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We’ve been getting a LOT of emails and comments here on the blog from women around the world (mainly in English speaking nations) that have fallen for scams that use names and likenesses of military members to lure their prey. I’d like to take a moment to detail these scams. This is an extension of other posts I’ve written on the subject HERE and HERE.
It’s clear in reading these emails and comments that a lot of people just don’t understand the military that well and how it works on a personnel level. I don’t think anyone would disagree with me that we have some morons that wear the uniform, but even morons could write better than the bozos perpetrating these scams from across the pond.
These guys have all the time in the world to convince you that they love you (and I say “guys” generically, because there are scammers posing as female servicemembers too). They takes weeks and months saying all the right things and using stories that will tug on your heart strings. They are typically widowers with young children left behind. They are or are about to be deployed. These deployments are generally of short length, 1-3 months, so as to have as many reasons as possible to bilk money from you. And, most of them are near retirement. None of them use .mil email addresses that ALL military personnel have. These are just some of the tipoffs you should be aware of.
They use sites like 101date.com, match.com, MyYearbook.com, OKCupid, Friends Reunited Dating, and others. They use military ranks and names, most of the time made up but occasionally real troops. They get the photos from internet trolling and other profiles on the dating sites. Blogs, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites are prime real estate for those seeking photos of military members.
I won’t use the name of the readers that sent their stories, but think that telling them will serve to protect women in the future and show how these guys work. Nearly all of them are located in Africa. Some use IP anonymizers to hide their true location and make it more believable by creating fake IPs in the U.S. Before I begin to dissect these scams, I want the people who fell for it to understand they don’t need to feel embarrassed. By sharing this information, others will not fall for it.
Sgt. Kella sent his first email to me through the dating site OKCupid at the end of August. He told me he was stationed at Camp Lejeune in NC, but lived in Beeville, TX when not on base. His wife died in a car accident 5 years ago and has an 18 year old son. He told me as a teenager, he lived in London with his uncle. He gave me the address as 118 Piccadilly. His son would go and stay with his uncle whenever he was at Camp Lejeune.
I talked a little about this on the You Served Radio Show this week. How many Marines (or other military people for that matter) do you know that commute over 1400 miles to work? That’s how far it is from Beeville to Camp Lejeune. Even a National Guard or Reservist Soldier wouldn’t make that commute once a month. The pay is nowhere near worth it. Then, he says that his son went to live with an uncle in the UK while he was at Lejeune?! Wow. You’ll find that a lot of these scams may also use the UK as part of the scam. They think that if we hear the UK, we’re more likely to believe it than if they tell the truth they’re writing from Nigeria or some other impoverished African nation. As you can see, the standard “my wife died in a tragic accident and we have a small child” bit is played here.
He also told me he was to retire from the Marines in December and was ready to start a new life. After about 2 weeks of exchanging emails and chatting on yahoo, he told me they wanted to send some marines to Afghanistan and would know if his name was on the list by the end of that week. Well, his name was on the list and he then told me that he would be leaving the following Monday night. When he got “there”, he told me he was at the base camp in Kabul and would be going out to field in a few days and would not have internet access.
There are many variations out there, but this one seems an attempt to legitimize their military affiliation. Many of them are already in theater when the scam begins. Once contact is made, they are miraculously going to be shipped to a remote outpost with no internet access, phones, toilets, or even sunlight! It doesn’t exist out there. THe mission is so top secret, even they don’t know where they’re going. But, once they get there, they realize that there is ONE way that the nomads have found to tap into the rocks and dirt to extract internet access:
He got information from his “colleagues” that most marines used amilitary@usa.com as the means to communicate with people back home. He said he would go to field with a pam top but needed a pin code to communicate. I was to get in touch with this agency and apply for a code. When I told him that it would cost $250, he made it sound like he didn’t know you had to pay for the service. I sent the money, but he said the code was not activated and was afraid it would not work before he left. At the time, I was having problems with my yahoo mail going through, so it seemed legit that this was happening. I resent the email through another email account, and after he left, he sent an email saying that the code was finally activated. About a week later, he said the connection was bad and could I help him get a better connection by subscribing to http://pps.nntime.com/signup to change the IP address.
As if changing the IP address will make the connection better somehow! [rolls eyes] nntime.com is an internet anonymous proxy service that is based out of Russia. There are no standards for hosting a “proxy” on the server which is why the scammers are able to use this service. There are literally hundreds used on the site. Some are used simply by people wanting to hide their true origin, which is why some of the email IPs you see appear to come from places like Atlanta or El Segundo. Most Marines use military connections to access the internet, though I think some of the more established camps in big cities of Iraq may be contracted out.
One of the other things you’ll start to notice if you’re playing into the scam is that the scammers will be accident prone and procrastinate a lot. All kinds of misfortunes will befall them as they attempt to suck more and more money out of you. Sometimes they ask for hundreds at a time and sometimes just a few dollars.
It was $10, so I did that. He was only to be in Afghan for 1 month and after about 2 weeks there, he told me it seemed that they were going to make them stay longer and wanted me to help him apply for his retirement account and to request leave since he was retiring. He told me he would then be home in 7 days. I sent an email the the military agency requesting this information. They wanted $450 to open up the retirement account and wanted to know that if he was cleared to leave, would he wait for home flight or did we want the agency to arrange the flight home. The flight home was a month away, so we said to let them arrange it. That was when I found out I would have to pay for the flight. Sgt. Kella kept telling me that as soon as he was home, he would pay me back for all of this help I was giving him.
Here’s where us military people really start shouting at the computer screen. No one “applies” for a retirement account in the military. And we sure as heck don’t need civilians to help us with getting our retirement checks. Funny how the scammer never identifies this “military agency” that supposedly handles retirement accounts. I think we call it the VA! The email address was to a .com email and not a .mil or .gov, which is where any official emails to a government agency will be sent.
Folks, the military pays for flights home, even when there is a family emergency. Do NOT pay for a flight home. At the most, a Soldier will be able to get stateside before needing help, if any. Of course, a scammer will never pay the money back, because he’ll never be “home.”
Well, I couldn’t afford the whole amount, so he had a “friend”, an Andrew Grant (whose email address ends with uk-andrew.grant27@yahoo.co.uk), help pay for part of it. By the time we got the money together, he supposedly missed the first flight on Oct. 15th and would then come home on the 26th. Around the 18th of October, while chatting, Sgt. Kella was telling me if I didn’t hear from him in a few days, he had added my name to the list of people that could get information from the military agency to let me how he was. After a few day, I wrote to them and they told me he was on a special assignment but would be back to his base to make his flight home on the 26th. Around the 24th, I got an email with the flight information for his connecting flight from Kabul to Dubai. With that email they told me they still had not received any word on Sgt. Kella, only that they knew he was alive. On the 26th, I got an email saying he had been injured and he was being sent to Dubai to the American Hospital there for further treatment. After a couple of days, I got an email from Sgt. Kella saying he had been on an assignment with 8 other marines and that a bomb went off injuring his left leg. He was to have surgery on it in Dubai.
Here’s another tip for the non-military types: when Soldiers are injured in combat, they are NOT taken to Dubai. Once they are stabilized, they are taken to Germany. Most Soldiers also don’t leave the theater of operations by way of Dubai. Now, you’re going to start seeing a lot of stuff going wrong here on “SGT Kella’s” trip back. Why? Because he doesn’t exist and isn’t on the way back. So, they invent all these different “problems” that will surface which delay the homecoming. After feeling like they’ve milked it for all they can – or until the scam is realized – they’ll simply stop responding. Or, they’ll fake their own “death” and make you feel really bad. Someone from the family will contact you for help with the funeral. Let’s continue…
Well, they were finally getting ready to release him from the hospital for his return flight home to the states, but we had to pay for his medical bill. I asked didn’t the military take care of that and he told me he had medical allowance, and would be reimbursed from that account. After getting his medical bill and new flight information taken care of, I get an email on the day he was to fly out that he had fallen and reinjured his leg. This was Nov. 10th. We go through about 2 weeks of his staying in the “hospital” going through therapy. During this time, the retirement account comes up in an email from the agency. They needed the information that was given to me back when I opened up the account at the beginning of Oct. I told them that I had never received any account information, that I thought it was sent to Sgt. Kella. I found out the account was never opened and they wanted me to open an etrade account to put his retirement benefits and benefits of services money into. Sgt. Kella told me that his “boss” said that an Ally account would be good to have too, so I opened one. The Ally account was trying to be accessed by an outside bank and was closed by ally. While talking to them, this was when I started thinking that some of this might have been part of a scam. I assumed it was with the military agency and not Sgt. Kella. In the meantime, we asked that the $450 that was sent to open up the account be sent to Sgt. Kella for traveling money. The agency did that, so I’m thinking how many scammers would send my money on my request (never dawned on me that they were all working together!)
Thankfully, the Ally people noticed the scam, but for some reason the individual kept in contact. There’s a part of this scam that is alarming and begins to lend a false sense of credibility to it. The scammers use other susceptible people within many different to unsuspectingly help them. Soldiers do not need help opening retirement accounts. As a matter of fact, it’s a rare troop that doesn’t already have one by the time they decide to make it a career. Many of us use the military’s Thrift Savings Plan to stash away money for retirement as well as Roth IRAs and other investments. We definitely don’t need complete strangers (or even our friends) doing it for us. The most simple advice is that is a troop asks you for money for ANYTHING, dump ‘em! They’re either scammers or freeloading good-for-nothings! Now here is where the water gets muddied through unwitting participants.
Anyway, Sgt. Kella had a friend who had just come back from over seas and was going to help us find out who hacked into the account. I actually talked to him on the phone. He had an accent and when I questioned Sgt. Kella on this he told me he was Latino. I know it was not that kind of an accent, so that raised some questions on my side. This “Michael Williams” was from San Antonio, TX and that is where the call originated from. The number was (210) 591-8707. This person said they would help get Sgt. Kella home for me, as well. Sgt. Kella got extremely upset by still being in the hospital and demanded that he be released. This was the first of December. When they agreed to release him, the bill was outrageous. His friend from San Antonio said he would pay for it, but ended up not being able to pay the full amount. By this time, I was having doubts and told Sgt. Kella I couldn’t send any more money. I held out for a little bit. He knew exactly what to say.
If the phone number is real and “Michael Williams” is located in San Antonio, he is most likely and unwitting participant being scammed as well. He helps facilitate transactions without realizing he/she is being used. It’s usually elderly men and women that are used to assist in these types of scams. As the scam progresses, they’ll begin tying multiple people into the scam. That is usually when it begins to fall apart because Americans tend to be smarter than the average…Nigerian.
At this point, our reader is starting to catch on. But, the scammers know exactly what to say when it looks like they’re losing their prey.
When the agency wanted to add $100 for changing his flight information, I reminded them of something they had said in an email and they made someone else pay the $100. Once the bill and flight were taken care of, he was moved to a “guest house” of the hospitals on a Friday waiting for the flight home on Sunday, December 13th. We sent the money on a Friday and then got word over the weekend that the accounting department of the hospital was not open and this delayed Sgt. Kella’s return home on the 13th. They set up another flight for the following Wednesday, but I later found out it was delayed because of bad weather. I looked on the internet, but couldn’t see anything that would delay flights for him. By this time, Sgt. Kella was getting very upset with all of the delays. His doctor was supposedly helping him get home as well. They went to the airport where I got an email from Sgt. Kella that they (the doctor and Kella) were trying to change his flight over to British Airways because that was the only airline flying out. It took a few days for the agency to transfer the flight from Delta to British Airways. On the 17th of December, I got an email from the agency saying they got the money transferred and he would be flying to London. On the 21st, they needed money to then fly him from London to the US. He then supposedly flew to the UK on the 21st. There was a delay there because the agency told me that the British Airways strike delayed him and he would be able to fly home on the 27th. I immediately wrote them and told them that the strike never happened. (now I was really suspicious) After that, I got very few emails from them (hence my thinking that it was the agency doing the scamming). They did tell me that they put him in a hotel until his met his flight to the US. For a few days, I didn’t hear from anyone. I knew he told me his son and uncle were in London, so I sent an email to Sgt. Kella saying he should meet up with them, but he didn’t want to at first because his son would want to come home with him and he wanted his son to come home a little later on so we could spend time together. After Christmas, he finally went to his uncle’s house. He asked if I could possibly help get him home and I told him I had no more money to send. The agency still had about $1000 that was not used for his return flight from London to the US. He said he was told by the hotel, the agency was having trouble and he didn’t want to deal with them any longer.
Keep in mind that this is only one incident. Not all of them are alike, but by reading this you will understand the basics of how they operate. They all have the same template, just different stories and minor differences. Okay, last part of this email:
He went to the base there in London and talked to the commanding officer about a return flight home but they didn’t have any in the next few days. He also told me he wrote an email to his commanding officer complaining about this agency. His uncle knew someone here in the US and called her and she said she could get him a ticket, but needed money. I was told she worked for some airline. We wrote the agency one more time about transferring the money to her, but that was the last I heard from them. Sgt. Kella told me he was not going to go through the agency anymore, and that when he was back in the states he was going to take care of getting any money back plus have them pay for “damages” done. With all of these delays, this was when I finally went with my gut feeling and started researching dating scams. As you can see, a lot falls under a scam. But he is smooth. When we are chatting, I can bring up a topic that he couldn’t possibly have time to get his facts straight on, and then I think that he isn’t involved in any of this. I did do an IP address check on the amilitary@usa.com, and it came up out of the UK. The website that was sending this, or was a part of this, was connected with some fraudulent dealings. Sgt. Kella did tell me a few days ago that he was to be home soon-that his uncle’s friend would have the money on Tuesday. He is still communicating with me even though he knows I am not sending any more money. He is now telling me his uncle is sick and having to take him to the hospital and all. Another delay…
Again, as a Soldier, I can pinpoint all the absurdities of this, but your average non-military civilian may not bat an eye. He went to a base in LONDON and talked to his commanding officer? I thought his commanding officer was at Camp Lejeune (or in Afghanistan)!! We don’t have bases in the UK. Notice more tragedy in the family – another heart wrenching story to suck more money out of the victim.
This entire post can be summed up easily: if they ask for money, dump them!! They’re losers. Troops are independent and able to take care of themselves. Even privates make plenty of money to subsist upon, but definitely troops retiring are self-sufficient.
Here’s what the email looks like from the “Military Communication Service” that doesn’t exist and wasn’t sent from a military email domain (amilitary@usa.com):
The military communication service offers a reliable and efficient means of communication in the military.
For more than 75 years, we have been a leading manufacturer of dependable, top-of-the-line communication equipment.
More than 70 percent of commercial airline pilots count on our headsets during flight. Emergency dispatchers use our radio dispatch systems to manage clear communications.Our revolutionary talking book players help people with blindness or learning disabilities enjoy reading. Our antenna code keep troops connected on the ground and in the air.
HOW TO USE THE ANTENNA CODE
With our Antenna code and wireless headsets, you can connect to any Military HB in the world to stay in touch with troops.
All you need is Subscribe for an Antenna code and an activation code by applying and providing us with the following informations
1. Your Full Name
2. Your Address
3. Your Telephone Number
4. Full Name and ID Of The Officer You Want To Connect
5.The Department Of The Officer
6.The Base Name Of The OfficerIf you get Approved , you will have to pay the sum of 250 usd for the connection.This Amount covers the approval fee, connection and activation.
As soon as payment is made you will be given an Antenna code number from us which you need to send to the officer, He should use the code any time he want to connect to internet no matter any location in the world and follow the instruction .You will be put through withing few seconds.
Lt. John Gerard
Military Communication Service(MCS)
For the record, there is no such person as a Lt. John Gerard.
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Anatomy of a Military Dating Scam
Lisa: I also met him on Are You Interested... and got the poems :-) If
Terri
As CJ says, IF they’re asking for money, then they’re NOT legit. If they’re NOT using a .mil or .gov email address, yet claim they’re a Soldier then they’re probably NOT legit. If you’re not sure, please forward the email on to someone who can verify if they’re legit. Since I do have an AKO email address, I always check to see if they’re listed and so far, none of them have been. It’s better to be safe than sorry and be taken advantage of by these creeps. ALWAYS check with someone and verify what they’re saying.
I’ve had a few of these people ‘claiming’ to be Servicemembers contact me through my yahoo email. Of course, having worked for the Army, I know it’s a bunch of bull and will usually use the David Sneakers example and play along with them for a bit, OR I’ll email back telling them that I know they’re just scammers because I worked for the Army and their information is not legit. Either way, I’ve had a bit of fun messing with them.
sandra
im glad to see this web has I was contacter by a sergeant Travis Carney he left me a message on a dating line ,,, we were chating on msn now he wanting me to get in contact by satelite glb they came back and ask me to go to western union cost 150 usd i told him i taught this was a scam and no reply from him his email is traviscarney@yahoo,com he send me 3 pics even one with uniform i saw the neme carner all three of them was him i realhy feel stupid but thank god i ask for advise and my friend send me to u guys thank god …
thank you !
SN
annie
Goodday my dearest,
Sorry for distrub you , my name is Annie , I am form Gambia, Original form Mail (Bamako) i am age of 23 years old girl, Well writing this to you, Is that , I want us to be a friend , If you wish and i will introduce you, More about mine,
Remain Bless, lovename2000@mail.com
annie
louise webster
hello im wondering if anyone can help me i have been scamed by a sergeant bradly markus he called himself his mos number that he gave ne to get him a phone through the fake ts2.com@teccenter was e-io3 he told me he was stationed in iraq and is with the airborne he rfuses to give me his ako …number or the name of his unit claiming the militaary have advissed against this wich is crap as the say its imperitive that we have it… im sik to the stomach as im a pensioner and he has got $5000 australian dollars claiming he needed them for fees to get leave the more i reshearched this i found indiscrepcies in his story…. i just want to know why im not lonley i wasnot on a web site by chioceit was wayne .com and i was just looking . he or this guy was so sweet and handsome i hope or wish i could contact the real BRADLY MARKUS HOW DO I DO THIS YOUR SINCERLY LOUISE AUSTRALIA
Amie
I fear I am trying to be scammed as well. He is using the name Jack Keller. He says he is a Master Sargeant in the Marines and is stationed in Afghanistan. He told me last night he wants to come home for a leave but is required to have a minimum of $5,000 in his account for the Military to verify he has the funds to come home. I told him I didn’t have the money. He seemd to get upset real quick and said, “fine we will just wait until I come home in July.” His email is kellerj65@yahoo.com Can anyone please help me.
Thank you
Maryheva
I’m talking to a soldier course since the end of February, the contacted me on facebook, his name is David Barker, your email address is barkerdavid29@yahoo.com, it is very nice and polite; He is a widower with a son of eight years; two weeks ago asked me for marriage; from the beginning the story found me very strange; follow you the game and sent the email asking for your leave to e-mail Pennjoe@rocketmail.com, exactly at the time I got an email from this address benefitsgrant@benefitsarmy.com asked me where my personal data such as full name, address, nationality, phone numbers; be sent and received another email where indicated me should make a transfer to:
Name: Angelena Gill
City: Clarksville
State: Texas
ZIP Code: 75426
Amount to be paid; $350
Instant Transfer Agency: Western Union.
Of course such a transfer have not done nor the think do; to regret that I am surprised that you you silly people that fall in this kind of scams not this other post details for which are pending.
Best regards
Maryheva
I forget to comment, this soldier this deployed in kabul Afghanistan
debbie
i have been talking to a us soldier based in Kabul since mid may this yr, he is called Col pedersen joe, seems nice enuf then he asked me to send £85 to moneygramm for the purchace of a phone, which like a total pratt idid, then he said i had to pay more for a sim card…..not a chance i said, so he gets the hump and sulks[whatever!!]…ive had the same story as most, that his wife died 2 yrs ago of cancer, he has one son in the states…blah blah blah!, anyways how can i check this guy out…oh and this will make u laugh…i jokingly said that Brad Pitt had phoned me nagging me for a date…i wish!!..and he asked me who was he, then a few minutes later said he knew who he was he was a famouse actor and producer….this coming from an american who lives in LA….ha ha ha …i rekon he googled him, wat a tit!!…
Rosemarie Menard
This is for Debbie. Omg I have been talking to a Sgt Mike Pedersen@yahoo.com. We met on datehookup.com He told me he was a Sgt in Kabul and his wife died a few years ago. She had a heart condition and was pregnant when she died. His computer kept freezing when we would chat. He said it was going, didn’t know what to do and needs a new one or fix it, either way it would cost and there are no funds where he is, it would be too hard. I am wondering if this is the same person. I really fell hard for him too. I always hear from him every night and after I said I couldn’t help him now nothing. I got the whole I love you, pictures of himself in uniform with his name and everything. Yet there are two profiles on the datehookup.com, one under Sgt_Pedersen and one lonelymike03. Both have similar information with some variations. When I asked him about it he said he had no clue and that he didn’t have 2 profiles. He told me he contacted customer service, it would be taken care of and he was removing it anyway because he found me. Well, both are still there. Now I need to know the truth. How do I find out for sure. I am so angry.
Stachelle
I think we are talking to the same person. Can we sent pics to each other to see what is going on. I am so sad and angry with myself for falling for his lies.
June Russell
My daughter has been talking to a Michael Pederson who says he is a sergeant in Camp Dwyer. He sent he a cheque which cannot be cashed and is looking for her to send him £2500 to get vocational leave. Does this sound like the same man. I am afraid she is getting scammed – please help – thanks
June
Hilary Smith
I have also been talking on msn and email to a Sgt Michael Pedersen since last June and have pictures of him both in uniform and civvies. I have fallen really hard for this man, and he has spoken to my grandson, who thinks he is wonderful. At each stop of the way i have been sent what appeared to be authentic documents, and have had emails from Iraq state defense. He told me he was leaving for the uk from Afghanistan with UK troops and would be here today sunday 4 march 2012. that his arrival time and place would be given this morning and he would let me know where to pick him up. This man gave me my life back after being a widow for 4 years, now i wish i was dead again. The money that i have paid out, yes of course it matters, but i can earn that, its the damage he has done to my self worth, to my integrity that will be damaged beyond repair. I thought after my husband died that if i could live through that i could take on anything the world had to throw at me , but this journey has been far worse than anything i could have imagined, and not only is my heart broken, but my spirit and my very soul is damaged…….. i felt love like never before but i guess i feel the same hate now ……how do you stop someone from falling in love… its hard …if anyone has photos so we can compare please send to my mail address…. thank you and good luck to everyone ….
eibbed
Well girls, Pedersen is still at it! He’s NOW Mark Pedersen, he’s 46, his “daughter” is named Emily and she’s 5. His wife died 4 yrs ago of Cancer and he’s in Kabul. Oh yeah he now needs someone to recharge his military phone card through the Commissary at Fort Carson, CO. It’ll only be $530 for one month. That way he can communicate with the ones he loves while out on dangerous missions. OH MY WORD! This guy is good! I’m not a complete idiot but it did take me 3 days of communicating to figure out to not only Google his name plus the word “obituary” looking for his wife’s obit but to Google his name plus the word “scam” BINGO! Even the same pic he sent me was on some of the web sites. I met him on Match.com and have let them know what he’s doing. He’s using email pedersenmark@yahoo.com Please let anyone you know that uses online dating or whatever about this creep!
Dorine
Well Rosemarie, your not the only one. He hooked up with me right after you. It is amazing, I find myself to be an intelligent person, good judge of character and normally always cautious. He told me too that his wife had died, guess that is the catch I felt sorry for him. Luckily I did not send him anything, got suspicious when he said he wanted to come home and I had to fill out a form. The for was so suspicious, I told him I was going to complete and fill out, but used my good sense to check it out found out it was fake, then called him on it. Of course normal tactics to turn it back on me, didn’t work. I was smarter than him. The only personal info he got from me was once when we were taking he asked me for my home address, and believe it or it I sent it to him, it thinking, I then asked him why and he became very nonchalant about it, like oh I was updating my computer addresses. I was lucky. Now it is my turn to play him.
Michelle
Similar story here, he says he is captain Leonard Temple, wife died 9 years ago, he is in Kabul Afghanistan, no computer, wanted me to get him one, I said no way, wanted me to get him a phone, I said no, When I said I’ll send the usual soldier care package like I did on soldier. com he made a list of Ipod and watches etc I checked the address of the contact and found this website, one of the picture he had sent me was on there with a different name……the guy is getting nothing. I am glad I have been checking up on him the whole time. Was lovely chat but that all its going to be it was way too hallmark for me and not real enough, I kept all conversations and ask some same questions twice and got different answers, if it is too good to be true it must be. Well it was. Where do I post the the other pictures I got from this guy? By the way I googled him and try to run a background check……he did not exist., the address he sent me to send him stuff was Mr Morgan delivwork.army@militarymailbox.us Teddy Morgan, P.O.BOX AT 1166, ACHIMOTA MKT. ACCRA, GHANA.
janine ruffo
Please help me check out a man who states he is a LT. in the Army stationed in Afghan for 8mts. His name is LT. John Aranda Atkinson. Bd 12-17-81?? His email address is jtkinson94@yahoo.com. I need to know if i am being scammed. Thanks
Hilda
Janine, I have been scammed too, can you send me your email, the one who scammed me is using a different name also from a military man, but I know who can help you, all this scamms have to stop, we need to do something about it, at least give them trouble.
Marcia
I think im being scammed too!! I am too embarassed to even admit it to my family and friends. I havent given any money at all! Thank God. I saw that you said you know someone that could help??
Ire
James_Harrison50@ymail.com
he is impersonating a soldier in Baghdad…he has too many contradictions.
Heather
Hi there,
I was scammed too, but I was on to him fairly quickly. He used a lot of copy and pasting into his messages and different fonts, etc. He got shot in the arm after a week or two. He had an adopted son back in the US. He had no other family. Then he helped an old woman with two grandchildren from a refugee camp, to get their valuables from their home (she was supposed to be related to the ex oil Minister in Iraq) and she rewarded him with $800,000 which he wanted to send to me to get it out of Iraq. I said “Yes – send it” and I then got a pic of a Diplomat that was helping him (so I have that photo, too) and I waited. After a couple of days, the Diplomat said he had passed through Heathrow (I checked the IP address and he hadn’t left Ghana) but the customs officials said the tag on the package was out of date and he needed £4,000 to pay for a new one. I said OK and that I could get the money for him tomorrow. He gave me an address in London where to send the money, and I went straight down to the Police station and gave all the details to them. Sadly, they said there was nothing they can do. The soldier’s name was Brandon Ken Sherman. If there is any way I can help catch these guys, let me know.
I have since found two more on a Military dating website and had them blocked.
Regards
Heather
Heather
Hilda,
If you have any details that could help catch more of these scummy people, please let me have them as I am determined to catch more…
Thanks!
Heather
Doreen
where can we turn for help,do you have anything that could help me??????
Linda Weaver
please help me to learn more i think i may be being scammed by somone posing to be in the military always asking for me please in desperate need anyone how do we stop all these scams so sorry for everone in waiting this guy wants me to send money to be deployed home then its a laptop or money for satelite phone
Stacey
Almost all military email adresses end in .gov or .mil
jeanette carver
hi all i meet capt. bill daniels on line he was very sweet and aways said the right things he was in kabul & that he would be home real soon then he asked me to send him 500.00$ so we could talk he wanted to hear my voice I said no i did’nt have the money he wanted my account numder so he could put money in my account i said that we could use skype its been 8 days and have’nt heard back his email address is billhaynead@gmail.com I know now he’s a scammer I read all the emails today and he fits right in the sad thing is i realy liked him thank you for been their for me
lynn spraggs
could someone contact me as i have a few questions to ask in regards to this scam,i have a feeling i am being scammed,but not sure as have not been asked to send money,other things are suspicous
Mary
Lynn the guy I spoke with took about 8 days before he asked me for money. Started with asking for things that a soldier would want.. cookies, bath gel…. then after 5 days he asked for money. I IP’d his email and sure enough it was in Ghana. Pls used this site, copy/paste the entire header from his email and see where it was sent from.
http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/?aw=1&gclid=CNfjpJGji6YCFVZc2godvhwPWg
Becky
Terri ~ Can you email me please at beckster_38@hotmail.com. I have names that I need to check on. Please and thanks.
Sweet Cat
Hi Terri:
I am glad that you have experience in the Army and how it works. Can you tell me how to verific or check Army e-mail list to see if the guy who talking with you is a real soldier or is fake? Greetings and please keep the good work… I am a big fan of our Army troops…
denise
hi just got me a scammer hes name bon jenkins claims to be army man after reading all this wow this all makes sense thanks alot for information glad know people out there care
bmc, foley
Hi terry, can you check out for me, Sgt Mike or Michael Kirk at yahoo.com
I would really appreciate it, he’s trying to get 1300 euros for a flight,
I’d be really happy if you could confirm if Michael exists
thanks
bmc
Michelle
Hi, Terry. I was just recently chatting with 2 soldiers; Sgt Travis carney who asked me to write to his commander at the following email address to request a leave of absence ” armyleaveagencyatusa@hotmail.com ” I did but what I got for the response is was to ask me for $850us dollars to grant his leave. Also a widow with a 5yrs old son. The other one Sgt. Ramons Aron also a widow but his son is 18yrs old and his in Alabama military academy also ask me to write to his commander for him to be able to come home but he needs $750 just to for ” dejust to clear my transit ” What makes this so called ” soldiers ” think that Americans women are crazy desperate to send money to get a man.
lavone olsen
i have been talking to a soldier who calls himself Eldon j Greg and he contacted me on book of matches. he said he wa based at seymour air force base, that he was a major with the 82nd air borne unit and that he had gotten deployed to kabul afghanistan, we talked for 5 months total and the 1st time he asked for money was back in june or july saying he needed $600;00 to come home as he couldn;t get his moneyfrom his bank.and that he would pay me back. I had no idea that there was any scams going on and so i told him that i could only get $150.00 upand he told me he sisteer had sent the same amount.so i sent a money gram to a Rachel Napolitan 789 New Castle avenue Sharon Pa. 16146. I didn;t fine out until it was to late that it was just a scam, and it really hurt as i had really learned to care for him. his e-mail address is eldon_greg at yahoo .com so please warn others of him as i no longer have any pictures of him as i have taken him out of everything i had on him. I do wish i could get my money back but i realize now that will never happen, i just wanted to tell you my story. yours truly lavone olsen
Lalauni
CJ,
I have recently been chatting with a man who claims to be in Afghanistan right now. He has not asked for money nor has he made false promises about when he’s coming home, although he says his final tour ends soon. His name is Thomas Hueckstaedt and he claims to be a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. army. He is using a ymail address and we chat on Yahoo Instant Messenger. I know about all of the stories and I’m aware of the risk. Is there any way to find out if this person is who he says he is? He claims to have grown up in Houston, TX.
Paulean
I am talking with someone that is trying the same kind of scam on me but I am playing along with him right now because he really thinks he has me fooled. His email address of course is a yahoo address. It is talktojeffrey@yahoo.com. He also has a facebook under adams jeffrey. It shows a picture of a bald man with a greyish blue shirt on. He has asked me about the phone saying that he doesn’t have phone access and gave me a email address for a supposebly phone place. $275 dollars. that email address is armyphoning@aol.com they tell you that you will get reinbursed for the money it has to be sent western union and all this. I have much family that was military and have family that is military now. This guy claims to have a 19 year old son and got divorced 2 years ago. Claims he has been in the military fo r15 years and he is a SSG. E6. My nephew is an E7 and is a Sergeant First Class and I told him what was going on and he asked me did I know it was a scam and I told him yea and that I haven’t sent any money over to them. Now that he has asked for the phone, I have still been going along with him to see when he figures it out that I know what he is trying to do. Now he has told me that he would like to come home on an R & R but it would cost me $2,450 US dollars to help him get his leave papers. Well him not knowing that I already know that the military pays for everything, he still tries to feed me a bunch of crap. He has said that I would need to talk to his commander and the commander is the only one that is allowed to do a video chat and he could explain to me how to go about things but as for himself, he can’t use the video chat and does not have a phone and can’t receive mail. He is trying everything and I am just puling his strings like he thought he could do to me. He says that he is in Ramadi, Iraq. The IP address that I got for him off of his email came out of california, so say. He has a Hi5 account with the same picture but hasn’t been on it for a while, his birthday on there is January 1st. On his facebook account his birthday says march 26, 1967. I just want to know how to turn these people in because I know if they get caught they can get fined and up to 20 years in prison. I love our soldiers and it is just wrong for them to act as a U.S. soldier and try to scam people. Little did he know I already knew his game. He hasn’t gotten a penny and he won’t get a penny. Is there a way you can find out about this person or tell me how I can turn him in?
Paulean
Added to my post. I just want to thank all of you that are letting other people know what is going on. I didn’t know who to tell and I am glad that I found this cite. Could you please email me back at pauleankidd3@yahoo.com about my comment and if you could find anything out about this person? I would appreciate it. He does his thing off of the facebook dating cite just to let everyone know.
gaylene scott
has anyone heard of man calling himself lt.col.james barrera. currently meant to be serving in afghanistan. claims to be 48yrs. old. polish born. but now american citizen serving in militaty forces. says he is an engineer.
concerned 123
I have the same description but he said his is name is Lt. Mack G. Barrera. He said he is stationed in Afghanstain and he does not have money to access his account. I told him I have never heard of that before because I was under the impression that the Army pays for everything. He tried to give some crap about needing me to access his account because for some reason he will not say he cant. I told him that I am not putting my name on anything. He said that he has named me beneficiary to get access to his account He claimed that he is retiring soon after 20 years of service. If you still have a picture of him I will be glad to send you a picture of what he sent me and we can compare them and see the idiot for who he is.
Brenda
Please email me soon i been talking to a Richard Barrera i got pictures maybe we could compared them…
F Fernandes
Is it possible me a picture of this Lt col j Barrera cause it is a different picture on Skype and another on Facebook /and Netlog
Many thanks fatima
F Fernandes
I have been on Skype with a person who calls himself Lt col j Barrera with the same profile you mentioned, stars he has an adopted son in Accra Ghana ! Please confirm if he is for real?
CJ
It’s a scam.
Anonn
The scammer just told you where he is REALLY located in Ghana and Ghana is his home and he is an African a Ghanian Anonn
Rosemarie Menard
After reading all of the above I am getting a bit nervous. I really want to believe the man I met is legitimate. He says he is a sgt in Kabul Afghanistan. We met on datehookup.com. His wife had a heart condition and died a few years ago and she was pregnant. How do I find out if he exists. We have been talking through yahoo.com, emails and IM’s. His computer would freeze in the middle of our conversations. Today he told me his computer would have to be fixed or he would need to buy a new one and there are no funds there to do it. He said he was borrowing someone’s computer to talk to me. I got the I love you’s and miss talking to you it hurts but don’t know if I can get back on so I don’t know when we can communicate. What has me concerned is when he sent me pictures of himself it also contained a picture on another profile on the dating site. I asked if he had two profiles and he said no. He said he checked the site and couldn’t find the second profile but contacted customer service to find out what was going on. He knows what I do for a living and asked if I get paid well, I said no and didn’t offer anything in regard to his computer. Without fail he always contacted me around 7:30pm every night. It is now 9:30 and nothing. He says in order to communicate by phone he would have to subscribe to the network and we would be charged. I asked about sending mail, writing and he said they are not allowed packages but he would have to get the APO address and I haven’t heard anything further. Is he a scammer? I would hate to end it if he isn’t. I haven’t offered any money and won’t. This is his yahoo email : sgt_pedersen@yahoo.com I really need to know the truth. Can you help me please.
carol
Please email me becasue this sounds familiar and i am speaking to someone now. and dont know to trust it
susan
Please stop communicating with the fake soldiers. I met this fake soldier named Steve Capozzi and his acomplice is Dr.Lucas and Dery in Ghana. they said about trunk boxes to be out of the country and it contains million dollars ..the are asking money and you would notice later that these are scammers.
Rosemarie Menard
Omg I just googled a name and found out for sure it’s a scammer. Beware of Col. Mike Pedersen. Oh he’s a real charmer. He didn’t ask for anything but did say our only means of communication is the computer and it is crashing and needs to be fixed. Mentioned sending it to me to get fixed and return to him. I said I couldn’t and haven’t heard from him. I sent him photos, he has my last name from emails and my cell phone. Do I need to worry? Very nervous. I just deleted my yahoo account because of this.
Theresa
Rosemarie,
You as well as some of these stories sound like the same guy I am chatting with. He had problems with his computer like he said and borrowed one from a friend. I was stupid I sent him a cheap phone so we could chat using yahoo messenger. We were texting each other as I thought that if I paid the phone company a rate for international texting we would be good. He was texting me from New York which I found out from the phone company just 3 days after I sent him the phone. the phone company was calling me and emailing me in regards to my account. It was not the texting it was the phone calls almost $900.00 worth. They brought it down to about $400 maybe a little more I was in shock when I learned of this. Then and there I had all international calls frozen so he could not make or reiceve calls. Then I went and requested a new number I could not close the account other wise I would have to pay an early termination fee of $150.00. He still is talking to me and has not asked for any more money. He was suppose to come home to me not OHIO on Saturday but on Friday I had an email with bad news they had word that his plane would be shot down if they took off so now the flight would be delayed and on Wednesday he will find out if he will be able to come home. All of these stories have such simularties that it is scary.
I too would like to know if they can you my email address or any other information that they may have gotten off my emails against me. I actually emailed him from work.
There has to be away to stop these guys! the guy’s name he uses is Hadi Moro email godiva234@yahoo.com
From the Nederlands. He was all alone here his parents went back to the Nederlands and he was engaged but she cheated on him with his best friend.
Any information anyone can send to me please let me know Theresa theresasoto@att.net
Jessica
I am in contact with a mike pedersen through datehookup, he hasn’t asked for any money, though his story is same as what he has told others… There;ve been men whove asked for money before & they all get the same response NO!
Kathy
CJ,
I have looked up this guy all over the internet and I can’t find him anywhere. His name is Terrell Williams with an email of terrywilliams4luv44@yahoo.com. I have been chatting with him for a couple of days and I am kind of iffy because I can’t find him anywhere. I found him on match.com when i went back to look at his profile it was gone. He told me his with passed and he had 2 daughters. I tried checking his email on different types of searches and can’t find him, He told me he had a come I tried looking up property records and there is a Terrell Williams but not in the section he is telling me. The section of Florida he lives in is really bad but i don’t believe he would leave his daughters there. Can you please advise me on if the man is telling me the truth or not. One more thing, I have requested to webcam with him and he has told me that he is not able can’t everyone webcam in the army. He has sent me pictures and they do look legitate but can’t tell if its him or not.
Please advise. Thanks for your help and hopefully he is not lying to me.
Pam
Same here I have also been chatting to a Terrel, I found you post and deleted straight away. Terrywilliams4luv44, his wife died of breast cancer and he left two children here in MIami. He said he has been in iraq for 1.5yrs…. don’t believe a word..
Sarah
Terri,
Please contact me at satisfyingly.sarcastic@gmail.com. I have two different guys that have contacted me that I suspect may be scammers. However, IP’s track to the US.
Linda Weaver
terri please can u help me please i think i am being scammed please e- mail me i need to know if this guy is a fake he is listed on yahoo.com always wanting money
deanne
Hi,
I wanted to know if you could help me out…
I don’t want to get involved with someone who is going to scam me or use me..
he claims he is in the military, but when I ask him question he avoids answering…. He says he is stationed in Iraq…
. Name: Nathaniel J. Edwards I have pictures of him, if you need them….
I can’t find anything on this guy.
Please help.
Ana
Terri, I got scammed but it’s a shame those people use name of good soldiers who fight for our country. Is there any way to stopped them? Isn’t that call stolen identity? Those people do exist, at least people that I was sending money to. What’s done it’s done, learn my lesson, found this site little bit to late. But can we do something about this? Someone by the name of officer Brian Cameron from Baldwin NY is using name of Colonel Mark E. Calvert Chief of Staff 1st.Armored Division OPERATION NEW DAWN, IRAQ or Mr. John J. Argodale. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA), they do exist, and it’s not right to them. Please let us know. Thanks!!
Peggy
A “soldier” claiming to be in Afghanistan has been e-mailing me. We’ve chatted for a couple of months. I sent him $200. for”food”. He is going by the name Douglas Sargent and or Douglas Johnson(that is the name on his uniform). He asked me to send money to his son for his b-day, but I had to send it to a military picker(?)and then she would give the money to his son. Her name is Rhonda Kelly,Houston,Texas. If you find anything about him please let me know. Thanks,Peggy
CJ
See if you can get any information about Rhonda Kelly. I’m willing to bet she has no idea she’s being scammed as well.
ANNE M.
HI CJ,
THIS DAVID SARPONG FROM ACCRA GHANA TEXTED ME THAT CHRISTOPHER WALSH OR SIGMUND BURB WITT WAS ROBBED AND STUBBED ON DEC 24TH IN GHANA. HE WENT THERE TO PICK UP HIS ADOPTED SON MICHAEL THEN THEY’LL BE GOING HOME HERE IN FLORIDA. THREE DAYS BEFORE THAT CHRISTOPHER TEXTED ME SAID THAT HE CANNOT TALK TO ME ON THE PHONE BEC DAVID SARPONG HASNT PAID HIS PHONE YET. THEN TWO DAYS AFTER, DAVID SARPONG CALLED ME AND SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER NEED BLOOD TRANSFUSION. AND I NEED TO SEND $159.00 TO BUY THE BLOOD. HE TOLD ME ALL OF THIS THROUGH TEXT BUT I NEVER RESPOND TO ANY OF HIS TEXT. THEN HE CALLED ON THE 26TH AND SAID THAT WHAT KIND OF LOVE I HAVE FOR CHRISTOPHER WHEN I KNOW THAT HE IS DYING, AND ALL I CAN THINK OF IS MY MONEY AND MY SELF CUZ I TEXTED DAVID AND I SAID THAT I DONT HAVE MONEY TO HELP CHRISTOPHER FOR THE TRANSFUSION. I TOLD DAVID THAT I NEED OT TALK TO CHRISTOPHER AND DAVID SAID THAT DOCTOR TOLD HIM THAT THE PHONE ISNT ALLOWED IN THE ROOM BEC CHRISTOPHER IS UNCONSCIOUS AND IN BAD SHAPE. HE BEGGED ME TO SEND HIM THE MONEY FOR CHRISTOPHER’S BLOOD TRANSFUSSION. HE SAID THAT WHEN CHRISTOPHER GETS BETTER THAT DAVID SARPONG WILL TELL HIM NOT TO LOVE ME BEC IM NOT GOOD FOR CHRISTOPHER. THEN LAST SUNDAY 01012012 CHRISTOPHER WENT ONLINE TO GREAT ME A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT HE IS CONSCIOUS NOW, THEN HE BEGGED ME TO SEND HIM THE MONEY FOR HIS BLOOD TRANSFUSSION SO HE CAN BE WITH ME. THAT HE MISSED ME SO MUCH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. I ASKED HIM TO GET ON WEBCAM SO I CAN SEE HIM AND TALK TO HIM AND CHRISTOPHER SAID THAT THIS ISNT HIS LAPTOP AND HIS NURSE LET HIM USED IT TO COME ONLINE FOR FIVE MINS ONLY AND I TOLD HIM THATS FINE FOR ME BUT THEN HE SAID HE HAS TO GO NOW CUZ HE IS TIRED AND STILL IN PAIN. THE DAY THAT CHRIS WAS STUBBED HE TOLD DAVID NOT TO TELL ME BEC CHRISTOPHER DOESNT WANT ME TO WORRY ABOUT HIM BUT DAVID SAID THAT THE REASON HE TOLD ME BEC HE CANNOT HANDLE THE EXPENSES ALONE. I ASKED CHRISTOPHER WHY HIM AND SIGMUND ARE USING THE SAME PIC THAT WHO IS THE FAKE ONE. HE TOLD ME ALSO THAT HE HATES THOSE PEOPLE THAT USED HIS PIC TO SCAMMED WOMEN. HE SAID TO LET HIM GET BETTER AND SEND THE MONEY TO THE DOCTOR CUZ I TOLD HIM I DONT WANT TO SEND THE MONEY TO DAVID, CJ MY DILEMA IS WHAT IF ITS TRUE THAT CHRISTOPHER IS THE REAL ARMY MAN AND SIGMUND BURB WITT IS THE FAKE AND THE SCAMMER THEN IM HURTING THE GOOD GUY. CJ IM SO CONFUSED. I FELL INLOVE WITH CHRISTOPHER BEFORE DAVID ASKED ME FOR MONEY TO HELP CHRISTOPHER’S SON MICHAEL THAT CONTACTED A CHOLERA, FOR HIS MEDS BEC CHRISTOPHER DOESNT HAVE ACCESS TO HIS MONEY WHILE HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN. AND TELL ME ALSO ISNT IT TRUE THAT WHEREVER THE MILITARY GOES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THAT THEY ARE COVERED BY THE MILITARY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE? CUZ CHRIS SAID THAT HE IS NOT COVERED. AND THAT HE HAS TO BE IN THE U.S. HE IS IN THE MILITARY HOSPITAL IN ACCRA GHANA. AND HE WAS STAYING IN GOLDEN TULIP WHEN HE WAS ROBBED AND GOT STABBED. I WANTED TO CALL THE HOSPITAL TO SEE IF HE IS THERE BUT I DONT HAVE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. AND MONEY TO PAY FOR THE CALL. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS CJ. I AM VERY CONFUSED. I DONT HAVE MONEY TO SEND HIM AT ALL. WHAT IF HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. THEN ITS GONNA BE IN MY HEAD IF SOMETHING WRONG IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO CHRISTOPHER. PLEASE HELP ME CJ. I TOLD CHRISTOPHER THAT I DO NOT HAVE A FULL TRUST IN HIM NOT UNTIL I SEE HIM ON THE WEB. HE SAID”FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE HELP ME GET BETTER FIRST THEN YOU WILL SEE ME IN PERSON, PLEASEEEEEEEEEE”.. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO THIS PLEASE.. THANK YOU.. FROM ANNE M.
martha
i have being chatting with a guys that said is in the army, is being about 2 wks he has not asked for any money yet, but will like to know how to check if he just and scam. how could do this,every web that help want to be a member and had to pay a membership payment. could you help me?
