare (which I don’t) i would never have sent him money and knew something wasn’t completely right. my email address is spookywoo@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to send his pictures, it would be interesting to see if its the same photo.
Helen
lori
CJ IF ANYONE COMES ACROSS SGTNICKSCOTT66@YAHOO.COM PLEASE LET ME NO ASAP IM STILL DETERMAND TO FIND THE RIGHT SOLDIER BY THIS NAME
Helen
Hi Monique
Thanks for that, yes it’s the same person, do these people know their pictures are being used or are they the real scammers?
Helen
Heidi
Hi Deb and Tina,
My soldier was Philip Miller……….. basically same story! Wonder if its same scammer? Do the pictures say Miller on the uniform? There was once a mail in which he called me Tina…….when i challenged himon it he said Tina was his Mum. This was when I had already become suspicious!
You can contact me on heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
Lets compare notes!
Heidi
South Africa
Tina
Army Generals Apologize for Walter Reed
Hi Deb and Heidi
I finally have a peaceful resolution to my debarcle. After some internet research on Major Henry Weightmanm, I turned up a Major General George William Weightman currently living in North Carolina. The images supplied to me by my Nigerian scammer, actually came from transcripts and military news postings from the following story: Read on …….
Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was recently fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley apologized for substandard outpatient care at the medical center and vowed to improve the system at a House hearing Monday
I will be contacting the gentleman in writing to inform him of the fraudulent use of his photos.
Good luck in your research!
Heidi
Hi,
Good news Tina!
Deb and I have discovered that the photos of both our soldiers are of the same guy. The details differ in places but otherwise word for word the same.
Heidi
Tina
Hi Heidi
I’m pleased for you. DO you have any way tracking the real solider to let him know he is being used in this way? I have actually been able to find contact details for the true identity of the man in my photos, as the scammer was stupid enough to use images and surname of a very high profile military man. I am sending a letter together with copies of the photos emailed and some of the correspondence.
Maybe you can dig up some information (if you want to take it that far) on people finders.com It’s like a telephone white pages listings for the US. Read your emails carefully for any clues as to where he might have said he lived. I went on facebook also and found relatives who had posted photos showing him in them and found that one of them lived in Jacksonville FL, where this man said he lived (and showed me pictures of his house as well). As I used to be a debt collector and trained to trace bad debts, I put those skills to use again and was able withing 48 hours to pinpoint an exact address. Once you do this, you may purchase personal information at a small cost (usually around $14). This info gives you telephone numbers, relatives, address history for the last 40 years and all sorts of other information, which the scammer may also have purchased into order to create a composite false identify of your lover boy. Good luck if you are taking it further!
thelma sweet
Dear Sir,
Could anyone help me please have been talking to an American in Afg his name Moxon Clark or Wesley Clark says he is an American General Iam a bit suspicious as his grammer is no quite right would be grateful for any information
yours sincerely
Thelma Sweet
Cornwall England
Tina
Hey there Thelma. If you e-lover is General Moxon Clarke, then I’m the Dali Lama! If his grammar is not right then you are being scammed. Does he use phrases like “I need to know much about you”? Ã surely have to find that angel sent from God above to take away my everyday loneliness, as loneliness has been my everyday worry in life”? Then you are a target.
Mine forwarded pictures of someone called Staff Major Henry Weightman when in fact it turned out to be Major General Henry Weightman of the US Army, one of Bush’s and Donald Rumsfeld’s cronies. I couldn’t believe this idiot scammer did not do his homework well. He chose to use the identify of one of the most senior members of the US army with all the high powered buddies and access to all the army intelligence known to man. I have reported it and have contacted the real man in question as I thought he should definitely know about this. good luck with yours.
Tina
Hey Thelma. I just googled a General Wesley Clarke of the United States Army and yes he does exist but you don’t know who the person on the other side of your emails is. Why don’t you invite him to webcam session: see if gives you the same line I got: sorry but cannot because of security reasons. Thought I’d help out.
Cheers
Tina
CJ
Thelma, Wesley Clark is the former UN Commander. This past presidential election, he was one of the Democratic nominees but dropped off early. I can ASSURE you without a doubt that you are NOT talking to Wesley Clark. He’s a married man and too busy doing stupid things here in our country.
Carolyn Pihl
Dear Thelma,
I have recently been in contact with Col. Moxon Clark, who looks suspiciously like Wesley Clark, and I’m getting the story he’s half English/half American, wife and daughter dead in car crash, adopted son he adores in Florida, due to retire soon, blah, blah.
thelma sweet
Hi Tina
many thanks for your reply glad I found this site, thought there was something odd about him from the start
yours sincerely
Thelma
Helen
Hi Thelma, if your thinking something isn’t quite right about this so called soldier then you are probably right. If you decide to carry on communicating with him it won’t be long before he will be asking you either for money or asking you to do something else “dodgy” for him.
Helen
thelma sweet
Hello Helen
thank you for your reply been waiting for him to ask for money, how do these guys get hold of U S army personal documents. many thanks
yours sincerely
Thelma
thelma sweet
Hello CJ
Many thanks for your imformation Ithought he was a fraud it will give me much pleasure to tell him so
Yours sincerely
Thelma
Helen
Hi Thelma, as far as we all now they just go through the internet and get peoples pictures and information and then use the names and photos, the fella who contacted me said he was in the us army but i didn’t get pics of him in uniform, just normal day-to-day pics of him, he was gorgeous looking though so don’t know where he originates from
helen
Heidi
Hi,
Have also found out that they use the photos of previous scams on their new victims! Will certainly think twice about sending my photos to people in the future!
Heidi
Lisa
Hello,
I have been chatting with a guy that says he is a SSG Mike D. Graham an E6 n the Army deployed in Afghanistan and goes by the nick name Squiggles…if you have been talking to him and this is a scam, please let me know.
Thanks
Carrie
Hi, Anyone heard of Chris Knox? He is also a scammer. “Army Commanda” in Iraq and will be coming home at the end of March. Can’t wait to spend the rest of his life with me. Blah, blah, blah… Ladies, please watch out!
laura
Darn…same story but different name, FESTUS SMITH
cheralyn McDowell
Hello ladies I just wrote to the Embassy in Nigeria. I submitted a letter and here is what it says:
There are many of us women on the internet who have been scamed by men posing as U.S. military soldiers and who have been stealing pictures off of Facebook from American men and their families. The one in paticular is Williams Olakunle and he said on Yahoo Intant Messaging that he does this because he said he needs money for food and school. Another one is Jayzaza Onyilo who has threatend me and said he is with the Taliban and that he is going to blow up some parts of the United States and threatend my life and said he was going to come here and find me and make me beg for my life. These members are on singlesnet.com and other dating sites that are free and they are going after the single women if you need more proff there is a web site that women are going to and trying to find out how to stop these people from doing this.
Please send me a response on what to do and I thank you for your time and I hope you catch them and lock them up as they have hurt so many women in the United States and around the world. Please help us stop the ones we give information about. Here is the web site.
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2009/10/28/the-new-military-dating-scam/#comment-54345
Thank you again
Cheralyn McDowell
Heidi
Hi Lisa and Carrie,
Check the Ip address and use CJ’s tip of asking him to send an email via his military email!
Heidi
mandi
hi
has anyone heard of steven mcabe? my mother in law has had a guy email her via a dating website saying hes in the us airforce, his wife died 6 years ago and his two teenage kids live in nyc, after 3 days he confessed his love to her, and unforuntaley shes “fallen” for him, he even sent her flowers. hes promised a life together and has even said he wants to be walking hand in hand with her in heaven, this morning it seems he has asked her for a large amount of money, something to do with getting leave. ive read all the posts on here and the story sounds so simular to everyone else but she wont listen, she wants to believe its true. so if anyone else has had contact with this man please let me know,
thanks
mandi
ann
Mandi
I have been contacted by someone purporting to be the steven mccabe. He has sent me a copy of his passport (which has been altered along with pictures of “him and his kids”, He first of all asks for $300 for a phone connection and then $2100 to enable him to come over and visit. His story is that his wife was killed by a drunk driver, his kids live in America and he has a house in Kent. He is a FAKE – steer well clear, The real Mr McCabe has had his ID stolen and this person is posing as him.
CJ
Ann,
If you send me the photos, I can contact the real SGT Steven McCabe and see if he’s aware.
Tracy
CJ any news on steven mccabe and the real man . He has scammed me too. I have a post nearer to the beginning regarding him
.Mandi he is deffo a scammer and said the same to me if you want to know more ask away and i can send you some of wat i have for your mother in law…hes making alot of money …change her mind and show her this site ,,,xxx
Anonymous
This guy is still going…I am in contact with him, we met on a dating site….what can be done about this?
Dyan
Ts2 line scam/military dating scam
This scam(er) uses many different names.
Jeffery Perez Connell
Perez Connell,
Jeffery Connell
Connell Perez
Connell Jeffery
Ricky Gibbs, Ricky D. Gibbs..Says he a 1 star general but can’t’ tell me that a one star general is a Brigadier General)
What these guys don’t know is that is that I have been talking to them via different yahoo emails. All because my cousin got suspicious of some solider Jeffery Perez Connell. Colonel to be exact.
She asked if I could check him out. ( military brother who could use AKO) All of these guys have the same story, have the same kid named Ryan who is either 15 or 16 and live in Texas with his Grandmother. The pictures he send are of the same man. He says he is a peacekeeper. Which is usually done by the UN not the US military or so I am told.
He starts out, the spelling is okay, but then it’s okay baby.. I love you baby… baby baby, baby and when you ask if they know your name they say, of course I do baby. Yeah okay! Needless to say he is vague.
He will ask you to install a Ts2 line so he can talk you. However he does show up in the mobile available.
So he does have a cell but will tell you that he it’s not safe for him to call you on it. (but it’s safe to Text to me on?) He might tell you that the money will be refunded. I putting this on as many scam sights as I can, with hopes of alerting woman who might be vulnerable to this scam!
lo
just found out last night ive been scammed his name is sgt matt swain of e8 victory camp base adder tallil iraq pics emails msn and phone calls really knew what he was doing how stupid could i be! very!feel a right prat only got myself to blame so be carefull.shame we cant let the real person in the pic know how they are being used.
JP
Dear Lo
Just read your mail 25 Jan.
I was also ‘scammed’ by the same guy as you were scammed by, but he used a different christian name. I was on a dating site and he contacted me Dec.’09 Said he was a Captain in US Army in Iraq but for Security reasons, not allowed to divulge exact location…also said he was divorced with one child and due to go back to the US shortly. He sent me pics. and he was also on MSN (chatted for hours every night) and had email addresses on Hotmail. Called me from Iraq a few times. Must admit his English Grammar and spelling weren’t bad at all and he was quite intelligent. I fell for him hook, line and sinker! Strangely enough, my scammer tried a few times to chat with me on Webcam but I’m new to this type of technology (which he knew) and couldn’t set it up properly/got cut off (obviously he must have cut me off deliberately). Needless to say, I sent money to Accra, Ghana, via Western Union, address: 37 Airport Road, and became suspicious. I have spent literally hours on my computer surfing the web/doing research, etc… and lo and behold, on Sunday night I found our scammer’s profile (pic.) on a couple of social network sites. It is the same guy but he has different details in his profile. I magnified the badges on his uniform and his stripes and a T-shirt with a badge on left hand side of breast that he was wearing whilst exercising in the Gym. I found out all I needed to know about his Army Unit, etc…and found out that they were in Afghanistan and had returned to the USA in Nov.’09 already! I found out so much information on Google Free People Search, i.e. his real age, different towns/states he’d lived in, relatives’ names, etc…& boy, do I now know a lot about the USA and Iraq! Lo, I considered myself to be a highly intelligent woman with a College education and a good job and now I feel so ashamed and humiliated for falling for such a ‘Con.’ I’ve spent a lot of time crying recently and now enough is enough. We all have to pick ourselves up and move on with our lives. This has made me a much stronger person and if nothing else, I have empowered myself by learning about computers/websites/searching for info., etc…
ATTN: CJ – I have a lot more information on hand which I’m not comfortable writing about in this forum in case said scammer’s reading this…If you’d be so kind and give me your private email address (my scammer will know mine if I write it here) I think there’s a chance he/they could be caught. They became careless towards the end and I became very clever in acting very stupid towards the end! I’m sure that most of the scammers’ names I read about here are one and the same person/couple of guys based in Internet Cafes in Accra or Lagos…I see from another lady’s mail herein, a scammer by the name of Miller. I know of this one too…Also, since all this happened to me, I have been receiving emails from dating agencies (I googled their names and found out they are also scams from Ghana/Nigeria/Russia) and messages on my mobile ‘phone from a Mrs Brown in Hong Kong, advising me to collect my Lotto payout of millions of USD’s! I haven’t done the Lotto – and certainly not in Hong Kong – for years, and I don’t belong to any dating agency now!
I hope that someone somewhere is reading this and when their eyes were once closed, they are now wide open…
JP
Marcus
The email addresses for all of the authors are listed on The Authors page listed at the top of the page. Feel free to grab CJ address from there and email him directly.
sheena brant
hello not sure if this is same guy use name ssgt max swain 48 years old sent me pics talked for 4 months now msn etc text on phone seems genuine guy untile i saw his pics on this site thst shows who these people are he saif he comes from miami lives alone parents died when he was a kid does nay one no this guy with any info please
sheenaxxxxxxxxxxxxx
lori
well i just found my scammer tonight useing the IPhe was from nigeria and your right dyan baby baby baby thats what this sgtnickscott66 was saying to me ok hun and then ok babe yes babe i played him like he played me now i need to find the real soldier and i will with some ones help on here i hope. and no he did not get a red cent from me either. i was to smart for him boy i love this IP thing its great thank you all lori
Heidi
Hi Lori,
Yes the baby and honey sounds soooooooo familiar. Good luck with finding your real soldier…….I have been trying for weeks. Am determined not to give up till I do!
Heidi
rosi
i feel so stupid now to be sucked in by ssg.michael rancourt i have send money and have lost everything because of him i believed everything he told me im sucker and had poor xmas because he told me he was coming home to me..never happened
marie
wao i read all this and i feel the most stup woman i wipe out all my account for sgt trevor scott to come home to me they get me for 3 transacion but the last one the ask 5,000 dollar if any body know something about this sargent please let me know he was suppost home for engagment and becaus i dint send the money he can come and now im in shock
lori
heidi how do we find our real soldier i wont stop till i do lets work together on this what do you say
Helen
Just found on another scam website that Irwin Preston is now on dating direct affinity going under the name of irwin 624, he sure gets around alot, ladies be aware.
Lisa
Helen what is the other site…thanks
Helen
Hi Lisa
“dangersofinternetdating, quite a bit of info on there aswell, if uv been contactd by irwin preston though if you type in google, scammer irwin preston, there’s a few website about him with pics etc
Lilly
The best thing to stop the scammers to ask them using the webcam!Photo is not enough and Ip adress can be changing and a good IT guy can create a fake .mil email adress too
After 1-2 chatting you have to ask for using the webcam! It is allowed for the soldiers in iraq and in afghanistan too.If they dont want it: red flag!
Heidi
Hi,
Lori, thats fine with me!
Lilly, my ‘soldier’ pushed and pushed me to buy a webcam as I didnt own one. By the time I got round to it I was a bit suspicious of him so never did. I am not what the idea why?? It goes against everything I have read.
Heidi
Lilly
@Heidi: hmmmmm…it is interesting. webcam is the best to check someone.His face, body, voice etc..
wanda
but why do they ask u to buy a webcam and they don’t have one…I m confused about this.
Marcia
I think we were both talking with Wisdom Bell, Mr Michael whoever he is ask me the same thing 2 all that u wrote about him he did the same exact scam with me. Just in the past 3 days.
Miki
I’ve bee chatting with a Phil Adams. Says in the Army in Iraq Bhagdad. Said his laptop broke so needed a new one so we could see each other. Seem OK, but he gave me an address of 60 Mango Tree Ave. accra Ghana to mail it to. Said he would be going to Western Africa within the next couple days. I didn not mail the laptop. I questioned him about everything to include his IP address which was in UK. Said IP is probably a security thing – he didn’t know why. Advised that he would no longer ask for anything since it makes me uncomfortable. I’m not sure if this is legit. I met him on Match.
Miki
I also have a few picture of him. Would be more than happy to share them to confirm if a scam.
Miki
The original IP Address comes out of Ghana, but all the others are coming out of Kansas, here in the US. Can they change their IP address?
Angel
I would be interested in these pictures, please send to nic_angel26@hotmail.com
lori
HI HEIDI PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU HERE ANY THING ON THIS SGTNICKSCOTT66@YAHOO.COM AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU IM GETTING READY TO CALL THE OPERATER TOMOROW AND FIND OUT A LISTING OF NICK SCOTT FROM DALLAS OR DALTON GEORGIA I GOT TO FIND HIM I CANT REST TILL I DO I NO HE WAS BORN 1966 I HAVE HIS PICTURE FROM THE DATEING SITE MATE1.COM AND IT TELLS ME HES IN THE ARMY WHAT BUGS ME THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FILE COMPLAINT ON THIS GUY WHY.HEIDI RUN A IP ON HIM AND LET ME NO WHAT OR WERE ITS COMEING FROM AND THEN ILL RUN IT AGAINST WHAT I FOUND AND SEE IF IT MATCHES OK
Heidi
Hi Lori,
Mail me at heidi.lynn1@gmail.com. Lets put our heads together
Heidi
Helen
Hi everyone, iv actually found the person in my pics on facebook would u believe, his name isn’t irwin preston and he has put messages on the net saying that his pics have been stolen from a modelling agency site, he knows they are being used by scammers and says he has notified the police about it, just goes to show you can find anything if you try lol.
Helen
concerned niece
please let me know if any of you have been ion contact with a Srgt. Justin wrightman.
MELINDA
HAS ANYONE HEARD OR TALKED TO A JOSEPH LINGO..
Susan
joseph lingo is on netlog a BIG HUGE SCAM SITE!!!!! hes not a soldier.
annatjie desmet
Hi all, just laughing. Ever heard of Irwin Kelly calling himself the Captain in the bomb squad, but actually just a Sergeabt (E-5) rank. After giving me the poem and $ thing, now he’s gone to facebook and trying out all the ladies there. He still e-mailed me tonight. And the spelling is worse. Somehow he is stationed in Kabul and loves me dearly. Wants to leave the army and marry me. Waiting for me on-line, but nothing to see.
irwin4kelly@yahoo.com. Anyone know him lol?
Annatjie
laurie
any one have pic s of thre Lingo …
please send 2 me so i can c if mine is same man
correction on my e-mail :
WARMNCUDDLIE1@YAHOO.COM
Laura
He is a scammer. Beware…
sassia
Has anyone been talking to A SGT MIKY REDE ? Based in Afgan Camp ?
Heidi
Hi Wanda,
Dont know if he had one or not as I didnt have one……….there must have been some hidden agenda but its unusual as they seem to avoid webcams if at all possible.
Juanita
Hey Ladies… here is another soldier scam…Soon_In_Ky and McHendrickson on Match.com… he says his hame is McBright Hendrickson, widowed, wife and son died in plane crash, he as a 13 yr old daughter and his parents are deceased, he is a only child…. real smooth writer… wont give out phone number or when he will be on to IM…says he is in Iraq, then says he is taking care of his daughter, then he needs a loan to pay the Generals so he can come back to the states… beware… you don’t pay to get out of the military service other than with your life or doing your signup time… money won’t do it…trust me I was in the military….mchendrickson@yahoo.com or mchendrickson@live.com these are his email addresses… so beware he is lurking…
sara
I have recently been a victim of McBright Hendrickson. Sent him money to come home. Big romance. Very smooth talker, Now his son is supposedly in Iraq with him with a possible brain tumor. Money is sent through a Col. Petzel who has a decidedly Nigerian accent on the phone. High pressure moves to get money. Sends very romantic letters and promises. The cost of flying home keeps going up and up. The money contact is a bogus Kenneth Ellison in Vancouver WA. McBright won’t answer questions, all a big secret, tells you his has plans for marriage, family and a future. Does not mean a word of it. Very convincing and talks you into giving money to get him out of Iraq at a very high price. Don’t fall for it. He is a heart breaker and a sociopath. Beware!!
Trish
Has anyone come across someone calling himself Jakson admas/jakson adams saying he has done final tour of Iraq supposed to be sergent 1st,class have several photos of him close up in uniform and also civilian clothes says he is from Florida, with son called Stephen aged 15 he is divorced and his son is living with best friend til he gets discharge papers for leaving army. would never come on webcam. reason being is that i have found out today that he is actualy a scammer as i have not heard from him in 18 days and because of the iraq war i wanted to find out if he was still alive and ok i contcat the dating sight that we both joined to find out he was a scammer , he goes the nick name of NIACHA his pictures are quite convincing of a soldier even though they are not of him. if you have heard from this man get in touch or where can i leave pictures of this person for his identity to be know so he knows he is being used as a scam age approx 48-50 please get back to me asap ..
Jakson Adams
Am Jakson adams and it true i had a contact with miss Patricia Williams. Things wear going on well with us and we decided to meet each other when i get retied from the army. i was once chatting with her and some of my friends came in to me room and wear talking to each other. when this woman head their voice, she suspected the language is from an African and am from Ghana because a Ghanaian has scam her because. I explain everything to her until we continue to chat again. i will call her to hear my voice because she always complain i should call her. so i was busy at work and don,t reply her mail all of a sueding this woman write to stating that am a scam because i did not show up on the messenger and don,t reply her mail as well. i was very sad when i read that mail and decided not to contact this lady Trish again but a friend of my told me she hard gone this far to write saying am a scam and am not. I hope this lady will bow her head in shame because she has no any prove about me scamming any body and moreover am not a scam. i hope she will redraw her comment immediately.
CJ
“Jakson” is writing you from Africa, yet claims he is not African. His internet provider is the African Network Information Center and is writing from the 3rd Floor of the Ebene Cyber Tower. It’s amazing what a reverse IP checker can find out.
Nice try, Jakson.
trish
C.J Gosh you are so clever, to find that out, and here was me feeling so belittled that perhaps I had been given the wrong in fo, about jakson. what a cheeky bugger ! anyway just wanted to say that had two letters in today from to upset ladies better not give their names here but if you want them drop me a line when you get time I dont want to write to in andate you with mail as you have enough to contend with, anyway the 2 ladies in ?? are lloking for their lost loves in US forces and want to try find them. One is an officer ( trainee ) she sent the pics to me and she thought it might be jakson but it wasnt so we have cleared that up, the other one has said that jakson has now got a new profile under OASIS ACTIVE, (doent mean a thing to me sory but you might know of it ) he neds to be locked up give him bread and water for a month…. and a few lashings with the cat o, 9 tails or better still hang him by his balls ! yes I prefer that one ! Ha ha ( sorry brit sense of humour ) best wishes Trish
Marlene
The spelling gives that one away.
trish
Hello this is a letter to the gentleman calling himself jakson Admas. I am never too big or too old to apologize to anyone if I have said or done something wrong to them.. IF they give me the proof I need to clear up the subject in question, shall we put it this way it was a long time before jakson wrote to meI kept on writing and received nothing not one line back!!! and the phone calls never came, in the mean while I had a few mails telling me that you were in deed a scam, and just using the pics I had all over my home of you,that were someone else…. in fact I had an email in this morning of someone else using your name and identity so who is right and who is wrong. I never never wanted to believe that any one could do that to me because of the past thing that happend and I had moved on, and was able to send the necessary docuements to jackson for him to see what had happened I do not think I have done anything wrong at all, If Mr Admas is innocent then YES ,I would willingly beg forgivness from him and say to the world that a mistake was made… that I was given the wrong in formation to lead me to beleive he was a scammer but that is how it was sent to me,,,, so its up to you, either be a man and reply to me and tell me why I am wrong and get back on the computer and phone you still have my numbers I would think and put the world to; right… An yway why would the agency write to; me and tell me to cease contact with you? it near broke my heart to read that and then topped with n o news from you and no calls and no mail , what was I to thmink, and as I have been in formed MILITARY can use Web cams and phones and get communication to the people they want to,so I leave it to you I am defending myself so you defend yourself to me, thats the least you can do, after what I have received…. Trish WILLIAMS
Angel
I would be interested in seeing the pictures you have of this guy, nic_angel26@hotmail.com please?
Teresa
Hi, every one look out for a Martin Heade, supposed lieutenant colonol in Aghanistan, last seen on friends reunited dating website a week ago….usual story…dead parents…widowed, with 2 young children…Just about to move, he said, so was obviously going to ask for money for the phone scam! Have blocked him..but he disappeared from the website as soon as he made contact with me…probably on others so if you should come across him please report him…thanks.
donna sensenig
Wanda
They want you to send pics and go on web cam in case they can’t get money any other way they will threaten to send these to your friends employers etc. unless you pay up. This is blackmail. So be very careful what pics you send and nothing on the web cam you don’t want the world to see. Good luck and be careful
wanda
That is so terrible…I told my family that I had come in contact with a scammer. His name was Wisdom Bell he was on yahoo as Wisdom_bell44@yahoo. Ihave reported him to yahoo and I have reported in to Black Singles Connection and he has been taken off that site. I am quite sure he will reappear as someone else. I have learned my lesson. This person wanted me to intercept a package from the airport 2millon dollars to start our life with. That was the red flag for me I told him that I could not do it after given it some thought. I then told him what CJ said about sending me an email from him AKO account and he did not know what that was!!!!! He was so convincing so believeable. I guess I have gauiliable written all over my forehead….
Heidi
Wanda,
They will also use your pictures to scam some unsuspecting guy……..a vicious circle. That is one way they get the photo’s of the soldiers……..they have scammed them previously.
Heidi
Charlotte
got one at the minute going by the name of SGT KEVIN NATHANAIEL says he loves me hes from the U.S.A wants me to regiters with some phone company like all the rest of you but im not fooled did my research and A: it dont cost anything for them to ring B: you cant phone them for obvious reasons C: they have either got a pilgrim number or they have a paradime sim card so i know this mans is trying to scam me for something but i will go along with it for a while longer just to see how far hes going to try it i will find as much info out as i can about him then his ass his mine lol xxx
Charlotte
Hey! you, ve got lovely pics and a bright smile, just want to say hi, and hopin to hear back from you angel hello Kevin, thats nice of you to say so hope your well xxxxI just hope this doesnt piss you off cos most people dont like men in uniform……..
a little about myself………………..born and brought up in usa by british parent, i got enlisted in the army at the age of 22, am currently stationed here in kabul afghanistan, i have been to UK on several occasion and i intend to relocate to UK soon.
tell me more about yourself too.singles? thats not possible, you cant be this beautiful and be single, i find that hard to believe. a tattooist? how profitable is that?keep in touch Kevin was nice talking to you xxxxxHi Angel,how has your day been? well i woke up about 2hrs ago, have been relaxing, just came online to check if i gat something from you before preparing for tonite patrol. what you gonna be doing this weekend? am sure you are havin unlimited fun there lol………well as for me am gonna make sure there’s no more attack from the Taliban this weekend, its really nice to hear from you again, hope to hear from you again and get to know you better. keep smiling.Hello Angel, how was your nite? sweet dream i guess……….anyway am just come back to the camp base after a long nite patrol, so tired now and i need to sleep but i could be back online later in the evening to chat with you cos i enjoy doing that, keep smiling angel cos am sure your smile is gonna make another brighter day for me.
you could come online to yahoo messenger and ask those questions, we can talk about them there
kevin.nathaniel51 @yahoo.commsn and yahoo both work together am sure, you can still add me in your id. its gonna be a pretty busy week for me here, we got red alert. wish we could stay together on phone.your smile ill take you anywhere.can i ask you for a big favor? i need to print out your pics, post on the wall in my room so i can always look at it each nite am going on patrol and when am back in the morning.wow, thanks for that. its really gonna make my day.have done something today but am not sure you ill like it, i hav just told my friend about you, told him i got someone am datin in uk now eventhough we have not started dating an he really like this. hope you dont mind?baby it ill really makes my day to hear your voice before going out on patrol each nite but everything pass through the admin department and i just asked them about it, the ladies there told me we could talk on phone but there’s a telephone company in charge of the troops in iraq and afghanistan you ill need to register with first and charges fees need to be sort before a call can be set up for us and i can call you anytime i wanna. they already gave me the info of the company but i gotta tell you this first.what kind off fees do i need to pay ? and how do i register with them ? send me all i need to know and i will see if i can do it babe x x x x xshe gave me the into , you ill need to introduce yourself to the telephone company and send these to their email address:
you will have to send email to the company and introduce yourself to the company as my girlfriend that you ill need to connect with your boyfriend in Afghanistan and you send the company this information so they can use it to locate me in Afghanistan.
or
SGT.KEVIN NATHANIEL
E8 ARMY CAMP
VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN.
the lady says the fee is for the phone callin registration and it has to be done for security reasons. it ill be an honor to have someone i can always talk to on phone before going out each nite, but angel if you dont wanna do this you dont have to do it, but ill really appreciate your voice on phone.
I have to go on patrol soon, ill be back online here tomorrow morning.its all a bit complex for a phone call i understand why it has to be but i thought is was just a case of you getting a pilgrim number and ringing anyone you needed to anyway i will have a look into it see how much its going to cost be safe and i will speak to you in the morning xxxxx Thats the story so far lol this guy cant spell has no clue who hes talking to so i will see what hes got to say in the morning when hes finishe is sp called night patrol lmao xxx
Rachel Boden
Hi Charlotte… I had the exact messages and the same story from him. Full of charm, and was indeed taking in by it for a couple of weeks, until his eloborate ” leaving request form “. He was asking for nearly £1,500 to grant him leave !! Played along with it until for awhile to gather evidence and its now in the hands of the Police. But get this , He is a now dead !!! Strange hey !!
Carole
Hi Charlotte & Rachel,
Me too! Exact same message word for word. This only happened today. I became suspicious so started searching through google.
I’m obviosly going to put a stop to it and inform the website he contacted me on.
Kerry Robinson
I have just trawled this list for half an hour, and I am so glad I bothered, because I have been scammed, and I actually had the money on the table at the western union agent, but there was a discrepancy in the address for the transfer reciever,so I didn’t pay. I rang the western union office, and she said, this was not the first time she had heard this story. So I searched online for ‘ paying for sat. phone line for military personel, and I got this list.
And your mail has some of the exact phrases as mine, except it was CAPT. JEFFERY HUMPREY, E8 ARMY CAMP, VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN. He sent me the most beautiful poetry, I sent poetry back to him. I was almost convinced, but his grammer was not perfect, which didn’t sit right, and then I noticed he was still using the date site, even though his poems were …its you and only you etc. Man I did not realise how desperate i was to be loved. Thank God this has only gone on for just over a fortnight. I was only on the datetheuk site for less than 2 mths. I have cancelled my sub, but i will be reporting this guy. And the pictures were so cute. To think he may have robbed them from a soldier who is now dead. Reading your message, I have absolutely no doubt I was scammed, at least I kept my instincts and didn’t actually pay the money. But I said some personal stuff on their to someone who is obviously criminal. What a sucker ! But I would be feeling a lot worse if i’d paid the money.
Heidi
Trish, could you sent a picture of ths Niacha…….his m o sounds similar to my scammers story………chance its the same guy? He is very active and reusing the photos over and over.
heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
Heidi
trish
Hello Oh so glad had a reply for my plight wonder if its the same guy have you got the lovelt pics then, Yes send me your email and I can forward the pics to you or you can find them un der my thread at ILS ( tickle my tea) what ever is easier in ILS I have the original in trouductory photo of guy calling himself Naicha from Florida and thats on the ILS scam board as well but I couldnt get it offf the dating site myself as well I just couldnt so I wrote to ILS and they did it and put it up there, still cant bring myself to smash all the photos in frames of him as am deep down hoping they will find the real man but will have to come to termw with it soon I know drop me a line you can get me at trishwills60@talktalk.net also and I am on yahoo.com also un der trishannewills so come on over for a chat they say w heads are better than one, how long did you know the guy,,, I go back to October of last year til around 3 weeks agao so I am still a bit raw! but come on down and talk to me all the best TrishW….
susanne
Hi Folks, thanks for the heads up. Just started communication with a US staff sgt Rick Rancourt Based in pakistan. Was curious as to why he would be on an Irish dating site. Only a few mails from him so far but follows the pattern – lovey emails, photo, removed profile from website, moved onto yahoo mail and last communication requested I start using yahoo messenger. Time zones got me wary so i was searching the net when i came across his site. thanks folks before I got in too deep. ive sent a mail telling him not to contact me again. maybe I’ll have better luck next time – there have to be some genuine guys out there
Raylyn
Hi Susanne,
I have also been emailing a guy called Rick Rancourt who is supposed to be based in Pakistan for the last month, in fact I have just got off messanger with him. Can’t believe that I fell for it. I was a bit confused about the time zones too and when ever I asked him about it he would change the subject. I’m delighted to have found this website. A pity there are such low lifes out there.
stephen
Hi my friend is called Jane who lives in the UK. She has been dating a US soldier online for almost a year. He claims his name is ‘KELLY’and is 51 with a 12 year old son called ‘HARRY’. He has told Jane he loves her and they will get married. This marriage has been postponed at least 3 times. She has never seen a moving picture of him. He puts a child claiming to be Harry on the phone every so often, but Harry is suppose to be away at boarding school. Kelly has persuaded Jane to send him £5,000 and a diplomat will deliver all his valuables worth a six figure sum! This parcel has not arrived since (August 2009)because the diplomat was in a car accident and suffered internal bleeding. She has also been sending to Ghana £50 a week! Kelly claims now that they are engaged she can have half of the Farm which he owns in Africa. This £50 a week is to pay the peasant farm workers their wages! She has fallen in love with this idea of getting married to him. He can’t travel to the UK because he is now in New York in a secure hospital. He has been promising to send Jane some money into her bank, but he can’t do this because his branch is in Alaska! I fear that Jane has given out her passport details, bank account and out her home address to this scammer. Please if anyone knows of this ‘Kelly’ or has been a victim of this kind of please contact or psot your story on this site. Jane at the moment has told me not to worry has she hs been brainwashed by this fake dream. Thanks stephen x
Helen
Hi Susanne
iv been on the friends reunited dating site for approx 2 months now and have been approached by about 6 scammers, don’t know where all the genuine guys are lol
me
I know your pain Stephen. I too am going through this same thing with a friend and feel like beating my head against the wall. I keep asking myself how can anyone be this niave!
me
My friend has also given money and is claiming undying love just days after chatting! He’s promised that he’s coming to her but never shows up for various reasons. My friend no longer tells me anything about him because I always advise her against it and she does not like me doing this. I am only trying to help open her eyes to these lies! But she is so blinded she can not see the truth.
supposedly he has so much money that they will be sit for life ONCE he is able to get access to his bank account. where he is in the war in iraq he is unable to get into his bank account.
I feel so helpless I have decided that for my own sanity I can not speak to her…I know this is weak, but i can not stand to see this happen to her and not be able to stop it.
laura
pls pls help her….sounds so so much like festus smith…no access to money until out then really well made….. pls dont let her het scammed because SHE WILL, so sorry.
me
I want to help her but she will not be helped. She gets mad at me if I so much as mention it. I feel so helpless. I’ve been her friend for years and have never lied to her or tried to hurt her in the passed. but for some reason she thinks I am trying to hurt her now…when in actuality I am just worried about her. I know this guy is a fake…I’ve found things on the internet to prove it, but he has her wound so tight that he can work his way out of anything and she is so desperate to believe him that she does. It’s very hard for me to watch! He doesnt use Festus.
Helen
Hi Stephen and me
these men your friends are chatting to are definitely scammers and I feel so sorry for your friend that is sending all her money to him, there are loads of websites about these scammers on the net and the stories they tell follow the same format. Type in google – scammer and the name of the men your friends are chatting to and see what comes up, another good site is – internet-love-scams.org. there are loads of pictures of scammers on this. as you have probably read above the pictures are not really of them, they have stolen them from modelling sites or other sites and used them. Has she checked his IP address to see where the emails are originally coming from.
me
I mentioned her checking the IP address about 1 year ago but she is not ver computer savvy and has not done so. I offered to do it for her if she’d send me an email but she refuses to do that too. convinced I am ‘jealous’ and out to hurt her. I will check out those sites that you mentioned. I have found this guy on facebook or a guy with the same picture and wrote to him a few days ago but as of yet have not gotten a response. Of course there is a chance that this may be the man who is scamming as well, but if so he would have at least contacted me and told me some boggus story. I feel helpless! and I miss my friend since this has certainly put a riff in our friendship. I think when the truth finally comes out she will need a friend and I will certainly be there. The sad truth is she’s done this before…so it seems very sad that she didn’t learn the first time around. I have tried to reason with her, I have sent it numorous links…but to no avail. This is very frustrating. another sad fact is that these scammers are not only breaking the hearts of these women but also of the children involved with. My friends children are so excited and can not wait for him to finally come to them so they can have all they have ever dreamed of.
Paula
Can you tell me how to check the IP address?
Helen
Hi Me, it is certainly a very sad story, especially if she has been scammed before. I found my scammer on facebook, it isn’t him who is doing it, they have just stolen his pictures from a modelling site, i sent him an email on facebook and he replied a few days later saying that this has been going on for years and that he has contacted the police, but it is neverending because they just put his pictures on different dating sites etc. wait and see if you get an email back from him and then you can show your friend that the person taking money from her is not actually the person she is talking to. You sound like a very good friend, but you can only do so much if she is not willing to listen, as you said, you just need to be there for her when it eventually does sink in. It sounds like it has been going on for a very long time, but if she is sending money it could go on forever. i was lucky because i knew something wasn’t quite right more or less straight away and its sad that she is spending all her attention on this scumbag when she could be meeting someone nice.
Sandra
Does any one know of William Moxon Clark claiming to be a Logistic Officer in the US Army. Widowed and has an adopted son, realized last night he was a scam. I was asking him loads of questions and suddenly he was tired and had to go off to bed hectic day. He asked me to email him today which I have but he has not replied. I think he realizes he has been caught out. I just smelt a rat and then found this site thanks so much.
donna sensenig
Hi girls
I just want to tell you how sorry I am that you got caught up in this. These scammers are heartless and will do or say whatever it takes to get your money. I was lucky and found this site before they scammed me. their english may be poor but they are experts at finding your weaknesses and using them against you. All you can do is be there when your friend needs you and she will. These scams all end one of two ways. You will either be heartbroken and broke or they will move on to greener pastures. Stay strong you are not alone.We need to keep helping each other.
trish
Come on girls and boys havent you been on ILS ( in ternet love scams yet ) go on there and look at the pics that have been stolen Not saying all are legit, but most are stolen and used by scammers to get in to your mind I didnt think I would get caught twice, I was very wary in deed because with the first he asked for money within about a months or so after ladning in Ghanam when he got himself into problems and YES african places are hard places to get help its all cash up front for anything and bribes all the way throug but if youtr guy or any guy is legit they can go to embassy and check out all the help I got photos of the guys sick child in volved in accidnet (HORRIFIC( I never stopped paying for this and that so I thought never again ( found his profile and 5 pics on ILS ) thats what put me on the scent as it said pics used by scammers !!! anyway after 10 months I had had enough as I was broke they will drain every pound out of you at the same time saying how sad they are that they have to ask for help ( BULLSHIT !!!) so I though Okay next time I am gonna be on the ball, met a soldier though I was on safe senior site, but got caught out No money handed out but fell for the ” Military crap ” cant call you COS not allowed cant have web cam cos not secure anyone could be homin in on this they will get away with it each time and I am still GREEN and stupid….. still thinking the real guy could posssibly be found,, really fell for him , must have been the ITAQ thing knwoing what they are going through etc etc the day to day life they have… so Yes fell again at the post… so for the future NO conversation with noone not no how unless they have a web cam no excuses that My son daughter broke it bad connection CRAPPY doodles no way No web cam no talkies,,,,, anyway if anyone wants to know the guy who scammed me do please ask, he was supposed to be USA again…. but the first one not a soldier but gold contractor and precious minerals etc and having to leabe N< CAROLINa for short contract OH the first lot of money was ONLY GOING to be a LOAN for 2 weeks MAX ) BULLSHIT lost 3.000 Grand sterling. so there you go thats how easy it is, lets hope there are legit men out there somewhere,,,, would love to meet a nice REAL guy…. All the best to you all TRISH W…
Arlene
Has anyone have emails for Staff Sgt.Steven Grant. I found him on Match.com. He Claims he is in Iraq. His email is stevengrant62@yahoo.com. He has not ask for money yet. But ask if he could send me a package by a carrier in the UK. That was wierd. Any comments on this one?
Laura
Tell him he sounded like the guy everybody here is talking about, he definitely is a scammer.
Heidi
HI,
Amen, Donna……….us girls must stick together. The more we spread the word and report these guys the fewer girls will end being heartbroken and penniless!!!
Heidi
donna sensenig
Hi girls
To learn more on this dating scam listen to CJ and Troy and Marcus on blogtalkradio.com/youserved episode#74
It was an eye opener I and another woman were on and I would advise any man or woman dating on line or not to listen to this show. It is informative and you can learn new info on the military dating scam. Good luck
A smart gurl
Stay away from this one,,another scammer girl..Too quick, too fishy!
angel
im looking for info on sgt david wayne in afghanistan/kabul camp victory amc
and pictures of him he has a house in houston texas
Mustanggrl
I was contacted by a Srgt David Wayne in full dress uniform, very vague, says he has never been married, says from taxes, however will not web cam and has broken English. I would not trust it.
A smart gurl
SGT. WINKERSON MARK JAMES…is another scammer,2 conversations in, he was looking for money and a letter to send to his commander wanting me to say that we were engaged,,yadyada…says he’s in Iraq,the military stopped feeding them a year ago, had to sell jewellry and clothes to eat…good thing I’m smart and a dear friend helped me find this site right away,,,so i played him til he took the bait about asking for money..very pushy,can’t spell worth a damn, until he quotes the poety,good old cut and paste again…after i told him I knew he was a scammer,, i got the go to hell, and God will punish me…bahaha,,I’m so worried..Stay away from this jerk ladies,,HE IS A FRAUD,SCAMMER, JERK,AND LOWLIFE SCUMBAG.. signed a very smart gurl.
A smart gurl
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME A GOOD SITE WHERE I CAN POST THIS SGT.WINKERSONS PICTURE AS A SCAMMER (IF IT IS THE REAL HIM),ALSO I WANT TO FIND HIS PIC ON A SCAMMING SITE,thanks all.
libby
My friend has been chattin to a Chris who claims to be in irac and i just knew she has been scammed but she wont listen. I know she has sent money but i dont know how much but now i am even more concerned coz she has just sold her house and has no money left at all. He too claims that he needed money to get out of the army and that he will be escorted to her house. He claims to have a son who lives in london with a relative. Says he has a house thats worth 600 usd. I am just so gutted for her coz she was nearly scammed by the ‘i’m on my way to see you and then gets a phone call to say he’s been in a crash’ scam. so you would think she would be more careful but no. I just dont know what else to do or say to her. She still thinks this guy is coming. Say she is waiting on details of his flight???
CJ
The flight won’t come. Something will happen and he’ll have some tragic incident take place. But, for $XXX dollars, your friend can help him get home quicker! Don’t fall for it, it’s a scam.
A smart gurl
Have you shown her this site?? The US Military does not send people home just on a whim of things,if there is truly a family problem,trust me the military will look into it before they pull him out of Iraq,also,the military will pay to send them home..definitely your friend is being scammed..She needs to read this site,,word for word.
tamz
hi libby
you don’t maybe have a picture of this Chris?
Marcia
Wanda
11 Feb 2010
I have also had some dealing with Wisdom Bell same MO package but this time Mr. Michal is stuck in Ghana needs $2K to get on plane and get here with $2 mill UDS (haha sending 2 me)
I let Mr Bell, Mr Michael, or who ever that I just read about him on this blog like he said God will show me and Oh God did just that, on this site, because I was trying to google Wisdom Bell, USA to see if I could find him, ended on this blog, thank u GOD. Someone in the military please tell the real Mr. Bell what is going on with his name or tell me how to. YES LADIES IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN TRUE IT IS NOT
libby
my friend said she has signed a document to release this guy from the army. Is this document known to anyone? Is there a copy on line so i can show her its a scam. She
has even sent money for a communication phone thing??? I just cant get over it? how can people do this to innocent people? No matter what I say she still thinks he is coming.
CJ
Libby, no such document exists. Military members do not need signatures from civilians to get out of the military at all. I’d show you a copy, but it’s just not there. He’s not coming. Send me his name to my email, and I send you a screenshot proof that the guy doesn’t exist for your friend.
libby
the mans name is supposed to be capt chris kelsey, kerby or kelby. i will try to find out. I thought i had her belieing me and she was really upset coz she has lost everything for this man. But then today she came out with but I have an o2 mobile number for his so called son whonis staying with relatives in london while he is in irac. Although she is not allowed to call him only text until he comes home and explains who she is. what a load of you know what but try telling her that.
libby
it is capt chris keply or kepley.
Hari
Libby,
I have had the same guy contact me with photos and poems he claims to have written for me first thing in the morning while he couldn’t sleep because he cannot stop thinking of me. He told me his name is Cpt Cris Kepley, a funny spelling for Chris I thought. He claims to have signed up for 4 yrs in camp Victory in Iraq and has served 2 yrs. He says he has a 12yr old son called John living in Shaftsbury, UK with his friend James and his family. He is supposedly widowed for the past 8yrs and his late wife’s name is Jenny. Well, that was his excuse when I told him I was a little confused as to why his email to me started with Dear Jenny. He met me on datetheuk and immediately had me switch to yahoo chat and begged me to delete from the site and be exclusively his. He told me he wanted to subscribe for secure telephone calls but I was not ready to speak with him by phone. He writes to get my attention and one day I told him to stop dinging me! Please, take it from me this man is a fake. I am happy to say I sussed him out before he scammed me. He first made contact march 8th and it has only been a couple of days since I told him I did not think he was real and have had no contact since. I just deleted him from my yahoo chat and I know he was online earlier toady. Did I fall in love? Yes, with the person I thought he was but now I know he is not real there is nothing I wish to hear from him nor say to him. I thank God for giving me wisdom and although I was disappointed, in truth, I cannot miss something that never was. Love and light x
donna sensenig
Here is the name of another scammer…Ferris Marshal. he says he is in Darfur. after a few chats he ask for money for ts2 phone set-up and money for lap top. Same old story is a widower with a son staying in UK. beware and be safe girls
S Thorpe
Hi all! I’m new to this website but I’m so glad I found it. I recently joined up on ninemsn dating site & shortly after met a Colonel Dennis Gray based in Afghanistan. Not long after he declared his love for me but he started pressuring me to pay for a Sat phone (www.tl5sat.com) which was going to cost me AU $2000.00. I didn’t have that money but he tried every excuse in the book to get me to do it. I was one of the lucky ones & I have ceased all communication with him. Ladies beware…they are smart operators these scammers.
Sheila
has anyone ever heard or had communication with a guy posing to SSG Mark Burrell stationed in Iraq with a 17 year old son that lives with his ex wife in Arizona? Please respond if you have he contacted me and wanted me to contact the military to find him so we can communicate on the phone via ts2phone@aol.com. I have not and will not set this up and sene money to a scammer. Thanks for all of the posts. It has opened my eyes to such scamming.
sheila
Yes i have been talking to a mark burrell. exact story. he has not asked me for anything yet. he is on my yahoo messenger as we speak.
laurie ann
It is now 12/12/1o and I have been talking to him for a month. He thinks that I am going to send money for airplane ticket home. He will be surprised when that dont happen.He is readdy to get married. Last laugh best laugh.
Sheila
oh yes, he also says he is stationed in Mosul, Iraq and wants me to send a confirmation after I contact the military with his info of how to locate him.
Rick
I know and believe all this con artist imposing to be what they are not are gonna be put to Justice pretty soon.
CJ
Just so everyone is aware, Rick is writing from the African island of Mauritius and may be part of the problem. This is the same place from which many of these scammers operate as well..
Rick
this people are going to be put to justice pretty soon that is what i know
CJ
Just so everyone is aware, Rick is writing from the African island of Mauritius and may be part of the problem. This is the same place from which many of these scammers operate as well.
Tina
My sister has been scammed by a man saying he is Staff Sargent Bill Allyn (He has no middle name, form Tampa, and his parents are dead). She was asked to send computer, and other merchandise, and shipped it to be picked up by a ‘diplomat’ whose name was Robert Arkoh. Since that time I searched and found Bill Allyn on myspace, and we have since realized its the same guy scamming. Any suggestions on how to report this guy?
CJ
Tina, locate your nearest Secret Service or FBI office and report the details to them.
Laura
He is DARRYL LINGO OR DAVIS WALLACE, HE’S PROBABLY HAVE BEEN USING ALL SORTS OF NAME ON EARTH. SO BE CAREFUL.. HE IS A BIG SCAM… I’M PLANNING TO CALL DR. PHIL OR A MEDIA AND EXPOSED THIS GUY…
lisa ross
Hi my name is Lisa, I met a guy on my space he says he is in the army stationed in Iraq. He says his name is Scott Schwartz he is a Sargent. He says he is from Jacksonville Florida a widow with a son he says the son is in the UK because he is there through the government. Well here goes he asked me if I could send 4500.00 to a man named Jessie Bittinger in Tampa Florida he said he was government person and I was to send it western union. And now a week ago he said he was being shipped to Afghanistan and wouldn’t be home until May or June instead of April, then a day later he said he needed money to fill out a form to leave early to come home. He said he needed 7400.00 to fill out the form and I was to send it western union. I need help who can I turn him into. Thank You Lisa
lisa ross
i need help
Laura
DON’T SEND ANYTHING, HE IS A SCAMMER. ASK HER IF HER KNOWS DARRYL LINGO OR DAVIS WALLACE AND WOMEN NAMED, KAREN, THERESA, ANN, ANGEL, MERS, LAURA, SUSAN, LISA, SO ON AND SO FORTH. HE IS THE SAME MAN, SO DON’T BE FOOLED. DON’T SEND ANY MONEY. HE HAS THE SAME STUPID LIFE STORY. PARENTS DIED IN A CAR CRASH, SISTER OF BROTHER SOMEWHERE, A SON OR DAUGHTER WHO IS 10, 11, 12, 13 14 YEARS OLD, A COMPUTER THAT BROKE AND HAD TO BORROW FROM SOMEBODY SO THEY COULD TALK ALL DAY AND NIGHT. HIS LOVE FOR YOU ON AND ON AND ON AGAIN, STOP TALKING TO HIM.
Glenn
G’day,
I got onto this site while trying to track down a scammer, it makes for interesting reading. Has anyone heard of Diplomat Richard Baloyi – South Africa (supposedly)? He is using an army guys name. Calls himself Captain Harry Smith, he even sent a scanned copy of Smiths passport. The passport is current and belongs to George Harry Smith born in Ohio USA.
I don’t know how to get in contact with the real GH Smith so if someone does know either let me know or contact him and let him know that his scanned passport is being used to work a scam.
This A hole hasn’t asked me to send cash yet but it’s probably the next step, will post update if worth while letting you all know.
What a shame I’m not going to get the 30% of the USD$10.3. Buggered if I know how he thinks I was going to get the CASH (seized during a raid on a Taliban group) into the country (Australia) let alone what I would do with it when it arrived… I suppose I could have gone to the casino for a couple of years and cleaned it, but then I’d still be looking after his 7 odd million until he arrived and then what would he do with it…
Cheers
Glenn
Lou Lou
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:08:29 +0100
From: e11@army.mil
Subject: For you
Hello Linda,
I just gotta let you know i aint a fake and bad guy like some other people…have never done this for anyone in years,emailing from my work mail. Also have never told you before that i’m a special force cos there are some things we keep to ourself but you let me burst that out now.i’m used to you and it will be so hard for me to go back now…i think you owe me loadssssssss of Apology.
RICK RANCOURT
32ND INFANTRY REGIMENT
SPECIAL FORCE UNIT
CAMP WIDERNESS
ISLAMABAD,PAKISTAN
e11@specialforces.us
just an example of another fake!!….
raylyn
This sounds so familiar,,recieved this the other day after I had emailed SSG Rick Rancourt to inform him I had traced his IP address and not to contact me agian. These guys have got to be exposed.
now that i’ve sent you a email from my army.mil…i leave it for you to decide if you still wanna contact me or not…i’m never a bad or con man and will never be…i was reported to the Homeland security about what’s going on the internet….the ip of the guy disguising as me was revealed from some part of Africa. he can re-direct emails from me,don’t know how he does that though.
I will be sending the pic of your name written in the banner with date when i’m less busy tomorrow…just doing all this to proof to you that i’m me and no other person can be me.
I wanna clear myself out and show to the whole world that i’m me
I tried his mil address and my emails were bounced back. Needless to say I have not replyed to this and have blocked him from email acc. Scam? should be called Scum!
Rose
Someone plz help me fast plz!! Has anyone ever talked to a SSG. Ernie Heitman. The e-mail address that I was to Western Union the money for phone service is mtelecomsdept@consult.com.
tracie
I have been talking to Ernie can u tell me anything he has said to u. i helped him get phone service and we have talked, please contact me asap and let me know what he has said to u.
Rosemarie Wise
I have been chatting to someone name Austin George who says he is serving in Iraq, he is from New York has a daughter who is 10 who apparently is being looked after by help at his home. Anyway he said he had to send his documents etc back to New York via a diplomat who apparently went throught Ghana and is now stuck there and cannot move the documents any further without payment. Surely this is a scam….. let me know someone please… there are also lots more men claiming to be soldiers in iraq but seem to be the same as this guy… advice please … thank you….
Felicity
Hi Rosemarie,
I had the same request. Confidential docs sent from Iraq with Diplomat, got stuck in Ghana at Customs, wanted money to get luggage through Customs for Colonel in Iraq.
Heidi
Hi Rosemary,
Check out the IP address from which the emails are coming.There are lots of websites on the net which will tell you how. Am pretty sure you will find they are coming from Ghana even though he says he is in Iraq!! Sorry!
Heidi
lisa ross
where is ghana iam in the same boat
donna sensenig
Rosemarie
I was talking to a guy i thought was a soldier in Iraq. He turned out to be a scammer. He told the same story as yours.He said this diplomat would bring the briefcase to my house. But the diplomat got stuck in Ghana and needed 2500 dollars to help get him out of Ghana. Sorry but it’s a scam. Then he said he needed another 2500 dollars to pay for the release of the briefcase thru customs.
donna sensenig
lisa rose
Ghana is a country in west africa just a hop and a jump from nigera
terrie
Hi Ladies,, Sadly enough I was one who was scammed with the Phone Service,,,I was literally hours of sending my daughters wedding money to him as well. Yes flags went of but I guess I just was so desperate for Love and to be loved. Anyway i prayed so hard that night for God to please show me something anything that this man is for real or not. The next morning I woke up so I could recieve all of his info as to where I was to “WESTERN UNION” him 1500.00 dollars. As I was logging on to his “E-MAIL ADDRESS” My eyes just so happen to look at the side to read some of the advertisements that they show my eyes went directly to this site!! My heart dropped,, As I opened the site and started reading I started to cry so hard,,All I could do was cry and Thank GOD for HIS sign. Its true,, if you are reading this site I say to you,,,YES ITS TRUE,, Believe in YOUR INSTINCTS,, they are right. My heart is broke but in time I will heal. Just as you will. May our TRUE HEROES that are serving our COUNTRY know that they will always be loved,thought of, prayed for and in GOD’s Grace. THANK YOU TO ALL By the way his information that he is using is SSG. Ernie Heitman touring in Afghanistan,, the phone service that he is using is mtelecomsdept@militaryconsult.com….. I busted him with all this and thankfully I have not heard from hi again. Please be careful to ALL of you and again believe in your gut instinct. Oh one more thing I found him on PlentyOfFish.com please take care
lisa ross
Terrie I was scammed almost by a man who claimed he was in Iraq stationed to and was from Jacksonville Florida. I almost sent him 7400.00 for money to fill out a form but guess what I figured out everything before I did. HE was stupid because he gave me names of people to send it to , so they could go to Western Union and receive the money. I loved him and believed everything he said well what a fool I was. I even had him checked out by my daughter’s Army recruiter and he said he wasn’t in the Army. He was dumb though because I know where he lives now because he sent an email to my cell phone and I figured it out on my own that there was 5 digit number on it and was a zip code he lives in San Diego California. His name he is saying probably isn’t rue but you know what I know the truth now and I think he knows he got caught because last night he came on and said that his laptop was broken and he was using a research lab one. My daughter got him mad on Thursday night to because she was asking questions to and he didn’t know her questions. She knows all the army terms because she is in the reserves waiting to go active but sometimes you don’t want to believe your own children well I learned my lesson well. Well ladies if a Scott Schwartz says he is in the Army and says he is a widow with a son named Joe who is 13 yrs old and is from Jacksonville Florida turn him in . I did and he will be sorry he hurt me ever.
maryann
hey Lisa can you tell me how you went aboit reporting the western union address .. has i have been given one to .. ty
tracie
please tell me what he has told u, he found me on plentyoffish, please i need to know.if u have pics please send them so i can see if it is the same person.
tracie
please contact me about ssg ernie heitman.
Raylyn
This is the latest offering from Rick Rancourt, deployed in Pakistan. Bloody Hilarious.
I think sending you this picture is the only means i can explain to you that i aint a bad man…someone out there was just imposing to be me and the person has now be tracked to me somewhere in some part of Africa…..i just wanna clear my conscience.
Maybe God help you for thinking i’m a liar.
You know where to find me if u still want me cos have promised to always be understanding in every situation i am.
So help me God.
Just a pity I can’t post the photo…it’s hilarious!! two soldiers holding a badly photo shopped banner with my name inserted into it. Thank God these guys are not too bright.
Lou Lou
Good oul Rick, yep I got that pic too,…all to prove he aint so bad,….got to tell you I aint so stooopid Rick!!!
banner was a nice shade of blue too!!
lisa ross
I found out something on my own I knew the loser wasn’t in the army in Iraq because I had him checked. He is a real con artist and scammer. I told him he wasn’t in the army and he kept saying he was well guess what he finally is scared some but little does he know he got caught good because he sent a email to my cell phone from yahoo messenger and it came up with a zip code the loser san diego california. Girls if anyone named Scott Schwartz tries to talk to you turn him in he is on a site called bb people a meeting site to ladies he says he is from jacksonville florida to but stationed in Iraq. he is a real loser and he will pay dearly when I get done with him and his gang of scammers.
Lou Lou
guys this came back to me when I googled ‘e11@specialforces.us’ it would appear to be a site where you can ‘purchase’ a military mail address,….
can you help CJ?
CJ
It’s NOT a military email address at all. Military email addresses end in .mil and nothing more. Why would anyone pay for an email address when so many are offered for free?
Tiyger
A sgt Williams James has been saying alot of the same things on yahoo messanger to me please e-mail me and let me know if he is in the marines in Iraq. My gut tells me its a scam but I havent read his name antwhere, he is on myspace and facebook. His addy is williams3667@yahoo.com
thank you for your help
Tiyger Ritter
Iowa USA
tinaJ
i have talked to this william james also..
ivana
does anyone know a guy by the name of david.a.ward or ssg frank ramos im pretty dure both are running a scam if anyone has any info please let me know
Cs
CJ
Two scammers tried to scam me on skype. They both tried to impersonate Major General Anthony Cucolo. THEY DIDN’T SCAM ME AT ALL.
I asked too many questions and scared them away by asking certain kind of photo’s from them. (NOT naughty photo’s)
Well, I should like to warn these army generals. The things these scammers are doing and asking…I should like to make a “comedy” movie…the real Hollywood style!
Heidi
Hi,
Think I must have ‘stupid’ written on my forehead LOL. Have been approached by another ‘soldier’ claiming to be in Iraq…but sending emails from Ghana. Calls himself Bryan Maritato. Has photos with the surname on the uniform……the whole 9 yards.
Heidi
Jeanna
Heidi,
I think we got the same guy. Can you send me a picture? I want to see if it is the same guy.
Jeanna
Suze
Hi:
I have been in constant contact with a soldier, “Bryan Maritato” since 1/30/10. He met me via Match IM–warning bells started ringing throughout, but the guy has never asked for anything from me, even offered to pay my expenses for a trip (not for pleasure, for business)!!
Have had plenty of experience with scammers since before Christmas 2009, when I fell for my 1st scammer, he was the last.
Any photos of this Maritato so we could compare?? I have 12.
Debbie
Hey i have also been in contact with this Bryan Maritato” guy . i think he wants to play a fast one on me … Suze i have some pics of him send yours so i can compare to tgameli1@yahoo.com … thank God i found this site. I am just prying that no one falls for him
lisa lonsway
Hey suze i was reading about scammers and about this guy bryan maritato ..I had a soldier going by Patrick Maritato emailing me..He sent me 7 picutures…Can we compare please…Thanks Lisa
Jill
I have a photo of this Bryan Mariato. He has been in contact with a friend of mine.
How do I send them to you?
I’m from South Africa and haven’t a clue how to track an ip address but this is the address he is using ” this guy could be genuine” so please be careful with the address.Bryan Maritato <brmaritato@yahoo.com.
Here is the first email he wrote:
Like i keep saying, i am interested and will like to learn and know more about you and think we have a great start. Here's a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the US Army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn't have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I've been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I'm not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I've been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I'm giving/generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you'll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping. My mission here will be ending soon and will be heading to South Africa right after this mission, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know alot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that's if you want to continue with this. I hope this doesn't scare you away as i will love so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.
Bryan.
jackie
Has anyone else been talking to a James Wadsworth in Iraq with diplomat friend in Ghana.
donna
Jackie
I was talking to a fake sgt. wiley baker in iraq who had a diplomat in ghana. The diplomat got stuck in ghana and needed 2500 dollars to get a package out of customs. When that didn’t work he said he needed money to get himself out of ghana. No matter the name it’s a scam. Please send no money. It is a scam.
Laura
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME GUY AS DARRYL LINGO… EXACTLY THE SAME THING . HE MAKES MONEY BY SCAMMING VULNERABLE WOMEN ONLINE…
angelicarmi
god is good all the time!im almost a victim of this modus operandi i met lieutenat steve johnson of E8 iraq camp victory and suddenly asking me to subscribe from wirelesstelphone@usa.com in order for us to talk??? hahahaha..suck my deck Lt. steve johnson!!!damn on you!!!
sarah
My Mum has been in correspondance with a Philip Charette based in Iraq wife has died one son Harry Aged 12 at boarding school in the States. He has told her he also runs a company in the Uk and lives in Camden. All of a sudden he is having problems with one of his companies deliveries into Dubai as his bank account has been hacked into and the bank have frozen his money!!! My Mum had the sense to say dont ask me for money and he has not replied ( theres a shock) After my Mum telling me all this I thought I would google scams by soldiers and came across this site, cannot believe there are so many similar stories. Has anyone heard from this guy????
Sue
question. How do you know if the person you are talking to is real? What are the real costs regarding the TS2 satellite phone if the person is a captain? My friend is talking to this guy and it seems like it’s a great thing. Just kind of worried for her. My friend’s ex was actually in the marines and told her that when he was on his ship, he put in a request for the phone and it was almost $500 for a short call. How do the phones work anyway and what would someone who really wasn’t lying about the costs for the phone etc say so that we know what to believe.
CJ
Sue, TS2 is a real company but it’s not one the United States Military uses for anything at the individual level. Units purchase plans to provide overall internet service – when used. Soldiers do NOT need to purchase individual plans or phones to talk, that is handled through logistical channels.
patricia
That is correct CJ…I beat the scammer..I went to the army recruiter office…I told my scammer I have my phone device he needs to get is own someway….You have to use sense with these people..They will slip sooner or later…Thanks CJ…This really helped me….Just makes it harder for the real soldiers….
laura
reading alot of you sounds like the scammer festus smith has simply changed his name. poor english etc…please please he is a scam, scum and loser and a very good lyer. good luck to you all. I have alot to share if anyone is interested, read my post about festus smith. please be wise women, we deserve better. xo
Kay
Hi girls,
my daughter put a blog and told me about this site. I live in the south of england, and was approached via a online dting site, which i have now removed myself from, by a guy Philip Charette, claiming to be a mMjor in the US Army stationed with the peace keeping forces in Kabul, due home, to London, Camden in April/ May. Widow for 2 years wife killed in an auto accident, son Sam age 12 at boarding school in US. Well, have corresponded with him daily, very aarticulate, excellent grammar. The most fantastic letters and of course he’s in love with me. Strange. So started chatting on msn, apparently has a business in UK, where he has lived for 12 years,and is awaiting a consignement of sattalitte equipment to be cleared in Dubai, but can’t pay the agent as his bank account is frozen and can I help. No way, told him if he thought I was stupid or a soft touch he’d picked the wrong cookie. Full of big apoligies, so upset couldn’t sleep cause he’d upset me, but has emailed me again, saying it’s our future etc and wil pay me back asap, even sent me aa copy of the certificate of lading, with name of port, vessel, type of cargo etc on it. Is he is a scammer, then these guys are getting good.
BE CAREFUL, they are just little s—s. Have said no way to the monies, never.
sue
Hi
I think I may have been scammed by the same guy that tried it with you, He was allegedy an intelligence officer in Kabul and had a business in UK. He also sent letters from his agent and lawyer, they did seem a bit suspect. He was a Captain and I met though Friends Reunited. Have you any pictures?
Laura
SAEM THING AS DARRYL LINGO’S STORY…
Helen
After being contacted by a scammer from friends reunited dating site, telling him i knew he was a scammer and actually finding the real person in the photos that the scammer was saying was him,(irwin preston) my hotmail account is now being bombarded with emails from various people either asking for money, giving sob stories or saying that they have millions of pounds that they want bringing in the country and if i send them so much of this money I can keep the rest. Don’t these people ever learn! especially when they have been rumbled. These people will obviously try anything to get money out of us.
Kay
BEWARE PHILIP CHARETTE.
Chatted with him on msn, thought I’d reel the worm in!!!. He played it cool to begin with no mention of the money he’d requested, then approached the subject, anything I could help him out with he’d pay back. How much ?I asked Wanted £2,850 sent via Western Union to pay the carrier to release the cargo in transit. Well, faced him out told him I knew this was a scam, was he in Nigeria, and i had saved all the emails he’d sent to forward to MOD, not phased one bit, how could I not believe he was who he said he was, what was I talking about, he could prove who he is, and I’d be surprise,asked him for his name ,rank and number. Well bring on the surprise I love surprises, then he said bye !!!
Joanne
beware of Capt Ferris Scott…another in a long list of scammers!!!
Tiy
A sgt Williams James has been saying alot of the same things on yahoo messanger to me please e-mail me and let me know if he is in the marines in Iraq. My gut tells me its a scam but I havent read his name antwhere, he is on myspace and facebook. His addy is williams3667@yahoo.com
thank you for your help
anne
mmm what a carry on i have a scammer im having fun with ive had flowers choclates teddy bear been chatting for 2 months however the flowers went to a bogus address and also never gave my real name but now the sting is about to come he want to do his transit form be warned girls this guys new Sgt Charles Leacain he even had his profile deleted once only to do it again with a diff picture
Tracy
Hi Anne i have also been in contact with a SGT Charles Lecain i have had flowers choc and a teddy bear delivered have u got picts plz on me email he is spelling is name Lecain has a son Tom 11 plz email me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
what dating site did u meet him on ? i have a mobile number aswell
Tracy
Elizabeth
Hey Dee, Renee and Becky! I have actually been able to contact the REAL Steve Lopez. He was a little shocked about his pictures and identity being stolen and initially I think he thought I was scamming him. He is married and not currently overseas. Poor guy!! It’s important that we make sure people know it’s NOT Steve scamming people. I had a woman tell me she was going to try and put charges against him. Poor guy!
I stayed on the site and was engaging scammers in conversation and then reporting them and trying to notify the REAL people that their identity was being used. It’s more fun than playing Farmville on Facebook. LOL I have since met a wonderful (REAL) man on the dating site and he has actually told me that he gets women trying to scam him all the time, too. He is military and laughed when I told him what “Steve” was telling me to try and get my money.
Some of my favorites:
The nannies name was Florence Bowen…when I looked her up on a special site we have at work she had five alias’ including Florence Nightengale. LOL
One guys golf score was 5. I said “wow…that’s serious talent since there are 18 holes on a golf course.”
Goes on and on. I actually caught “Steve” on IM today. I told him that I missed him and asked him why the nanny never picked up the $300 I sent him. (I love messing with him) That got his attention!
Maybe if we can keep him busy with those of us that know he’s scamming it will be less time he has to spend on potential victims. Either that or we could end up on some Nigerian “hit list”. LOL
Love to all,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Catherine,
Yep Steve is a scammer. Kelvin is always sick it seems. I got the same exact story. The mom, the brother in Spain, the wife died giving birth. I wondered where he went after he quit “loving” me. LOL
Elizabeth
Janet
He is on Mate 1 right now pulling the same scam,thank god I didn’t fall for it
kk
hi,ladies be careful who name sgt.scott morris,john carrick,adam jizzmonkey lingo all are nigerian scammers.
kk
i got who claim he’s a military man in mate1 site almost are scammers.
Kim
I just found out that I got scammed. Luckily, I was able to get my money back,just lost the $59 fee. I met him through singlesnet.com, his name is Sgt. Brandy Floyd from Lawrenceville, GA and they wanted me to send money through MoneyGram to a Dawn Bradley in Knightstown, IN. Dawn is 32 and is a cashier/waitress at a gas station. Please be careful everyone!
christine
hi i am another fool that has just been scammed by a colonel Jerry Moore, he made me feel like no man had made me feel, his emails on hotmail every morning chatting every night, i did think it was strange that you could fall for a guy on line but i did head over heels. all i do now is cry. i was lucking because i have no money and could not send it, his luggage was stuck in Ghana. i was sending it home because he was retiring and we was going to be together
well you all know the rest
donna sensenig
To christine
Please don’t beat yourself up over this. These guys made have lousy spelling but they are extreme talented at making you feel as if you are the only one for them. i understand how they constantly make you feel as if your are their one true love. Hold your head up high You did nothing wrong but fall for a man who has no conscience.take care of yourself and know that I will help you any way I can to deal with this. You are not alone.
Jeanna
I had been talking to a guy who called himself, Bryan Maritato, Staff Sargent E6. He says he is stationed in Iraq and is retiring soon. He then said he found a large amount of money and he wanted to send it to my house. He sent through a diplomat who got held up in Ghana and needed 3000 dollars to get it out. He sent pictures with his name, Maritato, on his vest. Diplomats name is Joseph Sulieman. Be Careful.
Jeanna
The pictures with Maritato on the vest…Michael Maritato. Found his pictures on My space. Girls ban together and be careful. I want to take these jokers down. If we help each other, we can…Just remember, don’t beat yourself up. You fell in love with what you thought the person was not what is really there. Falling in love with an idea is very easy. Chins up, shoulders back and lets take them down!!!
Jill
Bryan Maritato. Checkout the photo’s on MY SPACE Of Michael Maritato. They are the same as the photo’s Bryan Maritato send to the girls he writes too. Especially one which is titled Gerrity and Me.
Anyone with any news please let me know as a friend of mine is being scammed and just won’t listen. He has asked her to look for a house for him and a school for his child. As he wants to move to her town.
Suze
Hi!
I also have been talking with the same guy (sounds like), “soldier, Bryan Maritato, staff sergeant based in Iraq.” IP addresses are out of Accra Ghana. He’s never asked anything from me, even offered to pay for one of my business trips (yea right!), although @ times I get the feeling I’m talking to 2 different people on different days. He still IM’s/emails me. I have pics similar or the same ones you have with Maritato on the vest. Get back with me if you can. Thank you.
Jill
This is the first email we got from this Bryan is it at all similiar to what you have received ?
Like i keep saying, i am interested and will like to learn and know more about you and think we have a great start. Here’s a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the US Army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn’t have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I’ve been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I’m not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I’ve been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I’m giving/generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you’ll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping. My mission here will be ending soon and will be heading to South Africa right after this mission, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know alot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that’s if you want to continue with this. I hope this doesn’t scare you away as i will love so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.
Bryan.
Suze
Jill:
Get ahold of me right away!! I hate to admit it, but your friend is being scammed really bad. I received EXACTLY THE SAME LETTER as the one you posted WORD-FOR-WORD!!! It’s sickening what these scammers do, but @ least he never received any money from me. He thinks I’m broke, but he still continues to write me anyway, professing his undying love & wants to get married (HAHA–this I really have to laugh at!).
Your friend needs to do the delete and get rid of him immediately as these scammers most often put viruses into your computer, keyloggers (where they see every stroke you type), or worse yet, may STEAL YOUR IDENTITY by pics you have given them. MAKE HER WAKE UP & SMELL THE ROSES, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY!! Maritato & I have been corresponding since 1/30 to present, but after seeing all these posts I realize he’s just another one in a very long line of scammers who only want our money, not our love!! JILL, PLEASE CONTACT ME, AS I HAVE SHUT THESE SCAMMERS DOWN BEFORE & THEY JUST KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SWARM OF BEES!! I AWAIT YOUR REPLY!!
Suze
Jill:
Here is a copy of the letter I received from Bryan Maritato on 1/30: I am interested and will like to learn and know more about you. Here’s a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn’t have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I’ve been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I’m not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I’ve been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I’m giving,generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you’ll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping but am happy it did not scared you away. My mission here will be ending soon like i told you when chatting and will be heading home very soon, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know a lot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that’s if you want to continue with this. I happy again this didn’t scare you off as i will love it so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.Nice chatting with you and will love to chat with you more and more.
Bryan.
JILL: YOUR FRIEND IS DEFINITELY BEING SCAMMED!!! GET AHOLD OF ME ASAP & I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO TOTALLY DELETE THIS PERSON FROM HER COMPUTER SO HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONTACT HER AGAIN!! REST ASSURED OF THAT!
He will NEVER come to her town–this is just a diversion until he would send her a package with money orders, which he would want her to cash, & then send back to him (saying all the while a song-and-dance story about some poor misfortune befalling him, thus why he has no money & cannot get access to any–then you use “THE DIPLOMAT”–this is the standard ploy lately for these scammers). If your friend receives such a package, puts the money orders (WHICH ARE FRAUDULENT), into her bank account, and cashes them, then she has committed a felony & maybe numerous felonies/charges as these scammers have ties to terrorist groups and they DO NOT care if you get caught or not. ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY!!!.
Nigeria alone gets over $15 BILLION/YEAR from unsuspecting souls who do not know their “beloved,” are really SCAMMERS in disguise!!!! Please get ahold of me Jill & I will help you & your friend in any way possible to avoid this creep. BTW, I haven’t heard from him lately, which is a blessing in disguise!
Patricia
I am hoping and wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of a soldier of at least this status SERGEANT first class or Master sergeant I have photos available showing his name tag on uniform showing the name of DAGNER ( I do not know his first name ) i do not know where he is from ) originally thought to be from Florida ?? Anyway if anyone knows how I can contact MR DAGNER in order to tell him his photos and identity are being used,( I have written in to some sites that I have found him being used on under a different name and had that stopped but I cant keep doing that. IT would be wonderful to know and I am sure he will be please to know as well. Thanks a bunch if anyone can help
Patricia
Have tried to send mail privately to CJ/Marcus everything getting rejected ? NEED TO KNOW who is jeff miller supposed to be officer high rank. have seen him on WEB cam, same guy, definately !! absolutley sure…. but post grad pre forces done in ACCRA GHANA ?? surely not ? has one son in boarding school… widowed if you want photos and mail he has sent to me let me know tried to send it today 4 times but rejected
Heidi
Hi Jeanna,
“Bryan Maritato” also contacted me but as soon as i checked his IP address he disappeared. Guess he can pick it up somehow!! LOL
JP
I wrote in on this site 09 February about my Scammer sitting in his little internet cafe in Accra, Ghana. CJ kindly helped me.
I traced the ‘real’ Captain ………. and I wrote to him warning him that his name was being used, along with his pictures, on various dating sites all over the world!
This Gentleman wrote back to me the same day thanking me, apologizing for what I had been through, and advising that this has been happening to him for over a year now. The Scammer has posted another Profile related to the Captain, on Facebook now, which has subsequently been cancelled by the Captain, but the Scammer just keeps coming back!
By the way, I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Accra is only 6.5 hours flying time away from me…Yes, it sounds very tempting hey? Mauritius is only 4 hours flying time away from me and Nigeria’s not too far from Accra either…
Now if only I had a weapon of mass destruction at my disposal! Not sure I’d know how to use it but I now know some genuine Army guys…..CJ/Maurice? Heh heh.
Patricia
I just got on yahoo personals..Theres a Army soldier name SSG Robert Pendleton in Iraq..He says he is in the Victory base Camp. Will retire in 2 years.He is 44 years old.Has one boy Ricky..He writes pretty good until he wrote the times two different times wrong..That caught my eye..He says he was requesting a leave for a couple of weeks from Iraq..He wants me to write to a army company so we can talk Ts2connection@army.mil He hasnt ask me for any money ..But this seems to good to be true..Has anyone heard of this one…
patricia
Update….I beat the scammer that was trying to scam me…..I kept asking him questions and finally I told him I was going to the army recruiter and ask questions..He never responded to me anymore…I did go to the Army recruiter and ask questions…If your in doubt listen to your instinct….
P.s Just makes it hard to believe the real people in the service when these scammers do this….
Gayle
How about Lt Col George Patterson who is supposed to be in Afganistan
Cissy
Gayle, Please tell me what he has shared. I am fearful that I have been scammed as well.
Cissy Evans
I have been contacted by Lt. George Patterson who is adamant that he is in Kabul. He sent this military email address: Patterson George [Pattersong@mail2Army.com]. I don’t think this is a military address. Be careful!
Gayle
I found someone else who was scammed by Lt Col George Patterson on the site 101dating.com
donna sensenig
gayle
They will talk to 2 girls at the same time and will tell them both the exact same thing. They usually have 2or 3 girls that they try to scam at the same time. I found my scammer on 3 different sites. Each had a different id.The site scambusters has copies of western union and money grams. These are fun to use.i sent a couple to a couple of my scammers and laughed my ass off at them trying to get there money.lol
Heidi
Hi Jill,
Got exactly the same letter from our friend Bryan Maritato. Also the Gerrity and me photos
Heidi
Jill
Thank you I’ll forward this to my friend and I am sure she’ll see the fraud he is.
Good Luck.
Jill
Carol
Has anybody been in touch with someone called Sgt. Reynold (Rey) Moore in Kabul Afghanistan? My sister just put me in touch with this site, and after reading through some of these posts, I’m convinced that my soldier is a scammer. I did send money via western union to some T2S telephone supplier. I feel like a complete idiot right now. What a fool I’ve been.
Laura
All these guys are the same. Just using different names. No one is real. It’s a big business in Ghana, most of them has a Western Union branch so when these scammers ask you for money via Western Union, they’re there sitting and waiting for the money. be very careful. I was scammed by a fake military personnel named Darryl Lingo. has a friend named Mark Wallace, a son named Charles who is 10 years old, an adopted son who doesn’t exist.I IP his email address and it’s in CA address. Be very careful.. These are scumbags…
laurie
do you have pics of lingo .. i have pics of ling and would like to c if same one i have been talkin 2
warmncuddlie1@yahoo.com
u can send to .. thanks so much
Debbie
Hi I need to know if anyone has been scammed by sgt. jeffrey miller. Widower with young son. He is scamming my sister and she has already sent him thousands, that she does not have. Mole or birthmark on face, right side I think. I really need some proof so that she will believe me. He has her convinced that he has been wounded. Told her that he was shot and talked to her before they took him in for surgery. I am sure the medical bill scam will be next. Doesnt the military take care of the wounded?
Dawn
Hi Debbie
Yes I was dupped by a guy named Ivan Miller. Same thing as you, with the mole on his right side. Just a jerk and wanted 15000 from me. Only difference was that he said that he had a package for me and got stuck at customs at Ghana. Told him to go jump!!!!!
kim b
well girls…i don’t know here to start. i had the samething going on. i went on single website. and a guy name richard mark stated im.me. we talked for a while and needless to say he scammed me out of over $1500.00. Now here is the kinda funny thing. Cpt. Rihard Goode started i.m. me from the sngles website. he got mad when i wouldnt tell him who i was talking too. then i finally told him i had been scammed by this guy he said he was tying to protect me and to let me know that he was a scam artist. lol! then he said something about getting a phone for us to talk on. and i said i didnt have the money because i had given him all the money i had to the ohter guy. then he got quiet and said he had to go. i then sent him an email and we had some words back and forth. i told him i couldnt believe he got mad over that and he said he didnt that his commander needed him and he had to go. so after about 2 1/2 months he decided to i.m. me the other morning about 2am and asked how i was doing and that he still had feelings for me and he love me (which i never told him back) so here is where i gets really funny. he actually asked me if i wanted him to track that idiot down for scamming me. so i sent him the info he needed to file a report needed it to proceed. he emailed me the next day and had found out all kinds of info on him. but it would cost a fee of $150.00 to go ahead with it. had to send it to a place in nigeria western union. then from there after i done that i was to send him the mtcn #. i questioned him y i would need to send him the mtcn # if t was the military police i was sending it too. then he told me he was a m.p. but he was not the one who would be working on the case. needless to say, i came home with a migraine and didn get it done today. so he i.m. me today and said he missed me and thought of me all day and loved me soooo much. then he asked if i sent him the mtcn and i told him no cause i was sick all day. he said aww a couple of times n then he didnt answer back and then finaly said he had to go on a short patrol and would be back shorly. so he asked when i could get it done to start proceedings. i said prob.the end of the week. so he hurried up and got off the i.m. low and behold i have been looking all day to c if this is procedure and came acoss this website. you dont know how glad iam to hear you alls stories. to see how these men r doing us women r making me sick. and like the rest of u i am tryng to get them one way or the other. so Cheralyn if u have any pics or info on this guy please email kimeeb103@yahoo.com. my keys r sticking and it has taken me 4ever to write this letter. guess i need to get some cleaner becaue im prob. gonna need it now that i have found this website. never mess with a woman scorned. boy r they n trouble…because have score women not a woman!!!!!!!!!! p.s. i also have been told that singleparets and singles websits r all in on this scam.
km
Carol
I keep seeing references to checking IP addresses. Can someone please give some instruction as to how to do that? Thanks.
Karol
I would also like to know this. I have been scammed by a Msgt Brian Ebert based in Iraq same old story divorced, found wife in bed with best friend, little boy, want to relocate to be with me. Sent flowers and poems….I know he is the guy sending the emails coz he sent a photo of himself with my framed picture and the name isnt an alias as I can see it on his uniform. But alas the same as most of you….first it was £200 to pay for his release papers which I know now is a load of rubbish then the BOMBSHELL wanted me to pay for a package he was sending for me to look after which would be £2000 I refused point blank and havent heard from him since although I got a feeling I will soon. He is talking to other women on line and I just hope they dont fall for his lies.
Heidi
Hi Debbie,
Jeff Miller is the same scammer as Philip Miller and Richard Miller. Uses photos of the same guy!! Mail me at heidi.lynn1@gmail.com for more details.
Heidi
kim b
can u tell me how or which number is the ip address? i look in actions and pull up view full header and there are several ip numbers, they range from california in two places to nigeria. which one do you go by?
thanks. looking for cpt. richard goode
kim b
cptrgoode@yahoo.com
kim b
hey girls. was wondering if u knew that u could go into ur yahoo i.m. and go into the message archives and set it up to where you can save every single one of them? i was doing that and made the mistake of telling cpt. richard goode that i had all of them saved by the guy who had scammed me. i did so because he was “going to help me find this idiot.” needless to say i was having so many problems with my computer that i had to buy a new anit virus protector. it was going crazy. and even locking my keys up. allday long it was going off about every two minutes. but unfortunately b4 i got the protection someone had aready gotten into it. and all of my message archives were erased. so if he was the only one who knew about this then they must also be hacking into computers. so beware. also i emailed him acting as if nothing was wrong and said i was going to send his money like he wanted. so i went to the western union and sent $5.00. and changed the secret question to ….what is the last thing i have to say to you? and the secret answer was f— you! so i came back home and sent him the mtcn code like he wanted. and i put hey baby i got ur code for ya. and left it as that. and signed off mwaa mwaa mwaa. (which is what he always used for kissing me through computer.) lol. cant wait to hear from him on this one. i have had enough of these men and its time to give them the head games back!!!!!!!!!
elizabeth
anyone heard of a sartent marion walters who is originally from Pa, but stationed in Iraq? He had a posting on singles.net but now since he met his true love (yeah right) he took the ad off, cant find him on FB or on people search, he is in his late 40′s but looks younger and says he is in the Army
donna sensenig
It is the last received number. If there is more than one. If you find one from Nigeria you have the real ip address. No doubt about it. I have been tormenting these fools since they tried to scam me.If they are telling the same stories you are reading about here then they are scammers. The names are not as important as the stories they tell. They change names like other people change underwear!!!!
Patricia
hi to everybody had a few scammers in again this week from a ” SECURE” dating site( are they having a laugh or what !!?) got a guy under name of SGTHW supposedly of Cambridge UK. of American family email sgt_hw48@yahoo.com named harry, Also a GERRARD GENRUDDOCK ( Nick name BILLY?) email genruddock@hotmail.com ( very distinguished Military guy) havent seen this uniform before or high status. supposed to be ” BLACK HAWK” UNIT.( as in film Black hawk down ” and by the way everybody FESTUS IS ON BADDOO trying the chatting up again had a go with me Sorry failed but he is there using another identity of good looking guy( sorry will have to check the name he is working under again and get back to you but as I said on baddoo site
kim b
does anyone have any idea how to get ahold of the real soldiers who are fighting for us and loosing their lives over there? i have done ppl search and google but there are so many and u cant find a phone number. i get tired of everything being free and then when u have to go in..u have to pay more to see…and then go in …and tec. i wish i had the money back for what i have put in on thier sites. but i wish there was a real site as to how we can find the real ones. they are prob. loving fathers and husbands and need to be notified.
kathy
go to adopt a solder.com
kim b
also how do u gals keep tracking every site they are on? that amazes me. especially if they are using different identities, pics and names. anywhere i have been had to pay to get into them. and i am not going to pay for a site ever again. nor will i join one unless it is under another name.
Heidi
Hi Kim b,
That is the million dollar question. Have been trying to track down the real soldier Miller for 3 months now to no avail. Gonna keep trying though as they are as big a victims as the ladies they scam with the photos.
Dorothy
Would u mind telling me how u go about tracking down the real soldiers, I agree they should know whats going on for their protection as well. Thanks
kim b
i played with “capt. richard goode” head for a while and i finally let him know th i had traced him along time ago. in the last couple of days i had told him that i thought his identity had been taken from him (although i knew he was a scammer) and he didn’t act like it even bothered him. haha. he said he would report it to his “commander.” he said taht is y he couldnt email from his military email because of ppl trying to hack into his computer. then he said he didn’t have the “comps” to call me. lol. told him i knew he could call for free.
well, needless to say i finally told him that i had traced his email back a couple of weeks and i knew that he was in nigeria. and that the military was NOT someone to be messing with and if the truth be known ….they have ALL benn under investigation because there were too many of them that have been turned into the real soldiers and their families. and that it would only be a matter of time before he was caught.
so needless to say, i doubt i hear anything back from him. i also told him knew by the way he put his sentences he was not american. and he didn’t get any of the american humor or sarcasim that i would thow at him. and that i didnt know anyone from the u.s that ever called anyoe my love and used the phrase so ofte as he did and the other man that actually scammed me.
as far as him telling me i am his everything and how much he loved me “my love” well i told him that we didnt even know each other and i wouldnt say it back. but i thought it was sweet. lol
he told me that he had never heard of any kind of military scam and i told him he had to be joking. alls he had to do was type in military and it would show it all over the internet. so that just goes to show all of us that they are getting closer to getting caught and are messing up.
i am so glad i found this website.
thanks for all your help
kim b
cheralyn:
i sent an email to the address you have on ur blog in re: to cpt . richard goode and i haven’t received anything or heard from u. wondering if that is still ur address or if maybe u thought it was from him so u didn’t answer. hope to hear from u soon !
thanks
kim
donna sensenig
Hi girls
These idiots will use the same pics but then they use different names. I found so-called sgt. mark donnelly on mate1 twice. I got him off twice but I am sure he is on another site. The names are not as important as their stories They read from a script so except for the names the stories they tell are almost word for word.Keep reading this site and nine times out of ten you will find your guy on here They know we are on to them but they will try to convince you otherwise. The dumb asses think we girls are easy pickings!!lol Boy have they got a lesson to learn.They are messing with the wrong girls when they fool with us. Stay strong and keep fighting. We will beat them at their own game. Good luck to all.
Hari
Hi girls,
Thank you for your posts here. I’m sorry you have had the same experience yet I am glad I am not alone. I add a couple of names to the list. Beware of Captain Cris Kepley, Baghdad, Iraq. A true poet who swept me off my feet but his spelling and grammar was not what I would expect from a US Captain. Also widowed and a son called John in UK being looked afer by friends. He was very convincing and used to to get my attention. Also beware of Scott Jason, who has a son Dalton, an Italian American who also cannot spell or write accurately. A great charmer who also had me fall in love with him. Ha ha I joined a dating site single and immediately had two great loves. I even went through the agony of picking one above the other and now I smile at the thought that they are probably the same person. I feel foolish as I told them/him openly about myself and even gave my address so they could write in person. I thank God for giving me the sense to know something just didn’t ring true before it went any further. Both these men claim to be Christians and use God’s name freely making them more believable. Was I disappointed? Yes, but more so in myself for falling for their/his charm. Girls, we are all looking for love but if someone starts talking about you being the love of their life from day one, they are not really who they say they are. Needless to say I am no longer on that dating site. Be safe Girls.
Love and light x
Gail
Ladies,
Look at this site to.
http://101date.com/internet-dating-scam-fake-soldiers
tracey
WARNING CAPTAIN BROOKS SCHWARTZ SCAMMER!!!!
Hi eveyone just letting you know to stay clear of this name met on internationalcupid.com back in feb claiming he is in the special forces so cant go on cam as they dont allow it he has been deployed for 3 years in kubal wife passed on and has 2 boys he was also wanting me to get the telex phone but i am not silly i got the emailpro tracker which tells you were the email came from lol nigeria what a suprise this is an email he wrote to me tell me a bit about himself Hi Angel,
Sorry the network was so silly to have cut us off while we were chatting lastnght.. it sucks…..I fully understand that we all get unavoidably busy in our different works of life. I too am not left out as I am suppose to have written you last night but something came up here. Just after the chat last night before internet sigal went off, I went to the bathe thinking about you while total havoc was occurring in my office as a major water pipe ruptured in the wall of the next floor above my office. Torrents of water poured down through the wall, some of it into my office and much of it into an electrical closet adjacent to my office. The emergency crew worked around the clock since last night as they tried to control the damage initially and thereafter to make the necessary repairs. I just got back from my office cause my office is still under repair and Since I am highly allergic to mold, I may have a problem even this week. I am afraid that my office computer may have been affected by the water. I hope no lol, i don’t want to have a problem talking to you anytime from any where…
I’m so proud of you Tracey. However, my great passions in the business world are Raw gold and real estate. While I have been a successful commander of communication in Chicago, New York, Florida, Washington and elsewhere, I also worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where I am Chief Counsel within its National Enforcement Training Institute yet my true love is on the field as a trained combatant rather than sitting in offices all day.