Anonn
@ Martha if he is real Military he will NOT need your oney for any reason the Military takes care of its own so you will NOT need to send him money for any reason nor pay for a phone nor let him send you any packages and the best way to solve your question tell him to get on cam and have an interactive chat with you for an hour if he refuses for any reason he is a scammer also do not share personal info with him if he found you on ANY social site he is a scammer real Military members have no time to search for women online and beg them for money but scammers do Anonn You HAVE BEEN WARNED
regina
hey how do i find out if this person is really military???? is it true that when they are on special assignments they cant access there accounts but the wives if they have one????
Anonn
Regina NO that is a big fat lie they have access to their money at all times no matter where they are this is a scammer you are talking to but the answer to your question ask him to get on cam with you for an hour to have an interactive chat with you excuses he is a scammer ask him to email you from his AKO ask him to scan and send you a copy of his most recent Les
Ask him to scan and send you a copy of both his military ID and his State ID card dont worry you will spot a fake when you see it and military ids will NOT be green NOR will it say Military ID card and they cannot be duplicated
if he begs for anything or asks to send you anything he is a scammer and his AKO will end with .mil NOT .mil.com anything extra after .mil is a FAKE good luck but I know from what you typed he is a lying beggar.Anonn
helen greenwood
i met a man on the oasis dating site recentley,he says he is a widow,,we have spoken alot on messanger,and he has phoned me,he has send me photoes of him self,we get on really well,and he has never asked me for money,he finds it abit hard to open up to me,because of the loss of his wife 9 yrs ago,and he said he is still out in bagdad,and he has told me 3 times he is coming here,but never shows up,keeps telling me,his are changed for leaving bagdad,is he scared of being in a relationship,i have feelings for him,and it would hurt me if he is messing me around,he seems genuine
Philip
i want a woman to sand her life time with me if you add me on my email you can have a nice man like me not us women
Philip
i want a woman to sand her life time with me if you add me on my email you can have a nice man like me not us women add me philip_apuri@hotmail.com
Anonn
Philip (Not your name Troll) this is NOT a dating site scammer if you are looking for a date find a dating site these ladies here are NOT interested in some two bit lying beggar like you who cannot even spell to save your life or ours so with that being said GET DA FUCK outta here trolling SCAMMER!
BETH M.
hi terri,
would you please check if christopher walsh witt is the real army man and sigmund burb witt is the fake one. that’s what the header said on “the military online dating the soldier’s perspective”. thank you. i appreciate it.
FROM BETH
Lisa
I do know that active servicemen CAN have an email address such as @yahoo.com. My son’s best friend from high school (currently in the Middle East) contacts him through this. The originating IP address, though, links him to his last base he was stationed at. In this case, Germany. It is in your best interests to learn how to track an IP address and then call them on it to find out why the information does not add up. Don’t let them fool you by saying “for security purposes, the IP says it is NYC.” Double check everything.
If you don’t think that the person you are talking to and the person in the photos you have received are one and the same, ask for a certain picture. Ask them to write a personal message to YOU (with your 1st and last name) on a piece of paper and have a picture taken while holding it up… and send it to you. Tell them that you want to communicate via Skype or webcam chats. If they refuse, they have something to hide. Plain and simple!!
Kristina
Hi, i happened upon this site while researching a man who did contact me through yahoo mail. He says his name is Collins Lopez who is origionally from the Netherlands. his email is just his name. Collins Lopez. He is now also on facebook and tied into my facebook. I have been told he is a widower w a five yr old son who is in the netherlands w the captains mother. I have yet to press him for information regarding his “deceased” wife. He says he is a captain and when stateside lives in denver colorado. i also have a phone # he gave tht im gonna research too. cant find a trace of him thru bing or google which seems odd to me. anyway with the description of himself and questionable email addy and really not knowing how he orgionally got to know me I would like you opinion of this situation
Rena
I have a feeling we might be talking to the same person. Please contact me when you get a chance and I can send you his pictures so we can see if we have the same man. Mine goes by the name of David Lopez, but he also claims to be from Colorado and has a wife that was killed in an accident. I am already assuming the worst and hoped I might be able to help you as well.
Thank you
Deb
I have also been contacted on FB by David Lopez. Claims to be a staff sargent in the Army. Please send me any info you have. Thank you.
Joline
I have been catching with a man named Capt. Collins Lewis who says he from CO. and has a little boy. And giving me the same lines and has tried to get me to send a computer – phone – etc. and have not done so. What do this guy (s) think all women are stupid. Thank GOD I knew soemthing was up and started to research. He found me online at a dating service, which I just signed up for and now know there are people like this out there. Thank you girls for being honest and sharing this information with others – as I am too.
Stay away from ———————— COLLINS LOPEZ
Barbara Hunt
Terri: I just came across this site. I started emailing and Yahoo messaging a soldier in Kabul about 10 days ago. I have tried to do a background check on him and can’t find his name anywhere – very unusual. I also
checked Raw Source of his emails sent through Yahoo and they trace back to places like Ghana, Sweden, and one ISP called Hide My Ass where you can’t find out where. I met him on OK Cupid. After we started emailing,
his profile went away. He has not asked me for anything. He says twice this week he’s had trouble getting
through because communications were shut down due to security and the crisis over there of the soldier that killed civilians. RIght after that Sec. Def Panetta was there visiting and I know security was high. So…after reading this site, I am wondering if he is legit. I used to have an AKO account but don’t anymore and noticed that you did. Would you be willing to check out his name or if CJ does this for us, can you tell me how to ask him as I can’t find anything on the site to do that. If you are willing, the email comes from a man named Derek Handle. Email address is derekhandle@yahoo.com. Thanks so much in advance if you are willing.
Barbara
h roberts
I have a new ‘Scammer’ I think, using the name Sgt. Nobile Hook, sgtnobilehook@yahoo.co.uk
He is on facebook, one of the pictures is on the site Militarygear.com.
Can you check him out ? or tell me how please?
Stephanie
Terri,
I am talking to a man who claims he is in the Army. How do I verify this is true? He is chatting with me through yahoo and I met him on match.com. I have been through this once already with a scammer who also claimed he was in the Army. I was very straight forward and told him up front about this scammer. I also requested that he not ask me for money. There are major differences between the two so it is hard to tell if this new man is a scammer. If he is then they have learned to play the game well!!
Heather
I was on match.com for one hour this morning and had 2 scammers immediately want to chat on Yahoo. They are SO incredibly easy to spot, especially with all the copying and pasting they do. The first thing I ask for is an email so I can run the IP address, even though I know it is not always accurate. They really are good at not answering your questions, a couple clues right away…
If they don’t give you the correct time where they say they are. Google will tell you in seconds, so I always check Google before I ask them
I had the second one this morning tell me he would get in trouble for making phone calls.
I am to the point that as soon as they say they are in Afghanistan, I say so long…they don’t even mind if you tell them you know all about military scams…they just keep talking.
What a shame!!
veronika palin
I think i’m being scammed by someone who has hijacked the identity of trobertsteve troxell. He is using a yahoo address with his name and then us at the end before the @yahoo.com. He said he is a reconaissance specialist and I met him on militarycupid.com. He has asked me to pay $300 to connect his mobile and the money was to be sent to Holly Carling in Houston Texas. That was done and now when he calls me he has lost his american accent and is sounding phillipino. He has also asked me to pay $1500 to get him out of Kabul in Afghanistan as he has been requested to now deploy in Pakistan and has to go there if I cant get the money to him or else I wont be seeing him for 1 year. Anyone heard of Holly Carling or Mr Troxell.
wendy lee
As like everyone else I have been reading about I think Imight be scammed but I amnot 100%. captain Ronald Jordan works under Commander William Priatt in AF. am going to use the tools that have been suggested, webcam, .mil address, photo with my name and IP address. I have been scammedc before about a year ao. No money was sent ut that one was different. This guy Ronald has very good english…..goes on yahoo morning and around 4-5 everyday. Mornings are rare. Sends me an email every night for me in the mirning. Wants to leave Air Force on a 4 month leave. I was told that they have to pay a price while ion leave for DOD security access cide. I have searched an searched to et an answer in this one but can’t find anything. He has sent uniform pics (his name on uni, other pictures including one in the shower. He seems gentle and not pushy considering it has only been a week. Not asking for any money just wanting to gert out of therer. Seems a bit depressed. Athought this DOD money….is this true? He wants me to pay and wil pay me back and says he cannot access his bank account in States not even his family can. He has told me he received a small amount of money monthly where he is and that is enough to get him thru. OK is this true about the DOD. I received an email from his Commander william Priatt this a.m. with a copy of a letter from the Department of Defense explaining the leave is being processed and blah blah blah and signed by Lt. Col. Tom Joey/Processing Officer. This attachment came aain from William Priatt
No date on letter but letterhead etc. looks legit and english is oerfect. This makes me sad and i do not want to accuse him or call him scammer if he is not Is this all true? I am from Canada and kjnow nthing much abiut the ins and outs of military. Its unfortunate they play on us and break o9ur hearts. I would never send money. Only if the DOD is true…….. possibly. I have to realy think about this. ronaldjordan110@yahoo.com is his email he uses with me. this is enough to make a woman foret about meeting men. Thank you Wendy
wendy lee
Can you check ronaldjordan110@yahoo.com based in AF. it has also been said here that they can use their personnal addys. He says he is a Captain. I have seen him in uni with name etc. butthat still doesn’t mean his pics weren’t stolen. Is there a site to go to with biographies of Air Force personnel? Spending wayyyyy too much on this.
wendy lee
waiting for replies……is it true you have to WU a deposit to a displlomat for DOD card if you are ion a eave, he has sent me a coy of his military card and itis white, doesn’t say military with his pic and a bar code. Also sent a hoto hoding a note with I love you wendy” but it was photoshopped…………he wants me to pay for DOD which is refundable….what d I do is he a scammer…..he has perfect english and athugh yu begin to fee stupid I want to call him n it but if he isn’t scamming then I look like anass because like everyone else I have fallen in love with him.
stephani weiss
i need to know are this real a sergent in kabul base kandahar
sergeant park austin terry from colorado springs – parkterry55@yahoo.com
and williamssoncollins@yahoo.com aslo in kabul now camp phoenix
master sergeant mich paul williamsson from irving texas
brat
A few comments on this…you knew I would..lol
1) Picadilly in London is some of the most expensive real estate and I doubt any could afford it..Just sayin’…
2) In my more limited experience, some troops do use private gmail accounts.
3) There is a scammer using the name Perry Johnson who wrote to me a long time back with some ‘offer’. No, not through any dating site.
I did not reply, but did post his entire email under the header “Sgt Perry Johnson is a fraud…” Just about every week someone googles that name and finds my post, so I know he is still scamming.
As you and Terri say, ANY soldier who asks for money is a scammer. If they are an actual troop in the sandbox for example, legitimately in need, there are resources for them that require NO outside money from you.
In my limited experience, again, no soldier I have ever met has asked for money. To a real soldier, that is being dishonourable (or something.lol)
One of the first scam emails I got – think it was to do with some “soldier” who had discovered some gold in Iraq that he needed help financially getting out – I reported to an officer I knew who looked into it. As we all know, taking ANYTHING out of a war zone is illegal..
Like you, Terri, sometimes I mess with them if I am in the mood, but most times I just delete them.
AND I avoid dating sites..In fact I am totally ignorant about them.
But yes, even I know that wounded go through Landstuhl…lol
Fact is, there will always be scammers, and yes, I have had some with .ru addys which is a dead giveaway..
One point I wonder? There may be no US bases in London, but I remember US bases in England when I was there.
Keep up the good work, CJ!
If anyone is ever in any doubt as to the legitimacy of any supposed military person, there ARE ways to have them verified. ANY military base throughout the US would no doubt be happy check on any of these jerks’ claims, since it casts a bad light on all the other GOOD guys..
Keep up the good work, CJ!
CJ
Brat, most Soldiers actually DON’T use their .mil emails for normal correspondence. What I’m stating is that every military member has a .mil email and if anyone is in doubt about the legitimacy of a supposed troop, just ask them to send an email from their .mil account to prove who they are. Then they can go back to using the gmail, yahoo, or whatever.
brat
Good point! Hadn’t thought of that one….;)
Rebecca
thanks u just saved me for making a big mistake
Mary
Hi CJ,
Could you please let me know if anyone has been scammed by Sgt. Leads Basile. He was on match.com when he first contacted me. I have been reading the replies on this website and other websites and have not come across his name by anyone else. Thanks and hope to hear back from you.
Nina
Hi Mary,
The same person has also approached me on match.com, but he used another first name Sgt.Andree Basile. And this scammer is also using another name known as Sgt.David Lingo. But he didnt succeeded with me.
Deb
Have been communicating with a SGT Andre Basile (match.com) who says he is special forces in Mosul. has a 14 year old daughter living in england with his uncle, wife died 3 years ago of cancer. Is this familiar to you? Did he ask you for money? did he send you a photo?
Rebecca
he also goes by Andre Basile
Nina
Hello Deb,
Yes, he is the one who`d aproached me thru Match.com. exactly same story as he told you.
Unfortunately he doesnt succeeded with me, as he claims that his father was a Belgian and he says he understands German and speaks Dutch…But when I tested him, his words all wrongs as he got it from google translated.
I have few pictures of him, pls send me your email address to me: groth_nina@yahoo.com
I will forward them to you.
Rebecca
hey what is the e-mail that Mr basile is using with you deb, just curious cause i can’t locate him on yahoo any more
Deb
Hi Nina,
I will email you from my other site. I would like to see what pictures you have of Andre Basile. Thank you so much for the information. This web site is valuable. Did you report to match.com?
trish
just a heads up here. there are two sides to this coin. granted there are a lot of scammers out there claiming to be deployed military. i find them all the time and bust them at every opportunity, along with a very close friend of mine in sweden. we have been doing this for several years now! having said that, we have also ran across many females online scamming our troops as well. many looking for green cards and or money or both. this is not hard to do. many of these guys are lonely and far from home and some are quite gullible! i know of quite a few soldiers who got scammed by these women so i just wanted to point that out as well. one to the tune of over $10,000!!! question? why go looking for an american soldier specifically for relationships? can’t these women find men in their own countries to date and marry? just saying…
cc
Yes, what Trish is writing it’s all true. I’m her Swedish friend and helped her alot with exposing women taking advantage of deployed personel one way or another. The worst case was actually a UK woman called Amanda that was pretending being a counselor and even had a website on tripod to lure deployed guys. She was exposed and almost ruined a soldiers life, while he was in a warzone. Messed him up entirely! Thanks to Trish and one of his buddies in team, a tragedy was prevented…..So yes, heads up for female scammers in all sizes and shape..
marie sa
Trish, you are correct in saying that there are woman who also scam the military men. But I would corrispond with someone there not to look for a husband but for a friend and to lift them up. Yes woman can find someone in their own country, but it’s these men who usually contact us which is what happened to me.
KAREN
DEAR CJ, COULD YOU( HELP ME) FIND OUT FOR ME IF THIS PERSON IS FOR REAL HIS NAME IS SCOTT MASON AND E-MAIL SCOTT MILI1@YAHOO.COM HE SAID HE IS A SSG IN THE US ARMY IN AFGAN, I NEED TO NO IF I AM BEING SCAMMED,BECAUSE I ALL READY PAYED FOR PHONE CONNECTION BUT WHEN I TOLD HIM I HAD TO PAY HE SAID HE DIDN;T NO ANYTHING ABOUT PAYING FOR THIS, THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE KAREN
CJ
You’re being scammed if you paid for a phone connection.
KAREN
thanks cj but how do I no if am communicating with with ssg mason or a scammer pretenting to be him?
Irene
Hi CJ
Well my name is Irene and yes, I am sure I have a scammer on line. I guess that I am hoping he is the real deal, but when he suggested that he would like to hear my voice that I could contact him by phone and that it would cost me I said yes, but the email address he gave was Ts2usarmyvoicecall@rocketmail.com I did as he asked, the prob was I recieve a message back saying it fail, so thats when lights came on, he gave me another email address, and when I wrote back and recieved how much this was going to cost me thats when I new sumthing was up.What I am asking is, Could you plez tell me if there is a captain in the us mill who goes by the name Captain Cole Davids Combatant Platoon. Has a daughter name Misty, and no I have’nt sent any money.
I look forward too your response.
Very much appreciated
Irene
Anonn
@ Irene I’m sorry this is a scammer this name…….Cole Davids is typical of Africans to add an s to the Name for some reason they don’t seem to know any better and the fact that he tried to get money out of you for a fake phone for which you would have then been told to send money via western union or moneygram or a money order it would have went to him the scammer he would have then purchased credits as they call it for their mobile phone he then would have called you and many others and then he would have came up with a new reason to beg you for more money go to scamwarners.com also romancescam.com where you will find pics hes using there and also information about other people he has tried to scam but you know he is a scammer so thats the good news if not you have now been warned he is a scammer.
jana
Hello! i have been talking to the “love of my life” for over two months now. his name is John Palmas and he told me that he is at the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in Afhganistan. he asked me for a cell phone last week, and i sent him a used one that i had home to an address in CA. he told me tha his friend was being deployed there and would deliver the parcel to him.
I didnt make a big deal of it, but then today
he sent me an email asking me to get some money ($2,300) that has been sent to my name through moneygram and he needed me to send this money to a dude in Ghana…
well, the money came from CA, so why the person that transfered the money to me, couldnt transfer straight to the guy in Ghana???? (he told me that the person in Ghana works for World vision). everything seemed so out of place, that i came to the internet, and now i am totally upset at myself for being so naive.
i met this guy through Jdate. has anyone heard of his name? i saw a couple of stories here very similar… widower, ready to leave the military, has to yorkshire terriers… also, he told me that he owns a house in Coral Gables, and this is public information… I cannot find anything.
Ladies, i would like to compare some pics. he tells me that he is 6’3″, 200 lbs, half british, half spanish. Very handsome indeed…
let me know if anyone would like to exchange some pics…
I am extremelly upset.
Take care,
P.S: sorry about the English. ESL…lol
Ann
Jana…plese give me your email so we can exchange photos…this guy has contacted me
Ann
Yes I´m still reading this and I’m upset too….The phone you gave him was surely to talk to me or other girls ..I told him that i needed to hear his voice and he said that he was going to see if he get a phone on-line and that a colleague of him will be going there so he saw what e could do…
You know what that show us that we have to keep it real and not go to those pages….when we contacted you for the first time?? Late March beginning of April didn’t he??
Did he told you that you were his only and true love and that he can`t see a life with out you anymore and that he wants to grow old with you??
Did he told you that he´s coming back on June 11??
Ok please reply I think we can write a novel here…what a disappointment is it??
Janaina
Hello Ann,
This is Jana.
I would love to talk to you.A friend of mine posted this on my name. He had to come over to stay w/ me for two days after got suspicious about John.
My friend started doing some research w/ me, and I guess he decided that posting stuff here would help me to understand that i was being scammed. Believe me, i was in denial. I was trying to find whatever reason i could to keep on believing that i was living a fairy tale.
When i found out that my friend did the posting here, i got very upset… John was online with me going crazy… lol. Now, i am loving it. If wasnt for “John”, i wouldnt have known…hahaha
This guy really got into my mind, and for the last couple of months i was the happiest lady in town.
Well, c’est la vie.
How can we communicate without posting our email addresses or phone numbers online? Any ideas? WE can really write a novel about this…hehehe
Anyhow, i hope to hear from you soon. If CJ could intermmediate the exchange of numbers or emails, that would be lovely!
By the way… the phone i sent him is being shipped back to me today. NEVER AGAIN!!! hahaha
Janaina, your new friend !!!!
Ann
Hi Jana!!
I have no problem if you want to contact me so we can exchange the same history lol…CJ can you pass her my email thru hers? Thks
Wow I thought I was the only happy girl in town too, but had my six sense aware, so I always copy all our conversations and read them later on. I had trouble believing that in short time he was telling me that he loved me and I was his only true love. Then said he could not see a life without me and wanted to grow old with me….I was ajammm, how can it be real? Even when he did open feelings in me I really had a hard time trusting his words, but never told him directly that to see how far he could go.
It looked like you said, a fairy tail….and that is why I always say there is not such thing as a fairy tale, don’t kiss the frog eat it lol
I said to my self once this could be a novel a good love novel…you have to see the words, how we talked to each other, you would think that we knew years ago and already a couple…that put my precaution sign on-
He never asked me for money or any favor, well at least not yet.
I know people do meet in this sites and are real, and I know that they are fake ones too, but this guys have gone very far.
I do thank your friend to put the post here for you because I could not find before NOTHING about a John Palmas but a facebook add that was not his photo. So when I had more doubts about him I did again a google on him and there he was…in this blog you have his description and I was OMG that is him
There was other day that he sayd I love you Maggie and I said what?? (that’s not my name) he told me he was going to pass me his skype ID account and password so I could see that he has no Maggie there (I see now a Maggie has post here something but with another name, I’ll ask her if the day he was talking to her was the same day that he said that, who knows is the same person?
Other thing I saw is that when we start IM with his msn account (we did with skype and msn) he had in his profile Am in love with Lyn Sisterson…:So I hope if she does exist that she can read this before she gets scammed. Of course he took that out of that profile the third time we talked…we were still “friends” and not in love lol
Well hope to hear from you and yes we can do a novel
Allison
Oh my God. I am absolutely sick to my stomach. I too have been communicating with “John Palmas” for several weeks now and he has been telling me that he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. He also asked me to ship some packages to World Vision in Ghana and asked me for $2300 to pay for a courier to ship certain of his personal belongings home because he claims he was due home on June 16. Could I exchange email addresses with you ladies so we can please compare notes? I am so upset about this.
Donna
Allison ask CJ for my email address. I will compare notes with you
Monica
Hi Ann,
This is Maggie, I did have talked to John in the past 2 1/2 months, and it was really incredible his ability to do all of this with all of us. WOW he should go to the Record Guinners. I am really impressed.
Without knowing anything, yesterday I emailed him Mr. John, I already know who you are….
but I was just playing around, I didn’t know anything until this afternoon.Thanks for this Blog, I have reserching for the last 4 weeks and I didn’t find anything until today.
Right now, I am ignoring him, since he has been sending IM’s since 5 PM this afternoon:
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] my love
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] how are you?
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] am here waiting for you
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] love you so much
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] i can’t wait to talk with you
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] xoxoxoxox
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] john
I don’t really have stomach to talk to this FAKE FAT ASS anymore. This person is completely sick, and the most disgusting part is that he uses so much GOD’S words, ask us to pray for him when going in Patrol. I just need to tell this person, GET A LIFE, SICK….LOL, soon you gonna have yours. Good Luck my love!!
Monica
I am Maggy,
Please CJ include my email on the exchanges between us. I have all my conversations on file including a photo he sent me recently saying that it was when was 7 years old, and indeed looks like him, also another photo in Irak, where it says ME FREEZING…
I still cannot believe it…
Monica
Jane,
email me too, this son of the gum, we should find a way to catch those LOW LIFE SCAMMERS.
Take care girls…
Ann
Wow yes Guinness for him….
Yes Maggy he was talking to you at the same time that he was talking to me and by a mistake told me “I love you so much Maggy”…then he was going in sane …heheh. I´m glad you as all of us got to finally find something about this “John Palmas”…
CJ I have no problem for you to send this girls my email.
And girls just hope no one else gets scammed
Ann
Maggy send the photos to CJ so he can put them on the blog… more pics the better
My mail is fasc45@gmail.com I don’t have any problem to post it here… if “they” (the scammers) want to email me perfect more IP to post here lol
Daphene
He’s been talking to me too under the name of Duke Harold Dash. I met him on Match. When I scrolled through this site and found the pics of John, I got really sick. Thank God I didn’t send him a soccer ball, cleats, etc….
Kathleen Collins
Please send me the photos of the guy who scammed you. I am currently chatting with a man posing to be in the Army and wonder if it is the same guy.
Thank you.
JM
please help me..i’m talking to a soldier named Captain Winston Edward Smith..he said he was assigned in Afghan since 2005 till now..then he lost his wife sept 2001..i don’t know if he’s a scammer..he didn’t ask any money from me..instead he offers me to keep his money..he asked for my address so that he could send the money to me..i don’t know if he’s a scammer too..please do help me…
Rita
Get contacted by a Charles McGee Esquivel last thurs. He’s a 1st class sergeant in the US army. Owns a house in Chelsea(very expensive ) says it’s in greater London lol you couldn’t get more central London !!
Wife died in childbirth.. Daughter living in Glasgow Scotland with grandmother. Father Hispanic American but mother half Scottish half British ( huhhhh…. U’re either welsh,English,Irish as she’s already half Scottish. His father is late… Meaning dead…. Terminology that’s only African.
Going on mission for 15 days there’ll be no communication. At the moment he’s strategizing the mission. Asked for an iPhone so he can keep in touch.. I said no … Ask your mother and he said she’s very ill and can’t get out. So incredulously I asked how she could possibly look after his 12 yr old daughter!
But I must admit he’s quite articulate !! Yet there are lapses .. Where the English becomes influent
Today I asked where in Ghana he operated from and he said that I would just have to wait until march when he comes to the UK for 3 1/2 month break so I can see he’s for real.
BTW. He comes home at the end of March, then he goes back to serve his last 4 months then finally retire. When he’s going to start taking me travelling… He read my profile VERY well !!!
I can’t contact his mother to get news of him while he is on the 15 day . But that’s impossible.
BTW .. Very interesting … His name on his email was Charles McGee Esquivel Esquire (Huhhh) now the name on his emails is without the Esquire. How bizzare …
Rita
Got contacted by a Charles McGee Esquivel last thurs. He’s a 1st class sergeant in the US army. Owns a house in Chelsea(very expensive ) says it’s in greater London lol you couldn’t get more central London !!
Wife died in childbirth.. Daughter living in Glasgow Scotland with grandmother. Father Hispanic American but mother half Scottish half British ( huhhhh…. U’re either welsh,English,Irish as she’s already half Scottish. His father is late… Meaning dead…. Terminology that’s only African.
Going on mission for 15 days there’ll be no communication. At the moment he’s strategizing the mission. Asked for an iPhone so he can keep in touch.. I said no … Ask your mother and he said she’s very ill and can’t get out. So incredulously I asked how she could possibly look after his 12 yr old daughter!
But I must admit he’s quite articulate !! Yet there are lapses .. Where the English becomes influent
Today I asked where in Ghana he operated from and he said that I would just have to wait until march when he comes to the UK for 3 1/2 month break so I can see he’s for real.
BTW. He comes home at the end of March, then he goes back to serve his last 4 months then finally retire. When he’s going to start taking me travelling… He read my profile VERY well !!!
I can’t contact his mother to get news of him while he is on the 15 day . But that’s impossible.
BTW .. Very interesting … His name on his email was Charles McGee Esquivel Esquire (Huhhh) now the name on his emails is without the Esquire. How bizzare …
Rita
Finally asked Charles McGee Esquivel if he was in Accra Ghana. He’s taken his profile off match.com but by this afternoon he’s on there again. Same picture different name …
Renee
Hi Rita,
WOW. I too was in contact with “Charles”. He first contacted me on Plenty of Fish. I have had a few guys try to scam me before so knew some of the red flags (widowed, young child, etc.) but he really had a lot of other things that made me believe him. Same story about wife dying in childbirth. His daughter “Christi” living with his mother in Scotland. I am super cynical and he really sucked me in. Called me three times, which made it even more believable. In my case he was going to be coming home on leave to San Francisco end of February for 3 months then going back for 5 months before retiring. . What is funny, given your remark about Chelsea, is he told me he had a house in Pacific Heights. Like Chelsea, a very expensive area. Last week we were chatting on IM and he told me how Christi was short funds for a class trip. Right away I knew what was coming but played along, hoping against hope I hadn’t fallen for a scammer. Expressed my sympathy, etc. waiting for him to flat out ask. After a few more back and forths he finally said “well, that’s where I am. Any help would be appreciated and since I will be home soon I can repay within a few weeks. ” I immediately said “wow, that was a lot of effort for a typical internet scam” of course he denied and there were a few more back and forths but finally I just said I wasn’t sending money, good bye. Oh, yeah, he also told me he was going on a mission for a few weeks starting last weekend and would be out of touch during that time. I know there have got to be some real guys out there (even widowed with young daughters, LOL) but will probably end up losing the good ones cuz been so burned!
Bob the Liberal
Happens alot outside the military too.
And I could easily fake a .mil address. Would take me about 3 minutes.
CJ
You could fake the .mil address, but when you reply to it it’ll get kicked back.
laura
Col.Allen F Harrison..Us Army in Afghanistan.Is he a scammer?Never ask me for anything…yet…
dating
One tip we give out is to take elements of the description of the service that the serviceman purpots to give. Put it into inverted commas and place into google search. Scammers usually just take details from existing servicemen and you can find this info on here.
Debbie
ok, can someone please explain this to me from dating on 1/16/2010? I am computer illiterate…kind of…and don’t understand what needs to be done and what information will I get doing this? Thanks!!!
Susan Torres
Hi, I just wanted to add my 2 cents. I was contacted on Cupid by someone claiming to be a Lt Col in the Air Guard stationed in Afghanistan. He only put one picture on the site and when I asked for more he stated he had no camera and the base photographer had been re-deployed. I became suspicious from day 2 when he was chatting and seamed to copy/paste info into our chat. I Googled the name he gave: Lt. Col Michael Birkeland and found a biographic page on the Florida National Guard web page. It was then I realized he had used this bio word for word in his Cupid profile. More Google entries revealed that the real Lt Col had been in Florida at the Super Bowl in February and at a realtor’s web site it showed he had purchased a house in April with his wife! I have never sent this scammer anything but he has tried to get me to pay for his “baggage handling fees” to come here on leave. I have images saved from emails that I was supposed to fill out and send back that would have given a lot of my personal information. He even stated he found some diamonds in the desert while on patrol. He stated he had an appraiser from DeBeers certify they were worth about 2million but that they would only buy them when he was back in the US.
If anyone sees anything familiar about this, please reply.
Thanks
giovanna alexander
I have been contact by a marine in afghanistan his name is Ben Hull he is asking me for money so he can come
to It aly to see me. Please help me to see if he is a scammer, I saw that he is in Facebook.
His email is itcol,ben.hull@yahoo.com or itcol.benhull@yahoo.com can you check out for me please
Thankyou
Gas
CJ
Asking for money = scammer. Plain and simple. No further discussion needed.
Ally
Thanks for the info CJ… I have been “passionately loved” by Col Billy Don Farris for a grand total of 8 days now, (!) and little things that I put out there just didnt seem to add up. Broken English (for crying out loud, this guy was born in Dallas!!!), flowery claims of love (I mean this guy is a Colonel? I would have thought he had more smarts than that! Lonely as it is out there in Afghanistan!!!) and missing photos of his daughters… Some devoted Dad in a warzone! He couldnt tell me anything more about his children (whom he supposedly is devoted to) other than their favourite color…
So who can I contact? Who can I report this to? I would also like to let this gentleman know what is being done with his good name.
Thanks…
CJ
Ally, the interesting thing about Billy Don Farris is that he is a real person, but is married and doesn’t troll internet dating sites. The REAL Colonel Farris is a great leader and articulate man; polar opposites from the “Col Farris” contacting women to scam them.
Kate
Hey Ally,
He got me too. Divorced 3 years, older adopted son who works for Shell Petroleum, he got custody of the 3 younger children. You obviously know the rest. I got pics of the boys but none of the girls. You were “passionately loved”, I was “prayed for” and he is my “King”. I have found out how to contact the real Colonel Billy D Farris and intend to send him a letter so he can be made aware of what is going on and possibly stop this scamming. On a personal note, I just cant believe where my brain was over the past 3 weeks. I hope Karma gets this scammer. Good Luck Girl. Kate
Marcia
Hello Kate,
I have been recently scammed by a “Sgt. Bill Johnson”. In fact, he is still trying to contact me by phone. Funny thing is, he has a strong African accent!!!!!! His scam was that he is in Afghanistan on a secret mission so had no access to money so could I please send an ipod touch to his adopted african son who was in a boys school in africa while he was on duty. The next story was that he helped an afghani woman who was attacked by a suicide bomber and he looked after her while she was in the hospital and kept her safe there! When she recovered she introduced him to her very rich oil company owner husband. “Bill” then helped this husband truck 8 million dollars worth of oil over the saudi border and his cut was 4 million but he needed to keep it safe till he got home in 2 months! Guess where the safe place is…..ME!!!! Oh but when the diplomat who was personally bringing the money to me got stranded in Ghana, he needed $2500 to pay off the customs officer there at the airport. He has sent me many pictures of this army officer, in and out of uniform. When I started really questioning him, he even sent me a picture of this officers passport. I would really like to find the “real” officer and let him know what is being done with his identity. You say that you have found out how to contact your real Colonel…would you please e-mail me back and tell me how to do the same? I have tried to google his name the scammer gave me and also the name on the passport which is a different name but to no avail. Thank you for your time and I anxiously await your reply.
Marcia
Stephanie
Marcia, I think I know who you are talking about when you refer to Sgt Billy Johnson. But I know of him under a different name and have had contact with his son and his sons school for many months now. Would you please mail me any info you have and photos as if my Husbands identity is being used for immoral reasons we would like to know.
Thanks for you help in this matter, my email address is pixxiesteph@hotmail.com.
Regards
Stephanie
Karen
Well I am saddened to say that Sgt. Bill Rancourt Johnson has been in contact with me too. Started communication on match.com on Oct 17/10. I am so glad that my gut made me keep searching online, and I found this site.
Gillian
Hi – this guy is in contact with me at the moment but I’m onto his BS already!! He sent me a picture of his passport, photos from his travels to Thailand and he is claiming to have adopted a boy from Congo who he will take back to the USA when he “retires” in 3 months. Thank goodness for this site and my instict to “Google” his name.
Gillian
ireneann
I have been romanced by a guy who is so in love with me that he needs to leave the army and set up home and take care of me.I need to apply for his leave on family matters, which i did and of course it was granted yip he.So then Sgt. John Wellington,who by the way is an intelligence officer, said i would need to pay a fee of a couple of thousand dollars.The bill was converted in to sterling and was £1,850gbp.
I met John on the dating site Uniform Dating.I was alarmed when i saw where the money had to be paid, it was to a diplomat named Mrs J E Hewitt to an Halifax building society account in Suffolk England, she is a US diplomat.So i milled on this the day the email arrived and i decided to be sure and i rang the American embassy in London they got there military people to ring me back (to which i was very grateful) and they told me this was a scam and that i should not hand over money and that the leave of a serving soldier can only be requested by the soldier and no one else. John is a very good looking guy, that’s if i’m talking to the guy in the photos, which i’m probably not, his email address is
johnwellington1@live.com. i was daft and put money on his mobile phone so i have lost £60 but that is a small price to pay to be aware of these parasites.glad sites like this are around and with my experience i shall now be more on the ball i hope to spot a fake. I shall also be eternally grateful to the American Embassy in London they were so kind thanks guys.
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Deb
I have had a us army ssg by the name of Richard Miller who is supposedly in Irag, sent photos and all contact me wanting me to take posession of a parcel from iraq and keep it for him till he comes to pick it up. I live in Australia. I didnt give him the info he wanted. would like to know how to contact the real SSG Richard Miller to let him know what is going on, any one help,
karen
Deb, you Richard Miller sounds like my Lionel Miller…… story is very much the same……. I also have pictures if you can let me know if you would like to send them o each other I would like to do the same.
I also agree, I would like to find the officer who’s name I am only sure is Miller in the photo’s to let him know this is happening to him as well.
maria
Hi, my friend is being scammed but not sure how to break the news to her. Sounds like same guy you are talking about. This one is Richard Parker.
Will you send me the photos please. She left her boyfriend of 20 yrs and is trying to sell stuff to send money to poor Richard.
Thank you
Juliette Slavik
Deb,
I believe my sister is being scammed by the same Sgt. Richard Miller that had contacted you. The only problem is she believes me. If you could be of some assistance that would be great. She has sent him tons of money for this supposed package, and now there is a group call Arizona Immigration (which does not exist) involved in helping her get this $1200 to Ghana authorities so that this soldier can send this package. Could you get back to me when you have a chance or anyone else being scammed by the same man?
dawn
hi juliette , I have been talking 2 a matthew watson gunn , he claims hes in afganistan from uk , he claims his wife died in a car crash 5 years ago and has a 16 yr old son in boarding skool , i have been speaking 2 this so called guy 4 about a week now , he mailed me the other day claiming he had been on a mission with his troops and they found a large some of money 6.5 milllion , he wanted sent over here in some urgentcy and i had a call from a anthony amanyo claiming he was matthews agent sending the package over 2 uk , he told me i would have 2 pay 1.200 2 have it recovered with documentation , and that payment had 2 be sent 2 kotoka international airport accra ghana before it could be realeased . thing is i read so much mail from victims who seem 2 have simular stories making me think he is using various names , i would be intersted 2 find out as our mail seems 2 be very simular 2 mine , im not sure how i can find out who this person really is i would be grateful if u knew and could tell me , Dawn
Tina
I have been e-dated and loved now for 6 weeks by a Major Henry Weightman. Two lovely photos of a tall greying man in his 50s was sent to me and in both he is wearing the uniform of a major in the US army. Two nights ago he woke me in my sleep to discuss something important. The important thing was that he was being given USD$4m by a Saudi oil millionaire with whom he had become friendly after having rescued his wife from a terrorist blast in Iraq. I was asked for my telephone and address and full name – 2 of which he already had. That was what really made me suspicious, as well as the package he wanted me to received, that was apparantely to be delivered to me via a UN diplomat – the second red flag to go off in my had. I live in Australia and ofcourse would not give my address. He became very angry with me and almost abusive and has been ringing me repeatedly ever since. I have reported this incident to the military attache in Canberra’s US Embassy. If anyone is interested in seeing photos of Major Henry Weightman please let me know how you can be contacted. We might find that we have been romanced by the same Nigeria cyberspace freak. By the way my cell phone displays incoming numbers like +233245893615 and +233272104302.
Gail
Well Tina I also have been in touch with Major Henry Weightman. Same story he gave me but it happened a few weeks ago. The diplomat can’t afford to bring the package and now wants me to send monies to him. After last night and my phone ringing off the hook I just sent an off line message and told him he was trying to scam me. I so glad I found this website.Thank you very much
marie
Please forward some photos, thanks for asking.
valeire
My man, is Lt-General David Rodriguez, spanish decent and U.S. born. Wooed me for 2 months now, and just recently told me he had been given 1.2 million U.S. emailing me a legal looking document, giving me tha Continental Equity Bank in Accra, Ghana along with contact name there to do the transaction into my bank account. Told me he is retiring in the new year after they send the soldiers home form Afganistan, and wants to retire here in canada with me as his wife.
the Bank operations manager Lucas mensah contacted me and I needed ot send $2,750.00 to release the funds and have them transferred into my account. Since I do not have that kind of money floating around, and said No, I have not heard from the man, General David Rodrigues, who professed to be so madly in love with me. He has refused my last emais, and disconnected me from Skype and yahoo IM after I emailed him telling him that I thought it was a scam. The person from the phone # 233 541 425215 at the Continental Equity bank so he says, is still contacting me for the money. I am blocking all of my communications.If you go online and google – Lt – General David Rodriguez, up will come all sorts of photos of the real man, and the same photos that were sent to me. David was divorced, parents, dead, two brothers dead, 3 boys and 1 girls grown. Ready to retire, and even told me to start looking for house to buy around 1/2 million dollars. Rad Flags happened as sson as the money and transaction request was asked of me. Too bad we ladies start getting jaded about relationships. Is it any wonder though when shit like this happens?
Orinoco
“+233245893615 and +233272104302″
Both of those numbers originate in Ghana, West Africa.
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
Maggie
I was also scammed by Philip Miller…an Army soldier on a mission in Iraq….
Ann
Maggie I know that your guy is not mine at least in name, mine was “John Palmas” but he once told me something about a Maggy (did he called you like that? Or Maggie?). This is what he wrote [05/03/2010 11:43:29 p.m.] jp_4950: i love you so much maggy
So if you remember if that day was you, here it is…if not there must be a Maggy with the same problem we had…
Ann
Maggie
No….he spelled it like I spelled it…but one has to compare pic’s….the surname on the uniform pic’s he can’t change, so he uses different first names…
Monica
I am maggy scammed by John.
I just find out about this crap yeasterday. I still could not recovery. Yes he was chatting with me that date. He has been day and night since April 1st, what a day to start to be fooled, right? LOL.
Please girls email me with the big News that this Low Life Creature has been captured.!!!
karen
Does anyones pictures with this Miller guy are they at the ST Louis Ball Field???
Or is he sitting at a desk in front of his computer……….or does he have a son living with his ex in Miami???? Just some of the things he told me. I would love to know anything that would help. Thanks,
Rowena
Oh my gosh this sounds so much like Wagner Ramos (Stevinson) comes from Miami son’s name Peter. Wagner supposedly soldier serving in Baghdad. Sending me his share of $400.000 he earned doing some work for an oil sheik. Diplomat bringing package to me is stuck in Accra Ghana and needs $3000.00 to complete his journey and deliver package to me safely. Wagner will follow shortly after. He is retiring from US military
Rowena
Oh my gosh this sounds so much like Wagner Ramos (Stevinson) comes from Miami son’s name Peter. Wagner supposedly soldier serving in Baghdad. Sending me his share of $400.000 he earned doing some work for an oil sheik. Diplomat bringing package to me is stuck in Accra Ghana and needs $3000.00 to complete his journey and deliver package to me safely. Wagner will follow shortly after. He is retiring from US military. I have not sent any money. Wagner is emailing me when he returns from duty. Yeah right!
Ruth
Hi Karen, I have recently been in contact with a Capt. Miller, USAF, met on dating site marriagemindedpeoplemeet.com. He stated his wife died in car accident in UK and son (12 yrs) is with grandma in Ghana. Wife was from Ghana. We have been communicating about 5 weeks, we also connected by cam. I had problems with my cam, but his came through. He appears to be the guy in the pic he sent, but what bothers me is the comment about “sitting at desk with computer”, that is one of the pics I received from him. He is sitting at a real clean desk, big smile, wearing camaflouge outfit, white computer. Do you have a pic of him that I can compare to the one I received, or does anyone else reading this post? He has not asked me for $ yet, and I have brought the fact of military scams to his attention many times, that is why he offered the cam.
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Louise
I too was scammed by Staff Sgt Michael Rancourt, widower, son Ken from NY!!! He asked for 2,500 dollars for transit…….I knew it was a scam as his grammer was really bad in his desperate attempt to get the money. This has to stop, obviously someone is paying these guys to make it worth their while, sooooo many hours on the internet, unbelieveable,
Louise, Ireland
lori
cj can i send you a name so u can help me
Lilly
@Louise:”This has to stop, obviously someone is paying these guys to make it worth their while, sooooo many hours on the internet, unbelieveable,”
I am from Central-Europe, but here are more and more scammers from Ghana and Nigeria too. Sometimes I think that is not just about money, maybe something perverse joy to ask for money under a masque of a us soldier from (mainly us) women. You know those cells in Nigeria are supported by talibans. It is a joy for them to play games with women who want for themselves a us soldier as lover. It is kinda revenge to get money from a us girl and using that money for buying weapons against us/nato soldier in Afgahnistan.
I hope u see what i mean. (English is not my mother tongue)
Yvonne
Just realized after 2 days of chatting that the Sargeant, the true love of my life, writes with an accent! The tip was he kept asking me what was I going to take for breakfast, instead of eat for breakfast. After the second time I became suspicious. Also I have asked him many time where his family imigrated from. For some reason he can’t understand that, just keeps saying he’s white.Great thing about the American families, heritages are from everywhere. Finally came the request for 375.00 to be able to talk with him while stationed in Iraq. So the love of my life (after a total of maybe 3 hors chat) is probobly a terrorist and would take my 375.00 to by weapons to kill the real Sargeant Marion Walters. I haven’t told him to kiss off yet- think I’ll toy with him abit and let him see what American women are really made of!
trish
Hi did I make a mistake in my contact adresses, well they are at top but will put it here again to make sure so you can get to me who wants pics of their scammer ” Niacha ” calling himself jakson_adams and jakson admas as in proper full name who ever want me to send the pics I have them on file or go to ILS,( Internet love scams ) go on to my thread tickle my tea and look me up, and all will be revealed if not write to me telling me who you are and I will send out the pics, though I have sent them here to MARCUS as well so up to you, a few people have them sorry if I made a muck up ( if I did last time sending in fo best wishes Trish W.
AnnBritt
Hi!