I have been a modest investor in real estate for over 13 years. I prefer residential to commercial, since I have an understanding of the former but do not know enough about the latter. I own properties in Jacksonville and Virginia today, having sold my last property in Maryland just last month to a friend because of a gold deal I had to seal here and I’m happy it’s a success and the gold consignment is safe in a security company pending when I will be ready to go home to finalize the deal with the security company and the jewelers who has already displayed interest. At the moment I have a number of vacancies, so I am using this opportunity to do some upgrading. Of course, doing the upgrades when the properties are standing vacant means a negative cash flow. As a businesswoman yourself, you appreciate the fact that happiness is a positive cash flow.
On a personal level I want more balance and harmony in my life with a committed partner. I have good relations with my two children and associates but that does not take the place of a personal partner. All family members live a distance from me in either Colorado or Texas. I want someone with whom I can build a commitment for the long term which in my mind means for the remainder of my life. I firmly believe that couples build a great relationship as opposed to each just getting lucky one day and finding Mrs. Right.
I live in a two bedroom, two bath condo apartment in the heart of the city. I am surrounded by hotels, art galleries, restaurants, and even a Korean grocery story. I tend to dine out too much of the time from a budgetary standpoint, for I do not enjoy cooking and especially do not enjoy eating alone at home. I know how to cook and would do so more frequently if I had someone with whom to share the experience of cooking and the meal thereafter, I’m waiting for you baby (smiling). I can’t wait to meet you in person but for now the phone calls can bridge the distance we have and i can’t wait for that. I have to head to my office now and see the progress of the repair again cause i recieved a call to report there now. From there I will head straight to the TS2 office to gather all information we will need to get us talking asap with a device called TS2 military sattelite phone.
I have attached for you the pic of me and my Diseased wife during a pre-deployment dinning out party……… You look so stunning in your pic. I have it on my desk right now as i talk to you. Thanks for coming into my life. I will try my best to always be the best man for you, may God help us. Oh lest i forget, you better stop talking to other men on the site cause I’m a jealous god lol lol
Hugs and Kisses
Your Man…
Brooks
i also have pictures too
Susan
Hi all,
I really need help!!!!
any know or have heard the name James Relinger E-6 Staff Sargentin Iraq i have seen a couple of names (relinger)
I have to say i am not shocked but a little surprised,
my antenna went up as soon as i was IM’d on match.com
however here is the CLINCHER if you google E-6 staff Sargent james relinger there is a blog site.
claimed his wife died 4 yrs ago and his daughter Portia is now in Austria with a friend and he gets out in Sept back to Oakland California.
#1: clue, his spelling was bad well kind of not really, he claimed he is a native American tribe i looked it up and sure its a legitimate tribe,
clue#2: he used one of the BUZZ words you say the scamers use but just cutie,
he dose want a package but not money, he wants cologne, chocolate and vitamin c pills,
he did say his i mac book battery blew up.
this address is from a “diplomat junior williams out of accra ganah he will take it to him,
i happen to know you send all mail directly to the bases, but he said there was a trapped package and they where not getting any packages
hey, why am I such a loser?
i am so glad and happy I found this site
but at the same time i feel so ashamed Am I alone?, I’m a mature woman with a brain.
i know what to look for but there where a lot of things he also said that make me think its legit
thank you for your help
from a stupid girl
Susan.
PLEASE, PLEASE help me with some info if you can I feel like such an idiot.
Scott
Has anybody else beened scammed by “Sgt Keeter Saville Johnson?”
Scott
Mate1 is where Sgt Keeter Saville Johnson contacted me.
Scott
the other names used by the men who typed up the fancy forms with Washington DC, WA., are “LT Col Bill Perdew and Robert Gonzalez!
Donna
I don’t recognize the name but mate1 is crawling with the idiots. anybody hear of capt. joesph morris ?
Susan
so nobody still has not heard of
E-6 staff Sargent James Relinger, i saw he was at camp victory for a while and was transferd out to another base in Iraq he had a huge blog on myspace.com
really need help if anyone knows please,
thanks,
susan.
Dawn
I have, he was chatting with me up until today.
Susan
Hi,
do you mean Staff Sargent James Rellinger?
if it is him has he asked you for anything?
just want to know,i think hes a scamer,
thx
Dawn
yes it was staff Sgt James Rellinger that asked me for money for a little girl in Ghana. Said it was for medical help because the little girl had an ulcer.
He also told me after I told him that I looked him up on the net to know more about him, not to go looking because other soldiers were putting things up him and making up lies to see how I would handle that. All BS.
Dawn
James Rellinger, SPC
…Wow… This is very unfortunate. My Name is U.S.Army SPC James Rellinger stationed at FOB Delta, Iraq. I was just made aware of my name and picture being used to scam folks back home. I can absolutely assure you all that the person you have been chatting with is not me. In fact, there are only 2 Rellinger’s in the Army at this time and the other one is CID. Please accept my apologies and know that I am doing everything possible to terminate this fraud being perpetrated in my name.
Angel
SPC Rellinger, Can you let us know if there is someone we can securely contact to verify if the person we are talking to is legitimate? any information would be great.
Theresa
Hi you all mine is the same, but a bit better he says he is Major James Rellinger, HA HA, we have been well and truly taken for mugs, he tried the TS2 one on me,wanted me to sell my jewelry to set up a secure phone link, i was to pay it through the something union, but i didnt pay,when he came on line this morning i told him of this site i found, HA HA he said someone must have stollen his identity,so here we are girls all mugs together,worse still i sent him pics of my grandchildren,and my son who is in the Army, what kind of idiots are we, LOL,lets stop this now,
Beryl Clay
Can you tell me if this email is genuine!!!!! I suspect not
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kathy
this is a scammer don’t send money site is fake ..
donna
OMG have been talking to a cap jeffery humprey.. got pictures as well ..alarm bells started ringing when he wanted me to pay for his phone calls?? .. what a losser hope they rot in hell for what they are doing to our soldiers.. donna
donna
i was even asked to pay for his friend to go on a dating site lol called.cougarlife.com his friends email address is rickmattlock@yahoo.com
his password is liverpool loosers
donna
this is what he sent me ?…..Baby, I went to the admin department and i tell those guyz there i need to call my girlfriend in UK and they told me its not that easy, that since you are in Uk, there’s a telephone company there in UK in charge of u.s troops in the middle east that you gonna need to register with the telephone company first of all for security reasons before the call can be set up for us and then i can always call you anytime am free, they said the department of defense introduce the measure to curb terrorist attack on our troop in the middle east so now everything has to be done for security sake. They gave me the email addresses of the telephone company incase you wanna send the mail and what you gonna need to tell them also, but they said there ill be charges before the call can be set up for us baby, i cant handle any charges as long as am still here in the middle east for now, hopefully you can sort this,and if you wont be able to sort it, just dont bother yourself we can just keep on chatting on here for now, but it would be a dream come true to have your sweet voice on the phone baby.
let me know what you think now so i can get back to the admin departmentyou will have to send email to the company and introduce yourself to the company as my girlfriend that you ill need to connect with your boyfriend in Afghanistan and you send the company this information so they can use it to locate me in Afghanistan.
militaryconnect@usa.com
CAPT.JEFFERY HUMPREY
E8 ARMY CAMP
VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN.
Louise
OMG I bloody well knew it. Captain Jeffery Humprey has been speaking to me for a couple of weeks chick. Whilst i enjoyed our flirting I was not about to give anyone any cash or personal details even though he was at time pressuring me to do so.
I have to say at wome points he sounded plausible just. Others I just laughed at. I think there were two turning points that did it for me
1 when I asked him his rank and he said he was Captain Jeffery Humprey, special forces, indispensible. lol. I replied that nobody was ever that.
2 When he sent me a lovely email obviously not from his own hand so I googled it and it led me to this site!
Acutally I had alarm bells ringing from the start. But chose to ignore them because it was a bit of fun
He asked me to contact the same site with the same info for the same resaons. Do you have pics? would love to see them out of curiosity. I have 4. Would be interesting to compare them.
On a serious note it makes my blood boil that anyone could even think of impersonating one of our brave forces who are out there laying down thier lives. Disgusting is the only word for it.
Somehow I dont think I wll be hearing from him again.
He is defiantely not who he says he is.
I am glad I found this website and will be reporting him to the dating agency he found me on.
kathy
hi just read your post ..I have a similiar situtation with a guy who is a Colonel in Kabul who claims he can’t get money their becUSE HE IS IN SPECIAL OPS.I DON’T KNOW IF HE IS REAL OR NOT. THE PIC HE SENT have his name on them and he used the TS2 phone scam with me.Anyone hear of Johnson Morelli?
Dawn
Oh thank God I found this site. I was on a dating site and this guy started talking to me. I chatted back. He wanted to chat on my msn..no problem after about a week he started asking me to send some money for a little girl that needs medical help in Ghana. Told him I can’t sorry that I live alone and barely make it myself..He seems to want to continue to chat but after this site he is on the block list. I could of been scammed…by the way he said his name was General Charles Campbell, then I went looking on the net, and asked him about a conference he was in this week..then he told me his name was James Rellinger
Thanks for this site..it is an eye opener.
Susan
Hi Dawn,
what do you know about this James Rellinger?
did he say he was in Korea for a confrence he told me it was 2 yrs ago, Did you see pictures?
he asked me if i could please send him some vitamin c pills, but the base was not accepting packages, so i had to send it to a place through a guy in ghanah, its sounded like a b…s job to me, i never scamed but i think i fell for the joke. didnt send the package although bought the vitamins.
Heidi
Hi,Susan,
I’m another Heidi from Canada, who got taken in by the darling James Rellinger. I also sent you and Dawn and Lisa an email with more info about his latest and greatest. I feel sorry for the real soldier. Thanks for this info.
Theresa
Hi Susan mine is Major James Rellinger,in Iraq with peace Treaty Group,i am just so annoyed at myself for being taken in like a right fool, i sent pics of my family, and i have pics ef Major James Rellinger, but i seriously doubt he is the one writting to me, he got of line rather quickly this morning when i told him of this site and that i saw his name on it,he says someone must have stolen his identity, HA HA, worse still i had another one a short while back,anyone herd of General Ebeneezer Afful said he was in Iraq but was leaving next day for Ghana, he tried to get 4,000 pound from me, sent me his picture,the man in the picture i saw on a news report here last night was General Odiera,i looked back on pics that the so called General Ebeneezer Afful and there it was 4 star General Odiera, so this was supposed to be General Afful,he even continued to phone my mobile, sent me document pics i was to print and sign,send back, also, pics of Gold Bullion Bars,pics of the real General Odiero in meetings with i assume Iraq leaders, these men are good really good, Girls we need to stop this scam right now. Take care you all. Theresa Scotland
Susan
I would like to know if these real soldiers are having theyre identities stolen?
its so sad it makes me cry.
Dawn
I think I might of informed Staff Sgt James Rellinger on myspace..sent him a message telling him what happened. Also ask if he had more questions to please ask me, I would try to answer them. I am really hoping that he can do something about this
Dawn
Heidi
Hi Susan,
Yes their identities are being stolen by some very sick individuals!! They are as much victims as the women being scammed.
Heidi
Susan
oh my god, i also left him a note on my space,
he told me he was coming back in sept
i didnt send him a package but he wanted some vitamin c pills that was it oh yea and a magazine and a hankie with a lipstick kiss.
did you get any photos of him?
did he say he has a daughter?
living in austria, he told me nothing of wanting any money just send the package to this nowhere address in ghana,
did it get more sophisticated?????
are they adjusting like robots on some bad si-fi movie?
i keep asking him questions he answers them,
am thinking i am talking to the real james relinger?
now he knows about the my space site i also sent him a letter there
i am so scared for these men
Theresa
Susan mine is Major James Rellinger serving with the Peace keeping Group in Iraq, i have sent all sorts of family pics to this man,what fools we are, no wonder men treat us like fools when we act this way, sad though it is we beleive every word they say, i was to sell jewelry through the Union thing for to set up a secure phone line,i told him this morning about this site i found last night, guess what he says someone has stole his identity, HA HA,Girls lets Stop this scam NOW. Best of luck to you all. Theresa.X
lisa ross
Hi Dawn my name is Lisa let me know please, because I want the guy I met to pay big time. I went on email finder.com and found out he lives in sun valley california
Dawn
Hey Lisa or anyone that has had contact with General Charles Campbell, or Staff Sgt James Rellinger, you can contact me at rottielab@yahoo.ca
I have pictures of both and also some emails.
Dawn
Heidi
Hi Dawn,
I am not on myspace.com, but if you know anyone who is, maybe they can contact the person who knows the real SSG James Rellinger.
Her name is Kathy Rellinger and her contact info is http://www.myspace.com/172463602
On her website she and her husband are self described patriotic’rockers’ supporting the US troops, and she has a picture of the real James and his son “Chris” on her site. I would dearly love to let her know so she can let the real guy know his identity is being misused this way. Man, it makes me so mad.
We all got taken in by whoever is impersonating the real soldiers.
heiditwins@hotmail.com
Susan
Lisa,
did you get his other email or just one?
there are 2,
the reason i ask is that one originates from a military base,
did he tell anyone he was native american on his fathers side?
i did the research on it, how can a scamer come up with that area and tribe?
the other thing
i am an artist/sculpture and he was telling me his now deceased wife (4 years) had a some beautiful copper sculptures from a native american artist from the 70″s
and that he loved and did a type of art program that only a child in grade school school would take.
now how would an african scamer know all of this? just wondering? do they actually have the time to do the research into all of that really obscure stuff.
is there any possible way i could be in touch with the real one?
he has never asked for money and i have had that happen a couple of times from men claiming to live in africa. and needing $ for his daughter because she fell down the stairs and the company he worked for has not paid him yet nor has he asked for anything>?
just curious, doing lots of reaserch on my down time its facinating and sad
kim b
he sounds like a richard marks that i had been scammed by. said he was from lake forrest il. and had an art galllery. there is an art gallery and a richard marks but not him. said he went to africa for business and his daughter was put in hospital with typhoid fever. then he needed money to get home on. then he didnt have money for this and that. and said the guyn at the motel was letting him and his daughter jessi stay there for free. haha. he got busted big time. me and several women were calling the art gallery and sending each others emails to each other. supposedly he was stuck over there and coulnt get home.
Akim
Well After I asked him, his address,,,,,His response is below.
Hi there
how are you doing..Hoping all is well with you over there.I have really and truly miss you so dearly my princess..Thanks for you trying to send me something..I really appreciate it alot..Well i have something very important to tell you.As i truly and really trust you from my heart..You are the only person i love you and i give you all the trust..Well as i was here..I was having a deal with a Minister here In iraq..I had that i will be transfering to Afghanistan very soon and i don’t know what to do now..Were to keep this..Because the Minister has pay me over 2.5 million Dollars..And i don’t know what to do..I will be very happy if you can keep this money for me as i will put it in a box and package it very well..So well i will give it to a diplomat who will deliver it to you very safely at your home..The only thing he will need is your House Address,House Number,Telephone Number,Mobil number,Full name,Nearest Airport,State,That is all…Well hoping all goes well with you..And i will be very happy if you can keep this package for me very safely my princess.I am telling you this because i do really trust you from my heart..And i hope we are sharing only this between two of us..Take good care of yourself..Love you always my love.Bye for now
Should I give him fake info? see how it goes? LOL
Susan
has any heard of the site NETLOG,
its kind of strange, all of the men you have written about, even from the top of this blog, they are all mentioned there, they all live in africa or the middle east even though they have photos that dont make them lool African or middle eastern
WHAT’S GOING ON!!!
any james rellinget is there,
it says hes from NIGERIA????????????
i have to ask a question?
am i the only one that feels used and guilty for not having seen through it all?
man am i stupid.
Dawn
no you are not alone…they are scammers. We are the vitims. We out smarted them, and hopefully they will be caught. I really feel sorry for the real soldiers who don’t know their names are being used, also the invasion of pictures that are posted on the net of different things they do.
We have to stick together and outbeat them at their game. We all can do this.
Susan
Dawn,
I left my soldier a message on his facebook letting him know of the situation after figuring hes not checking his myspace
GOD, I can only hope its not the real james rellinger I had contact with.
that would be bad,
can you let me know what you think,
actually i’m a bit scared,
is there any way for these a—- to track any of down,
hope not
James Rellinger, SPC
…Wow… This is very unfortunate. My Name is U.S.Army SPC James Rellinger stationed at FOB Delta, Iraq. I was just made aware of my name and picture being used to scam folks back home. I can absolutely assure you all that the person you have been chatting with is not me. In fact, there are only 2 Rellinger’s in the Army at this time and the other one is CID. Please accept my apologies and know that I am doing everything possible to terminate this fraud being perpetrated in my name.
Theresa
Hi Susan you are not alone Mine is Major James Rellinger serving with a peace Group in Iraq, none of us here have thought this through, i have pictures of him,i was to sell my jewelry for money to send through western union TS2,for a secure phone link. lets get a grip here girls, no wonder they think we are Idiots when we act as if we are, Lets end this SCAM NOW, i also, had a General Ebeneezer Afful, who was in Iraq, but left to go to Ghana, after finding this site last nite, saw news report from one Real Serious General Odiero, yep you got it he was my Fake General Ebeneezer Afful, mother african father american so i was told, was asked for 4,000 pound from him, i received pics and documents,of Gold Bullion Bars,pcs of the Real General Odiero in a meeting room with what seemed like Iraq leaders, a document i was to print of sign and send back, if this sounds like anyone , any woman knows he is a scammer, poor General Odiero. lets end this SCAM GIRLS NOW> good luck to you all. Theresa
Susan
Dawn, and to all the others,
thank you for the words,
i feel better now that i see i’m not alone, we are STRONG
jazz
hi could anyone here tell me if they have been in contact with a guy who called himself Lt Timothy Bills who is in deployment in Kabul. He sent me his pics and well he kinda cute but wanna know if he is real or a fake.
please could someone respond asap.
Jazz
Susan
yup its a scamer, heard his name elsewear as well sorry, they are all cuties but the sad part is that these men are real and have real families, they are in places you or i would not want to be in,
lisa ross
well this is a good one he wants me to send 15,000.00 to london to a guy he says is his lawyer now he says he has 30,000,000.00in a bank in dubai and that and that this lawyer will send installments to me . well guess where this lawyers email comes up from mountainview california i checked on email finder.com this scott schwartz is so stupid. i just keep playing his game he says he is resigning from the army and it is going to cost money.
Susan
DO THESE STUPID DUMB &*^$# THINK WE ARE GULLIBLE I WOULD LOVE TO START A NATIONWIDE GROUP DEDICATED TO TRY TO STOP ALL OF THIS FOR THE SAKE OF THE REAL MEN AND WOMEN FIGHTING AND DYING AND THEY’RE FAMILIES, THEY ARE THE ONES I HAVE SYMPATHY FOR AND US MAINLY BECAUSE I DONT THINK ANY OF THEM KNOW ITS HAPPENING TO THEM.
WITH LOVE TO ALL, AND I TRUELY AM HAPPY I FOUND THIS SITE, I WAS FEELING SO ALONE!!!!!
Susan
DID HE ALSO COME UP WITH THE NAME JAMES RELLINGER? that ones address also came up in mountian viev but then he had another one that came up in sunnyvale ca but what is an ip address?
Jeni
Don’t feel bad..I wasn’t scammed with this as I am happily married, but I was scammed thru ebay and sent $400 to buy 6 xbox systems. How in the world was I so stupid I will never know, but anything that comes from Nigeria I delete and I hope these guys get caught and punised big time! I wish we would send our military special ops guys in to get rid of it once and for all!
lisa ross
Susan I think he is the same one do you have pictures of him if you do send them to laross1980@yahoo.com and I will send mine if you give me your email . A IPAddress is an email finder .com
Susan
hi i have picks but dont know how to get them on here, so i just tell people to go to myspace james rellinger, and look,tall guy with a big hat and glasses, rather good looking but i want to bust these peoples #$%^&sroston@rogers.com
Susan
oh yea sorry Lisa he had 2 different emails,
#1. jamesrelenger2000@gmail.com
#2. heavy_load@ymail.com thanks, hang tough girl and lets get em!!!!!!!
Susan
well what i have done is said to him i sent the vitamins off by fedex as asked, the pills are only 4 dollars so no harm there and of course i didnt send,
but i want to see what happens after,
maybe he’ll keep upping the anty its interesting to see what the next thing is,
i am playing him like a guitar master.
Susan
Jeni,
OMG,
i feel so badly for you,
but your not stupid,
i felt the same way but look at all of the people here in the same position, its AWFUL
but we are lucky to have this site as either a support or just as a venting outlet,
I still want to form a nation wide group that will help to fight this even if its in the smallest way,
good luck,
Susan.
Rachel Boden
Oh my God…. I have been done by Sgt kevin Nathaniel…. well I never sent any money but all these stories are so familiar. Anyone else?? How do you stop theses people? Can you report them? Any help??
Susan
Rachel,
you cant stop them, but as far as i know they are stolen identities,
just have to keep on telling your story i guess,
if my friend had not told me to go on the single site i would have not known about this pathetic stuff.
i was happy being single in the first place but its sure an eye opener.
Susan
lisa ross
i just called an army base in los angles california waiting for them to get back to me wonderful scott schwartz this morning said he needs 42,000.00 to give to the administration to resign from the army can you believe i want him caught and i won’t stop till he does get caught
Joslen
Wow….reading some of these posts is AMAZING!! This guy wants 42,000 to “resign” from the Army? Does this scammer know that someone can’t just resign….and that you actually have to have permission to even retire. I’ve worked for the Military and have known MANY military soldiers….THEY GET PAID BIG BUCKS TO BE IN THE MILITARY (altho not enough compared to what they have to deal with) and are supplied Free calling cards, phones, ect, so don’t believe them when they feed you a huge line of crap that the army isn’t feeding them, or that they need a laptop or WHATEVER BULLSHIT STORY THEY TELL YOU…They are ALL scammers.
Susan
Hi Lisa,
can you let me know if they ever call you back please,
been trying here to contact an official here at the American Embassy here that deals with the Military,
Thanks,
Susan,
sroston@rogers.com
Theresa
Hi Susan Theresa here again am i so greatfull for this site, i still have a number in my phone, from one so called General Ebeneezer Afful, but picsi have are of a real General as i saw him on a news report here last night, General Odiero, i still have all pics and the phone number this so called General Ebeneezer Afful called me from, although sadly he has probably gotten rid of it by now. LETS GET RID OF THESE IDIOTS GIRLS< LETS SHOW THEM THEY ARE THE REAL IDIOTS NOT US WOMEN. Take care all. LV Theresa Scotland
Dawn
I have contacted the US Embassy where I live, Gave them my story. told them please to forward to the US Army, Military, etc. They should know what is happening to soldiers that are risking their lives, while someone else is destroying their lives. My sister in law was in the military so told me what to do. I haven’t heard back from the Embassy, but hoping to. Told them I have picutres and emails if they want them.
I will keep you all posted.
Patricia
Hi Donna & Susan, in reply to your notes here, on the uSA embassy and FBI and all governing bodies. That, one hopes will do something for their men who are being scammed, whilst us women ( me in cluded ) who have lost in different . over and over again!! tried writing to newspapers with photos of The guy I thought i was going to have, but lost before it began because a scammer took his identity., and fooled me… Well the government did ” JACK /s—- sorry if this is a disapointment but its fact. I have given up ever hoping to find the guy who doesnt know I even exsist but I have at least tried to help him and others and I have friends on this site that still carry on trying but to no avail nothing seems to work and the scammers are more and more everyday. Nothing we can do, I just keep reporting them as i see them coming now they seem to leave a trade mark, took me a while to know the words and the ways they go about things, and dont forget they use false web cams now with DVD playing in back ground so dont be fooled by that I was fooled “temporarily” but no more my eyes remain open.. but they seem to be coming in on all sites. disguised not in uniform and in uniform weighed down with medals. and yet noone checks anything about them to stop it. They should Raid every Nigerian/ghanian internet place and close it down and arrest the scum thow then into cells. bread and water see how they like that… After all our Boys ( UK forces ) have to rough it, and so do some of the USA forces so why shouldnt these scum !!!
Susan
Patricia,
Thank you so much,
do you happen to have a photo of him???
if so could you send one to me?
sroston@rogers.com
i am going to keep this up,
and will try not to let it go,
my feeling is that it just way to sad for these REAL men and Women that do the real fighting for us.
and if THEY, as brave people dont give up us as a society why the F%$^ should I give up on them
“LEST WE NEVER FORGET”
Susan
Hey Dawn,
Good for you,
I was about to do the same thing here,
but am not sure who to talk to, can you give me an idea of which section/person of the embassy to contact ASAP,
if possible???
my email is
sroston@rogers.com
Thanks.
Susan.
Patricia
Hi Susan Thanks for your note which one do you want the photo of as i had several can you give me the name that you are in terested and I may have one of them if not i wont bother sending photo, let me know whatever Thanks and good luck …. sorry I havent read all your bloggs so dont know which you are referring to sorry !
Susan
so sorry,
I meant Staff Sargent James Rellinger,
Camp FOB Camp Delta Iraq?
did he use his email as either
#1. jamesrellenger2000@gmail.com or
#2. heavy_load@ymail.com
thanks, so much
Patricia
Hi Susan Have taken down your email address just going to drop you a line or 3 see you soon Trish ( patricia )
maryann
could you send the photo to me to .. i have a rellinger talking to me ./ although he says his name is Ryan Scott Relinger the re part is on his uniform .teneesha2003@yahoo.com.au
Theresa
hi Susan Theresa here i have, this is address he uses to contact me, i am in Scotland,, i have 2 sons in the Army and i would hate for this to happen to them, and yes it could because like you all i was fooled by this man, about 5ft 9 Greyish hair and a moustache,i sent him pics of my family and pic of my youngest son in Uniform on his pass of parrade 3yrs ago. How stupid. come on GIRLS NO MORE SCAMS FROM THESE B??????? we have family or friends out there at war to, they need our protection.
lisa ross
thank you dawn let us know
Theresa
Another address from Rellinger////// <Majorjamesrellinger@yahoo.com. I am in Scotland
Marie-Noelle
Dear all,
Have you already been in touch with a captain Donald Morris saying he is based in Paktika Afghanistan ?
Same stories as you I have paid for phone call, tickets for leave request…
I thank this web site to have opened my eyes but it’s late for me I have already lost lot of money.
Dawn
http://canada.usembassy.gov/
Please go to this website, tell them your story..tell them the names..give them this website to look at…the more people that write, the more they will do
Susan
tHANK YOU SO MUCH SO I DONT CALL?
donna
Here is another name captain joseph morris jose.muriz@yahoo.com. Is using the phone story says he is a widow !!! isn’t that widower!! lol
Susan
Sorry Donna ,
Have to laugh,
I know this whole thing’s not funny at all, it really is no joke
BUT
at least these guys should learn to SELP!!!
hahahah
Donna
Susan
I have to laugh myself they are so stupid. I have been tormenting them for months. lol Maybe no one will help us but we can help ourselves.i send them fake money orders and run them back and forth to western union. I even had a dirtbag tell me he was Gen. Scaparotti of the 82nd Airborne. i take their money their gifts and their flowers and then tell them to kiss my a$%#&. Ha Ha i will continue to hunt them down like the dogs they are. Stay strong. we are not alone in this. we have each other.
Susan
Hey Donna,
have been tormenting mine as well,
(to bad hes cute)
however i have been looking to get my hands on a fake fedex tracking # to email back to this guy, do you fedex anything and have a tracking #on it.
i would love to tell him that I found the # and the package should get to his diplomat soon and that he should be receiving his,
GET THIS VITAMIN C TABS AND MAGAZINES SOON,
yea i admit to purchasing them but not sending.
i am so gullible, i feel like #$%^
Susan
oh yeadonna forgot to say,
thank god we have each other
Donna
Hi Susan
Here is a great website to get tips and fake documents http://www.scambuster419.co.uk They have all kind of things. These guys are so dumb they couldn’t find their a%$&* if they didn’t have hands. You can just make up stuff,tell them you got a # wrong and send them running back and forth to western union. Ha HA HA
Carry on girls
Dawn
there is a phone numbers that you can call..it should be on the website
Dawn
The website has phone numbers if you want to call. Either way is good
lisa ross
i called one number i half to wait until monday to call
i tried to play stupid with this lay who he wanted me to send money to but she got pissed and said drop it. i said i don’t want you scammed and she knows i know big time i found her on the computer she said why can’t you forget and i said because he is scamming other people now he wants me to send 15,000.00 to the uk to a guy named harry knight the guy has called and says his name is harry you can hardly understand him.
Susan
MORE HAZARD WARNINGS!!!!!
JUST FOUND TWO MORE WEB SITES,
#1. NETLOG.COM HAS ALL THE FRAUDSTERS NAMES AND STOLEN IDENTITIES.
#2. GIRLS DATING SITE GREENVILLE DOING A BIT MORE RESEARCH TODAY SEEMS JAMES RELLINGER IS NOW GOING UNDER THE ID, “SIMPLE 86″ AND HAS CONTACTED SEVERAL WOMEN THERE AS WELL, BUT CANT SEEM TO CONTACT HER TO LET HER KNOW OF THIS.
THE SPELLING ON HIS EMAIL WAS 10 TIMES WORSE THAN THE EMAILS HE SENT ME, IN MINE THERE WHERE HARDLY ANY MISTAKES.
P.S. I HAVE FOUND, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT SOME PEOPLES SPELLING ON HERE GOT WORSE AS WELL REALLY QUICKLY
HUM?
MAKES YOU THINK.
Desiree
Hi,
Ladies have u met colonel Booker Williams with the bad grammar. I have, but I was suspicious of his poor English and knew from his emails that English was his second language. This impostor sends pics of a US soldier in uniform and battle gear. beware ladies he wanted me to send $1000 to help get him out of Afghanistan.
Yea right
lisa ross
ladies i just lost my man i think he got scared i went on his mail and there was a guy on there and i talked to him under his contacts he was talking and said he would be right back and singned out but guess what he was from sunnyvale california
Susan
oh darn that sucks,
to bad,
lost mine as well
what did you tell this goof that got him to leave ya? hahaha
so this was james rellinger?
i just found him on another web sites and hes known as simple 86,
wrote it as another warning on this site.
man the spelling was PATHETIC,
i’m so dumbfounded,
i cant believe that they don’t realize we are on to them,
and not just that,
but I think simple 86 is being scamed himself by the girl he contacted, if you read the mail she sent back, the grammer is just as bad,
could it be that they are sitting in the same african internet cafe?????? LOLOLOLOLO
hey, maybe they will find each other and fall in love mr. and mrs scammer joined in holly falsehood for ever and ever,
they can scam each other for ever.
HAHAHAHA
I’m going to keep up my end,
wrote in to CBC with an investigative report story pitch about all of this,
may keep theyre ratings up? LOLOLO
lisa ross
hi guess what the stupid jerk scott schwartz his supposedly lawyer is from nigeria i looked up the the first 3 numbers and it is coming from nigeria he has someone calling from there but the lawyer is in sunnyvale california
do they all live in california
Susan
apparently,
they ALL LIVE in SUNNY VALE
Jennifer Ingoldsby
Anyone been emailed by a scott_steven7524@yahoo.com or on myyearbook???
lisa ross
I need help i went on scotts mail contacts his friend bill was on he may be in iraq now what am i to do. he is in the army
Susan
What>?
i saw you where on line but missed the message
micheal
hello there my name is Micheal and i am a usa Army i want you all to know that there is alot of scammers out there pretending to be us army but some are real ts2 is real and you have to pay for it for yur love ones to be activated so that you can talk to them if you lose yur husband because of this good luck
Colin
…And I’m Barack Obama!!!
Learn to spell and punctuate, Fool!!!
Debbie
I was just wondering if anyone has been scammed by a Sgt. Tom Pendelton stationed in Irag I don’t know what to believe anymore.
donna
Debbie beware! I have heard his name before. I will do some checking and get back to you. In the mean time please be careful. Send no money
L
Add Sgt. Taylor Mullen to the list, says he’s deployed in Iraq
donna
If your in the US Army micheal?????? I am Uncle Sam
Susan
DONNA,
what B.S. the “USA ARMY”
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH
i’m laughing so hard i just choked,
you know what,
this whole thing went from SAD to MAD now its a cheap form of entertainment,
the least the “USA ARMY” can do for these men is teach them to SELP and to have proper pronunciation,
if a commander says SHOOT, whats poor micheal going to do,
go up to the enemy and shake hands,
(please excuse the sarcasm) but i am falling off my chair,
I just found a more responsible way to make the real soldiers feel like they are not forgotten,
go to
cup of joe for a joe
i believe its http://www.greenbeans.com
and send them a cup of coffee,
I just sponsored $10.00,
thats 5 soldiers getting something warm and comforting from home much more rewarding.
$60.00 sponsors 30 soldiers,
SORRY MICHEAL no COFFEE FOR YOU, you big f…
isnt that cheaper and more heartwarming than sending $45000.000 off to Africa.
and on top of it you get a REAL LETTER BACK,
in fact one of them asked me to be a pen pal,
i have to say,
i had a cry, and the tears where streaming down my face when i found my first thank you letter.
do it you will feel wonderful. and they will know they are not forgotten,
now thats real,
Susan
sorry i mean http://www.greenbeanscoffee.com not greenbeans.com
donna
Susan
Thanks . I will do that. It is a great idea. You are so right Susan. It has turned into a three-ring circus. I would rather spend my time doing something that makes me feel good. Thank you so much Susan
donna
Susan
Have just sent cup of joe to some of our troops. I am going to put the email address on my facebook page and tell everyone I know. Thanks again for the tip.
TD
OMG and WTF….I’ve been in contact with one of these scammers from match.com….supposedly HARRY MARITATO, whom I just found on facebook as Darryl Maritato…and am reporting him as soon as I’m off this site….
I had that nagging feeling that he was full of it, so I did some homework and voila! He is! I’m really worried, because I sent photos and let him talk me into seeing me live on yahoo msg through my built in web cam…despite the fact that that made me really uncomfortable….nothing risque though, but still! Please, does anyone know…can these scammers do anything other than use the photos from the webcam??? Like hack into my personal information on-line?? I’m really freaking out…have kids and all. Thank God I never gave out my phone or address, or and $$$$….but still!
Susan
YAY LISA,
good going, feels good.
anyone else wanting to donate a cup of real coffee to a real soldier,
http://www.greenebeanscoffee.com,
its soooo simple.
Susan
OH MY GOD DONNA,
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH,
did that make you feel good or what??????
i know this part is not a waste of time trying to stop the Fing fools,
and we do as adults have a LIFE,
but this COJ program has become special to me,
and on top of it i got a pen pal, how wonderful is that,
i hope more people get on this,
you get so much for so little. greenbeanscoffee.com wagon,
just wish we had a Canadian program like it.
Thanks again Donna,
Susan.
lisa ross
that is such a great idea but since scott schwartz lives in california not in the army i guess he is out of luck of getting a cup of coffee boohoh boohoo i feel so sorry for him not really but iam sending one to some soldier they deserve it.
Susan
scott WHO?
thats sooo nice you sent the coffee,
I hope more people can take the time (2 minutes and send more coffee to a tired soldier.
http://www.greenbeanscoffee.com
the more the maryer
and its not just coffee, they can get what ever they want.
donna
Susan
You have really hit on something with cup a Joe. It not only will help the troops but also help some of the men and women who got scammed.For just 2.00 dollars you can make yourself feel good and isn’t exspensive. It gave my heart a lift immediately. Ladies and gents give it a shot. It feels great!
Susan
Thanks Donna,
what a nice thing to say.
and hey if you end up with a cup of joe pen pal,
who knows.
Gayle
Ladies,
Here is another site to check out.
http://101date.com/internet-dating-scam-fake-soldiers
Susan
been to that one as well.
donna said something about scambusters.uk?
so check that one out,
hey girls, as donna and i have been saying TORMENT EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!!
but please dont forget to register at,
http://www.greenebeanscoffee.com now thats real.
donna
Susan
Wanted to let you know not even 3 days later and I have already had four notes thanking me. I go to bed with a smile on my face and in my heart. Thank you again. Incidently, every word is spelled correctly, no one is in need of money and best of all they are REAL people. I will continue to do this till every last man and woman is home with their loved ones. This idea is diffenately 2 thumbs up. Scammers Beware!! Your days are numbered. Any money these dumb a!@#$% send me is going to greenbeanscoffee.com
Susan
HAHA donna
what a thrill to hear,
i am so glad you feel that way,
isnt it NEAT?
have to ask are you in the U.S.
do you have a pen pal out of it yet,
i have one,
its not the point i know but it’s an added bonus,
his name is Jaan,
hes a combat medic in iraq,
funny thing hes out of FOB Delta al kut,same place as the unreal james f-ing rellinger is from.
to bad he misses out on a great cup of coffee.
donna,
your GREAT,
kathy
hey ladies hers one for you.. th eguy i was talking to who was a scammer confessed to being a scamer to me.. said he could’t lie any more and his pic was stlen froma web sit ..ifo all made up.. but he semt me an e mail awith another womens name in it so i called him on it AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS A SCAMMER WORKING OF OF GHANNA.. HE SID HE DID CAUSE HE NEEEDE THE MONEY to star his businees because he was poor and didn’t have any .. he apologized profuslet to me for k lying to me and told me i could be his mom
he was 24 not 54 ..
donna
Susan
here is my email donnasensen1@yahoo.com Let’s chat sometime. A person can’t have too many friends.
donna
Susan
You were so right. I have a pen pal in Iraq who I met thru cup of joe. He is a real soldier and a real man. But I will continue to send a cup of joe to our troops. All the thank you emails are awesome. I can’t thank you enough for telling me about greenbeans.com everybody should try this you won’t be sorry ladies you really should try this. You come away with a wonderful feeling not an empty wallet
lisa ross
girls guess what that scott_steven7524 is a real scammer because guess what i played a game with him and he wants me to send 750.00 for a phone well guess what he wanted me to send money to the same person as scott schwartz did vicky elaine golden in tampa florida what a bunch of real assholes they are.well guess what i want the whole bunch caught
Susan
See told ya donna,
GREAT NEWS,
it just feels soooo good,
sent $60.00 this morning,
if you have face book put it there and spread the word.
thats 30 cups for 30 deserving people,
tell me about him,
when you get a chance,
if you read the green beans web site
whats so sad about it is that a lot of times they never get anything from home, and they get lonely
so as you have said,
it’s good all around,
sroston@rogers.com
i’m proud of you, takes your mind and hate off this CRAP.
Debra
This guy contacted me on Match.com saying he was Thomas Draper
a soilder in the American Army i have photos of him with is daugher!
I just want him to know that his identity, and pictures is being used.i found out the guy that contacted me, lived in Ghana! yes a scammer
CJ
Debra,
Send me some of those photos. There is a PVT Thomas Draper in the Army and I can contact him to see if it’s the same person.
Debra
/Users/dwardle/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2010/12 May 2010_3/tn-2.jpeg/Users/dwardle/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Originals/2010/12 May 2010_2/tn-1.jpeg i hope you find this guy…. best Debra
Marlene
Thanks so much for all the replies to my questions. Would love to meet a nice REAL soldier to date.My email is Machook7@optusnet.com.au
Please be careful ladies.
I have just had another soldier ask me to match with him on “HOT OR NOT” so he is probably another make believe. Think from what I can see on his uniform name is Matt pard or something like that.
Take care everyone.
Marlene
CJ I am wondering if you can tell me if there is a SSR Dective unit of US army in Afghanistan thanks?
CJ
I’ve never heard of that at all. What are the person saying SSR stands for?
Marlene
That is detective unit lol sorry typo.
Mel
Fred Kells (Sergeant)?
Claims to be in Afghanistan. Widower of twins who live with him and he manages to tuck up in bed at night and play with at weekend. Oh how cute. So do soldiers normally keep their families with them in middle east? Also online profile says he has a son who is three. Now he has twins who are four. I pestered him on this and he got quite agitated. Eventually resulting in “I have a nanny”. ???
Goes by profile “armybabyboy” on OKCupid. Photos of a really dishy soldier. No way is he single!
Lives in Florida, grew up in Texas, Vague on the town. Has no friends what so ever as they scammed his bank account. So of course hes broke! Will ask about wages and income about 20 minutes into chat. I pulled him up on it and he scuppered for a week. Then decided to try again so must be desperate. Writing changes font half way through a conversation, and so does general mood of the content. I suspected after about 10 minutes this was more than one person online. Tried researching and could not find any Fred Kells. So contacted military hopefully they will sort this out.?
Anyone want to scam Fred in return Write an email to:
sgt.fredkells@yahoo.com
Anyone else had a Fred?
barbara
BEWARE PHILIP CHARETTE
Chatted to him for about six weeks, very friendly then about one week ago informed me that he had goods on a ship in Dubai but his bak account had been hacked into.Asked If i could help him out with money. Asked for five thousand pounds!! I was going to send 500 hundred went to Western Union to pay the money and they informed me that they thought it was a scam. Went to IT dept. at work and they found this site. Well low and behold he had been at in February this year. Told me he had a son called Samuel who went to boarding school in USA, that his wife had died in a car crash two years ago. Also told me that he had business selling satellite equipment around the world and that the goods were stuck on a ship in Dubai, thats what he wanted the money for. See comments from sarah 26th.Feb and Kay 27th.Feb. As i am at a vunerable time in my life(i lost my husband eight months ago)all i wanted was someone to chat to. Also told me that he had a place in Camden. Also told me he was a Major,I thik he meant a major in scamming. So watch out girls for this person, nasty piece of work. Oh also I have been in touch with the police, reported everything to them.
Marlene
Thanks for helping CJ, I sent the query about the sat phone and got a reply.The form I have received back is so different to the one above on this page and it has a signature on it also. I did go and look up the ssr As in the letter/form I received back it has his name, then this SSr is his unit. SSR can stand for the “security sector” or “search and rescue”.This so called soldier has told me that they are not able to say where they are and with his job they are annoynmous at all times and that things are different for the other soldiers. I am not sure how to check the is IP address but keeping you informed. Marlene
CJ
Marlene, forward me some of his emails if you would and I may be able to help with the IP issue.
Marlene
I can send you a copy of the reply I got back but where can I email it to please.I really hope these morons are caught very soon. Marlene
Marlene
THIS IS THE EMIL I GOT REGARDING PHONE:
TS2 satellite communication system gives you the ability to stay connected in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia ….
Dear Marlene,
TS2 services are rendered to families and friends that want to communicate with their families and friends in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan . This service is offered to people who want to communicate with their military men through the use of phones which allow calling and sending sms to them in their respective units in the military.
With reference your request to connect with Sgt. Oliver Adamson of the SSR Detective Unit of the US Army here in Afghanistan through the TS2 Satellite Communication you are requested to fill the information below and send back to us.
1. Full Name and Date of Birth
2. Home Address
3. Place and Nature of Work
4. City, State, Zip code and Country of Residence.
5. What mode would you prefer (fax or mobile)
6. What is your mobile phone number
7. Phone service provider
8. Relationship with officer
Note: Your country of residence will determine the TS2 service connection point.
Regards.
Colonel David Keith
TS2 General Secretary
Always quote your reference number when contacting us
Marlene
I don’t really have any of the emails he sent me.If I sent any emails to him he just hit reply. We chatted on yahoo all the time his address on there if of any use is Sgt.Oliver@yahoo.com
Theresa
Snap marlene i only have a few messages from the fake Major James Rellinger, as we to mostly chat on his EMail address i have which is hope this address stops him from using it on some other poor woman. You all know the song??? LETS STICK TOGETHER, LOL not sure if thats the name of the song but the words are in it . SO GIRLS LETS DO IT> LETS STOP THEM TOGETHER< the B??????
KC
I had been talking to a guy I met online claming to be a soldier in Iraq. After a week, he asked if I would sign up with this Satellite provider so we could talk on the phone, the catch is it would cost $550 and then I email this TS2 place and they tell me to Western Union the money to a Robert Kinney in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. I do, then get second thoughs and cancel and got my money back. I am certain now this is a scam and a fake person, see details, below:
“TS2 Satellite Provider”
HERE”S THE EMAIL FROM THE GUY FROM THE DATING SITE:
Hello Dear…
Thanks for your prompt reply and i appreciate it..I am glad and happy to see your reply to my email ..
Like i said in my email to you..My name is Andy Ford, i am a widower and i am 46 years old.I work as an Electronics’s Engineer with US AID ( GS 12, Major by Rank)..
I lost my wife 4 years back in an accident, i have a daughter as well and since then i have been alone and bored , mourning my late wife…but now i want to add some spice to my life, settle down for a new life ..Actually this is my first time of online dating and i hope it will be my last….
Once again i appreciate your reply..
Please can you send me a picture of you and if possible can we chat on yahoo messenger so that we can get to know each other better…
my email is andy.ford21366@yahoo.com and i am also online
Once again thanks for the prompt reply…..
KC
Here’s more details on the Satellite Provider:
TS2 Satellite Provider”
DEAR SUBSCRIBER
Thank you for the Inquiry, our service is to provide phoning and Satellite facilities for civilian and Military Personnel.
We specialize in providing global satellite access ser vices. TS2 solutions have been implement ed for U.S. Department of20State, United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Army0D Corps of Engineers, Australian Defence Force (ADF), Command of Polish Navy, Special Military Formation GROM, 1st Special Commando Regiment, Polish National Police, Polish National Headquarters of the State Fire Services, Border Guard (Poland), Minis try of Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Poland, World Bank Group, Lockheed Martin I nformation Technology, Halliburton Energy Services, KBR, Genera l Dynamics Informati on Technology, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, US Naval Research Laboratory, ITT Corporation – Aerospace / Communications Division, CACI Technologi es, ARINC Incorporated, Technest Holdings / EOIR Technologies, North Eastern Aeronautical Company (Neany), EchoStorm Worldwide, Jorge Scientific Corporation, Erinys I nternational, Aegis Iraq, American Heart of Poland, Warsaw Stock Exchange, Polish Supreme Chamber of Control, Polish State Railways PKP S.A., University of Warsaw, Reuters, TVP – Polish TV, TVN, Agora, PAP – Polish Press Agency, EuroZet, Nokia Siemens Networks, Telekomunikacja Polska, PTC – Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, Centertel, Polkomtel, Michelin Poland, BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke, DaimlerChrysler, Seat – Iberia Motor Company, IBM – International Business Machines Corporation, HP – Hewlett-Packard, Manitowoc Crane Group, Carrefour, Colgate-Palmolive, Comarch, PBG S.A., Prochem S.A., Holowczyc Management, NG2 – New Gate20Group, LPP=2 0S.A., Big Star Limite d, MarcPol S.A.,Bank BPH, PKO TFI S.A., PGNiG – Polish Petroleum and Gas Mining, Drill-Lab, MEGAGAZ S.A., SCHMIDT Holding, White&Case, Sun Microsystems, PMM – Polish Med ical Mission, UPS – United Parcel20S ervice, EMPIK, Polish Medical Air Rescue, SkyTaxi and PPPTV Mrówka CaÅ‚a Jurka Owsiaka.
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Especial ly for US Army soldiers we ship VSAT equipment within /5-7 days/ in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East.
We also provide Thuraya Satellite Phones for the Military personnel.
Thuraya products give you the freedom of movement and the ability to stay connected in more than 1 10 countries in America, Europe, North, Central Africa and large parts of Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia. This means total coverage whether you are in a village, on a=2 0mountain or by t he coast.
20
BASIC ADVANTAGE OF THE THURAYA SATELLITE PHONE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE MILITARY ARE:
Thuraya Satellite Services
Voice communications with handheld (Thuraya SO-2510, SG-2520, Hu ghes 7 100 (discontinued) / 7101 and Ascom 21 (discontinued) or fixed terminals
Short me ssage service
9.6 kbit/s of data=2 0& fax service
60 kbit/s downlink and 15kbit/s uplink “GMPRS” mobile data=2 0service on SO and=2 0SG handsets
High-speed data transfer via a notebook-sized terminal (ThurayaDSL and ThurayaIP)
GPS is supported by all ha ndsets
A number of value-added services, such as news, call back, ca ll wa iting, missed calls, voicemail, WAP, etc.
Prayer service: after sending the GPS position to a special number a reply is sent back containing exact prayer times and heading towards Mecca. Service available for Sunnis and Shiats
A one-way ‘high power alert’ capability that notifies users of an0D incoming call, when the signal path to the satellite is obstructed (e.g. inside a building)
Marine Services: a combination of a special (fixed) base station an d subscription offering voice, fax, data and always on internet-access. Also an eme rgency service which, when activated, sends multiple SMS messages containing alarm-status and actual position to pr e-defined destinations
A Possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East Satellite and GSM connectivity in one telephone
No prepaid cards needed
Free Thuraya – SG-2520 Handset – Satellite/GSM
Free unlimited calls for Military Personnel and after the subscription fee(s) have been remitted.
Subscription fee for rentals is required from both Subscriber ($550 USD ) and Military personnel ($700 USD)
KC
LAST PART OF SATELLITE EMAIL:
In other to register for our phoning facility, you are advice to provide us with the information below;
YOUR INFORMATION:
- FULL NAME:
- HOME ADDRESS:
- PHONE NUMBER :
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION:
-NAME:
-RANK:
-LOCATION ( COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):
-Email Address :
Once you provide us with the above information you are no longer anonymous to us.
(We) protect your privacy. We do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary.
All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity
The information is what we are going to use to register you with our service.
Best regards,
Michał Skrok
Satellite Provider Technologies Satellite
Copyright 2009 by TS2 SAT Telecoms – Military ISP 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 ,2010 for US Army in Afghanistan and Iraq. All Rights Reserved. C 2010
Your request will be processed within 48hrs after the payment has been confirmed.
Feel free to contact us electronically via ts2pl@mail2army.com
Satellite Provider – Technologie Satelitarne
Copyright by TS2. All Rights Reserved 2010
Marlene
This was on an email under return path, sorry not sure if this is helpful as i am not up with computer technology. Like I sent him an email and then he hit reply and sent something back so I will copy and paste the full text for you as maybe it will have what you need to trace his IP
Return-Path:
Received: from web114503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (web114503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [98.136.183.19])
by mail36.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id o32C0f3F007853
for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2010 23:00:53 +1100
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Received: from [196.46.245.21] by web114503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:00:40 PDT
X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/10.0.8 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 05:00:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: oliver adamson
Subject: Re: For You !
To: Marlene Stephens
In-Reply-To:
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-CMAE-Score: 0
X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 9.0.800 [271.1.1/2784]
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=”=======AVGMAIL-6EA42F67=======”
Angel
Daniel,
First, I am sorry that you are being scammed too, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise and you might also be able to help us find some of the soldiers whose identities are being used, and let them know what is going on. You can maybe direct them to this website and they can let us know it wasn’t them, like Sgt Rellinger proved he was not the man scamming. And also, Thank you very much for your service in protecting our country.
Angel
oops, posted in wrong place lol
Angel
Marlene,
This email originated out of Nigeria>>
IP address [?]: 196.46.245.21 [Whois]
IP address country: ip address flag Nigeria
IP address state: Lagos
IP address city: Lagos
IP address latitude: 6.4531
IP address longitude: 3.3958
ISP of this IP [?]: Local Registry
Organization: Local Registry
Local Time of this IP country: 2010-05-22 12:40
That is what I got on IP tracking. If you want more information, Here is the whois part:
% This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
% Note: this output has been filtered.
% Information related to ’196.46.240.0[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search] – 196.46.247.255[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search]‘
inetnum: 196.46.240.0[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search] – 196.46.247.255[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search]
netname: VNL1-20051024
descr: Celtel Nigeria Limited t.a ZAIN
country: NG
admin-c: EA1-AFRINIC
tech-c: EA1-AFRINIC
org: ORG-VNL1-AFRINIC
status: ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered
parent: 196.0.0.0[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search] – 196.255.255.255[Who Is IP][trace][Reverse IP Search]
organisation: ORG-VNL1-AFRINIC
org-name: Celtel Nigeria Limited t.a ZAIN
org-type: LIR
country: NG
address: ZBanana, 5th Floor, Wing B
address: L2 Banana Island
address: Ikoyi
address: Lagos, Nigeria
e-mail: [Who Is Domain][trace][Reverse DNS Search]
e-mail: [Who Is Domain][trace][Reverse DNS Search]
e-mail: [Who Is Domain][trace][Reverse DNS Search]
phone: +2348022225441
phone: +2348021905441
admin-c: EA1-AFRINIC
tech-c: EA1-AFRINIC
mnt-ref: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
mnt-by: AFRINIC-HM-MNT
source: AFRINIC # Filtered
person: Enyi Abajue
address: Vee Network Limited
address: Olakunle Bakare, Victoria Island,
address: Lagos State, Nigeria
phone: +2348022225494
nic-hdl: EA1-AFRINIC
source: AFRINIC # Filtered
Marlene
I really appreciate all of your help CJ. Thank You..Marlene
Renee
I feel that I have recently been scammed by a man who goes by the name of “Ken Kerr-Johnson.” He says he’s serving in Iraq now, and has even sent me pictures with his name on his Army uniform. I believe him to be a scam, because he asked me to send him money in order for the US Army to allow him a leave. He has told me he loved me and wants to marry me. He also told me he has a mother and daughter in London, but he lives in Florida when he isn’t deployed. Has anyone else been contacted by this man? He contacted me on MySpace. Please if anyone has any information, I’d love to chat with you about it. He asked me to fill out forms, which would make me his beneficiary, along with multiple other forms and send them back to an @usa.com email address.
Please, I need some answers.
Marlene
Hi Renee, Yes he is obviously a scammer. Don’e send any money for anything. These scammers are stealing photos of real soldiers and taking on the identies of them. Keep following this page in here as it tells you peoples experiences and what they have been told etc. Marlene
Marlene
Renee just know that you are not alone in this.There are a lot of us caught up in this scam… Marlene
donna
Renee
I am sorry but what he is telling you is a lie. You can’t buy yourself a leave from the US Army. Check his ip address. He is probably sitting in a cyber cafe in Nigeria.
deniz helga
wie kann man die ip nummer prüfen?
Marlene
It just goes on and on doesn’t it. I have once again been approached on Hot or Not where the last one found me. This one has on his intro that he is in iraq but will be in hawaii once he goes back to US. This ones name is Anthony no surname.They seem to be in every dating site and the meet friends sites. His photo is very grainy but he doesn’t have uniform on. I hope and pray these scammer low lives get caught very soon.
Susan
HEY GIRLS,
MET UP WITH SGT,GOODSON PETERS TODAY, REMEMBER HIM FROM WAY, WAY BACK ON THIS BLOG
TELLING ME HE WAS A US SOLDIER IN IRAQ, I WAS STUPID AND OPEND THE ATTACHMENT BUT JUST HAD TO SEE WHAT THIS aHOLE HAD TO SAY. CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, BUT HEY YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE,
I REPLIED BACK, A BIT STUPID I ADMIT BUT JUST HAD TO, I SAID THINGS I CANT REPEAT ON THIS BLOG, DONNA IF YOU GET THIS EMAIL ME AND I’LL TELL YA EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD, ANYWAY I WENT ON TELLING HIM THE FBI KNOWS WHERE HE IS AND THEY ARE COMING TO HUNT HIM DOWN LIKE A DOG, SO HAHAHAHA ON HIM.
lisa ross
renee he probably is my man i would love to see some of these pictures girls can you all send them to me emai laross1980@yahoo.com please i need pictures there is a new one to tony gagnon he says his son is living with his aunty in bakersfield california he is over in afganistan when home from new hampshire his wife left him when he went deployment almost 2 yrs ago
Marlene
Lisa I have emailed photos to you. Any you have of other guys in this scam please send back to me: Machook7@optusnet.com.au
Maybe they should all be put up on this site so women know what they all look like.
Thanks Marlene
charlotte
tried to send you the pic of suppose to be sgt patrick mcdonald,dont know if it got to you,email me and let me know.char.miller64@yahoo.com
thanks charlotte
kelly
anyone knows if sgt barry dolf is real are fake he uses the email davelangian404@yahoo.com
Marlene
Haven’t heard of that one Kelly. If he sounds like the others on this site then he may well be involved in this scam.They seem to use different names but can be the same person. Just be careful and don’t send any money.
lisa ross
oh yeah i got tony gagnon said he was in afganistan caught him in a lie now he says he is in iraq but first said he was in the marines but all of sudden he is in the army. same guy different name
Marlene
Lisa is Tony Gagnon in the photos I sent to you and if so which photo is him thanks
Shelby
Has anyone heard of Sgt Wesley J. Smith or Sgt Scott Carson?
Janet
I am speaking to a wesley smith right now on Yahoo
Shelly
I only became aware yesterday that I have been scammed to the tune of $8000. Contacted on Lavalife and asked to chat on MSN. I believe the person who scammed me was using a real soldier’s identity Sgt. Haggard. The pics. I was sent were legit. looking with the name clearly visible in all pics. I chatted with this person every day for over a month. I notified the Army CID via email with the hope that they will notify this soldier that his identity is being used.
The story was a little different. This individual’s wife had mismanaged his assets when he went overseas and left for another man. He was coming home soon to retire from the military. His story was that he had invested in a company that provides security to businesses operating in Iraq and had been paid in cash and had mailed this package to my home. Then the delivery person travelled to Dubai and on to Ghana because there were no flights until the next week. In Ghana customs was requiring $8000, if I send $5000 he would have enough to cover this. This supposed delivery person even called my house. Then after I was stupid enough to wire $5000, the package was back in the delivery person’s possession, but he didn’t have enough for hotel and airfare. I stupidly sent another $3000. The military facts that were given were correct, I googled the name with no results, I checked the RCMP anti-fraud site here in Canada–no scam listed like this, I researched businesses in Iraq–security businesses are paying huge, plus I had the pics with the name clearly visible. It was only when I was checking for news about what was happening in Iraq that I stumbled accross this website. The individual had told me his whole life was in this package, etc. and I really felt bad for him and wanted to help. He even went so far as to send me an email saying he was on his last mission, described the difference between a patrol and a mission, if he didn’t come back his best buddy Dave would contact me. Oh, and he didn’t want anyone to cheat me so if something happened to him it was in his will that I be repaid. Also, conveniently the computer I used to talk to this jerk got a virus and now I can’t get on the internet because it tells me someone else is using my IP address. I have made a report online which I was advised would be sent to the US internet fraud authority, the RCMP anti-rackets division. I also contacted US Army CID and my local police.
Shelly
One fact I forgot to include. The name of the so called Customs officer receiving these wires: Jibril Mohammed.
Theresa
Hey Girls in my EMails today, about the great fake Major James Rellinger, and General Ebeneezer Afful, pics are The real General Odiero,i alsow a while back had only a few messages from General John Abizaide,he to sent me pic which i still have, i thought i lost them so i typed in his name and pictures hoping to find the pics he sent, up came an inteveiw with General 4 star Abizaide,never out of the white house, yes the pics were of him, did i use my stupid brain then no,i told him of what i saw and how shocked i was that he, a man of his possition would contact me,well never heard from him again, but hey if you ever read this, Will the real General John Abizaide stand up, LOL he Is very hansome, not so sure about the person i was chatting to. Chins up GIRLS>
Lynnie
Was this soldiers name Richard Cason by any chance? I had same story except his delivery man’s name was Isaac Anderson & he is stuck in Ghana with package. The person I had to wire money to was a supposed bank manager by the name of Jibril Mohammid. His mate;s name was Dave. Richard is currently stationed in Baghdad & is due to for retirement now.
Susan
hey Shelly,
your good, hope it works out, these people are crazy nuts i just hope there will be a way that someday they can be stoped.
good luck hon,
Susan
annie
hi there all.
i have recently been chatting to a commander john haggard miller
supposedly in afghanistan and unable to phone or go to banks or web cam etc.
he has told me of a son who has recently turned 16 who was living with his ex in miami, but he had full custody of him. apparently his son has moved to ghana for schooling which i thought was a bit weird as he was only 16 and moving there to do a medical course of 3yrs.
well now last night asked me for $658usd for medical treatment and blood tests for his son who was supposed to be admitted to the kole-bu teaching hosptial in ghana.
well a couple of days before that i was getting email supposedly from his son and medical people from the hospital saying that his son was in hopsital with malaria. now i did some research and malaria is mainly in the sth or africa not the west. and ip addresses didn’t match up at some that were supposed to be coming from ghana were cooming from sunnyvale california, at the yahoo main office.
and others that were supposed to be coming from afghanistan were coming from new york or ghana its totally weird.
well all night last night this soldier was given me pressure to save his sons life and send the money as he couldn’t get to a bank or organise another way for his superiors to help hm out due to army rules and regulations.
well i was wondering why his emails were romatic and very touching. and then in some there were mistakes about knowing each other for longer than was and that we had spent time together when we haven’t except online.
he even asked to web cam but couldn’t his way due to regulations.
well i was quite abit skeptical to start then i was changing my mind a bit but when he was putting pressure on to me the way he was i just put my foot down and said NO . iim singlme mu on low income and i just can’t send money off like that to help soomeone i really don’t know that well.
i asked him why would the people froom ghana be asking about sending usd in stead of the currency they use there. well then i got a email from the so called hospital stating that they asked for usd aas his son told them he was from the states and not the currency of either pounds or wuro or what ever currency they use, i can’t remember what the said but i hadn’t heard of that currency ever. Then they said that the had already converted it to usd for me. and that they had heard from my husband and that he asked the same questions i was asking to the word. so that played on my mind all night.
i got to bed at 5am here in australia and had to be up for the kids at 7am and he knew this and then he kept me online until i got angry and left.
i had to go to my part time job with in 4hrs of getting offline to him.
i told him more than once that i couldn’t do it as i was on a welfare payment and just didnt have that sort of money.
so he then more or less stated that it was a human life that needed saving and that i would for my own children do it.
so i then told him there was no way even if my own children needed it i would be able to raise that sort of money with the click of my fingers . i was even asked to ask friends for the money.
i stcuk to my guns and said there was no way i could find the money for him. well i haven’t heard from him since so far but it is nothing unusual as he used vacant time from emailing or instant chatting a excuse that he was busy over there in afghanistan.
i will admitt i fell for it but i was wisening myself up in the last week or so.
what i did with all emails i have saved them in a file and told him i had them . sut didn’t know i was kepping them as evidence if needed. i also have his so call soons emails save and the hospitals.
he has sent me photos of himself and i have soome of the ones that are on here about him also.
i was silly enough to send some to hiim but if i ever find them on the internet other than where i have put them i willknow where they came from and i have the email addresses also.
so girls be ware out there.
froom a fellow scammed person from a military person, goodluck out there.
annie from downunder australia
annie
hi shelley if u read myposting june 17/2010i too had a john haggard miller and also go a virus from the comp while talking to him on my lap top. it also says that my ip address is being used on another comp .i have photos of this person as well and copyied the onnes from this site and they are the same as i have . i am still not happy about what is going on but when i asked he couldn’t get off line quick enough.
and yet today i get a email from him and says he is putting in a investigation into sommeone else using his info and id to the right people to deal with this.
so maybe he is the real thing and maybe something will be done for once.
annie
susan
I sent alot of money i would love to see pic of this people can someone help me find the pic thanks.
Marlene
So sorry Shelly. They are good liars these people. There are women as well as men doing this.
Gayle
Just a reminder to watch out for Lt Col George Patterson, Nigerian Scammer at georgepa01@live.com
Marlene
It appears that there are a whole lot more on Hot or Not now. I had 3 tried to match with me this afternoon.I must check the names on there. Take care girls.Marlene
Kay Wilson
Hi, I think I may have found another scammer. He told me his name is Steven Massingale Barrett, he is a Captain in the US Special Forces based in Kabul, Afghanistan, a widower with two children who live with their grandparents in Canada. At least that’s what he told me only last night when I started to check on him. Before that he originally told me he had a son who lived with his grandparents, then another email mentioned a daughter who he had decided not to tell me about to begin with. Alarm bells should have begun then, but I carried on. Within a couple of weeks he was professing his love for me and that we should get onto a secure communication channel which would cost me £660. I nearly paid it, but when I rang Western Union to arrange it the lady there was brilliant. She said it sounded very suspicious and wouldn’t take the payment, said I ought to check it out more thoroughly, which I did and found your website. I am so glad I found this out beforehand and didn’t pay! £660 is a lot of money for me, as I am in the process of selling my house following a split with a long term partner. I would be interested to know if anyone else has been in contact with this guy and what other names he is going by. I am usually a sensible woman, but this one caught me out and I fell for him. His pictures show a good looking guy, even the one in uniform has his name on it, so I didn’t think it unusual. His email address is browse4barrett@yahoo.com. Even the IM address has another photo of this guy on it so it didn’t look suspicious. How do they get them? Can someone please advise me as to how to send you the photos?
Marlene
I would love to see the photos Kay as there are so many on hot or not, a dating website, more appear everyday. Where did you meet this one of yours? They are so good at what they do.
My email address is Machook7@optusnet.com.au ( don’t forget the au on the end)
The guy I was talking to has not been mentioned on here but I am sure he would be using other names as well.
Kay Wilson
Hi Marlene. I met him through DatingDirect.co.uk. I am in the UK. I will email his photos through. Would be interesting if it was the same guy!
Kay Wilson
Surprise, surprise he’s just come on line! Don’t think he is very happy with me, I called his bluff. He reckons I can go to Afghanisatn to prove that he is the real Steven Barrett, and I said OK send me the details and I’ll arrange it. It suddenly went quiet! Anyone else using the DatingDirect website beware anyone who has the member id goldluv4us, it’s proabably him!
Janet
Well I have a new name for you to add to the list Tom Curtis is another scammer at tomhcurtis69@yahoo.com. He says he is in the army stationed in Afghanistan. Wants to make phone contact thru ts2military@engineer.com
Marlene
Have not seen that one anywhere Kay. Thanks for the pic. It is good to see these guys so as we know them if they approach us. There are so many different names it is hard to know who is who in this scam.
Kay Wilson
Hi Marlene. Is it possible that someone could check and see if Steven Barrett is a real soldier and let him know his identity is being used for a scam? I would love to know the outcome.
Janet
Could I share pics of this guy name Tom Curtis to see if anyone else has talked with him?
Marlene
send them to me if you like Janet. There is a guy on Hot or Not who has the name Tony so maybe it is him.I have received a couple of photos already from a couple of the ladies here. Thanks K haven’t seen him either. Thanks for sending to it me.Sorry you were scammed out of you money but these guys make it easy to fall for them.
Janet
I caught on to te scam before I I sent any money. Luckily I have family that has been in the military and know you do not have to pay for the things they ask you to pay for.
donna
Hi everybody
These guys all have numerous names and pics. I have found that the one thing they all have in common are the stories they tell. Hope this helps.
Marlene
Very true Donna
Marlene
I meant to say thanks Rachael not K duh, all this is messing with my head.
Marlene
Thanks Janet but no , another different photo. It makes me wonder how many of the real soldiers photos they have used. These are the real victims here. Whoever these photos are really of they sure are nice looking men I will say that.Keep sending any you have.
lisa ross
i think they all live in fuck’n sunnyvale california tony gagnon39@yahoo.com scottbright72@yahoo.com beware ladies they are real assholes
Janet
His ip is out of sunnyvale also. I just feel sorry for these soldiers also. I will let you know if I get anything else. He just came on and asked for my full name and adress so he can send me a surprise.
donna
Hi Janet
I have had the same experience a few times. They will send you candy, flowers. teddy bears etc. They do this because they think if they spend a few hundred on you. You will send them thousands later. I kept the stuff and then kicked their ass to the curb.
Janet
Hi Donna
I was just wondering if this was another part of they’re game. I was going to ask him for his military address so I could send him something too.
lisa ross
how true janet i never sent money because i work to hard for money and when they send it western union to someone no way plus i have them checked
Marlene
Thanks Lisa. Honestly I have no idea where they get these photos they use, sure feel sorry for the real guys.Haven’t seen CJ on here lately but maybe he has some ideas.
Marlene
The first time I spoke to so called sgt Oliver Adamson he matched me on Hot or Not and he started telling me that he really hoped I was real as he had just been scammed by some woman. He then went on to tell me how he had his lawyer sending her money every month. His english was perfect, I never found him out on any lies, he was coming to visit/meet me in about 2 months cause he had put in for leave. He never asked me for anything proior to the emailing about the ts2 phone. I just told him I couldn’t afford it, which I can’t and apologised. He just said “oh thats ok don’t worry, I love you “. I have not heard from him since. I let him know that I knew there was no one by his name in the army at all when cj looked it up for me. Now I only wish he was for real.
donna
Janet
go ahead and ask him. He will either tell you some story why he can’t have things sent directly to him and want you to send it to someone else (who also is in on the scam)or he will say he wants nothing from you but love. But in my experience you won’t get a military address because he doesn’t have one.When I ask a scammer the same thing he said another soldier who was set to come over would bring it over. But the funny thing was his soldier buddy was in Ghana !! They also have people in other countries if you say you won’t send anything to Ghana or Nigeria. If you want to know more CJ has my
email address. Good luck.
Marlene
I think the reason they send gifts to you is just to get your address so I would not have accepted anything from them. Maybe they are wanting to steal your identities. I have heard there are woman doing this scam as well as men.Think before doing anything and don’t send anything.
helen
can some please help me find the right people to contact in regards to the man who is ueseing chtis morrison name in scameing women on dateing sight’s
helen
this is the name of a man which is being uesed in scame’s on dateing sight’s can some one help me find the right people to contact regarding this matter or help me find out how to contact the real man to let him know what is happening to him
Lt. Christopher M Morris with Military Number (USArmy/MlL 456378)
based with the 32nd Infantry Division
camp phoenix kabul in Afghanistan.
donna
Marlene You are correct. That is one of the reasons. I would not advise anyone to do what I am doing. I am hunting them down. After the first fake soldier broke my heart I decided to turn the tables on them. I can’t say how I protect myself because they read this web site too. These guys are whoever you want them to be A man or a woman. They are dangerous and you need to be prepared for that. I did not mean to give the impression that this was something I take lightly. I know the danger and have prepared myself accordingly. This is not a game it is serious business.
Kay Wilson
Hi Donna, fancy checking out Steven Barrett for me? He is now operating on a UK dating site. Same photo I had, using the name Steven, in the army, etc, etc.
donna
Hi Kay
I will be glad too
Kay Wilson
How do you want me to send you details?
jane
i am just recovering from being scammed by one of these so called soliders, for thousands i only discovered the truth after finding this site , capt james miniard us army , iraq.i just could not believe i had been taken in , he contacted me on make friends.co.uk site and was in contact with him for 3 months or more. i know stupid , even had counselling to help me cope with the reality of it all, but i am a survivor.in contact now with george england , phycoligist in afghanistan lives in new york city , could you check him out for me. he is retiring soon and wants to move to england he has never asked for money .
Rachel
Hi Jane,
I was scammed for thousands by someone using the name Capt. James Miniard of the US army.
(read my post 28th December 2009)I haven`t seen the name on here before and it has come as a shock! Obviously another name for everyone to watch out for. I know exactly how you feel. It is awful. I hope you feel better soon. Take care, Rachel.
Susan
Jane, PLEASE, PLEASE JUST DROP THE DATING SITE THING,
IT’S NOT WORTH IT.
jane
hi racheal
i have just read your post from (28 december) and just reliezed it was your post that finally made me accept it was all a scam.if i had not read that i would have lost even more money and would have done anything to get my soliser home, so thank you for that.your story is identical to mine , i became totally obsessed by him they are so clever, he even admitted to me it was a scam in the end and told me not to pay any more money and was sorry.i am a clever women but drip by drip they fed me information to make it believable. i am still on dating site and i have had about 3 more of them try to contact me but i can spot them now and report them. i had several photos of same man with family , so it seemed so real because i wanted it so much.
Susan
Jane,
do yourself a good thing,
go to the web site
http://www.greenbeanscoffee.com check it out, its the greatest thing, i have mentioned it on this site more than once and people have taken the advice and are sooo happy,
they even have REAL MAN PEN PALS and who knows, what will happen.
anyway its a legit site with REAL PEOPLE
its also on FACEBOOK so again check it out.
Susan
HOLLY…. S..IT, HERE WE GO AGAIN, MILITARY DATING, TANGO WIRE, SUPOSEDLY SECURE BEWARE OF JAMES GRAY, USUAL CRAP, PARENTS WIFE AND KIDS DIED IN PLANE CRASH IN GERMANY, ORIGIONALY FROM NEWFOUNDLAND NOW LIVES WHERE HIS ” PARENTS WHR BASE, YEA ENGLISH THAT BAD IN NEW YORK” COMPUTER ENGENEER, SMELLED THIS ASS COMING FROM QUITE THE DISTANCE. QUITE THE STINK, YUCK, THESE GUYS ARE FUNNY. THEY THINK WE DON’T KNOW.
Susan
I LOVE MY GREENBEENS.com now thats normal
teresa
Has anyone heard of a donald williams or bryan wilson funny williams and wilson oh well they are scamers donald wanted my bank acct. so that he could have this company deposit his pay ck cus he was working in africa and he didnt have his acct. here in the states anymore well nope that didnt work then bryan wanted me to buy telex and when i told him no if he wanted he could pay for it! how funny ive lost total contact with both but i didnt lose my $$$ so be careful ladies they are good and if ur not careful they will take u for what u have.
oh and i have pictures of both men so if anyone knows of them contact me and we can compare lol u can IM me at xzandria_65 on yahoo SO PLS BE SAFE LADIES
jane
i have been in contact with a Lt charles ramsey swanson for a month – and he has just asked for money for a phone – he was mentioned earlier – is he a scammer ?
sandy
YES CHARLES RAMSY IS A SCAMMER, IF YOU WILL LOOK ON HIS PROFILE LIEUTENANT CHARLES SWANSON RAMSY @LIVE .COM YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL COMMENTS FROM WOMEN HE HAS SCAMMED OR TRIED TO, I AM ONE OF HIS VICTIMS, GET AS FAR AWAY FROM THAT MAN AS YOU CAN, HE IS ALSO A FREAKING LIAR.
Marlene
Next they will be on Greenbeans.
Susan
D, you adopted his buddies as well, how sweet,
i have one and hes sweet but i don’t expect mails from them.
JUST A WARNING,DON’T give away to much about them IN FACT NOTHING AT ALL, PLEASE IT CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR THEM,SO I WAS TOLD.
donna
thanks I will follow your advice take care
Susan
m, LISTEN, THERE’S NO WAY IN HELL THEY CAN SCAM GREENBEANS, ITS A WELL PROTECTED ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BRINGING TROOPS, MEN AND WOMEN A FEW MINUTES TO ENJOY COFFEE THEY HAVE RECIEVED FROM PEOPLE,
CHECK THE FACEBOOK PAGE, ANYWAY, THESE FUCKS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH $$$$$ TO EVEN GIVE A $2.00 CUP OF COFFEE, AND ITS NOT JUST COFFEE, ITS TEA, SMOOTHIES, ICE DRINKS HOT CHOCOLATS AND WHAT EVER THEY WANT.
Marlene
Susan your reply sounds a little nasty, sorry. I have not heard of this greenbeans and these scammers seem to be able to access any site they want so thus my comment. They seem to be able to hack into anything they damn well want. I certainly don’t wish any harm to real soldiers thats all. I have heard they ( scammers) come in here so bet they will try this greenbeans site now. Hopefully they will fail if they try.
donna
Marlene
Cup of joe at greanbeans.com is not a dating site. You can go there and buy a cup of coffee etc. for a soldier in Iraq or Afganistan. You can send as little as 2.oo and you will receive a thank you email from that soldier. You can send a note with your cup of joe. I have met a very nice guy from Iraq who was looking for a pen pal. The scammers won’t bother with this site because all you send is a 2.00 cup of coffee. Check it out Marlene. I am glad I did.
Susan
M, sorry, didn’t mean for it to sound like that i accidentally left on the caps lock, and I did realize you don’t know that program, so again sorry,my fault, i would not lead anybody on, it is however a fantastic organization, you may even end up with a pen pal,
you all want to know something?
I get so upset reading these stories that it just pisses me off,
its hard to believe that as smart independent women we get cought up in this stuff,
so again my apologies.
i just think we ALL should just stay away from this computer dating stuff and stick with the bar/coffee shop stuff, face to face.
Take care, S
jane
i have been communicating with a man who says he is Lt charles ramsy swanson serving in iraq
is he a scammer ?
Susan
but of course hes a scammer, what dose your gut say?
listen to your feelings, it will tell you
donna
Hi everybody
I love greenbeans too. I have a penpal in the Airforce in baghdad. He is stationed in the Al Faw palace. The first thing he did was sent me his military address. I ended up adopting his buddies too. These guys are grateful for a 2 dollar cup of coffee. They are the real deal. They don’t ask for anything. They are a great bunch of guys. I want to thank you Susan for suggesting greanbeans. Ladies give it a try. You won’t be sorry
Becky
Hi kim I have heard of this Dawn Bradely in knightstown,IN. But Sgt. Brandy Floyd i have not heard of.
The Person that wanted the phone system setup was A Sgt.Bellick Smith with whom I met on Singlesnet.com, Becareful He does not show up in Google or Army.Mil. But He says he is stationed Ramadi,Iraq or Al Anbar, Iraq
Has anyone everheard of Sgt. Bellick Smith His name doesnt even popp up anywhere on there internet seach engines. But he has pictures posted on singlesnet.com
He as asked for a USCMP Phone System setup. I dont know if he is a true soldier can anyone help me find out.
thanks Becky
Becky
Debbie,
I have heard of a Sgt. Tom Pendleton, he was a very nice looking guy. And promised you the world. but once you didn’t give him money for paperwork or phone system for 600.00. He got very irate and didnt want to talk to you anymore. Stay away from him. He’s no good.
ycroire16
Has AFGHANISTAN: someone heard of an identical to my own problem? I AI met an American GY in April 2010. It ask me to accept to receive his suitcase with Homecoming and money, he has received from his superiors in afghanistan because it is 4 years without returning to the United States. This case should me be delivered by a diplomat – and it will retrieve it when it has finished his military service in June? It says that I have nothing to fear, but with everything we read on the internet…. He sent me pictures of him and his son. It is not dressed in military. I have this relation on a French meeting ‘meetic’. HELP ME URGENTLY PLEASE! May 2010
donna
ycroire16
I had that scam from a fake soldier too. Once you agree to take the suitcase the diplomat(fake also) will have some kind of problem on his way to give you the suitcase. An accident. trouble with customs or illness etc. he will need money from you. Do not send any money this is a scam.
Magda
Same here, as soon as he get to customs he will have a problem as they will asked to much money for the bags, so this is where you will come in to pay…
Kucky
I want to add some more mails
clintonkelly198451@gmail.com
akosombo50@yahoo.com
Be careful.
Kay Wilson
Well, guess who I have just found on Uniformdating.co.uk? Yes, Steven Barrett. Well, it’s the same photo I received, he is still calling himself Steven and that he is in the army and that he is 52 years old. Other than that I can’t check him out without contacting him. Does anyone want to do that for me?
Shan
Hi, Just a heads up there ladies….look out for a person posing as an E-6 Staff Sargent Robert Bill Haggard. Total scammer. He contacted me through Match.com, but I remember him from Lava Life previously. Just like all the others, he professed his undying love for me in less than a week.Sent pics and all, even of his kid. Same story as Shelly on April 27 post..I got suspicious right off the hop because of the bad grammar, but other red flags came up too….no web cam,the fact that he didn’t know what Facebook was (who doesn’t know that? lol), and other little things that didn’t add up. He hasn’t asked me for money…yet. I am playing his game right back…Ask him to send you a picture of him holding a card with your name on it…if he loves you so much, it’s the one little thing he can do to prove his love…lol..of course he had plenty of excuses, all different, of why he couldn’t or didn’t want to do that. Needless to say…he hasn’t been in contact with me since…lol I just feel really bad for those real soldiers that are having their identities stolen…trying to find out who this real soldier is, but no luck so far.Take care ladies..and be smart..
Shan
Forgot to add…checked out the originating IP address for the e-mails from Robert Haggard who is supposedly stationed in Iraq…the originate from Ryiad, Saudi Arabia…and no one found by that name on Facebook, Military.com etc… Take care ladies
Marlene
I am going to check this greenbeans site out, sounds good to me. I would rather send something to real soldiers than any scammer.I am in Australia so maybe that is why I was unaware of this site. To me any soldier is worthy regardless of what country he is from. Marlene
Kay Wilson
I totally agree Marlene. I am in the UK but I still did it. I would ratheer any soldier benefitted from the smallest gesture than not at all.
Susan
WAW, you going to donate as well???
they serve coalition troops as well not just American troops,
I know they also give to Canadian and British, so YAY, the more the merrier I say
Susan
M, your wonderful, and promise you won’t be disappointed its a good thing,
again my apologies,
your great.
S
donna
New name girls major mark ehrsman aka mark collins aka major mark collins ehrsman
colleen
you better be careful of the names your throwing out there? and be 100% sure of what your telling people because you could be ruining innocent peoples reputation. Who have worked hard to build their reputations and served in the army for you and me. Don’t you have anything better to do?
donna
Colleen
You are the one who better be careful. I have all the evidence to back up every name I put on this site.I wouldn’t be surprised if your ip turned out to be from Nigeria. Don’t you have anything better to do then shoot off your mouth about something you know nothing about. Just why are you on this site anyway? Spying for the scammers . Mind your own damn business.
colleen
Your right I guess I don’t know. I just googled Mark collins Ehresman and he showed up on here. That is why I was on here. Sorry I got you so upset. I guess I’m quite gullable. Sorry I upset you. I am learning…
colleen
I am so sad right now.
Janet
Tom Curtis is on the U S uniformdating site going by Mr.
Kucky
You see the most horrible thing is that they use not only pictures of alive persons. But I have found that the picture of the soldier I have got from one scamer was the picture of DEAD soldier, really killed in Irag.
Another thing I want to ask. Where have they got these pictures??? Did they take them robbing the soldier’s dead bodies??
it is so natural for USA soldiers to take photos of their beloved people, kids, wives…. they keep them in their pockets and take them to the battles… Then such kind of people like scams pick them up and spread through internet.
Have you ever thought before you may talk to their KILLERS.
One scamer mistakenly sent me his e-mail box address. When I opened it, but late…. he blocked it at once but address with example of attached files was still kept.
On this page I had found SEVEN attached pictures of soldiers.
I was not able to see their faces because actions to open them were blocked.
But…. There were SEVEN pictures.
Files were named: Soldier1, soldier2…. soldier7.
How many pictures they have? Are there people still alive?
You can consider me crazy. But I want to tell you one real story happened with me. Once I was wrote by one officer. We began to correspond. And one night I had a dream. I saw this officer, he was sitting in an armchair, it had no uniform, only the robe and slippers. I saw the body of this soldier, but did not see his head. I awoke in a cold sweat, I realized that the man with whom I communicate really dead. I know if you see a man in a robe and slippers in a dream – it was death.
I made inquiries and learned that the man in the photo is really dead. When I asked rsponsible people about the way he died, I was told that half of his head was washed away by a shell. So I saw him without his head in his sleep.
You can believe in this story, and can not believe it.
But now my post is not directed to women who were victims of such people, but to the soldiers, which also can read it.
Do not carry pictures of their loved ones and close friends. If something happen to you, your memory will be desecrated, and your loved ones, especially children, may become the target of such speculation.
lisa ross
believe me i really think that maybe these people are crazy some might even be soldiers dead
Susan
OMG going to PUKE then CRY my head off.
Marlene
That is totally beyond forgiveness. Proves how low these people will go for money.
helen
hi girls,im totally ashamed to say i also have be scammed out of a thousand british pound.5 months ago on uniform dating i met a man called mark n ross first lt in 2nd falcon brigade combat team,82nd division.kalbul.we have talked every single day.and yes i paid for a phone line too.then he told me he was assigned a trusted ally in australia and would i write him letters and send pics via her which i did.last week he said he wanted to make me his next of kin.i recieved what i thought was offically army doccoments with the emblem and paid the western union fee of 550 us dollars for the admin costs.to be collected by the same agent mayann ruth talisayon.my brother done a check on her and discover she is a 24 philapino girl.i contacted granville police straight away and they said to send all emails to them with his pictures.im also going to inform the army and fbi.if anyone can help me on this matter please get in touch.i hate that i fell in love with a con man and some poor army guy is having his picture used.his email accounts are mark-ross@hotmail.com and marky_ross@yahoo.com and surprise surprise paul becker is his friend who he wanted me to fix up with one of mine.im completly deverstated by all this i only just found your forum
Donna
Helen
I am so sorry you got scammed. They are nasty people. But you don’t have to be ashamed. They did it or tried to do it to everyone on here. That is why we are on here to help each other.
helen
also girls i have posted whats been going on onto the us military sites on face book as im naming and shaming the email addresses used.please help me in this and maybe thatway we can get some of our pictures id by the real men
h.taylor8027@yahoo.com
Shan
Ok…this is too funny! Listen up ladies…I am still stringing along this person called Robert Haggard. He knows I am from a Prairie Province in the middle of Canada…get this..I told him my dad went fishing on the weekend and caught a shark!(we only have freshwater lakes here!) and that I am saving some in the freezer for him for when he comes to visit me! ROTFLMAO..He bought it! and thanked me soooo much for thinking of him…too funny! Luv it, luv it, luv it!
Donna
HAHAHAHA
That is so funny !!! Maybe we should give him a break. After all there are no sharks in the jungle !!!!!!!! That was the funniest thing I heard in a long time !!!! lmao
Marlene
Now that is sooooooo funny but there are actually freshwater sharks here in Australia lol. I have a new one but not in army. Goes by name of Mike Jones and wondering if any relation to the Mike James ladies have mentioned in here. I was chatting to him last night and I was raving on about how there are a lot of scammers online and women who may find him attractive could be scammers and that he needs to be careful lol.He thanked me for warning him.Quite funny really.
Donna
I told mark ehresman if he messes around I will put a voodoo curse on him. This is like a cat toying with a mouse!! It is way to easy!!
HAHAHAHA
colleen
Hi Donna, not sure if you got my last message. I’ve had love letters, talk with him on Yahoo chat all the time. What has he said to you? Have you seen pictures of him? He says we will get married and says he loves me all the time. I feel terrible inside right now.
colleen
Sorry I had the wrong guy…please disregard what I wrote earlier….sorry
donna
He is going to marry me too. I have pics and emails and chats with him. He is also talking to a Dani and a Gwen. I did spell his last name wrong . It is Ehresman. I tracked his ip to Nigeria. If you are in contact with this guy he is a fake. If you are in contact with this guy ask him what he thinks of the name Judah for a son. He wants me to have his child. I am sorry for what I said to you earlier. All I am trying to do is stop them from smearing the honor and integrity of the real soldiers who sacrifice so much for us.
colleen
Sorry, din’t know who to believe anymore but am aiming towards you. Thank you
colleen
He told me he is in Afghanistan and that his wife died 10 years ago and has a daughter named rose. His picute is on cupid…to bad he’s a fake. The picture of him is gorgeous. I’m such a fool. I need to get off Cupid. Thanks
colleen
I wonder if I can report him to Cupid? What do you think?
colleen
One more thing…how do I handle this now. Should I be afraid…he hasn’t asked for anything…what does he want?????
colleen
Donna if I can get you the picture Mark has on Cupid of a Major in his uniform…can you find out who the soldier really is? Sorry I just have a million things to say now. I fell in love with that picture…
colleen
I have the picture in my email box can I send it to you somehowe?
Susan
NOW I’M FALLING OFF MY CHAIR LAUGHING, I’M FROM CENTRAL CANADA, NEAR QUEBEC, WE CAN TELL HIM THAT PUTINE (YOU KNOW THE FAMOUS CHEESE CURDS AND GRAVY ON FRENCH FRIES)SWIM DOWN STREAM IN LAKE, GET THIS, PERRIER
Susan
JUST BE CAREFUL GIRLS PLEASE, DONT LET ALL OF THIS GET OUT OF HAND AND GET YOU INTO A SITUATION THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
Mbates.
Hey girls, just a heads up here, i’ve been reading all your stories and I actually contacted a “soldier” on a dating website and he turned out to be a scammer. I quickly investigated him when he gave me some info on a ” dedicated phone system” The name he is using is ELEK WATKINS, and he supposedly is in Kabul, Afganistan. His email address is “Boldbutts@aol.com” and also has one on yahoo “Elekwat74″ He also had the bad spelling, and the undying love after only like 2 weeks, and his story was that he was returning in November to Ft Hood, Texas. Anyways, when i investigated a little online, i saw this website that you all are on and the talk about the “military phone system” so here i am. So girls, if anyone by the name “ELEK WATKINS” contacts you………BEWARE LOL. I wouldn’t have sent money that easy, but im very cynical as it is. Hopeful, but not too trusting, especially when it comes to online dating.
helen
thankyou so much donna,he is still getting in touch with me after still trying to convince me he is a solider he then admitted he is a white guy who believe us white folk owe the blacks so much as we have everything and they have nothing so he helps by passing our details on to scammers.i dont know if this is true but the cheeky sod asked could he still meet me.im taking my photos of him into my local army center and am going to ask them to put on there website so the man may be traced somehow.ive also sent them to cj and the us military goverment and fbi
Kay Wilson
Helen, the MoD don’t want to know. I am in the UK too, and I contacted them with the details of the guy who tried to scam me and they just came back and said refer it to the local police!
donna
Helen I have also done the same as you They do monitor this site and he is a liar a thief and a dumb ass. If he feels so bad why doesn’t he give them some of his money? instead of trying to scam innocent woman ? He is just trying to make you feel bad. Real soldiers and real men do not do the slimey things these guys do. If anybody should be ashamed it should be him not you. Chin up Helen you are a brave woman to come on here and we must be doing something right or they wouldn’t be trying to explain themselves.
helen
thankyou donna you right they should be totally ashamed.ive spent my life taking care of and being kind to others as i aws raised not to take advantage of others.you all seem really nice women and no one deserves this for shame on them xx
elaina
I have been talking to a guy, Jonas Hamilton, Jonashamilton11@yahoo.com, for 6 months, he took it very slow with me. I really thought we might have something. He was supposed to come home on leave the 27th of April. His leave was cancelled at the last minute and he could not come. But wait my commanding officer just told me about a secret transit department that will send a replacement for me if I have a benefactor in the States who can pay the small fee of $1500. Needless to say I got very suspicious and I said that I could not afford to send the money. He sort of got upset, he still IM me a little, but not much he must be trying to keep me on the line for a future sting. Sorry raised by a con man, saw it a mile away.
louisa
Hi i think i am being scammed by a staff sgt christopher elizondo 32nd infantry division baghda iraq. He is still on line with me. He has an 10year old boy that is staying in luton london at a militry
Hi i think iam being scammed by a preson calling himself staff sgt christopher elizondo 32nd infantry division camp victory baghdad.I am still incontact with him. He is ment to have got home on leave and is at the moment in a us base in london? so he says. He has told me he has a 10year old son that stays in luton and is in the military school there. But i dont know what to believe as he has told me that his time is up in the military at the end of july. His sons name is john. Can you please let me know if this person is for real or is he a fake ?? louisa
lisa ross
louisa you probabably are there is a guy who scammed me and is pretending to be other names and keep trying to talk to me he says he is in iraq and his son is the uk
jane summitt
I am so glad I found this site. I recently went to a christian site and a soldier in afganistan contacted me immediately. said he was a lt col. about to retire. Benjamin Lanios. He moved real fast. I triped him up. Thank you for this forum.
jane summitt
the guy that contacted me also said his son was in the uk with his aunt and mother.
Kucky
it is funny….