I write from Sweden and I have just been contacted by a E-6 SSG Richard Miller station in Iraq. And live in Falund, Sweden. On the datingsite firstdate.com his nickname is happyguy. I don’t know what made me suspect, but I am. So I went out on google and found this site. And I got my feelings confirmed., when I read about a similar Richard Miller. He also have a son named Peter who livs at his mother place in Miami. But he is going to get him from there when he retierds from the military in 2 mounth. His been there for ten allredy, and this is the second time. He has sent me alots of pictures from the military logement and privates from his life in Miami, and he has also sent pictures on his son.He haven’t been asking for money yet… but we haven’t spoken so long on messenger either. His email is richard_miller2009@hotmail.com. Now when I think things over he sad that he was borne 2/8 -60 but in the profile it stand aquarius. Witch is in january, he is allso bi sexuell. And when I asked him about the time in Iraq he said that the clock was 2 hours before Sweden, not wright. I feel soo hurt. That there are people who is so bad, and take advantage of women who are alone. I’m 47 yers. And I don’t like beeing foold with… I will take this link to my profile in firstdate and warn others.. best regards Annabell
Heidi
Hi AnnBritt,
Think your Richard Miller is the same ‘guy’ as my Philip Miller…………..story sounds the same and I have come across another lady being scammed under Richard Miller. Send me a photo so we can see if its same guy.
heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
heidi
karen
Hedi, I think my Brian Miller is also the same guy. I have pictures also. would love to swap them with you kfhenry45@yahoo.com
please contact me and we will see if it is the same guy. Thanks Karen
Michelle
CJ, I recently reported a name to E-Harmony as a potential scammer. I believe a foreigner was posing as a “Captain Mathew Swain” from Plano, TX. The interaction strongly resembles the pattern I found on your website…which by the way is WONDERFUL. While I never would have sent money, I think I was being set up for the approach and this guy needs to be stopped and the REAL Capt. Swain notified that several of his picutres and his identity have been stolen. The yahoo address was cptmathewswain@yahoo.com. I received confirmation today (one day later—yea, E-Harm!) that his profile has been removed after investigation. Thank you for your website. I never would have been as aggressive to report had I not found you online. THANK YOU AGAIN and keep up the good work!!!! Michelle, GA
sheena
hello michelle well i think could b esame guy who tried scam me his name was max swain email was ssgtmaxswain2@yahoo.combet we hav eall same pics cos i posted him on romance scammers and they also have another swain on there with same pics i had i talke to this guy for about year all great at first he was in iraq he would email talk on yahoo didnt think nothing of it untile on eday he told me he was going awol i thought your what cos he didnt want to die there on a mission this was a so called ssgt again he wasnt married lost hip parents when kid from miami next ti hear from him he is in abuja nigeria lol and i get story needs to get to me so tell him go us embassy help him home they cant help me all time i was oblivious to this guys intentions he sucked me in and i thought i wa sin love with him he then says he has got in heritence his parents ha dfor him i saw the check for $5million i checked check out was stolen number lol so told him that and then i get oh my lawyer is dealing with this now and i get a check from his lawyer from an insurance company for £25,0000 for max so stupidly i bank it cos it looked real etc it bounced my bank told me was stolen check book and they shut my account i went mad i told him he didnt care jsut said never mind etetec i ha dhad enough by then i would avoid him when could then i would get emails texts etc when spoke to him on phone he didnt sound american at all and when i said i am not sending money he would go mad and abuse me say real horrid things and he wasa man of god to i eventually ha denough and told him he was a scammer of cause he denied it to end and i was all he wanted he would die if i didnt want he i deleted him blocked him etc and psoted him on romance scammers site not ever heard from him again i did change my email had to i would love to know who the real guy swain is in the pics sheenaxxx
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.
becky moler
cj i have been recieving messages from a “supposedly” army sergeant named Micheal Scott suppose to be stationed in iraq. he hasnt asked me for anything but i think he might be a scammer. how do i find out? I met him on tagged but he has since deleted his tagged account. he supposedly has a brother on there that goes by Henry Scott.
CJ
Becky, the best way to find out is to ask him to send you an email from his .mil email address. If he says he can’t (for ANY REASON) he’s a scammer.
Glenn
G’day,
Has anybody heard of Richard Baloyi using the name of a US army person Captain Harry Smith? He has scanned copy of Cpt Harry’s passport.
Beware of Richard, it appears that he’s into the scam game…
Glenn
Tonny
He also goes by the name Richard York and almost conned me out of money too. Luckly I am blonde but not stupid! Apparently he has a home in Johannesburg but I got suspicious as where the house is suppose to be – in an Industrial area! I dont think so. Girls be carful – be very carful- the stories are all to familier with the wife that passed away etc.
Lorraine
Anyone come across either a Sgt DAVID EDWARDS or a Sgt DAVID LINGO for scamming? One has most certainly tried to scam me for Ts2 money/operation for his son and the other may be trying.
Other scams have included a “Doctor” over in Pakistan working for the UN wanting credit for his mobile phone (DR TOM) and another “businessman” on a business trip to Kabul wanting mobile top ups too. I am amazed at these professional people who can’t even organise mobile phone credit.
I haven’t partied with any monies but am truly appalled that these things can be run from what we feel should be trusted Dating Sites (I refer to Friends Reunited Dating where these swines have come from). Where the hell is their responsibility in all this. They take our money to register and these guys are free to take advantage and the websites don’t seem to care.
If anyone recognises the scammers could they let me know.
Cheers, and well done for helping me realise I am not alone on this.
If anyone has news of either of the above persons
sandra
hi my names sandra i,m talking to a david lingo based in chad,he,s all ready got 1000 pounds of me , now he wants for more because he not getting paid over there its going in he,s english account ,he said he come to england in january
Nina
Sandra,
This David Lingo is a Nigerian scammer, please read all my comments to others.
This scammer sits in Sunnydale,USA
why in the world you sent a man your money?
Please give me your email address and I will send you his id.
roxy
i been talking to a guy by the name of johnny higherman he also sent me a link for the phone they want $750.00 he told me he was from dallas i did some checking no one by that name comes up scammer i just asked him to email me from his work email and said i would reply back so far he hasnt
Barbara
yes Lorraine I have had a sgt David lingo writing me from afganastan he has not asked for money as of yet but knows exactly what to say and im sure it is not far off
Miki
I’ve been chatting with someone called Phil Adams that I met on Match. He says he is from New Jersey and currently serving in Iraq. I asked for pics of him in his military attire, but he said his laptop was broken so he couldn’t access them. Then asked me to send him a laptop with webcam so he could take pics and we could see each other will chatting. I told him I would, but when he gave me the mailing address it is to 60 Mango Tree Ave. Accra Ghana. I thought that was weird so I didn’t send the laptop. When I asked him about it he said he could not receive mail where he was in Bhagdad, and he just received orders to go to Western Africa to keep the piece for oil that has been found there. I tried looking up any current information about that online, but have not been successful. His e-mail is Phil_Adams4u@yahoo.com, and Phil_Adams4me@live.com. Told him that I thought this was a scam and he has done everything to convince me otherwise. Said didn’t care about the laptop and wouldn’t ask for anything else. I just recently decided to put myself out there for dating again, and this was the first contact I got. So heart breaking. It makes me what give up. Please someone tell me if this is a scam.
ME
OMG I too was approached by this scammer Phil Adams and wanted a laptop, PSP, digital camera then all of a sudden was tranferred to Ghana and needed 450 dollars, and devoted his love to after 3 days after meeting on MATCH…Is there anything we can do….IT IS A SCAM
nieve1
OMG, I just sent a box of tshirts, candy and AXE body spray to 60 Mango Tree, Accru Ghana. He has not asked for money yet but did ask me to buy him an iPhone and digital camera which I DID NOT.
He goes by the name of Joe Harold. joe.harold45@yahoo.com. He contacted me the first day i was on match.com. I’ve never done online dating before so i was way too nieve. His story is he is stationed in a top secret war zone location in Iraq. He emailed me photos of him in uniform, sitting on his helicopter and one in civilian clothes in Iraq. He is handsome. I guess i lost it right there. He told me he was retiring from Army in july 2010. He said i can’t tell anybody about him or show any of his photos to my friends because he would get in trouble. I foolishly believed that. I don’t know much about the military so i’m a great victim for him. He emails me daily. I googled his emails and they are love poems copied from lovepoem websites. i feel so stupid. he convinced me to buy a webcam so he could confirm i am the same as my photos. i did. i know feel used, disgusting and unworthy. Anybody else had an experience like this from joe harold?
Sugar
Yep. Same guy but goes by Joe Marvin. Exact same pics. lol He sure is a smooth talker too. However, after I caught on that he was a scammer I began scamming him. I got 2 dozen of beautiful red roses sent to my home and $300 cash. hahah! He told me he was coming home from Iraq on Dec 23rd but he wanted to send me a package with his person items. Actually he told me it was gold jewelry he bought in Iraq and was going to come home and sell it for a huge profit ($300,000). He was sending this package via courier so he needed my name &address&cell phone number. While this so-called courier, Isaac Anderson, was in route to Florida he got held up in so-called customs and needed $2,000. Of course Joe told me to go ahead and give it too him and I could take some of the jewlery and sell it to get my money back or just wait until he gets home and he will pay me back w/interest! WFT!….. did he really think I would fall for that?!!! lol
I told him that I couldn’t give him the money because I had taken $5,000 of my savings and put down a downpayment for a brand new truck for him. It was going to be a surprise. Hahahah! Joe’s reply was…well, go get the money back. LMAO!! After I told him I couldn’t do that he told me I was a heartless woman because I couldn’t not help him. He said there was no way he could ever be with a heartless woman. LOL
So, he broke up with me. And I reported him to Yahoo as being a scammer. There goes JOEY! lol
BTW his email was t.dpld@ymail.com (stands for troop deployed). It should stand for “that damn pig lied dammit”!! lol
Ladies, be careful when dating online. No one falls inlove that quick. And what kind of man is he if he asks a lady for money…. especially if you are respected soldier.
Sugar
Oh yeah, one more thing. After he broke it off with me he still insisted he was Joe Marvin in the US Army and coming home on Dec 23. He said he would be coming to see me just to shake hands and leave so he could prove he wasn’t the scammer that I think he is. I asked him how are you going to see me? He said I have your address, remember. I said…” You mother f*cker, if you come to my f*cking home I will blow your ass away!!” Needless to say I haven’t heard a peep from him.
Anonn
@ Sugar way to go girl glad you realized this was a scam and he is a scammer how did you manage to turn the tables on him and get 300 out of him lol then just like I knew he would this African invented another story (Lie) to try to beg you for money these damn scammers are pathetic.I hope you dont hold your breath Dec 23 will NEVER come his ass is still in Africa or Malaysia somewhere and NOT in the military so don’t worry about him coming to your home if he has your email address get ready for ALOT of spam emails.
donna sensenig
Miki
Sorry Miki but it is a scam. I got the same story as you only he used the name Mark Donnelly.First he wanted the laptop than a sat phone then cash and on and on. When I began to question him he told me he wanted nothing from me but my love. But the funny thing was within a week he was asking me again.I found this site and there were two other women getting the same story from him. They change their name but the story stays pretty much the same. I’m so sorry Miki.
Lorraine
After reading more on here today I would like to say CJ is my hero! I am learning so much about scamming and it is enlightening.
I do have one question though, being incredibly ignorant of Army life/Army speak, please, what is AKO??
Am making notes to help me not fall victim to this again and any help would be appreciated. Also, my hotmail account doesn’t show message headers for tracing back… how do I get my hotmail messages to reveal these in the body of the mail??
For those who have the geographic knowledge, is Sunnyvale CA anywhere near San Jose (apologies again for asking what may seem like a dumb question).
Is there an address I can contact CJ about my concerns with people trying to scam me recently.
Thanks again, much appreciated
Lorraine in the UK
stotesburys
Hi Loraine , I am a bit concern as i think I eas scammed too, I traced his e mail and it was in the same place Sunnyvale, aparently he was serving in Afghanistan in camp Tombstone, giving me his name as `Micheal Lynch
Philip
can you give me your email or my is philip_apuri@hotmail.com add me now
Lorraine
Another question for you: are US Soldiers based in Iraq/Afghanistan able to receive ordinary mail whilst overseas? You know the kind I mean, a good old fashioned hnadwritten letter!
And whist I am still here, the .mil accounts that all Soldiers have, are they able to send/receive mail to the likes of us Civilans whilst overseas, or is it meant to be for offical communications only??
Your advice on the above would be appreciated.
Lorraine
Still in the UK
nick
ALL military members love to receive a letter in the mail. Let me tell you, there is nothing like getting a letter in the mail. We send boxes of goodies to our folks that are stationed over seas, and cards to remind them that we haven’t forgotten about them. Also, the .mil e-mail accounts are for use be anyone. My husband e-mails my work “.mil” account from our house so we don’t use our text messages. anyone can write a .mil address
mary
Lorraine, CJ and All.. I have finished comm’s with a Sgt Micheal Travis real photos with Travis name on uniform serving at Bagdad..I IP’d him and located as Sunnyvale CA..strangely talking to another Ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson who asked if I was talking to any other soldiers(maybe two could not scam me at once!!) How did he know? Are they in a group ‘operation scam’?Charles cuts and pastes love poems etc..slightly outa kilter English at times but limited conversation and default responses completely wrong for the question. Micheal Travis asked for connection charges ..NEVER Pay Money to a man ..No normal man would ask! Ltnt Swanson IP located Redmond. Witchita..
Question: are there any real military guys looking to date?
Question CJ: Can’t we start a website that forces Friends Reunited Dating and other sites to be responsible. I have had three/four peoples communications grounded by them and one perve taken off only after insisting that I would report them to a charity involved with those targeted for the abusive comments by a profiler. THEY DON@T CARE ..WAtchdog needs to get onto it or summat. I have played my first scammer..WHY NOT ASK THEM TO LEND YOU MONEY IN RETURN..SAy you were in a desperate hole too..response should be interesting. Ltnt Charles says he has his own money and does not need mine or a phone contact set up..Is he real or have I just not had the bubble burst..wait and see..Heart and mind are played with ..it is difficult.
Christine Holm
Hi Mary.
I am at the moment in contact with sgt. MT, who after two days told me that he loved me. Is your MT also latin looking and terribly handsome? Has said that he is leaving for another camp, without any network connection, so he asked me to pay for a telephone service, but I didn’t have the money. He was supposed to have left Thursday, but I caught him on YM today.
Is now leaving Saturday. 
I wrote about him on another page, but as you said they know, what is going on, as he asked me to remove, what I had written. Does your MT also write: It ok, that fine etc?
All the best
Christine
Ann
Hi Mary
Writing to you because I think we were scammend by the same, I also was contacted by Travis, but this time his name is Morgan.
I would like if we could share pics of him so we can see if its the same Travis.
Did you search for the real sgt. Travis and did you find him? I really would like to let him know his name and pics are used by scammers.
I’m new at this forum and it’s the first time I met a scammer and also I live in Denmark so my english is not perfect. But can you tell me what I should do now, Where shall I report this?
I still have contact to the scammer, I keep it for a while in case he can be found.
Hope to hear from you.
Best regards from Ann
kikay
Hi mary,
Im chatting with Gen. Travis Wallace from Texas for more than 3 mos now and sent me 8pics (4 r in full unform showing his insignia). He doesn’t ask money yet but confirmed my doubts upon reading posts here. He told me he is in Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan but Travis IP is located in Sunnyvale while his lawyer (Barr. James Harry) is in Redmond too. Can we compare his pics… I think wer chattin to a same man. I found him in Baddoo. Here’s my email mhtebib@live.com
sundaetwirl
I’m chatting with the same guy too for more than 6 months, during early days of chat we’re fine, i even find him a nice man but recently, we’re talking about his arrival in my country for a negotiation, according to him he is Afghanistan now. He sent an email containing that he sent something for me like jewelries, $6500, phone and sony vaio laptop the courier is global security finance, he even gave me the username and password to check the transaction status, after the day, somebody from global called me and asking to pay a certain amount for clearance fee and administrative charges of Malaysian Customs which confuses me. I opened it up to Travis and he said he wasnt aware of the charges as he had paid the shipping fee. then i asked him why not in other courier like fedex, dhl, he said, those couriers are not available in kabul. Still in civil manner i advise him to contact his courier since it is his right, and according the courier said it’s the customs charge not theirs the weird thing there you have to send it to someone via western union. I found him also in Badoo
Lorraine
Interesting comments Mary.
I was fortunate not to give my money away to these guys. Before the “military” scams I was asked for money for mobile top ups and flaty refusde: one of the guy’s did send me flowers and chocolates a week before Valentines Day so I like to think I am £40GBP up on the deal. One of the topup scammers was a “DR TOM” the other was a business man KENNETH PATTERSON from Fleetwood, Lancs England.
The “Military” scammers were SGT DAVID EDWARDS in Afghanistan, widowed (wife supposidly died of cancer). His emails never really responded to the questions inmine, and the writing from the onset felt to me to come from someone for whom English was not their first language. I did feel that he used a template for his emails and just jiggled about with the details. His emails did make me wonder if he was genuine. He wanted to set up a TS2 account, the response to the “TS2″ request wanted £504GBP to set up unlimited calls. I told him in no uncertain terms could I pay so much. A little later his son Alex (9) needed an appendix op and the hospital wanted payment up front before they would give him this life saving operation. Again I said I couldn’t help because I believed the US Army would help him in that instance (of course he said they wouldn’t). Funny how on the night of his son’s emergency he was deeply worried but his email the following morning made no mention of the child which made me almost sure he was on the take. Funny how a day or two later Sgt Edwards was shot ON the leg (not IN the leg as I would say) and needed hospitalisation for a few days. Funny too how his emails dried up from that point.
“Military” scam number 2 came from SGT DAVIND LINGO, Deployed out of Fort Hood, Texas, currently assigned to Iraq. His photo’s clearly showed the name LINGO on his uniforms (battle and dress) so I don’t really doubt he may well be a genuine US Soldier out there, and I apologise if this expose upsets him. The real Sgt David Lingo would be as appalled as I am by the imposter who uses his name to defraud women. The photo of the Military personnel I was shown was particularly scrummy (please note real Sgt David Lingo!) and combined with the very smooth and exquisite words the impersonator used he was very convincing as a man with a a beautiful mind. It was easy to get sucked in to believing him entirely. He spent an inordinate amount of time late evening online chatting (making it feasable to believe he had this spare time to chat because it impinged on time when he might otherwise be sleeping with the 3 hour time difference. His emails/chat had some small grammatical errors but this could be attributed to typing quickly on a small PDA. I know my own typing suffers sometimes. Again though, he used the word ON the leg when referring to an accident involving a member of his squad, and the phrase ON bed when IN bed would be more correct.
My own lack of knowledge regarding Army procedures and protocol did not help. I was told by both soldiers that I could not send ordinary mail to them at their Base Camp. Whilst I thought it a touch odd I assumed that perhaps with the saturation of email/internet access good old fashioned letter writing was considered uneccesary by the Forces. I had no idea each and every Soldier has his/her own unique .mil address (is this also known as their AKO??)
I was aked to apply for his transit leave and given an address of transit_leave_department@militarymailbox.us to write to, for the attention of a Lt Col Robert Friedman. Naturally, I received a reply early the following day asking me to complete and return a form, and a second email which confirmed his leave had been granted and asked me for the princley sum of £2,350GBP for the Human Affairs Charges, and £1,850GBP Stamp Duty for the returning Officer Sgt Robert Klein. Frankly, money aside, the forms were clearly amateurish in both presentation and content and shouldn’t really fool anybody! Again, my lack of knowledge allowed me to believe that it had to me who applied for this leave, not the soldier. Your website clearly staes it is the serving personnel who must apply.
Fortunately I found your website and read some interesting details about scamming. I checked out SGT LINGO’s (and his sons) email addresses which both came out of Sunnyvale CA. The Transit leave address came back as ‘spoofed’ and if I can only reveal the message headings I may be able to locate that too at some point. It’s clearly obvious to me now that I was being set up for a scam.
Unfortunately, as in many cases here, I came to like the idea of the Sgt Lingo with the scrummy face, and to think I was never ever chatting to that man saddens me deeply. I am fortunate not to have lost any money in the process and I will be more scam aware in future. I have your website to thank for that at least. Thank you.
If anyone out there has had similar experiences with either of these men, or if you are able to look into it with more resources and sucess than I, then I welcome your intervention.
Keep up the good work and I shall continue to look at this site if only to be entertained by CJ, whose wit, writing and tenacity have made me feel just that little bit better about myself today.
Happy hunting guys xx
Nina
Hi Lorraine, thru Match.com I was approached also by Sgt.David Lingo (has son 13th yr.old)email address: David Lingo
claims live in Decalb, Illinois.
He has been contacting me every days, and later he told me that he wants to come to visit me and asking me to send an email to General Benjamin Hanks, at
armyprotocoldept@gmail.com, and telling the general that I need my husband Dgt.David to have his leave permit for 3 months to visit me. But when I googled….the general was already long passed away…and what kind of general has a GMAIL.COM ?
Strange thing is that he is the one who told me about this links : anatomy of Military scam. So he wanted to show me that he is an hero by saving me from a scamming dating, but I found out immediately that he himself is a scammer. When I copied and paste the message about gen.Benjamin, he excuses himself from the chatting room, and disappeared.
The point is that I am not looking for a usarmy soldier as a date, but someone in germany , switzerland as I am myself a german.
I have written to CJ and sent her all the photos of Sgt.David Lingo and another imposter Sgt.Andre Basile.
I am still waiting for CJ feedback.
I have been catching so many Nigerian scammers lately, and I can tell you it is so easy to identify and trace them. Always ask them to call you PC to PC and using a webcam,
best is tell him to call you using the skype
there will nothing they can hide.
Good luck
Nina
Lorraine
Anyone know who I can get in touch with in the US Army to let the REAL Sgt Lingo know his identity has been compromised??
I sure would like him to be aware that his name is being used in a such a dishonourable way.
Many thanks again
Lorraine
CJ
Good question, Lorraine. I can’t find him. He may be out of the military or, sadly, could have been a casualty and is no longer in the system.
Deborah
Hi CJ, I have been talking online to a man who claims to be a US Army Captain serving in Afghanistan (Camp Pheonix)at the moment. His name is Daniel Grebe, 45 years old and says that he lives in Angelino Heights, Los Angeles when he is not in Afghanistan. I met him on the You Free dating site about a month ago. Could you please look into this person for me as I am not quite sure whether he is who he claims to be
Thanks,
Deb
Gabriella
CJ,
I just found this website by accident. I started to talking to a US Army officer Col. Peter Anderson. When I Googled him an immediate scam warning came up. He never asked me for money or to help pay fees for his transit. But he did ask me to apply for his leave. When I found the scam warning I confronted him….He wrote the most pathetic heart wrenching letter of how some creep had stolen his identity and used him against helpless women all over the world. That he had just found out 3 months ago. I met him on a sister site of Cupid.com (girlsdateforfree.com). Could he be telling the truth? It is meantioned a lot on here that these soldiers are having their IDs stolen. Am I just hoping and holding my breath for the other shoe to fall? The story is very close to what is on here. He is a widower. His wife died of cancer. No children or family. 50 years old and preparing to retire. Decided he didn’t want to start a new life alone. Please help…..Has anyone else found this kinda thing?
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And the site I met him on has a lot of ‘military’ men in Afghanistan and Iraq. I talked to a few and yes I said things were fishy with some when they would ask for money. Here are a few of the names I came across, please let me know if anyone else had a problem with some of these guys.
James Edward
Derick Brown
Hires Mike Young
Bill Lancaster
Jacob Turner
Daniel Lawrence_several different scams Micheal David(Dave) Hillman
John Kent
Wayne Gunner Walker
Mike Thompson
Scott Mills
Daniel Spanner Burke
Bismark Mills
Sorry ladies but these guys are good, very smooth, at the scam but if you pay attention you see it.
Sandie
Hi Gabriella, Im in the UK and ive been chatting to a guy called DERICK BROWN – I noticed that name on your list !! Have you actually chatted to him yourself ? Or has anyone else on here heard from this same guy ? His email address Derickbrown22@hotmail.com Ive got some pics of him in military uniform. He contacted me on Dating direct, but I’m not sure if he is stil on there or not. (I had a month free which is up now, so I cant check) He says he is in the Military and lives in Salford, UK. He give some long story about himself on the email. Says he was born in Miami Florida, to a British father and German mother. Says he has links to the UK via his father, and his 16 year old son is at boarding school. He said he has a house in Salford, which is near Manchester UK. He gave the usual scammer type story! they all give something very similar. Luckily ive caught out scammers before so i have had a bit of experience, and learning to spot them a mile off as they say ! He says he has real feelings for me already, and wants me to wait for him to get back to the UK. He hasnt asked me for money yet, but I think he will eventually. I’ved chatted to a few people like these you ladies describe before. At first i give them a chance, but soon as I get suspicious they might be scammers i start asking them awkward questions. They are very smooth tho and mostly have an answer for everything ! but they dont like it if they think you are questioning them too much, they get irritated by it. And when they start asking you for money – they get very annoyed, even nasty if you cant help them out ! Ive said to a lot of them that if someone I dont know face to face asks me for money its disgusting, but they got an answer for that too ! They do know how to try to make you feel guilty for refusing to help ! But as i say i can see through it all now !! Luckily i havent been taken in to the point that I have actually given any of these jerks money, but it does worry me if there are other women out there who have been taken in by them !!
I want to warn women on here about another guy goes by the name of ALAN KYLE. He met me on a UK site called Toyboyboutique ! He says he is in Syria working for the UK Army. He has asked me for money for his 17 year old son who lives in London. He says his son is joining the Navy and has to go to Navy camp! he gave some story as to why he cant get the funds to his son, and asked me to send £400 ! He says he actually needs £700 or £800 but i said i havent got that kind of money. He tried very hard to make me feel guilty with his stories like if his son cant go to this camp, he will have to wait a year for the next one ! Oh dear poor thing ! I asked why he cant borrow money off family or friends and ‘Oh dear’ another sob story, he got no family and his few friends dont have the money to help !!! haha I’m playing along with him, but i havent chatted to him for a few days tho. Im going to chat again and see if he asks me for any more money. Has anyone else had any experience with him or anyone of similar name. If you have just be careful !
Rosemarie Menard
I’d like to know if there is anyway to get in touch with the real Sgt Pedersen in the U.S Army as well.
michaella
hello to all i have been trying to find out if the soldier that i’mpenpalling with is reall because its hard for me to trust poeple,anyways i cannot find any information,that can tell me if that person is real can anyone here help me,th eonly thing we talked about is that latter i coul dapply for an leave of some kind,i sayed i needed more time baceusa we dont really know each other,if there is any info i can give you guys to see if he is real?
Jane
Has anyone been approached by Sgt Alan Klein? with the e-mail trumindx@yahoo.com? I have been chatting to him on messenger for almost a month now.
Each time we seem to be getting somewhere the matter of “money” raises its ugly head.
He started in Afghanistan in Camp Herat – which raised my suspicions because Google could not find a Camp Herat.
Then off to to Pakistan and now in the Niger Delta.
Proclamations and protestations of undying love.
Has a house in Coulsdon and one in New Jersey. Widowed with teenage son.
Also, when he rang, he didn’t sound American!
A warning to all.
karen
whats your evidence about this man…has he told you not loving you again…cos i met a man online serving in pakistan and we met few week before xmas..hes back on camp now and we do communicate frequently.he came home for val on compassionate leave.
Lorraine
Michaella and Jane
I have been spun tales of undying love by two US Soldiers on Friends Reunited Dating, both supposedly located in the UK (where I am from) and trust me both are scammers. big style. Heartbreaking to think they assume identities of real soldiers who are the real deal and probably wouldn’t dream of tricking women in this way.
DON’T part with ANY money.
Get CJ to check it out on here and walk away.
I was spun an intricate web of lies and deceit, misinformed, misled and almost taken in by one of them. In fact 4 of 5 people I interacted with on Friends Reunited tried to scam me in some way.
Read the notes on this website: it’s worth taking in every word because there are so many out there just waiting to suck you in.
sue
Hi Lorraine
Just read your comments, I too have been scammed by a guy posing as a Capt. in US army. Was the guy you wrote to called James? a very attractive man?
katy
Hi Sue
Just read your mail and my scammer was called James, in US army,Isent him money for his alleged business, can we swap photos?
Katy
Barbara
Dear oh dear, I am in contact right now with a man called James (no surname), US Army, it’s all been very slow and has not gone off the dating site to private emails or phone calls, I hate feeling like this about somebody, but after reading all the stories on here, something must be setting off my alarm bells and for once I am listening!
hi
Hi,
Anybody has been in touch with Proulx James(proulx74@yahoo.com) he said that he is a usarmy and he is in Afghanistan, please i want change photos of this guy for to know if he the same person, thanks
Neeta
I have had undying love pronounced by a SSG Henry Smith, wom I met on Friends Reunited Dating.
Luckily I was wary of all his words of love very early on.
He did as me for money for his 14yr old boy, because he couldnt access his bank account as they were updating their system, and also that he couldnt get phone vouchers for his phone in Afghanistan and the final thing was he wanted to come home to be with me so i was to write an email requesting leave.
I investigated and asked many questions, I have not paid out any money, nor have i sent the email.
So many people preying on intended victims!
skriabin
I have been contacted the 8th november by a sergeant chief staff named Henry Smith,widowed ,the 8/11/2010,on Meetic ,and since he wrote me mails ,ask for chatting every day ,for christmas time he asked me if i could send a gift to his son Sam Curtis,14years old so who is living in USA in a boarding school,he send me a bouquet of 12roses through interflora .He said he was in Kabul for a peacekeeping mission till the end of january 2011 His email adress is henry12010@live.com Is anyone knowing him? He is handsome ,his son too ,he send me two pics of him ,two pictures of Sam .He is no more on Meetic and I am his unique beloved queen since Xmas!!! I am alarmed by all i read ,here ,I am french!Thanks to reply .
Neeta
Met SSg Henry Smith on Friends Reunited Dating.
He has asked me for phone vouchers as he cant get hold of in Afghanistan, asked me for money so his 14yr old son can go on a trip and finally wanted me to email admin to request for leave.
I sussed him very early especially when he was saying he loved me!!
I have not paid any money nor have I emailed, thanks to my investigations and sites like this.
Lorraine
Hello again.
My ‘Soldier’, after a few days silence has just sent me mail from his ‘@army.mil’ e mail account which I figure may be bogus. I have asked CJ to look at it for me, although my own enquiries to an email checker came out blank. It may look all wrong anyway to someone from the Military who has used such an account in the past (CJ, would I count you amongst them??)
Someone on here did say a bogus .mil account could be set up in no time.
I am waiting to see how more convincing my ‘Soldier’ will try to be in the pursuit of this scam.
Anyone any experience of this able to impart their knowledge to us unsuspecting sorts? Actually, I am very suspecting all the time now: I read dating site profiles with an eye for the possible scam and it has warned me off one or two recently, lol. Maybe I am learning!!
Good luck everyone.
Lorraine
CJ
A bogus account is easy to set up, but if you get one, reply to it and ensure the reply is still going to the .mil email address. I bet it gets kicked back as undeliverable.
Alexandra
hi, i just found out 3 days ago that also some guy called Rick, Andersen who iam talking the last month for is just a figure and someone else is pretending that is him a 45 years old US ARMY soldier in afghanistan … the same story like all of you living her… my question is how can i find out who the real man on the sendet pics is , i mean the real soldier on the pics he sendet to me ???? sorry for my bad englisch… pls can somon heelp me and give me a idea how i can find out , i just have somany pics from that man….also in uniform ..
thanks a lot
alex
Kareb
Any hear of following
Sgt_Chrisambrose212@yahoo
Ambrose
Christopher Walls
Gailw
Yes he scammed me out of a lot of money. I met him on Facebook last Dec. He still talks to me trying to get more money out of me. I’m glad you posted this on here. I told him I found out all about him. I got a call that he is not white, he is nigerean.He probably told you how much he loved you & wanted to be with you like he did me. He is not in the military like he claims & he does not have a son named Adam.
ANN
HI CJ I READ ABOUT KAREB THAT SHE WAS SCAMMED BY CHRISTOPHER WALLS AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS CHRISAMBROSE212@YAHOO.COM. I AM TALKING TO THIS MAN FROM AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 MOS OR SO NOW. HIS NAME IS CHRISTOPHER WALSH. I NEED TO SPEAK TO KAREB AND SEE IF WE HAVE THE SAME SOLDIER OR SCAMMER. I HAVE SOME OF HIS PICTURES. PLEASE ASK KAREB TO EMAIL ME. THIS MAN IS SUPPOSEDLY MADLY INLOVE WITH ME. HE KEEPS SAYING THAT HE IS TELLING ME THE TRUTH AND HE IS COMING HOME TO ME WHEN HE RETIRES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER CJ. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. ANN
ann
hi ann, i just read your mail. and i am so mad that he really lied to most women. i approached him and he said he swear to GOD that wasnt him and that he trully loves me. i told him that his care taker david is the man behind this fiasco. david is from ghana. he said no that david is a computer illiterate. please email me and lets compare notes. he supposedly coming to me next week. pls let me know when he gets intouch with you . as i will do the same when he does to me. thank you.. ann
Anonn
@ Ann or whomever there is NO caretaker he is the scammer he swears to GOD he loves you hmmm if you fall for that you will fall for anything scammers NEVER repent and he has told the same lies hes telling you to nemerous other Women hes right its not him and he is a FAKE a fraud a scammer ever had an interactive chat with him for at least an hour or more via webcam????? let me guess NO right he said it isnt allowed and why are you using the same Name as the Ann above you the words you type sound much like the scammer involved in this mess but good luck maybe your scammer is the real deal and he really does love your money ooops Im sorry I meant Loves you NOT.Yes Anonn typed it
Anonn
@ANN dont hold your breath waiting for him to comme home to you first you have to invite and sponsor him get him a Visa and basically pay his way while he visits you here in the US or wherever you live if you have not had an hours chat with this scammer and seen him face to face I suggest you stop trying to reach CJ only to try to convince him that your scammer is REAL because he is a FRAUD no need to contact Kareb you know that this is a scam and he is a scammer so go to scamwarners.com or romancescam.com or both and let CJ do his job he has NO time to sit and try to convince you this this scammer does NOT love you and he wants your money while at the same time you sit and try to convince him that your scammer is real My God I am so glad this war is supposedly over so that these lying beggars will have to come up with a new scam.
Anonn
@ ANN I went to spokeo where I am a paid member and looked up this email address and found this Man on Blackplanet it says he is 37years old and South AFRICAN with a picture of a white guy going bald wearing a gray shirt with Army on the front of it black shorts and shaking hands with some guy claims his location is Atlanta Ga. the only site I found him on is Blackplanet and I DOUBT that the pictures are his and I surely doubt that he lives in Atlanta more like West Africa because thats his home.
ANN
HI KAREB
I TOO IS TALKING TO THIS MAN, CHRISTOPHER WALLS. PLEASE ASK CJ FOR MY EMAIL ADDRESS. AND LETS COMPARE PICTURES AND NOTES. I WILL BE WAITING. THANX. FROM ANN
Stephanie
I received and email from S Sgt.Mark Wells,at Tagged.com.It is a carbon copy of what has been said here…I love you,$500 for a phone,three pictures,etc.
I figured it out,thanks to the info on the net from places like this.Thanks for sharing your stories,and I hope more people get informed before falling for these jerks!
Lorraine
I haven’t let my ‘Soldier’ know yet that I am on to him. He still thinks he can scam me somehow. He is currently working on the ‘I will send you the money for my Transit’ option but I am flatly refusing to have anything to do with it. To help me change my mind I am getting the ‘I cheated death twice on Monday’ and ‘I am tired and weak’ scenario. I am keeping him dangling for as long as I can just to waste his time. His .mil account is false (he doesn’t know I know that) and he has sent me more pictures (where the hell is he getting them from) of the real Soldier.
I have asked for a pic of him holding a card with my name on it which he has promised and I am never going to see. He wants more pics of me but he can whistle for that.
His ‘Son’ has sent me his mobile number so I can contact him (the ‘Son’) anytime: another dead end I believe. I am just waiting for the ‘Son’ in distress call to pull on my heart strings next.
Thank goodness this Site gave me some insight. I must say they have been fabulous. CJ has been most kind and helpful in everything he has done for me on here. Thanks again.
Lorraine UK
Lorraine
Good news!!
I have found the REAL SGT LINGO on Myspace and have messaged him to let him know his identity has been stolen.
I am really pleased to have found him so I can get closure. Hopefully he can take it further if he wants to. I will happily supply him with all the information I have about this scammer (who isn’t fit to lick Sgt Lingo’s boots in my opinion)
Don’t give up, don’t get sucked in and I hope we all find a decent man on here somehow.
Nina
Lorraine, be careful that person is also can be a scammer. please read my message earlier to you.
He also told me that his id. has been stolen
but at the end I traced and found out that he himself is a scammer.
Renee
I have been talking to a man who has claimed that his wife died in a car accident, he has a 2 year old daughter who is staying with his mom and sister in Bridgeport, CT, supposedly where he is from. He is stationed in Afghanistan and wants to come “home” to me. Needed $1050 to get clearance from the UN and to get a liberty pass. He left Afghanistan and is now in London where he needs $400 more to get to the United States. What the heck? Can’t something be done about this!!?
Johanne from Québec
J’ai été contacté par un dénommé lieutenant colonel Chris Chronis par le biais d’une agence de rencontre pour célibataires. Amoureux, entreprenant, très attentionné, en viens à me dire qu’il voudrait me parler par le biais d’un téléphone satellite, mais qu’il ne pouvait avoir accès à de l’argent pour délivrer ce téléphone, j’accède à sa requête, avec plaisir de poursuivre de vive voix…Arnaquée, wowowowow, Une amie a découvert votre site, et merci….aux victimes d’être là ….J’ai déposé une plainte à la Gendarmerie ROyale du Canada et auprès d’Interpol, afin de coincer celui qui a retiré mon argent avec pièces d’identité au Royaume-Uni, je sais que les usurpateurs doivent agir du Nigéria…
Melissa
CJ
I have been trying to see if there is a Captian Tyler M. Jones Rank 0-3 in the Army. I have not had any luck at all. He is a sweet talker. He hasn’t asked me for money but wanted me to fill out a form for his Benefits and Claims. He put me down as next of kin and before he comes back over to the United States he need someone to Clam his Military Benifits befor he gets back to the states. He also said that is was like entitlement after a very long time. He told me he has been in the Army 20 years. I am really steaming right now. Would you or anyone else help me out.
Kathleen
Melisa – I noticed your posting. This guy is now on usmilitarysingles.com – I just chatted with him and noticed right away by they way he was chatting and his very vague answers to my questions he was a scammer. He said his dad passed away a long time ago. Asked him what year. He didn’t remember. Asked him what college he attended he just said Texas. Couldn’t tell me the year he graduated from. I have notified the site about him, and included this website for them to do more research on this guy. I feel bad for whomever the picture is of this guy that he’s using on there! I’m sorry that he scammed you. Hopefully he will get tracked down!
Jenny
Hi guys, some time ago I was contacted by a sgt billy james chambers? apparently stationed at camp victory Iraq, I got all the normal spool from him, I done much searching through the net, and still to this day I have no idea if he is real or fake. I have told him I dont believe him and told him of all the searching I had done, I even sent an email off to military intelligence but to no avail. I have told him I will not send any money, but still to this day I get the love you baby, I miss you and all that jazz.lol. Can someone pls help me put this to rest. By the way in the meantime I am playing my own game with him, until I know for sure.
lynda
I have been in touch with a guy from Forces pen pals since Dec 09.
He says he is Captain James Grove (47), a nuclear & mechanical engineer, in the US Army assigned to the UN working in Islamabad.
Until a week ago, all seemed fine; communicating via MSN messenger, email (not .mil) and text – then he asked for £2350 to pay for delivery costs on communication items, same day then for £20 top up card for his pager.
I declined on both accounts. His contact over the next day or so was rather cold – saying he had been testing me to see if i was genuine.
I have heard nothing from him all this week despite me trying to contact him. He contacted me today, asking if i was ok. Today, he asked if he could send £5500 over to my bank account to keep hold of until he came home. I told him, no, I wasn’t going to give out my details over internet. Again, he said he didn’t need it, just seeing whether I would support him and be helpful.
Has anyone come across this guy? I have received 9 photos of him – two in uniform; couldn’t make out the name badge to see the name.
In the meantime, I have emailed all the information to C.I.D, and will play my own game until I’m sure. Is there anyway of finding out if he is who he says he is?
jennifer
anyone know a sgt mike allen – widower – wife killed in car accident – 2 sons living in NY with a nanny. he is deployed to pakistan.
Christy
I have a friend who has been talking to a guy by the name and title “Jason DesJardins of the Special Forces 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment”.. He has not asked her to send money YET, but he has asked her to help with his leave request by sending a letter to someone. After researching it she feels she is being scammed, so I wanted to see if anyone else has heard this name?
kathy
ok ladies heres another names to add to your list of fakes inthe military.. Chris England.. clai\oms to be a major in iraq on a peace keeping mission..but in talking to him about his military benfits Iasked what kind of medical ins he has and i told him what i had for coverage and he said he had red cross ins and then called it War insurance..ok anybody knows the real us army persona;l areconnected to Tri -care because that is the gov ins the ,ilitary has for most milirtRY PERSONAL THAT ARE ACTIVE. SO BE WARE Of THIS GUY.. hes a scammer .
Lisa
Hi Kathy,
I have been scammed by a Michael England. Claims to be a widow as his wife got killed in a motor bike accident. His son is apparently 17 and lives in Erie. Do you have any pictures of this guy? Maybe we can compare notes.
kathy
yes i think i keep his pics i ‘ll ck and let you know..ok
Rhonda
I think I am in contact with this person now. Can you send the pictures he sent you to see if it is the same? appreciate you!
Gayle Bruce
I also think i am in contact with this man. Email me pics and i will email u the pics i have. Thank u
Lorraine
I was scammed by a Sgt. William England in Iraq. My online relationship started April 19, 2010. If you have pictures of your Sgt. England would you please send them to me and I will send you the ones I have. I lost $4,400 USD to this creep. If the pictures proove he is the same person we need to have the pictures posted on a BEWARE website.
Debbie
hey ladies, anyone being scammed by military using last name of England, can you please notify CJ to give you my email address, so that we can exchange pictures to see if they are the same person? thanks!
CJ, please give my email address to anyone that contacts you concerning “England” Thanks!
Ginny
Chris England; widower, Iraq, using name now Troy Hitman…scammer is alive and preying on women at dating website; ran into him at Faithful Seniors. What a total idiot; tried to scam me for a cell phone. He works with two other his best friend in Iraq with him, Charles Hutchinson, and his wife Letita living in Irving TX. I have address in Irving and it is not fake. His yahoo is: troyyours@yahoo.com…what a loser.
Take care,
G
Gillian
Hi Lorraine – I’ve been contacted by this guy in the last couple of days – he claims he’s in Baghdad, allegedly in the US Army but is intending to live in England when he ends his current tour in a month, for all his 17 year old son (who looks about 8 in one photo he has sent!) lives in the USA??? Have already had a request for a mobile phone. I have 4 photographs of him if you want them, let me know your e-mail address – mine is gillianherbert9597@hotmail.co.uk.
Gillian
kathy
you know their should be a active list of scammers put on here with the e mails they use and the names they use..so we have some form of i dck and can go and ck to see if the guy we are about to have contact with is on this list.. th emore list we get out there the less chance they have of scamming
What do you all think?
Debbie
sounds good to me, I have a few I would add!!!
Elizabeth
GOOD IDEA, CJ what do you think?? Maybe on Soldiers Perspectives Wall of Shame??
kathy
email ts2.militarycalls@usa.com
beware of this e mail it is associated with scammers using the military id ‘s and inpersanating soliders
. the scamers use it to have you buy a sallitite phone to connect with troops in iraq and afghanistan.I got bilked for $4 grand with this scam this group is a slick group and know how to use women and prey on their love.their is a col johnson morelli, a col pam jones, a commandent named john martins wagner, and a westernunion agent named Pauline Jennings out of Grand Island nebraska. These people are all part of an elobrate scam anyone who wants more info cane mail me.
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diane
I was taken by this one too. TS2 Satellite. Add to your list of names to watch out for – Sgt. William James – sgtjames56@yahoo.com – Lt.col Chris Hughes chris_hughes36@yahoo.com – Western Union Tabitha Renne Lindsay, Fountain Valley CA, Leann Kieffer, Stryker OH. Now he wants to come home on leave – my nickel – send it to Betty Bergman Youngstown OH
Joanne
Hi to all,im at this very moment communicating with a military man,who is supposed to be in Afghanistan army camp,met through E harmony,we have been communicating for a month now,there has been no talk or mention of money(or am i yet to wait for it)I have read all comments on this site and cant really pin point any thing suspicious.Im happy that you have this site available for victims of such abuse and needs to be reported,this man may be a scammer,he uses this e-mail ——–@aol.com,this may help to know if he is the real deal or not.Would like your help on this one.Thanks
Allison
Joanne, was the military guy you were communicating with named John Palmas?
Karen
Hello, have come across a named by John Mateo Garath.
Karen
Hello, Have you come across by someone name Sergeant John Mateo Garath, or Mateo Garath
joanne
hi allison, his name is rafeal david lopez. he said his in bagram afghanistan. we can exchange pics if you want to.
kathy
yeh joann ask him for his ssn and seeif he gives it or a photo copy of his military id make up some excuse that want to see a copy of it .. if he has one he will show you if he dosen’t then he is a scammer..all military personal have id card issued by the military they also have ssn..if you question his miliatry benefits he should have correct answers for since all miloitary basically have the same kind of health ins but if he tells you he has red cross or something stupid like that he’s a fake
Tammy
Hi All,
I just came across the post from Michelle,GA. from 2/10 in regards to cpt. Mathew Swain I too was matched with him trough eharmony and had been in contact with him until about 2 weeks ago. The thing that upsets me is that is that eharmony doesn’t seem to let all the people know if they have been matched then with someone who is not real and there has got to be something that we as single women can do about this. I did report cpt.swain to US Army CID,FBI, and IC3 the thing that I feel bad about is that this soldier who is just an innocent victim in all of this is CJ is there not something that we can do or someway to get stricter laws in effect to help protect not only ourselves but these innocent people who’s ID’s are being taken???? ANY IDEAS OUT THERE or FROM YOU CJ THERE HAS TO A WAY TO HELP OR DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS BLOG. A lot if people don’t even know this blog exists. Thanks
Ann
Hi Tammy, would it not be good if all these bogus e mail addresses and bogus people were sent to all the dating sites so that they could post them on their site? I came across this site because I was trying to do a check on the guy I am communicating with. Col Richard Bridge. Kabul. We have been typing on skype for a month now.
He says he is originally from South Africa where I am and that he is retiring end of month. He says he is coming out to meet me and then wishes for me to return to the states with him for his retirement function. Then says he is coming back to S Africa to open a business and set up an orphinage. Has not asked for anything so far.
I sent a message via skype today asking for his military e mail address and the name of his late wife.
I have been suspiscous about his typo errors and spelling. putting it down to bad typing.
He does not seem to adequately answer my questions either. Ignores them and answers what he wants to.
Says he has an adopted son as they could not have. Says he is an only child of now deceased wealthy parents who went from S Africa to USA when he was young.
There has to be a way of stopping these guys and I think our only hope is to ask the dating sites to post a list on their site.
Not sure how we would go about this.
Any one out there with any ideas?
Lets fight these sick folk.
Ps picture of Col Richard Bridge sent to me in Uniform and VERY good looking with a kind face.