We can make the image of IDEAL SOLDIER now.
)))
1) Lonely man with bright military carrier. Usually looks younger on the picture, that does not suite to his position of Colonel, or the General.
2) 90% widowed and 10% devorced. If devorced, he told that his wife was unrecoverable bitch who left him a child.
3) In 99% he has a son with age of 10 years, in 1% he has a daugter who always ill.
4) he has found some millions in Irag desert.
5) He needs to sent to you papers that you should meet through his diplomat.
4) His son lives with aunt or with housekeper somewhere in UK or USA.
Marlene
6) He can’t wait to meet you.
lisa ross
how true kucky how true but mine have never said about finding money has said that he has 30,000,000.00 in a bank in dubai
Marlene
Thats probably all the money he has scammed Lisa.
Kay Wilson
Anyone heard of Major Mark Thomson, ostensibly from New York, but in Iraq now? Widowed, young son of 14, blah, blah, blah. I think we have another one girls!
Kay Wilson
Sorry, that should have said Major Mike, not Mark! Just contacted me through DatingDirect in the UK on IM, and wanted MSN address straight off. No pics, no details execpt he is 52 on his profile. Had to go and deal with an unexpected visitor so no more details as yet, but I will keep him stringing along for a while if he comes back!
Marlene
Another one for you CJ, going by James_smith_50@yahoo
Janet
James_smith_50 also contacted me.
Susan
OH I wish the REAL JAMES RELLINGER would step forward, would love to see what he thinks of all of this,
however if you go to myspace james rellinger, he took off a good portion of his profile,
it’s now private, I think he somehow found out that someone stole his profile.
I did write him a note on his myspace.
charlotte
Ladies,was contacted again by a David Petraeus(gendavidpet98@yahoo.com).Suppose to be a gen in the army.But we all know how that goes.Been scamed for 5000 dollars once dont intend to have it done to me again.Went alng with him and just told him i was not interested in a relationship and he accepted that for now i guess.Not sure if i got rid of him or not.Beware of this person.Take care.I have enjoyed all of the comments and glad I am not in this alone.Thanks
James Rellinger, SPC
…Wow… This is very unfortunate. My Name is U.S.Army SPC James Rellinger stationed at FOB Delta, Iraq. I was just made aware of my name and picture being used to scam folks back home. I can absolutely assure you all that the person you have been chatting with is not me. In fact, there are only 2 Rellinger’s in the Army at this time and the other one is CID. Please accept my apologies and know that I am doing everything possible to terminate this fraud being perpetrated in my name.
I just updated my MySpace and Facebook accounts to warn folks about the identity theft. It seems that I have had more than 1 person email me about this in recent months but, I seldom log onto MySpace or Facebook while I am deployed. When I saw the messages titled “You don’t know me…” or “Someone is using your name…”, my gut reaction was to ignore it for fear of falling into a Nigerian trap or something. I just want to thank all of you who did try to contact me about this. I am working with the Army to try to terminate this fraud.
James Rellinger, SPC
Actually, yes I am. Given the recent developments, I opted to use the disposable Yahoo address designed to protect from spam. On this posting, I have included my operational email address in an effort to show good faith.
I encourage you to visit both my MySpace and Facebook pages. I updated them last night to lock down my profiles and announce my awareness of the situation. Those two profiles are where the thief lifted my pics.
Given the situation, I am very reluctant to offer any specific verification information on this public blog however, I welcome your email and I will provide any generalized confirmation info you desire.
We use a Satellite Internet Service provided to us by the local nationals on FOB Delta. I really have no idea which company provides the actual satellite service here.
Angel
Sir, are you able to give us information as to who we might be able to contact to verify if a soldier is actually in Iraq or where ever? It is very upsetting that upstanding military men are being used to scam women. I would be willing to talk on face book also, nic_angel26@hotmail.com if you care to add me as a friend.
Magda
Hi there, just wonder if you will be able to help me with information as to who I might be able to contact a Ivan Nobile. I sincerely feel sorry for the real soldiers who are having there identities stolen. I have been trying for weeks. Am determined not to give up till I make contact with the real Ivan Nobile.It is very upsetting that military men are being used to scam women. I would be willing to talk on face book my name is Magda Healy Or e-mail. magzhealy@vodamail.co.za if you care to add me as a friend. Kind regards
Susan
CJ, whats up with all of this,
I just was mailed from the REAL JAMES RELLINGER
on my myspace, and that he did in fact receive my mail warning him of this issue back in FEBRUARY, I think as far as my gut reaction, he is the original one, I have an APO address something a scammer would not or ever know about.
CJ
Susan, don’t be fooled by someone’s MySpace. APO addresses can be found anywhere. They are all over unit websites and easily searchable. If you want to verify it is the REAL James Rellinger, ask him to send you an email from his AKO. He’ll know what that is, but if he says “what is that?” you know immediately he’s a scammer. There isn’t a person in the Army that doesn’t know what AKO is. If he tells you he isn’t authorized to use his AKO – another clue he’s a fraud.
Believe me, his IP is NOT coming from where he says it is. I’ve contacted the REAL James Rellinger through AKO and am waiting for a reply.
James Rellinger, SPC
MSG Gresham,
I got your voice mail message this evening and tried to return your call but the Satellite Internet connection that we use here in Iraq for our Skype VoIP calls is very sketchy at best. I will check my AKO email and reply as soon as possible. Thank you for taking the time to contact me.
Best Regards,
SPC James Rellinger
CJ
A await with baited breath.
James Rellinger, SPC
CJ,
“Discombobulate”
To throw into a state of confusion.
CJ
That is correct. I sent “discombobulate” to James through the official Army mail system and he responded appropriately.
Okay, folks, I stand corrected. SPC Rellinger is the real deal at least here and I’ve logged the IP in case another person tries to immitate him. However, if you have another SPC Rellinger attempt to request money from you, it’s the fake one. I stand by my assertion that if any Soldier begs for money, they’re either a scammer or a loser and you should dump them immediately. I stand corrected and apologize to SPC Rellinger for my rash language and doubt.
James, hopefully you understand since I’ve been hunting these guys down for a LONG time.
James Rellinger, SPC
No worries CJ. Cyberspace is a very dark and mysterious place. I’m just glad we were able to work this out. Now, how do we terminate this fraudster. Is terminate too strong a word? I suppose it’s just the Cav in me.
CJ
Actually, terminate is too soft a term. I suggest terminate with extreme prejudice!
Susan
Oh yea,
AK-47 and I where buds for quite some time, so if you need help with the termination thing,I’ll just LET IT RIP, Oh yea, RPG’S, second nature, so let me at’em
lisa ross
good for you cj wtg
Stacey
Also, I would like some pics of this steve lopez if anyone has them. thank u for your help
Joslen
I would also like to know what the “real” Sergeant Lopez looks like. I’ve been chatting with a Steve Lopez (ser.lopez00@yahoo.com) who is stationed in Iraq for the next couple of months. I put in the yahoo address through the search friends on Facebook and found a profile with lots of pictures of a tattooed man in plain clothes and military uniforms (with LOPEZ on the uniform).
I’ve got the pictures saved in my computer so if you’d like to see them just let me know and I’ll send them to you.
Dorothy
Joslen I would like to see the photos, atleast one. Thanks
Marlene
Can someone please tell me , if you check ISP is there a number that proves it is from nigeria? If so what is that number thanks.
CJ
Okay, everyone. I’m creating another post in which I will use photos that the scammers are sending out so you can compare. Please begin sending me photos of your scammers to cj@soldiersperspective.us. Once i have a good collection started, I’ll publish the post and put the link in here.
colleen
CJ I sent you a picture that Major Mark Collins Ehresman claims to be. Have a look. Thanks.
Susan
Cj,
Thank you,
Having been in Military Intel for years I ALWAYS went with my gut instinct and I knew right away it was the James Rellinger,
Its an ability i was never trained for,
it was always a natural instinct I was born with, that’s why I did what I did so well.
so again thanks for all you do,
P.S. Mr. Rellinger, if you read this post,please if you can, can you get in touch with me through the myspace,
Susan Roston
RJ
Hey Kucky please email me at mysignemail@aol.com thanks so much
Stacey
I called Mr. Steve Lopez out on a few things. I truly felt we had a great connection. He never talked about his child, and always came out with the nicest things to say. He was very offended when I asked to check out his credentials. He came back with how could you not trust me, and all the while, his grammer was ridiculous! I feel if he was who he said he was, he’d be more than happy to ease my mind. Instead, he dropped me like a hot potatoe! I’m so glad I found this cite, google is the path to all truth. don’t be blind-sided girls. these scammere have no mercy and will take you for a ride, and it won’t be onn the back of a harley!!
Bridget
Sgt Steve Kopez just started talking to me a few days ago…I new right from the start he was a scammer, told me at the end of our first conversation that he love me. Met him on Mate1 dating site….already he was asked me for money….Im gonna play him and the call his bluff…..these scammers must think that us ladies have stupid written all over our foreheads…
Lisa Z
Sorry to repeat but wanted it on the recent updates.
WOW! I almost got suckered by this! Guy is supposed to be at Camp Liberty for 2 years in Iraq. He found me on Zoosk too!!! Said he is widowed, wife died in car accident–2 young boys in London. Said he went to school at London Metro for 4 years in Criminology (guess he learned to scam there). Well, he is telling me he is going to marry me when he gets back–lOL–crazy!
Said he has been in for 23 years and to get promoted to a Sgt Maj soon. Sent pics–but one has the name Edwards on it–and he said his name is Brewster!
Well, he writes British and grammar is fairly poor. Ok, he is on a laptop–keys are close together, but. Anyway, one boy needs money to go on an excursion to Amsterdam and Paris–at 5 and 7? Well, his niece (could it be wife) is broke and he cannot access his account. Asks me. I am so tight with money–I get suckered with love, but not money. I was silent. Then, I said I don’t think you are as sincere as I thought. I said he sounds like a scammer. That set him off–bye he says!!
It was odd–as I asked if he wanted a care package sent. Said he didn’t need anything–odd! Could be a Nigerian or who knows!
How would I find out about the ISP?
Two email addies–hotmail and yahoo sgt.brewster.
Dorothy
Yea, can yall tell me or explain to me about these addresses so I can send the correct info to yahoo and migenti I feel so freakin idiotic. Thanks
Susan
CJ, had an idea,
I send out Greene Beans Coffee out regularly and it’s a wonderful program , you can go to http://www.greenebeans coffee.com,
so what I was thinking is that I feel so badly for Mr. Rellinger and all that has happened to him and his family I would like to send him a Greene Beans gift card but I don’t have an email, wondering if you can somehow get in touch with him and tell him I would like to send this out to him.
there is a GB location where he is stationed.
thanks, and again ONLY if it’s possible.
Susan
Lisa Z
Ok all–how do we report a scammer and help the poor guy that got his identity stolen?
Dorothy
Good question, I would like to know also, how do we do this?
Patricia
James good luck…whoever it is that is hurting your name needs to be behind bars for life. What a world we live in…lol…can’t trust anyone
Patricia
by the way James if you need any of the mail or pictures that was sent to me by Mr Fraud..James Rellinger…let me know I saved all of them…guess there was a reason for that but then again good luck in finding the jerk
James Rellinger, SPC
Susan,
I appreciate your offer however, It would be inappropriate of me to try and spin this or take advantage of this situation for my own gain. I realize that I have a responsibility in preventing identity theft. The scammer would not have been able to assume my identity had I been more careful with my pics and information on MySpace and Facebook. I naively and foolishly left those accounts open to the public so that old friends could find me and follow my adventures and photo accounts of my developing Army career. This was MY mistake and now I am paying for it. Both of these accounts are now in a state of elevated security and can no longer be accessed by folks outside my circle of friends, as they should have been all along.
Patricia,
I am awaiting further instruction from my chain of command concerning appropriate TTP on this situation. Should the information you have be of value, I will contact you at that time.
deniz helga
mr. rellinger
ich habe schon mit ihren neffen geschrieben in facebook.i komme aus wien habe sogar ihren reisepass und fotos von ihnen.peisepass ist noch gültig bis 2015.der betrüger schreibt noch immer.entschuldige wenn ich sie belässtigt habe,aber das muss man doch einen menschen sagen wenn mit seinen namen betrug gemacht wird. schreibe nun schon ein dreiviertel jahr mit dem betrüger bin aber erst durch diese seite draufgekommen da hatte ich schon geld gesendet. grüsse helga deniz
Marlene
Can someone please tell me what AKO stands for please?
Kazza
what language ?
Marlene
AKO in military.CJ mentions it up further. I am wondering what it stands for. Thanks
CJ
Army Knowledge Online
CJ
Kazza is a fake.
Susan
well no kidding,its a fake, what a moron, GEE what GAVE IT AWAY could it have been the “PSPELINLIN”
Patricia
Ok…thank you
Susan
James, understood, it was just a good will gesture and hope all is well,
S
Kazza
I saw my friends name here labelled as an agent in scams, first of all before anyone says she should be ashamed of herself, you got to know what shes really like… she herself has been scammed Lost money too..love blinds people and people do allot of stupid things…problem with here she’s too kind and been so naive, the past she hadn’t any trust and when she did bad things happen its been posted its online already to think that she was finally on track have a career fake love came one could only pity her
CJ
Kazza and MaryAnn are the same people trying to throw you off. They are part of the problem. I checked their IPs. Don’t fall for it.
JJ
I just found out the real identity of the soldier whose pictures were used to try to scam me. What do I do with this information?
lisa ross
jj who is he saying he is
JJ
Tom Curtis
CJ
Okay, ladies. Pictures are up here:
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/05/13/the-wall-of-shame/
Lydia
Hey,
I am from The Netherlands… Please tell me how I can find the real men from the picture, which I got it from the scammer? The picture I got it you don’t have here…
I don’t even know if I deal with the scammer or with real one Lt…lol
How I can check if the name and address is real too?
I will be grateful for any advice
My e-mail: la2410@live.nl
Angel
CJ,
Could you please email me at nic_angel26@hotmail.com, I think I have another scammer, with pictures to post. He gave the same initial email, about going to A&A children’s academy, etc. This guy’s name is Arena Adams, with pictures that say “greg” under them, and the name does not match the uniform on some of the pictures. There are other soldiers in the pictures with names showing, that may need to be contacted to let them know that their identity is being used for scamming. I tried to email you, but my program won’t open the link and add your email address in. So please email me and I will send you the emails and pictures that I have.
Thank you
Susan
Who is this Kazza????? person?????
Patricia
Just let me say this if you don’t know someone in the arm forces your best bet is not to be in contact with them…mostly all are frauds..I had to learn the hard way also even though I do have nephews in the army. So to keep from getting hurt or broke find someone that local and not so far away. Sad world that you can’t trust anyone but that is the way it is.
Susan
Here’s another, dont know how to send the pic, dose someone remember a SGT LINC
at linconw25@yahoo.com, I seem to remember way way back on the blog someone like that.
Marlene
Susan send pic to CJ@soldiersperspective.us
Susan
Thanks, I did it, I know the email that was sent to me was “WAY BAD” i did accidently delete the mail though,
S
Susan
YUP it was just confirmed to me that our SGT LINC at linconw@yahoo.com is a F…ing fraud.,
he goes under “heart2love” for now so be aware
wrote him back telling him he was a fake and to F…/ off
Shan
Hey!
Good news! I have finally found the real Robert Haggard. His name is not Robert, surprise! Have sent him a message informing him of his stolen pics. Thank you CJ for giving me the space to post my concerns, as well as being able to send my info so other women will be informed, and the curiosity to find the real person..
Lydia
Hey,
I am from The Netherlands… Please tell me how I can find the real men from the picture, which I got it from the scammer?
I don’t even know if I deal with the scammer or with real one Lt…lol
How I can check if the name and address is real too?
I will be grateful for any advice
My e-mail: la2410@live.nl
Debbie
Hi Shan
I posted my encounter with the scammer going by the name Robert Haggard on the other blog – The Wall of Shame on May 23. I have been trying to find the soldier named Haggard ever since but have come up empty handed. How did you find him? I would greatly greatly appreciate it if you could give me any information on him at all. I think it would help me a great deal to move on and try and forget this whole ordeal. Thank you so much. You can email me at djps1964@hotmail.com
Lisa Z
Hi all! The asshat has sent me another email and even an ecard! I didn’t open the card. I think the IP addy is in Sunnyvale, too. What is going on in Sunnyvale? LOL! I would love to question him, but I don’t want to educate him anymore–or he will be that much smarter on his next victim.
Lisa
Angel
Just an FYI, if you do IP tracker, Yahoo’s server is based out of sunnyvale california, there is another IP address that is the originating address, that is the one you want.
Marlene
Angel,
ok so does the first IP address tell you nigeria if they are a scammer?
I am so hard trying to learn how do do this IP address for my future checks. Can you plese let me know. Thanks Marlene
Susan
Can you call the police in sunnyvale??? and let them know what’s up?????
lisa ross
liza what is his name
lisa ross
lisa z what is his name
lisa ross
you know what is real funny when you tell them you have no money they disappear. since you don’t half to pay for leave home or a phone they can write to you they can get mail and when you ask for the military yahoo they change the story
Lisa Z
Lisa Ross,
Claims his name is Sgt Darryl Roy Brewster. LOL! One pic had the name Edwards on the uniform! He wrote back and even sent me an email card that I won’t open! I just don’t want to educate them and assist them in hurting more ladies.
I did call the Sacramento Army CID and informed them. How do I check and find the IP addy? I went to spokeo and his addy was legit and it gave me a few IPs. I went to another site to check it–that is how I got Sunnyvale, but it won’t let me check more, unless I sign up–and I won’t. I need to really get the IP off of the emails.
CJ wants the photos? What about emails and such?
Thanks ladies!
Lisa
Angel
if you have a yahoo email that they sent to you, you can track the email by going to the tab that says actions, then go down to where it says view full header. copy all that pops up in the box then go to http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/ and click on track email, you can do 3, i believe without signing up, but can do 25/day if you sign up at that site, it’s free. when you click on track email, scroll down to the blank box, and paste in the header and then click track at the bottom, it will show you exactly where the email originated from. once that pops up, there is a small “whois” link next to the IP address, click on that and it will give you the information as to who got that service, where it is, and also a phone number, i believe. Good Luck, Maybe this information will help the police find these guys.
Lisa Z
TY–I will try that–it is Yahoo!
Susan
CJ FYI,
I was just contacted by a MAMI MBI? on my personal email telling me he found me on A soldiers prospective asking me to contact him/her whats that all about?
AHHHHH this is NUTS
donna
Susan I got the exact same email. He wants to get to know me better!!! Says he found me on here!1 ME THINKS I SMELL A NIGERIAN RAT???
lisa ross
me too he was asking how i was i saved his email from the uk
lisa ross
iam sending it to gj
Susan
WAW this is COOL.I cant seem to send it to Cj
but how interesting, the plot thickens!!!!1
donna
Hi girls
Since we all got the same email I think we got somebody’s panties in a twist !!! or should I say someboy’s nigerian panties !!!
Susan
or sunnyvale panties,
hope it chokes theyre B!!!’s, cant say it on this site, but you all get the drift.
i want to know how many of us got it.
Lisa Z
If they even wear panties! LOL!! It was funny, because typical conversation that any American male would understand, he didn’t!!
donna
I tracked the ip address to Senegal in western Africa just north of nigeria and ghana
Susan
Waw D how the $%^& did you do thet???
yea no kidding, it STINKS HERE!!!!
lisa ross
probably scott schwartz or who ever he is to or tony gagnon they all think they are smart hahahaha my daughters recruiter told me yesterday to that you never have to pay for a ticket to come home on leave or phone to use they can get mail and you know what else when you ask for their military address they run real quick so mami is one too what a loser i won’t even bother trying to even say hi to a loser how did he find this site i wonder they think they are smart hahahahaha
pauline
I wish I would have found this website a lot sooner. Please these scammers need to be stopped. I have loss thousands of dollars to a man claiming to be in the US Military stationed in Afganistan. He uses the name Perez Young his email communication is perez-young@live.com. I met him on match.com in April. He told me he was on an 18 month mission that was ending soon. He would be coming home on May 21/10. He asked me for money to send to his daughter in the UK as he is restricted which I did with the promise to pay me back once he got home. He professed his love for me and looking for his soul mate. He wanted to marry me and start a life once he returned. In the meantime, he was sending a package to me through a diplomat which contained army documents, money draft, gold bars, jewellry and money for my daughter. The diplomat of course got held up in Ghana and he required money to be sent as he was restricted from his end. Of course ashamed and embarrassed as I feel I fell victim to this scammer believing what he was telling me was truth. I am out thousands of dollars and this person needs to be stopped. I feel so sorry for the solider whose pictures he is using. Please stay away from this man. He is a scammer and I have learned why lesson unfortunately the hard way. He claims to be a christian man and follows the word of God.
Angel
Pauline, did you get pictures of this guy? would you please email them to me, and we can compare, as I got the same story from my soldier, Sgt Adams, with specialist rank on his uniform. send me an email at nic_angel26@hotmail.com or anyone else, I am on a mission now. These scammers have to be stopped.
Lydia
Hi Pauline,
probably this is the same men… Daughter study in England, 1st Lt. stolen pictures…
I have sent it all picture I got it from him to CJ and Angel…
I am so sorry you have loos your money.. I was more lucky..
amy
dear Pauline,
I met a Sgt Corley Barrera who’s telling me a similiar story. Please email the pictures of this guy so i can compare. He just asked me to request a leave on his behalf. I’ll need to pay the charge because he has exausted his holiday. I need help, please!
Christine
Dear Pauline & Amy,
i have been contacted by sgt Corley Barrera… we just started talking and we haven’t gotten to ask me for money yet… he told me that he was married but his wife died during hurrican Katrina… his dad died 6 yrs ago and his mom moved back to Nigeria… he did tell me he was born in Nicauga (i know i spelled this wrong) he also stated that he was based at Fort Lewis, Barrack Washington State… i asked him to send me pics but i haven’t gotten them yet… I am starting to wonder if he is one of the scammers that everyone has talked about…. can you please let me know if i am possibly being scammed… like i said its only been a few days and he hasn’t asked me for money yet. please e-mail me at nascarfan14geocaching@yahoo.com…. his e-mail address is corleybarrera@hotmail.com … the pic i did see someone in a uniform with barrera on the shirt. if you need me to do anything to help you get him if he is one of these scammers let me know.
Chris
Kucky
Oh my God! Just opened my e-mail box and got following )))
My name is Sgt Paul Moore Iraq I have a deal for you.If interested reply using pmore111@yahoo.com.hk God bless America, Sgt Paul.
Interesting…. American Sgt. Serving in Irag…. but has Chinese address Kong e-mail address
Be carefull getting mails from
h.en.c.maliepaard@kpnplanet.nl
lisa ross
tony gagnon i told off tonight his enail tony gagnon39@yahoo.com i asked him for his army email he got pissed and f____ you he said
Vicky
Ladies… I have been talking to a guy name Sgt Patrick McDonald he send pictures to me, he ask about a phone to get to know each other better and I have not send and won’t give a man money or things unless I have been with him in a long term relationship thanks God. Anyway if some one has pictures of Sgt Patrick e-mail me and see if is the same person? I have Google Sgt Patrick and he is an Honorable Army man. Thank you. Oh…by the way this guy’s e-mail is mcdonaldpat98@yahoo.com
Daniel
I was on the website Swapfinder.com when a russian female contacted me. As this is a dating site I did not see this as a problem. Wehave been corresponding for a few weeks now and she seems legit but I am not sure. She has said “oh I love you” and such nonsense she has sent me many pictures all of the same very attractive woman and has vowed that she is coming to the states to meet with me. She has said that she is an english school teacher and that she was just able to receive a tourist visa so that she can get to the states. At first she asked me if I could help her out with paying for the visa; about $400; which would; according to her; cover the cost of the visa and some of the other expenses. It seemed that she was not receiving any of my emails to her for several weeks; then all of a sudden, like magic she said she got the money for the visa and now she says she has received the tourist visa. However, she now is asking me if I can pay for the plane ticket to get her to the states. I then received an email form her stating that she had a problem with her old email because someone stole her password and then gave me a new almsot identical email to correspond with. I have not sent her any money and the two times she has asked me for money it was less than $800 and I told her that I was short on money myself and would not be able to pay for either item. In fact to be completly honest I refuse to send her any money witout an Interpol background check. She has told me her name is Zhadna Popova and her email is babyblond07. I am a soldier deployed to OIF right now and am very paranoid of all human beings in general. I do not even trust about half my family completely. My first red flag was that she contacted me. Flag 2 was that she was Russian; nothing against people from Russia but the KGB still exists. Flag 3 was that I am a soldier in the US ARMY. Last flag was her asking for money even if it was a relatively insignifacant amount.
Does anyone else see this as bull puckey or is this legit enough to maybe be…
well; legit?
Angel
Daniel,
First, I am sorry that you are being scammed too, but maybe this is a blessing in disguise and you might also be able to help us find some of the soldiers whose identities are being used, and let them know what is going on. You can maybe direct them to this website and they can let us know it wasn’t them, like Sgt Rellinger proved he was not the man scamming. And also, Thank you very much for your service in protecting our country.
Teresa
Daniel:
Do you think this lady may have stolen your picture and ID and not they are using your name. Interesting… the guy who contacted me said he’s name was Daniel and in the army.
Daniel
I do not think so but if you could send me their email that would be great.
Marlene
Warning! She is probably is what they call a russian bride looking for a green card. Sorry be careful.
Marlene
My daughter and her fiance have just gone through the visa applications and guess what it cost them a lot more money than what this woman is saying she needs.Like I am talking thousands which covers paperwork, application fees etc. Please don’t send her anything. I smell a scam for sure. Good luck and all the best with the army career. Stay safe, take care.
donna
It sounds like a scam to me. She is probably looking for money or a visa like Marlene said. I would be very wary of her. You must feel something isn’t right or you wouldn’t be on this site. Go with your gut instinct.
Kucky
It is funny. I am from Ukraine, it is near by Russia. Once upon the time one English man contacted me he told me that he contacted very beautiful girl from dating site in Ukraine. He sent me her photo and she was realy of model appearence. He sent money for dating and got only her tel number and post address but then she dissappeared. He hot me just my name was close to her name. He asked me to check address in my city she gave to him. And exactly… Just another people lived under this address but not that girl … This man was fooled.
It is not matter of KGB. They are not so stupid to use daing sites to check anything… Russia now is the moden country and the matter of KGB is the matter of past times of the period of “cold war”. And it is just matter of mentality, many USA people still think that big black bears still going free along our streets.
The same to people. We are changed due to moden conditions of life. We are free independent we are able to allow many things. The life has become better, inspite of last year crisis. It is funny to hear about KGB in modern days. The situation in our countries is not so terrible as before, and there are not too many people who want leave anything and move to USA with any case.
Now we can get easily tour visa and go to see the life there before to understand if you want live there or not.
By the way to got USA visa is not so difficult and expencive.
Just tour-business multi visa for 5 years cost in my country is 100 USD… You may add some additional expences but they do not reach more than 50 USD.
There are a lot of discount programmes for plane tickets. And if you check it you may find ticket only for 500 USD to New York.
Yes there are different occasion in life. My girlfriend met USA guy who fall in love with her. And she really had no money for ticket to mover there. But this guy came to my country first, he met her and her paretns, he agreed that he really love this girl and he paid for her visa and her ticket.
So that if the girl ask for money from you first it means that you are fooled by not trustful person.
I think the main problem is the INTERNET. Whe you do not know who is sitting from other side of computer.
We, Russian girls, are also have a risk to meet not trustful man who need only money from you.
Shannon
Hey, Everybody! Here’s a new name for the list (and I will post the pics on CJ’s Hall of Shame): Col. Richard Smith. Widowed, based in New York, 8-year-old son living with a nanny and her British hubby in UK. Smith is supposedly in a hot combat zone in Afghanistan. I think there are two people writing to me, one whose grammar and phrasing are better than the other. First the special “telex” phone was mentioned as a way to see each other (no webcam, and Skype is not secure enough). Next, a $2250 processing fee for him to retire early to be with me, the fee will be repaid once he arrives in the U.S. I’ve already reported him to Yahoo.com, and PerfectMatch.com where he contacted me initially. I also took the form from “usmilitarytransit.com” (a private, not a military site) to a branch of the bank that the scammers wanted me to deposit money into, so now the bank and the Feds can join the hunt! I checked the IP address on the yahoo address — it is based in Quincy, Washington. Here’s the e-mail: ccolonelly@yahoo.com Stay safe out there, ladies! There are real and decent men out there!
–Shannon
Susan
yea big bull pucky!!!,
sorry, but its not like your the only one.
its a sad true fact, i was Military Intel myself and man I let this one slide thats how ashamed i am of myself, it should never have gotten past me AT ALL,
Poor Mr. Rellinger, i felt so bad for him and as i feel for all the rest that serve Canada and the States that have had identity theft issues.
these scammers have way to much time on theyre hands, they are just BIG LOSERS>>>>
Samantha
can anyone please help me to find out if this person is a who they say or am I being scammed.
“wentz Kelly” also this is the supposed military email address “kelly lingo” . He says his name is Kelly Magill Lingo and has sent me pictures of himself (supposedly. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
sillyflower
Hi Samantha,
Can you send me a picture of this guy at sillyflower913@hotmail.com to see if this is the person I think it is.
Thanks
Samantha
“kelly lingo” sgt.klingo [at] armymail dot com
“wentz Kelly” major_kwentz [at] yahoo dot com
sorry here are the addresses again
thank you
lisa ross
girls i did away with my yahoo messenger told off all the losers finally had enough of their lying and cheating. atleast the guy that i was with befor for 8 years i knew was real and not a scammer and pretende to be someone who he wasn’t
jayne dowling
i need to know something iam not sure if i have been scammed i meet a sgt scott morris on this uniform his surnname is lingo because he told me he didnt like the name lingo,i connected with him while he was out in irag at the time with the ts2militaryconnection which was alot of money to connect,ive been talking to him for over a year now,i sent him money over to irag through western union, over the first few weeks of knowing him scott wanted to leave the military and retire he said that he had my name registered with the military before he left camp as his next of kin i started to get email from john phil his financail director and also mail from a brandon tidor finance secretary on the papers that i got through the post stated that scottmorris of the 23rd artillery division in wa irag as far as i know the 23rd division as not been around for years i found out later that scott was in the 1st artillery division i have keep all the papers and the emails that was sent to me at the time, to bring you up too date scott as now gone missing in nigeria i havent spoken to him sence 9th may 2010 can you help in anyway and let me know if this is a scam if it is then i have lost alot of money and im on benefits because of having nerve damage down left side thank you of any help
lisa ross
girls i have done a good thing email me marlene pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Marlene
I don’t have your address Lisa do I ? Just email me if you like. My email is on here already a couple of times.
Susan
WHAt did you do, my antenna is up. and anything good you can do is great.
lisa ross
i hurt so bad why did he half to be a scammer i really never know if any of you ever need a good friend to talk let me know email me and i will give you my number
Marlene
LOisa I only have a yahoo address for you so you can email me. Take care. Marlene
Kucky
COMPENSATION AWARD AUTHORITY
Name: Mr. Samuel Johnson (Barrister)
Email: samueljohnson@secretarias.com
Phone: +234-802-837-7744
lawffirm@gmail.com
This BARRISTER is the “scammer lawer” not only military but other money prepositions can be sent to your e-mails.
James Law Firm Associates & solicitors
He may have different names but always finished with BARRISTER
If you ever see this name stay away from him.
lisa ross
stay away from harry legal services too
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jane b
hi cj,
remember i asked you advise about sending a birthday card to my doctor in afghanistan and he told me i could not, well he has replyed to me and said he is not just and ordinary officer and cant recieve cards. he is sergant george england/ psycholigist and can not supply me with a address over the internet. i am so confused now, what do i do.he is retiring soon after 26 years and is hoping to meet me, so if he has never asked for money what is he up to. please help.
Susan
Jane,
Just delete him and stay away, its useless to lose time and energy on this stuff. its all one big lie,of course hes not an ordinary officer it’s because hes sitting in a small African country doing this tormenting women,
i stay clear of the dating site stuff, but keep up with this blog site, you and everyone else should as well, its not worth the heartache and torment,
donna
Hi girls
I have just finished talking to the fake mark ehresman and got him. he quoted something I said on this site. Now we all know they are reading this site. In some cases they have to have some one read it to them. haha But BE AWARE and don’t give out your email addresses. Go thru CJ. Good Luck
colleen
Good on you Donna. Looking back on one message I wrote you about Ehresman and saying don’t you have anything better to do…..I’m so embarrassed and was so new to all this and didn’t know what this site was all about. Anyway job well done and I just wanted to say keep up with the good work. I keep up with this site everyday now to see what progress has been made by all of your hard work. I just want to say Thank you.
Teresa
The guy that I was chating with used the name Serg. Daniel Perez. Send me the form so I could get him a cell phone. Soon as I received the form I realized it was a scam. Didn’t send him any money… only sent him an e-mail telling him I had contacted the state police. Haven’t heard from him since.
lisa ross
how trues they are all assholes big time there isn’t a single one real
Carol
Greetings from a Comrade in Arms. I have been reading your posts and decided I should entertain you with some of my “war” stories. I am a 68 year old woman and won’t go into my reasons for being on dating sites. My first encounter was with a SSG Mike HAGGARD, who was in Afghanistan near Kabul. Had been in the army “all his life”. Somehow I knew from the beginning it was a scam, but got caught up in the sweet talk and his gorgeous smile. I fell for him. I have been married to a man who spent 26 yrs in military so I saw “Mike’s” errors right away, but denied it to myself. Cut to the chase… Finally decided to play. Told him I had a relative at the Pentagon who could help him…Uncle Joe…a Colonel with lots of pull. Everytime I mentioned Uncle Joe, SGT HAGGARD went ballistic. I did waste $200 just because I was curious. Even when I knew he wasn’t real, I felt a deep sense of loss and cried for days. Oh, he had a son, Cecil, who lived with relatives here and there. I did get the satisfaction of telling him he was a TERRIBLE father. The last straw was his asking me to send money so the son could have medicine. Someone forgot to do his homework and didn’t know military dependants get free medical. duh.
Well, after that, there was MARK COLE, an electrical engineer, who went to Nigeria on business and was mugged and beaten…needed $1000 for surgery. Then (4-star) General George W Casey…yep, US Army Chief of Staff (such audacity), then Gen. Randy Brooks…funny thing, Generals Casey and Brooks had exactly the same dream about seeing me on a pier…blah, blah. They are all Christians (choke, choke) so I witness to them. At the end, when I turned the tables, Brooks was penitent and claimed he had just been “born again”. The latest, a Jack Jordan, who inspected orphanages in Ghana (uh huh) didn’t get to the “I love you” stage. I ran out of time to waste. After I told him, among other things, that he was lower than whale crap and that was at the bottom of the ocean, and that I hoped he had a lot of time when he stood in judgement because God was going to read the list of innocent people he had scammed, he responded, “I am a Scammer.”
Now I’m on the hunt. I can spot them fairly quickly…now I AM THE ONE who can make up a really delightful life history, friends in high places, lots of money, totally IN LOVE, til I get bored and send them on a trip through shame and stupidity. I’m so busy being vindictive that I don’t have time to want a man. If we all gang up on them, maybe they will quit.
I am just amazed at how widespread this is. I thought it was just a few, but…wow. They’re everywhere. So come on friends, let’s go get ‘em….it can be fun.
Debra
Hi CJ,
I have tried to upload the photos you asked me for, how do I send them to you?
Also I found quite alot out about Thomes Draper, he is mentioned alot in several websites included the one below.
http://inwent-iij-lab.org/Weblog/2009/03/13/dating-scam-epidemic-hits-ghana/
He uses the email address thomesdraper9@live.com or thomasdraper1@live.com
I hope this information is useful to you and to those women that has been conned by him.
Best wishes,
Debra
CJ
Send them to me cj(at)soldiersperspective(dot)us
Teresa
And they are getting better. The guy who used the name Serg. Daniel Perez spoke (well wrote) English very well. He used all the correct verbage and correct spelling. Even sent jokes. You would have never know until the request for a cell phone came. So you can’t depend upon the way they write anymore.. they are truly getting better.
Carol
Teresa, maybe they’ve collected enough money to get an education. Wonder how many of these dimwits are actually children..?
Teresa
Here are few other names that have contacted me…. Robert Little, Philip Richard from Vorheers New Jersey, Arthur from Huntsville Alabama. The go to Yahoo personals and simply do a new search and change locations. I think there are some US citizens or men educated in the US who are now in on the scam. I guess they know were are wise to the “bad English”. Seems like they are trying to stay one step ahead.
Teresa
Another warming that the state police told me… even if you know they are scamming you don’t continue to converse with them. Do you know they can even hack in on your computer and look at the web sites you have visited. Even you bank when you check your balance. When you do go to your financial institutes web site be sure to always delete it from your recent bar at top which shows your recent web visits. I’m am just telling you gals this so you can be careful. When you get an e-mail from one of this people immediately delete it. If you get a request for chat deny it. THEY WILL TRY TO HACK IN ON YOUR COMPUTER IF THEY CAN’T SCAM YOU EASILY.
Carol
Thanks for this info, Teresa. I guess I should get a life instead of finding my fun in out-scamming the scammers. In the long run, it just isn’t worth the risks. I do believe that this must be some sort or syndicate or syndicates. Some of the names they use are interconnected, like the SCHWARTZ and BROOKS and HAGGARD. My Haggard had a friend named David WALTERS, but when I commented that his name tag said SCHWARTZ, there was a fumbled, stuttered, explanation. Also, I spoke by phone to “his aunt” in San Diego whose name was Teresa Bender (more info on that if requested), later on I got a phone call from a “Terrie” in Missouri. Said she was given my number by Teresa Bender, and it was regarding DAVID SCHWARTZ. I didn’t call back. If my info or experience can benefit anyone here, just contact me. I’ll quit “playing with the bums” for my own protection, but will cooperate with the good guys in whatever way I can to further the cause in getting these low lifes off the web.
Susan
hey Donna,
hear that? read Teresa 25 may
lisa ross
another one dennis richards from afganistan is deployed there is from texas but stationed in california
donna
we can never have to much info
the more we know the better
Thanks teresa
Teresa
What’s funny is that I went ahead last night and switched from yahoo personals to match.com (yahoo personals is shutting down) and do you know that within the first 30 seconds of being on-line I got 8 hits from these people. I know they are scammers… from states other than I live in and drop dead gorgeous. They are really quick. No one should ever mistake them as being dumb. I just learned if I get a message from a man that is out of state and that goodlooking its them.
Teresa
Carol:
I don’t know how to meet a good man. There are some good guys on the dating sites but we all have to be careful. EHarmony is the best. They even do background checks before letting anyone become a member. I don’t think there are very many scammers on there. Give it a try. It’s a little more expensive to join but in the long run it’s work it.
marion
Yea , thanks for the heads up , just met aguy on anotherfriend.com website and he gave me the email address which when i googled namenick2050 it brought me to this site telling me he is a scammer .. Thanks to Diane who posted it as you saved me from potentail trouble . I have his picture if any one wants it , email me at christmasromance@gmail.com and i will send it on . I have warned the website hosts also to block him . thanks Marion
Marlene
Marion send photo to CJ@soldiersperspective.us He will then put it up on the wall of shame on this site so as everyone can see him. Marlene
Debbie
does anyone know a Hannett
pauline
Hi Debbie, I have been talking to a man online by the name of Hannett. Says he is in Iraq and coming home in a month. He tells me his wife and child were killed in a car accident. His mom from UK and dad from USA. His home is supposedly in UK. He says he loves me and wants to come to marry me. He is a scammer. Be very careful. His full name he goes by is dicson leonado hannett. His email is dicson_leonado@yahoo.com. If you have some pictures please send to me so I can compare paulinepmo@hotmail.com. Please be very careful as I was just scammed myself by a guy using the Perez Young and i lost thousands of dollars. I met both these men on match.com.
JoJo
I’ve been chatting with a USA soldier – stationed in Afghanistan..he won’t mention his station #…his location. but he sure knows how to write romantic letters…not sure if guys are really eloquent that way.
I’ve asked him to write me more information…don’t think he will!
He goes by Irwin Kelly – fr New York, New York..I searched and found this site…the real soldier to which this name or picture too – I feel for him…not the person who is so cold heartedly posing as him.. I would like to post his military picture…maybe someone could notify this soldier of the scam that is being run on him…thank you…!
Debbie
Just confirmed thatHannett is a scam, he will stop at nothing and all he wants is money. A very sweet and charming man, he used web cam and all, he didn’t have his mustache so he did look different. Robert even had people calling my house acting like they were the police that they arrested him at the air port wanting $1900.00 so he will do anything even started a facebook today because she wasn’t going to send him $500.00 dollars that he was wanting today. He fixed two, one in uniform and put George Hannett and the other as Robert Hannett so you can look him up on facebook. There was one already so I don’t know if it is the real Hannett or not but I did email him. Thank you Pauline so very much, not only for your help but for your kind words.Pauline George is the one that is the same picture that you had.
Debbie
Michelle
someone named Austin Jordan. Says he’s a SGT in the Air Force but kept calling me honey and claims to be widowed. I think it’s a scam. He is on both Plenty of Fish and Singlesnet.com
Marlene
Sure sounds like it Michelle.
Debbie
what about a Henry Bowman. he stated that his name is Eugene but when he emailed me it gave Henry Bowman,, Please Help Me Out
Thank you
Dawn
JJ
Check his ip address. I have a brother that goes by his middle name, but his email show his first name so you never know.
Julia
Hi there
I was contacted on Uniform Dating by a Master Sgt Frank Phillips Edwards. Thanks to CJ and this website I realised that he was a scammer before too much harm was done (besides to my heart). I just dont know how people can be so cruel.
Thanks everybody for all the info.
Hugs
Julia
JJ
I am glad you found out before you lost all your money like some people have.
debbie
I’ve been contacted by Frank Phillips Edwards also. He’s been sending the most wonderful emails, then suddenly he wants me to send him a Blackberry Bold 2 (very specific), alarm bells rang straight away, and after a little search, it didn’t take long, I found this site, and low and behold Franks name is on here.
These scammers are so cruel trying to manipulate you. Thank goodness I found this site.
donna
Debbie
Check his ip address. But it sounds funny to me. Proceed with caution.
maryann
i came in here before and i still am not sure whether anyone in here knows the man that i am still talking to .. but being very careful with .. he is telling me his name is Ryan Scott .. Scott Ryan .. his uniform says relinger .. which he says he doesnt use until he knows the person he is talking to .. in Iraq a captain ..i have pictures of him .. he is not on your photo site . I have a feeling he knows i dont think he is for real .. and i think that he is talking to others right now .please let me know if you have heard of him or if he exists … he says he is in the 4th Infantry Division 09323
Brigade Combat Team,10th Mountain Division. thats the APO he gave me .. thank you ..
JJ
if he is giving his APO he is probably a real soldier
CJ
Not true. First off, that’s not an accurate address, APO or otherwise. Second, they lose nothing by finding an APO online and giving it to you. You’ll never know he didn’t get it because those boxes rarely get returned.
Maryann, this guy is a fraud. Rellinger is a real Soldier and has commented on this blog and I can guarantee you this Scott Ryan or Ryan Scott is not him!
Patricia
Girls…your best bet to go out and find local men…scammers are going to try to get money from you and nothing more…so don’t even responsed…easy answer don’t you think????
lisa ross
how true low life scum bags
CJ
Hey everyone. I want you to meet one of the Soldiers being used in these scams, MSG Mark Ehresman. Click here to read his story.
Debra
Hi, is it possible you can look at my picture that i recieved from a guy who tried to scam me, hes posing as a major, i know its not him in the pic, but im curious to see who he is actually is, hope you can help, it makes me sick that they can use innocent people.
Jan
Thanks everyone for being vigilant. My new “love” Staff Srg Philip Miller is on the rampage again. I told him I had 2 people writing to me, one quite literate and the other unable to speak the queens english correctly. Go to you tube and type in Philip Miller he is on there. I am one savvy aussie lady please be careful, old addage if it looks too good to be true, you can be sure it is. Power to you all
Catherine
I just had a so called Ryan Preston contact me via myspace under the name Kenneth Preston with two photos in civilian clothes. He later added a photo in uniform with the name Ryan. Stated that he was located in Erbil, Iraq. Took the person less than a week to bring TS2 up. His originating ip was from Nigeria and the company using AOL in the states. Poor grammar and the incessant use of “baby” were common in chat. However the emails and ecards were written by a different person all together. I believe there is more than one person at work here. Oddly enough. After I confronted the person with the fact I had been tracking them from day one I received final statement before blocking me.
“hey you need to come down here (Iraq) if you really want to know whats going on”
Im sorry ladies but I am starting to believe that there are some military members with too much time on their hands.
Marlene
I did pick up on the time that they had to sit and chat. Any real soldiers fighting in either Afghanistan or Iraq or anywhere else for that matter gets very little time to chat on a computer.
lisa ross
oh yeah these men are real losesrs when you tel you have no money they are gone quicker then shit
Catherine
This is a good place for educating women but has anyone reported this to the authorities in order to prevent more women(and poossibly man)from being affeted? I am located in Manitoba, Canada, have all the information ready but unsure who to hand it over to.
The receiver of the funds must provide identification in order to obtain the wire transfer, if I am not mistaken. Mine was Richard Abrey in Savannah, GA. I am confident the proper authorities would be able to catch these guys if we forward our information.
I have no doubt that you are all kind hearted and beautiful women. You did nothing wrong in wanting to believe.
True love will give and ask nothing of you. ….Stay strong
Catherine
Lets not only raise awareness, but work together towards nailing these guys.
WE CAN get them shut down. The closer/money receiver is the guy thats easiest to nail. Without that person no one gets paid. I believe this is a group of people networking together. Several openers(love of your life) and one or two closers with either fake id or using their own. I know about this because the RCMP has a special task force which has effectivly shut down hundreds of these operations over several years.