All the best in finding a really great and genuine guy. Ann
Sara Skinner
CJ can you check on a surgeon, claims his name is “Michael Mona”. We have been corresponding for 2 months now, would like to know if I am being scammed. Need to know even though I told him I would not check into this.
thank you
CJ
Sara, I just checked in the Army system and is there is no one named Michael Mona in the Army. I can’t see into the other services, so if he claims to be another service, let me know and I can tap my resources there. You are being scammed and I hope that you didn’t lose any money, time or emotion in this one.
Sara Skinner
CJ
He is claiming that he is not part of the military that he is a surgeon working through the UN. He claims he has been there for about 3 years and 2 months. No I have not lost money, just emotions and time.
Thank you
Sara
Sara Skinner
CJ can you, if you can check and see if he is a private contractor? With the UN.
Thank you
Stayc
Hi. My Mom is getting Scammed By a Michael Mateo (email~cpl.micmateo@yahoo.com) His Commanding Officer Major Henry Gobble (email~userusfa925@aol.com. His SGT Matthew Swain (email~swainm45@yahoo.com) Says He’s 44, Stationed Out of Fort Drum, NY and has a 11 Year old Son Named Danny and Danny’s Nanny Had Gotten married And moved to Europe.. Then He Got Flown From NY to Cali and “Corporal Michael Mateo” Is Over Deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He has Scammed my Mom out Of 5 Grand.. April 23, 2010 My Mother was Told She had to Pick Up “Michael Mateo”‘s Son at The Airport, and that He (Michael Mateo) would be Here the Following Week.. I need Some Info, Please Email Me anything You have on these Guys.. I want to Finally Prove to My Mother that it’s All a Huge Scam..
Colleen
Tell you mom is she wants to get in touch with me….I have pictures, emails….He says he’s from Oklahoma….has 2 kids….his “name” is Capt. Matthew Robert Swain. Even sent me a .mil email address that he has never replied from. He’s been asking me for money and help with bank accounts. How much is he asking from her. He is a of garbage and disgraces the honor of our military personnel. My SON is in the army. I am an army veteran and this sickens me.
put “Swain” in the subject line and i’ll be happy to share anything I have on this guy.
Colleen ( dragontear1967@yahoo.com )
Sara Skinner
CJ
Thank you for your time. I realize that the person calling himself “Michael Mona” is a scammer and I have been corresponding with romancescams.org to get this person reported.
Please pass this info onto other women to let them know about him.
Thank you
Stayc
Hi. My Mom is getting Scammed By a Michael Mateo (email~cpl.micmateo@yahoo.com) His Commanding Officer Major Henry Gobble (email~userusfa925@aol.com. His SGT Matthew Swain (email~swainm45@yahoo.com) Says He’s 44, Stationed Out of Fort Drum, NY and has a 11 Year old Son Named Danny and Danny’s Nanny Had Gotten married And moved to Europe.. Then He Got Flown From NY to Cali and “Corporal Michael Mateo” Is Over Deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He has Scammed my Mom out Of 5 Grand.. April 23, 2010 My Mother was Told She had to Pick Up “Michael Mateo”‘s Son at The Airport, and that He (Michael Mateo) would be Here the Following Week.. I need Some Info, Please Email Me anything You have on these Guys.. I want to Finally Prove to My Mother that it’s All a Huge Scam..
Jane Mandara
Sarah the moment he asks for money say to him BYE BYE SCAMMER he may not have done it yet but he will when that happens block him
do not get SCAMMED
Marcella Williams
Yes,I am still shocked,and never thought something like this could ever happen to me,an intelligent Veternary doctor.I am a 43 yr old lady from The Netherlands.About a week ago appears Col.Williams Adams on my msn.I asked him where he got my address,he said on a website(yes I did register)2betogether.But told him that this partner search site is not allowed to give out contact.He implied that he is in the intelligence branch,Bagram Base,Afghanistan.Implying that they could get to any info.Well he send me photos of him,said that his mother is dutch but living in Jefferson USA(married to an american,wife(was dutch also)died 8 yrs ago,son 11 yrs living with grandmother.He said he loves me and would like us to have a future together here.I felt sorry for him(and yes started to be interested and concerned).But when I asked him how he can love me so quickly without meeting me,he said he knows we are meant for each other.Anyway I asked him too phone or write,and he said this was not allowed.In the meantime every night on msn he would say he wants to get out of the hell he was in,and only signed on because he had lost his wife etc.Then a week later,said that we can phone each other only via a secured line,and that a deposit was required,which would be refunded.If we got this line,I could then help him to get leave,and that was the only way to get out of there.This line would cost 1000 dollars.I old him that this was to must money,and to just complete the 8 months he had left there.The very following day received a form from a satelite company for a secure line costing 536dollars.It showed how the whole phone system works for military in combat zones.I had to fill in all my details,and because I did not have his,emailed him,he send his,and told my that was for my eyes only.I thought with the exchange rate it was cheap,only about 280 euros,and completed the form,and send to militarycallsdept.ts2@usa.com.And emailed William a copy of this.The next day I told my boss of this.He said it was a scam.The military can phone and write letters.I said but he is in the intelligence branch,so it is different with him.So not knowing anything about the american military,I decided to post this question on yahoo questions and answers,which I normally participate in.There everyone told me this is a scam.A veteran informed me that I insist that William gives me his APO address and that he could talk to me on skype and can write to me.Then referred me to your website.When I contacted the American Embassy here in the Hague to find out if such a person really is in Bagram,got no response.I googled,and could not find a William Adams,except a commander that was alive in 1955.The very same day I emailed William and told him I knew he was trying to scam me.And insisted that he send me his APO address or phone me.That evening he still had the cheek on chat to say he loves me and have not received any emails.I told him no APO address,no contact,and what man asks a woman for money that he has just met?Well I blocked him now,Also emailed this military dept calls(if it really excists)and cancelled this application for a secured line.But know it has left me wondering who is the man on the photos I have.In combat uniform with what looks like a rocket gun,with a Afghan soldier,and with all his fellow soldiers on photos.I have this supposed secret militaty(for my eyes only)info about him,but how to check it,and I dont know if it is against rules to print it here?At this moment feeling very sad and used,also scared as this person contacted me again last night calling me a b.He has all my personal info and photo.Oh yes funny enough he knows everything about the military and all its terms.From his writing he sounds American,calling me hun.Well to warn other woman,if this helps.His email address williamadams2000@yahoo.com.He is 43 years old,from Jefferson,USA.Currently a colonel William Adams,in intelligence at Bagram Base,Afghanistan.The photos that he sends is a big man,in combat with various rocket launchers,most distinctly is his moustache,It runs in a thin line to his chin.
hope this helps.from Marcella
jennifer
Ladies, reading all your blogs I know how you all feel, I just feel totally violated and shocked. I have since found the real Mike Allen and warned him. Something needs to be done about these guys.
Kim Furniss
Has anybody been contacted by Donald Almond? He claims to be a Surgeon and a captain. Says he’s been deployed to Kabul for a year. He also says he works for the US Veterans Affairs. Apparently, he is a native American, aged 49, father English, mother American, wife died two years ago, he speaks Spanish, was raised in Ohio, has a 15 year old son called Sam living in Spain with his in-laws. He has sent me lots of poetry and declared his love at a very early stage. His English is very poor. He says he wants to set up a private clinic in England. I have two photos of him, one in uniform and one in a white T-shirt. He initially asked me for £2700 to cover port taxes (Medical equipment he has bought!) which I said I couldn’t help him with, O2 phone top ups, and just now has got round to saying he needs my help to apply for his leave, but hasn’t mentioned the money yet!!!! Luckily, I had already had my suspicions and had read the articles on this site (thank you everybody). So, apart from a couple of phone top ups I have not lost anything, but I hate to see scum bags like this getting away with it. Please be wary of this man and don’t give him any money.
CJ
Sara, do me a favor and send me an email. It is listed on the main page of the site. If you can, also forward me some of his emails to you.
Sara Skinner
CJ Thank you for your time although I do believe he is a scammer.
Why did you want me to email you? Along with his emails?
If it is to check his IP address I have been taught how to and it keeps coming back to USA. The site we met on has also done this and they are coming up with the same thing,USA.
How can he be over in Afghanistan yet his IP address says he is here in the United states?
sue
Hi
I have been scammed, by a Capt.James Mcbride supposedly in Afghanistan. he lost his wife to a caar accident 3 yrs ago and has a son who lives with an aunt in allegedly Trowbridge. He claims he is an intelligence officer, but has appalling grammar for a high ranking person. He claimed his account was frozen and asked for money for his timber business. He claimed he was preparing to buy himself out of the forces to work on his business. He asked for £6800, of which I sent £1500 what a wally I was!! I also topped up his pager several times. He sounded plausible at times, and he sent love poems, e cards vying his love for me. He never talked about his son unless I asked him first. I did try checking him out and could not find him on electoral register. He is an attractive 49 yr old man. And I fell hook line and sinker.His email address is mcbride_usmilitary@yahoo.com please if he sounds familiar to anyone let me know. He has severed all ties with me….I wonder why??
Jane Mandara
You should go down on your knees and thank God so far these SCAMMERS have taken over £5000 pounds from my friend whom I am about to lose as I will find this General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson my friend has lost nearly everything because she will not listen like I said Thank God
staff sgt christopher elizondo
my name is louisa anderson of scotland i just wondered if you could check up for me if staff sgt christopher elizondo is legit as i meet him on line and he said he is with 32nd infantry division usa which is based in baghdad iraq. He is now at the stage were he has been sent home on leave,and is in london, but he is asking me to sent £300 to an american address for fees to release him home to me. Would be very greatful if you could email me on the address above asap as he is telling me that they will send him back to baghdad iraq if i dont pay this money. yours louisa
Jane Mandara
One word SCAMMER block him and do not speak to him again then thank God for your escape
cj
I put the wrong name into required box. As it was staff sgt christopher elizondo that i was asking for information on.
jane
hi again – just to update you all – Lt charles ramsy swanson is definitely a scammer . uses the email ramsycharles@yahoo.com. after being scammed to supply him with a satellite phone from from ts2 they confirmed it. the have not supplied a phone for him.he says he lives in london is a widower and has an 8 yr old son called mike who is in military accademy in louisiana. he sends romantic poetry and as previously stated on here – says he is not after money he has his own. he attempted to get 1400 pounds for transit leave to come to see me ,from me,but as the us army website states they never request money for leave , only the officer can request it and leave to see a fiance is not a valid reason i refused. not heard from him since !!
louisa
Hi i think i have been scammed by staff sgt christopher elizondo 32nd infantry division camp victory baghdad iraq ! i have tried to get information on him and i seem to be getting now were, you are my only hope to find out if this person is for real thanks louisa
Dawn
I have been in contact with Michael Elizondo. He told me he was a single dad with a son named Ryan. I was suspecious because of how he phrased some of his e-mails. He told me he was in Iraq. He will not give me him .mil address. I now think he is a scammer.
cj
Hi Dawn have you got any pictures of michael or his son? if so can you e-mail them to me to the above address thanks louisa
Hella
Dear Dawn,
I am in contact with Michael Elizondo who is a single father with a son named Ryan. Please tell me, what happened with this contact. He told me he is in Kabul now. Owns some car dealer ship. I guess we a re talking about the same person. Met him on a dating site.
Hope to hear from you,
Hella
CJ
He is a fake and scammer.
louisa
please help me if you can louisa
Lydia
I met two months ago this men who clams to be Lt. George A. Patterson, 20 years in Army, at this moment in Kabul Afghanistan. Widower 45 years old, daughter who study for medical doctor in Scotland. Very romantic letters each day, love poem, sometimes we can chat. After 14 days he told me he love me… He wants to come to visit me in the Netherlands, he gets his leave for 3 months (?!), but is not any passenger transport from base Kabul, so he needs to pay for it. He ask me to help him with this, to transfer money to leave officer Sgt Kyla Crumb in Baton Rouge Louisiana and the next address: George Patterson C/O Dawn Roziter, 8001 Castor Ave #379, Philadelphia, PA 19152
Jane Mandara
One word SCAMMER block and do not speak to him again
donna
This is a scam lydia. so our the other people mentioned in your email. Kick his ass to the curb. Please send no money. I am so sorry Lydia
Lydia
Hi Donna,
could you please tell me how I can contact the real men from the picture, can I sent those to somewhere?
I think this is very bad, this real one is an Lt. of US Army…
thank you,
Lydia
donna
Lydia
Send your pic and the fakers email address to CJ. He can help you.
Lydia
Hi Donna,
I have send it all picture I had, but I have not too much information back
marie
So how can I contact Cj, please let me know I need some help, thanks a lot.
lizz
hello i am pretty damn sure mine is a scamer too
i met mine through friends reunited and he goes by the name Robert Winters his email address is rob_wiinters79@yahoo.com he gave me another corrosponding address too to contact for request of leave which is genlarrynicholson@adexec.com supposedly the gens personal address!!!
also he has a friend by the name of greg_jordan204@live.com who hs just joined lovehorse datin site as i was asked to help set it up be warned ahead of this scammer too
i have said that i do not have the money even though refundable to get his leave and that if its real he should wait till he is deployed with the others…..he knows i was questioning a scam but he says he will wait as he is real and not someone twisted…. so i will keep in touch for now but see how long it takes for him to stop contact now
thankyou for all of this and if he is a scammer i would like the real rob winters to know what he is doin
caroline
I have been emailing Greg Carson, who supposedly is in Afghanistan. I stupidly paid £310 in money gram to a woman in the UK for him to receive a mobile so we can text. He’s been talking about me applying for leave, but it would cost money which is refundable, which made me suspicious so I checked the internet and thank God I did because I came across this site and his name was mentioned. He also uses the email address gregory_carson1964@hotmail.com. He says he’s widowed, his wife died of cancer and he lost his parents in a car accident 3 months after his wife. He says he has 2 children, Trinity and Adam who live with their grandparents in Scotland. I also had a mobile sim activation document sent to me by his supposed General from the amail address genlarrynicholson@ADEXEC.com. I’m so upset about this as I truly believed this man was for real. Please don’t fall for his lies.
Tania
I have also been e-mailing sargeant greg carson for a few weeks now. He uses e-mail address gregcarson36@yahoo.co.uk. He used the same story after contacting me on friends reunited dating ie two children trinity and adam, his wife had died and his parents too. Then he changed his story to say his mum was still alive. I applied for a text activation and received an email back asking me to scan my passport and driving licence for verification purposes. I did not do this as I was already suspicious of him. So glad to find his name on here as I can now delete him from my contacts knowing that he is indeed a scammer
jane b
i find this website so surportive after being scammed recently , its been really helpful as you realize your not alone in this situation.i think back and cant believe i fell for the lies they fed me, but i am getting stronger every day.have now been told they used a dead mans identity which makes me feel sick and i understand how low these people will sink. i also had a massive phone bill yesterday from when i phoned him, so have that to pay, when will it end.but we are all survivors and not let these scum ruin our lives ladys.
Joyce
I, too, have been corresponding with the above mentioned Lt. George A. Patterson, and basically the same story the lady above mentioned. Also, he did mention Kyla Crumb a friend of his in Baton, Rouge. Supposedly he is sending travelers cheques for me to hold until he gets here next week. I have been receiving very romantic letters from him and today I checked the IP number and it was from Africa. I really got hooked on him, but learned a valuable lesson. I really doubt the pictures sent to me are from the actual scammer….they are probably stolen.
Joyce
I believe that Soldier/Cowboy on your site is a scammer from Africa and probably the pictures on your site are stolen. Checked his IP address today after falling for this guy and the mail is coming from Africa.
Joyce
Forgot to mention that he was on WesternMatch as Soldier/Cowboy…Lt. George A. Patterson.
Lydia
Joyce,
is his e-mail: georgeap01@yahoo.com?
Caroline
CJ
Is it possible you could check whether a Sgt Groff is real…He is apparently based in Kandahar Afghanistan.
He has asked me for money for connection with ts2 $450 and has also asked for $1500 as he has to pay for his flight to get him home as military won’t pay as he has asked for 4 weeks leave.
How can I get in touch with the real Sgt Groff and warn him as the pictures he has sent show a man in uniform and it clearly shows his name.
CJ
Caroline, I can tell you if he’s asking for TS2 money, he is NOT real. Do you have a first name?
Caroline
He said his first name is Matt.
His email: sgt.groff@yahoo.com
He syas the Officer in charge of communications is Delores Tyner, Pamplico, Sth Carolina 29583
He say’s he’s from Gilbert Arizona and has a son called Dennis (14yrs old)
ANNE
HI CJ
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU HOW TO GET INTOUCH WITH SIGMUND WITT. I REALLY NEED TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN I.M. ME ASAP. CUZ I HAVE THINGS I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT HIM IN PRIVATE.
TAKE CARE CJ FROM ANNE
jana
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12 May 2010 at 4:55 pm
Hello! i have been talking to the “love of my life” for over two months now. his name is John Palmas and he told me that he is at the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in Afhganistan. he asked me for a cell phone last week, and i sent him a used one that i had home to an address in CA. he told me tha his friend was being deployed there and would deliver the parcel to him.
I didnt make a big deal of it, but then today
he sent me an email asking me to get some money ($2,300) that has been sent to my name through moneygram and he needed me to send this money to a dude in Ghana…
well, the money came from CA, so why the person that transfered the money to me, couldnt transfer straight to the guy in Ghana???? (he told me that the person in Ghana works for World vision). everything seemed so out of place, that i came to the internet, and now i am totally upset at myself for being so naive.
i met this guy through Jdate. has anyone heard of his name? i saw a couple of stories here very similar… widower, ready to leave the military, has to yorkshire terriers… also, he told me that he owns a house in Coral Gables, and this is public information… I cannot find anything.
Ladies, i would like to compare some pics. he tells me that he is 6’3″, 200 lbs, half british, half spanish. Very handsome indeed…
let me know if anyone would like to exchange some pics…
I am extremelly upset.
Take care,
P.S: sorry about the English. ESL…lol
lorraine
Do you all realise that these scammers are reading these comments? I know cos my scammer told me!
Ann
CJ I as I answerd Jana was contacted by John Palmas…same description he gave her but did not tell me what part of MIA he was leaving or the dogs bread…i think i´d never asked him….how evr he never said nothing about money or ask me for non of that…but I´m giving you his contacts so you can check were they come from…mail:jp_00@inorbit.com his msn jp_49@live.com adnd skype acount it¿ll give it later im not now in my pc and dont remmeber how to enter my skype account…
also if this John Palmas does exist try to tell him that they are using his name….he sais he is from CA, studied in west point ans is an comunications ingeenier….
Tell me if you need e to send you the pics I have from him…..and thank you CJ !!
Janaina
Hello Ann.
I have not received anything from Cj, so I guess i should post it here! Please email me at guimaraesjanaina@aol.com. I also kept all the emails i received from him… now it sounds too funny.
we will have good laughs.
Are you in Florida?
Please email me… and try to stay of trouble! i am trying hard!!!!!
Jana
Ann
Ok Jana I just saw this post I’ll email you
hehehe yes it’s hard to stay of trouble I’m thinking to post an add in all the pages so I can get more scammers caught lol
There must be a way it’s not only the money and the trust they are breaking they are using others identity with out permission and that must be punished….if by knowing the their location by IP is there a way to know really were they are?…,maybe if they are in the phone with some one, can’t that call be tracked? nothing anyone can do about it? CJ?
Ann
lizz
ok as i had the details for greg jordan on live.com i have just checked it out and he has now started on some ladies from lovehorse.com and the same convos same photos etc as i was recieving from rob winters so they are definate scams also this greg as another e mail address for a lady!!!! on live.com i copied it and pasted this to facebook and it actuallly came up with an african lady so please beware of a robert winters annd a greg jordan
Caroline
Forgot to mention that I still have the pictures he sent me if you’d like me to forward. I feel so sorry for the soldier concerned and really feel he ought to know….like all others. This has become such a problem and it’s growing by the hour.
Thanks CJ
Sara Skinner
CJ
hope this finds you well! I noticed back in Feb Lorraine said she found the real “Sgt Lingo” on myspace. Well I have been chatting with someone claiming to be Sgt Lingo, he has stated that his profile on myspace was “hijacked” would like to know if this is the real Sgt Lingo or the scammer. He chats with me using someone’s PDA?
Thank you
Connie
Has anyone heard of Sgt. Steve Eric Baker. Just contacted me off Plenty of Fish. We have been talking for 2 days. Hasn’t asked for anything yet. But I’m very suspicious of this type of thing. He says he grew up in Sacramento, but lives in Brooklyn. He is suppose to be stationed in Kabul Afghanistan. Has a 11 year old daughter. He actually writes pretty good but he has slipped up a few times. Sent me pics, and on the uniform it says E Baker but when I asked for more he gave excuses, actually got a little mad.I thought I would just play it down. Just to see where he is going with all this. Should be interesting. But if anybody has dealt with him before please let me know.
Thank you
N G C
Yes… Steven Eric Baker is a fraud. Yahoo Address sgt.ebakerxxx@yahoo.
He did the same…said the same story but then he went to Pakistan and yada yada…then is trying to come home..can’t take it. He will want you to wire money to Malaysa for plane tickets to come and see you and then when you don’t fall for it and call him a scammer…he does get angry. Tells you it’s not true love…then he waits a couple of days and tells you how bad you hurt him and he can’t live without you and them will try for you to come to Malaysa to bring him home. He has slipped a few times as when you play their game back…they don’t like it.
Dump him now. He is a scammer.
Star
Hi, can it be the same person faith, a Steven Baker, he also uses a nickname Taiwi211 on dating sites too … but always the same profile, but except for small changes is always the same profile picture of all places, see Romance scammer known as …..stevenedwardbaker@yahoo.com and sgt.bakerxxx@yahoo.com
Now the two sides on Myspace …
http://www.myspace.com/562069372
http://www.myspace.com/562026405
My heart bleeds for the real Steven E. Baker … who may not know what is going on …
Star
I forgot to say that I had contact with this man since 5/4-2011 of it that I know personally … these addresses as I have been in contact with at yahoo.com …. and what I find odd is that Yahoo does not kotrollerar their pages with them pages that usually comes to rest .. and not developed …
Noella
Hello I know a Sgt. Steve Eric Baker. I have been talking to him also however I met him through Facebook site… He told me the we could communicate through a ts2pl communication system and it would be about 510.00 per month… it is the same guy and yes his “daughter” is a redhead… If you would like to discuss him more please let me know..
Star
The same story I got, that he was from Brocklyn.Am, 11 year old daughter to be named Sarah, after his father, he was stionerad in Kabul, Afghanistan since two years back … as radar operator and patrol …. I have three pictures of him, one of which is a child with the other you can see the neck where uniforms can be seen … third, he sits in a place out there with umbrellas ….. I wonder what we’ll pull the conclusion of this .. He calls himself Eric sometimes and Edward sometimes think …?
See links to other comments below ….
Melana
Was communicating with johnsinben (45-year-old Male – who contacted me through MacthDoctor.com)
This man is a scam artist – he falls in love quickly – and proceeded to say he loveed me with in 2 days, sent me wonderful poetry that he had taken from various love poem sites.
In his Romance of me — He claimed to be a Lt Col in the Army stationed in Afghanistan. His mod of operations is – to talk to you nonstop the first week, good connection, no problems with the internet, no blast limiting or shutting down his access to you.
He proceeds very smoothly into falling head over heels in love with you sight unseen, cannot stop thinking about you.
Wants you to send him emails about your life, your days and nights, but will not do the same, just very sweet enduring love poems that are not about your relationship with him but just love poems taken from various love poem sites.
He will mention a child – the pictures he sent me were of a 14 year old daughter that he has left with a friend in Australia – her name was/ is supposed to be Angel.
He says he is very devoted of her but other than mentioning her in passing he does not brag about her, or talks about her at all. He claimed that he would send her my email address so that she would contact me to get to know her new mother – first reference that we were to be a couple when he came home on leave.
When I was agreeable to this the mission or task as he put it was complete on to the next mission – the camping of losing connection – I would see him on line – available to chat but he would go invisible or sign in and out during our conversations which was frustrating to say the least. He only used his yahoo account and never his military address to contact me so he started saying if he could only get his own personal connection that things would be better for us to chat. Less likely that the blasting would interrupt our connections and that he could spend hours on end chatting with me.
Sounded great, thought he was still on the up and up – then he popped the question – asking me to marry him, the instant I said that it was agreeable – he had great news – a new transport of Texas recruits were coming over and if I could get $598.00 to a complete stranger than he could get an Afghanistan internet company to set up his personal connection.
I shut him down and started double checking his bio on the internet and came up with this – which is an exact duplicate of his bio on his site – and which was included on the first email he contacted me with.
Re: Lieutenant Colonel Chris Chronis – Military Scammer
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=22756#p22830
Connie
Up date on Sgt. Steve Baker…..finally got him to email me and he sent me more pics, would love to know where he is getting these pics from. I traced his IP address and he is out of Sunnyvale, Ca. Wasn’t surprised at all. I’m am not going to email him back, but I will keep talking to him on messenger. I’ve let him to believe that money is not a problem for me. He was going to mess with me now it’s my turm to really mess with him.
N G C
You go girl. He was talking with you at the same time he was talking to me. Do you have a phone number. I got one it’s 47031852749…out of the UK.
I gave him a taste of his own medicine too.
Casey
I’ve been in contact with a Capt. Tyler M. Jones who claims to be Airborne since the end of March. My last correspondence was yesterday morning. Everything was going great until he asked for $3500 to fly him and his best friend (name Donald Peterson aka “flyboy”)home b/c they didn’t do what the general wanted them to do and they were stranded. No I didn’t send the money that’s when I started researching. Whatever happened to “Leave No Man Behind”? I’ve dated my fair share of military guys and if I could find a place that’s safe I would continue. I’ve already reported him to singlesnet.com since that’s where we met.
I would like to know how to find the real Capt Jones to inform him of what’s going on without having to contact my cousin who’s an NCIS agent. I’m humiliated enough I don’t need to bring my family into it.
Before Jones there was a SGT Toby Carter from Idaho City, Idaho. He claimed to be Special Forces computer intelligence. He tried to get me to send him a Ts2 SAT phone. He stopped talking to me once I mentioned that I had family in the CIA, FBI and NCIS.
I would like to be able to resolve this on my own and not contact the above mentioned.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I have pictures of both Jones and Carter plus saved emails.
jessica
i have just been contacted by a SGT toby cater can i see pictures of him
Casey
I’ve kept all pictures of both Capt Jones and SGT Carter. How would you like me to send the pictures to you?
CJ any suggestions?
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.
Cheryl
I have had an Andrew Grant contact me with this same scam. He sent me an e-mail through facebook. Same story, Marine, wife died in motor accident, 17 year old son. He never got around to asking for money, I got bored with the game and blew him off. But he was laying it on thick. Always said I could ask him any questions I wanted, but never really answered any of those questions. I have reported him to Facebook. I have a hard time feeling sorry for people who fall for these scams. There has been enough information out there that people should be aware of it, but they keep falling for it. I just want to shake people and say “What were you thinking?”. We have been taught to not talk to strangers. ALWAYS have your guard up and be cautious of people you meet on the Internet. Good luck to everyone! I hope that someday there will be a way to stop these scammers who prey on peoples.
Jane Mandara
Cheryl how I wish my friend could be persuaded to listen so far she has sent £5000
lost her flat gave her bank acc details and passport and is still sitting waiting for General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson to come to England and take her to Alaska I am so angry I will have to try and do something at least you had the sense good luck and God Bless
Carol
Meet Robert R. Lorenz on plenty of fish. Asked me to take my profile off. Said his wife messed around on him during his 1st tour. Has a 14 year old son in Wichita, Ks. Then his named changed to Robert Minno Lorenz. Birthdate went from August to July! Picture he sent belongs to a Stephen Lorenz in Texas! Said he will be home July 10, 2010 coming into Grand Folk International Airport in North Dakota. Then requested I contact a diplomat named Mark Miller in regards to stuff he is trying to get to the states. Miller needed 4500. To get this sent. Anyone heard this bullshit? He loved me from the 2nd day!!
Jane Mandara
There is only one word you really need to know and understand SCAMMER please do not be caught
Susan
Any one ever hear of Cpt. Ryan Scott Redlingers??
Connie
I have an update on Sgt. Steve E. Baker…After reviewing his pictures I figured out the person in the picture last name was Studebaker. Started searching, found the real 1st Sgt. Steven Studebaker on facebook.I emailed him to tell him what was going on and someone was using his photos. His sister replied to my email and sadly Steve has passed away in April. I sent his sister the photos and all info I had including his IP address.
It just makes me sick to think that this family has to now deal with this. I knew it was a scam from the beginning and played along just to see when they were going to ask me to send money. Right after I had talked to the real Steve’s sister the fake Steve wanted me to buy the Ts2pl communication phone. I pretended we were having a storm and it knocked out the electricity so I never replied to him. He still tries to contact me every now and then but I will not contact him again. I will leave it up to the family to do what they need to do.
I am very well aware to the evil’s of this world but it still amazes me that there are such heartless cold people out there that have no conscience at all.
I hope the family can stop this but it may be highly unlikely that they can. Who knows how many people they have contacted using these pictures. My prayers are with them.
Connie
N G C
Connie…this is just aweful!
I did send a complaint to yahoo as well for abuse. I need to send one to myspace as well. I closed all my accounts. Enough for me to deal with…no more.
Star
Hi Connie, read what you write, I will be shocked, would you consider that we sent to each other …. if you go with the e-mail write this … I tell you that you can reach me, myself belong in Sweden ….
Debbie
My story is similar to all the others… The man’s name given in the emails and chats is Major Mike Ramos, age 54, Kabul Afghanistan. He is a widower with a 12 year old daughter, 22 years in the army..
He wrote to me that he led a raid into a deserted Al-Queda house and that he and several officers found some $96 mil in various currency… that the officers returned most of the money to the Afghan government, but the officers divided the remainder. Major Ramos stated that his portion was $1.8 mil. We’d be emailing and chatting for 4 weeks.. I fell like a rock for his charasmatic messages and promises of love forever. He became very offensive and demanding when I refused to accept a piece of luggage with the money on his behalf until he returned from Afghanistan. He broke off the relationship on Sunday, but he sent an offline chat to me today (Wed) stating that he missed me.
I have called the JAG and CID offices at our local Army base, and they referred me to the FBI… the agent was able to determine that the messages from Major Ramos were coming from Ghana.
The photographs attached to two messages show a very handsome, clean-cut man. How can I find out who is pictured? The FBI agent believes that the pictures are someone on the internet, and that the stories (emails and chats) are from the preditors.
Thanks for your help! I would love to help the photographed gentleman to regain his identity.
Gaynor
Hi Debbie,
Your story is very similar to one I’m being fed at the moment. My soldier is Micky Walinowski (photos show name on clothing, he’s 46 and in the US Marines.(10th Battalion) based in Kabul. Been a Marine for about 22 yrs. Has done his compulsory 3 wars (?) and heading back in April to the US. Is a widower (lost his wife and 2 sons in a car accident) but has a daughter who is (originally he told me 6yrs) but now she’s 8. We have been IM for about 3 or 4 weeks now. He is proclaiming to love me already. Yesterday he had “something important to tell me”. His unit had been on a raid of some Taliban hideout and wow he came across 10 mil. USD. Very conveniently there was a Red Cross officer who happened to be a Base when they returned. Being the “honest” fellow he is Micky declared the money (well most of it) and the rest is now in UK (courtesy of the Red Cross man – something about diplomatic immunity blah, blah, blah.(I’ve had the email from Natwest Sec. regarding me sending them via Western Union $US2700 for insurance and on-forwarding of this box (Micky told me that the Red Cross man believes its some personal stuff that he’s sending home to me (his wife) in NZ. Daughters name is Loretta and he’s inferring that will spend the rest of our days in wedded bliss, blah, blah,blah. Does any of this sound fdamiliar to anyone else? I hasten to add that I have not and will not send the money.
Gaynor
Sorry was very tired when I posted last comment. His name is Malinoski (Micky
)email address is mickyvogel@yahoo.com. He contacted me thru Onsite dating site and his nickname was mickydude.
Yvette J. Hamrin
Everything you are saying here is true. My mom and I have been scammed by this guy for all the money Mom had in her savings to retire. This is lots of money to my mom and I would like to know, if she will be able to get it back some how. I feel sorry, that I am such a fool to have my mother back me up and lose all her money.HELP ME, try to retrieve her money back, please. This will kill my mother, plus my father is in an old folks home dying of cancer.
Yvette J. Hamrin
This is the same guy, I met on Flirt.com. He said, he had a parcel to send to me from Afghanistan. I also have all the copies of every cent my mom and I have sent his courier friend’s company. This was my mom’s retiring money from selling her farm, not much but it was her money. NEED HELP to get her money back.
Please call me, 1-306-236-6981.
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Canada
S9X 1G3
(Please, help me get this guy and mom’s money back.)
Yvette J. Hamrin
This is the same guy, I met on Flirt.com. He said, he had a parcel to send to me from Afghanistan. I also have all the copies of every cent my mom and I have sent his courier friend’s company. This was my mom’s retiring money from selling her farm, not much but it was her money. NEED HELP to get her money back.
Please call me, 1-306-236-6981.
Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Canada His courier friend: Capital Cargo Courier:David Vincent phone#(011)447835786923, from Saskatchewan(CANADA)
S9X 1G3
(Please, help me get this guy and mom’s money back.)
lydia
Hi CJ,
George Patterson??????
I was wondering (for now) if you have any information about the real men on those pictures I have send it to you… no answer till now.
Do you think will be good to give al my information and addresses and conversation and and and.. to FBI and those who are involved with army investigation. I think it may be someone from inside who have many information plus the pictures to do those things…
greetings…
Lydia
Honey
Has anyone been contacted by Major General Walter L. Stewart, Jr, a four-star Officer (retired). He says that he is working with UN-Iraq. I was contacted by him via Skype and says that he has adopted son in Ghana. This retired Major General is a very influential officer in the USA, based on all the Internet-published documents I have read. However, i wonder if this is also a case of identity theft.
He says that for security reasons he cannot use cams, mics or give personal information.
He has asked me to send money to pay his adopted son boarding school in Ghana.
Thanks for all your help.
Jane Mandara
You send money and you become one of the many women SCAMMED use your head PLEASE block him and give yourself another chance
when ever money is asked for it is a SCAMM please do not be SCAMMED
LINGO
I was just notified about the level of damage done to my personality, it saddens my heart to know that my person can be this compromised by an unknown assailant but nevertheless, Nemesis will catch up with whoever it is , because the United States Army will do anything possible under the law to parade and prosecute anyone caught in the act.Please send me any information you have on these people.I Await your response
CJ
Seriously, dude? You expect us (me) to fall for this? You realize I log the IP of everyone that comes here and yet you still think you can come and pretend to be someone you’re not? Lingo, you’re an idiot. Go back to herding goats. Your scamming days are over.
SillyFlower
CJ, can you email me so I can send you information on someone I think he is a new Scammer…I haven’t seen his pictures nor name on your site but I think he is one….
sillyflower913@hotmail.com
Thanks
Nina
Hi CJ,
I believe this is the scammer, who claimed to me that he is the real sgt.david lingo.
He has approached me and told me same story, that he will hunt the scammer…with what?
If he is only a Sgt….what is it? He thinks he is from CIA or Fed? LOL…..I have sent all his details to you already.
Lesley
I’ve been talking on MSN with a ‘Colonel Brandon Hutton’ who proports to be in the US Army in Kabul Afghanistan. I have beun to believe that i was becoming involved in a scam. I have not yet been asked for money but have been asked to apply for leave which i now know is not the correct process for obtaining leave. I was reading these posts and talking to him tonight and mentioned what i was reading to see what reaction i would get. Said he would check it out and came back to me saying he had read it and said how disgraceful it is. I need to know if i am being scammed and if i am ensure that the reputation of the person in the photographs i have is not damaged if i post them and show that he is a fake. As there person in the photographs may very well be a serving officer. Can you help please?
Joanna
Hi CJ
i just looking for Stg. John Williams ,who’s leave from Iraq last jun and still stay in England
he use e-mail
johny5226@yahoo.com
Annie
acronym. CJ,
I am trying to find out if a Nathan Ramos is a scammer. His email is nathanramos73@yahoo.com. I do have a pic with his name on his uniform. But I have heard that means nothing. He says the end of his term is in December around the 10 th . E-6 , staff sergeant, computer engineer in BAGHDAD. DOB:07-31-1960. can you help me?
marie sa
Annie, I would love to see the pic you have of thhis Ramos guy. I think this is the same guy who tried to scam me. I can also send you the pics that I have of this guy. He goes under many names. Be careful.
Casandra
Hey Lorraine
My Aunt has been talking to this guy named Sergeant David Antonio Lingo who is stationed in Chad, Africa. He has been buttering her up for a week now saying he fell in love with her picture from match.com and keeps telling her he is going to retire and they are going to start a family and all that. He hasn’t asked her for ne money yet but all this stuff sounds waaayyy too close to these scams u guys are talking about. Do you have ne pics of him? He has sent my aunt a couple and we were wanting to compare! She would never send money to him but she is hurt by the closeness she thought she had so thanks for posting so we could read this!!
Nina
Hi Casandra,
the same person has approached me thru Match.com. He said to me first he is 43yrs old and later 50 yrs old..and told me that he madly in love with me..and want to visit me and from there to settle down…dont ever believe it. I have few pictures of him…you can send me your email to me and I can forward them to you.
jessica
i am talking to sgt.toby carter who is in afgan, i just want to know if he is real? how do i find out could someone help me? hereis my email add jakramer33@yahoo.com thanks
Nina
Dear Jessica, if he calling you, then you should use a webcam and ask him to speak using the same. By the way, ask him to send you his photo holding your name on it.
Then you can see that he is first real, the rest….you should learn that nigeriam scammers are talking with african accent….they just cannot spell properly the word `BACK`; they normally say this word as BUCK! Good luck!
Nina
Hi Jessica,
I am sending an email to you today, and give you a hint how to protect yourself from all those nigerian scammers.
I wish you better luck next time.
Elle
Hi,
I can’t seem to find any flaw on this “soldier” can anybody help? It’s just too good to be true.
Thanks,
Elle
Elle
Oh by the way my “soldiers” name is John or Johnny Higherman. I also have pictures to compare with. Let me know!
thanks
Simone
DO NOT REPLY TO HIM, OF COURSE HE IS TO BE GOOD TO BE TRUE, we have all fell for it some of us have parted with alot of money, for telephones etc, not me I had a cheque to cash, fraudulently, whatever they promise you it is all bollocks, you must have your’e doubts!? DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY OF YOU’RE DETAILS, PHOTOS, ETC. At the end of the day it’s up to you but you are talking to a scammer. Look at photo’s on here or if not discuss with Tracy. STOP THE US ARMY SCAM on facebook. She is great talk to her or someone on this site first x
Elle
I did have my doubts and a friend referred me to this site…thank you and I will def check in with Tracy….
CG
Anyway to verify this?
He claims he is widowed with 2 small children 3 and 5.
Doughlas Cooper from Sacramento CA
sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com
He wants me to apply for his leave…I told him I shouldn’t have to do that. Here is his reply:
The leave is quickly approved when a soldiers wife or fiancee or apply for it..
and the wife or fiancee has to pay for the leave ..cos the soldier at war doesnt have access to cash..\
and the army is going to pay the soldiers leave bonus into his wife or fiancee account ..\
and the army airline is gonna drop him in the nearest airport to his wife or finacee’s address..
and after three days of notification that he is there with the woman is leave bonus will be paid to the woman’s account..
you can ask or check for it.
sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com
The Air Cavalry Brigade(unit)
1st Cavalry Division309th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Fallujah
Baghdad Iraq.
thats my base here..
Anyway to verify this? Not sure if I believe him. Thanks
CJ
No need to verify. You don’t need to “apply for his leave”. That’s not how it works in the military. He can “apply” for his own leave.
Jane Mandara
who are you CJ???????????
Jane Mandara
the exact same story he spun to my friend and so far he has had £5000 please please do not be fooled you have been warned block him
and say thanks to God for your safety
Glynis
I just went through a similar scam. Sent the soldier, Robert Miller, $4495.00 so he could leave Iraq on a 12 week Leave in which I was his “fiancee”. But, then he needed $3,000 more to carry on the plane in case of emergencies. I had offered to get him a commercial airline ticket originally since all the military planes were going through maintenance, but he was not allowed to fly on a commercial airline since he was a Captain in the Army and there was always a threat of terrorist attacks. By the way, he was supposed to be retiring from the Army when I met him in late June, but was going to be sent on a very dangerous mission in Afghanistan so came up with this 12 week Leave plan. Not only am I upset about losing so much money that I don’t have, but within the month’s time that I had been chatting with him, I truly fell in love.
In the past couple of weeks, I have found the same pictures on several new profiles.
karen
Glynis,
I think you have the same guy that I had…….He called him self Lionel Miller, or Brian Miller. Do you have a pic that we can share, I do………my email address is kfhenry45@yahoo.com and I would like to talk more, I am sure that he is the same…….
Karen
Roxanne Lovejoy
Glynis,
Let’s trade pictures. I’ve been communicating with Robert Miller as well. So amazingly charming. Reach me at okroxanne@yahoo.com. Would HATE to find out it’s a scam as well, but better to find out now than latter.
Roxanne!
Barbara
I just found a great Yahoo group, with lots of stories on there of ladies who have been scammed, very interesting reading and a lesson to us all to be aware…..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romancescams/
Barbara
that should say
yahoo romancescams I don’t know why the full address disappeared, probably to stop advertising. And I should have said that men on there have been scammed too, it’s not just us ladies.
Nina
Hi Ladies,
Anyone being approached by these persons
please contact me as I have all their pictures:
1. Sgt. David Lingo
2. Sgt. Andre Basile
Sara Skinner
Nina mine is claiming to be Adam Lingo. email address is alingo74@yahoo.com
any pics or info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Sara Skinner
Nina
Hi Sara, please give me ur email address and will send it to you a.s.a.p.
Sara Skinner
Nina sorry it has taken me so long to respond to you. my email address is saraskinner@embarqmail.com or skinnersara@yahoo.com
Any pictures would be greatly appreciated or any info. Thanks
Sara
Nina
Hi Sara,
I have already forwarded the pictures to your both email addresses.
Enjoy viewing it!
Roxanne Lovejoy
Sara,
Thank you for your help. I’m checking out Robert Jeffrey Miller, mtrebor9950410@aol.com. You can reach me at okroxanne@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Roxanne
Jo
I have just been contacted by a George Miller, supposedly in Iraq but says “when I get out of Afghanistan”, an
SSG. His messages seem “cut and pasted”. He definitely isn’t real though.
Jo
Sue
Hi
I have been approached by major Lingo via GDFF dating website,I have not responded to his mail as I have been bitten once by a scammer and will not fall for this one again, can you send a photo please.
Nina
Hi Sue, I will send all photos just give me ur email address.
Sue
Hi
My email is bluesue53@yahoo.co.uk
I was scammed by a very attractive man posing to be in the US army, I fell hook line and sinker and now I want revenge.
Nina
Hi Sue,
I have already forwarded to you all the pictures you need to see.
Rebecca
nina could you send me photos of Sgt. andre basile so i can compare it with the one i have please rebecca_stalker@yahoo.com
Rebecca
nina he has e-mailed me a letter,(andre)
Jane Mandara
do you happen to know General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson
Jane Mandara
General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson what do you know about this SCUMBAG he has left my friend destitute at the age of 62 and if this does not show up next to Sgt david lingo&stg andre basile I will smell a rat??????
CJ
I’m in contact with the real Lingo and working on a profile of him. he is happily married and does not use dating sights. stay tuned.
Barbara
I have spent hours today on that Yahoo site I mentioned above, lots and lots of stories that sound almost identical to the stories on this site. There are over 166000 members and it has been around since 2005. I can’t believe I have never heard more of this before this past few weeks.
I am on a dating site and I believe one has just approached me today, funny how once you know what to look for it is there staring at you right in the face!!
Jo
Hi
I found text on your site from a female scammer which is the exact same text sent to me by “Eric Bradford” allegedly serving in Afghanistan. I was lucky to do my own research before getting involved. I found Eric on the MatureFreeandSingle dating website and he soon passed me a hotmail account instead! I feel I have had a very lucky escape
Jane Mandara
Thank God another woman with some sense
Elizabeth
How I wish I was warned before the 8th July 2010.
After 4 months chatting and lots of money I lost to Staff Sergeant Christian Richardson & his so call diplomat “Suley Mohammed” what bastards they are.
I hope they rot in hell!!!
They don’t deserve to use our Lords name over there lips or fingers.
Hope
Elizabeth you are not alone I lost a lot of money to a Specialist Richard Lawhord and is diplomatic courier Suley Ibrahim. I feel like a complete fool. I’m going take all my emails and other information to the FBI and the Army’s CID. So they can investigate and find them.
Lord knows I’m paying for my stupidity.
Dy
Here is another name to add to the list. Major General Andrew Salmon
Dy
He is a scammer. Major General Andrew Salmon
Jane Mandara
Here is another one General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson I know because right now he is SCAMMING my friend but she will not listen up to date she has sent £5000 please do not be fooled the moment money is mentioned block the B________S and post their name here we should creat a mugshot wall to help out other women caught in this hellish trap
Barbara
Can somebody please PM who has access to checking out real US Army personnel on a database as I have a feeling a guy I am talking to on a dating site is not all he appears to be, I don’t want to put his name up in public as I may be just being overcautious after having so many emails from scammers on these dating sites who show their true colours early on in the game, I don’t want to get sucked in and waste any more time on this man if he is not the real deal.
Thank you
Jane Mandara
If at anytime money is mentioned you have a SCAMMER on line block him and do not feel bad about it I am at time trying to save my friend who has sent £5000 to some one called general Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson and she will not listen to her friends she has more than me do all your talking chatting right up till money is mentioned the cut the B______S loose if you do get SCAMMED do not say you were not warned
Barbara
Anybody have access to a US Army database and could look somebody up for me please?