Lee
Yes, these guys are very good. Mine went by the name Dennis Gray. Although he had sent me a picture with the name ending in NETT previously. What a dolt. Here’s the thing ladies, this guy was good, no issues with grammer. Very well versed. I was intentionally trying to trip him up and he rolled right along. The only time I did trip him was when he told me he was 1/2 English and 1/2 American and when I pressed him reagrding what the American 1/2 was he couldn’t provide details. He likely also goes by the name Paul Anderson as he said that was his friend.
Lee
Oh btw, he popped up on Match.com with me.
lisa ross
catherine when you tell the fbi or any army man they say there is nothing they can do
Catherine
Lisa. They obviously feel it is not a high priority but trust me, they can definately do something about it. I’ve worked for AT&T, Comcast and currently an internet provider here in Canada. Internet providers co operate with the authorities making it easy to pinpoint the exact location of an IP. Movie & music companies are able to sue or issue warnings via isp’s to people dowloading their content illegally. These people in turn get a nice letter stating to knock it off.
I should point out that only the frontmen appear to be messaging from a within a certain radius of Nigeria(could be in Iraq) Depends on what type of connection they are using. i.e. dialup, dsl or satellite. The internet provider is located in Nigeria and is not the biggest issue. The money is being collected within the United States. The authorities are obgligated to get off their fat donut butts and bring people to justice in their territory. I bet they would if we nagged them enough and pointed out that this could happen to any one of their own family members. Otherwise this will continue as it has been for what, at least a year now? As nurturing women by nature we will always want to believe and there are many years worth of us to go through ultimately giving these guys the dream retirement we can only dream of by destroying our dreams of a life partner. So many peoples lives are being destroyed or put through hell.
Stand up for what you believe in …even if it means standing alone when it comes to bringing these so called people to justice.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
~Marquis De Vailantcourt~
Catherine
An act was passed in the United States(2001) enhancing domestic security to protect Americans against terrorism. It is noted that there was a provision made, which stated that law enforecement agencies could use information obtained for regular criminal activies on American soil and not just against terrorism. I could go on but in case you havent, this it is definately worth reading and will take away the urge to talk to anymore possible scammers on the internet. Or at least for awhile
http://epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
http://epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/sunset.html
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Jessica
I recieved an email from Andrew Likierman Sanchez stating he was a captain in the Navy and was due back in the states June 17th. We chatted for a two months and he asked me for money for his mother’s surgery. 2000.00 to be exact. I said no and to never contact me again. I also told him I will contact the authorities and report him. Wow to think I wasted my time on this man when I could have been doing something else. Beware!
Broken-hearted
I have heard from an Andrew Sanchez as well..
Jessica
Yeah I must have scared him off because I have not heard from him……..Thank God.
Broken hearted
Two more names for me:
Andrew Sanchez, alleged LT in the Navy
Kenneth Heicken, alleged SGT in the Army
maddy
two days ago I was contacted on the site http://www.connectingsingles.com by an American military with the Nick: lovingst
left me his mail and after he wrote and sent her pictures …. the person is Steve Lopez …. last night I sent all these data and photos at your site …Thanks to you and this blog I have rescued by another cheat … my greetings and God bless.Maddy.
lisa ross
another one dennis richards he says he is 40 but his profile says 43 and he says he is from texas but his profile says nevada i asked him why it said that and he left i love playing with their heads since they can play head games scott schwartz went missing action wanted 30,000.00 for a lawyer in the united kingdom he said he had 30,000,000,000.00 that was in a account in dubai hahahahahahahah
Gail
RE: Lt Col George Patterson
Ladies,
Beware, Lt Col George Patterson is back on facebook, with a picture, he’s a Nigerian Scammer. Look him up at georgepa01@live.com
Juliet Kuma
Hello Dear
My name is Juliet i saw your Profile today when i was searching for a Soul Mate and i admire it i think we can make it together to become friends, therefore i would like you to contact me back through my Email ( julietkuma@hotmail.com )so that i will tell you more about myself and i will also send you my photo as soon as you contact me back.Hopping to hear from you soonest,UNDERSTAND THAT LOVE IS ONE,Bless WITH LOVE AND TRUST Thanks and God bless you
Yours new friend
Miss Juliet. with love and trust.
( julietkuma@hotmail.com )
Carolyn Pihl
Colonel Moxon Clark has been active recently on a British dating site called Fun at Fifty. He made the mistake of sending me a photo and I realised that Majors do not have 4 stars on their collar and a quick Google found he was using the photo of General Wesley Clark. He hasn’t hit me for any money yet, he doesn’t even know my last name or my address or phone number, but beware.
tracie
Cj could u help me please, i really need to know if the guy i was talkin to is real he told me he was stationed in Kabul in special forces, his name appears on here 2 times i have left replies but have seen nothing else. I fell for him and still have those feelings i have not spoken to him in over 2 months he told me he was goin on a mission and that he loved me. Can u please tell me how i can find out if he is real and if he is i need to find out if he is alive or not his name is ssg Ernie Heitman if anyone else has talked to him please contact me my email address is chevywife@bresnan.net please help me find the truth. Thank you.
Carolyn Pihl
By the way, Col. Moxon Clark’s IP address is coming out of Ghana. Bit of a distance from Camp Liberty, Iraq.
Moi` A`Layne
So, with all I have read here, are there ANY sites where a person can safely meet someone military? I was raised by it, then married to it, now I work for it as an Intern. Just in the genes I guess. It is a shame that morons out there do things like this and give our REAL guys a foul name. No wonder no one was giving a soldier walking in the downpour out here a ride and he was fully packed out and carrying luggage in both hands and this was at the Post Welcome Center to boot! I stopped and asked if I could help though and I am glad I did. He was a family man trying to get Home and his family didn’t know he was getting in early. I was priviledge and honoured to see a Welcome Home Daddy that brought tears.
JJ
On any dating site you go to you will find lots of these scammers. But there are alot of good men and women on them also. You just have to look for the signs of it being a scammer. I am telling you this from personal experience. I have found the most wonderful man. Remember if they start telling you they love you with just a few emails and there grammer and spelling are sometimes good and sometimes bad they are more then likely a scammer. Ask them questions for scammers do not like to answer them. Ask for their military address. A scammer can not give you one. Good luck and remember there are plenty of good men out there.
loveisfree
A guy named Kenny Schultz messaged me on Match.com then wanted to communicate on yahoo messenger. He had 2 military photos and a pic in regular clothes. He said he came to US from Germany when he was 19. So that would explain his bad grammar….well what sent red flags up for me was when he was questioning me as to whether I owned my home and about my job. His parents are both deceased. His profile said he was from Oregon, but the next day the profile was not there, so another red flag. I recently was talking to a real soldier in Iraq, as I had dated him a couple years earlier and he would at least talk about going on patrol or how crazy things were there…but this guy has not been able to talk about what he does at all. So then I sent him an email but I attached an email tracker called GetNotify.com and when he checked it I was notified and I saw that the IP address was coming from Ghana so I knew it was NOT real.
So ladies try the tracker and you will see where the email is checked from.
Never give them personal info…as you should never give anyone on the internet private information…not even your full name or address or where you work.
Good Luck ladies….and beware!!!!
misty
beware of CHRIS JOHN DANE E6 stationed in ramadi iraq he is a scammer!!!!!
Kucky
http://www.tagged.com/
Be careful with this site. Clinton Kelly is scammer. Atlanta , GA
Loree
I meet one, nice looking man , through me off for three weeks match.com .. 40 year old sgt with black hair and black eyes, starting caring for this person, sad to say the soldier is real and being used also. Sucks on both acct.. Wish we could warned them that their pictures are being used this way.Hurts when the truths come out.
Tracy
Loreen
These man have perfected there act and know just how to make us women fall for us , I have spent 6 mths falling in love with a SGT CHARLES LECAIN now i know he is a scammer also using the name SGT CHARLES LEACAIN a very nice looking man says hes 46 but looks 35ish happy to share photos with anybody ??? also feel very SORRY for the real soldier whos ID is being used , have also had communications with a SGT SIMON ROBERTS and a LT.HANK COLINS have telephone numbers for all of these men there active on kissingate and tagged
Please email me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
Marlene
Tracy sent the pics to CJ and he can add them to the wall of shame.
Tracy
I did several days ago but nothing on here yet ??
Carolyn Pihl
Here’s a new one – Calvin Thomas Ben – Special Forces of course. Haven’t even gotten around to rank, etc., because I told him “I don’t like Americans and I’m a pacifist.” Actually, I am an American, but I want to see what response if any I get. He contacted me through a Seniors dating site in the UK, where I live (and where I met the previous scammer, Col. Moxon Clark). They’re like weeds, they keep popping up.
Carolyn Pihl
And actually what is particularly interesting is that the IP address is London.
ja
Hi,
I been talking to a us army in iraq (uscae) after knowing him from muslima.com. He is supposed to be on the flight back to us today. He said he sent package that contained laptop, mobile phone and jewelry to me.
However the package sent using gexprex courier service now on hold by china custom and i need to pay us$2.8k for them to release them. I didnt sent the money as requested by the courier person.
Earlier, I called the number at the website which is uk number and the person who picked the call was the same that called me to ask about the payment.
Am i being scammed?
Marlene
Sorry Ja but yes you are being scammed. Sorry
Tracy
Please ladies STOP paying these so called DIPLOMATS anything via western union NO soldier needs to pay for his TRANSIT GRANT LIFETIME BENEFIT or TELEPHONE in the past 10 days i have managed to collect a few names of these so called DIPLOMATS one keeps popping up SYLVIA JONES, LIVERPOOL i have several other names please contact me also yet agin the name LT HANK COLINS keeps popping up yet another fake
email me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
Tracy
Hi again everybody today i have set up a FACEBOOK group called US ARMY DATING SCAM please feel free to join and add any NAMES or PHOTOS u may have
its 10 days since i found out i was scammed and im finding more people this has happened to daily …..WE NEED TO STOP THESE MEN SO UNITED WE STAND
Tracy
tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
Gillian
I have been on a dating site, for the over 50s and was contacted by a Capt Chris Kepley the spelling is terrible, widowed, in Afganistan one son who lives with a male friend! Sometimes spells his name as cris, he is also on Facebook – check it out as its very weird needless to say I have blocked him and reported him to the site.
Gillian
Forgot to add his email is angeliclove62@gmail.com
Gillian
How are you doing today,Am so happy to read back from you.You sound so real and seems to have a good heart,and I have to Thank you for telling me your mind.I cant see any distance when we talk of serious relationship,Who Knows…. We just have to find someone special and live a happy life.I wish I could get to know you better and see how things go with us if u dont mind..Smiles.We best of friends too.Please think about this..OK.
My Name is Cris Kepley,Am a captain in the US army,Am Originally from State In LA,Though I was born in UK before my parent relocated to Calif where I went to Military school.Am a very happy man and love what life as bring to me not until when I lost my darling wife xx.
I lost my wife 8 years ago, and my life as been so lonely and bored.Though it takes me years to get over it but am glad that am OK now,since life must go on.Am a complete gentle man,Am honest and trustworthy,I can be shy, quiet & modest at times. In recent years I’ve become more outgoing and assertive and somewhat competitive due to my job , though it’s not natural, I’m working on being more outgoing and assertive in my personal life. I’m proud of my accomplishments and I’m pretty happy with the way my life has gone so far. I’m close to family and friends, I’d like to find someone to have fun with. Someone to build a long term relationship with. I like children and nature. I love taking long walks through interesting neighborhoods or area parks.Am also planning to relocate back to UK very soon..All I seek for is someone to make me happy.
I really love your profile and it makes me feel good going through them,I will really love to know more about u and get to know u better and see what happens,Who knows what may happen xxxx My son stays with a friend in Newcastle,He is only 12years of age.We are best of friends since I lost his mum and he did not wish to stay in state since he keep on remembering her mother and this make me take him to my friend James,so he can stay with him in Newcastle,So I can move later to him after I finish my duty here.I love to cuddle, hold hands, long hugs and kisses. I’m generally very romantic and love to give flowers, a little gifts or an email or just leave a VM message for her just to tell her I’m thinking about her..I wish U could accept me the way I am and lets see if things could work out for us xx Smiles xxx Please tell me more about u and let me know when u will be online later in the day and lets see maybe we can hook up and have a nice chat,I will be much delighted to talk with you..i dont see any distance when we talk about a serious relationship..it’s worth searching and tighten every areas to ensure the perfect one. xx Please send me your recent pics. Cant wait to have a nice chat with u xx,Please tell me when u will be back Online,I will be waiting here for you,To have a lovely chat
Cris
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julie chestnut
I just was chatting with this guy and did some investigating because I was suspicious and while chatting with him told him that he was a fraud and i was reporting him. I want these guys to know they can’t get away with this anymore. Luckily I did not send any money or give out any information.
Gillian
The above is the email
Heidi
Hi Ladies,
Just a heads up to let you know that the scammer using the photo’s with the surname Miller on the army uniform is still at it. He is now using the names Mark Miller and Markus Miller. Previously used Jeff, James, Richard and Philip Miller.
Take Care
Heidi
michael horsewood
hi. my auntie has been chatting to someone claiming to be in the us army. at the minute i not sure of rank. his name is james murray, has anyone else been chatting to this guy if so send me more details please. also if ya can people can you email me instead of getting back to me on here. my email address is marriedmike@live.co.uk many thanks really hope to hear from you soon. ohhh also (james murray) claims to have a son called jeffery.
Tracy
Update after being scammed by a soldier calling himself SGT CHARLES LECAIN yesterdat i managed to track down the real soldier whos ID is being used his name is Christopher J Lecain a serving soldier , i did contact the US army and was shocked by there response i was told to contact my local police in the UK ???? so i took the move and emailed Christopher on Facebook he was even able to tell me when the photos of him were stolen and where from hes only 32 not 46 as his scammer is saying says hes been told his id has been used in the past !
please check out my facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM and feel free to add ur picts and name of the soldier
Tracy
broken-hearted
How were you able to track down the real identity of the solider?
Tracy
It wasnt easy but i did it with help from the internet and facebook please feel free to join the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM add any pictures u may have of ur scammer and then i will message u and see what i can do
Tracy
julie chestnut
talk to anyone that has been in the military and they will give you questions to ask them that will prove their real identity. I found that in talking with the two guys I did they don’t know any american movies so that was a give away and other subtle things. always be cautious.
michael horsewood
did u get my last message on here people
maddy
Attention women this letter still in internet …and dear and lovely scammer Steve Lopez still online con this mail:lonelyheartsteve@yahoo.com
Hello,
How are you doing?…my name is steve lopez i am 43years old … One kid,a blonde hair blue eye whiteboy! Love the little boy! Kelvin is my Joy…he is in nanny home!! i have been in US Army 6 years Love it! Ride and collect Harleys and travel a whole bunch maybe too much. Some traveling for pleasure some for biz just LOTS of traveling..i lost my ex die 5years ago….i have been missing someone i will share the rest of my life with …i am 5ft11 and my weight is 90kg i am down to heart,caring,loving,ready to love and be loved with all my heart…I keep my apartment clean and tidy. I don’t use bad language. I like to take care of my body, I exercise reguraly and eat healthy. These are all things you can appreciate….i am a sergeant in Us amry now i am in Baghdad camp in Iraq for peace keeping..i like travelling,cooking,going to beach..Genera Art and bikes traveling and there is nothing wrong with high power weapons. When gloomy shoot some rounds off or blow something up…i love music,you name it polka is freaky and goofy rock on. Chill out music on the beach and mellow flamenco from time to time..
Am on the site to look for my soul mate too and i believe in knowing each other and like to be totally devoted.i want to meet someone who is faithful,honest,trust worth..and that can be totally devoted to me and i will do same to her.i do believe in know each other first….see where it will end..and i like been totally devoted.am happy to know you are serious too about your searching…am very serious here too and am very committed someone and i need this in a woman too…i will be mailing you too..i will want us to keep in contact and see what the future hold for us and i like everything i read about you and tell me what you are looking for in a man……here i want to have happy home with my future wife and support her in everything she do and i will always be there to serve and make her happy…i will be looking forward to read from you.tell me more about yourself and send your picture too…what i mean by spoiling my woman is taking very good care of her and done want anything to come near her
Thanks,
Steve
ohhh I’m crying from emotion.brrrrrrrrrrrrrr
maddy
Any of you knows how is Col. James Dabrowski? recently wounded in Kabul by the Taliban and also much worry because his mom is going not well …
you want to know where he was wounded? her side behind..
I’m verry worry ..hahaha also this man is scammer.
the real Colonel is called ADAM j. DABROWSKI.
chrissy
I have been scammed by a man saying he was Col. Frank Harvey. He has taken my by the thousands. tens of thousands, making all these lies and false promises, HELP ME !!! HIS NAME SO HE SAYS IS FRANK MICHEAL HARVEY COLONEL IN AFGHANISTAN… IF YOU CAN HELP ME I WOULD GREATELY APPRECIATE IT.DOB 12/10/60
chrissy
HIS EMAIL FOR THIS COL.FRANK HARVEY IS COL.HARVEY01@YAHOO.COM / FRANK SAYS HE’S FROM BEVERLY HILLS CALIFORNIA. that we were to go there and live in his mansion yeah right… he removed his profile during our 1st talk.He said it was because he had met the right one, me ,,,ha lol he has faked this identity and has even black mailed me for money, at this time he has got total without western union fees 21,000.00 and was asking for more. his lies wrecked my hopes and my bank acct
chrissy
Does anyone have any information to help me?he’s taken everything including my trust. my email is cmb284@yahoo.com If you have any contact or have been scammed also…maybe someone can help me, as i’m feeling the shame right now.
chrissy
THE THINGS I HAVE NOTICED WITH THESE SCAMMERS #1 THEY FALL DEEPLY MADLY IN LOVE INSTANTLY #2 THEY REMOVE THEIR PROFILE INSTANTLY.#3 THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU WORK? HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE? #4 THEY SAY THEY HAVE FELL MADLY IN LOVE NEVER LIKE THIS.#5 THEY ALL ARE WIDOWS #6 THEY HAVE 1 CHILD.#7 THEY GAIN TRUST AND LOVE BY THESE WORDS, LOVE, FOREVER, ETERNITY, YOU ARE MY LIFE.#8 THEY ARE PREDICTABLE AND RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE EMERGENCY.ex he said he was so upset about me breaking up that he made a bad judgement call killing men ,,, that was when i broke,He said he needed additional 6-to 8,000 to pay off the officers that was to SEAT on his judgement calls that I needed to send him the 8,000.00 to shut them up , that a commander schwartz was helping him stay out of the hole, A DARK PLACE LIKE PRISON, WHERE HE GOT NO WATER OR FOOD , NO BLANKET,JUST A HARD BENCH.I didn’t send but 1,000.00 then it became so clear with my prayers and looking to a friend for advise.She had encountered a scammer. pls help me . cmb284@yahoo.com ps thanks for listening. If these alligations are true, someone please tell me. That’s how convincing these scammers are.I have encountered more than one.They start with loving you like no other in the world.Then it gets to be habit, waiting every moment watching messenger for them to come on… sadness and feelings that hurt they falsley make them go away,with their cunning manipulative ways. It’s hard to even talk about this.But in doing so, it makes me feel that i’m not alone and theres finally some sense being made to the motives , I’m the type that i love to help people and moving me to Beverly Hills to live in his mansion with 8 masters , pool, security”live” the pool, jacuzzi, bmw he had imported from italy, his making me feel like I was a princess, THAT HE COULD’NT ACCESS HIS MONEY IN ANYWAY, NOT MOVING IT OR TOUCHING IT ,,,HE FAKED TRYING TO GET IN AND HE DIDNT CONTACT ME FOR DAYS, HE SAID THEY THROUGH HIM IN THAT BLACK HOLE.AS PUNISHMENT. HURT, EMBARRASSED AND BROKE,,,,
chrissy
THIS MAN SAYING HE WAS A COL. THEN TELLING ME HE WAS HAVING HIS DEAD BODY SENT TO ME IN A BODY BAG. THIS ISN’T FUN AND HE WAS CLEARLY FACING MENTAL NEEDS. TO SCAM SOMEONE THAT’S 1 THING , BUT THESE ACTIONS ARE WORSE THAN I CAN SAY.ASKING FOR MONEY AND SAYING THESE HORRID THINGS ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS.
i JUST SENT CJ THE PICTURE I SENT. THIS IS JUST EXPLAINING 1 SCAMMER I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY.TY FOR YOUR HELP AND FOR STARTING THIS SITE.I HAD NO WHERE TO TURN. UNTIL NOW.
Dee
Hi,
I was almost scammed myself by someone calling himself Sgt. Fernandez Moore on BBPeopleMeet.com. This one is very slick, his English is better than most! Ladies be careful!
Thanks,
Dee
chrissy
Girls, there’s more to this story the man saying he’s col.frank harvey01@yahoo.com .he says he has a son 10 living in the UK with his late wifes sister, he has really took a lot of money from me.Stating he was coming home to live the rest of his life with me. to give me the life i deserved, that he was so greatful for me saving his life by sending the money for his release, THERE IS NO RELEASE… it’s all lies he talked about so many things he wanted for me.never talking about details and specifics, said that was the surprise that his father was in lucrative( money making) textiles ( yarn or cloth of any type) he said he was taking me to rodeo drive in bev hills to get everything, that i would be picked up by a military staff airplane and escorted to the welcome home yeah,,his promises and letters were so awesome, they’re like a fairy tale and i was to wear on the plane a ball gown for the welcome home ball at the lax where we both were flying into on the same day, some commander was to make the arrangements thomas schwartz ,,commschwartz@yahoo.com i was to meet him there then proceed with our life after a white limo was to pick us up and a convoy was to follow us home.did i mention i paid over 3,000.00 just for the welcome home? i went out and bought an evening suit 500.00 with gem shoes almost 200.00 . he told me not to pack anything, that he was buying me all new. He said he was going to treat me like the angel i was.then when i stopped sending money he was different and seemed to have multiple anger issues along with sadness and depression.I don’t think he’s in the military.I went to a site called romancescams.com there was many things like letters, pictures, blogs, so much stuff that i seen then he was in fact a scammer.He was there online everyday, telling me everything from the movie “PRETTY WOMAN”. it fits the ball gown, the limo, he referred to himself as my knight in shining armour.I’m a highly educated lady it takes a lot to sway my judgement.he knew what to say and when to say it , he 1sy asked me to send an email to MILITARYADMIN@MILITARYTRANSITDEPARTMENT.COM
THERE WAS A COL.SUSAN CROAKLEY OVER THE ADMINISTRATION DEPT YEAH RIGHT , then the person to pick it up i have everything. there was an email following and from there it sky rocketed through the roof , where money and lies come in.If it seems too good to be true then it is,,, WHO DO I GIVE THESE RECIEPTS TO WESTERN UNION TO? IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN GET ANY OF OUR MONEY BACK? I THINK IT SHOULD BE GARNISHEED FROM THEIR WAGES, HE I THINK IS THE BEST LIAR I HAVE EVER MET AND I WAS SO HURT.
chrissy
LADIES AND GENTS STAY AWAY FROM THESE DATING SITES THEY SHOULD BE NAMED WWWSCAMMERSANONYMOUS.U R BROKE.COM THANK GOD FOR THIS SITE.I COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT.IT’S NOT EASY TO TELL PEOPLE THIS STORY AND IT HURTS DEEPLY TO REVEAL YOUR INNERMOST VULNERABILITIES.MY EMOTIONS ARE’NT WORN OUT ON MY SLEEVE.I’M A VERY PRIVATE PERSON AND THIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME CRY AND HURTS ME SO MUCH YOU CANNOT IMAGINE.IT DRAINED MY SAVINGS AND HE WAS PROMISING TO REPAY ME WITH INTEREST YEAH RIGHT, THERE IS NO I N T E R E S T HE SIMPLY DIDNT CARE WHO HE HURT.I CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, AND NO ONE WOULD EVEN TALK TO ME. UNTIL I FOUND THIS SITE ,,, THIS HAS ALL BEEN LOCKED UP INSIDE ME…
chrissy
THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL IS THIS ” IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT IS” . DON’T FALL FOR THIS IN LOVE IMMEDIATELY STUFF.LOVE IS SOMETHING THAT GROWS WITH RESPECT AND MUTUAL LIKES AND HONESTY.HOW CAN ONE FIND THESE WITHOUT MEETING?WHEN YOU HEAR SOUL MATE, OR MY PERFECT LOVE? THEY COULD BE ANYONE MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBOR.IT HAS TAKEN ME MANY MISTAKES TO LEARN THIS.WHEN THEY AS SCAMMERS READ YOUR PROFILE : THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE AND HOW TO PLEASE YOU.THEY’RE GOOD TOO. WHEN I SENT AN EMAIL TO MY SCAMMER BEFORE I CLICKED ADD TO MY RECIPIENTS,,, IT SAID CONNECTED TO NAMES AND SOME LADY HAD LEFT A MESSAGE, I JUST CLICKED HER NAME, IT TAKWES YOU TO THAT PROFILE, ANYTHING THATS A DIFFERENT COLOR IS A LINK…THERE’S A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN YOUR INBOX.SEND YOUR SCAMMER AN HI EMAIL LOOK AT THE PLACE BEFORE YOU CLICK OK, THERES CONNECTIONS, PROFILES THEN ON THE PROFILES LIKE MESSENGER CLICK ON THEIR PROFILE ,, YES JUST THE WORD PROFILE, YOU WILL BE AMASED TO SEE WHAT YOU FIND..THAT’S HOW I FOUND I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE SEEKING HIS LOVE AND AFFECTIONS.THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO HAD LEFT A MESSAGE ON THE PROFILE.THERES ALSO ALL THE CONNECTIONS THERE:-) JUST CLICK ON EACH ONE,DON’T GET ANGRY OR HURT.IT’S KNOWLEDGE THAT’S ALL WE WANT IS KNOWLEDGE. BEWARE OF WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PROFILE ON ANY DATING SITE !!!!! THEY USE THAT AS KNOWLEDGE , IT’S LIKE THEY KNOW THE INNERMOST YOU… BE VAGUE ,IF YOU HAVE TO BE THERE? DO YOU? NEVER BAIT A SCAMMER !!!JUST DELETE AND BLOCK THEM.iT’S HARD TO BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE TRUE.IF WE DIDN’T THINK THEY’RE SCAMMERS, WHY ARE YOU READING THIS??? READING THESE TESTIMONIES IS THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING FROM THE HABIT OF WAITING FOR THEM TO COME ON LINE…RING A BELL??? THEY’RE MORE A HABIT THAN LOVE.LET’S BREAK THAT HABIT, AND STOP THE WAITING.MY LIFE WAS STIFFLED AND I COULD’NT GET ANYTHING CONSTRUCTIVE DONE IN MY LIFE , BECAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR DAYS ON END ,
FOR A FICTIONAL PERSON.
chrissy
COL.FRANK HARVEY
chrissy
A FEW MONTHS AGO I MET A STEVEN_GR1@YAHOO.COM
HE SAID HE WAS WIDOWED AND KNEW BY 1ST SIGHT I WAS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.HE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED HIS PROFILE AS ALL SCAMMERS DO, BUT I HAD COPPIED AND PASTED IT. AH HA WAS HE EVER SURPRISED , THOUGH I NEVER TOLD HIM I DONE THIS.HE SWOONED ME WITH LOVE LETTERS AND WAS WITH MULTIPLE WOMEN ALSO, HE KNOCKED MY SOCKS OFF , WITH HIS BULLCRAP LIES AND BEGGING FOR MONEY.
WHEN I SAID NO HE WOULD THROW A FIT.
THEN HE WOULDN’T CONTACT ME, PUNISHING ME.
THERE’S NO LOVE
IT’S ALL FAKE
HE WANTED TO MAKE A HAPPY HOME WITH ME
HE USED ALL MY PROFILE WORDS AGAINST ME
HE CLAIMED TO BE EVERYTHING I WANTED
HE WAS A LIAR AND A THIEF
I NOTICED THERE WAS LONG PAUSES BETWEEN SENTENCES, THAT’S OTHER WOMEN HE WAS SCAMMING TOO.
JUST ASK THEM SOME PERSONEL INFO,HA YEAH
NO ANSWERS,,,CLICK
THAT’S CLUE # 1
THEN HE SAID DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT WOMEN.
HE GOT US CONFUSED
SAY SOMETHING LIKE THE BRACELET YOU PROMISED ME. WITH NO PROMISES AT ALL? SEE WHAT HE SAYS
JUST ASKING QUESTIONS MAKES THEM ANGRY.
I SENT HIM MONEY THROUGH A DIPLOMAT NAMED DESMOND ADO IN GHANA. 7TH PRONTON ST.ACURA
THEN THE DIPLOMAT WOULD CONTACT ME STATING HE NEEDED FUNDS TO GET THE FUNDS TO HIM. HA
AFTER 3,300.00 HE STILL KEPT AFTER 2,700.00 MORE NO WAY.NOTHING WILL EVER BE SENT FROM ME EVER AGAIN.
IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THEM
YOU DON’T HAVE ANYONE TO VARIFY THEM
THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO FAMILY
NOT EVEN A BANKER OR NEIGHBOR?
EVERYONE HAS A FRIEND
N O M O R E M O N E Y F R O M M E !!!
val
thanks for all the info..I wish I had been directed to this site before I fell for my scammer!!! just as chrissy says…a pretty set game plan and using the diplomat…my apparent fictional soldier is capt larry christopher..heads up ladies
michael horsewood
hi my auntie has been chattin to someone in the us army called james murray. has anyone else heard of this name before
michael horsewood
please get back to me peeps
JJ
I have not heard that name come up before. They’re are some real soldiers on the dating sites. If your aunt will allow you to see some of the chats look for inconsistent spelling and use of english. If he has sent any emails check the ip address to see where it is coming from. If they ask for money or gifts for any reason they are more then likely a scammer.
michael horsewood
they have asked for gifts and money. he also said he was going to send 3 million us dollars all he needed was my aunts credit or debit card details. is someone able to find out if he is actually a us soldier. many thanks
JJ
He is a scammer. Him having money to send to her is one of the biggest scams out there. Steer clear of him. I she gives out her credit or debit card numbers he will have access to her accounts. Quit all contact immediately and if she has giving out that info then she needs to get in touch with her bank and credit card companys. I hope everything works out for her.
Carolyn Pihl
There is a very handy website called http://www.tineye.com where you can scan in the photo sent to you and it will search images on the web and let you know where the image has been lifted from.
Angela
I have been chatting with a Sgt. Scott Ludvik,aftet a month he ask if I could send him money for a phone so we could communicate.He used a third party contact through western union, supposed a representative of TS2, I contacted TS2 by email and they confirmed that it was a scam. so please be aware of this name. I haven’t heard anyone mention him again his name is supposedly..Sgt.Scott Ludvik…the pics are real and TS2 said that this soldiers identity was taken….
Tracy
PLEASE remember to join the facebook group called STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM and feel free ti add names and photos is growing daily from monday we have found 10 scammers
Tracy
Tracy
Hi Annie please post his picture on the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM
through the group i hav emanaged to find the real soldier whos photos had been stolen and also been contacted to say my scammer is active on GIRLS DATE FOR FREE and yes he is he as 3 profiles on there SGT CHARLES SGT CHARLESW SGT CHARLIE uses the same photo on each profie also found on there SGT ROBERTS another scammer
lisa ross
angela do you have pictures of this guy does he have a son send his pictures to me at laross1980@yahoo.com
Angela
Lisa…i will send you the pics…this guy never mentioned a son. He said his parents was killed in an auto accident..and that he live in Las Angeles..and that this was his second deploment..to Iraq..trust me..he sound so sincere..i was really heart broken..something inside of me would not trust him…Thank God, i didn’t send the money…pics on the way…
Magda
Well Ladies, here is a new name for you, He use the Name IVAN NOBILE @ DAREN SMITH email address flyinghorse93@yahoo.com or dsmith@diplomats.com
I hope this information is useful to you. I also kept all details since the first day, every conversation on yahoo was paste and saved also photos, e-mails, bank account number with a name etc, etc. I also have a lot of photo, I will e-mail to CJ and will attached his first letter to me onto this site.My story is identical to the others, the delivery man got stuck in Ghana airport as customs asking a lot of money.
I would really like to help a certain Ivan Nobile.In the US army, Baghdad Iraq. The people using his photos are in Ghana.I sincerely feel sorry for the real soldiers who are having there identities stolen. I have been trying for days now and found this site. Am determined not to give up till I find the real Ivan Noble. If you out there, please contact me at magzhealy@vodamail.co.za or on face book.
HIS LETTER……
From: Flying Horse
Date: 2010/05/15 05:23:26 PM
To: magzhealy@vodamail.co.za
Subject: about me
Hello there dear,
i am soo grateful that we can stay in touch this way.Thanks for your email address though from the site.To tell you a little about myself,i am Ivan Nobile and am with the US Army as an Intelligence Officer (MST SGT)currently serving in Iraq-Baghdad(Camp Taji),although i just got back from Afghan a week ago.I have no kids,I am widowed,lost my wife and parents in an accident 5yrs back.
My late parents were originally from Russia,and since their families never agreed for them to marry they moved to Virginia(USA) to start a new living as no family member back home in Russia knew their whereabouts.I have never been to Russia before and never met any family member of mine as my parents never allowed me,But for sure,i will visit them this year as my dad gave me all info about them before he departed.So i was born and raised in Virginia and i was educated in Arizona(AZ).
I attended my High School Education in Pittsburgh (Oliver High School) and furthered on to Central Texas College in Texas to major in Criminal Justice(Associate Degree) and then to the Cochise College in Arizona(AZ) to major in Intelligence Operations(Associate’s Degree).
I am seeking a woman that i can leave my life and love with.Someone that i can make my partner forever and be with for the rest of my life.A woman with a sense of humor.A caring,loving,faithful and loyal partner who i can trust for the rest of my life,and i hope you have all this as i seek.
I have attached some pics of me too in this email and i will love it if you could attach yours too.hoping to hear from you soon.Take care.
Ivan xxxxx
Tracy
Beware SGT CHARLES LECAIN AND SGT SIMON ROBERTS are both active on GIRLS DATE FOR FREE Charles has 3 profiles and 3 ages 31, 45, 46, 2 pictures the same have reported him
sgt Roberts 2 profiles same picture … when will they ever learn
Heather Price
Girls, you are not alone in this,I too met a scammer on an on line dating site, he tried his best to get money out of me from using anywhere from tst satellite phone, to his son needs help with his military school supplies, to I need to buy some things here but I cannot excess my account,I used my instincts and did not send him any money,and one day I just come out and told him what I thoughjt about him, and blocked him from ever contacting me again, I have just started talking now to a Sgt. George Marion does anyone know anything about him, and CJ will you check to see if he is a soldier stationed in Iraq, says he is in the stricker camp, Thank you, hope to hear back from you soon, before I waste my time another scamming jerk
Heather Price
Is there really a ts2 satellite phone that you can register up for to be able to talk to a soldier in Iraq?
Tracy
THERE IS NO SUCH PHONE its a con look on facebook STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM group on information i have added all of the details
Simone
Has anyone heard/had contact from a SGT Ryan Tyler? Started chatting to him on Date UK website. Usual story widowed, two kids, mother OD two years ago. Is out in Kabul. Has sent photo’s of himself and kids. Sure he is a scammer. Please can anyone help? Thanks
Simone
Quick update SGT Ryan Tyler has sent me a cheque to cash for him!!!! Then to transfer the funds by Western Union!!!! Beware ladies! I do have photos and his email address is ryan_tee99@yahoo.com. His IP address comes from Ireland!
Tracy
Simone please dont cash the cheque and please inform ur local police he is a scammer if u want to add pictures of him to my facebook site ur welcome we are growing daily and need to stop these men … the group is called stop the us army dating scam …. if not feel free to email me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
Syd
The silly me fell for the scam and got cheated of my money =(
I got to know this man from Lovestruck Singapore. His user name is charles777 and he introduces himself as Col Charles Michael who is stationed in Afghanistan. He said he’s 45 years old and ready to start a new family again after his wife died of cancer 7 years ago. He has a son who is called Barry who is 10 years old and his best friend is Kenneth Smith who is married to a Singaporean woman.
Pls be careful of this liar. His email is m.charles777@live.com and phone number is +447035947392.
I was very stupid to believe in the TL5SAT satellite phone connectivity link and actually transferred the money through moneygram to a US account. Does anyone know if it helps to report to the police? I guess it’s pointless to think that the money can be recovered.
Tracy
Hi syd
I was also scammed by a man called Charles he was 46 and in Afgan son called Tom by any chance do u have a photo of him ? as ive found my Charles active on several dating sites i also lost money to him please email me
tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk
yes u need to report it to the police also the US Embassy have put a link on there web page to advise us what to do
Heather Price
I am confused here Tracy says that there is no such thing as a ts2 phone, but Angela, said that she contacted ts2 and they told her that the soldier she was inquiring about his id was already taken, and I also searced it and the site seems very legitimate, someone please clear this up for me..
JJ
TS2 is a real company. But they don’t offer the phone plan that is used in the scams. If you go to their website they have a warning about these scams.
lisa ross
there is but they only want your money that guy does to because he will ask you to do western union and he has access to a phone there don’t do it heather
jane
hi i’m e mailing a man from a online dating website ,he is 45 ,widowed ,1 boy ,he sent me pictures of himself in uniform ,he has an facebook account ,i still don’t trust him ,he is in afganistan ,he sounds to good to be true
lisa betts
hi charlotte I met sgt Kelvin Nathaniel but his name is sgt.Kelvin desmond Harrison in afghanistan I think this is him he has one son Austin that lives in spain wife died in car accident. so far he has gotten $350 from me and is now waiting on $1450.00 from me at the end of the month but I glad to say after looking on
google for a copy of this transit leave form
I found this and I’m glad that I did.I also will be taking the form that they sent me down to the base tomorrow so chief commander&lawyer Eric moore and account for the army elizabeth ann warren which lives in hawaii can get in trouble if they are real people.I met him on datehookup.sgt.Kelvin d.Harrison can bring to your knees with the things he say to you.
lisa betts
Jane that’s Kelvin I have pic too please seen me yours and I will do the same.
lisa betts
my email is cbjustchili@yahoo.com please seen my your pic and I will seen you mine this is terrible.I really feel like a BIG FOOL.
Carole
Hi Lisa,
I feel I have been in touch with this man too. Last month and this month.
It would be good to see if your pictures are the same as mine.
Marlene
Jane send the pics he sent to CJ and he will put them up on this site. If he sounds too good then he probably is a scammer.
Heather Price
I have some photos that I would like to contribute to your wall of shame, may I get an email address to send them to.
JJ
cj@soldiersperspective.us
Tracy
Today i received an email from the fraud dept in US EMBASSY in London i have been in contact with them for several wks they have added a link to there offical site to help us all has copies of the fake forms and everything very interesting also watch GIRLS DATE FOR FREE SITE AND CUPID DATING SITE i set up a profile on there last sunday todate i have been emailed by 51 us soldiers all between 40-50 all widowed and all with a child have contacted the site there not interested the man who scammed me has 3 profiles all the same name and picture they removed 1 profile ? but i have 51 names if anybodys interested ?
link to embassy
http://london.usembassy.gov/dao/internet_fraud.html.
FACEBOOK GROUP STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM ALSO GROWING DAILY lots of names and pictures added
julie chestnut
I was so glad to read this I have come across a couple guys on mate1 that were fake. My brother is in the Army so I knew what questions to ask, before it got out of hand. I feel so bad for these other womens stories. If you come in contact with a CPT Cris Kepley he is a fake.
kristy
if anyone talks to a david edwards he’s a fake.
he uses the email dvdwards@aol.com
Kathy C
he also uses dvdwards@yahoo.com
kristy
I also wanted to thank you women for making the time to do this. I was worried about my mom when she was talking about this guy and something didnt sit right with me. I was married to someone in the military and i knew something was off when he couldnt make a proper sentence and would refuse to tell her any details other then he was 48yrs old wife died 5 years ago from cancer and he had a 9 year old son. oh and that he was a SGT. in the air force and he’s been in for 23 years and that he loves her and wants to be with her. I’m so glad I found this website so I could prove to her that he wasnt real.
Kathy C
Same story only that he was a F/Sgt with the Army, wife died of cancer 5 yrs ago and he has a now 10 yr old (*birthday june5) that stays with a nany in England.He claims his birthday is Jan 19th and he is 52. SCAMMER.
Tracy
Hi, I read with great interest you comments regarding cases of people posing as USA military personnel on dating sites. I am currently talking with a man who calls himself Lt. Tim Preston who is supposedly stationed in Camp Victory. He even sent photos with his name clearly embroidered on his uniform. I am not sure what to believe. I have been asked for transit money so that he can come home on leave. I have not parted with any money. I have also been sent via email transit forms that explain the process that do say about payment and return of funds. I have also been asked for telephone funding. He too supposedly has a son aged 16 in the states. I am on the dating website DatingforParents.co.uk. where there seems to be an influx of USA military men. If you know of the above person or it strikes a chord with you would like to hear from you at tracyaroe@hotmail.co.uk Thanks. ps at this time he is supposedly on a four day patrol.
Tracy
good old google…with their help I have tracked the IP address and email and guess where it comes from….Nigeria!! So ladies anyone calling themselves Tim, Timmy Preston is a scammer…
I would like to know whose photo I have though…:( Like most of you it in nice to be flattered, and feel cared for…shame its not for real….
Tracy
Hi Tracy look on the FACEBOOK group stop the us army dating scam on there we have over 70 photos that scammers are using and also copies of the forms they are sending also i now have 2 links supplied by the us embassy in London to help stop women from being scammed I am now working on dating sites they dont seem helpfull and are happy to take our money but not protect us ?
Lesley
Tracy,
i can’t find your group on facebook. Any idea if there is a problem?
Tracy
NO WERE THERE AND GROWING EACH DAY STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM got 35 members and over 80 photos
Penny Balducci
I also met someone on PLENTY OF FISH dating site.My story is different, i found him and starting communicating. He claimed to be SGT. StevE Eric Baker stateioned in Kabul. Supposidly had a 12 yr old daughter living here in Brooklyn, NY with his ex-wife. He was a smooth talker, wrote beautiful love letters daily and told me everything i wanted to hear. After a few wks mentioned about the sateelite phone connection costing me about 700.00 then decided no. He would rather come home to me here..instead needed 1500 to let him out earlier..After doing internet research, the scam was read. He denied it all…. started calling me names…
Addie George
For the past cpl weeks I have met 2 men impersonating soldiers. Tonight 1 of them finally felt comfortable enough to give me his “info”. Be looking out for armyphoning@aol.com as well as any others. Be on the lookout for a Sgt. James Hunter and a Stone Blackhall, he didn’t give me his rank, but did cutoff the chat when he couldn’t answer where he went to bootcamp. I hope that more women become aware of this and it can be stopped.
Cindy
I have also been talking to a man he states he is in the Army in Victory Camp, Kabul, Afghanistan.He stated his name as F/Sgt Mark Pedersen. Has anyone been contacted by him? his email address is “markzendross@aol.com”?
These guys need to be stopped. Thank you
RUTH
I have also been talking with Mark Pedersen, he is in Afghanistan, and he too borrow me money.
His e-mail was markpedersen142@hotmail.com
Cindy
Oh and Mark states he is an E8
Jennie
I have been talking to Sgt. Eric Bradford, claims he is with 82nd Brigade Falcon Unit, in Kabul Afghanistan. Divorced, has 15 year old son, who is in boarding house facility in USA. He wants to continue our contact via text and has said I need to contact his General, Charles Adam, email address gencharlesadam@adexec.com. to request permission, I have done this and been given a UK mobile number, but in the ‘communication approval’ email it states I ‘have to top up your spouse mobile for active communication’ Is this correct? Has anyone else been contacted by him? I am on dating site magicdating.co.uk, a few days after making contact his profile on the site was deactivated, coincidence or …….???
Cindy
Jennie,
Please do not sent any money. Mine promise to come and buy me a house but I had to send money to get him here on Transit Leave. I know better. I fell for the dream but I did not fall for the scam. Please do not send him anything. He will never come to you.
Cindy
Jennie
Many thanks, Cindy, thought it was too good to be true.
lisa ross
jennie he is a scammer they all are
Jennie
Many thanks Lisa, beginning to think there are no genuine guys on these sites.
Simone
Jennie he is a scammer had the same info to email Gen Charles do not send any money. Mine was also in 82nd falcon unit!!!
Jennie
Many thanks Simone, glad I checked.
Ute Salowsky
Hello!Iam from Germany,I made a bad experience with a scammer from January till March this year,the scammer used the name Capt.Gary Edwards,US Army Iraq.I saw photos from this soldier at a page by romancescam.forum under different names,Ralph Edwards,Henry Oliverdan and Edward Brown.Is there anybody who knows where is the real man,soldier at this photos?He must have the name Edwards because I saw this name at his uniform on a photo!I want to let this soldier knowthat he is a victim too because the scammer has stolen his photos and name!I am glad that I have not lost so much money!Thanks a lot for help and understanding!Ute from Germany!
Ute Salowsky
sorry,the correct page with the photos who the scammer used is:http://www.romancescam,com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24076!thank you for help!Ute from Germany!
Tracy
Heres a new one MICHEAL BURGHARDT his bad spelling not mine sgt on APO base Kabul michealburghardt@hotmail.com has a son Larry 14 active on girls date for free MICHEAL2LOVE its only taken him 4 days to send me details for the phone connection only £250 payable my western union need it doing today as the Taliban are reading his emails !!!! Got really angry when i told him he was a scammer
Samantha Glancy
I am currently talking right now to a Crawford Williams, 49,in the US army in Kabul. Met him on uniform dating, told me he lives in Leyland Lancashire,Both parents are dead, and had an 15 year old son. He needed money to send his son on a school trip. His son’s called Shawn. I stupidly sent £1700 to Florida, via moneygram, as soon as I sent it I knew I shouldn’t have, now he is asking me to send £5000 for a shipment of antiques worth £750,000 to his ware house in the USA, his agent will send me the money back as soon as he gets to the US. All the usual, he wants to marry me when he retires in Feb, ect ect. Yeah right. Just gonna sting him along for a while.