Thank you
Beverly
Barbara,
How did you look him up? I would like to find out if David Haggard is really in the ARmy or if he is a scam? I have been searching for an army database, but no access….can someone help?
ann tedder
I met someone on badoo called peter and he was very serious sending me romantic poems we went on badoo his name there is baabana lilina he said he had son and his wife died in plane crash he said he wanted to marry me I asked his real name he said it was haggard peter logan but I have found his picture under frauds and he took photo of military sargeant robert bill haggard luckily I did not lose any money but he wanted to send package with hi money to me so he goes by name peter ,baabana lilino and it has been very upsetting knowing the truth and can anyone help me find the real robert bill haggard to let him know what this man is doing with his photos,there is also a mark brown who in the military who told me he had been burgled and that he wanted to send his money to me because he was frightened it would be stolen I said I did not want to get involved ,but with peter I was very attracted to peters photo so I am disapointedplease contact me with any information and would like the military to know about this
Barbara
It’s OK, I finally got him to send me an email from his military address as per above instructions and I traced the header and all is OK. Better to be safe than sorry………..
Chris
Have a new name to add. Collin Gray. Supposedly from Poland, wife died in a car crash, daughter is in Illinois. I was wondering why he kept wanting me to send a package to Ghana.
Mentioned my suspicions to a friend who forwarded me the link to this site.
What’s ironic is I was creeped out by how intimate he was getting in his emails, but I figure, “Okay, he’s overseas, maybe he’s lonely, if I can make his day, blah blah blah…”
I just spent a ton of money on food and Blackhawks stuff that I was going to send him. I think I’m still going to send it to the troops anyway. It’s Independence Day weekend, so why not thank a soldier…
Elizabeth
Hi,
I am interested to know if you have a photo of this guy? I am currently being hounded by a Richard Gray, supposedly out of Iraq. Same thing poor spelling and grammar, he puts it down to a lack of education in his youth. Says he’s been in Iraq for the last 4 years. He is a widower, no relatives living. Has a son who just so happens to have arrived in Ghana in the last week on some student work program. He gave me the kids school name and I have been trying to verify that he was in attendance at the school. Now the kid has no money for food and he can’t get money to him being he is in Iraq.
Checked out cell phone number for kid and it’s a cell phone in Ghana, spoke to the kid twice but the reception was so poor that I couldn’t make out the accent. No set amount was asked for just help him out.
Dad is a commanding officer, uses a live.com email address, checked three email addresses two are from Sunnyvale CF and one from Redmond WA, says he was born in Miami Florida, mother American, father German.
Says he went to a boarding school and then on to military school at aged 17. Won’t give me a mailing address for where he is, nor a phone number.Sent numerous photos, can’t seem to find anyone that looks like this on any of these sites. Sent pictures of the son also. Says that he will be out of the army in September.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks
karen
sounds a bit familuar…….. I have picutes and would like so compare if you would like to share and see if he is the same guy……
karen-henry@live.com
jackie
Do we know if anyone of these scammers have been caught yet? I suppose there are too many small fry its the big fry who needs to be caught.
Rz
I’ve detected scammers before. Recently, a guy claimed he’s a surgeon and working for US army in Iraq email me. He’s a non muslim but I wonder why he registered for a muslim dating website. Anyway, nothing much about his emails because usually they are quite brief. We mainly chat and he even went on webcam. I’ve checked his ip add, and definitely not in Iraq. I’m actually waiting for him to make his move but my guts telling me he’s a scammer. Will post more of his info once I’m certain.
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/
Vikky
Ladies there is another scammer who calls himself Capt Cory Robinson serving in Afghan.
Same MO as post of hte other’s wants to invest money that he has inherited from his late father Gen James Robinson but you must send $2500 to a GV Lowhter to open the vault to get this money…..what a load of crap!!
Nina
Vikki,
Please give me your email address and I can show you how to trace his real identities.
deniz helga
bitte ich brauche das auch um festzustellen wie man das überprüft danke
leohelgadeniz@hotmail.com
Whisky
ich werde dich `ne richtige mailanschrift schicken wo du dich die richtige Losung und Rat fragen kannst. Abwarten.
Roxanne Lovejoy
okroxanne@yahoo.com
Amie
single_in_OR31@yahoo.com
Thank you for you help!
Vikky
Ladies there is another scammer who calls himself Capt Cory Robinson serving in Afghan.
Same MO as post of hte other’s wants to invest money that he has inherited from his late father Gen James Robinson but you must send $2500 to a GV Lowhter to open the vault to get this money…..what a load of crap!! And the money must be sent to a Rose G de Leon in 314 Nabraska St Texas …..
Gladys Reeves
hello lades.sounds like we all have a lot in common. i have a new name to add t your list. morrison williams.widowd 8 year old twin boys in a bording school in texas .no other living relitives. is serving in kabul afghanistan. drained me of 23000.00 canadian dollars for transorting a package he received from a texas oil cmpany for his share invested. never arrived .was supposed to come to canada since easter this year. met him in jan this year was chatting till 2 weeks ago when he asked for another 5000.cdn $ and i said no can do as i have already used up all my retirment money i had saved over the last 20 years.and got nothing to live on now.said he is 50 and ready t retire and would love t come to nova scotia and make me his wife. money was sent through western union t a man named Prince Essor. he also had other names that if necessary to send more are diplomat Harry Swain and Rafheal Quay these three are in accra Ghana.western union says they need ID to collect monies so i thought it was lagit,but as time go by i realize i will never meet this man in persn.he always had some excuse why i couldnt see him on webcam like security.so if he is back on match . com his email was strongtower5050@hotmail.com so beware.if i dont hear from him by the weekend i plan to delete him anyways befor he sweet talks me for ore $$$$$$ seriously heart broken gladys
Rebecca
does any one else have these e-mail addresses
sgt.landleadsss@yahoo.com or sgt.andreemul@yahoo.com these are the two that andre had used in the past is there any more that could be his?
Nina
Hi Rebecca,
I have received emails from them, and their the nigerian scammers….their alias is
Sgt.David Antonio Lingo….and antother alias
Sgt. Andre Basile.
Nina
and moreover:
you used the name Rebecca:
actually you are the scammers
and has been using the names of AndreMul
that`s why you can communicate with him
as that parasit is your own creator and clone!
Ladies watch out!!!!
CJ
Nina is the real scammer everyone. She had me fooled for a little while, but I’m on to her. If you are emailing Nina, stop immediately.
Nina
CJ, dont blame others, but as I said I have passed all details re. this person per email to you as well as my real identities.
Now tell me, is this person not a scammer?
Unfortunately, I have blocked its name and cannot trace the conversation at the archive any longer! I still can remember that this Rebecca said that she comes from Illinois, but when I checked the header it comes from Sunnyvale, Ca. USA.
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Subject: small picture of andre
here is the small picture i am sending, and two e=mail addresses
sgt.landleadsss@yahoo.com
sgt.andreemul@yahoo.com
but the 2nd one is the one andre was using to contact me with but seems to have disappeared
Rebecca Stalker
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From: Rebecca Stalker
To: nina@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 11:14:08 PM
Subject: Re: Andre ´Online chatting with you? When ?
don’t worry i have a new profile on match and will not make the same mistake as the last time, i have hidden my picture for awhile, i did not mention your last names i put them together to make it look like one name, he has written a e-mail back to me and wants to talk later just don’t know when that is why there are a lot of sos’s in the article i figured you were on line there i was trying to get your attention last night to get help no i did not send him money i almost paid for a dating site for him but cancled it two days later after finding out what a snake he was as for my age that is not nesscary i have learned from my mistake and plan on contiuning to learn from it. i told him that i went full time for work and should be able to get back on my feet pretty shortly just don’t know when.
Rebecca Stalker
CJ
Nina, I’ve said it before and I’ll tell you again – Rebecca is NOT a scammer. Sunnyvale is the home of Yahoo which is why most of the IPs will ping to Sunnyvale. If I send you an email from my Yahoo account, it will also come from Sunnyvale if you look at the wrong IP. Now, for the final time, stop harassing Rebecca.
Janice
I think my sister is being scammed by Neil Brown – currently posted in Pakistan with the UN. She has sent him a phone, filled in a document for “bonus” payments and has applied for leave for him.
Has anyone had any dealings with him or can tell me how I can find out more about him? She is totally smitten & will not have anything said against him…..!!
Nina
Janice,
Please send me your email address, I will show you how to trace their identities.
Rebecca
nina help
Nina
CJ,
ALERT …..ALERT ….ALERT
Please warn all ladies at this forum
that this REBECCA STALKER with email address
Rebecca_Stalker@yahoo.com
is a Nigeriam Scammer!!!!
This monster has IP Addresse at Sunnyvale,CA USA.
This slut has used a woman name to infiltrate
you
Rebecca
thanks nina you aRE big help
Kerry
Hi CJ,
I have another one for you. His name is Frank Preston. Says he just “wears the uniform” doesn’t have email address. He is from Kent USA & has 2 boys doing their masters.
Has an adopted African boy but this morning he received an email from the boy telling him his friend was in hospital & could I call his boy to find out what was happening. Wrong, I know this one as it has been tried before. I told him he needs to get compassionate leave to go sort it out & I knew he could get the leave because I am ex defence force. He then decided to say bye.
Thank you for your website as it will help a lot of other people.
Regards
Kerry
Rebecca
NINA ANDRE IS BACK GET ONLINE PLEASE
Nina
ALERT::::ALERT :::ALERT!!!!
THIS MONSTER IS A SCAMMER WITH IP ADDRESS
AT SUNNYVALE,CA.
Rebecca
NINA I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE
Rebecca
HELP NINA ANDRE IS CHATTING WITH ME
Rebecca
nina come and talk with me please
Rebecca
he know that i am on match again
Rebecca
HELP HELP SOS NINA
Rebecca
i have a new e-mail address for you to add to the list sgt.landleadsss@gmx.com.
Rebecca
nina i have been talking to andre for over an hour what can i do to keep him talking to me?
Lynne
I started chatting with George William Witte on 07/04/10. I am beginning to think or know now that this is a scam. I traced the IP address and guess what it’s not in Iraq, it’s in Sunnyvale CA. Is there anyway to see pictures of these poor military people that have been scammed? He sent me 3 pictures and told me he was from FL. and had a son 10 years old living with his ex-wife. Isn’t there something we can do? This is just wrong in so many ways.
Beverly
Lynne,
I share your hurt. I really fell in love with the illusion of this person. It really does break your heart. When I checked the IP address it was also Sunnyvale, CA then another was Ghana……where are these guys that we got pictures of? It is so wrong.
Glynis
Lynne,
I’ve been thinking the same thing. I’m quite sure that they got these military pictures from guys that they have scammed before. I was just involved in a military scam on match.com. Actually, I wish I could meet the real soldier!!!!
Hope
How do I trace a IP address? I have the same kind of story with a soldier calling himself Richard Lawhorn. I would like to verify where he is.
Thanks,
Lynne
Here’s another e-mail address to watch out for.
ggeorge43@ymail.com
I gotta say these people are a piece of work
Rebecca
nina andre is online chatting with me please help me SOS SOS
bobbie
can anyone tell me if they have heard of a Lt.phillip collins i think this man is scamming my mom but i need proof he don’t ask for money someone wires her money and he has her wire else where he too has a son aged17 and is supposedly in an afghan prison for trying to take a diamond out of the country please if anyone else has heard of him let me know
Rebecca
Nina i do not care for the way you do business i asked for help you told me to go screw him we are two of a kind when u said that you would help me deal with him i have sent a letter to the FBI hoping that they could trace him better then me i do not have the resources that they do sorry for ever asking for your help i will not bother you again.
Nina
ya ya…you are a stupid fool and a scum!
Rebecca alias Andre Mul alias Andre Basile alias David Lingo…and other Lingos….names you have been used:
the last message for you, you should screw yourself and leave the other ladies alone!
You are the one should be reported to FBI,
your fantasy world is now come to an end!
CJ
Nina, I’ve had it with your comments. I have spoken with Rebecca personally and confirmed her identity. Yours on the other hand is in question. If you come in here, be respectful to the other commenters. If you continue with your rudeness, I will ban your IP from commenting again.
Nina
Hi CJ,
I am really surprised about yo0ur comment.
I have this Rebecca Scammer infiltrated my email and SMS Messenger. Once I didnt answer her Messgenger she sent me an email. Which email tracked that it came from Nigeria and redirected to Sunnyvale, Ca. USA!
I have also sent you all details from those scammers listed as David lingo and Andre Basile as well as the picture.
I am wondering why cant you disguise which one is the scammer? You can trace my IP Address and location easily! I am commenting and still get in touch with few ladies at this forum, especially the one who was scammed by a nigerian scammer who personating yourself! She and I have been communiting thru Skype and Videocall, because my root came from Spore and am able to speak many foreign laguages. She also passed your email to me. No wonder you didnt react to my email as you think that I am scammer? I think I am wasting my time and what a heck am trying to proof to you that I am the real person? I am gonna send you a separate email where I am located.
Nina
CJ, I am very disappointed with your misjudgment and fowarding your comment to the other forum.
You have questioned my real ID? Why in the world didnt you reply to my email? If you did you, you can still see and read where I am located and where I live and where to contact me.
I am rude not to the real persons, but to the real scammers because they have no emotions neither feeling towards the victims. Since I placed my comments at your Forum to assist the other victims of Nigerian Scammers, my mail INBOX have been receiving lots of the Nigerian Scammers bogus emails and business offers.
And now you are pointing your fingers to me and telling others that I am the one whose the scammer? Good to me that I surfed into your forum this afternoon, and from here I can see that you are unable to distinguish
who and who is the scammer. What a pity, am really wasting my times.
Debbie
Dawn i to have been contacted by Michael Elzondo. He mailed me on datetheuk have been mailing him from 0410 till last night. He sent me 3 photos in uniform & fell for him. He wanted to take things further & wanted me to send 430usd by either Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram am so glad i didnt,cos i had a doubt in the back of my mind not to. The money was for a Thuraya mobile, secure connection. The letter was sent by a Col Jimmy Alexandra which i thought had proper letter heading & to send details back to him. I just feel so sorry for those guys out there fighting for their countries & have their id’s stolen, they need dealing with. If you want to see a photo of him let me know.
Jane Mandara
thank God Debbie someone with sense all you who have doubts??? when money is asked for and it will be block that person from ever getting in contact again THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR HAVING SENSE
Tina
I have been talking to a sgt in Baghdad. And like alot of the other stories I have read its to good to be true. Having a weird feeling as to why he found me on a dating site considering he is from US and I am from Canada, I tried to do some research and so far found nothing negative. Coming across this site, I was hoping if there was a way I can find out more info about this man and how do I do it or what do I look for? Just a little nervous as my feelings are turning towards him in a short time. Please respond with any advice. slwljl3@hotmail.com
Jane Mandara
Tina the first time he asks for money and he will cut him loose and thank God for a lucky escape I am trying to help a friend of mine who like you met this scumbag and has up to date sent him £5000 please do not be fooled the first time money is asked for and it will be do not listen block this dirt bag and do not speak to him again surely there must be men in Canada please hear and take my advice good luck and God Bless
Beverly
I have been recently scammed and am still in communication….he claims to be David Haggard stationed in Baghdad. MOS 11-B Infrantryman Unit 502 Infantry Regiment.
He contacted me on match.com. His english is bad but he sent alot of pictures. I asked for a military email acct. and he ignored me. I asked him to call me and he said he will ask permission that was a month ago. I did a location search of his IP address and it is in Ghana.
This has been really hard to take mentally…
Jane Mandara
Dear Bev please do not be fooled my friend is going through the same thing as you she has up to date sent £5000 to wait for it General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson please use your head and your logic and do not let this affect you badly just say Thank You Lord
for letting me see sense if you want to meet someone find a social club or a church meeting there are guys out there but do not be fooled by anyone asking for money they are SCAMMERS good luck and God Bless from a woman who is trying to save the life of her friend
ann
I met a peter on badoo he may be the same as he said his real name is haggard peter logan but saw a picture on apage of frauds military and it is the same but the photo is of robert bill haggard does he write lots of romantic poems
stodhunter
hi im emailingaguy called sgtdouglascooper68@yahoo.com hes in th aircavalty brigade iraq widowed 2 mall children and no other relatives. hes pledging undying love for me and as asked me to apply for leave for him, now he wants me to pay for his reconnection of internet as his pay gets paid into his account at home and he cant access it he says rules , only wifes and fiancees can apply and pay then the army refunds them, alarm bells ave rang is he a scammer , iseven a real person, i noticed sum 1 else and wrote on here 24th june about him . thnx
CG
I was contacted by the same person, hes a FAKE!
stodhunter
sorry mispelled his address sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com could you please get back to me asap please need to know if he is a scammer, then ican confront him thnx look forward to your reply, as any1 else in contact with him?
Jane Mandara
Stodhunter you do not need anyone to tell you what you already know he is a SCAMMER block him from ever contacing you again and Thank God For a Lucky Escape
Rebecca
Ladies i would like to inform you that what nina has been telling you is false i hail from the midwest in missouri if any of you doubt me check with cj and if any of you have recieved e-mails from nina check her ip address it will show you who is from where i have checked her’s and it comes back from sunnyvale
Nina
I am sending all the correspondence I received from Rebecca Scammer to CJ as well as the IP Headers.
Tell me I am wrong CJ!
Nina
Rebecca, I dont know if this is the real you.
Bzut from all emails I received from you, all your IP tagged came from Sunnyvale, Ca. USA!
Since you are the one who gave the nigerian scammer your Email ID and I believe they have got my email address infiltrate too.
I have passed all your correspondence to CJ and my IP Tracking, as well as my real address and IP and my contact numbers.
All I can see now, that this forum has become a nice easy target for the real Nigerian Scammer. And have passed all my experience to the other forum in Germany!
Where no Nigerian Scammers are able to speak nor write the German language!
Rebecca
This is just advice nothing else something i have learned there are alot of greedy people out there who prey on others especially women who may be searching for someone to spend their lives with who choose dating sites to look for potental men. we need to be more careful if who we choose, its ok to be picky if we want a certain man then we shouldn’t just jump on the first one who my turn our heads or hearts because that could turn out to be dangerous for us and cause a lot of heartache in the long run. so becareful on the dating sites and choose wisely
Beverly
Rebecca,
You are so right. After feeling like someone punched me in the gut, I contacted msn and gave them the email address the scammer used so they can relinquish their email address. I also contacted match.com
I’m so glad I found this site…thanks to you all for your help….
Rebecca
no problem just trying to help where i can that is my down fall too much compassion for others i scarfice my happiness for other people i am not going to let one man scare me i plan to keep fighting back as long as i can
Brenda
Yet another name to be added to the growing list. Col. Richard York. Based in Afghanistan. Had me “hook line and sinker!” Found me on an exclusive South African dating site. Same story line as most of the woman were given, Widowed, teenage son, retiring soon etc. Thank goodness I started to get suspisious with his very bad English and questioned him on it. He got VERY ANGRY with me! Also, when I looked up his profile on Windows Messenger, I discovered that the site was owned by a Cyril Tei! When I questioned him about this, he again got very angry with me and promptly diconnected! I have not heard from him since! I still have pictures of him if anyone is interested and I can be contacted at brendarussell@futurenet.co.za. These Pigs need to be stopped!!
J Mandara
Hello my friend is right now being scammed by someone called General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson the usual story hurt in Irac it is unbelieveible that women can fall for such garbage but my friend has up till now she has sent £5000 she is sitting at this moment in time waiting for word to go to of all places Alaska has anyone else heard of these names please I need to help my friend who in the U.S.A can I contact to find out if there is such a person/and no it is not me who is in contact with this scammer it is my friend if you know of anyone else in contact with this person please let me know so I can help my friend
Glynis
In the scam that I was just in, I had to send the money to Alaska. Hope this helps.
Jane Mandara
It would seem as if CJ is also a SCAMMER or so he tell us so who are all you women sending your photo’s to begs the question who!!!!!!!!
Sally
This is CJ’s blog. Why are you calling him a scammer?
Rebecca
i have just informed match.com of Andre Basile of his scamming ways any one else who has dealings with him from the same site you need to report it to them maybe we can get him off of there cause he is still on there just hid his profile on there.
donna
Jane Mandara
I know CJ is not a scammer. As for who all these woman are. why don’t you tell us who you are and what you are doing on a site you think is run by a scammer?
sara
Donna,
Just had to say thank you. I do not know CJ although my gut tells me he is a good man. I was wondering the same thing about “Jane” myself.
Kathy
I beleive this person to be a scam but he has not asked for money only love haha. Any ideas
George England
geo_england@live.com
Debbie
Hi Kathy, I did respond earlier but have just found this archive. I am looking for other sites on here for the archive of pictures and cannot seem to find it
Can anyone assist me please?!?!
Debbie
Hi Kathy,
I too have spoken with George England. Do not give him any money…he is a scammer. Do you have any pictures that you can send CJ to post? He has used different pictures but I have not found any of the soldier that was used in my scam.
Rebecca
CJ is a good man i have talked with him personaly and he is not a scammer.
Tina
Thank you Jane. After reading here he would not be getting any money from me. Can anyone tell me if they have heard of a Charles Relinger and how do I go about getting any more information on him. I have googled his name, and ran his IP which shows he is from the states but is there something more that i can do? there is another site that comes up after running his name and the similarities are there,although the uniform can be deceiving, the profile says what he has told me.
stodhunter
has any 1 else had contact with a sgtdoughlascooper@yahoo.com in iraq widowed, would love to hear from any1 who as, hi cj can you shed any light on this person please, and jane do you know him? thnx look forward to replies
intelligent woman
i am becam email from markigraham@live.com and now another mforester40@yahoo.com.
i am only douing play!i am know that scams people.
they man love me hhaaaaaa and i am only play love.!!!!when they are really they have pech haaaaaa.
Rebecca
CJ you do a very good job at helping out the ladies out keep up the good work, you are one honest person i rather turn to then someone i just met on the street thanks for everything you do
lilly
Hi can anyone tell if they have been contacted by a Captain T.S.Wills dating site name twills!!!… traced IP addy to London yet hes in Kabul!!!..ive three handsome pictures of him.. he says he belongs to the uksf…he asked if i could make ophone connections of £220 towards communication between us…. CJ do you know anything abt this guy? oh and to send a package first to nigeria!!! alarm bells rang included in this a phone was requested also asked for my PC!! and other items….what next!..
brenda
can anyone help me, been talking to Ryan Mcgrath claims LTC 2nd batallion army in iraq.
has not yet asked for anything and its been 3 months. says hes retiring next month and filed the papers back in feb. doesnt call even when i ask. says he doesnt use his .mil addy but also doesnt give it to me. says he also has apo/fpo but no need to use it. has many pics of himself in uniform and out, with family and friends. tells me he wants to marry me, and will put me on the spouce list, that the army will contact me when he is due to come home and where to pick him up. also claims he will b receiving a great deal of money from retirement settlement. anyone have any help..dont know what to beleive here.has yahoo email of McGrath_army4all@yahoo.com
Glynis
Sounds very similar to the scam I was just involved in. Please don’t fall for this. I cost me $4800 altogether including Western Union fees.
jade
brenda its a scam.thanks to you I was able to get my mom to stop talking to ryan this morning because i saw your blog when I looked up his E mail adress. Obviously if He is telling you all the same things he told my mom for three months, he’s scamming more women than just the both of you. There is no man on earth in this day and age that would profess his love to a woman he’s never seen, met, or slept with. and definitely never ask their hand in marriage.
sue
hi cj ive now confronted sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com and told him iknow hes a scammer, told him hewas getting no money off me and to leave me alone,plus ive friends in the forces to help me, hes left me alone, another 1 for you now whos contacted me juanburke21@yahoo.com hes in kabul afghan, any1 know him?
brenda
CJ
do you if a serg Edgar exists in Camp Victory iraq?
cathy
yes ladies it is going to say sunnyvale, ca. thats because where yahoo is located. the only way to actually get there IP Address is when chatting with on messenger send them a file as soon as they accept then you can get there actual location. this how you do open command prompt run as adminstrater aas soon as they accept type netstat and keep doing it until file has downloaded. then un forgein there will be the actual IP Address.
Annie
I have been scammed by nathanramos73@yahoo.com he said her was in the Army stationed in Iraq. When I checked the IP address the original email was from Sunvale , California. Please beware!!!strong
marie sa
Annie, I think I was scammed by the same guy. This Ramos goes under many names. Would love to see any pics you have of him. I can send you the ones I have. dit58@verizon.net thanks
joanne
hi marie sa, can u maybe send me pics of that ramos guy. im from south africa. think ramos and lopez are the same guy. u can email me on pittjoann@gmail.com. still play along. see what he want next. didnt send anything.
CJ
Nina, listen I appreciate your input but I’m not going to allow you to continue going after Rebecca. I’ve personally spoken with her and verified her identity. Sunnyvale, CA is the home of yahoo, so you will find a lot that when using the service. Plain and simple – Rebecca is not a scammer. Future comments directed at or referencing her will be deleted. If that runs you off, nothing I can do about that. I dont play favorites and don’t pull punches.
Whisky
CJ, you have to pull out your accusation
addressed to Nina.
This forum becomes a chatterbox and no ones
get a true help and feedback from you.
Angela
Hi CJ,
I was told to contact you by Tracy Bishop, whom has kindly created a website to stop this kind of thing from happening to other women. I would like to add a name to your list.
Spc Ethan McNigen with US Army in Iraq…the company is http://WWW.USCMPS.com with an email address of setup@uscmps.com
Spc Ethan McNigens email is spc_ethan_mcnigen@yahoo.com. Who claims to be part of the intelligence unit with the US Army.
I would like to know if you can look into this information and maybe see if this person does exist. If so, is there a way you would be able to get in contact with him. I would like to let him know what is happening and how his name and information is being used.
I appreciate all you have done and I agree with what you say, if anyone woman out there meets a man in the military there is no reason why they shouldnt send you an email from their ako.
Thank you so much for the information you have provided to us women…..
Angela
Hi CJ, I left you a post yesterday and I noticed that it is not there today. I contacted Tracy Bishop and she is a little concerned as well. I would like to know if you did get my post and if so, if you could contact me via my email, which you have.
I received another email from Mr Mcnigen stating that the company uscmps is a legal company and that he is upset that I have contacted the FBI and filed a report.
I do need your help, as I do not know if this is a scammer. He has told me so many things about his life from his childhood to adulthood, has emailed me many pictures of himself.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Angela
Sue
Angela, Ask him for his .mil address. If he can provide a valid one then he is real else, he is also a scam.
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/
jane b
i am in shock this morning thinking my experince involved in a scam, with nigerian scum , impersonating capt james minard was over,how wrong was i, i was woken this morning with a text at 1.30 am saying (can you come on line and talk, james), i replyed james who, and got back miniard, it has been nearly 6 months, why now, i have deleted all contact with the scum and now they are trying to make contact again. This morning i found a email on my laptop saying ,(i miss you can we talk), they must keep our details in case they need them again.I just checked my face book account and there is a man of about 20 , from nigeria asking to be my friend, this must all be connected, i just cant believe there cheek
brenda 2
getting scammed once it not enough. am i on a list or what?
now i get e-mails from woman. can anybody please help me found out who is capt eddy james fouillouse
retired last summer in dafour. working for the un as peace capt.
brenda 2
where can i see the picture of the scammers? what is the link?
and where can i send to the picture of my scammer?
any help thanks
jade
Hey brenda dont talk to ryan mc Grath. My mom was talking to him for 3 months too and hes asking her for money and sent her pictures of a nice looking blonde 35 year old army man with family. I didnt like how he wont actually talk over the phone or send her web videos like all her other army friends do. He asked her for 800$ for leave. cutt it off trust me. My mom did.
Tracy
You can either send you picture to CJ or join the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM and post them there ! we have over 250 photos that scammers are using posted on the group wall also the name / names they are know by and often the dating sites there active on is added by members
Tracy
Jean C
Another name to be added to this list of scammers is Sgt. Mike Todd. email address sgtmiketodd@yahoo.com
I have been communicating with this SOB through emails, yahoo instant messages and phone calls since July 26,2010. He has scammed me out of $2,650.00 supposedly to be used to make repairs to his apartment in Pine City, NY 14871 which was damaged by fire. The money I sent was not wired directly to Sgt. Todd but to a neighbor (Mrs. Lynne Durfee 203 Crestview Dr. Pine City, NY 14871) I have spoken, several times with Mrs. Durfee who seems to be a nice lady and may also possibly be a victim of Sgt. Todd’s scam.
I have numerous pictures of Sgt. Todd as well as copies of every email and several instant messages he has sent me.
Shortly after he and I began communicating he was professing his undieing and everlasting love for me. I should have know something wasn’t quite kosher right from the start but was completely taken in and flattered by him. At one point Sgt. Todd confided in me that he was the leader of the group of Soldiers who discovered the massive amount of money at one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. He said he took 9 million dollars of the money and it was deposited in a bank in the UK. Sgt. Todd wanted me to open an account in my local bank so he could make a bank to bank transfer of the money. I would not agree to do this so he suggested using a private courier service to have the cash delivered directly to my home. I was, and sorry to admit, still am hopelessly in love with this man so I agreed to accept the money and hold it for him until his deployment in Kandahar, Afghanistan was over and he returned to Ft. Hood Army Base in TX. Thankfully this money has never arrived. After reading all the posts of other scam victims I will contact the FBI if any monies from Sgt. Todd are ever delivered to my home.
During the time Sgt. Todd and I were communicating, he was supposedly wounded in his left leg from an IED explosion (even sent me a picture of himself and the Soldier who was killed in this explosion) which entailed a little over a weeks stay in a Military Clinic. Not an Army Hospital just a Military Clinic.
I will be glad to share any and all pictures, he sent me, with anyone who is interested in receiving them. I also have an APO address for him but it is probably as fake as he is.
I would never have thought that I could be taken in by a scam of this sort but as I said earlier I was very taken in by and very much in love with this man.
Beware ladies and be a bit smarter than I was. This SOB will give you nothing but heartache and an empty checking account balance.
Sgt. Todd originally contacted me through my tagged profile which has since been deleted. He also deleted his tagged profile (Maki M) but has a Yahoo profile as Mike Todd. If he should contact you, beat him at his own game but whatever you do PLEASE don’t send him or any of his “COLLEAGUES”, friends or neighbors one red cent. You may contact me at babybluecrownvic@aol.com
debbie
I am talking with a Dan Roberts who claims he is aryy in afghanistan has pictures of someone postd. He has more excuses why he can’t send me more photo’s and can’t get a leave. He needs personal affects, sliipers, watch,shirts and blackberry. he cannot get over there. I don’t believe him but have been playing along. He states no APO box as i have to send to agne that will bring to him with troops. It bothers me to know they scam these photo’s on military men,us the militry to get what they want, send emails declaring their love and then nothing. I am about ready toready to blast this guy. Traced IP address to Niegria and cnfronted him with it. Plus pic that came up on IM was not him. He told me it was his officers. made no sense. Beware of this guy, extremely handsome soldier phot’s but I know it’s not him. I hate that they have used our military guys for their satisfactions…sad very sad.
Pam Rome
I had to leave the other face book I had because I closed out all my accounts and started over,because the scammer would not leave me alone,please except me back under this new facebook I added,my picture is the same one as before.I miss talking to all the new friends I found on here,they are alot of help to me.
Hilary
I too have been contacted by a person claiming to be a Brig.Gen. Michael Brad Lynch who contacted me on the Singles 365 dating website. He says he is a widower with 2 sons (Paul & Brandon, claims he wants to marry an English woman because his mother is English. Has asked me to pay for a sims card for texts to him,foolishly I did, now he wants me to pay $1,000 for a “leave token” so he can come and visit me in the UK as he is madly in love with me – after only 3 chats….please!
If needs be I am happy to forward the pictures he sent me, I guess they are not og him, but I have no idea.
Soldiers Perspective has made interesting reading!
Hilary
Sorry please remove my comment from this site. Many thanks,
Hilary
Rebecca
hey CJ can u check and see about a ssgt.james walker and let me know if he is real or not please
Thank you
Ann in California
James Walker is fake, contacted me today (7-15-11) on dating site (plenty of fish) as a military man, but wouldn’t answer my questions, clue, and English bad, clue, widow another clue, posted pics of cute daughter, clue (what dad would do this on a dating site, well some stupid ones do). Here’s another big clue as I”ve met others not in military >>> They say they work or live or go to United Kingomd a lot. Look at the world time zone map, just south is Nigeria, Africa, same time zone as United Kingdom, so the work/chat times work well around that for sleeping patterns etc.!!! Big clue if UK time zone is used. What makes me sad, is so many women fall for it, and send money. If their money train was cut off, they would at least stop the love scames. There are sites now to report all of them. And they are so brazen, they continue to use the same name and scam, must be an ego trip for them!
Hilary
I was contacted by Michael Lynch on a UK dating website called Singles 365.
He was calling himself Brigadier General Michael Lynch, and was based in Camp Tombstone, Kabul. Not big on emails, but chatted endlessly. Foolishly I did buy him the SIM card ( only a few pounds)! But when he asked about paying for leave permission ($1000) I decided to check him out. I managed to find out via the badges on the uniform in the pictures he sent me the the person was in 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment, so I contacted them for advice and they very kindly informed me that he was indeed a scammer and the pictures (and profile) he had used were of LTG Rick Lynch an actual serving soldier, they also sent me a link to LTG Rick Lynch’s facebook account to check it all out. I sent the link to Michael Lynch, if that is his name, and haven’t heard from him since, I also reported him to the dating site.
Lorraine
I think we should all be sharring the pictures we have of these soldiers. Does anyone know if the U.S. Department of Defense is interested in these pictures? Personally I think the DOD should have a website posting the pictures so to alert the real soldiers, their families and other potential victims of this horrible crimes being committed in the names of American Soldiers.
I also think the United States Government should take a more serious approach to this network of scammers. For all we know the money we have sent them (unknowingly of course) could be going to the very terrist the U.S., British, Canadian, and other military units are fighting. I was scammed out of $16,000 USD
My story can be found on: http://101date.com/internet-dating-scam-fake-soldiers
We are the victims … we need a voice!
Tracy
No there not interested in the photos as they know scammers just copy and pasted them for the internet they are interested in any document that u may of been sent that look offical as it is a federal offence to use these
Glynis
Lorraine,
I’ve thought about this several times during and after I was involved in the scam a couple of months ago. It sickens me to think that they might be using the money we have sent (I was scammed for $4500) towards terrorist attacks. I even accused my scammer of this at one stage. I think the government or military should seriously check into these scams more thoroughly.
Lorraine
If you see any of the following names and phone numbers come up in your conversations with your “soldier”, DELETE AND BLOCK IMMEDIATELY! They are scammers.
Sgt. William England
Staff Sgt. Kessler Grahalm Hargardstaedt
Staff Sgt. Kessler Grahalm Hueckstaedt
Emmanuel Kessler Tetteh (PH.#233278313217)
Sir Agyapong Nyame (PH.#0330273922143)
Mr. Yussif Karim or
Mr. Umal Mohamed Yussif Karim
Liberty Empire Group – Diplomatic Courier Service (libertyempiregroup.com)
Mark Mills (PH.#704-374-5589)
John Roland
Mr. Emmanuel Bentil Owusa (PH.#233542695619)
Mrs. Desire Idigu
If you see the words “disappointed” or “byeee” in your communications you probably have a scammer at the other end of the internet.
shelia barker
just to let u know the guy in video on u tube i found out was poseing as two different men to me and my friend sherry and today he got on cam prove he was black nigerian in this video so yeah we caught him finally he confess now he wants our money to tell where he stole the pics from of the real guys I said if anything u owe us liar for scamming us all this time well he really scam sherry somebody mail her over 2,000 to her house she sent it to nigeria cause he said he was doing contracting and construction work down there watch this video u will see scammer that tricked us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0AO-E9Mzs
ok I just wanted to update u later! – shelia
Glynis
Shelia,
I watched the YouTube clip and I know exactly how you’re feeling. I’m still in love with the real soldier from when I was scammed in June & July. I wish you all the luck in finding your real soldier – he seems so sweet.
Tammy
I’ve been talking to a guy who contacted me through a website. He is using the name Mark Hannett and the photos he’s sent are of a guy who is quite handsome. He has yet to ask for money but his story doesn’t match. He says he’s a colonel in the army and a Canadian. He says his wife and son died in a car accident 6 years ago but adopted a boy names “Prince” and that the son is in Ghana with his nurse sister…does this sound familiar?
Anyone else recognize the name?
I’d be very interested…thanks
Gordon
He’s probably using photos of me that I posted on the Webshots website when I was stationed in Iraq in 2005 and 2006. Apparently, the photos could be downloaded by anyone with internet access. Since joining Facebook, I’ve been contacted by over 100 women about scams involving my last name and/or photographs. I reported the whole thing to the Roanoke, Virginia office of the FBI in April 2009. These scammers need to be in prison.
Kylie
FYI Pretty much the same scam happened to my great aunt. He wanted $200 or something to set up a phone line as he was posing as an American soldier in Afghanistan by the name of Irwin Petterson or Irwin Peterson. His yahoo email address is ipetterson@yahoo.com (or ipeterson@yahoo.com). She has even spoken to someone on the phone!!!! He then asked her to send thousands of dollars and fill out a form (which can be created easily using microsoft word and copying and pasting army logo) she told my mum who then told me. I googled American soldier scams and got this website. I sat her down and showed her. She has now thankfully deleted and blocked him from everything and told him not to call again. He contacted her on the dating site plentyoffish.
Iggy
Kylie
or what do you call your self . you are mad ..how dare you call an american soldier a scam foolish fellow ..mad fellow.
CJ
Iggy, nice try. Are you so stupid that you don’t know I track all IPs on this website. Are you upset that you’ve been caught and you’re losing money scamming people.
leah
I have been talking to this man that calls himself SGT Gary Search. started talking to him around april and after only a week he ask me to get Ts2 and when I told him I didn’t have that kind of money. He tried to get me to send money so he could come home to be with me. etc……. He also said he had yong son and his wife was killed in car crash. I should have been suspicious when he kept messing up his birthdate and that he say he was only 48,but born in 1965, which makes him 44. I fell for his words and I realize now that I told him too much. I just got dumped and then lost two family member in the same week and he knew that. So they do play on your weakness’ Ladies. He has said that I am a mad woman and not a good woman and today he called me a poop woman what ever that is.lol I playing with him and said if you say so. Like Dorothy said don’t go looking for something that you can find in you own backyard. So ppl burn the big bad witches, in this case big bad fake soldiers. btw I found the real sgt gary search on myspace and let him know that his identity has been stolen.
Be careful out there
Leah
Can anyone tell me how to block this guy and maybe find out where his emails are coming from. I talked to him today and he threatened me. He said he wants to look for me and that I am not safe now. He told his friends. So if anyone can tell anything I would greatly appreciate it.
Is this really anything for me to worry about or should I talk to some offical about it. I have saved his conversations.
got scammed
Report to your local police that you were threatened. Give them all the informations regarding this crook.
JC
Sure hope this helps you Leah. I wouldn’t be concerned with the threats as the scammer is most likely not even in the USA.
At the top of the email in the header bar there should be something that says open full header, details or some such. If you click on that it will give you a complete list of computer talk with loads of numbers in square brackets. Go to the end of all the blurb to the last “Received” entry and copy the numbers in the square brackets. You can then copy these into the IP tracker site (I found a great one http://en.utrace.de/?query and it will show you where the email originated from, at no charge. You have to make sure you use the last set of figures marked “received” otherwise it will show somewhere like Sunnyvale, CA. Good luck!
Tracy
Leah
Please take no notice of these threats these man will NOT do anything to hurt u what they are doing is just trying to hurt u REMEMBER they arent even in the same country as u there sat in NIGERIA in the mud huts playing on laptops ……. 8wks ago a scammer told me to STOP THE FACEBOOK GROUP else he would put a spiritual spell on me well im still waiting ….. stay strong just block him on IM and ur emails and he wont bother u again he will move on to his next woman
Hilary
I too have been contacted by a man calling himself Captain Mark Hannett Law, bomb disposal in Iraq.Says he is from Dunstable UK, where his mother lived and from Conesus where his father lives. As yet not asked me for money, only talked for 3 days so far.He also says he is a widower etc. I will now block him.
Am also hearing from a Colonel Jerry Randy Walker in charge of logistics and suppilies in Iraq. Widower, been in the army 30 years and is due to retire very soon and he is looking to settle in UK with his ‘soulmate’.Not asked me for money either but he seems very fishy!
I have pictures if you need them of both.
Tracy
i have been contact by this man now for 4 days and he has had his soposeably commanding officer contact me telling me they nee 400.00 dollars for his processing fees for leave he is a major in afghanistan. i have picture of hin his e mail address , the e mail address on the commanding officer and the infomation of the name and city of where i am sopost to send western union the 400.00 dollars too which i have not nor am i going too… would like to catch these guys, who can i contact to give all the information that i have too? i have even saved all the coversations that we have had with one another… lol. he is 45 goes by the name of adams schuterz soposeably a major in the army, has a 4 year old daughter, wife died of cancer back in 2008 and is from alpine utah usa. he loves to write poetry which i am sure is not his… lol
Tammy Brickley
I also would like to know where to send all the stuff I have collected on “MY ARMY MAN”.
He goes by the name Martin Engle and says he is a sergent on deployment in Afghanistan. I know he is a fake but right now I am having soo much funn stringing him along. He really thinks I am going to send him money so he can get his Leave. NOT in this life time. Feel bad for the real soldier Engles and his family.
lidia
look on this picture what are used by scammer George Patterson, Petterson
http://www.delphifaq.com/faq/male_scammers/f6557.shtml
Tracy
These men just never give up trying look on the FACEBOOK GROUP STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM and there u will see over 500 photos that these men are using and lists of names we have 450 members and are growing daily there are also photos ect that members have been sent for leave requests ect !
And the poems these men send are all from google lol i had hundreds
PLEASE REMEMBER NO REAL SOLDIER WOULD ASK FOR MONEY THERE WELL PAID AND WELL CARED FOR
IMCDeacon
In the intrest of protecting all of these women from being ripped off by these lowlifes…perhaps someone, with more computer savvy than me, could set up a website similar to: http://www.womenrussia.com/blacklist_summary.htm
This site has photos and information about people scamming men with the Russian bride scam.
Marlene
There is one it is called ” Stop the US army dating Scam” it is on facebook. There are so many photos and names on there for you to see and you can also add any pics you may have.
Barbara
Capt Wm Haggard is a scammer and I knew it the minute he asked for money. Also a friend had heard of the internet scamming and told me to go to a page on the web and sure enough his picture was there and many different ones of him dressed in crazy stuff. The US Army uniform was altered and very obviously was photo shopped. I told him I was sending the FBI after him and he disappeared…….
Elena
Another person to be aware of- Mark Smith, Atherton, CA poses as a marine serving in Iraq and undergoing treatment after being shot in combat. his e-mail marine4uca@aol.com
he contacted me through PM on care2.com
in his first letter he wrote about insurance paid to his mother, 2 month later he offered me to transfer this money to my account and then to transfer it to “Haiti victims fund”. I did not respond to his last e-mail and he did not e-mail me again. I can share more details if someone interested. He still has his profile on Care2.com
Susan D.
Hello Elena, This is the same guy that contacted me on care2. Same email/Name but there is another name I found there is is: Paulson Pickens; same picture as the other.This happened to me Aug/2010 with the same as you are saying but it was his Fathers Money and he wanted me to help him and send this to his Mother’s “Haiti Fund”
Elena
Hello, Susan
I wrote him last e-mail on August 2010. Well, if he uses different names it’s clear now why he won’t sign his letters by his name, just “Me” or sort of. He e-mailed me 3 photos. I wonder about the real person on photo, maybe he has no idea that some scum(S) use him with criminal intentions.
david roland
my name is Brandy and have been one of these jerks scam he said everything i was looking for i sent him 2,00o he needed it to come from hawaii please email me with any more info my email is deneve626@yahoo.com thank you and cant wait to hear from you
Kerry
Here is another one to add to the list. Anyone heard of Sgt Kenneth S. Hudson? He is portaying himself to be in Kabul and only on a 6 month tour of which 3 have been served. He talks about his patrol and how I needed to fill out paperwork to request leave for him to come home. This included a transit fee and a processing fee of 800usdollars. He contacted me through a dating website and within 2 days, loves me and wants to marry me. Anyone have any info on this schmuck?
JC
Play his little game Kerry but don’t send any money and don’t allow youself to get emotionally involved. He is just feeding you a line of BS and is only after any money he can con out of you. These bastards know how to get to your weak points so please B E W A R E and don’t get suckered in as I and so many others have.
Good luck and God Bless.
Kerry
Fortunately, I mentioned this to a friend and that is when this mess started to unfold. I did not send him any money. I played the game for a little while and now that he knows I will not send him money, he does not talk to me anymore. I am completely mad at myself for almost falling for this crap. Its quite embarrassing. Guess I am a sucker sometimes. Just thankful I have great friends to confide in and help me out. Im really glad to have found this website as well as the facebook page about this. Just wish I knew who I had a picture of and could tell them or their family what is happening.
Lisa
I was sent a message from a us army soldier that claims to in Iraq and we talked a couple weeks and he asked for money for a phone from Ts2 a satilite system over there. So I sent $350 so he was very excited then we started talking and hes confessing how much he loves me and cant be without me, so now he asks for me to request to his commander that i send him a request from me to aske if he can take an early leave and then finish his duty in the states. The amt was 5,000 which i did not send. This is still going on and im going to get to the bottom of this.
Sue
I was contacted by a scumbag who claimed to be a Sgt Johnny Lingo, well my instinct was powerful and I did all I could to find out the truth, i got in touch with the real Adam Lino and that was when I found out this was a real problem that has been ongoing for a while now… wow!
Ilham
Hello girls: I’ve got a potential scammer! His name is Mathew Swain, in the military! He previously claimed to be from Norfolk Virginia, after chatting with him now he’s from Plato, Texas. He contacted me on Match.com. After chatting with him around 900PM, his profile was removed from match.com. Don’t know why? But the conversation with him didn’t seem right or just weird!! Wow!!! They really need to get a life, no heart what so ever!
melissa
has anyone heard of Jason Jordan goes by Jay army by any chance
Hilary
I am being scammed by Richard Kevin Parker or at least that is the name he is using. Or I found a simular story for Adam Arnold Smith he is posing as a NATO pilot with a 3 yr old daughter he says widower is wife died during child birth. I met him on match.com. I was wondering if anyone eles knows of this scammer and has photos of him. I need help I just wired him a large amount of money…please help
Ellen
Hi Ladies,
I feel like I have been PUNKED!LOL I guess the shock hasn’t worn off..Has anyone ever heard of or been contacted by a Marine by the name of Lt. Col. Jerry Livingstone???? Better yet his friend/colleague contacted me as well Major James Eagan right after I told the LT. I wasn’t sending him money.Has anyone heard of either one of them??? Does anyone know how to go about finding out who the REAL SOLDIERS so we can let them know they are being taken for a wild ride??
Ellen
Hi Ladies,
I feel like I have been PUNKED!! I Guess the shock hasn’t worn off yet..Has anyone ever heard of or been contacted by a Marine by the name of Lt. Col. Jerry Livingstone? Or better yet his friend/colleague Major James Eagen???
Kay
GENERAL JIMMY WILLIAM HAYWARD
survival53@live.com
Sent pictures of RUDDOCK
Another name to add to the list of scammers/scumbags. This one is based is Accra, Ghana. Found that out from two ladies on this site. His story is widowed. Wife died in a car crash 8 years ago. Two daughters (sent photo of them). Lives in Florida. Has given me an address in Florida which I googled. Did not use the link he sent me. Maybe I did not trust it,lol. Will see about his retirement when he goes home on leave 12th December which just happens to be his birthday. Wants a long term relationship/marriage. Has asked me to marry him – told him to ask me when we meet as I want to see him on his knees!! (you bet)
Will play him for a while until I find out what sort of scam he wants to pull or until I get bored.
melissa
For scammer going by Jason Jordan i just got my report that his email address comes from california and its registered to Tyra Mythress-he didnt get my money but i did get a dozen roses from him delivered to my work joke is on the scammer
Karen
Hi
How can you find out where the email address comes from? Can you trace it??..if so..how? I would love to know how I can do it.
You can email me at pritiladi@hotmail.com
Karen
Hi, I see I am not the only one being scammed. WOW….
Has any one been contacted by someone name “SARGENT SMITH PATRIC GENTHE” – he claims he is in the Military and he is in Afghanistan doing a secret mission there.
I know he is scamming me because he convinced me that in order for us to be able to talk on the phone I needed to set up a pager system; which I feel for and sent the money – $475.00 US…I got suckered.
I wish I knew about all this before – but he has since asked me to request a leave for him which I would be responsible to pay for all the cost and would have to send money for him to get his leave approved…NOT!! I am on to him now…but that doesn’t get my money back that I stupidly paid out already.
If anyone knows where I can take all this to help stop these people, please let me know. I have kept every email and message hoping they will help catch them.
Bea
Im crying my eyes out…I had fallen for a Sgt James Weaver…and now, I checked the IP address and its from Nigeria. I really thought I was living a fairytale…finally after all that men had done to me in my life. I had arranged for a phone, sent his son money (well to his maids grandma in nigeria)and he was now trying to tie me up in an inheritance deal. And yes he couldnt get the money and had frozen accounts etc
Im a single mom with a very sick 2 yr old baby who was beaten to death this summer by his babysitters and ended in coma and lucklily is alive. I really cannot take any more of this and now I have no hope in life nor with anything.
I really had fallen in love with this guy…I’d really like to find the real James Weaver and tell him this. Im sure he will have a perfect life, wife, kids, the works…I don’t expect anything but at least I’d like to tell him myself what happened and have real contact w him, even if its a first and last time.
Ive never been hurt so much….
I honestly feel like I wanna die right now….we had planned on celebrating xmas with the kids right here as he had been away for 6 months and was ab to come. He was also retiring, this was his last deployment etc etc
WHY? Has this happened to me…
sweet girl
My heartbreak is Morelli J….Have not sent money nor has he asked but have found his pic on many scam sites!!! Just wonder if these guys r ever told of the injustice being done 2 them!! Mine is a military inteellegence officer in need of a laptop….not 2 intelligent if u ask me!!!
if anyone else knnows of himor knows how 2 reach the real Morelli pls contact me!!!
melhau48@gmail.com
Kay
Bea,
I am so sorry about what has happened to you. There are so many ladies like us that have fallen for their sweet words and promises of a great future. BUT there is no real James Weaver. The man you fell in love with does not exist. If there is a man by that name it is not the one that you fell for. It is impossible to meet that man.
Why has this happened to any of us? Probably because we are nice people and have a heart unlike the scumbags who are doing this to us. Take care of yourself and I hope that you will meet a good man one day.
sweet girl
bea..I am also sorry for u and i know how u feel…my heart feels broken in half…Worse is my 2 yr old..she is sad watching me be sad…she would play doodle art on IM with him and they would type 2 each other…all she keeps saying is heart hurts!!! This angers and saddens me!!! We all need 2 stick 2gether and be strong and hope we help save others from this heartache!!!!
one day we will find our true loves!!!
Nikki
Hi. I think that I myself have just been scammed. I fell for a soilder named Sean Anderson Barber. We have been talking since June and he was always telling me how much he loved me and would insert his last name in back of my first name when telling me he loved me. After about a month is when he started asking for me to help pay for him to come home. He said his commander would pay half if I could pay half. Well, when it came time for commander to pay, he didn’t have the money so what do I do…..stupidly continue sending money. I have sent over $2000 and he we suppose to be flying here to see me this weekend. But I got an IM from his friend, John Plate, letting me know that he was shot in the leg as he went to get on the plane so now he is stuck in a hospital in Africa where he was suppose to connect to his flight to the U.S. Even the commander e-mailed me Lt. Col Fred Bayron, to tell me what had happened. I haven’t been asked to pay for the hospital bill yet but I think it’s coming. I am sick to my stomach with this cause I had fallen so hard for him and was sure this was it for me. What a dufus I am. I wish I would of been more suspicious!
Karen
Hi Nikki,
Don’t be too hard on yourself…these guys are pros and know how to talk and know just what to say. I got scammed too for $475.00US
Do believe that his so called commander has emailed oyu because it is an email from someone working the scam right along side of this guy that scammed you. There is a site (that was give to me) to report it.
http://www.ic3.gov/
- but make sure you report it. A lot don’t becasue they feel embarrassed about it – I am embarrassed about being scammed and I am reporting it – maybe with more reporting and making the complaints they might do more to catch these jerks ad nail they all to the wall.
DO NOT ANSWER ANYMORE EMAILS FROM THIS GUY OR OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTACTED YOU ON HIS BEHALF. CUT OFF ALL COMMUNICATIONS.
Mary Barrette
Has anyone been contacted by a Colin Clark Staff major in the Army. He’s seems sincere. has not asked me for any money
Karen
They don’t at fisrt ask for any money…but they do eventually, once they know they have you….
how long have you been communicating with him??
Mary
He says he’s in Iraq and will retire in one month
Mary Barrette
He says he is to retire in one month.
Mary Barrette
a week
Karen
Hello, I was contacted by a Sergeant John Mateo Garath, or Mateo Garath he supposely was station at Fort Drum, and now transferred to Iraq. Does this person exist, is he a real Military personnel?
jo finnigan
Has anyone been contacted by a andy salmon or andrew tait, a sergeant general in baghdad, needs money to be given to a mohammed so as to release the 700,000 dollars he has trapped at the airport which he wants me to mind, the diplomat is bringing it to me …ye right.
i am frightened though he has my address
Ellen
I wouldn’t worry about it…He probably can’t afford the flight…LOL
The Marine who tried to scam me has my address as well.
He’s back on my IM and now I’m playing him..LOL It’s the funniest thing..First he says he will never ask me for anything ever again…Now he’s asking me to send him $400 to send to his sister…This guys a asshole..He needs to get his Cities and Zipcodes straight..LOL
D
My girlfriend was being scammed by a guy calling himself Capt. Jeffery Salmo. There is actually a Capt. Andrew Salmo and he is a real soldier working hard and doing good.
I wouldn’t believe any unless they flew out to see me after 2 weeks.
Mary
I don’t know if I am being scammed or not. I traced the Ip address and it’s from Sunnyvale, CA. He says he’s in Iraq, an army major. Won’t the IP address be from Iraq? He hasn’t asked for money, doesn’t want anything but me. Is this true or am I being scammed? Someone help me to understand this.
Mary
I traced the received IP address and it is from Ghana Africa, so I guess I’m being scammed. Jerk.
Melanie
How did you trace the IP address. I feel very silly, I’m sure I’ve been scammed but I’d like to know how to find out where the scammer is from. Thanks!
Mary
If you pull up the email and then internet headers, towards the end of the header will be an IP address in brackets {received}. Go the internet find a site that does IP traces. Punch in the IP address and it will tell you where it’s coming from. Hope this helps
Mary
He can’t even tell me his pay grade and he’s suppose to be a major in the army. He gets very angry when I ask him questions, especially if it casts any doubt on him. I sent a package to Baghdad, to a PO Box, the post office asked why it wasn’t going to an APO/FPO. I questioned him on it. It will be interesting to see who actually gets the package, or maybe it will get returned to me. It wasn’t much, some candy and a book, a few cards.
Janice Kelley
Good day all, Has anyone else heard from a Demiel Agner who claims he is in Kabul, Afganistan and chatted with him thorugh an online dating site. Then we continued talking on MSN Messenger. I was quite foolishly taken by him and his story… He says he is from Baltimore Maryland, his wife died of cancer 5 years ago, and has a 21 yr old daughter in med school. Of course he was so in love with me quite quickly and I was flattered by his supposedly sweet words etc. I then got a tip from a very knowledgable lady who also chatted with him and told me to be careful and check out this site. When I confronted him he of course denied everything, but he is actively chatting with many woman and not military. Money was always brought up in our conversations but I would not bite. His english left me a little baffled at times as he was using words and phrases that just did not fit. I have to thank Carina K. for alerting me as I have found out that he is a scammer and not a soldier. Period. I feel like a fool but am grateful to have this angel come to my rescue and clue me in. Be careful and after reading the proper email information a military person would use, it has surely enlightened me.
Janice Kelley
DEMIEL AGNER is still at it and has posted a new military photo on facebook and a Are you interested website for online dating. In this photo he has changed some of his bio. but not much. At present he has no friends on his facebook wall as previously I was on there and he had deleted the 5 others who were supposedly friends until he professed his great love for me. PUKE!!!!! In the new photo, he is in military fatigues and in a military jeep with a helmet on. Please be careful as I was warned and feel very sad when I read the above letters from innocent and vulnerable women who get sucked in by these imposters. To the real person in this photo, I hope he can be somehow informed of the misuse of the identity theft. I do not know how to upload his picture onto this site from facebook, so please be ultra cautious when a DEMIEL AGNER requests a chat or requests you as a friend. Janice Kelley
Maureen, Dublin, Ireland
Hi, I was scammed July 2009, my scammer used the name Sgt. Lesley Miller, he also sent me lots of photos of the gorgeous Sgt. Miller and was emailing for several weeks until ‘a large amount of money’ was mentioned, he needed to stash it in my bank account..I didn’t fall for that one! I was sick when I realised that it had all been phoney. He was supposed to be stationed in Iraq, the emails infact came from Ghana. These people are very clever and I hope they get caught.
I wonder does the real Sgt. Miller know how many hearts he has unwittingly broken…? Maureen
Ann
Brain Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001544904434&v=wall#!/profile.php?id=100001544904434
Richard Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001544904434&v=wall#!/profile.php?id=100001635670182
Lionel Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001544904434&v=wall#!/profile.php?id=100001722968557
Jeff Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001544904434#!/profile.php?id=100001284962400
Ann
Just want to warn you of “Miller / Morison /Cardow /Millman” He have many names and he is a scammer and has deceived many women. Have found 19 different profiles on facebook
George Miller
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100001283552792
James Cardow (jcardow213@googlemail.com)
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=100000308821255
Scott D. Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001565382962
Gregg B Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100000208699605
Patrick A Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001262210192
Ann
Jeffery Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001390923790
Mark Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=1237894836
Miller Lesley (millerlesley57@live.com (also Jeff Miller)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001502643157
Jeff Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001033781407
Brian Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100000892932097
Jeffery Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100000460170608
Jeffery Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001073563336
Arney Morison (new name on Miller)
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100001479430017
Morison Miller
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712#!/profile.php?id=100000957884400
Millman Paul (psmiller47@yahoo.com)
http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q=howlove69%40yahoo.com&init=quick&tas=0.21535376439567294#!/profile.php?id=100001717016118&v=wall
Alta
I was approached by Major Peter Jones on face book. I was on NO dating site. When I asked him how he came upon me, he said that a friend enlightened him about face book and that he stumbled upon my name. He said that he is honest, trustworthy and God fearing. He said that his wife died in a plane crash and he had a 12 year old son. He didn’t want to give me any information about his personality and didn’t want to add me on his face book, saying that it is for security reasons. From about the 2nd week he started saying that he loved me and he wanted me in his life for ever. He didn’t call me by my name, just sweetie, honey, love and my love. His English was bad and he was very bombastic. He even phoned me one morning. Again I couldn’t understand him. I just thought it was because the line was very bad, but now that I know they are Nigerians I know why I couldn’t understand him. Very soon he was telling me that he wanted to come and visit me before Xmas. I said it was fine and that he could come. He then started saying that I should apply for his leave. He also slipped in that there was a small fee payable by me. He said that this fee is refundable as soon as he steps of the plane in SA, with legal backup. As I was weary from the start. I said that there is no way that I would pay the fee from my own money and that he should deposit the money into my bank account and when the money is being refunded to me, that I would give it back to him straight away. He didn’t like what I said and was very quiet. Luckily there was a article in one of the magazines in South Africa with a reference to a website of women also being scammed. I had a look at the pictures on here and unfortunately there is no picture of him. So please girls, if you are being approached by a major Peter Jones, its a scam. Please watch out for this guy. Thanks to the people who set up this page.
Melanie
I also was approached on Facebook. I was NOT on a dating site!!
pilar
Hello
I wrote a man named Major Peter Jones, sent me some pictures three exactly, I started talking to him, and almost immediately I speak of love and wanted to marry me, but trying to know more about him, I put his name in google and discovered this page, at night when I wrote turned to him and said he was a black Nigerian, the course denied it, he told me that was real, I even gave llamo.Me mail from a General to Ann Dunwood to write and can learn that he is real.
Not guilty, he continued to write, yet I have not asked for money, it is not my Peter the photos, but talvesz it is, however, they will not take me out a dime.
Melanie
Wow. I’m not sure what else to say. I was scammed so big it’s not funny. I have always thought it was other people this happened to. I never understood how anyone could send money to someone they don’t know but I did it. The worst part is yes I’m out the money and things are going to be very very difficult for me for a while because of it but I’m so hurt.
Has anyone had dealings with a Staff Sgt. Eldon Galvan? I have pictures so many pictures but everything is in line with what has been stated here by everyone else. His sister passed away and he had to get to her in London… yadda yadda yadda. I cried for this woman, I cried for this man and now I have no idea if they are even real. It never once occured to me to check a scam site but now things just dont seem right. The stories and reasons he is giving me that he can’t get home dont seem right so here I am reading the stories of these other ladies and wishing I could get back the last few months, my heart and my money.
I guess now I know and I will shed my tears, feel really stupid for a while and move on as best I can.
Janice Kelley
Melanie, so sorry to hear your story and the others above, but I was taken by this man’s words and letters also and believe me I am not a pushover and fell for it until he started bringing up money, what I made,and how financially stable I was. I kept telling him to get off the money thing and then he would say if you need money I will send you some. Of course I would not accept it and that was just a ploy to woo me into thinking he was sincere. Wrong! Though I can understand how this can happen, as I believed him in the beginning until I was warned, there was no way I was going to send him cash. It just didn’t sit well with me. Please do not beat yourself up for we are all human and only want to find happiness and true love. But it seems that these scams are way bigger then us and hopefully they will be caught and prosecuted for identity theft and fraud. God Bless Janice Kelley
"Eldon Galvan's Fiance"
It is unfortunate that a true soldier is being portrayed as a liar. All of these men talking to women are requesting money after making these women fall in love with them.
I challenge you to look up my fiance “Chris Galvan” on facebook or myspace. How much does he look like Eldon?
Alyce
Like you Melanie, Eldon Galvan sent me a message on facebook and we started chatting on IM. We have been chatting since November 7, 2010. He also stated that he was a Staff Sergeant and had been deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan for 8 months. He is suppose to be coming home in December. Not until today he asked for money to send to his sister. So I thought that I would investigate him futher. I am so glad that I found this site and you posted what you did!! Thank you so much!! I almost made a vey big mistake!!
"Eldon Galvan's Fiance"
I have to say that I really do appreciate all of the emails from the girls of Eldon Galvan. Unfortunately he is using my fiance’s pictures. My fiance is CHRIS Galvan and I am alleged to be his sister in pictures.
I feel so bad about this but every girl has something in common. This man is asking for money after having these women fall in love with him.
I challenge you to look up Chris Galvan on facebook or myspace and see if he highly resembles Eldon Galvan.
It’s so sad that people stoop this low and have to impersonate a soldier that really has sacraficed for his country.
Janice Kelley
Please be careful ladies as this person named Demiel Agner has sent out generic letters to others whom I have been able to warn as I was warned..The website he uses for women to send money to is usmilitaryonpeacekeeping@gmail.com and asks for the money to be sent to the people listed in the transaction..anyway, they are located in Nigeria and a government address would never be a gmail account as that is a Google email account and not an official military email. The site appears legitimate but I highly doubt it and have done some inquiries…please be carefull and do not ever send money to anyone whom you have not met in person and professes their love for you..If it sounds too good to be true it usually is. Godspeed
Janice Kelley
Demiel Agner is now on myspace, yahoo msn and facebook…he has three emails that I know of and has scammed a lady I know for money and it is a nigerian site with fake names of people who the money was sent to. Be careful, I see someone else has posted their story about him on this site which shows photos of those stolen identities in the photos.
Jes
I think I’ve come across another scammer, his name is Mickey Bryant and claims to be in US army and based in Afganistan, waiting for leave, then tells me there is a problem and has to apply for special leave and can I help, I said no, didn’t put him off and a few days later he brought the subject up again and this time mentioned money. Again I refused. Whatch out for him.
w. rose says:
Can anyone tells me does anyone know US soldier by the name of Lt. Valentino Wilson ?? he is station in Afghn
w. rose
Hey Ladies,
Just found out who is Lt. Valentino Wilson …. he a scammer …. just caught him out
BEWARE … ladies ….
cheers W.Rose
Mary
My scammer finally asked me for $2000 and some pocket change for his son, because he’s really worried about him. LOL. His son needs to fly to Sweden and I should wire the money to a Swedish bank so he can get his ticket. He says he has no way to access his account in Iraq. I called the Army, servicemen do have access to their accounts in Iraq. Another lie from my scammer. He gave me the account#. I have since turned over all the information to the police and contacted the bank-there is one in New York and am waiting to hear back. I deleted him from my IM and email
w. rose
Hi Mary,
Do you have the phone number of the army personnal as know you I am from Australia and I don’t know how to go about finding out about Lt. Valentino Wilson ….. can you help me???
cheers w. rose
renee
I received a message from a captain allan grawl.Said all the right things,come to find out someone who is a scammer had said the same to his victims.I checked out photos on his my space and there was one that was sent to me that was not on his site.I am concerned I am being hustled,even though I he has not asked to do money transfers or anything of the sort.I do find it interesting that he doesnt answer my questions and tells me he cares and doesnt want to loose me.I dont like the fact that I have been played like this because I am ready to be with one person and one person only.I got out of a bad relationship months ago and was ready to start fresh.What a way to make a woman hate men.
Nancy
checking out a David M Lopez, he has not asked for money until today, because of injured girl and said he has to pay bill before he leaves.
diana
dear girls,
please contact me if you wanna share your story about project director in iraq from us airforce named mark henderson.i met him in dating site in 2012 and start talked with him.after we talked from sometimes,i stopped to contacted him again,because finally i’m sure he is scam,waiting for your story,
regards,
dianadina250@yahoo.com
diana
Dear Nancy, and girls…
Please contact me if you wanna share your story of project director in iraq from us airforce named mark henderson.i met him in dating site in 2012 and i have the same story with you…and more.after chated with him for sometimes,i decided stop to contacted him again,i’m sure he is a scammer.send me some pictures of him if you have his pictures so we can find if he is the same person
regards,
dianadina250@yahoo.com
anytha
anybody knows about MARK HENDERSON? mark_h172000@yahoo.co.nz ??
he said he’s in iraq now, as project director for AIR FORCE.
many thanks for the info…
chichi
I see him on date in asia last 2 years. He told me that he work in iraq for AIR FORCE. His gf death with car accident. They have relationship for 9 years and almost married.He hurt alots then he go to dating site to find someone. He very sweet not ask for money but he know how to make you fall in love and he ask you to get married very fast.. after a few months he will disappear. I can check that he online yahoo sometime but he’s hiding..
I dont know what he want.. just hurt girls around…or Is he scam?
nina
hello,
i read the same stories also from some girls about project director in iraq from us air force,base in boston named mark henderson .they share their stories in facebook and other social networks about this guy.some of them know this guy from couple years ago from dating site,but i just knew him in 2012 this year.i knew him from facebook,and he has account also in dating site.i start talked with him after i knew him.he said he came to iraq this year and it was his first time in iraq,my story with him is completely the same with many stories i had ever read from the girls who share their stories.i don’t know he is scammer or not,but after talked with him from sometimes,i stopped to contact him again,i feel something wrong with him
diana
Hello,
Please kindly contact me through my email if you wanna share story about Mark Henderson.I met him in dating site this year and we chatted.After chatted with him for sometimes,i am sure that he is a scam
Regards,
dianadina@yahoo.com
Ann
you can find him on facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001216324195
Ann
you can find MARK HENDERSON on facebook facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100001216324195
Dawn
Does anyone know of David Lopez says he was in for a year, worked patrol duty had a little girl he was friends with and she got shot and he needed money for her, claims has a friend Michael Pendleton and daughter connie?
Nancy
Yes scammed asked me for an touch and money for the little girl plus he doesn’t even know what rank he is Ip traced to Ghana and he claims to be Cuban and doesn’t know Spanish that’s not happening
Deborah Jackson
Hi I am needing some help from anyone ..Who really know who these things work please ..I do know how the are wrote okay ..
MOS , Army Emails , And APO Addresses
Needing a little more help in this field okay
The Good Knows I had my share of these men and Woman posing and USA Military on my sites and invited them to my MSN and Yahoo IM
But now their is another site okay
It’s called Are You Interested ..I have had a few Claiming to Be USA Military
Also have on very serious Question here ..
Why are these people singling out USA Military Officers ..Why not British or German ,Russian or Canadian Military people
Why Just target USA Military Soldiers ?
Trust me I really heard lots of stories can all kinds of them ..
But the first on I had really new how to get to my heart ..And yes I fell hard for him ..He even phoned ..But the rest we just talked here ..By the time the sechnd one wanted my phone number I was onto them
We talked on my phone4 on his bill not my bill ..He had such a wild story ..Truthful it took everthing out of me ..Not top laugh ok ..Yes it was funny ..
Don’t see a USA Military man runnng for his life ..Or anyother for that matter ..And stumble across a truck full of money ..But yet a place to hide ..If the teliban
is changing you and shooting to kill you …
And you stumble into a truck looking to find in it for cover ..But to this man Sgt Willi..
On here and when we also spoke on the phone ..He told how bad he was getting shot and hit with bullets ..But yet he had to stop and dig a hole to barrie this truck full of money ..Then proseeded to run for his unit member to seek medical attention from his medic officer ..By the time they got to him he was so very close to death .
As he goes on to talking to me He tells me he has to go to Ghana instead of going back to the USA ..Telling me the money is being held their ..By the officials Of Ghana ..That he has to pay them a percentage in order to get this truck full of money out of the country .
I asked him ..If this happens for you ..What will you do with it all .When you get back to the USA . You will have to pay taxes on it to the Government in the USA ..He told no its all tax free the Government their told him it all his ..For ghe found it far and square ..And he really wants to set up a Home for ophans ..Such as himself ..For he did not have anyone growing up ..His only parent was his mother …And she died when he was only turning 6 years old ..He had to live on the streets and beg for food ..And at times people their would hit him for doing this ..
But get this ..When he was based in Iraq and in Ghana telling me he was using pay phones in both of these places ..I heard a bunch of back round nioce ..People talking and laughing up a storm..When i asked Sgt Willi about this ..He told me at first it was the TV ..Then next I had had asked him he told it was some of the guys he does patrols with ..Still yet the third time ..It was a man at his door wanting in ..Telling me he had the wrong apartment ..These were all while he was suppose to in Iraq …Then when phone me from this place called Ghana ..Again I heard these very same noises of people joking around and laughing ..I had again asked him ..Sgt Willi seem to always come up with a reply for me ..He told he was using the lobby pay phone ..Second time Sgt.Willi phoned me from Ghana ..He used a street pay phones ..But the noise was always the same noise I heard ..This was happening all the time this ..Finally I talked to Sgt Willi about these noises again ..Asked him why they were always the same ..He asked me How can they be I”m in a different place with doifferent people and what you don’t trust me ..He would try laying this so called guilt trip on me all the time then ..
So I asked him again why it sounds the same ..After a few times He slowed down with calling me ..When asking him to ID himself as this USA Military Solder or Officer ..He always told He was not allowed to give it out to me ..Even as his girlfriend ..And his family was not allowed to have it ..this is what really caught me and my attension ..( why would he be living on the streets in New York City ..If he was an only child and at 5 years old if he had family ?)
For it really raised alot more Questions ..
As my question got more he finally just stopped phoning me ..But the one thing I never made him aware of is this ..I have call display ..He was phoning me from New Yory City .New York
When things as this happens their was another the First I spoke of ..I never had call display ..When I spoke to him ..But he always had some story to tell ..He get get
$850. Us Money out of me For a phone food and a game he said he wanted ..But Like Sgt willie He to had to go to Ghane ..But wanted more money from claiming the cell phone I had bought didnot work in Ghane and he needed a new Laptop .Because he had to leave his dest top computer in Iraq it was to big to pack along to Iraq and he was only allow to take so much along their with ..
Do to his Cammander telling him this ..This man also started by trying to really make me feel bad ..By telling me he had to go out in the pouring rain ..To go to an Internet Cafe to talk to me ..Him he’s asking me for money ..Yet he sits at an Internet Cafe pay to be on the Internet chatting to people ..I found this really Interesting ..
Think about this ,,Heres a man wanting money ..Yet he sit thier at an Internet Cafe paying out money day after day to talk top me or someone eslse Like his mother and daughter ..This Man went under Cpt.Mathew Swain ..This man really had my heart Big time ..I have to be careful ..Part of me Still really cares about him ..
He really new how to talk to women ..He went as far as asking me to marry him ..When he came home from Iraq ..I agreed ..For a very long time Ladies ..I hurt so bad and so much ..Please do be carefully ok
Now I do need other help as I sad at the beging of this ..This Man Cpt Mathe Swain gave me his Military Email ..ok And needing more help please do to other matter please.
Would love here from you am going you here Email me directly
dj.ot@hotmail.com please
Teri
Has anyone been contacted by Timguliamo@yahoo.com? Says he is in the Army and is in Afghanistan.
Rosendahl Sweden
Page on FB to everyone, that want to share your scams.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Major-Wilson-Curtis-Kvinno-sida/125299304200005..
This Major Wilson Curtis is a big Fraud..
my name is Major Wilson Curtis …..i am army officer….currently in oversea for peace keeping.i am a man of a good heart and a man of prestige.a man searching for a soul mate,a wife to be.never mind i think i have a lot you ne…ed to know okay.i saw your picture and i was like WOW,what a natural beauty you’ve got he…re and i was captivated by your natural beauty,wow, i must tell you that you are looking stunning
Janice Kelley
Demiel Agner is still at it with a new name Ryan David ryanmidavid@yahoo.com and the attached generic letter is from Demiel Agner who changed his DOB to July 1956. Again he says he is stationed in Kabul, afganistan and lives in Baltimore Maryland, wife died of cancer, daughter in med school…all lies and just another fb site to lure in those who are vulnerable…be careful. JK
Anna
Anyone had Brigadier General Kevin Bergner, Lt General Charles H. Jacoby and General David Petraeus?
Obviously these are real military men, retired and otherwise. Have not been asked for money yet..only a matter of time…all messages look like they have been written by a committee with varying levels of English…inconsistent answers to questions etc. The real generals who are having their names used should be warned..
CJ
I personally know General Bergner. He was the Army’s G1 (Personnel). If you are chatting with these guys, it is a scam. They are all married and none of whom are in dating sites nor do they have time for casual chat. I’ve spoken with General Patraeus and he is aware of the scam.
Tinamedi
Then I hope, that the Army can do something against this scammers also! so many victims of this types, this is not acceptable!
Salut
Virginia
CJ can you look into this person leobrennan67@yahoo.com. He claims to be a Captain stationed in Afghanistan Kabul Camp Eggers…I think he may be using the real leo brennan’s pictures and site on myspace..Please help. Thanks
Tinamedi
Hello there!
I have also received many messages from “Soldiers” Iam so angry, how icecold they are,they use pics from died or active,real Soldiers and pissoff womens! The Last “Soldier” called his self.General William Caldewell,and he has also beged for momney, becaus ehe told me, he is in Afghannistand and he has adoptiert a boy from Ghana and this boy would need help now.his mailadress is caldwellwilliam15@yahoo.com. then a person has used pics from a real Soldier who i have talked with cam too.I have informed him about this and alsso,that the scamer has cheat me bad. but this real Soldier wnat catch and arrest this scammers who has used his pics.He has told me then, he would have a Policefriens in Ghana and he would help me, to get my lost money near 6000 Euros.But the plice there would also need money from me,cause the Government would not pay enaugh.Iam very angry, if i open my Internet and receive mails from scammers or Persons try to get money from me! I hope this bad creatures will be arrsted very soon!
suzanne
I met this guy on match.com, and he is absolutely wonderful. He is s/sargent Gray Collins, he is widowed with 2 children from New Jersey. I have fallen hook, line and sinker, but now have concerns, has any one had dealings with him, how do i find out if he is real.
CG
anytime they given you a line of widowed BEWARE! and if he uses “regards” all the time, hes FAKE as all FAKE is!!
marie
Can you please help me trace Micheal Mackie he said he is an officer US Military Man in Iraq. His bank wired some money at from his GT acct. and Bank manager said I can only transfer the money into my owned bank acct, if if i will pay the transfer fee. He said he is a previous British Army now US Army and retiring soon that is why he wants to come for me. He said he is coming last 12/1610, never arrives and gave some reasons, then again coming on 12/24/10 never came giving a different kind of reasoning that makes me sick.
Please CJ if you can let me know if this man is really a US Military or what, I have his e-mail add as abio2010@yahoo.com
Thanks so much for your help, Happy New Year.
Marie
Debbie Lynn
Marie, he is a scammer! Do not send him anything!
Mary
What I dont understand is if I can follow their IP address to practically their front door why would the military, government or somebody not want to track them down or do ‘something’ to stop them. with all the money that the U.S. wastes, why would this not be important to follow up on? Just blows my mind.
Debbie Lynn
They say they don’t have the time or man power to go after them… Have already tried…no one wants to help!
Bettan
Hi
I want your help.
I´ve been contact by a soldier with name( e-mailadress handsomesoldier75@hotmail.com.)
He said that he is in the Us Peacekeeping operation over sea, He´s name is Major Wilson Curtis. I had contact with him for almost 3 month now i really want to now if he is for real or just a scam. He wanted me to pay for he´s leave and flight-ticket, and now he say that he is in costudy in Abuja because he has bought gold for me (he called me for his Wife). And i got mail fron Nigeria customs that i have to pay a found about 4000usd, and they say that the army paid 3000usd so now i must pay the rest so he can come out of there and talke a flight to me.
I have been told him that nobody can apply for the leave, he had to do it by him self, but he said that its a special operation that he is in. Please can you help me. He is calling me on the phone to.(I think he is a scammer)i got mail from the army about the leave that i suppose to fill in and send it to unmis_armydpt@africamail.com
Debbie Lynn
Bettan, he is a scammer!!! Do not send him anything! If he wants leave, he has to request it and it doesn’t matter what he is doing, he has to request and does not need money either. The military gives them whatever they need!
Bettan
Hi
Thanks I know now that he is a scammer
but he never give up he still think that i am going to send money to him and that I think he is going to take a flight to me
.
I told him about the request about the leave that he must do that but he said no i cant because he was on a mission (peacekeeping operation)and i dont think that the
LT general BOB Lesley CONNE exist either from the transit processing officer. UN transit Department and General Howard Bakewell.
He is a SCAM
Bettan
I wonder one thing if the soldier has access to they´s accounts?? when they are in a mission or whatever it is. as the major ho is in nigeria.???
Bettan
Hi
is there anyway to find out about if there is a soldier with a name? in the Un army for peacekeeping?(unmis)
if there is where can I check that.
mailadress or phonenumber.
And do the soldier always have access to their money??
LLS
Anyone get a “love note” from Anthony F Galvan? Supposedly a sgt with the 82nd Airborne division in Kabul. I find it interesting that his e-mail includes “911″. Still doing some checking…the picture he sent me, in uniform, has an Airborne patch on his sleeve, and it doesn’t match the official patch on the Airborne web site…
Heather
yah he said his wife died giving birth and the child didnt make it. i have several pics he sent. i am so glad i read this!!!
LLS
The GALVIN scam is alive and well!!
Chris Galvin (his real name)
Eldon Galvin
Anthony Galvin or Anthony F Galvin…
LLS
UPDATE ON ELDON GALVAN or ELDON CHRISTOPHER GALVAN – He is now using “Anthony Galvan” or “Anthony F Galvan”. email address is a gmail account “711972sgtag@gmail.com” – or some variation of that. His latest fake profile is on bbpeoplemeet.com.
christa
Eldon is still active as Eldon Christopher Galvan. also using Eldon Davis. finding people on facebook.
Brenda
I have a man who approached me on Match.com who is impersonating a US Army Soldier by he name of EDWARDS. You can see it clearly in his photos. I can only imagine that his photos where stolen by these criminals. I exchanged photos with him so I am sure that he will now use my photos to break a mans heart somewhere out there. He told me he would be coming to my home town once he escorted a “Diplomat Peter Ribi” to Ghana Africa. Once there, a package became hung up in customs that they needed $2500 for in order to them to leave for the US. He didn’t get the money however, I am out fourty dollars and the opportunity to have used the site to find someone “real”. His alias was Sgt Thom or Thomas Edwards. He has lost interest now although he still contacts me. What I would pay to find the soldier who had his pictures stolen…
l rathbone
snap, brenda it started dec pics of edwards on mine too from are u interested making out to be frank edward philips 4 pics one looking hot , onewith his guns . one in a hummer ,and one dressed has iraqui i still having stuff sent even though i know it a scam
Bettan
About the soldier Major wilson curtis
He has another mail to it is major.curtis@rocketmail.com i forgot to write that down before is there anybody ho reqognise this Major.? and it was in the Un army.
Silver Lady
I was contacted by a Robert Anderson, who immediately wanted to move onto YM, ( alarm bells ringing?)and after just two days of telling me he was a U.S. surgeon stationed in Iraq, and sending me allsorts of photos ( his English was dreadful, fractured with appalling spelling) he was declaring undying love for me and wanted my email passwords to remove me from all other dating sites etc..( needless to say he didn’t get them) then he wanted me to write to his commanding officer to pay £ 4,000 to get him back to me as he was sure God wanted him to choose me as a wife, and as a mother to his son, who was sufferring from the loss of his real mother. Then when that didn’t work he decided I could send £4,000 to his ‘agent’ in Nigeria so that he could purchase a plane ticket for him to come and visit me. When I offerred to buy the plane ticket myself with my air miles, he dropped that idea , and then asked for money for his best friend who needed to be on a dating site and as they couldn’t have any money in Iraq, I would have to register him and pay for him…( needless to say, that didn’t happen either) and then he sent me photographs of himself with a box full of money, and he wanted me to contact an agent to say I was his wife and ask if would they deliver this parcel from a security company in Iraq to me….the reasons he gave this time for me having to send money to them was that they were taking risks by getting all this money out of Iraq. The requests for my money just got more and more ridiculous and after me wasting his time for over two weeks, he finally realised he was not going to get a single penny or any information from me and gave up.
This is a shortened version of this scammers methods, but please be aware that they play on your feelings, and if it wasn’t for this site, I would have been very tempted to believe at least some of what he told me, as it was I was on the alert from day 1 and just wasted his time, whilst hopefully preventing him from scamming someone else. Hope this helps someone else.
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THIS IS THE EMAIL HE LAST SENT
Robert Anderson (robert001455@yahoo.com)
Dear Love,
Honey it is important that you know this secret as you are the only one that can help me in this, its is important for our future(me,you and Mark) . Mark is not being sidelines at all, he is too young for this and he is currently in the state. The last time he emailed me, he told me he is looking forward to meeting you and based on the what I told him about you will like you to fill the void his mother left in his life.
Honey the secret I am about to tell you is meant to be a secret and it is important you keep it to yourself. You will find attached my recent picture and a picture of me with dollar bills( May look awkward but read on).
During my years here in Iraq while saving people life, I and my colleagues discovered a huge box. we took the box to our base and decide to check what was inside, it was a big surprise when we found out that the box contains money.
Like you know it has been happening for ages during times of war there is always something called spoils of war. This is considered a spoil of war, Its has been happening all these years in the United Nation Military, it is a well guarded secret and it is revealed only to our wives. Other soldiers have sent their own share to their wives and I kept my own with a Safety Security Company here in Ishal, Baghdad.
Now that I have gained your trust and honesty, I think its time for me to let you know about this, because I have no other person that can do this for me, I only have you and my son, I have suffered for so many years for this and I believe you are my love and my future wife.
I seek advice from one of our retired soldier who have done this before and he gave me two options that can be used to get the money to you and the contacts of each person involved in the options. And the options are as follows:
1. You are to contact a UN Military Diplomatic Shipment Agent, who have been working with the military for 28 years now with no problem, he goes to the war countries and help soldier deliver their achievements to the front door of their wives. You are to contact him and tell him that your husband, General Surgeon Rubel Anderson who has a parcel with the Safety Security Company in Ishal, Baghdad. That you want him to go there and have the parcel delivered to your front door, and this is urgent. Don’t let him know that the parcel contains money.
2. You are contact a Military Lawyer who has been doing this as well for many years without no problem. You will tell him that your husband, General Surgeon Rubel Anderson who has a parcel with the Safety Security Company in Ishal, Baghdad and that the parcel contains money. You will ask him what and what will you need to setup an Online Account for you so that the money can be deposited in the Online banking Account and you will have access to the online account and you will be able to transfer the money to your account in the UK gradually. And let him know that is is very urgent.
Honey, I want to let you know that is completely legitimate and you have nothing to worry about, I will never put you in danger. I would have love to do this myself but the only problem we are having here is that we are not allowed to take anything out a war country nor are we allowed to make calls or do financial transactions. This is why I want you to do this for me. You have to choose the best option that is convenient for you and let me know then I will give you the contact of either the lawyer or the Diplomatic Shipment agent based on your chosen option.
Honey, this money is meant amongst other thing to setup the Charity Foundation I told you about for helping war veterans. The money is meant for furthering the cause you know I am Passionate about and I know you support this too. As you know these people have lost a lot while defending our country and we can never repay them for there loss. I want you to stand by me in this and I know Mark will stand by me too.
Honey , once you have this money with you, I will be coming to the UK and I can’t wait to have you in my arms. This our love is booming and i know we shall be together soon and our love will manifest into reality. I will be patient waiting for an urgent response from you.
With Love and Heartfelt Admiration.
Robert
Ann
Silver lady this bloke Robert has said the same thing about the packages but his name on mine is Mark.r.Robinson and he ends his messages with Mark … But they are exactly the same as yours we need to catch this fucker out pllease help me
Yvonne
Hey CJ, I have a guy I want looked at which I am sure is a scammer. When I asked for his military email address, home address cell/home phone number, I got the message below from him today.. I would like to give you the pictures this guy gave me..
From Capt. William James Hannett’s last email:
Hi my love, By giving out my personal info, right now i can’t give it out but when I’m left out with 2weeks to come home i will give it to you as a promise, through then i will now have the right to give it out okay and hope you understand me well my love. take care and hope to talk to you soon. Kisssssses.
I hope the real Capt. Hannett has been informed of someone using his pictures and last name.
Thanks.
CJ
He’s a scammer.
sarah
hello is there someone out there that can help me please, i have been chatting to this man called reid bastian and he tells me that he is currently posted in kabul in afhanstain and that he wants me to do a phone set up for him?? while there a couple of things that do check out about him there is also a couple of things that do not check out, i have really fallen for him and i just dont know if he is for really or not,??? this is the email id that he is using fboax@yahoo.com, i met him on a site called year book and we have been chatting for 2 months now,
thank you and i hope to get some news on this man very soon,
sarah, >(
CJ
Sarah, have you even read the site. If he’s asking you for helping setting up ANYTHING, it’s a scam. Especially phones. You’ve been chatting with a scammer.
Julie
Reid Flore Bastion So far I have found 3 email addresses on him reidflorebastion@yahoo.com fboax10@hotmail.com and fboax@yahoo.com
He claimed he was in Kabul and a medical assistant not sure how old told me as 41 which when I saw the photo didnt make sense, says birth date is March 14th and divorced when I googled him seems he has also told women his wife Melissa died. He says he has a child Max sometimes 8 sometimes 10.
This is what I found when I went searching:
on FB
also uses reidflorebastian@yahoo.com
Boax Fiorentina aka Reid Flore Bastian
Medical Assitant at United States Army
Studied at Judson University
lives in Kabul, Afghanistan
knows English, Français, Spanish
from Chicago, Illinois
aww babe,you got it right and i am so happy in receiving your mail here,but i would have love to have you on yahoo IM so that we can chat more better…..here are the recent pics of mine and do hope you will like them much and telling you about me .
I am Reid by name and a native of the united states,i was born in Illinois and was rasied in france as my mum is from france while my dad id from the states.I am a father of a son called Max who lives with my uncle [Ben] in the states.Max is eight years old now.I am looking for a woman that will love me like she do to herself and a woman that will always handle a relationship maturely and also treat me right cos ever since the death of my wife [Melissa]i have never hook up with a woman ,,though,i have been talking to a woman in the past 3 months now and have really jilted me as she lied to me to withdraw some money for her before i go on deployment as she will try everything possible to get my son MAX to live with him and get him enrolled into school…my fav colour is black and white while my fav movie is sci-fri and romantic,i also love country music too…..this is where i’m gonna stop now ,so as not to get bored reading a long mail…
Your new admirer
Reid
and then there was this…..
hi all i have been scammed by a REID FLORE BASTIAN on f,book thru a site called MEET NEW PEOPLE and i was scammed out of £1600 by him, he tlod me that he loved me and that i was his life and his heartbeat and that he wanted to marry me the whole works, he asked me to pay for private hme leave so that he could come home and marry me as i thot that he loved me i did then when i paid the money and waited to hear that he had landed in the states he came back online and said that his money cudnt be released until he had paid the solicitor £450 to release his account so that he cud have access to his bank account thats when the alarm bells started to ring as in i said to him if u were a british soldier that when u come home from tour u wud have access to ur bank account straight away now as i ttold him that i didnt have te money to pay for the solictor he started to get angry i then told him that my sister wud pay for a flight 4 him and that i wud send him the flight details he fliped and gave me dogs abuse sayn that i thot that he wasnt a man an thAT I cudnt trust him wit sortin out his own flight i really fell in love wit this man online and in his photoes as he was gorgeous i would love to know who is the real man in the photo that i feel in love wih andhow do i find this out
He wrote me the following email:
Good day babe,
My father is in the Military and we travel a lots and visit lots of place when i was still a Child… My father died in a car accident which make effects on my Mother and she got an heart attack and died a year after. Am completely unattached and would be glad if i encounter a woman of high caliber, good attitude, self respect and ambition. A woman who knows what she wants and know how to get it. She has to be understanding and be sincere,that way a relationship would be smoother been single and lonely for 2yrs and I feel that My body, my blood and my soul need to love again: I’m looking for a special woman… someone who need to be loved, someone who need kisses and caress, someone who need a big hug like I need all that. I am looking for that
special woman which I know she’s out there…..
My ex cheated on me which gave me a wrong impression about women generally and made me thought i wouldn’t have anything to do with a woman due to my past experiences,Not until my pal advice me to sign up on the site because she’s always wanted me to finally meet someone that would bring smiles to my face
I learned a lot from being married. I know I believe in marriage and think with the right person and open communication, a little hard work, and a lot of faith, marriage can be a wonderful experience. But, both people need to be honest with themselves and each other
I have not given up hope in finding my soul mate, best friend, confidant, and lover. The one I can tell my inner most fears to and know she will be there for me through the good and the not so good some day I want to walk hand in hand with my love down the ocean beach, just like you see on TV. I want to stop in the moonlight and give
her a soft little kiss and hug without saying one word to her.
I’m looking for a woman who can be caring and romantic with a sense of adventure to start out as friends with and see where it takes us. I would like to meet somebody who can carry on a good conversation, and make me laugh. Honesty is the best policy with me, so if you don’t like it just say so (I’m a big Guy, I can handle the truth, even when it hurts)…..
Trouble arrives in measures,and we stack it up real high,until we’re convinced,we have no reason to try. If you feel defeated,you’re absolutely wrong,for if you follow your dream,you could never lose for long. Ignore the minor set-backs that pile up and trouble you,or you will build a mountain,out of the stones hurled at you. The future holds great promise,your destiny unknown,but God is always helping,and you’re never alone. Soar bravely toward your goal. Let nothing darken the way. You can change your tomorrow,if you
seek your dream today.
Your Love
Reid Flore Bastian
Please beware of this imposer.