If anyone wants anymore info, or pictures the please contact me. Thankyou for this website is has confirmed my suspicions
Sam Glancy
I have just been scammed for £1700, by a Crawford Williams, 49 year old widow from Leyland. with a 15 year old called Shawn. He is in the US army, in Kabul. Wanted me to send money for a school trip for his son, I felt sorry for him, and ashamedly I sent the money, by moneygram, All the usual, he retires in Feb ect. He also told me he has an antiques business in the states, now 5 weeks later he wants me to send £5000 for antiques to be shipped over to the US worth £750,000. Yeh right. Alarm bells the started ringing. He told me his agent would give me the money back when he got to the US, obviously I haven’t sent anymore money, but he says I don’t trust or care for him, and he feels like killing himself right now, and even asked me to care for his son if he does. How sick is that???????? Anyway, if anybody wants me to send pictures of him teh please let me know.His IP address was from Washington.
Marlene
Sam, send the pics to CJ@soldiersperspective.us on here or FACEBOOK GROUP STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM ALSO GROWING DAILY lots of names and pictures added.
You will see a lot of photos and the group is growing fast.
Take care and don’t send this man any more money.
Kat
Another one for you Sgt Daniel Valentine Bradley
Tracy
Thanks everybody for adding details on here and on the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM we now have over 80 photos and names there using if u look on the info wall i have also added there names from the dating sites so if u do meet somebody and he seems to good to be true maybe take a look to see if hes here also remember these guys are really bad at spelling
Tracy
Thanks for the facebook group stop the us dating scam. I have taken a good look at the faces and photos but not one is the person who is talking with me and the paperwork I have been emailed is different to that shown….I still have a gut feeling this is a scam…
Lisa M
Ladies,
i want to thank you all for being so honest and my apologies to all the servicemen who are out there serving their country.
met my scammer on mingle2 but he only wants to talk on yaoo IM. his name is JOSEPH COLLINS ERISMAN. i was ok with him wanting to talk IM all the time. he even talked well. says his dad died 5 years ago and mother and two sisters are in Australia. he has one son Donald who lives with a nanny. he says he lives in LA but raised in Australia. he studied physics and electronics in college.
says he is deployed in IRAQ on peace keeping mission. not able to recieve mail nor packages. he is sgt of communications. he has sent me photos. he is in love with me. “The feelings that i’ve felt for you all along begin to resurface. Only this time, i am free to act on them without fear of upsetting anyone.”
big reg flag came when he said i had to apply for phone to talk to him. the cost is $400. when i asked him for details he did not respond. i asked who took the photos of him and he said his room mate. i asked for his room mate’s name he did not reply.
i wanted to believe in him. he says he is 44 years old. birthday is july 15, 1965. his mother’s name is Shelly, she is 69 years old. his ex wife left him for another man and followed him to Russia? really?
do you recognize “my love for you continues to mature, growing beyond the realm of my heart?”
can believe after 10 years of being a single mom, fearful of bringing any new man into our lives (my daughter and me) that i almost fell for this guy.
contact me if you have questions/comments/concerns.
Dorothy
You know I reported the to guys I was talking to to Yahoo, but the info they say they need I didn’t think to get, so now what do I do? I mean guys need to be stopped and caught. They need to be put in military prison or something, for treason. Good job ladies for keeping an eye out. Oh by the way the two that I was talking to are Bill Haggard (Bill L Haggard, Mike Bill Haggard), and the other one was Capt Coleman (capt colemen 12), Oh I met them both on Migenti.com.
Tracy
Hi if u look on the facebook group page STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM there are photos of Haggard think he was using the name John then ? Also cpt Colman in the picture holding a dog ? they tend to use the same pictures just make up new names
lisa fry
Be aware of McBright Hendrickson. I’m sure now its the scam! Ticks me off!
Susan
Has anyone heard of a Sgt David walker – posted in Iraq – widowed 6 years – 2 kids – Linda & Mark – based in Corpus Christi – think he might be the same person as Steven McCabe mentioned earlier – can swap pics. Got a Service number of 32127408 – but no idea how to check if it is for real. Has given me a US address of 3, Shadow Wood Drice, Bronx 10458 where he grew up – but no idea how to check it out – seemed OK until asked told me he had no access to his accounts and asked for phone top ups and money to help pay for leave – red flagging me totally.
Tracy
Yes its Steve McCabe i hahve photos of him with Mark and Linda he will even send u his passport photo copy fake again
Lily
I am currently chatting to an American “Commander” based in Kabul, what made the alarm bells ring with me was the lack of English or rather American/English, his spelling of the word colour(E)instead of color(A/E) and the fact that although we had only been chatting for 4 days he is claiming to be madly in love with me. I asked him on one occasion to slow down as i wanted to get to know the little things about him, yes i know stupid but… I aske what his favourite colour was, he didn’t seem to understand the question I in the end had to explain it??? after becoming suspiciaous asked him what his job was in Kabul he told me “We catch Teileban and torture them” (his spelling), nice…
I decided that night to google his name: Command Sgt.Maj.Dennis.M.Carey..no less. He obviously does not know who Command Sgt.Maj. Dennis M Carey is, he is basically 7th person away from the President of the United States… I am Honoured. We had exchanged photographs and oh yes the are of the real Command Sgt.Major. he has now asked for me to contact his base to ask for permission for a Telex Communication to be set up and that i have to say i am his Fiance, like the real Dennis Carey would need a fake Fiance to obtain permission to speak to someone anywhere in the world. anyway as i said i am still chatting to him only because i have written a letter to the real Dennis Carey warning ghim of this, i have included his (fake Dennis’) email addresses etc, if i continue to chat it will stop this character disappearing offline therefore we may stand a chance of catching him or them. Fingers Crossed.
Janollie
Hi there. My friend who was scammed was also asked to pretend to be his fiance. Yours is the first other post I’ve noticed that mentions such a thing. Do you know if there is a reason for this? Are they in some way attempting to make these women lie on paper to discredit them later on? Not that it would do them any good if caught…
Carolyn Pihl
Anybody been contacted by a Major Philip Charette in Afghanistan? The IP address is not a definite scam and his photo doesn’t come back as a Google image or something snatched from the web (I use http://www.tineye.com).
Tina Findon
Hi, I have been chatting to him for about 6 weeks and he sent me photos of himself and helicoptor plus his 9 years old daugher and a few others in States. Thought it was a scam of some kind but has never asked me for any money. Only a lift from Heathrow when he comes back.
Janollie
I have a friend who met Colonel Brandon Hutton through match.com. He’s already had about about a grand off her and she still thinks he’s genuine. She’s sent money twice and has run out, I’m concerned that she’s saving up to send more.
I found his name in conjuction with this site but I’ve been going gozzy looking for the actual post/s were he’s mentioned.
Is anyone else familiar with this name? He claims to be in Kabul and the millitary apparantly want the money before they will grant him leave to visit her.
Tracy
Hi hes a scammer the forces never ask for money for leave or a transit grant look on the facebook group page STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM there are97 photos and lettersthat these scammers use and as of today we have 51 members most of who have been in connection with these scammers please tell ur friend to send no more money
Janollie
thank you for the response. and thank you for the name of the facebook page.
believe me, myself and others have practically begged her not to send him any cash. we warned her both times he asked for money and both times she sent it. it’s only coz she’s now broke that he hasn’t had more off her.
i’m just trying to find something more concrete to try and get her to see sense.
again, thank you
CJ
In case ya’ll didn’t see the main page, it looks as if I have been used in these scams as well. I recently found my ugly mug on the dating site datanta.com:
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/07/09/the-hunter-becomes-the-hunted-a-nigerian-scam/
Marlene
That just proves how stupid they are CJ.
JC
Below please find, one of the many, emails, I have received from this person who claims to be Sgt. Mike Todd of the US Army supposedly currently doing a tour of duty in Kandahar, Afghanistan. This man is slick and says just what a lonely woman needs to hear. He fits to a ” T ” the profile of the scammers mentioned on the Stop US Army Dating Scams website with only a couple of exceptions. His wife died but they had no children. He had a little bit different sad story when asking for money. Supposedly his apartment in Pine City, NY was damaged by a fire and he wanted me to send money to cover the emergency repairs to secure his apartment and prevent further damage until he could get home to take care of the remaining damages. He didn’t even ask me to send the money directly to him. Instead he ask me to wire the money VIA Western Union to his neighbor who would contract the repairmen to fix his apartment. He gave me the name, address and telephone number of this neighbor. I sent $2,650.00 to this woman and even talked to her a couple of times on the phone to see how the repairs were progressing. I did think it was a bit strange that this neighbor had the same accent as “Sgt. Todd.” This should have raised a red flag but I felt like I had met the Love of My Life and his emails, instant messages and phone calls to me led me to believe that he felt the same about me and fully intended for us to have a future together. YEAH RIGHT
When I would get a call from “Sgt. Todd” the telephone number would usually show up as ” WITHELD. ” His explanation for this was that it was a secure Military phone. HA HA There were a couple of times when a partial telephone number did show up but when I tried to call back the number the call wouldn’t go through as dialed. The partial number is 234-806-8160060, supposedly originating from Afghanistan.
There were two different IP addresses for his yahoo email address sgtmiketodd@yahoo.com. I traced both these IP addresses. One 98.138.90.90 came from Sunnyvale, CA. The other 41.184.4.114 came from Lagos, Nigeria. When I found this out, I felt 99.99999% sure that I had been scammed by a very smooth talking, scumbag, low life SOB.
I hope these pictures will enable you to locate the actual person, as I am sure these are not pictures of the person I have been communicating with for the past 3+ months. I can only pray that the real person, in these photos, did not die in service to his country. As you can see the photos are at different ages and appears to be the same person in all the photos. “Sgt. Todd” originally contacted me through tagged.com. His tagged profile (Maki M) has been deleted. He does still have a Yahoo Profile which contains very little information. On tagged he said he is 54 from Pine City, NY but on Yahoo he is 50 from New York, NY.
Not only did this person have a very unusual accent, he also had an unusual way of expressing some things. He did not refer to his Army buddies as buddies but as his colleagues. He did not refer to it as using the bathroom, going to the bathroom, rest room or latrine he said using the convenience. He did not refer to getting dinner, eating dinner or having dinner but as taking dinner. I am familiar with a New York accent and believe me, his is not a New York accent nor any other accent I have heard before.
I also did a people look up and found a Michael Todd in Elmira, NY which is only a few miles from Pine City, NY.
Thank you for any information you may be able to obtain on this scumbag. I have numerous photos but do not know how to forward them to you on here.
Sincerely,
JC
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From: sgtmiketodd@yahoo.com
Subj: Re: Good Night My Darling
My love and soul mate,
Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, but our engagement with Iraq will continue with a mission that begins today with Operation New Dawn…The problem with this war, I think, for many of our people, is that the premise on which we justified going to war turned out not to be valid..The invasion was ordered by former President George W. Bush, who claimed that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, which were never found..In the past few months, insurgents have significantly increased the number of rocket and mortar attacks on the fortified Green Zone that houses the Iraqi government and on Baghdad’s international airport..Anyway.. our concentration now is basically in our duties here in Afghanistan. We lost some of our soldiers again two days ago. Two of them were my close pals. They are Capt. Dale Goetz, Staff Sgt. Jesse Infante, Staff Sgt.Kessler ,Staff Sgt. Matthew West, Pfc. Chad Clements. I just wept that day ..we have endured all forms of pain and terrible things here. The worse part is the manner of which they were killed ..IED’S are always a gory way to die and watching my close pals die in this manner is just so heartbreaking baby. Well let me not spoil our mood with the gory details of that.
Virtually all my colleagues here know your name and i talk about you so much when we spend time together talking ..Here I am, heart and soul, confessing to the world how I feel about you. Funny how love works in people’s lives. I sure never expected to neither meet nor find someone as amazing as you. You have touched my heart in so many ways and words couldn’t even begin to explain to you the love I feel for you. Without further making it harder on the two of us to be together, I need to tell you that I love you and I am here waiting and when the time is right, will have you as my wife and spend forever and eternity in your arms.
You are the only one who can make me happy with your love and affection. Since I have met you, I have noticed that life is worth living. I live mine for you. Alone I can be lost. So, do not let the distance between us become larger. Each day is more wonderful that the previous one as I know that I will see you. A heart truly in love never loses hope but always believes in the promise of love, no matter how long the time and how far the distance. There are so many ways I want to tell you that I really love you, my sweetheart. My feelings for you are true and pure … like a virgin. Remember one thing … I love you and I will always love you.
I put most of my photos together here for you. i hope you like them. some were taken during my deployment to Iraq and sometime back. I haven’t stopped looking at the wonderful photos of my would be family you emailed to me, I cant wait to meet them all.
Well my love, i will stop here now and look forward to reading from you. Today is a busy day and we have a tough mission ahead the next few days. Please keep me in your prayers love and i am counting the days to when we meet
Yours Forever,
Mike
Bamagirl
There is a new profile the “soldier” scammers are using. The dating webname is Michael Witte a sergent who does not have access to his bank or funds and needs the online date to send money to his “agent” using the name Gerald Allor to cover documents for gold purchased in Ghana and/or Australia. This “soldier” wants to start a jewelry store, following in his father’s footsteps once he soon retires from the Marines.
Janollie
This is just a repeat of a reply I made further up the page. I figured it may get missed up there:
In reply to Lesley. (July 1st 2010, regarding Brandon Hutton).
Hello.
Brandon Hutton has been in contact with my friend recently, he’s had a fair bit of money off her already.
I will be back on later so I will link to some pictures of him. Perhaps they’ll be the same.
my email is forthingsandstuff@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to contact me or send any pictures you may have.
Janollie
Here is a link to a picture of Colonel Brandon Hutton. Hopefully someone else will recognise him?
My friend now seems to have accepted that he is a fraud but she has lost a lot of money.
Janollie
oops, i’m sure it helps if you actually add the link…..
http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scan0001.jpg
yasmine
anybody heard of Sgt. HARRIS SMITH.. from Canyon , Texas.. his email: shtexasguy@yahoo.com pls email me. i know its a scam i aready paid for it. Don’t know how to get my money back. Please help. my email; yaseminlee@yahoo.com
Tracy
Hes back SIMON ROBERTS …ROBERT SIMONS …is now SMILING ROBERTS or ALEX ROBERTS serving in Iraq has 5 yes 5 profiles on GIRLS DATE FOR FREE 3 4 pictures all the same man and has even sent me 2 messages and more photos lol beware ladies he works with Steve McCabe and Charles Lecain
Sandy
Oh my God. I just went through the same thing; within days he said he was in love. He said he was in Iraq was about to retire, that his wife was killed in a car accident and he had a 5 yr old son who was with his sister who just lost her job. within days she contacted me to say hello sister (he told her he wanted to marry me), then he asked me to send money to help his son. when I asked for his military email, etc he got defensive. I ended up going postal on the yahoo i.m. and really trashing him, and saying I would turn him in to the FBI but he wrote back and threatened me harm saying he has my information which he does. I’m frightened now and dont’ know what to do
JJ
Sandy do not be afraid of these scammers they are in Africa and pose no threat to you. All they can do is sit behind their computers and threaten you.
Janollie
Just out of curiosity, when you join a dating site do they not give you some kind of information warning you about the possibility of scammers on their site? Just something about how peoples’ identities can only be verified to a certain degree and that you should under no circumstances ever send money to the people you chat to? Surely they should take a little responsability. I imagine that they consider it wholly down to the person who has fallen for the scam but that doesn’t seem entirely fair.
Also, if you report the person in question to the site will they remove that person from their database? Surely they can block the IP address or something to prevent the same scammer re-registering under a new name.
Tracy
I wish that dating sites did work like that on girls date for free in 4 wks i have been contacted by 68 us soldiers all posing as either divorced or widowed with a child being looked after by family in the US the name who scammed me at last count had 5 profiles on the site all using the same picture and believe it or not the same name just different ages and yes they still let him get away with it i email them everyday and report him as a scammer i have even given them the police crime number and what do they tell me they are looking in to it , I know the police have also contacted them and 1 mth later still have no response !!! these scammers change there IP addresses so there is no point in checking then they wont be there please feel free to look on the FACE BOOK GROUP STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM we now have 130 photos on out wall that scammers are usng
Annelien
I started talking to one Ivan Gough, presented to be an american soldier in Bhagdad, Iraq, about to retire. He asked me a lot of questions about my finances, etc which I was not prepared to give him. From the beginning he told me I was his God sent, he was so in love with me, he was divorced with a 16 year old daughter, Thaila. I then did not hear from him for a month and all of a sudden he contacted me and it was the same story as the others, he had $1.2 million that he needed to send to me with a diplomat but I had to pay the diplomat $12000 on delivery. I told him I had not that kind of money. He then was going to tke emergency leave and bring me the money himself, via Ghana.He then said that they are holding him at customs and that they want a bribe of $6000 which i had to pay into an account in Accra, Ghana (Airport road adress). I did not make any payments as I did not have the money. I have not heard from him since. I was contacted by another con artist on facebook, one Robert Page from Maryland, USA who also asked me for money as he has a contract in Malaysia and was short of cash to deliver his shipment in Malaysia. I am so sick of these scamsters and will do anything to bring them to light.
Janollie
Finally got all the pics up and some scans of the documents. This is in relation to COLONEL BRANDON HUTTON. Claims to be Brittish but is in the US Army, stationed in Kabul.
Pic 1: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scammer1.jpg
Pic 2: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scammer6.jpg
Pic 3: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scammer5.jpg
Pic 4: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scammer4.jpg
Pic 5: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scammer2.jpg
Pic 6: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/scan0001-1-1.jpg
Doc 1: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/doc2.jpg
Doc 2: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/doc3.jpg
Doc 3: http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/AnonUK/Scammers/doc4.jpg
I can be contacted at forthingsandstuff@hotmail.co.uk
Lesley
Janolie,
I had contact with someone using these same pictures. I’ve managed to trace the Colonel in the pictures and have emailed to let him know that the photgraphs are being used by these scammers. I can be contacted on amber1165@hotmail.com
Janollie
Hi Lesley,
Thanks for the response. I’m glad you were able to track him down, I wanted to do so myself but couldn’t for the life of me think how. Anyway, at least he knows now.
susan
HI I Have just started chatting with who seems a really nice guy on line. He has several pictures on has his name on his uniform which is the same name he uses . He is supposidly deloyed in Iraq and was in Kabul now is in Norhern Iraq. He seems genuine … He also has 2 adopted children in Accra Ghana . He is supposed to retire in 5 months has been in th military for 23 years… He seems very knowledgeable in all things military, he says he is a SGT has anyone heard of Sgt Aaron Ramos…what has made me a little suspicious is that his son has emailed me pictures and I googled him and he is on a couple of sites and he says he is 21 , I ws told he was 17 and his Bday was friday July 16th ..on this site it was in April…So if anyone has head of him please let me know I would really like to believe that this guy is who he says he is … I have also received a couple other pictures of him in civilian clothes and it is definitely him…So I am not sure if he is a scammer or his adoptive son is not being truthful….Oh yes the kids have emailed me and call me mom already>> not dure what to think…
Marlene
Susan he is a scammer sorry.
Sally
They’re all nice. That’s how they get to you. Cut him loose.
Karen
He is definitely a scammer. I am friends with the real Aaron Ramos. We have found over 15 profiles, using his name and pictures on facebook…we have found 18 on tagged. That is not to mention all the other names the scammer is using with my friend’s pictures. If anyone knows of any other sites or names that this scammer is using, can you please let me know. We are trying to shut down any profile using my friend’s picture. Thank you.
Tracy
Hi Susan Ramos is a scammer if u look on the facebook group picture wall there are pictures and details abt him if not email me tracybishop_2@hotmail.co.uk and i will forward to u the details i have ! It is quite commom for them to get there children to email you i even spoke to a lady who said he was my scammers mom and yes there kids will start and call u mom from day 1 please get out now before they start requesting money from u
Kathie
I met Tom Curtis through Chemistry.com, normally a reputable dating site. He said he is a captain in the Special Forces, serving in Afghanistan. He said his wife died 6 years ago, and he has 2 kids living with their grandmother in Ohio. He said he would be retiring in 5 months.
I found another military dating scam website (one with pictures), and Tom Curtis was #2 pictured. By the way, he has a new email now: captomhiltoncurtis@yahoo.com.
I followed the suggestion on that site and asked for an email from his .mil account. Of course, there was nothing. The following is the subsequent exchange:
Tom Curtis: dont know how they do it but i have sent my email to the Head Quaters for proper investigation Kathie [because it had been "hacked into"]
Tom Curtis: You have to believe me
Kathie B: Fine. Send me a msg from your .mil account. My military friends say you should be able to do it.
Kathie B: Which headquarters office is handling the investigation?
Tom Curtis: Washington DC……….
Tom Curtis: Well i do have a military email address but i cant cos here in the middle east is just a classified thing
Kathie B: Mmm, I live in DC. I know the offices. Which one?
Tom Curtis: 93th Ave,Abraham Lincoln Street,Washington DC,WA ,USA
Kathie B: Street does not exist. Either one of them. Also for a numbered street, that is written incorrectly.
Tom Curtis: Well Kathie seems you arent paying attention to me ……….
Kathie B: Oh yes, I am. 100 percent.
Tom Curtis: Kathie do you believe what you saw on that site? then if you do, then i am what they say i am!
So there you have it. An admission from his own mouth…
Incidentally, he doesn’t know what college majors are or what the Pentagon is.
Beward all…
sarah
hello guys, i am so happy with the good work done by you guys.. my sister in law use to date a guy called jerry hendrich(jerryhendrich@yahoo.com)on tagged.com. he is a doctor in the us army in kabul. The scammer had collected lots from her and i would be happy if you could help me in investigating the man. please help me.
sarah
hello, i am so happy with the good work done by you guys.. my sister in law use to date a guy called jerry hendrich(jerryhendrich@yahoo.com)on tagged.com. he is a doctor in the us army in kabul. The scammer had collected lots from her and i would be happy if you could help me in investigating the man. please help me.
Gayle
I am talking to Sgt Steven Risch right now. He wants me to fill out a transit leave for him. Man, am I stupid. He is a smooth talker, but I can honestly say, I had my suspicions since he started talking to me. I have deleted him and blocked him. Unfortunately, he sent me flowers so he does know my address. But, I am not worried, he did not get my real name or my information. WOW am I dumb!
Tracy
Dont worry abt getting flowers i had lots from my scammer over te mths but when the police traced them they were all ordered online via interflora all under £49.99 in value and all paid for on a pre paid credit card all addresses given were different the only connection was that the contact number given was the same funny that ??? But dont worry as these scammers are in Nigeria in there internet cafe they wont do anything except move on to there next woman as they each have 4-6 on the go at any time
Lou
I have been talking to a Sgt Lan (Lionel) Edwards who also says he is in Iraq for approx 3 months. This past fortnight he has aked me to accept a package from a diplomat – surprise – surprise !
I have noted his photos appear on the facebook page – George Perez, David Edwards etc. His uniform name shows Edwards.
Once I confronted him – no more contact – good riddance…
mandy
Hi, i am currently chatting to a guy in the ‘US Forces’ called Cpt. Cory Robinson, has anyone heard of this guy, and maybe know of him? he says he is currently in afghanistan. I cant find out if he is, i am in the UK and cant access the military.com website. can anyone help? many tks, mandy
Kimberly
Ladies,
Please beware of the name Joe Kelly or Joe Ingram. email joe0074@yahoo. I was contacted by the “person” about three weeks ago, he was supposed to be a widow that lost his wife in a car accident and has one teenage son. After him professing his love for me so soon I became sespicious so I looked up online dating scames and cames acroos this website and found another complaint on this person joe0074. Beware ladies he is good. Please follow your instincts….. If you have came across him please let me know.
Adam
Okay…I am Adam Lingo, I’m a Staff Sergeant in the US army..those are pictures of me being used in dating scams (it’s been going on for several years now ) I get at least a dozed e-mails a week from people about this. These scammers got most of those pictures off militaryphotos.net. Sorry if you got scammed..but it wasnt me. I’m married and have been for a long time, and no, I’m NOT available. My wife is about to pull her hair out with this whole thing. There is NOTHING I can do to stop it. The US government does not have jurisdiction in Ghana or Nigeria.I have talked to CID and everyone else that will listen, but there isnt much any of the authorities can do.
Tracy
Hi Adam its really nice of u to take the time and write on here i have also spoken via email to ur wife and know she belongs to my facebook group and feel for you both as i know ur picture is one of the most used by the scammers !!!!! I have found the read soldier whose photo was used to scam me and like u he reports there is nothing he can do to stop it and at last count the scammer had 5 acounts on 1 dating site using his picture, I have to say i have contacted the US army many time abt this subject and they never really want to help us or u but on contacting the US EMBASSY here in the UK they have been great and added links on the web page ect , so lets hope it helps abit ??? to stop this scamming and Adam please feel free to write on the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM wall im sure members would like to hear from u
lisa ross
I feel so sorry for you Adam, I met a guy on my space who has tried to be 6 different names. I was smart and never sent any money to him but he hurt me dearly. I want him caught, I hope hope the person using your identity gets caught good luck.
Christine
Hello everyone. I met a man on bbpeoplemeet.com who claimed to be a widower, in the military. I had no idea this scamming was happening. I have been talking with him for several weeks now and something nagged at the back of my mind but I ignored it. It was so subtle I guess I just couldn’t put my finger on it. Well after all this time I got an e-mail from him today telling me he assisted a woman who then gave him 4 Million dollars and would I please accept it for him until he got home. He was retiring in August. I Googled men posing as military men and found this website. What an eye opener. I checked his IP address and sure enough it was from Ghana. I deleted him from my messenger, reported him to the dating website as a scammer and I am mad as hell! What a horrible thing to do! At least I did not give him any money…
Sadie
If anyone knows anything about a Bryan Morrison, or Bryan Morrison Wiseman, please beware. After reading all the above posts I’m sure he is a scammer. Said he has a daughter living with a nanny in Texas and has no family and is a widower. He wants 600.00 sent to a place called phoningsection@armymail.com to get a secured line for us to talk. His IP comes up in Sunnyvale, CA. I’m sure he is a scammer, and I have pictures I could send as well, but the picture is probably of an innocent person. Breaks my heart because I was really falling for him before he started this crap…but better now then later when I was really hooked I guess. Thanks for having this website, we need to stop them. I’m sure there are some really good REAL soldiers out there!
Rhonda
Add this one to your books girls…Sgt. Collin Gary US ARMY, tank division stationed in Afghanistan. He “adopted” an orphaned Afgan boy who is in a Ghana hospital needing $300.00 for Malaria treatment. This one says he is widowed with a daughter “Donna” who lives with a caregiver in IL. He states he is of Polish descent, parents are dead, and wife died two years ago in a car accident. English is very poor. Polish is worse. Like others, he is madly inlove in the first 24 hours, will be retiring soon, etc.
BEWARE!
Rhonda
RE: SGT Collin Gary…he found me on M*tch.com
Karen
I have been chatting with a sergent charles relinger from the us army and like some of these posts I find that he is to good to be true. As much as my heart wants it to be I still question it especially after reading these posts. Its only been a short while and he has expressed his love and has involved his son. Has anyone heard of this man being a scam? He has not asked for money yet to date but like I said it is fairly recent.
Karen
Well just as my gut had told me.. I was talking to a scammer. It was to good to be true and he requested that I send a laptop to his son, who was also in touch with me and calling me “mom”, because his was acting up. He apparently was an E6 SSG working for United guard out of Baghdad and his son is in Ghana. The name he used was CHARLES TETTEH RELINGER and the sons name was EMMANUEL TETTEH RELINGER. Charles had no idea what a MIL was and claimed that they do not have phones or webcams out there which is BS. I will post pictures on facebook so that you have a face to go with the name. He also has an account on Badoo which I think is the real him and he found me on the Lavalife dating site.
Vicki
The latest name…lol
I wasn’t dumb and there was no way I was even going to send the email to the email address he gave me. I know how the military works and I know the do not charge the soldiers for calls. I have pics but do not know how to attach them on here.
From: John Moore
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Hi
How are you doing ? hope things are good with you? Thanks a lot for sending me this wonderful email, it really means a lot to me and i’m just so sorry for my late response.
A bit introduction about me, i’m John Moore by name, a native of America, mum spanish, dad American (late now). A widower,lost my wife some years back to cancer, got a son named John also and he’s presently with my granny in spain. Thats on my family for now. On me at the moment, i’m a Colonel in the US Army and one of the commander of Regimental Combat Team 6 in PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan,I have been in Afghanistan since 2008 till date, We watch for enemy movement during a patrol in the mountains near the Pakistani border in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.The patrol is part of a mission intended to disrupt enemy movement in areas known to have enemy activities. I have always enjoyed my job and I have learnt alot from this giving me more courage for a better life in the future. I hope my present status will not tarnish the new friendship we are hoping to make? I will be glad to hear from you as well , tell me about yourself, family, whats up with you generally and your dos and don’ts and so on…Would like you to know i’m God fearing, kind, honest, trustworthy, caring, i appreciate people with open hands and positive minds.Always want to be in the company of good friends with great ideas for a better future and to crown this all, a woman with a soft mind, diligent, honest in her own way and we can both relate without difficulties, who knows what might be the next step between us. I should stop here for now, need more rest before i set on the road for a distance mile today. Will really appreciate to hear from you and if possible have pictures of you. Love from me here and my regards to your sweet girls!
John
Julie
Hi Vicki
I had been searching for a while on a man who goes by Col William Hix to see if he was a fraud. Then I came across your letter from John Moore and “bingo” I have exactly the same letter. I mean every word is the same only him and his son’s name have been changed.”Granny”even still exists. He is so smooth and I have over 50 emails from him over a 3 month period. He didn’t ask for anything but as time went by he stated his granny was 90 and his son needed him along with financial problems with the banks in the USA that he needed to sort out. He wanted me to sign a document from the transit department to a person called John Moore23@gmail and CC him.
I knew then and there that he was the same person because I lied and told him I had replied to this John Moore and forgot to CC him. He got quite angry I had not CC him and I made excuses why I hadn’t. He asked a further 5 times for this signed document. He perused this because he needed that signed document to continue his scam.
He is scum and vermin and I hope he eventually gets caught. I have numerous pics he sent and have checked out facebook and he is one and same unless he has access to this mans photos I don’t know how he can’t be!
Jane
I too have been scammed.He e mailed me from Dating Direct, then we swapped personal e mails, big mistake.DD are not interested they don’t want to know.Look out for Clooney Ruddock in Baghdad. He sent me several photos of Ruddock in his uniform along with a photo of his 2 girls. This shows how sick the Nigerians are using photos of kids.I had all the smooth talk, how much he loved me and how important it was to be honest!!!!!He then dropped the bombshell his luggage was stuck at customs and I had to send £2500.00 to release it and he would pay me back, not.
I told him I had no money, all he kept saying was if I loved him. Talk about mind games.
su Matsuno
Hi, I am Malaysian living in So Cal. No US serviceman has ever been stationed in Malaysia. Brits yes, never Americans. The author is most likely a muslim with the thanks to god bit. Idiots!
Sally
Hi I’m trying to contact Cj, am having trouble leaving a comment .. perhaps because I’m in the UK? Your contact links don’t work for me either.
If you get this please can you drop me an email .. I run a blog dealing with scams and would like to compare notes on US ops.
Thanks
Carina
Hello!
I also want to have a list with names of men who was treating womens. I´m a member of Badoo and every night I have messes from men who told they are in the US Army either in Afghanistan, Irak or somewhere else. I feel so sorry because I don´t know if they are liers or what. If they are soldiers in the US Army i will enjoy to write theme a letter but If they ar´nt it´s horrible. I have a contact with one and he write me mess every morning and evening but after I read this I don´t know what I should think about it. Is he for real or not? Is there any site or lists with real american soldiers name/photos so I can see if he is for real or maybe a scammer.
If anyone knows please contact me.
Tracy
I have just been on the FACEBOOK group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM page to find we have been left a message by a Nigerian man (scammer ) ???? telling us that if we women dont do what the scammers want and upset them we will have a SPELL cast on us OMG these men really are crazy
Jaclyn
I’m a reporter with KMGH 7NEWS in Denver looking for a local victim or soldier affected by this scam. We want to warn our viewers — but we need to localize the story.
If you or someone you know would be willing to help, please contact me at jaclyn_allen@kmgh.com
Thanks!
Jaclyn
I’m a reporter with KMGH 7NEWS in Denver working on a story about this scam. We’re trying to find someone in this area who has been affected by it. If you or someone you know here would be willing to help us warn others, please contact me at jaclyn_allen@kmgh.com Thanks!
CJ
Ladies, please see my latest post for a call to arms against these scammers: http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/08/05/a-call-to-arms-against-nigerian-scammers/
Marcus
Ladies,
Please see this ASP post for a possible appearance on You Served Radio, hosted by CJ Grisham and Troy Steward!
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/08/06/been-scammed-appear-on-you-served-radio/
Lovechild
I can’t believe that the women here are still arguing over it. Just accept you were so desperate someone tried to scam you. Get over it. Stop trying to call the Army or USMC for proof. You were scammed. Suck up the reality of it and move on.
Tracy
The women on here dont have a problem they are not DESPERATE they are all hard working law abiding single ladies who may like abit of company and FRIENDSHIP through no FAULT of there own they are targeted by lazy jobless Nigerian men who sit on there arses all day in there small hot little mud huts looking for innocent pray to rip off , They dont just rip off the women NO they target INNOCENT soldiers who are fighting for there country they are destroying there marriages aswell and there is NOTHING the ARMY can do to STOP it so we need pages like this to WARN the women maybe u should look on the facebook group aswell ???? but the again u maybe a SCAMMER who has seen all of the coverage on the the scam this wk and is worried ?
lisa ross
love child what tracy wrote is so true, i think you are probably a scammer because if you weren’t you would see how we feel. we didn’t ask to be hurt we were looking for honest sincere men to care for us. they are betraying the military by scamming people. they are sick ba___….. they need to be stopped.
Mary
Met a guy online Friday evening. By Saturday, he was professing his undying love. Said he was a Sr Sgt in the army. I kept asking him how could he love me when we have never met. His name is Matthew Wayne, stated he was born in Brazil. Stationed in Iraq. Has no access to his money. Did not ring right, so I called my brother, a Major in the Army. He called back and said there was no one listed in the AKO and that the guy in the picture was wearing an Air Force uniform. Matthew Wayne contacted me this morning with an Important email. Being sent to a remote area of Iraq (place does not exist) and he could not bare not talking to me for 1 1/2 months (forgot he had said he was retiring next month)and could I get a sat phone for him. I said no, and have not heard from since. So Matthew Wayne may be the same Matthew making the rounds.
lisa ross
oh yeah for sure they are quite the con artists
deniz helga
please say me is carteldavid44@yahoo.com a scammer? thanks for answer
F. Wilson
I am located in the UK and was increasingly disgusted reading this, especially as I have ex British military in my own family.
Since joining Girls Date For Free (http://www.girlsdateforfree.com) I have been inundated by contacts with a significant number supposedly from US Army guys in Iraq and Afghanistan. I strongly suspect (at least) two are frauds and perhaps a third. I have traced the IP addresses of two but don’t have an email for the third yet.
First one :
- Site handle FARRELLUVS
- Sergeant Major Ferrell Bosch or Major Sergeant Ferrell Bosch
- Afghanistan
- Daughter Cara???
- Deceased parents
- 40, Black American
- Tried Transit Leave request ploy
- Email ferrellhugs4you@yahoo.com
- IP trace suggests actually in Kansas (AOL) via Yahoo in Washington.
Second one :
- Site handle USMark
- Profile Afghanistan
- Email Iraq
- Tried getting me to pay for ‘secure connection’ phone call
- Mismatch on emailed and profile photos
- 5’9′ Ft Tall
- In the service 18 yrs
- apartment at the Military base in FT Rucker Alabama but didn’t seem to know their specialism in Army Aeronautics
- 10 Yr old son, living in Orlando Florida with Grandma
- Email captainfariasmorgan2009@yahoo.com
- IP trace suggests Cote d’Ivoire
Third one :
- Site handle NIKARTER
- Afghanistan
- Widowed
- Son called Timmy
- Email not known yet
- IP trace to follow once email received.
Regards
Tracy
If you look on the FACEBOOK GROUP STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM PAGE u will see 280 photos and a page of names and email addresses these man are using GDFF is full of them in 24 hrs i was messaged by 58 men and GDFF wont do anything abt it they just send u a standard email ….. even when they were contacted by the fraud unit 8 wks later they are still waiting for an answer
Patricia
Messg for F WILSON…. And they use what i call ” BOUNCING PHONES” ( have no idea of the correct term as never come across this before. but it worked on this principle with me which lasted months and months…( 10 actually and over 6000 grand later… down to me.. well i would call the USA number and he would answer it and i would think Oh ! talking to USA ( as this is what showed on telephone account USA number called BUT BUT NO this number bounced from UK to USA back to UK over th Ghana and connectesd to uk and the telephone company knew nothing… and i never knew I was talking to someone in Ghana all the time. The of course we have the FAKE DVD,( they run these through their comp and run a dvd behind it so you think you see the person you want to see sitting in the chair waving at you etc etc. WILL we win I wonder. at least we know the sethings now I was GREEN stupid to say least. but eyes open now ( match sticks used !
Tracy
Us Mark is still on GDFF as liverpoolmark IM name MARK BROWN said he was in fort Ruck Alabama i asked him the time there to be told the same as the UK lol theres 6hr diff between there and the UK when pushed further said he was in Iraq still not the same time as the UK ….. Now got an email form him saying he want to hear my voice he will be waiting a very long time when i called him a scammer he vanished from my IM
F. Wilson
Another useful tool though I admit I’ve not tried it yet :
http://www.tineye.com/
You upload your image and it hunts down it’s origins.
Fiona
Sally
I’ve tried this and have not had any success in producing any information.
F. Wilson
I think it’s probably too young to have a large database yet. I’ve worked in IT for 20+ years and am guessing the artificial intelligence engine behind it needs more practise and more web-site exposure.
I hope it’ll become useful as the re-use of photos in this scam means finding repeated visual data is probably the quickest way of scammer detection.
Regards,
Fiona
Debra
Hi, I have been speaking to Major Henry Cashman, has anybody heard of him, hes apparently retiring 20th august, he did ask for money to help with a business, but i refused to give him any, he still speaks to me and denys that he knows anything about scams, he says he is going through clearance at the moment, which means nothing to me. Has anybody had this before.
Patricia
Has any one seen the coverage of some SCAMs ” shown on BBC,s CRIME watch you can get it on Utube, shows what these people do with soem of the scammed money they get from you for sitting on their arses, doing nothing except using a comp or laptop. well I was flabbergasted when i saw the tour around one of the scammers homes. ( an olympic sized swimming pool. Gold taps and fittings Huge houses, dogs kennels bigger than the average nigerian or ghana house, the bbc investigation team acting got to speak to some scammers and were able to show how easy it was to be scammed when meeting a ” Friend ” at the airport that you have been writng to for ages that you think you maybe coming to marry or meet her or his family ( frightening stuff makes one think !! do go to BBC Crime watch and look for Love scams etc all the best TRISH… Oh yes found the other guys names on badoo going about 1,paul Murphy ( Norfolk VA) 2, george from BRATISLAVA… 3… FRANK NY NY. these 3 showing at late 49 early 50 age group
F. Wilson
Thanks for this information. I wrote to the BBC last night after I found this site as I suspected that it’s probably not just American military personnel who are having their data hijacked.
Good to see my favourite media people are already on the case
Fiona
Tracy
SGT CHARLES LECAIN is active again new name now MICHAEL LECAIN hes getting better now has a facebook account with 15 friends on contacting the women so far 5-5 have been scammed by him
check out the photos on FACEBOOK GRUOP STOP THE US ARMY DATEING SCAM 280 photos 135 members
chris
Sgt Bill Johnson a real player knows how to get his way has a son Micheal Rancourt 17 in orfanage in Ghana
Patricia
Messege for Chris…(21.8.10) wonder if this is the same BILLY JOHNston who tried to get me ( he is on badoo but doesnt seem to be as active under that name ) maybe because i got him ” looked into” or could have been someone else did it before or after me ? anyway this BILLY JONSTON ( wearing cap on head very young white guy ) using names as such as RUDDOCK amongst others( I have already repeorted this to Cj ) and offered to send other pics of RUDDOCK in is Fab military DRESS uniform complete with commendations etc and other pics differentto the ones shown here, but as with all the other pics I have been sent and still have , I havent had a reply as of yet ( I expect Cj and co, are inandated with these ” Shower of shite ” people that have decended on us ladiesbut I still hold them on my files just in case someone wants to see them. or needs them.
claudia
Did anyone received email from sgt Bob or Ralph Edwards i need to he ask me for a phone
Tracy
Ralph Edwards is a scammer i have email addres for him hs is named and shamed ion the FACEBOOK group wall was active on GDFF abt 1mth ago
kIM
I was almost scammed by Capt. Steve Lopaz but there were too many signs to ignore so I went searching for Match.com dating scams and came on this site thank god!
Missy Ferrari
please someone help me, im so in love with a man named Peter Genthe, i need to know if he is real or not..i dont have money to do checks on people and he says he is in Iraq at Adder Camp can anyone help me? plz write me asap thanks
lisa ross
go to face book there is a site called stop us dating scams he is a scammer he might even be on the wall of shame
Lynn L
I met sgt Rudy Andrade on dating site. Supposed to be USMC in Iraq. Anyone else talking with him? I checked wall of shame and don’t see him. Is there a way to see if he really is in the marines?
Cow Girl
I met a E-6 Sr. SGT Janys Rivera based in Iraq on dating site @San Fransico & immediately communicate thru MSN with Janys1@live.com. He sent daily love letters, poems, and MSN chat and he said he is retiring within months and looking for a fresh start and everything that life has to offer. His told me his ex-wife had an affair and has a son who is 13 years old and physical abused by her own mother. He loved me as soon as we meet and asked me to marry him. He claimed because for security reasons soldiers were not allow to have money or credit cards as everything soldiers needs the military will provided. One day he told me he also had a contract with the Minister of Defence. He received a huge lump-sum of money for his service and some gold chains. He was afraid The General will find out and he will be in trouble so he asked a Diplomat to bring this package to me because he is coming home and to marry me. This Diplomat (Phillip Hillhouse) contacts me through e mails and phone calls to pressure me to co-operate with him so he can deliver the package to me. This was the time that I found out that I was involved with everything to do with this package. This Diplomat has claimed the package was withheld with the Custom people in Ghana and seeking for money before the package is released. They asked me USD $5000 money transfer to Airport Accra Custom office; so the package will be safe for delivery. Without the money the Ghanaian will taken the package away; knowing this corrupt country and the package is very important to my fiancé (someone I never meet yet). I have no time to think rationally and act selfishness when he told me the package worth over $ 1.5 Million. I betted on my love, money, time, and kindness to this soldier; I wanted him to have his retirement money so I wired the money and expected the custom officers to release the Diplomat and the package. The Diplomat said they are not able to cash the money via Western Union so I called the head office and found out this is a fraud. Western Union has many cases like mine are these people are on the black list and refund money back. This happened in less than 12 hours. This scammer (soldier) asked me to send to another person but I refused and stop talking to him.
Thanks for all for the available information on this board. I’ve searched their IP addresses and they are in Fremont, WA and Mountain View CA. I have pictures as well.
Good Luck for the next potential victims!
Holly
Cowgirl, your story is very familiar except the man I spoke with was E-6 staff sergeant Robert Timms. I met him on match.com and he immediately fell in love with me within one week and wanted to marry me. His first request was for a laptop as the computer he had been using was down and he “was having to use a friend’s laptop”. I fell for it hook,line, and sinker and purchased a laptop and sent it to him federal express. Then he started on money received for a “job done” with some gold chains and his “retirement documents”. He also used a diplomat named Phillip Hillhouse who was delivering this package to me in the states however the package got tied up in customs in Ghana airport and the customs people was asking $5000 in order to give the package back to the diplomat and have him on his way. I could take what money I needed out of the package to repay any money I had borrowed to have this package delivered. I have sent 2000 USD plus am out $500 to $600 for laptop but have since become suspicious and stopped sending money to this diplomat. Does anyone recognize the name Robert Timms, or may be using two other names he has led me to believe were his middle names; George Kelly? If anyone hear from this man or has the similiar story please do not fall for his poetic words and profession of love as I did and get out before sending him any money. I feel as if I have contributed to the scammers by purchasing a laptop for him
Tracy
There back new names same old scammer and same old photos SGT CHARLES LECAIN , SGT MICHAEL LECAIN is now SGT ETHAN LECAIN , SGT ROBERT SIMONS , SGT SIMON ROBERS , USPAT007 , SGT ALEX ROBERTS, is now SGT
STEVEN ROBERTS photos of facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM
Mary
I too have just been scammed by a Capt. John Korzeniowski, based in Iraq but shortlisted for transfer to Afghanistan.
What a crock of shxt!
I contaced the US Embassy in London and they have given me a whole list of people to contact to report this scam, and also suggested I contact Tracy Bishop.