Mechelle Burris
Capt. T. Williams in the Kabal is writing me letters saying he loves me and if I send a 280.00 to an antorny in Honolo Hi. then they will send me the papers to send back to them so he can come state side. He said to tell them I was his wife. He said he was going to take me places that I have only seen on TV. He also says that the Army will not let him have money over there. He is pushing me to get this money to Hi. asap so he can come and marry me.
Angélica Q.
Hi im Angie from México and its pretty sad how this people could use internet to cheating people in the name of the United States of America`s Army.
Today im in this “lovely relationshiph” with Bill Rancourt Johnson, the most unreal and lier man in the world. If these people really works in the army, when they could do this kind of things, in fact in his email appers another name Bill Gilson and he told me that it has his nickname.
Luckely my boss told me that this guy its a lier so i just have to take a quick look in google and ta ran….. this is not his first lie.
What a lier.
Angie.
Michelle
I had gone through a terrible break up with my husband he left me when I got cancer and my sister put me a profile on datehookup I started talking to a Sgt. Aaron Cole (army)who is stationed in Iraq at the l.s.a anaconda air force base he says he works in secret intelligence and I have fallen deeply in love with this man…He has asked me to marry him and I am so happy but he has asked me for money for a shipment document to start his own business so he can retire I have asked to webcam chat with him several times but he always tells me it is restricted ..I don`t think I can take another hurt like this CJ can you check this out and see if he is the real deal? sgta.cole@yahoo.com
Debbie Lynn
Michelle,
He is a scammer!! They can webcam…my niece and her husband do it all the time when he can. They don’t need money or anything else. Do not send him anything!
Amanda
I know scammers will say anything they can to keep things smooth, and this one has some interesting things to say about you Michelle. I hope CJ would be so kind to get to the bottom of this for both our sakes.
Amanda
Hi CJ,
Can Michelle and I send you the info and pictures we have of Sgt. Aaron Cole? To say that I was livid after reading her post is an understatement. I was looking for a fight and I took it right to him. His responses were smooth and very logical, they all made sense. But once doubt enters my mind it’s hard to get rid of. At the very least, the real soldier needs to be made aware.
marie
Hi,i wonder if anyone have heard about Sgt Chris Cole. He is in Afghanistan and he came from Florida.He had contact me and want me to send money..Please if somebody know anything about him …tell me.Thanks for all help
maria
I just leave a comment on january 2011 at 11:37 am about a scammer named johnson.smith222@yahoo.com and johnson.smith222@yahoo.co.uk
Annemarie
Hi there,
I was contacted by Bill Johnson on 5 Jan 2011.He is still upto his tricks. Made all the promises under the sun – from eternal love to travel the world.
Oh and then the requests for money and an ipod touch. Luckily I got sniff of what was happening and started to google. Thank God for your article.
Kepp it up
penny
another one to watch out
Father and son!
Paul_elvis@live.com
jeansspy@aol.com
man500@yahoo.com
claim to be a major, but sending me a picture of chief of army(thanks from CJ’s point out)
Ladies, while chatting on the dating site is interesting, but put up your guard first before you plunge. Will save a lot of heartache.
liz winsor
hi i meet this guy on tagged and i was just wondering if u could check it out for me please we have been talking for a while now he is sgt raymond steven barcinas he is deployed in afghanistan. he has been there for 4 months now and we r talkin about getting a phone service and this is the address he gave me to apply to mobileconnected@fastservices.com could u please help me out to see if it is a scam or not thank u hope to hear from u soon liz
Debbie Lynn
He is a scammer, they don’t need phones or money or anything else.
Janice VanEtten
I was supposedly contacted by a Sgt.Chris Haggard in the ubited states arm stationed in Bahgdad.We chatted for a month because he was suppose to retire in 6 weeks but when week 5 came I was told he was on the list to go to Aphganistan.I got suspicious and asked to speak to him. His so called commander called me, he had a very strong accent.He wanted money to take Chris’s name off the list.When he called me even though the number said withheld my phone company was able to let me know the origin of the call which was from Ghana. I hope someone lets Chris know what they are doing with his identity and I hope something can be done.I did not send any money and had to change my phone number and reset my computer so they would leave me alone.I tried to call the FBI and got recordings to leave messages for specific cases only.
Janice VanEtten
I was supposedly contacted by Sgt.Chris Haggard in the US Army with pictures. He was suppose to retire in 6 weeks.We chatted for about 5 weeks and made plans to meet. when the final week came he was put on a list to go to Aphganistan and money was needed to get him off that list. I told Chris I wanted to talk to him but he had his commander call me. when he did call my phone service provider was able to let me know the phone call came from Ghana. I tried to call the FBI but got a recording for specific cases information only. I did not send any money. I hope someone lets Chris know what they are doing with his identity.
Janice Kelley
Demiel Agner posing as a military person stationed in Kabul Afganistan is back on yahoo msn…no pics now..as were before…be careful..he is a scammer..the military site tells you that the email addresses should have gov. on their addresses if they are ligit..as they can only email from that site if they are a true solider stationed in Afganistan..they do no use Yahoo, facebook, or hot mail and have access to all there money…so please be careful…J
brenda
Can you tell me if it is normal for a UN Diplomat to deliver a package from an officer to a family member…..and if so, that they charge a fee? I am starting to feel like I may being scammed and really would hope this is legit. I have asked the man I am talking to to send me an email from his military email, he says he will.
CJ
Brendy, NO! The MINUTE they talk about a diplomat OF ANY KIND, that is a tipoff you’re being scammed.
Dawn Julian
My fiance Bryon Robson gave me this site Ts2satellite.pl.usa.com who is stationed in Afghan, so we can be in contact with one another via satellite. How is this possible. PPLease send reply to email addy cnasmom42@yahoo.com Dawn
Shadowbunny
Dawn, if he’s asking for money, or trying to get you to use the Ts2 site, he’s a scammer.
Not falling 4 it
Well, I have about 3 of that I am talking with right now and I do know they are all scammers, the last is they are in special forces and they want you to send am email to ask for their release so that they can come home and you can get married, they say they will request for retirement once they are home and they will be paid a very large sum of money once retired… 1st no family member can request for a leave of absent to be married…dah, 2. the email they want you to send to is armyarmy@aol. or armyprotocol@gmail. and the catch is you send the email, they send a reply, telling you, you need to pay as fee to process, for leave request… and names being used are Paul Jackson…Tony Kent…Daniel Gross..Mark David Smith…
Amanda
Add the following names to your list of frauds:
Bryan Stanley and Luccas Elias both contacted me from the dating site Badoo. Both start the conversation with fairly decent English. The next day their english is very broken and non-sensical. Bryan Stanley says he is born and raised in Tampa yet is unable to converse using properly formed sentences or grammer. Lucas Elias states he is from Ark. and is using the photo of Sgt. John M. Russell using photos from news articles posted online. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519907,00.html
I believe that Bryan Stanley is also using a photo of a soldier that was also taken offline, possibly a deceased soldier.
Ladies be smarter than your PC ! Just do your homework…. it’s not that hard.
Luccas Elias was professing undying love within moments of contact. Bryan Stanley sent me his ENTIRE personal history including location of baptism !! Who does that??? He also told me he was unable to webcam to confirm his identity because he was having trouble getting his webcam to work yet he told me he was an computer communications expert for the militray !
At one point Bryan Stanley became enraged because I requested verification of his indentity before our conversation continued. He began cursing me and having a melt down !! He demanded that I tell him why I did not believe him.If these are not enough red flags then you ladies deserve the hard lessons you are about to learn!!!
Good luck, stay save, and be wise!
jolanta
I am currently being sweettalked by a staff srgt brian cameron supposedly based in bagdad. He is half british n half polish, hails from baldwin ny. Has a 7 yr old son. I met him on polishdating site and he has a lovely profile on facebook (brian ccameron). He has no webcam, no camera, refuses to let me send him one to verify pics.refuses to give military address as well. he has asked for no money just to wait for him till april when he comes home. Can someone help me with this one? please email me at jolarocks@tmail.com because i may not fing this page easily again,lol. thanks jolanta
elena valdez
Hello–
He is a scammer. Brian Cameron, right? I was talking to him for about 5 months when he did something really awful and started to blackmail and extort money. I have made a police report. He is not REAL! In fact, he is black and from ghana..
Please contact me if you want to talk.
NIna
Hi,
Im Nina and i too have been scamed by this fake Brian Cameron. He is supposedly stationed in Baghdad and wanted to come home early so we could get married.He sent me some paperwork for me to send to his supposed colonel Markcalvert@washington.usa.com,, he got me for some money and i was a fool i should of known better, not only that even after i told him i knew it was a scam he still insisted that it wasnt. The pictures he is using may very well be of the real Brian Cameron and it may not even the poor soldiers real name. I have been devestated by this, i have been googleing and searching for the name Brian Cameron in all states to see if his picture comes up and nothing.. i would love to warn the real Brian and at least talk to him and let him know that this scumm bag is using his identity to steal and scam inocent woman all over the world. I feel horrible for all the women he has done this to and is still doing it today.. last night he had the nerve to email me and tell me he loves me and misses me,, what a joke!! ]If anyone knows where i can go to find the real Brian then please email me
sweet_nina37@yahoo.com
Joanna
Hi Jola ,i am a polish girl and i meet other person on dating page.Dont send to him any money ,he will lie you
my e-mail krawcewiczjoanna@hotmail.com
if you want rite me ,i tell you my story.
and if you have his e-mail go google and check it.
Joanna
shelley
Has any one on her had any contact with a seargent steve morgan. My dear friend connected with him on a senior match site. He is 56 has a 8 yr old son named Christian who is with a caretaker in Ghana while he is deployedto Afghanistan. He professed his love after only 2 short days of communicating on through chat and email. He supposedlyis about to retire from the army and wants to send his son to live with my friend. He said he talked to a u n diplomat and has sent him to get his son from the caretaker. the diplomat is also bringing a package with 2 combination locks that only Steve and my friend know the codes to open it. the diplomat arrived in Ghana to get Steves son and the caretaker did not have enough money to pays for his travel exenses so my griend wired 1200.00 to Accra, ghana to take care of this. The diplomat got held upin customs and had because of the package. He supposedly payed 22,000 to get the package out of Dubai and now customs in Ghana wanted 37,000 to release the package without opening it. Sgt Morgan then asked my friendto wire the money so the package could be released. After refusingto do so sgt morgan then stated he was filing hisretirement papers that day to go to ghana to take care of this problem. He told my friend he would have to pay 5,000 to get the package and he and his sine would then be on the way to her. After arriveng to Ghana Sgt Morgan then found out that he will have to pay the original amount of 37,000 to have the package released. My friend is still refusing to pay this amount.
I know deep down that this is a scam. My friend thinks that Sgt Morgan is a real person but she does not know if he is scamming her or not. He has emailed several pictures to her. He has even emailed pictures of himself with pictures of my friend in frames on the wall behind him. Also a picture of himself holding a sign that says “I Love you with my frinds name ”
I just wanted some feedback as to if this sounds familiar or if i could compare pictures with someone on here. My friend lost her husband 9 years ago in a tragic mining accident. the money does not concern me as much as her emoitions. she is a wonderful persona nd i hate to see her taken advantage of. She has the money but is not going to pay anything else. I just hate to see her so emoitionally invested just to be let down. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. He also sent her a copy ofa military ID with his photo on it. But he emails her through a yahoo email account. sgt_stevemorgan@yahoo.com
Debbie Lynn
Shelley, I am sorry but he is a scammer. Tell your friend to drop him quick! Show her this site and have her go through the pictures, she may see him on here. There are other sites too that have more pictures, get her started on here though as soon as you can!
Linda
Too many similar stories. Send the pics and info on the scammer and then hopefully CJ and company can help stop these lying maggots.
Send the contact info of the scammer to:
cj@soldiersperspective.us
RJSG
I got scammed by a person named Sgt. Jeff Melton Armstrong. He first contacted me on myLife.com.
Madge Guru
This scammer has date site profile (saymehi ID: 30855)
Claiming sgtstevemorgan
- 47 y/o male
- new york
I look for a female
Looking for an age range 18 – 70
Description:
am a solider from USA but will soon go to post to any place or any country, and i have not yet married hence my first wife is death, i refeer to look for someone who be like my first wife
IP and location of this scammer = 41.218.209.232 = Accra in Ghana
shelley
Gayle please send me your email so I can send you the pics. My email is shelleyeray@yahoo.com.
l rathbone
IVE BEEN SCAMMED BY A FRANKEDWARDPHILIPS AND IS STILL ONLINE SO PLS BE CAREFUL AND BELIEVE THAT HADWIN IS A SCAM TOO THEY WANT MONEY FOR PHONE SERVICES
L rathbone
i believe i am being scammed by a frank philips edwards frankedward08@hotmail.com has been wooing me with poems and e mails for 2 months says he is in kabul he also has friend called hadwin which i take has a scam as well h this frank has started to ask 4 money so be warned met on AYI ALSO WANTS MONEY FOR PHONES
shelley
I posted earlier about my friend being in contact wit sgt_stevemorgan @yahoo.com. I found on another website were someone had found a facebook profile with the same pics with the name William Johnson. My friend asked him about this and he is now saying that another woman he had been on contact with in the past is doing this to get revenge because he told her he was not interested in her. My friend now understands that this is a scam but she wants whoever this is to be caught. She has sent him a total of around 3000.00 He is now wanting 10,500 more. I have tried to tell her just not to have any contact with him but she wants him caught. Is there anything she can do about this? Is there any way to catch the person behind this scam????? He sent her a military copy of a military ID card and from what I have researched on the internet it looks official. Is there any recourse for this?
Debbie Lynn
Shelley,
Unfortunetly (sp)there is no way to catch them no matter how hard you try! Been there done that, all of us have! Even turned the tables on a few of them, needless to say, I have some new titles that they claimed I was since I made them ‘lose’ money…lol. But again, no, there is no way to catch them so please tell your friend not to waste anymore of her precious time on the scum…definitely not worth the hassle.
angie
shelly well i belive i just too for 800 from scammer been talking to this person for 2 months and was wondering how do we find out if these people are truley in the service. i know the email says its a legit one but can find nothing on this guy desperate for help. if there is a way to check this out can you let me know asap hes supposedly in lybia sargent anderson young how can i check this
vivian
I can believe what a stuip fool I have been about sgt.ebakerxxx@yahoo.com , I meet him on my mapce and now I was being scammed again all over again , but I have stop all contact with him and I just hope this SOB ,get what coming to him .. I just happen to serch some about him and found this article about Military dating scam , and find out that this Man is using a fallen soldier’s pictures and what ever else he has stloen from this 1st Sgt. Steve Studebaker, my prayers go to the family , I hope the Fake sgt.ebakerxxx@yahoo.com laids in jail some where or worst he fets killed , stay way ladies , this guy is no good SOB!!!!!!!
Vivian
Barbara
I was wondering if any others have chatted with a sgt Alex Lawson in iraq I already know he is a scammer have spoke with three others that he had already asked for money gives us all basiclly the same info parents dead, daughter Jane, lives in florida, never calls the women by there name is always angel or sweety, love, uses the I need you to pay for leave routine, even gives his co name as col. John Swiss. anyone else talking to him, was wondering how many of us there are
Been_HAD
Ugh – James Harrison – getting ready to retire from Baghdad. Professes love and going to make me the happiest woman in the world. His match profile says he is from MD, but he now says he is from Miami. Too many red flags. Grammar not great, but then I’ve seen lots of bad grammar so I originally let it slide. Now story changes and when I ask about something he said before, he’ll ask me what he said – yeah right. OBTW, didn’t know what President’s Day was. Has sent several pictures of a pretty good looking guy. I haven’t given him anything.
James_Harrison50@ymail.com
Watch out.
Elaine
About 10 days ago a John Mateo contacted me through facebook. He told me he was from Spain 40 years old and serving in afghanistan. We began chatting through IM but his stories did not seem to add up . I googled his name and found all this. Just be aware as his profile pic ( obviously not him) is very handsome n he can certainly talk the talk. Beware I checked the time difference n he got that wrong. I asked for a postal address n he said they werent allowed mail. (Yeah right) 2 days in he professes to loved me n wants to come n see me on his next leave in 8 months. Oh yes he asked me for a phone n cds. Toatl rubbish n it should not b allowed.. BEWARE
Virginia
Hey can somoeone help me out I believe that I am being scammed by someone claiming to be Captain Leo Brennan, stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan Camp Eggers. I think that he is using the Real Captain Leo Brennan’s identity and pictures. his email that he uses is leobrennan67@yahoo.com. We have been chating for a month now and like the rest of the stories I have fallen victim to this scam that I had no clue about. He asked me to email militaryinquiry@mail2army.com which I did this was for us to be able to talk over the phone. I didn’t fall for that only because of the fee that they were asking so I was lucky in that. He did however ask me to help with his son who was staying with a nanny in Rockford,Illinois and had contracted swine flu and neede more money with medicine.I sent $80 to a Denice Martin who was supposedly an agent out there in Rockford to make sure that his son would get the money. This agent was supposedly given to him by his CO. That was a red flag that I should not have ignored. I started to find discrepancies in his story and then found a myspace profile of the pictures that he uses in his yahoo messenger and pictures that he has sent to me from a Leo Brennan (whom I think is the real one) who is in the army and is a captain, but unfortunetely has not been to his myspace in over a year and a half and the b-day that I was told was March 6th and he will be turning 43 this year and the b-day that is on the raal Leo Brennan’s profile is August 9. I don’t think that the Real Leo Brennan knows that someone has been using his identity and if any of you have heard from such a person using the yahoo email address he’s more likely to be a scammer. The sad thing is that I fell hard for this one and I would of really liked to have gotten to know the real deal. ALso if you happen to come across this guy in anyway…his son’s name that he uses is Steven. Watch out for this guy.
Virginia
CJ can you help me in letting me know if this leobrennan67@yahoo.com is the scammer that I think he is.If you look up Leo Brennan on myspace it’s the first in the list and says he’s from Kuwait. I think that his pictures are being used.I guess somewhere inside I’m hoping he’s not but either way can you help me. I also have been contacted by a cptivanspencer54@yahoo.com who claims that he is a military DR. stationed in Iraq…he can’t seem to make up his mind what name he wants to use Ivan or Tom. He also said that his wife died giving birth to their daughter.Please help…cause at this moment I’m alittle P.Oed Thanks..
Virginia
Also has anyone been contacted by anyone named Leo Brennan saying he’s a captain and an Ivan Spencer also claiming to be a captain? I haven’t seen there names here but there’s just something off about it all, they all resemble the stories told and the way they talk. Just a Heads up to all take care.
Rachel
Hello, i think that im being scammed too, though im unshore. The guy that i’m ment to be talking to is going by the name of SSG.Richard Collins Preston, at
32nd Infantry Regiment,
camp Victory,
Baghdad Iraq.
says that he cant trust the mother of hes children 8 and 10 because she is on heavy dugs, so they are living with hes parents(he is a only child) in the USA. he tells me that he is English…and i give him the benfit of the dount because he has good english lit…but lives in the USA and has for the past 20years,
I stated talking to him just after Christmas and up till the day that he asked of $520(which i havent sent)just so he could get leave and come and see me and that the money is to pay for another shoulder to go over and take hes place and i will get my money back which is when i started having dounts. i played along with him and he said i had to send a email to hes general saying why i needed him home, telling him how he and i ‘met’ect. i was then connected by GENERAL RAYMOND T. ODIERNO after sending the email to this e-mail address(rayordierno@washington.usa.com) then this person told me that i would need to fill out a form which i would have to download off the email and also give over details of next of kin. i have told him i think its all a scam and weeks of not hearing from him he would come back hes told me that he knows all about the scams which are going on and he got funny with me today about distrusting him. it is breaking my heart to think that someone could do this to someones feelings.
I really need help with this one, i really feel it would help put my mind at rest as i find it hard to sleep at night. i have told him about this website, and said i would check him out(he seemed fine with) thankyou
John
Its not just women that are being scammed.
I was chatting with a Kelly Vettel, US Marines, who asked me to send a leave request to USMILITARYLEAVEAPPROVAL@GMAIL.COM and pay $300 for her to get leave!!!!
Only took her 2 hours!!!! HAHAHA
m
so my mum has been scammed BIG TIME by this guy!!
johnsonpacks@live.com!!!!
same story as all the others
kid in africa
hes on deployment
send me money via to western union…
sadly mum has bipolar which just makes her more fixated and no idea whats really going on! Im not blaming them they are smart…and I serously cannot say they are ‘prying’on lonley peoples feelings, etc
SURELY YOU ARE ALL SMARTED THAN THAT!!!
JUST BEAWARE>>>>>>
A Clark
I got an email from Lionel Miller last week…and he hasnt stopped since…Im not on any datingsites but have a facebookaccount. I have told him I know he is trying to scam me but he doesnt stop anyway…he has not asked about any money sofar..
I wonder who the guy on the photos is? Does he realize he is being used or is he infact this Miller guy?????
Stephen
Hello all. I’m a producer for CNN and I’m working on doing a story on these types of scams. It is a horrible thing to have happen and if it’s happened to you I’m so sorry. I’m hoping that someone here who has been scammed might be able to talk to me off the record about what happened to them? I assure you this is not a scam. My name is Stephen Samaniego and if you google me some stories from CNN.com will pop up. If you’d like to talk, feel free to shoot me an email at stephen.samaniego@cnn.com. Thank you so much and I hope to hear from you. If the webmaster of the site wants to contact me to verify my identity please do so, happy to talk.
Elizabeth
Hello. I am from Malaysia and I do not know anything about military phone and procedures for leave application by military troops. I think I have been scammed recently. A guy called Smith Edwards from New York, USA registered at Netlog recently with address at Texas, USA, claimed that he is a Combat Engineer (Sergeant) at Kabul, Afganistan for the last 6 months. After our second chat, he asked my favour to help him to install a T2 secured communication link phone costs USD250-00 so that he can have unlimited talk time and communicate with me more often. I refused to pay the USD250-00 as per his request. After 2 weeks chatting, he said he wanted to pay me a 5-day visit and asked me to write to his commander called General Raymond Odierno at e-mail address “forceinquiry@militarymailbox.us” and said that I must pay for his leave for USD832-00, and said that he will pay me back upon arrival to my country. I do not believe and agreed to pay both the T2 phone and his leave pay, as I believe that there is no such rules and regulations that a third party can apply leave on behalf for the military officer/sergeant/personnel and I do not trust that payment of USD832 should be made to their commander. I did a google search on this e-mail address but did not find any, instead I noticed that there is one mail box meant for military personnel usage ie. militarymailbox. Please let me know and confirm whether he is a romance scammer. I am glad so far I had been paid anything to them.
Elizabeth
Hi.CJ. Me again. Smith Edwards’ email address is “smithedwards60@yahoo.com” and “smith.edwards@hotmail.com”. I would appreciate if you could help me to verify whether he is a scammer. Thank you so much.
Cyndi
Hi there,,,,I am a bit ashamed to be a part of this scam,,,although I did not give any money. I caught on to him about 2 weeks into chatting,,,and told a friend,,,oh here is where the I need money comes in. I too was asked to pay for TS connection of 300 dollars US. Of course I didn’t. I did ask if I could send him a suprise directly,,of course the answer was,,,no it is not safe,,but a friend is among the members that pick up supplies of the UK every weekend,,,you can send it there. I didn’t bite. Then I did ask for .mil address to ease my mind that he is who he is,,,,I get this address,,,, sgt.j.taylor@usa.com IP address search takes me to Wayne USA. I did block him from my yahoo,,,but he is still able to send offline messages,,,,I did block him from fb,,,and he got another message through there,,,and he seems to be able to get through to msn also. He also goes by the email addy manjonny11@hotmail.com I do have pics,,and his facebook account is still active. He claims his name to be Jones Taylor,,,Austin TX,,,is he legit?? I have made a report to yahoo,,,and I have applied to be a member of Stop the US Military Dating Scam via fb,,but no reply as of yet. I am lucky,,,I caught on to him,,,and set him up,,,but I am angry at the many other people he has probably scammed,,,not to mention,,,if he is not who he claims,,,,the dedicated soldier he is victimizing also. I don’t want to accuse him of lying as of yet,,,but he looks very suspicious to me. Any way of confirming my suspicion would be greatly appreciated.
georgette
can someone look up smith_wills2@yahoo.com…along with all the rest of you I too think i have been scammed of the heart..i haven’t giver any money but have been asked twice now, $ 5000.00 the first time $1000.00 a few minutes ago for a laptop for his son, mike…when i said he fell in love with a poor lady he said”take care” and signed off, aka william s. draper, from florida
Jane
To anyone writing to Sgt Gary Kaltwasser, a sgt in the US Army, currently in Iraq. Beware, I think someone is using his name to scam women. I met him on a singles site and after just a few emails and IM, he starting telling me how much he was liking me and that he was coming back home in 3 weeks. He never got around to money because I sent him an email requesting mail from his military email address or a photo of himself with my name on it. Needless to say I haven’t heard from him since last Thursday. I wish there was some way to let the real Gary Kaltwasser know that his name and pics are being used.
Madlein
Another scammer on Facebook, exactly the same strategy. He claims to be Steve Balla, cpt. in the US Airforce. His email address is steveballa41@yahoo.com. The mil address he indicated for the safe connection trick is militaryphoneconnect@usa.com.
Jane
I heard from my soldier friend today after a week of no communication. He said their network system had been down and that it had take all week to get it working again. He also said he could email me using his military email but that he didn’t use it to email me because the military monitors it for terrorist activity.
CJ what do you think about this and do you think it is possible? The soldier is stationed in Iraq.
Yvonne
can someone look up jamesvweb6@hotmail.co.uk along with all the rest of you.
I think i have scammed of the heart now..i haven’t giver any money but have been asked the money…..
Yvonne
hi again,
Here is his name and address
Name:James Valente
Address: Victoria Avenue, Wallington, Surrey E13 4HA London
I would appreciate if someone could help me to verify whether he is a scammer. Thank you so much.
Jen
Hi Yvonne,
Am also looking for the details of that same name. With me, he is using a similar email though a slight difference on the no. mine is 7. Please try to search using his email address as you’ve written in FB but first change 6 to 7.
Now his identity has been validated. Thanks so much for posting. Hope to hear from you…
Pam
More names to watch for: Richmond Barcinas, Michael Barcinas, Raymond Barcinas, Steven Barcinas. All of these profiles use pictures of the same soldier, just changing up the first name since his surname is on his uniform. His usual story is that he has 3 girls (his angels) and a son he adopted from Ghana when he was there “on mission”. With me it did take him several months to ask for anything and I actually initiated it by asking what he wanted for his birthday. But after that – wow he wanted the moon! lol Be careful, it is easy to get caught up with some of these guys, especially the ones that take this much time to establish a relationship.
Tara
Another name to watch for is Thomas W. Mickle. His email is tmickle96@yahoo.com. My story is pretty much same as everyone elses. He told me he is divorced with a 15 year old son and they live in Texas. He was an only child and his parents were killed in a car accident 7 years ago. He didnt have any extended family either. He said he was originally born in the US but at 6 his family moved to England. Then when he was finished with school in England he then enlisted in the Army. I met him on an internet dating site, plenty of fish. I began talking to him at the end of January. He immediately told me he was retiring from the Army in March. He told me that he was leaving to come home on March 17th and he would be back on the 19th. The entire time chatting with him there were little signs that things weren’t right.Then he told his deployment was going to be held because of what is happening in Libya. He would not be able to come home until December. Then he wanted me to write a letter to request a leave. Which I did. During all of this all the information he would give me I would google it but nothing would come up. I had feeling the entire time this was all too good to be true. Anytime I would ask questions about what he wanted to do when he came home,he was very vague. He would give me broad answer, to see the ocean, the beach etc. Also I found his verbage was “off”, the other men with him were “colleagues”, rather than cooking for dinner he would ask preparing for dinner. Just the little things were just not right for your typical american man to say. Then he asked me to fill out the leave request and I saw the statement that I was responsible for the fees incurred for his transportation. In fact I found this out yesterday. I had no idea that this scam was out there. I’m one of the lucky ones and realize that. He sent me love poems this morning but I havent chatted with him today. He has no idea that I know. I don’t think there is anything I can do expect let other people know what happened to me. So please be aware of whats really happening out there.
Tania
Very interesting article by CJ well done. I am more aware now. Thank you. But I would still like the real Sgt or major RANCOURT to stand up come forward and return the respect with a thank you for the gruelling painstaking effort that I have gone through to protect this innocent soldier’s identity from being scammed again by these pathetic people. Letters after letters reporting it to numerous law enforcements, websites only to mention a few the list goes on and it hasn’t been easy. My father was a POW of Changi prison for 3 and half years in WWII so I know how important respect can mean to one. To Rancourt… I truly do hope that the day will present itself that you will appreciate the road I and many more women have walked for you and other soldiers in this fight against the US military dating scam campaign. Regards Tan
laney
hmmm has any one had a john williams raymond he says he has a daughter named jasmine and lives in ketucky and is in iraq at the moment
Joanna
Hi, i meet him last year when he was in Iraq,but i dont think so he still there.do you have any photos of him ?This is my e-mail send me e-mail and photos of him ,i think i know him very well
my e-mail
krawcewiczjoanna@hotmail.com
Hugs for Joanna
The soft cat
Hi Sgt. CJ: Thanks to have this web page. It help me to crush a stupid scammer who was trying to bug me about his love to me and what to marry me. I know he was looking for the perfect time to ask me for money, but I never let him to do it… I cut him and I report to all the website he was fishing and I made them to close his account. I hope I do not have to see him again. I am helping independly to crush these crap people… to stop messing with us… Thanks CJ. I am glad to have your web page… God bless you and your family and all our American troops out there…
Kandace
Someone using the name Bill Allyn contacted me on Match and he fits the profile. I have even called him on it but he keeps trying.
Everytime I call him on it he gets offline then contacts me again. I even found the Real Bill Allyn on My space. Told him that as well…..he said he created the page for security reasons…even directed me to it.
Told him no packages or no money ever…he said when he got to US he would suprise me .(Bull) Says he was a Master Sergent sent pics with his name on uniform and sure enough they match the pics on My space. Now he says he is in security business and had to create that page…..when I told him the wife had a page too he said it was a long story. Her last post was March 18th…I am sure he is preparing some sob divorce story or something. He avoids questions when I ask him to verify his info and base info etc. Syas his computer was hacked..all kinds of stuff. Gets upset when we do not talk about “our future together”. Hopefully he got the message when I told him I would not be sending any money or recieving any packages.He asked for my pic and I told him when he got back in the states and called me so I could verify his true identity I would give him a pic…….he got offline lol.
But he is using the pics of a real Bill Allyn on My space. Was also contacted by someone claiming to be John Miller all in one night….they must have been on a role.
Jeanette
Hi, CJ I think I am being scammed by a Lt General Frank Wadsworth in Iraq. All sounds too good to be true. Told him I saw his name on googel as a Colonel Wadsworth with similar scenario of wife dying in accident. Said he had lots of his own money when I told him about the scammers. Lives in Delaware when home. Sent me voice recordings with no mention of my name. Also returns my emails using my emails. Never creats a new email! Suspicious. Has anyone heard of him? Says he retires this month and will be coming here in May!! According to googel this man is actually Marvin Williams. Would like to know how I can verify whether he is who he says he is. He also says he is not supposed to be using the internet!! Odd for a General I would think.
Carola
I think I am being scammed by the same man, Do you have pictures that you can send me please? claims to be in Ghana now awaiting the release of a valuable parcel by customs.
Linda
I think i am being scammed also from a soldier in Afghanistan…Some of these letters have things similar to what i have been going thru. I have given some money. Anyone hear of a Sgt.russell edwards…I have 2 email addresses for him. Also email for his commander and two others people to send money to. One name is in Pittsburg Kansas and one in calgary alberta canada…Can anyone help me find the truth…
Julie
Hello to all,
It’s been almost one year that I’ve being scammed, and I’m still hangry at my self. After returning to this site, I was amazed to see that scammers are still there more than ever. After reading few of your stories, I don’t know why, but somthing was telling me to do something. Only on FACEBOOK, the scammer used the same pictures and changed names:
Armstrong Haggard, Martin Haggard,
Chris Haggard, David Haggard, Joey Haggard, Haggard Millar & Van Haggard.
Hope it help someone. Please be aware and carefull with whom your chatting. Take care all, julie
julie
Hello to all,
It’s been almost one year that I’ve being scammed and I’m still mad & hangry at me. I was amazed after reading few of your stories that scammers are still there actively more than ever. So I decided to do something. Curiosity was on the go. Only on FACEBOOK, I notice the same pictures but scammer had change names.
Armstrong Haggard, Marting Haggard, Chris Haggard,David Haggard, Joey Haggard, Haggard Miller & Van Haggard.
Hope I did or will help someone. Please be carefull with whom your chatting.
Take care, julie
Sammy Bradshaw
I just came across this article and was blown away. I have a girlfriend that was, just last week, describing me this same type of situation. I told her it had to be a scam. It is unbelievable that people would try to scam people this way.
Jennifer
I’m worried that I’m being scanned. I met someone on the social networking site myyearbook. His name is Jones Chavarria. He says that he wants to go on leave but needs me to be his guarantor or he cant have his leave. Haven’t gotten asked to send him any money. Can someone please let me know if I’m being scammed
Pam
Jennifer,
Yes you are being scammed. Military men do not need to have anyone request their leave, be their guarantor or anything else. He WILL ask for money – that is what he is leading up to in asking you to be his “guarantor”. Wow what will they come up with next?! OK – had to do it – I just checked the name on Facebook and this name came up Chavarria Jones. Check it out and I will be surprised if that is not your guy. Notice – NO friends (army guys have lots of friends) He claims to be Special Forces, so he will no doubt tell you he can’t give you his army email (BULL)He can’t let you see him on webcam – will claim security reasons – again FALSE. Sometimes Special Ops cannot give info when they are on a Top Secret mission, but if that were the case, he would not have the access at this time to contact you AT ALL!! He can skype for crying out loud, so don’t buy into his lies.
CJ
I’ve got a new post up here: http://militarygear.com/asp/2011/03/28/still-scamming/
Pam
Raymond/Richmond/Michael/Steven Barcinas now has a new name on FB – Steven Ray Barci – LOL AND a new love that doesn’t care if he changes his name! OR uses her picture for his profile pic – it just gets better and better!! Be smart ladies!
Joanna
some one can let me know about John Williams ,i meet him on dating page ,his e-mail
johny5226williams@yahoo.com
plese privat e-mail
Wendy
I am sure you heard the story. A man posing as a U. S. soldier serving in Iraq. I was told that this soldier did not have a valid APO address so i was to send my care package to a PA service agency rep. who would in turn get the package to my soldier. It sounded kinda weird that a man who said he was E8 Master Sergeant Raymond Ryan Schiller did not have a valid APO and of course he had an answer that sounded legit. I advanced with a bit of caution and even checked the web to see if a Personal Assistant Service Agency existed. I found a site that affirmed that they help with soldiers care packages without a valid APO. Once the package was sent I was contacted by the PA and told he needed money to stay at a hotel till the package arrived. I was very fortunate that all I have lost is the contents of the care package. I knew better than to send any money. Especially to Ghana.
In any case my heart hurts more for the soldier who belongs to the many pictures. My goodness this man is serving our country and putting his life on the line for us Americans at home. Next I will list the details I was told so you can help others.
E8 Master Sgt. Raymond Ryan Schiller (enclosed a pic of him with name on uniform)
part of special forces SNIPER TEAM
born June 10, 1960 Houston, TX joined Army at age 19 basic training at Fort Sam currently in camp Taji, Iraq.
Mother died when he was 19, married for 24 years but wife died in car crash 7 years ago.
Ray said he was going to retire end of June early july.
Match.com where he approached me user name Seekn4soulmate. Email address Sgt.Ray1960@yahoo.com yahoo messenger Raymond Shiller.
PA name Mr. Brown email LAW_Kennis00@live.com Package sent to :
Kingsley Kattah
Ring Road Industrial Area
P.O. Box 591-Accra Ghana
telephone 0543555155
60 Mango Street Ave
Please all I want is for this soldier to be found and told his Images and name has been used for FRAUD. I have many pictures and could forward them to anyone who wants to see it this your guy too…response would be appreciated.
Wendy
Joanna
Hi,can you send me some picture of him of my private e-mail,please
Joanne Roberts
Please be careful of a a soldier called Christopher Irons from Santa Barbara In California he is saying he is currently based in Iraq divorced with a 14year old daughter He sent the most beautiful emails and plans to love you after a day. His email is soldierchris1122@yahoo.com and when you question him about his identity he suddenly turns nasty in broken english and says he doesnt want you any more BEWARE… Not long after that I was conracted by Valentino Wilson don’t know if he is also a scammer….. These guys both seem to share the same quality that they are God Fearing! I am glad they fear someone because they will rot in hell.
Gillian
Hi – Does anyone recognise the name “Bill Rancourt Johnson” – I am currently in contact with him after he contacted me via an international dating site (I thought I was just on a British site). He says he is posted in Kabul. I have been scammed by a guy posing as a soldier before and “Bill” is starting to head the same way – he has apparently “adopted” a little boy from Congo(?) and he is allegedly leaving the army in 3 months time. He says he is from San Francisco and has even sent a copy of his passport to “prove” to me he is real. I am going to cut any more contact with him straight away as I can feel which way this is heading, after the last one – the pledges of undying love after just one conversation, the fact that I am his “soulmate” and he wants me to move to the USA when he gets out of the army. Anybody come across this man, please let me know.
Gillian
Bill Rancourt Johnson’s e-mail is given as bill4ever2010@live.com and his name comes up as Bill Gilson on my contacts – on the dating website he calls himself “Mensah” – BIG giveaway?!!!!
gaylene jones
hallo there, i think i may be chatting to a scammer. like the one above,this guy says i am his soulmate too and says all sweet nothings to me, his name is richard aidoo, he says he is in the army and in iraq aswell and home in 2 mths, supposedly from america, he posted photos in uniform and his name did not match what he told me, i questioned him over it, i have requested a recent photo, but he says he will when i put up mine, can u suggest how i can dob this mongrel in to authorities, i would like to string him along, i think i may have scared him by asking for recent photo and when i questioned his surname, i would like this un-desirable person to be caught, help me if you can.
yxana
If it is the Richard Aidoo as I think you mean he is 100% scammer.
go to this page and watch.
http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27427&sid=b67f7fd5f750fe3204b7da964129dbf7
gaylene jones
just to add to my last comment, this scammer has not come back on line since i asked him for a recent photo, how dumb do they think we are??? he is the dumb one, a idiot thinking he can get away with this, i checked out face book, with the name richard aidoo and he looks like he may be from africa or nigeria, he is still on line but won’t answer, this dude on face book sounds so much like the one i was talking to, same type of profile, please keep an eye out for him, he wants to think he is religious and always talking about being honest, and i also picked up on his gramma, he sure wasn’t america, i feel so sorry for the guy with this proper name and being in the army and this sod is using his identification, it is so darn wrong, they scammers need to be caught and jailed for what they are doing. if this guy comes back on to talk to me, i will be stringing him along to get whatever info i can out of him.
Joanna
girls
if someone chating with John Williams
johny5226@yahoo.com
let me know please ,i think he is scammer
Anki
Hi Joanna! Check out this page http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=27730 If you google his email address so you can find information about him. Hugs from Anki
Joanna
Hi Anki, thank you ,i will do this .Hugs for you
Margaret
Was contacted 1-1-11 on my Face book page by a person calling himself Walter Bruston requesting to be friends. He posted what looks like three pictures of a US Army soldier.He’s still on there. Stated he was divorced 8 yrs after finding his wife cheating with another man. Says been in the Army for 15yrs. Stated was preparing to retire soon but was getting ready to go on a mission to Nigeria on 2-1-11 but after the mission was completed he would be retiring. He was looking for love, marriage & etc. When 2-1-11 came around he made it sound like he was deployed to Nigeria. By now we’re very romantically connected. Late March rolls around and he says he is processing his leave and flight to the states to be with me, but needs $3000 for this. Says his money is tied up in the bank in the states and he cannot touch it until he is officially retired. So stupid me i send it via money gram to his “Agent” Hammed O. Smith. Now my gut says there is something fishy here but i want to believe in this guy, as I am very much in love. He sends me a flight itinerary that is phony, has a plane that doesn’t land at my airport, and another form called a Leave Bonus and i am the beneficiary to this money. Says I need to sign it and return it. I took both forms to my local Recruiting Office and they verified both were not real. When I asked him to explain this, he simply said, “dear this is what I was given”. He acted upset and said he would get to the bottom of this. He comes back and says his people did not process his leave through his CO and he could not come. He came right out and said I would not get my money back. I knew then he was a scammer, but I continued to have contact. The next step, the processing of his retirement. He now has been trying to get $6000 for the processing of that and his flight. I have had lots of fun with this last request twisting his head around like a corkscrew. I have made him think he’s getting it, then I come up with a story why the whole thing fell through. He is so frustrated he stated a couple days ago, “I AM TIRED OF THIS S..T”, but he keeps coming back hoping. I’m sitting here smiling and laughing as I torment him in thinking it is coming any day. I told him one day I had a check, took it to the bank, but the bank said the account had been closed two weeks ago. I said I went to the address on the check and the house was empty, no one living there. I loved it. Now my story to him is my car is up for sale for $6000 and as soon as i sell it the money is his. Course my car is not up for sale and even if it was the money certainly wouldn’t go to him. His emails are now down to one a day instead of the usual 4-5 like they were, so he is getting tired. I feel like a cat playing with a mouse and i will play his game until he realizes he will never gain another penny. The leave bonus form was to try and acquire a copy of my signature.I have done much research on scammers since mid March and have learned a lot. I wish i knew who the soldier was. I have an 8×10 picture on my desk I haven’t been able to remove yet. He broke my heart. Each day is a new day and someday I’ll put it away, but I know I’ll be on the lookout for the identity of that soldier, for how long I don’t know. Oh and I get all the usual stuff, top secret everything, can’t make phone calls, no webcam, no recent pictures can be done, and didn’t know what i was talking about when i said email from your military email account!! The funniest was when i asked where he did his basic training, why it was done at William Penn!! Google that one, I had to ask him if he was black. Well watch for this one everyone.
Erin
Another Name to watch out for on the Dating web and Social Net works Brad Johnon!!! Total Scam Ladies!
Gillian
Hi everyone
Another one for the records, i think – just been contacted on a dating website by ANOTHER US soldier in Baghdad giving his name as “William” or “Willy” England – his e-mail address shows as william_eng422@hotmail.com. He’s apparently a widower (wife died in very “sad” circumstances a few years back) and he has one son aged 17 years back in the US, but he claims when his “tour” is over in a month’s time he will be living in the UK (and he hopes I can wait for him that long – after one conversation!!!). I’ve had the usual photos in uniform and he is already enquiring about my “money situation”. Has anyone else heard of or had this person contact them? I’ll keep him ticking over until the pleas for money start.
That’s 2 in a week off a dating website – 4 in a year – when are these people going to be stopped?
Gillian
Joanna
HI
I really don’t know him but when you speak with him again ask him of IP Messages ,MSO this is a name of work what he doing in Army,APO if you ask of it how he feel.You have to know they have everything there,they have a shop and can buy there everything what they need too.They can use phone and webcam as well.If you ask of all what i write you will be know who is he.that will be good if he send you e-mail check ip message .if is start from 41 that is scamm from nigeria or ghana.be careful ,take care
karen
Hi has anyone been contacted by micheal johnson. Have not been asked for anything but am suspicious anyway please let me know
fiona
hi has anyone had colryandennis whos a peackeeper in afganistan 43 form illinos chicago had he told u he lost his wife nad has a 7yrold son he told me he cant use the ephone to ring me in ausssi so i have to send money to the uk i would appreicats any info
amethyst
Please be on the look out for someone named john miller who is using the identity of a army soldier who is stationed in afganistan. i just got scammed big time by this idiot and wont stop until i get him. he also goes by the name philip miller. please go to youtube and look up philip miller internet love scam.
Kim
Hi there, I have been speaking to someone who claims to be a Serg Maj in the U.S. Army on peacekeeping in Afghanistan. His email address is serg.wiseman@yahoo.com. He writes beautiful emails and we chat on IM but haven’t got as far as him asking for money yet. I knew this was too good to be true. He writes beautifully and doesn’t really make spelling or grammar mistakes and want to chat via web cam. (Which we haven’t done yet). I would see if his face matched his few photo’s he has sent. Could someone check if he is a true Military Person in Kabul. His name is James Wiseman and in America he lives in Milwaulee. He was born in Florida.
I don’t want to be sucked in…..
Stell
Hi CJ,
can u check please if the Capt. Bill James is real or not. He said is an E-6 Staff (Capt) and now working with the (UN).currently stationed in Baghdad on a peace keep camp with the (UN).
I have pictures.
Thanks for your help.
Tina
Hello
cindy
how do u IP an address?
Tina
Well one for my pics
Yvette J. Hamrin
Everything that Debbie Gaynor said, is true. We have been victims too. I would love to get all mom’s money back some how? That was her retirement money plus paying for Dad in the senior home per month is $1200.00.
I feel bad that I got my mom to help me, now.
I have some pictures on my Windows Live Mail, that he sent me.
Please, help me Debbie this is so upsetting that if I was to tell mom, she’d die.
Yvette J. Hamrin
Hi Debra,
I want all my messages deleted from this site, since you are not here to help, just a column. I will check later to see if this is deleted.
thanks
Yvette J. Hamrin
Yvette J. Hamrin
I’m a dumb and a fool. I just split up with my husband for abuse, now this.
Christy
I think its happening to me right now… He hasn’t asked me for anything– yet. Here’s the deal:
I met him on OKCupid, same story, 8yo son in AZ who’s mom died of cancer 3 years ago. He is in Afghanistan till February…. it would be great if we could actually talk and he gave me an email address to contact to set up a satellite call; his commander would let him know when it was arranged. The address was to ts2milsat@aol.com, they of course contacted me wanting $450. I told him it was a scam after doing research on the real ts2 site. He said don’t worry about it, he would report it to his commander…
Nothing else has been said about the phone service other than that he was happy I found out it was a scam before I sent any money. Now all of a sudden, his commander may help him to come home for 4 weeks, but he doesn’t know for sure yet, he will let me know as soon as he finds out.