CJ
All, check out the new forum where you can discuss these guys in a more organized fashion and upload photos: http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/08/31/new-asp-forum-launched/
donna
Hey Patricia
I also have had the ” bouncing phones ” experience !!! One night he called from his number in Nigeria and than 30 minutes later from a cell phone number that said he was in my hometown. When I ask him how he did that and what other tricks could he do he said that happened because he used different phones ??? They think we are as dumb as they are !!
beba
there a guy on zorpi.com posing as sgt lingo but really he is not the real sgt. lingo this is a scammer on zorpia…i have come to find quite a few scammers on zorpia tryingg to pose as military personel… i myself grew up on military bases with a father that is a retired army officer and i proud to be married to a marine so i have found few ways to tell if it a scammer or a real military personel…. sgt. lingo, paul gibson, paul davson on zorpia are all scammers on zorpia they not the real person so beware
Mary B
Well, this all very interesting. I just got an email from a Daniel Mosqueda who says he is a commander in the Army. The screen name on the Plenty of Fish dating site said Kenfishman. I asked why his screen name was different from his “real name.” He said he would tell me later The profile said he lived Atlanta, GA. and that he was 45. There was picture of a handsome man in uniform.
He said we should communicate on Yahoo. His screen name there is danielmosqueda75@yahoo.com.
He, too, said his wife died 5 years ago in a car accident and he has a son being cared for by a friend in Africa. Huh? Why not Atlanta? Doesn’t he have any friends there? Also in his email he says he is 52. It sounded like his son is quite young, if he needs to be “cared for.”
I googled his name and came up with nothing until I ran into this site.
There were a lot of red flags. Since it’s been less than 24 hours since he contacted me for the first time. I may have some fun with this before I report him.
What jerks to play with kind women’s emotions. I have no money to send anyway, so it would have been a short lived relationship I’m sure.
Be careful out there ladies!!!
SHARYL
MARY B. THIS IS FUNNY I’VE BEEN CONTACT WITH THIS DANIEL MOSQUEDA FOR OVER A MONTH NOW, HE JUST STOP WRITING ME. WE USE TO IM EACH OTHER ON YAHOO IM. BUT THE LAST TIME I TALK TO HIM WAS SAT. MORNING. AN THE LAST E-MAIL I GOT WAS TUES. I ALSO MET HIM ON POF: HIS USER NAME WAS KENNYESTY1122,HE DELEDTED HIS ACCOUNT AFTER HE MET ME. PLEASE DON’T HAVE FUN WITH HIM. THATS WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING. I ALSO HAVE NO MONEY HE WOULDN’T TELL ABOUT HIS WIFE. DO YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF HIM. I DO. HE IS HANDSOME. HE HAS ALSO LEAD ME TO BELIVE I WAS THE ONLY ONE. THE WOMAN HE WANTED TO BE MARRIED TO. IS HIS SON NAME KELVIN? HE JUST TURN 8. AND SUPPOSELY DANIEL JUST TURN 53 ON SEPT. 9TH. GO TO MYSPACE.COM YOU WILL SEE SOME PICTURES OF HIM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE PICTURES E-MAIL ME at hapyhelper@hotmail.com
juliet
Hi My Name is Juliet Marzouk, I wrote my comments Dated July 11, 2010. I would like you to delete that for me Please. I just dont want you to published that anymore.
One of my friend Googled my name and its appear that victim story I wrote. Please erase it as soon as possible.
thank you so much
jenny
heres the scammers name and email
Ramond Jones
and this one also
sgt.stevenroberts@yahoo.com
it is on mate1 same story iraq afganistan usa army wife die 5years ago.
later want money for phone connect.
this twom person is same 1guy who working scammed money from romantic date web site
Carol Holmes
Hello,
I just wanted to know if any one has come across a man named Joel Hernandez email joel_hernandez38@yahoo.com claims to be in Afghanistan. On duty for six months. Claims his wife died in a car crash, no kids surprise,surprise.
Age 41, very tall not bad looking.
Only been talking for a couple off weeks, I’ve been very stand-offish as don’t want to be scammed.
Hasn’t asked for money yet but has stated that he wants to talk on the phone etc etc
Sent me 3 pic’s in his army gear in camp very convenicing.
Says all the crap women want to hear but I believe it is probably is a scam claims to be from CA his email comes back as CA no surprises.
Its a bit werid as the job I do could get him into trouble but he still keeps talking online, MSN etc and I was hoping it would scar him off but no luck, lol
It would be great if any one has some info on this guy, all send and done he won’t be getting a dime(penny) off me.
Be safe ladies.
Cindy
Ladies, Look out for a Master Sergent Michael Dunn who only wants $600.00 to come home to you. Wants to marry you and have children with you. But send money to
His Birthday Feb. 16, 41 Years old 5’11″
140 # Blue Eyes. looking for his missing rib
he deleted me of face book
Hello sweetie,
I was so busy yesterday i couldn’t come online but glad to wake up and see your message on here well all i just want you to know is that $350 will be all that i need just to come back home baby and immediately i get it i can be coming straight to you i miss you so much and i can’t stop missing you glad to know that you will be helping me out for the last time baby,…
Here is the new informations you will be sending money to…
Name…. ORUCHE CHIBUIKE…
City…… ABUJA
State… ABUJA
Country… NIGERIA….
Test n answer the same as before because he lives…
The main reason you have to send the money to this new informations is because the accountant had an accident so he has directed me to send it to the secretary baby i will be coming back online to chat with you i love and miss you so much and can’t stop loving you baby….i can’t wait to have more kids with you.
Your man…
Michael Dunn.
have photos
Cindy
forgot email bravesoldier101@yahoo.com
Michael Dunn
Ursula
Now, my story began in May of this year, and although at Finya.
He wrote to me and I was quite impressed by his charming art, I have to say I’m in divorce, and so have suffered this year, there is one for a couple of Nice words already grateful. We wrote nearly five months in the Yahoo and MSN Messenger
He told me that he is currently in Iraq in the Army and he had a son in a boarding school in Ghana as it is, except a sister who will not take care of him no one has. The son lost his mother early on and is suffering greatly.
Then of course I was more engrossed in the thing and I could not get out of my head.
We wrote to us daily for yahoo or msn to 26.08. the day he leaves Iraq as troops were indeed withdrawn, to me it all sounded quite plausible.
Well at least he asked me if I do not want to call time with his son, of course I wanted and did it then also made.
The son was named Frank and so excited about my call, I was immediately al akeptiert his mom …….. I floated more on cloud nine.
That’s what I told him then and he said that Frank was soon happy birthday and would if he would get at least a small gift. What have I done …. I’m going and I worried for him …. PC games and a nice map of Berlin dazugelegt me ….. I could still exist in A. .. . Enter
My dearest Ursula,
Indeed, i must say that i am very touch with this mail and now i am with much hope for tomorrow .. i know and believe with us that nothing can stand in our way, our future together is indeed very bright .. my heart overflows with emotion and joy! I do know that with us we are complete together.I feel so safe with you and know you more!
All this can only spring from you! i will be with you heart and soul and i promise the best with me, and still a head of us my love … everything, all is within you, redoubled.i will be with you in heart and soul, indeed will do my very best to make you happy and never down with me to feel you are the only one i want to share my love and hopes with , in good times or bad i know that we will be together till the end of time …. I know that when you are able to call and talk with Frank all will be fine, because he is really looking forward to hearing from you ..
Yours forever in love,
Eric.
I told Eric, “I’ve done it and are happy that his son will be safe. There were letters to melt then I’ve soaked up every word like a sponge in me …. oh god how stupid ……..
Hi Ulla, Just thought I’d write you a short note to tell you how much I enjoyed being with you. I can not recall when I had a more pleasant time. Everything felt so natural, and you were very easy to talk to. It’s hard for me to identify what it is about you that attracts me Sun I suppose it might be the combination of your great sense of humor, your charming personality and your good-looks. Whatever it is, I can sense it’s presence. You could call it chemistry, or better yet, the possibility that we are on the same wavelength .. I am very happy that i was able to receive another wonderful picture of you … Smile
Ulla, I really hope that our first time was not our last because I felt very special when I was with you. I truly want to give our relationship a chance to grow.
Well, I guess I’ve said enough for the time being. Ulla, have a wonderful day and, hopefully, I’ll see you again real soon. If you get a chance, write and tell me your thoughts.
Until I hear from you, take care of yourself.
Always,
Eric
I was blown away.
A few days later he said he got a problem .. he is in his current situation would not have to pay the money urgently and Frank fees, that was the first to question how much he said € 500 na I’ve scraped together and sent by the Western Union.
I spoke to him to which it is a pity he is so far off course that was a big mistake, for he immediately entered it and said he does not like the Frank in Ghana but he had no other choice. What do I do!? I ask for a flight to Germany. So, there should not be so any airline, because for so Frank was the best good enough, he said he talks to the Fly Agent Mr.Emmanuel Tutu, who contacted me actually. The flight costs € 1,300 in a dream I never would have thought that all this is a fake ……. evening Mr.Johnson informed me that I am the Son 3.8. arrives at 11:35 with British Airways 892 seat number 108 from London to Berlin Tegel. I was happy that I can describe anyone ….. so I landed to the airport and the machine really until then everything was ok, only it was with keinFrank exited. Then I went to the information desk of the British airline and have since inquired whether the passenger is not found, I was asked where I said Ghana via London, looks to see me asking for the name and says the ticket was made SIX short term.
There I was, I do not even know what to do. I called them at home first at Mr. Tutu came forward and me from an accident on the way to the airport reported that I even have the sms he sent me. I was ready, his father in Iraq, I have not reached that day, until the following, he wanted to know how it goes with me and Frank was horrified that he was not here with me, he called me and was crying and I am have to cry with, that was hell.
The next day it was then that he told the doctors there treat only the weight and the treatment costs € 600 which I have of course paid. After a few days I could speak with Frank himself again and he said he is somewhat better, only the legs and head are still not ok, the accident he can not remember he is just recovered consciousness in hospital.
Then a Mr.Opoku spoke with me the whole the sum would not be enough for 400 € would be paid on the ticket would … After this renewed and Frank could make his flight after all. I was naturally blessed with the meaningful. My brain has totally exposed .. yesterday I was asked again about 400 € as the burn a flight for the un has some days delayed.
I’ve even seen. On the same day afternoon, the phone rings and Mr: TUTU total he stirred it were just attacked and the money is gone …… there are with me the fuses have blown me ………. After this many all I whipped in the wind warnings one ……. I have fallen into such a deep hole and must now watch as I re-create.
I was madly in love with this man in the pictures and it does so horrible pain because they do not.
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I can send you the photos of the soldiers
got scammed
Dear Ursula,
We were both scammed by this group in Ghana. The sweet letters that Eric wrote to you was very similar to the ones that I got from Mattew. Mattew is also deployed in Iraq and had a son, Gabby, living in Accra. These people changed their names and their stories to scam us. Mattew also asked for a flight ticket of $1,200. By then, I found out that it was a scam. This is an international problem and all the countries should work together to put those criminals away for good.
got scammed
In July 2010, I met this guy by the name of Mattew Tonsetic on Match.com His profile name was born_again001. He told me that he was an American Sgt currently serving in Baghdad, Iraq. He was divorced for 5 years. He has 2 children but his ex-wife kidnapped her daughter (now 12 years old) to her country in Brazil. Mattew’s mother lives in Accra, Ghana, therefore, his son, Gabriel (14 years old), lived with her till Mattew’s service terminated in Sept. He also told me that his exwife withdrew a large sum of money from his account while he was away serving in Turkey for 3 years. Therefore, he froze his account before leaving for Iraq. Mattew and Gabriel wrote to me that Gabriel needed to pay the outstanding tuition or else he could not sit for the exams. Mattew also forwarded me a letter from the school principal, Professor Tony Cerlorm, demanding payment of the outstanding arrears. Mattew said that it was a loan, and he would pay me back once he returns home to Bronxsville, New York. The Professor suggested to make payment via MoneyGram or Western Union in the amount of GHS 1139. addressed to TONY TAGBOR. On July 31, after much persuasion from the father and son, I sent the whole amount by MoneyGram. Couple of weeks later, Mattew told me that Gabby wanted to take an IT program during the summer in the amount of GHS 1363. I told Gabby via msn that I could not help him. Both Gabby and Mattew gave me this very guilt trip that I denied Gabby’s happiness and education. Mattew reassured me that he would pay me all back in Sept and that it was the last time that he would ask me for help. Out of sympathy for them, I made another payment payable to Gabriel Agbeko Junior. I later found out that I was scammed but continue to play along. Recently, Mattew told me that his name was not listed to return in Sept; so he wrote to the headquarter to file for a retirement. Mattew told me that he would need my assistance again. He knew of a General in Ghana who was preparing for his retirement. The General will contact me via email. This is an organization operating in Ghana. I was chatting with more than one person by the name of Mattew Tonsetic. His email address is belive_god03@hotmail.com They even sent me pictures of Tonsetic in uniform, his exwife, children, and granny. Gabriel’s email address is young_gabby01@yahoo.com Please refer this case to the proper authority so to put those scammers behind bars.
Ex-Military
Hello, I am a female and I used to be in the U.S. Navy. You girls are all being scammed. The majority of our soldiers have left Iraq in mid August. There are no more American combat soliders in Iraq, just advisors. No civilians can ask for leave for a soldier. He or she has to do it. Uncle Sam will pay for their trip home when they want to go on leave. Soldiers are paid twice a month and their money is not withheld from them. Soldiers have to be U.S. Citizens so if their mother lives in Ghana, then she is not an American and if his mother is not an American, chances are, he is not either. If his grammar is horriable and he is suppose to be an officer, then he is not an American and certainly not an officer. Know this, any man you’ve met online that falls in love with very quickly, that you never even meet in person, has very bad grammer, claims to live in some small town you never heard of, has a dead wife, is an engineer and asks you for money, stop talking to him, he is a scammer.
got scammed
Watch out for these names: TONY CERLOM (posed as Professor and Head Master of St.Kings Academy), TONY TAGBOR (recipient of MoneyGram/Western Union), JOHN EMEKA (BOX 17, Mile 7, Accra, Ghana +233546332241) They are all working to scam us.
Toni Cooper
I don’t know if any of you ladies can help me. I’m an English lady recently divorced aged 37 and a mum of two children. Have recently been put in touch with an American Army Officer by the name of John Skuzynski who is a Lt Colonel and comes from Bartlett Illinois.Got talking to him initially through Uniform Dating dot com and he is very charming 47 yrs old – with a daughter who is nearly 19 called Mary. Not got any siblings parents etc as they’re dead. He sent me a bouquet of flowers from Afghanistan where he is claiming to be based at Camp Phoenix but says I can’t send him parcels etc because of the bomb blasts etc and won’t let me see him on web cam. He has asked me to apply for a Dod Transfer Leave pass for him from admin@armytransit leave.com and they have sent me a Form G6 (1043) is this a scam or is this the real deal? Only nearly got stung once before and need to be sure he’s genuine. His email addy is johnkl009@yahoo.com.
Debbie
Toni, he is a scammer. Civilians cannot apply for leave for a soldier, they have to and it does not cost them anything! If you have any pictures that he has emailed you, please send them to CJ and he will post them. Most likely he has done this to other women.
Kimberly
Also watch out for a Staff Sergeant Matt Ray or Matt Rayman. He claims to have a Portuguese mother living in France and “lost his wife to breast cancer seven years ago. Apparently he has a young daughter. He is supposed to be deployed on a mission to Yemen. The picture appeared on another site warning about military scams. I never gave him money but his profile disappeared from Eharmony and his IM did as well on yahoo. His email was matt_ray11@yahoo.com. He said he was from Jonesville, MI. The real Matt Rayman is really married, and not in the military and looks nothing like the handsome staff sergeant. So sad that this goes on and makes life even more difficult for the real men and women serving overseas.
Meny
Please I want to make it known to everybody in the state plus the United Kingdom that its not all Nigerians are scammers and this internet fraudsters are not only from Nigeria. They are from other part of the world as well including US and the UK. We have good Samaritans here in Nigeria and not all of us are bad.
got scammed
Meny,
It’s true that scammers exist in all parts of the world. However, it is more saturated and prevalent in Western Africa (Nigeria & Ghana). I was recently scammed by a group in Accra, Ghana. In order to clear the notorious reputation, the government should step in and cooperate with other countries to catch those scammers/criminals. Maybe, you can try to raise awareness and approach the government to help create a better immage for the Nigerians.
brenda
yes i toally agree with you,i lost 45000.00 in a scam coming out of nigeria i went to the police here they just send it to a unit that works with scams out of country.they said i would never get my money back.
denise
i have been scamed by a person from the UK that states he is Carlos Amando a Sargent in the Army in Afganistan, I was on Match.com and that us where I was contacted. He asked me to buy him a phone a blackberry bold which I did not do then he had some funds coming due and he needed me to give him$6500and he would in trust 650,000 to me to save guard for him till he came home I never sent him any money but I would like to let the real soldier know that his photos are being used, I have 7 photos of the real soldier. Please if anyone knows how we can let this soldier know please reply
brenda
hi there i am from canada,i am going to tell you that i was taken for alot of money by this guy in the military out of nigeria his name is james williams.they are very good at what they do.that was my first try at a dating site after my divorce.now i try again at match.com his name is raymond legget he is station in afghanistan.i have a pic of him .i dont want this to be number two but now he is asking to borrow money.his email is legget.raymond@yahoo.com i really dont to fall for this again.i cant tell if he is for real.my email is tyrer@shaw.ca thanks guys
got scammed
Brenda,
I met my scammer on match.com and sent him money as well. Please read comment by ex-military posted Sept 10 that soldiers were paid twice a month. If this guy whom you met online asked to borrow money, then you know he is after your money.
Take care!
Gwen H
Watch out for Brown Collins. E-mail Sgt.Brown_ran001@yahoo.com. Tried the scam about me posing as his fiance to get leave and come home from Iraq. When I said no he suggested that I get him a Sat. phone from web-site http://www.militaryvoices.com. I thought website looked funky. I then searched the internet and found this wonderful site.
Thanks!!
debbie laby
hello ladies
my name is debbie i was on bearshare for 6 weeks and met two scammers posing to be american soilders.
the first one captain Mark Dodson the second major james wiseman 02347063745578 was the number given please be aware i live in new zealandthey are everywhere
be strong ladies and yes these males on yahoo and windows live messenger proceed with caution or leave alone.
jbghigoguki
Tracy
02347063745578 is the a Nigerian phone number
I have been contacted by COL328 on GDFF asking me to send him O2 phone top up in his dreams he says he is in Afgan and on a roaming UK phone this was all within 10 mins of him chatting to me
Jessica
My mother is currently being scammed out of her savings by an internet army scammer. He says his name is COLONEL CHILDRESS BENT. He says he is in the army and stationed in afghanistan. He claims to have a child who is sick and that he needs money to pay the nanny so he can get granted his leave. There is alot to this story but he has scammed my mom out of lots of money. She has sent it via western union to a guy named Billy Warren in houston tx. The scammers email address is col.childress@yahoo.com He met my mom on a online dating site. I have made a photobucket account so I could post his pictures for you to see and see if you know him by another scammer name. Please let me know if you do. Scammers like this need to be stopped. My mom is a hard working nurse just looking for love and never did we imagine this would happen. She is obsessed with this man and all his fake promises. Here is the link to the pictures. Thanks Jessica http://s1039.photobucket.com/albums/a474/stopscamer/
Charity
I was thankful I found this page. Presently I am online dating with a man calling himself major robert millen assigned in darfur sudan. He was asking me to request fronm the army a Transit leave and I am going to pay 550 dollar. I would like to ask if this man is really connected w/ the US army. I dont want to be a victim of scammers. Thank you, Godbless!
Debbie
yes Charity, he is a scammer…and as far as I know, I don’t think we have military in Dufar. The soldiers do not have to pay for anything either. If they want leave, I believe they just put in for it and the military arranges their flight…at no charge to them or anyone else. He is not connected in any way to the military. Do not send him any money!!!
Charity
To debbie! Thank you for answering my question, now I know what’s he’s intentions are. More power to you guys and Godbless.
laurie
EVERYBODY I HAD WROTE THIS WHEN I THOUGHT I MAY BE – BEING SCAMMED :
CALLED :
Have I Fallen In Love With A Picture Photograph
Have I Fallen in Love with an Image of a Picture Photograph
that Isn’t the True Person at Heart ?
How do I Find the Truth ?.. How do I Know that the Picture
Photograph I Vision ..
Isn’t just A Photo of Someone who was Randomly Picked
from a Stack of Photographs.
People not Knowing there Photos are used for Fake Purposes .
My Heart has Fallen for a Picture Photograph …
and My Love has Gone to Someone who may be UnKnown ..
The Photograph .. not Being the Person at Heart
How do You Figure Out the Truth Beyond the Computor that lies .
How do You Tell your Heart – its ok , You’ll be Fine .
How do you Explain to the Heart .. the Love you Feel- May be Real
But Man behind the Picture Photograph , is Not .
Many Tears Like a Water Fall … Not Knowing Truth
My Heart Broken as if No Mending can take Place
My Mind so Confused … My Missing You , My Loving You
How do I know What is Real .. True ?
You Tell me Have I Fallen in Love with a Picture Photograph ?
If My Heart Only Knew …..
BY : LAURA EGGEBRECHT
DATE : 09/18/2010
and i have a whole military page i dedicatied it to the man I believe I may have been scammed from ?
on: http://www.migente.com/DIAMONDSnECSTASY/
DJ Airheart
Scammers name: Gary C Shipley give dallas address. I have photos. Same scam wanted a phone and all the come with. Posed as Sgt. in us army.
What can be done to get stop this?
Tracy
UK PRESS RELEASE…..Dating scam – victim speaks out
A woman from Leicestershire is starting a campaign to stop other women falling for a dating scam that cost her a significant sum of money.
The woman, who is a single Mum and does not want to be identified, decided to join an online dating agency. Rebecca (not her real name) said that after a few false starts she began to correspond with a man who she started to get to know. After a week of correspondence, he told her that he was actually Sergeant Charles Lecain, he was in the American army based in Afghanistan. Although Rebecca was a little surprised at his news, they continued to keep in touch and one day a huge bunch of flowers was delivered to her door followed a week later by another bunch and some chocolates.
Rebecca said; “He was sending me lovely emails and poems and flowers were arriving with helium balloons and teddy bears and it felt very lovely. He seemed a nice man, he took an interest in me and my life. It was lovely to get such nice attention after being on my own for a number of years. At one point he did ask me for £450 to help him buy phone cards so that he could ring me but I told him that if he wanted to call me he would have to sort his own phone out and he did.”
Weeks went by and Sergeant Charles Lecain said that he would like to come over the England and visit her. The problem he said was that he needed someone to pay a ‘transit grant’ that would allow him to take leave and visit England and act as a bond to ensure he returned to the army.
Rebecca said; “He emailed me lots of very official looking paper work and I even had a call from his Lieutenant confirming that he would not be allowed to leave his post without some financial guarantee that he would return to the war zone. Meanwhile I was still receiving bunches of flowers and other gifts.”
Rebecca’s transferred the money into the bank account using the details ‘Sergeant Lecain’ had given her.
“I began to get suspicious when he told me he’d made me his next of kin, I thought that was odd given that he had an eight year old son, and then he told me that I was entitled to his lifetime benefit which was worth $1.42 million but in order to release it I would need to pay £6000 and that is when I realised something was very wrong. I approached the American Army and they asked me to keep communicating with him while they investigated the fraud and it turns out there is a Sergeant Christopher Lecain whose identity and photograph was being used by these fraudsters.
“With hindsight I can now see that there were lots of things that didn’t add up and I feel very foolish now but I just don’t want anyone else to be duped in this way and hand over any money to these con artists. They have all my personal details which makes me feel very vulnerable so I decided to start a face book account to see if anyone else had fallen for this scam thinking assuming I was the only one who had fallen for it and I was so amazed to see hundreds of women had also been conned and some of them have sold their cars and remortgaged their homes.
“I consider myself an intelligent person but I feel so stupid. I now realise that I paid for my flowers myself.”
Rebecca approached the dating agency who immediately removed the man from their records. Her research has shown that women who are targeted in this way are often aged between 35-49, are employed and rent their own home. She now knows that all American soldiers have an army email address and would never ask for money for phone calls or taking leave as that is all looked after for them. She says their profiles often say they are widowed and divorced and have a child to look after.
PC 1921 Paul Anderson from Leicestershire Constabulary is investigating the fraud. He said; “The problem we have is that these scammers are operating from African countries and are almost impossible to trace. Rebecca knows that it is very unlikely that she will get her money back so the best thing we can do is raise awareness of the problem to try and prevent other people falling victim to it too. I would however encourage anyone who has fallen victim to this type of fraud to report it to us. It helps us build up information that might be useful in terms of tracking down the offenders.”
David Bull Head of Leicestershire County Council Trading Standards Service said; “The one thing all these scams have in common is the request to send your money to a person you have never met. This scam has been carefully planned and was designed to build up a relationship to give it credibility. My advice is to delete any e-mails asking you to part with money for any reason and stop contacting them immediately.”
Anyone who thinks they have been the victim of this type of fraud can call Leicestershire Constabulary on Leicester 0116 222 2222 or Consumer Direct on
Karen
If you are contacted by anyone named Inabnit Robert, please know that he is a scammer. The real person has been contacted about his last name and photos being used. I was one of the lucky ones that didn’t send money to him. If anyone else has been contacted by him, please reply back here. he told me he was a captain in the US Army and was 35 years old. Sent me pictures and even told me that i was the only person that could ever make him want to love someone again. I fell for that.
Christine
If you are a contacted by Sgt Kenneth Lascot – HEADS UP = SCAMMER. Met thru HooverSpot. Says he is Sgt from Dallas, Tx, widow 5 years, 15 year old son stateside. He is using the please request a leave for me and pay the airfare so I can come home to you BS very quickly within a couple of days. Oh and I’m the luv of his life 2!!!
Pictures he provided show a Marine Sgt Major insignia. I will post them here if someone will tell me how to. If there is a “real” Kenneth Lascot I would like to let him know his identity is compromised; however, I suspect the name is ficticious.
Enid
Ladies, I have been scammed also. His name is James A. Gray in the Marines in Iraq. He started asking me for money to pay for the phone satellite which I did pay, dumb move. Then he started asking for his leave funds since he couldn’t get any money from his account in VA and he wanted me to open a bank account so he could wire money to me when he could. I did not do that. He then asked me to send money to his friend that was in a wheel chair and a Veteran so that he could process his leave papers. The man never showed me any recent pictures, he is on Facebook and happens to be friends with only women! Please watch out for him!!!
Paula says
Ladies thank god for this site. It stopped me from being scammed. I was looking for the site to set phone lines up so we could call each other.My gut was already telling me that something wasn’t right and kept putting it off but he kept saying all the right things and then trying to make me feel guilty with the “but I love you and can’t wait to here your voice” and “don’t you trust me”, “search your heart now and do it”. Every time I asked him something about himself the net went down,gee how convenient,then he would come back online and start talking about something else. I quit talking to him for a few days and I got love poems and pouting wondering where I was,then it was “I am so disappointed you didn’t set up the phone yet” and he would keep sending me everything I needed to do it. Once I found your site I told him I wasn’t going to do and that I had found this very interesting site and told him he really should read it. He came on line right away and what do you know he already knew about it, he found out the day before when he went checking to see if I had set up the phone line so why didn’t he let me know.Why didn’t he tell me not to do it. He never missed a beat telling me just do this instead and it will be fine, the only problem was it was still doing exactly the same thing he just twisted the words a little but in the end I was still sending the money to the same place and giving all the same info just in a different order. I said no and he replied that he wouldn’t do it either but 2 minutes later was telling me to do it if I loved him and trusted him and if i didn’t trust him then we had nothing. I told him that I thought enough women had been scammed and none of them deserved it and it was done for greed and greed alone and I thought that was pretty sick. Told him I would do it as soon as I had proof that he was who he said he was and that he was army and other stuff. More guilt trips but then he would say that’s o.k. babe I wouldn’t do it. I told him if I was wrong I was sorry but if I was right the only thing I was losing was a big lie. Gee guess what his gone, good riddens I say. I am very sorry that so many women have been hurt and lost money. I hope this people get caught, the sooner the better. They all are the same,their stories,bad English,they know what to say and when. Ladies Karma is a wonderful thing and they will get theirs I have no doubt. I also wanted to say don’t give up because you ran into a real smooth bastard.I have met some really nice guys online that are just like us being honest and looking for a life partner,I just haven’t found “THE ONE” but I believe there is someone for everyone so don’t give up hope and keep looking just be careful, take your time and someone that wants you doesn’t want anything but you, watch for those red flags and if your gut is telling you something isn’t right then listen to it. Good luck and happy hunting.
Just so you know anyone talking to Ralph Edwards from Colorado get away from him fast as he is my scammer and I know I am not his first. He is of course a widowerm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Paula says
Sorry cat walked across laptop and somehow sent letter. I was saying Ralph is a widower of course with a daughter who lives with his mom but it was funny because on his profile her name was Clara but in chat it was Cindi . I commented on the spelling and he didn’t know what I was talking about but when I went back and checked his profile later the name was changed from Clara to Cindy. You would think he would know how to spell his daughter’s name or even remember what her name is.Like I said if Ralph Edwards contacts you please run.
Michael O'Sullivan
Hi, I have been chatting with a girl that contacted me on a dating website, starting with email and then onto Yahoo chat. She has recently (last night) asked me to send money transfer to setup a secure communications link.
When she initial contacted me I was suspicious, I didn’t think I could be so lucky. She says she is based in Afgan with the Special Forces. One of the things that has made me suspicous is that, of the photos she sent me, the name on her uniform, she uses as her first name.
I have delayed her by saying that I don’t get paid until next week so am now trying to check out her story. Any help ?
Sharon
Hello Everyone, I am trying to see if anyone has ever received anything from a man calling himself Michael Cureton. He said he is in the army and currently in Afganistan. He told me that he has been in the army for 26 years and is a staff sgt. I for some reason just don’t believe him. Thanks.
Sharon
I forgot to tell you that, the email address he gave me is mcureton@ymail.com. He called me on my cell phone, and the number was from Ghana. When I asked him about personal questions he would always get upset. The package is suppose to be on the way, but after I found this website, and started asking questions he just said since I don’t trust him we could just end this. Now he had really sent me a lot of money he would be trying to get it. I am so thankful I found this site.
Laurie
I am not sure if the soldier I have been talking with is real or a fake, can someone help me find out.. The soldiers name is Mike Draper, says he is a LT in the Army ( in Afganistan) says he is from Coral Gables Flordia, he is 56 years old. He said he he is a CD? with teh 3rd Ranger Batallion. He has sent me flowers & gifts… just need to know… THank You!
cheryl
i to was scam by a so called solidger name jonny rellinger ebert he is on facebook(jonnyebertt@yahoo.com)but who has a friend wole gilbert who maybe a scammer he promise love and a family i have lots of photo of him but when i was ask to put money to his name was olusola olugbare the worse thing he has my details as i was con to fill out forms for his leave and he has photo of my and my family i want to post his photo but not sure how to because he probadley is a innocent man.
cheryl
i real like to know if ther is a jonny rellinger ebert he stated he is from bronx new york he has 10 year old richard both parent were deceased he had noone my heart went out to him as being in afganastand then got transfer to west afica if anyone has any more infor (chezziepayne.msn.com) on this man as he maybe a victim and so could i
Nikki
Hi, I was talking to 2 of these scammers in the past year, and fell for the first, but sussed out the scond in 3 emails. Told him to get lost. However, I thought this as all over, I have met a really nice local man, but am taking things slowly.
Today I received 2 rmails, I have included the second one below. Can’t believe that someone is now making me a part of their scam.
“Hello with love,
My name is Rita, i am well pleased to contact you after going through your profile a(www.soldiersperspective.us) on my search for relationship , in a specially manner i will like to further communicate with you , so as to know each other well , for more introduction , if you share the same view with , i will be happy to see your mail my dear , age or colour even distance can’t deny the love that i have for you , so please lets give our self a trial , thanks till i hear from you ,
With regard,
Rita.”
Cj, where are these profiles, please if there is one with my email …remove it. I don’t know where to find it on this site, have looked everywhere. They must have put a male picture. I need to stop this, and would appreciate help…… Thanks Nikki
CONNIE
yes ladies watch out i tallked to james rellinger last 2 weeks seem to move too for me and wanted to get to know me. i strated to look for his name and out he was on different sites some stories are part in the profile but some who ever are taking his name are changing some stories. he said someone stole his name andhe reported it and nothing is fixed yet. if this the right james then i hope someone helps him., i lost my bf whom i met on dateline he died of cancer he was the real del. i miss him its bee almost 7 yrs. im trying move ahead but its hard. ladies watch your belongings. its sad the soldiers are losing their lives for us some people have ruin so these real soldiers who are honest have to deal with it. its a disgrace. god bless them all they need to come back home. i also told him im not getting married not send anything to nobody.
stella
hi have some names for you scamming, Hornback_steve@hotmail.com calls himself steve, sgtwilliamssmith he,s very smooth but dangerous as convincing, those two afghanistan, then theres majorkhrim known as benjamin iraq he,s very clever as well. and the best one is a guy posing as aaron amores. mails aaron4us, aaronlove, and a few other names but same pictures each time. also john barry not sure about him at moment . thought might help
Wanda
Hi,
I am so glad I found this article! I have been communicating with a guy who says his name is SSgt Alejandro Lingo. Of course he must be using the same pics of the real SSgt Lingo. I keep catching him in very subtle grammar errors. But for the most part is English is very good.. but he translates some English wrong.. it is very subtle and unless you are suspicious from the start, like me, you may not catch it. He has been spouting all kinds of love in his emails and claims to have lost both parents in a tragic car accident when he was 18. Says he was born in Florida but after his parents died, went to New York to live with his Uncle and then joined the military. Says he has a daughter and is divorced. Talks about retiring and going into gold and diamonds. How do you “go into” gold and diamonds. That is an example of the subtle grammar error. I knew he was full of crap when I asked him, “What is your MOS soldier?” I am from a military background and every Army Soldier knows what an MOS is. He kept answering with his rank (SSG)(E-6).. Well, your rank is not your MOS.. MOS is a job classification.. like, Infantry or Transportation, and is represented by 2 numbers and a letter.. He was busted at that point. And he always calls email “Mail”.. like he would say.. “Okay sweetheart, I will try to send you a mail when I wake up” He also likes to talk about GOD and going to church. He tries to play on what he thinks is very important to women.. family, religion, etc. Everytime I asked him for more pictures he says he doesn’t have anymore and will send some more as soon as he get some.. When asked if he can call he will say that for “security” reasons, he can not call. I also asked him for his military address, so I can send a care package.. He again stated that for “security” reasons, he can not receive mail at this time.. Such a load of BS!! I have real friends who served over there.. and every military individual has a mail address to get letters and packages from home. Please don’t fall for this guy ladies. I have the pictures he is using of SSGT Lingo if anyone wants to make sure it’s the same guy. Please email me at tweety81963@yahoo.com BE CAREFUL! Wanda
Tracy
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now has 500 members and 650 photos that the scammers are using and offers lots of support and advice to people who have been scammed or maybe being scammed at the moment
Sharon
I am in the same boat ladies, refused to pay £300 for a telephone call, to a charming Col. Jason Scott deployed in afghanistan.
Can anyone advise me on how to find out who the soldier is/was in the picture I was sent, would like to warn this soldier his picture is being used.
Lets stand together ladies…
Lori
HELP PLEASE I live in
Vancouver Canada and have been chatting with a K.Preston claiming he is a sgt. in Kabul Afg. has never asked me for money, but has sent me a form to fill out for an early request to leave to come visit me in canada, looks fishy, the form is usarmyleavedept@g.mail he has not asked me for money, but claims he loves me, has lots of money, and wants to meet me in person. I met him on facebook, he contacted me, i have lots of pics of him, but he doesn;t have a proper facebook profile, please let me know if this form is real, and if he is, if he’s a fake, i want him arrested for fraud!!
S.J.
Hi Ladies.Wish I would Of Found This site a Couple Months ago…My Army Guy was a Scammer to.But I didn’t want to believe It!Their getting smart about IP Address…STAY away from Smoooooth Talker
“SGT DAVID STEWART”
stewart2504@yahoo.com I’m sure He’s more then Likely Changed His SPOTS By Now.I have BLOCKED Him but keep getting Mail from SO CALLED Females saying they found Him from Some Dating Site,and want to Get acquainted with Him.They ALL say Distance Doesn’t matter behind their SOB Story they tell…I did a couple IP searches and come up with (Sengegal,Dakar.Africa)I Feel REALLY STUPID I Fell for His CRAP!But I Met a GREAT Guy in The Process.He kept telling Me what I could NOT See! NOW I’m FREE of this SCUM…Only LOST $200.00 could have been alot More!!Heart Toke a Ding or Two.But I’ll be Fine and so Will You Ladies! When Money or Items are Brought Up in Conversations with Them BLOCK THEM RIGHT OF WAY! Good LUCK To Everyone Trying to find MR.RIGHT On the Cyber Highway!
laurie
ok this is what I’m recieving in the mail now …… about nigerian scamming ???and getting money off it ??
YOUR NAME IS ON THE LIST,STOP CONTACTING THOSE PEOPLE..
From: Mrs Joyce Smith
joyce45@btinternet.com To:
Cc: recipient list not shown: ;
Date: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:04 pm
Dear friend,
My name is Mrs. Joyce Smith , I reside here in Texas. My residential address is
as follows, 108 Crockett Court. Apt 303, New Braunfels Texas, United States, am
thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took
advantage of the Scam Victims Compensation Exercise organized by the Nigerian
Scam Victims Reconciliation Commission in 2008 but since then they refused to
pay me because I was working with the wrong office. I had paid over $4,000 while
in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail. Having experienced all
that, I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents and
was advised to meet Reverend Father Simon Walcott who happens to be a member of
the Compensation Award Committee. On contacting him, he explained everything to
me. He said whoever is contacting us outside his office is a fake as he is the
Public Relations Officer and all such correspondence should come from his
office. He took me to the paying Bank for the claim
of my Check (Compensation Payout
JOAKIN COMPENSATION HOUSE
Name: REV. Fr. SIMON WALCOTT
Email: reverendsimonwalcott4christ01@gmail.com
Phone: +234-8090845895
Those people are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up before
you know it, stop now so you don’t end up losing all you got. The only money I
paid after I met Rev. Fr. Simon Walcott was $205 for the paper work, take note
of that. Having said that, I will advise you to contact Rev. Fr. Simon Walcott
so that he can help you receive your own compensation fund of $500,000.00 just
like myself instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around
and asking you for different kind of fees to complete your transaction.
thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Joyce Smith.
Debbie Lynn
CJ,
Nothing from you on this one? Don’t think she is legit!!!
Michelle
I have been contacted by a Sgt. Darell Swain, anyone heard of him?
Thanks, Michelle
bernice
hi there
just want to say that smiling roberts/alex roberts is now steven roberts
i went onto stop the us army dating scam
and there mister is and alot of pics of him
the wole telephone story and the money for the leave transit
but lucky i saw through him
so be on the lookout for him
his adress is
sgt.steveroberts@yahoo.com
Sandra
I have currently been chatting with a Sgt, Raymond Daniel Thomas of the US Marines. He’s been in 22 years and has a son in the UK that lives with his sister. He told me he olny has access to credit cards and wanted to transfer some money into my account and then wanted me to send it Western Union to a Detroit MI address. This sounds like a scam…anyone heard of this man?
Thanks, Sandie
Joyce
I was contacted by a Demiel Agner on facebooks are you interested. His email is demiel_agner@yahoo .com He has indicated that he is in Afghanistan. He has never given me a rank. My first clue was his word usage was not quite right for someone from the U.S. The clincher was he wanted me to buy the secure communication devise. I cannot find this quy anywhere. I have been unable to idenity the solder either. If some one could help me with that I would appreciate it. I have pics if anyone would like to see them. Just email me at joey3700@ymail.com
Janice Kelley
Joyce, I was contacted by Demiel Agner on the same site and chatted with him but was warned by a woman who set me straight on him. I found another woman on fb who was scammed for money and promises of love etc. and we have been communicating. In his letters to her, he says he is Staff Sargeant in the usmilitaryonpeacekeepingmission@gmail.com which is not a gov. site as they do not use gmail, as it is not secure. So that seems to be a phony site also. Yes, I know of three emails agnerdemiel@yahoo.com, demielagner@yahoo.com and fb but have blocked that. He is also on Myspace and the photo of him is there. Check it out and see if it is the same photo and story line he used on myself and others. J
Debi
I have 2 guys one is Cp. Mark Smith and Dr. James Frey. Does anyone know anything baout these 2? They are both in Afghanistan and both in the US Army
jan keane
Thomas s Dockery”
Here is another one Thought scamming me but didnt fall wanted to see how long to take to ask for money Hmm 2 weeks Glad I have real friends w/ the us marshells
Karen
I got this “gem” of a friend request 5 days ago:
“Hello gorgeous,
If i were to pick flowers, i’ll pick the most beautiful ones just for you.. Am robert and will like to know more about you (if you don’t mind). I would really appreciate a reply and maybe we could be friends or something more.. Hope you’re having a great day? Holla at me once this get’s to you..
Gracias
Robert”
Peggy
Mine is Sgt Scott Patterson. I went to the facebook page suggested and there were his pics! I am blocking him as I write this. I’m glad I didn’t send any money but feel really stupid!
Karol
I was scammed out of £200 by Msgt Brian Ebert same old story sworn his undying love for me with poems and song lyrics made me fall head over heels in love as they all do. Although it didnt stop there he then wanted me to open a itune account for him using my credit card then the BOMBSHELL he wanted to relocate to be with me (yeh right) and wanted to send a package over, with a friend Isaac, who I would have to pay £2000 too. Dont think so somehow. I might be in love with him but Im not a fool in love. I know he is who he says he is as I have the photos to prove it, one of him with a pic of me, I know he is chatting to other women and hope they are not foolish enough to fall for his good looks and charm and send the money. why cant the US Military fine or arrest these scammers coz it isnt looking good for them.
chris
hi peggy
my is called sgt jeneifer chris and a long the way she would have had me for £12.000 but i woke upto that and now i feel stupid and low anyway if you want to chatt about it all i am on f.book christopher boyt
Peggy
I looked on fb and didn’t see you
kikay
CJ, can u please help me to verify if there’s Gen. Travis Wallace in Camp Eggers, Kabul Afghanistan. I could send u his emails and pics in full uniform, in shirts and even with his son and his father.He has 8 pics sent to me but confirmed my doubts when I read those posts here. I wanna know if I am falling to a wrong guy….
If ever he is a scammer, please help me also to find who s the real guy to warn him that his pics wer perhaps circulating in various dating site here.
Thank’s and God bless.
Peggy
look at the webpage set up on facebook under stop army scammers. thats how I knew for sure that my guy wasn’t real.
Tammy
I need to find out if there is a Sgt John Lowe in Iraq. He found me on singlenet.com and i am starting to think he is a scammer can someone help me.
CJ
Tammy, just ask him what his AKO address is because you want to send him something. If he tells you he can’t or gives you some retarded security excuse, he’s a scammer.
Rose
Does any one know or heard of Lt. Valentino Wilson who is station in Afgn….. could you please tell me??? would be very much appricate if anyone knew him.
thank
Lucy
Hi I had falling in Love with someone on line that I think he may be a scammer he goes by the name James Carmen he said he is a sgt in the US Army I meet him in Yahoo personals about a year ago he said he is a widowed and has a son name John and his mother is Rose and they live in Manchester England..he also told me that his mother has lung cancer and she is not doing very well I asked him about his son and whom is looking after him, he told me that he had a nanny..well a few month ago he told me he had asked for leave so me can come and meet me and be with me and the leave request was only good for 6weeks so I need it to help him so he can get out of Afghanistan he told me the only way he can get of Afghanistan if I was to send him 20,000 dollars so he can get a private chatter because the Army did not provide them with a plane if they were to leave..I told him that i did not have that kind of money so then he asked me to take a loan with my bank and I just keep telling him that I could not get a loan that my credit was really bad and the bank did not approved…but I actually never try to get a loan..I had been scam before by someone else going with the name Dwayne Johnson also using a picture of a military man..so the so called James still asking me to find a way so he can come home so he can marry me and be a family…he wrote me the most beautiful e-mail and when we chatted on IM he was always sweet to me and make me feel so special and loved women in the entire world ..I had been praying to God that he is real I look at his pictures and just melt and cry because I just it to real and for him to be real..but I deep inside I know that this man is not real and he said the same thing to many women…I just hope the real man in this pictures is happy and he is safe…I can’t wait for this scammer to be caught and jailed and never hurt someone ever again…thanks God something inside of me keep me for making a mistake and sending money this man.. it is hard now days to trust anyone online..is there a real military man for me all i want is to be happy and love again…I am broken hearted…LADIES PLEASE BE CAREFUL DON’T SEND MONEY TO ANYONE ONLINE AND WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE WIDOWERS REMEMBER THEY ARE SCAMMERS I LEARNED MY LESSON THE HARD WAY..i WOULD LIKE TO SEND THE PICTURES OF THIS SOLDIER TO SOMEONE WHOM MAY RECOGNIZE HIM…PLEASE LET ME KNOW..THANKS
Teri
I just busted one who found me on e-harmony. He said his name is Tim Guliamo from Italy and he joined the US Army 7 years ago. The pics he sent were of someone with the last name Miller. When asked about that he said, he took the last name Miller when he came to the US & just “forgot” to mention it. He said his wife & son were killed in a plane crash. He said he lives in Louisville, Ky now and when I asked him what street he lived on he suddenly signed out of Yahoo Messenger. He hadn’t gotten to the point of asking me for money yet. But I became suspicious early on, his story didn’t jive & I have a step-son in the military. Needless to say I am reporting him to e-harmony. How sad that our own troops whether alive or deceased are being exploited in this manner.
mary
HI I AM TALKING TO A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS A SGT IN IRAQ WHO LIVES IN NEW YORK. I DON”T WANT TO POST HIS NAME ON HERE BECAUSE THE SGT WHO”S NAME HE IS USING IS ALIVE. AND