Here’s the kicker: I have a friend that does re-ups in the Army and I had him check the guy out– he’s real. At least there really is a Lail, Bradley J., age 41 that is an E5 currently enlisted… He has sent me pictures of him in uniform, and pictures of him with his son at home, just before deployment…
Oh yeah, he lost his dad on 9-11, and his mother this past year and has a brother in Germany right now…
Jude
Hi Christy , your scam situation sounds exactly the same as i have just been through. Managed to suss it out and play him at his own game. Went by the name of Capt Patrick Osborne. Have u any pictures and can exchange to see if similar.
Christy
Oh yeah, after reading all this, I tracked his IP address to Sunnyvaile, CA.
CJ
Christy, the Sunnyvale address is where Yahoo is based. That’s not the IP you should use.
Trish
Hello Everyone,
I have just had a guy pop up out of the blue on Skype… he just said Hi and then said he was in Afghanistan, he said he was just looking for penpals so I gave him my email address…. was a bit suspicious as he said he was Amercian yet his turn of phrase didnt sound like an American! anyway his name is John R Allen… Im laughing now because when I googled him (because he said he waas a General!) seems Im emailing the big cheese himself!!! had two emails second one was very similar to the first just slightly changed. His email is a live.com I wont be replying to his second email but I do feel a little sad that I couldve been so gullible and I can see how so many are sucked into parting with money! Its worrying that they manage to get onto proper dating sites too. Im going to change my skype setting to contacts only but its a shame as over the years a couple of old friends have found me through skype, its a shame these conmen/women spoil things but I can see how its a very hard thing to police. Anyway, just another name to watch out for girls… John R Allen. Take care and stay safe, Trish
Clara
I met that same guy through skype, it sounded phony from the beginning, such a “big cheese” as you say having time to chat with strangers on skype while commanding the trrops in Afghanistan??? hard to believe, i looked it up on skype , he has like 20 different skype names….I told him i had discovered his game and he went like offended!!! can you believe it? such a moron…I hope many women read this post so that no one fall in his scam, I really think he is in jail somewhere!
Pat Charleston
Hello: I have been chatting with someone for 2 months. He says is a Marine and goes by the name of petercares49@yahooo.com. His given name is Peter Rodriguez. He claims he is from San Antonio, TX; his wife and two daughters were killed in an auto accident and his 16 year old son lives with his mother. This may all be true. If you have heard of him or spoken to him please contact me.
Nanette Campbell
Met this gentlemen on BPM says he been deployed in Afghanistan for over a year, Air Force (Douglas Jenkins) so he says his name is suggested we chat at jenks@ymail.com Keep asking for cell phone; profile says he a widow with 1 child but never talk about it when we chat, keep copying and pasting old emails that he must have sent to someone else. Hasnt asked for money just IPAD; i know not to send money or anything. Just wanted to know if he’s fake; i ve asked him but he doesnt admit if I could get proof to really call him out. Not sending cell phone or money firs of all dont have it; second he must have me mistaken as his parents.
Amanda
YES he is a scammer!!!! I have been in contact with him for several months and he just asked me to send him some money via western union. He told me he is leaving for London and will be there this weekend. He told me how much he loved and wanted to be with me and would do anything to prove his love. I told him to send me a picture of him holding a Afgan newspaper with a few others showing the current date. Well the only thing he sent me was an address to send money to him via western union. Is there anything to be done about him and others like him?
Hope Louisville
A gentlemen contacted me on Facebook. I want to know if anyone has ever heard of him. SPC Richard Lawhorn. He has 2 email accounts. r.lgeneral1916@live.com and his new one richardlawhorn58@gmail.com I’m pretty sure I have been scammed. Help! Looking for any information I can on this man. If I can’t verify information on him soon I will be contacting the FBI and the US Army.
Jo
HI CJ.
Another one for the list – met on the above website. Usual BS – Poor grammar, loved me after 4 days. Mother & father died in an autocrash when he was 20. Born in UK, moved to the States when he was 5. Joined the army after parents died. Divorced 10 years ago – 2 kids, 14 & 16 living with their mother. Goes by the name of Andrew Nolan – email addr: andrew_nolan63@yahoo.com. Alleged date of birth – 24th October 1964. Wishes to relocate to the UK when his retirement comes through after 26 years in the army. Is a Christian. I have 6 photos of a Staff Sgt. Nolan – all handsome. Looks younger than his 46yrs! Name can be seen on his uniform. I too had been asked to complete a special leave request and became suspicious of both the email address provided: usarmytroop_adm@financier.com as there was no .mil or .gov in the address and also the suspect address on the leave policy. I told my ‘soldier’ that I’d sent the form and reply back (which I hadn’t) – he’s now sending emails stating his commander hasn’t received my reply. I have since asked for his military email and that of his commander but have yet to receive his response! Note – no money has been asked of me as yet, but that will be the next step! I contacted the dating website and they have closed down his account, removing his profile where he used the username meandyou63. Calls himself Andy. I’ve also contacted the US Embassy in London who have provided me with 2 websites, 1 in the UK, the other in the US to report this fraud.
Would like to hear if anyone else has been contacted by this scammer, but more than that would like to contact the real Staff Sgt. Nolan to inform him of this identity theft. These perpetrators must be stopped due to the unnecessary heartache this is causing to good people looking for genuine love.
Kayleen
I have been chatting for awhile with a Fred (Freddie) Trenton Williams. I have received a lot of pictures that seem to be spaced over about 9 years time including ones that appear recent.
I know it’s a scam as I have received an email with a blurry Army seal and a statement that I need to money gram $450 to a diplomat for his pass to be granted for leave.
I’ve read through all the posts on here and did not see the name so I am putting it out here to hopefully help someone else… His email address is frwiltex1@yahoo.com.
I told him today that I would not now or ever be sending money. He is still contacting me now with stories of his mother being hospitalized with cancer. He’s not getting a cent from me.
I am crushed that there are real soldiers out there (I only began chatting as I was trying to be a pen pal to a soldier) who are having their photos used for this. I have pics of him in formal and camouflage where you can clearly see the name Williams… ugh be safe out there ladies!!
lucretia
I have been talking to man says he is in bagdad he has asked to apply for cell phone with the military and that has to come through a spouse family member girlfreind and that military there are not allowed to have them he gave me this email to use
phoning@militarymailbox.us he says he from texas I can tell he is not origianlly from there from the way he writes his words I have searched for this site on military sites nothing at all comes up. he uses yahoo email his name he gives me is james scott he contacted me on a social sight anyone know anything of this cell phone thing?
Carline
Name of person recently writing to me is DavidJohnWheel@hotmail.com saying in afganistan and retiring 4 months has son aged 14 living in england. |From michigan.
has anyone heard of this being a scam please?
antonette
pls. find out if he is legal us army,did not see his name as of yet in your list sgt. kaemon harrison.he is sweettalking me for the last month and paid for his phone 450 dollars becoz he cant. use any phone but a military card w/c i paid thru western union.now wants me to file a leave for him so he can come home and marry me.will cost thousand of dollars for application and ticket.he cant access his miltary funds till he is home in the us.he gave me his service# and his camp in benghazi libya.he claimed that he is in the war zone and had been asking me to read psalm 91 everyday for his life.does that sound real or scam.pls e mail me for suggestion.im so stressed and emotionally drained.
he has an e mail.savethe.nations@yahoo.com.pls.help me find out if he is a scam.
Chris
Wow, I can’t believe I’m reading all this. It is sick.
I’ve been in the US Army for over 17 years. I know very well about the scamming out there, but reading it over and over here is making my blood boil. Just reading up from the most recent posts…
Antonette, you are being scammed 100%. YOU do not file a Soldier’s leave, there is no leave application and he doesn’t have to pay for a flight home from a deployed combat zone.
Lucretia, also a scam. Nothing requires a girlfriend’s request to get a phone.
Almost every story I hear you girls asking about is absolutely a scam. It’s all sad because there are lonely Soldiers out there, but if you have a feeling it’s not all right, it probably isn’t. The best advice I’ve seen on here is to simply have him write to you once from his military email. All US and UK Soldiers have one. They may not want to use it much, but if they are close enough to you that they are talking marriage or asking for large sums of money, nothing would keep them from writing back and forth a few times with it.
I see a lot of women on here desperate for help. I don’t know if you are getting it. I probably won’t be checking back on this site but will give an email where you can contact me. It isn’t my military email or even my usual personal email. I wouldn’t put those out on the web where I could get overloaded with spam. But if you want help and don’t know where to go, drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do for you.
WarmGAnights@gmail.com
I’m so sorry you all are being taken advantage this way.
Chris
CJ
All, I verified this email from Chris as legitimate. Thanks for stopping by, bro!
Geena
Wow-so many women on here.I think i am being scammed by a “William Graves” but did not realise till I found this.Anyway of finding where the emails come from @live.com?
Thanks
Sharon
Hi Geena,
I’ve been in contact with a Terrel Graves from Austin, TX. Could it be the same guy?
Take care,
Sharon
jane doe
hi, cj, i’ve been reading all these letters and i guess i am a little to late …I am also a victim of these scammers… i have been writing and chatting with a navy seal for the last 6 month, i have photos of him and his son…He goes by the name Michaellopez@globomail.com…i found him on mate1…but he is no longer on file cause i check… I fell for his kindness and all…I also send him 3500.00 for a bussiness that he wanted to start in importation selling and buying palm oil straight from the vendor directly..in malaysia .for 23mt… in which for 1mt were 1500.00 so i told him at didn’t have 40,000 dollars to give him…so, that he wanted to start before coming to me…He claim that that’s was what he was going to do when he arrives to the states…
jane doe
I also help him with money that he was collecting from donors all over the world…for charity ,, he was sending me the MTCN# of all the donors and i was forwarding them to a priest in Nigeria name Andrew Morgan,,,Now iam wondering if that money was really going to charity…Because the amount were large, i think i send over 5000.00..I am really piss off that this person use me to do this,,,I haven’t heard from him since 6/21/11 because he claim that on his last mission he got shot on his arm,,,. And Dr. orders didn’t wanted him using the key board because of his injured..i weighted it out for a while, and i haven’t heard from him since… I really wnat to know if this guy is who he claims to be, please help me put a end to this….If you have anything on him please email at charmed4203@yahoo.com i would really appreciated….If you want the photos i can send them to you…Hope to hear from you soon…
Sue Harper
Thank you so much for posting this I had already figured out that it was a scam just because having been in the military I know how things work but I wasn’t 100% sure that it was.
jane doe
Hi, Sue…your quite welcome,,, lets all work together to see if we can put a end to all these imposters…. it’s not fair for the rest of us civilians trying to do good in this world…We need to catch these “BASTARDS” I am so far from being pissed-off…You fool me once , but you Can’t fool me twice…Lesson learn….live and learn…But i believe in “KARMA LAWS” “YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW”….AND THAT’S A FACT….ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THEY’RE ALL GOING DOWN, SOONER OR LATER… YOU CAN RUN , BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE FOREVER…LOOK WHAT HAPPEN TO OSAMA BIN LADEN….take care you women and men out there….
Kathy Anderson
Unbelievably (to myself a 59 year old Manhattan woman who considers herself fairly saavy), I’ve found myslf in my second scam since joining Match.com about 2 months ago. The first was not in any connected with the military. The man I’ve been involved with over the Internet is CSM Aaron Edwards from Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He is a month away from finishing his 6-month deployment in Iraq. He also claims he is finishing a 25 year Army career and is now at a wonderful time in his life and looking for a long term relationship leading to marriage. It’s only 2 days now since I knew something was totally wrong. Last night when I mentioned I joined Facebook he wanted me to iimmediately cancel my profile, stating that if someone takes me away from him, he will commit suicide. Today I was looking at Match.com and noticed a profile of man who’s photo Aaron had recently sent me claiming it was him. After chatting briefly with this man, he showed me other photos of him and one of those photos had also been sent to me much earlier by Aaron. We always chatted on Yahoo which I understand now is another red flag. Just wanted to pass his name along so he doesn’t do this to anyone else.
Ellen
I just started talking to Aaron Edwards. He sent pictures and even a picture of his military ID. I am glad I found this site when I was trying to find more info on him. What about the real Aaron Edwards, doesn’t he deserve to know?
D. R.
Hi Kathy,
I was contacted by and have been chatting with someone claiming to be Aaron Edwards from Fort Belvior, currently stationed in Iraq.
The chat has been odd to say the least. Actually, he claims to be the commander of Fort Belvior, which isn’t true. I’ve been looking him up, and came across your blog. I’m not sure what the scam is actually. I thought he was just a bit whacky.
Thanks for the heads up though.
He canceled his Match profile moments after we started chatting, and then asked me if we could chat on yahoo as well. I declined, but we have been chatting on gmail. I have no info on there from which he could derive anything. Which is good.
Be safe.
D-
Renee
Hi,
just got an email from Mark Lingo trough facebook. He also gave me directly his email adress. I did not trusted him immediately. Who is contacting some-one on facebook he did not know?
So, I send him 2 or 3 facebook chats and unmasked him by sending the last respons with the scam pages found on internet! He immediately dissapeared from Facebook. I blocked him as an unwanted person on my facebook.
Pour real Mark Lingo or the guy on the picture.
Sharon
After reading all this, I feel sick I think I am a scam victim. I have been chatting with SSG Terrel Graves (justmegraves@yahoo.com) stationed in Iraq. He said he cannot phone me from there due to security reasons and all electronic devices have been confiscated. Said I needed to contact usaarmycr@yahoo.com to get a “call request form”, fill it out and send $320 via Western Union to an address in Colorado so that an account for Global Satellite call could set up for me. The form looked very official, so I was not suspicious. I certainly am now.
Does anyone know about this account for satellite phone for families and friends to use to contact army personnel?
Sharon
update: emailed T. Graves requesting a .mil email address. I said he is very disappointed in me and I have ruined his day. He wouldn’t scam me or anyone else. His other email is tgraves1@usa.com. Still not a .mil address. I told him clearly i would not send him any more money. Let’s see what happens.
The phone # the army gave me for the satellite call is : 305-707-9792. Looked it up. Registered to a cell # in Florida. Now I am really on guard.
I feel so stupid and violated. I have already been through a lot in the dating world. I am staring to believe no one is honest. This is just shameful that there are people like this in the world.
cassy
Sharon don’t feel stupid…your not/// my friend’sbeen on a number of dating sites and manages to suss ppl out..but this guy had her fooled..they r very good at what they do!!!….Its cos I have a mil background that I thought he sounded suss….There r good men out there….just question the aswers they give…AND IF THEY ASK FOR MONEY JUST SAY NOOOOO take carexxxx Cassy
Sharon
Thanks for your support and suggestions for what to ask, Cassy. I’m going to play this guy along for awhile and see what happens. In fact, maybe I’ll ask him for some money for my kids’ back -to -school clothes and supplies LOL. Take care, Sharon
cassy
Hi all…..I am writing this for a friend of mine…..she was totally taken in by one of these scum bags nearly…I’ve worked for the uk MOD for 23 yrs and when i saw the emails she was getting from a so called Col i nearly wet myself!!!!….She believed everything he was telling her…which was aload of rubbish!!!..So asked him some simple questions..that every mil soldier would know…eg Mil email address, what theater where you at, when do you get de-mobed,..When on partol…do u have to do a recce,how long have you been mobalized for???….got no reply to any of the questions….just…never mind all that how you doing….miss you…thinking of you…..yeah rite…..If they can’t answer simple questions like that their fake……ant soldier worth his salt would know what you are talking about even if the spelling is wrong……mine usually is hahaha……Also he spoke in broken English…spelt things back to front…da da…..I (WE) still talk to him….I am having great fun winding him up!!!…Just waiting for an email so i can trace it!!!…..These monsters r the scum of the earth and deserve evrything they get….if antbody has any other info r ideas let me know….Its about time the tables were turned on them
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CJ
Hi, everyone. Listen, I hate to break to the new and old readers here, but I’m now deployed to Afghanistan. I can’t do anything to update or track down these scammers currently. Please save my inbox and don’t write me for information over the next year so I can focus on making Afghanistan a safer place and bring our troops home. Thanks and good luck!
Julie
I need to know id anyone can tell me about a Mark Kinee Smith or Mark Smith Kinee
I meet him on YB anout 2 months agao he is in the Army at a SSGT. MP he is on face book as Mark Kinee Smith.. is picture he sent me has Kinee on the uniform.. he is from Little Rocrk Arkensa
Anyone have infomation on him, please let me know if he is real or fake
Sara
Hi Julie …did you ever find out more about Mark Kinee Smith? I’m a little worried as I have a friend that is planing to move to the States and spend her life with him. Did you ever find out if he is a faker?
Thanks!
Rebecca Schneider
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Hello,
:) Sorry ,but just saying 
:) Best to you! FYI... Plentyofphish seems to bethe best and free! You may have to do some fishing,but no scamming so far..:)
Unfortunatly there are others too not just military. The military seem to be most popular on CUPID.COM. I was suspicious from my last scamming incounter on MATCH . Broken english,all want to move you right away to Yahoo.com. SO frustrating! Months after being so discouraged from match I thought I would try Cupid..HA! I could not believe it..Military? So I thought maybe I am being paranoid ,but wanted to play the game and see (deep down I want to bust there ass!) Jeffery Greg...Afaganistan,ARMY,pretty sure ,but had me with the sob story (wife died bla,bla) and seemed legit...NOT! I am in conversation with SARGENT Donald Lopez Greg/or Donald Greg Lopez. (wife...Irag,was in the Marines,now US ARMY..can you do that? Anyway good looking tatoos on his arm and pics look so legit! This guy so far has not a dead ,wife,young daughter,or any asked for money.....now the MATCH ,COM creeps did! Daughter had a failed kidney and working in Nigeria. (by then I was on to him)
God lord I feel like an agent. I really want to bust these guys! So sorry this happened to you ,I know how you feel. I was hoping to give this a try,I have a good life,just wanted a companion to share it with. It can be devastating feeling that you trusted even for a moment. They are getting better,so how do you know who is good and a scam? It puts you in the postion to be gaurded. Thats not right or natural in this sense. To be vialted this way should be against the law!! Military! Its bad enough with the others ,but use our US Army and Marines? Hello? I am so glad I found this site because,I thought I was going nutty ...lol but to know its real,is hard to take and at the same time some justification. So now what??? How about a site just for woman? Good men only or will kick your ass.com. LOL
Cheers!
R
Maria del Carmen Zuleta
a man under the name of Tony Anderson is fake as well see him on tagged pls dont feel attracted by this guy he pretends to be a soldier in Lybia from Beghazi… i told him and he told me MONKEY!!! hahahhaha…. good there is part of sense of humour in these fake world!!! goshhh dont let them surprise you!!! kisses and love for everybody!!
Kimberly
Hi All,
I was just chatting with one of these nigerian scammers. Goes by Sergeant Samuel Campell. He pulled the whole you need to request my leave and pay 1550.00 for it. I didn’t give him anything. I thought his story was fishy from the beginning. He found me on OKCupid his screen on there is samuel143 from Miami. His story is he is in the secret service and stationed in Nigeria. He went as far as to send me a passport. Just wanted to get this name out there. I didn’t run across it as I scanned through here. Sorry CJ i sent you a e-mail with pics before I read your post that you had been deployed and not to. My prayers for your safe return are with you. I think it’s super cool you started this site!
BETH M.
HI KIMBERLY,
I READ YOUR NOTE DATED 8-16-11 ABOUT SAM CAMPELL. I WAS SO SHOCK BECAUSE HE SAID THE SAME THING TO ME THAT HE IS IN THE MISSION ETC, ETC, BLAH BLAH BLAH. HE SAID THAT HIS FIVE YR OLD DAUGHTER THAT IS IN U.K WITH EX-WIFE, SHE HAS GALL BLADDER AND NEEDED A SURGERY. HE SENT ME A CHECK FROM THE COMPANY THAT HE’S DOING BUSINESS TO CASH IT. I THOUGHT IT’S VERY ODD TO SEND IT DIRECTLY TO ME AND NOT TO HIM. HE SAID HE CANNOT CASH IT BECAUSE HE HAS NO I.D. ON HIM HE SAID THAT WHEN HE WAS IN IRAQ THAT ALL HIS IMPORTANT PAPERS WERE STOLEN AND SO HE HAD TO CANCEL ALL HIS CC AND I.D. WHEN I RECEIVED THE CHECK THAT I SUPPOSED TO CASH FOR HIM, I CALLED THE BANK THAT IS ON THE CHECK. I TOLD MY SELF THAT SOMETHING DOESNT REALLY ODDS UP. AND SURE ENOUGH, MY INTUITION WAS RIGHT, THE CHECK WAS FRAUD. THE EMPLOYEE OF THAT BANK SAID THAT THE NUMBERS. AND THE BANK’S NAME IS ZIONBANK IN THE U.S. HE GOT FURIOUS WITH ME BECAUSE I DIDNT DO WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO. SINCE THEN HE HAS NOT CONTACTED ME. I ASKED HIM WHY HE IS SCAMMING ME, AND WHY HE HASNT CONTACTED ME SINCE THAT DAY, AND HE SAID THAT I AM VERY SELFISH, AND THAT ALL I AM THINKING OF IS ME. I HAVE NOT HEARD FOR HIM SINCE THEN. HE SENT ME ONE PIC OF HIM. I HAVENT SEEN HIM ON THE WEBCAM AS HE HAS SO MANY ALIBIS, HE DIDNT ASKE ME FOR MONEY, BUT WITH THAT FRAUD CHECK WAS PROOF ENOUGH THAT HE IS A SCAMMER. LADIES PLS VERY CAREFUL. I GOT SCAMMED BY CHRIS WALSH WITT, OR CHRISTIAN WITT OR MANY MORE NAMES THAT HE’S BEEN USING. DIFFERENT NAMES. THANK YOU KIM FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES ABOUT SAM CAMPELL. OH WE MEET AT OKCUPID ALSO. DID HE GIVE YOU HIS CELL NUMBER. I HAVENT HEARD HIS VOICE. ALL WE DO IS TEXTING. KIMBERLY PLEASE EMAIL ME AND LET’S CHAT GLITTER4@YMAIL.COM. AND LET’S COMPARE.NOTES, LOL FROM BETH M…………………
angie
I am totally beside myself right not ….. first off let me say im an airforce brat … group up military. But i think i habe been totally fooled. I have been talking to an Adam Campell. He is in Nigeria and we have been talking now since Feb. His real full name is Adams Samuel Campell. His daughter jennifer is 5 and lives with her mother in the uk … heres my awakening … he was wanting me to go to him … I couldnt do that but we tried for a couple of weeks. He then was coming here …. never asked for anything. March 14 he lost his wallet and all he had was his military id that he cant be flashing since its all top secret .. verified with dad and that could be very true … he sent me is id … looked legit…. sent me tons of pics…. sent me a certificate that he got approved to do export oil stuff … never once asked for anything. last week he asked if he could borrow 500 bucks cuz the ticket was more than he planned… i didnt have it … never brought it up. he is planning on being her this coming week. He tells me about everything … as much of his job he can … but we talk about lots … today he asked if i had some money .. the flight keeps going up … i said i could see .. he said if it was going to stress me out not to bother … i said it wont .. he gave me an address to western union or moneygram it to him … then gave me another one with a different name cuz he cant use his id … all this started sounding way weird to me … so i have been “investigating” and i came across this … am i being scammed?? is he not real?? I am supposed to send him money in about 4 hours … HELP WHAT DO I DO???
truus den hollander
hello here i letter from a lady from holland i think that i also talking to a scammer and i have send money to alot and i have married him proxie mariied his name is capt steven johnson and he is in iraq as well he is in camp tajji he ask me money for alot off things food med and for his ts2 and yes stuppid i was i send it he also told me that he was coming to me in april and i pay for his leave but something went wrong and he was coming later and agian something whent wrong he was in the state,s and i dont belivie that i have look on the internet to find phone nummbers from military base and the ambassade in iraq i have call them but the told me there was noting to help so i lost 12000 euro to him mabby there are more because i fiend off me is also chat and married to an american soldiet his name is capt seaman and ther is a david gray i think that the are one and the same person i hope for me and mabby more lady,s that the find that bastaard so iff there are more lady,s that know this man plz look out
Upik
Dear all,
I am an Indonesian. My sixth sense has strongly sent messages to my brain that this man is sooner or later trying to scam me. I tried to google and found this useful site. My profound thanks to CJ Grisham, the initiator/administrator, and my fellow ladies all over this globe who have shared info.
He contacted me through tangowire, introduced himself as Sony. In his profile, his name is 00887, 46 years old, Taurus, divorced, Liverpool. However, in his first message to me, he said that he has never got married. His photos in his profile were a good looking enough Caucasian. In one of the photos, he was wearing a BDU uniform of US army with two stars in his shoulder strap insignia. Something weird : there was no emblem nor name printed on the chest.
He sent me 4 pictures together with his 2nd message. Frankly speaking, I felt like looking at 2 different persons there. Perhaps these are not the real Sony. He might simply picked anybody else’s photos. He told me that he is currently statione din Gaza. I am not a computer savvy. I have no idea how to locate his IP address. However, this “Gaza” story is surely a lie.
Quoted below all his messages. You may note his statements. We could learn scammer’s modus operandi. Please be careful, my friends.
1st message – 14 Aug 2011
Hello, nice to meet you . I am Sony from United States of America . Presently i am on duty in Gaza and will be retired in a few months . I am looking for my soul soul mate as i never did marry because of my work . I am a jaleous man and don’t like to suffer , yes i am a military man but nobody is perfect. This is my e-mail : sony.march32@yahoo.com
2nd message – 19 Aug 2011
Hello my dear , It was so nice to see your reply , i did really need that as you know that i am in Gaza for the moment on duty and it is not a real pleasure for me but i will be retired very soon . I am sending you some of my pictures and hope that you will like them . I don’t have time to come on the chat as you know i am a soldier but we can send and read mails . Hope to hear from you soon .
Sony
3rd message – 23 Aug 2011
Hi,
The first picture is not from now but already many years ago , the second picture where i am in the snow was 4 years ago and i was really good looking but the last ones are from this year and you can see that i am older and with some extra kilos . i will think to marry when i retire from the military as i am soldier already for 25 years , i believe that it is time for me to open my own business, thinking abt having a family and that will be in a few months. I did make some money over here and if you watch the news from the US it is not a good idea to bring it to my country . I am looking to open a business in Asia , they told me that Vietnam, Philippines , Malaysia , Indonesia and Thailand are nice to come and settle . I have some military friends who did marry already with Thai lady and told me that it is a smiling country . I hope that we will stay in touch.
Sony
CamilleBobo
cJ
i AM WRITINg to someone in the army that is in Kabul but was in Iraq named James Nobile is he Scammer
Camille
Isabel joltea
The following are us army scammers
Nicholas dalton
Robert Johnson
Robert becher
Rob Doyle
The last three are on military Cupid website
Nicholas dalton is known by over 20 names
Google has google image they always send you a picture Download on to computer upload to images you can check where that photo is on the Internet
If anyone has had any dealings with these scumbags email me
ennis griffith
i too have been scammed by a sergenty by the name of paul stanford smith, serving iin iraq a supposed widower with a son living inthe u.s., i had an email from a ronald peter of ronaldpeter1000@yahoo.com , who was the person sending me the emails asking me for money, they asked for a total of 1200 dollars, for release of paul smith from duty, and extra for damage to his equipment while serving overseas, then i had an email saying that i had been put as next of kin, namely his wife,and to claim any benefits he was entitled to, i would have to send 4000 posmund via western union to an active agent, by the name of ana hernandez circuns, ,who lived in puerto rico, u,s,a, i too had the 2 email address of transfit department, and armymail 202, i tried to trace the mail addresses, but it showed sunnyvale, california, and washington, i asked if i would have to fill in any forms to release him from duty, but he said hed done all that, every question i asked havent been answered, the sgt, is sgt_paul_smith202@yahool.com, i tried to find his profile , but its not there to read, i have pictures of him,and he does email i think of that account,can anyone help me find out more,id be most grateful, how can i find out who he is and also this ronald peter.
Harriet
Hi all, I was delighted to come across this website today and wonder if I may be allowed to throw my hat into the ring from Ireland. I joined the Mate1 and Plenty of Fish sites this year. I now have a long list of scammers which I feel I should share here, in case they turn their attention across the pond!
John Banks, geologist (found wife in bed with best friend), banksjo150@yahoo.com
Tyler Weeks aka Leric Tyler, widowed businessman, lericweeks12@yahoo.com
Lt. Gary Search, US Army firefighter (found wife in bed with best friend), ltgarys@hotmail.com
Roger Crandall, widowed military man, crandallroger72@yahoo.com
Fred Maculy, widowed military man, fmarculy@gmail.com
Major John Randall, widowed military man, randall.john62@yahoo.com
Staff Sargeant Samuel Lingo, on deployment in Iraq (wife left him and child), sam.lingo66@yahoo.com
and last but by no means least, guess who I was contacted by today … (drum roll) … none other than
MSG Mark Ehresman looking lovely as usual
Harriet
ps. Before you all think I am some kind of wagon (Irish term – very derogatory!) these scammers made it their business to contact me. There I was, happily trawling through the Dublin profiles, disregarding the culchie ones (another Irish term – derogatory but true!!!) when into my inbox came these lovely messages and photos from America. Boy, has internet dating been a steep and rapid learning curve for me. Just to reassure you, I have not lost a single cent to these scammers. I feel for every one of you on here who have been conned out of your hard earned money. I feel for those poor servicemen and servicewomen who have had their identities stolen and used. This has to stop. Surely, surely it is time for someone to do something?
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They takes weeks and months saying all the right things and using stories that will tug on your heart strings. They are typically widowers with young children left behind. They are or are about to be deployed.mil email addresses that ALL military personnel have. These are just some of the tipoffs you should be aware of. They get the photos from internet trolling and other profiles on the dating sites. Nearly all of them are located in Africa. Some use IP anonymizers to hide their true location and make it more believable by creating fake IPs in the U. Kella sent his first email to me through the dating site OKCupid at the end of August. His son would go and stay with his uncle whenever he was at Camp Lejeune.I talked a little about this on the You Served Radio Show this week. The pay is nowhere near worth it.com as the means to communicate with people back home. He said he would go to field with a pam top but needed a pin code to communicate. I was to get in touch with this agency and apply for a code.com is an internet anonymous proxy service that is based out of Russia. There are literally hundreds used on the site. All kinds of misfortunes will befall them as they attempt to suck more and more money out of you. Sometimes they ask for hundreds at a time and sometimes just a few dollars. I sent an email the the military agency requesting this information. That was when I found out I would have to pay for the flight. With that email they told me they still had not received any word on Sgt. He was to have surgery on it in Dubai. Someone from the family will contact you for help with the funeral. They needed the information that was given to me back when I opened up the account at the beginning of Oct. I found out the account was never opened and they wanted me to open an etrade account to put his retirement benefits and benefits of services money into. The Ally account was trying to be accessed by an outside bank and was closed by ally. I assumed it was with the military agency and not Sgt. The scammers use other susceptible people within many different to unsuspectingly help them. Soldiers do not need help opening retirement accounts. Kella had a friend who had just come back from over seas and was going to help us find out who hacked into the account. I actually talked to him on the phone. He had an accent and when I questioned Sgt. Kella on this he told me he was Latino. This person said they would help get Sgt. Kella got extremely upset by still being in the hospital and demanded that he be released. This was the first of December. We sent the money on a Friday and then got word over the weekend that the accounting department of the hospital was not open and this delayed Sgt. Kella was getting very upset with all of the delays. His doctor was supposedly helping him get home as well. They went to the airport where I got an email from Sgt. It took a few days for the agency to transfer the flight from Delta to British Airways. I immediately wrote them and told them that the strike never happened. They did tell me that they put him in a hotel until his met his flight to the US. He asked if I could possibly help get him home and I told him I had no more money to send. Keep in mind that this is only one incident. He also told me he wrote an email to his commanding officer complaining about this agency. I was told she worked for some airline. He is still communicating with me even though he knows I am not sending any more money. He is now telling me his uncle is sick and having to take him to the hospital and all. Troops are independent and able to take care of themselves. Emergency dispatchers use our radio dispatch systems to manage clear communications. Our antenna code keep troops connected on the ground and in the air.You will be put through withing few seconds. is an opinionated soldier who tells it like he sees it. i just want to know why im not lonley i wasnot on a web site by chioceit was wayne . He is using the name Jack Keller. He says he is a Master Sargeant in the Marines and is stationed in Afghanistan. I need to know if i am being scammed. He got shot in the arm after a week or two. He had an adopted son back in the US. I said OK and that I could get the money for him tomorrow. Started with asking for things that a soldier would want. I have names that I need to check on.In fact I am totally ignorant about them.ru addys which is a dead giveaway.mil emails for normal correspondence. I have been reading the replies on this website and other websites and have not come across his name by anyone else. Thanks and hope to hear back from you. And this scammer is also using another name known as Sgt. But he didnt succeeded with me. exactly same story as he told you. I would like to see what pictures you have of Andre Basile. Thank you so much for the information. there are two sides to this coin. granted there are a lot of scammers out there claiming to be deployed military. many looking for green cards and or money or both. The worst case was actually a UK woman called Amanda that was pretending being a counselor and even had a website on tripod to lure deployed guys. he told me tha his friend was being deployed there and would deliver the parcel to him.The phone you gave him was surely to talk to me or other girls .A friend of mine posted this on my name. I had trouble believing that in short time he was telling me that he loved me and I was his only true love. I am absolutely sick to my stomach. WOW he should go to the Record Guinners. Put it into inverted commas and place into google search. Scammers usually just take details from existing servicemen and you can find this info on here. I was contacted on Cupid by someone claiming to be a Lt Col in the Air Guard stationed in Afghanistan. Col Michael Birkeland and found a biographic page on the Florida National Guard web page. It was then I realized he had used this bio word for word in his Cupid profile. I have images saved from emails that I was supposed to fill out and send back that would have given a lot of my personal information. He even stated he found some diamonds in the desert while on patrol. I got pics of the boys but none of the girls. I have found out how to contact the real Colonel Billy D Farris and intend to send him a letter so he can be made aware of what is going on and possibly stop this scamming. I hope Karma gets this scammer. Thank you for your time and I anxiously await your reply. But I know of him under a different name and have had contact with his son and his sons school for many months now. Would you please mail me any info you have and photos as if my Husbands identity is being used for immoral reasons we would like to know. Bill Rancourt Johnson has been in contact with me too. Started communication on match.glad sites like this are around and with my experience i shall now be more on the ball i hope to spot a fake. I shall also be eternally grateful to the American Embassy in London they were so kind thanks guys. I didnt give him the info he wanted. I also have pictures if you can let me know if you would like to send them o each other I would like to do the same. Sounds like same guy you are talking about. Richard Miller that had contacted you. The only problem is she believes me. If you could be of some assistance that would be great. Two nights ago he woke me in my sleep to discuss something important. I live in Australia and ofcourse would not give my address. He became very angry with me and almost abusive and has been ringing me repeatedly ever since. If anyone is interested in seeing photos of Major Henry Weightman please let me know how you can be contacted. We might find that we have been romanced by the same Nigeria cyberspace freak. Same story he gave me but it happened a few weeks ago. After last night and my phone ringing off the hook I just sent an off line message and told him he was trying to scam me. I so glad I found this website.when i challenged himon it he said Tina was his Mum. Yes he was chatting with me that date. I would love to know anything that would help. Wagner supposedly soldier serving in Baghdad. Wagner will follow shortly after. He is retiring from US military. Wagner is emailing me when he returns from duty.I knew it was a scam as his grammer was really bad in his desperate attempt to get the money. You know those cells in Nigeria are supported by talibans. It is a joy for them to play games with women who want for themselves a us soldier as lover. After the second time I became suspicious. Also I have asked him many time where his family imigrated from. So I went out on google and found this site. And I got my feelings confirmed. He also have a son named Peter who livs at his mother place in Miami.story sounds the same and I have come across another lady being scammed under Richard Miller. Send me a photo so we can see if its same guy. Swain notified that several of his picutres and his identity have been stolen. I never would have been as aggressive to report had I not found you online. This is the same place from which many of these scammers operate as well. he hasnt asked me for anything but i think he might be a scammer. Where the hell is their responsibility in all this. Told him that I thought this was a scam and he has done everything to convince me otherwise. Please someone tell me if this is a scam. He has not asked for money yet but did ask me to buy him an iPhone and digital camera which I DID NOT. He contacted me the first day i was on match. His story is he is stationed in a top secret war zone location in Iraq. I googled his emails and they are love poems copied from lovepoem websites. he convinced me to buy a webcam so he could confirm i am the same as my photos. I got the same story as you only he used the name Mark Donnelly. When I began to question him he told me he wanted nothing from me but my love. But the funny thing was within a week he was asking me again. They change their name but the story stays pretty much the same.slightly outa kilter English at times but limited conversation and default responses completely wrong for the question. Micheal Travis asked for connection charges .WAtchdog needs to get onto it or summat. I have played my first scammer.WHY NOT ASK THEM TO LEND YOU MONEY IN RETURN.SAy you were in a desperate hole too. Ltnt Charles says he has his own money and does not need mine or a phone contact set up.Is he real or have I just not had the bubble burst.Heart and mind are played with . I opened it up to Travis and he said he wasnt aware of the charges as he had paid the shipping fee. I did feel that he used a template for his emails and just jiggled about with the details. His emails did make me wonder if he was genuine. I told him in no uncertain terms could I pay so much. Funny too how his emails dried up from that point. The real Sgt David Lingo would be as appalled as I am by the imposter who uses his name to defraud women. It was easy to get sucked in to believing him entirely. I know my own typing suffers sometimes. I was told by both soldiers that I could not send ordinary mail to them at their Base Camp. Your website clearly staes it is the serving personnel who must apply. I am fortunate not to have lost any money in the process and I will be more scam aware in future. I have your website to thank for that at least.com I was approached also by Sgt. When I copied and paste the message about gen.David Lingo and another imposter Sgt. I met him on the You Free dating site about a month ago. I started to talking to a US Army officer Col. When I Googled him an immediate scam warning came up. He never asked me for money or to help pay fees for his transit. But he did ask me to apply for his leave.He wrote the most pathetic heart wrenching letter of how some creep had stolen his identity and used him against helpless women all over the world. I met him on a sister site of Cupid. I talked to a few and yes I said things were fishy with some when they would ask for money.hes back on camp now and we do communicate frequently.he came home for val on compassionate leave.mil account could be set up in no time. I bet it gets kicked back as undeliverable. I met him on Facebook last Dec. He still talks to me trying to get more money out of me. I told him I found out all about him. He still thinks he can scam me somehow. I am keeping him dangling for as long as I can just to waste his time. He wants more pics of me but he can whistle for that. I must say they have been fabulous. CJ has been most kind and helpful in everything he has done for me on here. Hopefully he can take it further if he wants to. please read my message earlier to you. I have not had any luck at all. He put me down as next of kin and before he comes back over to the United States he need someone to Clam his Military Benifits befor he gets back to the states. He also said that is was like entitlement after a very long time. I am really steaming right now. Would you or anyone else help me out. This guy is now on usmilitarysingles. He said his dad passed away a long time ago. Asked him what college he attended he just said Texas. Can someone pls help me put this to rest.but in talking to him about his military benfits Iasked what kind of medical ins he has and i told him what i had for coverage and he said he had red cross ins and then called it War insurance. Claims to be a widow as his wife got killed in a motor bike accident. Email me pics and i will email u the pics i have. If you have pictures of your Sgt. If the pictures proove he is the same person we need to have the pictures posted on a BEWARE website.so we have some form of i dck and can go and ck to see if the guy we are about to have contact with is on this list. the scamers use it to have you buy a sallitite phone to connect with troops in iraq and afghanistan. These people are all part of an elobrate scam anyone who wants more info cane mail me.Would like your help on this one. Need to know even though I told him I would not check into this. How much is he asking from her. He is a of garbage and disgraces the honor of our military personnel. I am an army veteran and this sickens me.org to get this person reported.Implying that they could get to any info.He said he loves me and would like us to have a future together here.It showed how the whole phone system works for military in combat zones.And emailed William a copy of this.The next day I told my boss of this.The military can phone and write letters.There everyone told me this is a scam.A veteran informed me that I insist that William gives me his APO address and that he could talk to me on skype and can write to me.Then referred me to your website.The very same day I emailed William and told him I knew he was trying to scam me.And insisted that he send me his APO address or phone me.That evening he still had the cheek on chat to say he loves me and have not received any emails.But know it has left me wondering who is the man on the photos I have.He has all my personal info and photo.Oh yes funny enough he knows everything about the military and all its terms. I have since found the real Mike Allen and warned him. Something needs to be done about these guys. He also says he works for the US Veterans Affairs. He has sent me lots of poetry and declared his love at a very early stage. He says he wants to set up a private clinic in England. It is listed on the main page of the site.James Mcbride supposedly in Afghanistan. He claimed his account was frozen and asked for money for his timber business. He claimed he was preparing to buy himself out of the forces to work on his business. He never talked about his son unless I asked him first. I did try checking him out and could not find him on electoral register. And I fell hook line and sinker.com please if he sounds familiar to anyone let me know. Would be very greatful if you could email me on the address above asap as he is telling me that they will send him back to baghdad iraq if i dont pay this money. As it was staff sgt christopher elizondo that i was asking for information on. the have not supplied a phone for him. so our the other people mentioned in your email. Then he changed his story to say his mum was still alive. I applied for a text activation and received an email back asking me to scan my passport and driving licence for verification purposes. I did not do this as I was already suspicious of him.have now been told they used a dead mans identity which makes me feel sick and i understand how low these people will sink. Supposedly he is sending travelers cheques for me to hold until he gets here next week. Checked his IP address today after falling for this guy and the mail is coming from Africa.com i have just checked it out and he has now started on some ladies from lovehorse. He is suppose to be stationed in Kabul Afghanistan. He actually writes pretty good but he has slipped up a few times.I thought I would just play it down. But if anybody has dealt with him before please let me know. and what I find odd is that Yahoo does not kotrollerar their pages with them pages that usually comes to rest . He only used his yahoo account and never his military address to contact me so he started saying if he could only get his own personal connection that things would be better for us to chat. Less likely that the blasting would interrupt our connections and that he could spend hours on end chatting with me. He was talking with you at the same time he was talking to me. Jones who claims to be Airborne since the end of March. My last correspondence was yesterday morning. He claimed to be Special Forces computer intelligence. I have reported him to Facebook. I have a hard time feeling sorry for people who fall for these scams. We have been taught to not talk to strangers. ALWAYS have your guard up and be cautious of people you meet on the Internet. Asked me to take my profile off. Then his named changed to Robert Minno Lorenz. Then requested I contact a diplomat named Mark Miller in regards to stuff he is trying to get to the states.I emailed him to tell him what was going on and someone was using his photos. His sister replied to my email and sadly Steve has passed away in April. I sent his sister the photos and all info I had including his IP address. I pretended we were having a storm and it knocked out the electricity so I never replied to him. He still tries to contact me every now and then but I will not contact him again. I will leave it up to the family to do what they need to do. Who knows how many people they have contacted using these pictures. I need to send one to myspace as well. I fell like a rock for his charasmatic messages and promises of love forever. He is proclaiming to love me already. Very conveniently there was a Red Cross officer who happened to be a Base when they returned. My mom and I have been scammed by this guy for all the money Mom had in her savings to retire. to FBI and those who are involved with army investigation.I have sent all his details to you already. I have beun to believe that i was becoming involved in a scam. I have not yet been asked for money but have been asked to apply for leave which i now know is not the correct process for obtaining leave. I was reading these posts and talking to him tonight and mentioned what i was reading to see what reaction i would get. As there person in the photographs may very well be a serving officer. I do have a pic with his name on his uniform. But I have heard that means nothing. He has been buttering her up for a week now saying he fell in love with her picture from match.com and keeps telling her he is going to retire and they are going to start a family and all that. STOP THE US ARMY SCAM on facebook.cos the soldier at war doesnt have access to cash. he is happily married and does not use dating sights. I was lucky to do my own research before getting involved. So they can investigate and find them. I was wondering why he kept wanting me to send a package to Ghana. Has a son who just so happens to have arrived in Ghana in the last week on some student work program. He gave me the kids school name and I have been trying to verify that he was in attendance at the school. No set amount was asked for just help him out. We mainly chat and he even went on webcam. I recently found my ugly mug on the dating site datanta.sounds like we all have a lot in common. i have a new name to add t your list. money was sent through western union t a man named Prince Essor. he also had other names that if necessary to send more are diplomat Harry Swain and Rafheal Quay these three are in accra Ghana.he always had some excuse why i couldnt see him on webcam like security. this person per email to you as well as my real identities. Sunnyvale is the home of Yahoo which is why most of the IPs will ping to Sunnyvale. I really fell in love with the illusion of this person. It really does break your heart. I was just involved in a military scam on match. I have spoken with Rebecca personally and confirmed her identity. Yours on the other hand is in question. Once I didnt answer her Messgenger she sent me an email. She also passed your email to me. If you want to see a photo of him let me know. And like alot of the other stories I have read its to good to be true. Please respond with any advice. His english is bad but he sent alot of pictures. I asked for a military email acct. I asked him to call me and he said he will ask permission that was a month ago. I did a location search of his IP address and it is in Ghana. Thank goodness I started to get suspisious with his very bad English and questioned him on it. As for who all these woman are. I do not know CJ although my gut tells me he is a good man. After reading here he would not be getting any money from me. Can anyone tell me if they have heard of a Charles Relinger and how do I go about getting any more information on him.ive three handsome pictures of him. says hes retiring next month and filed the papers back in feb.mil addy but also doesnt give it to me. also claims he will b receiving a great deal of money from retirement settlement.thanks to you I was able to get my mom to stop talking to ryan this morning because i saw your blog when I looked up his E mail adress. and definitely never ask their hand in marriage. thats because where yahoo is located. the only way to actually get there IP Address is when chatting with on messenger send them a file as soon as they accept then you can get there actual location. this how you do open command prompt run as adminstrater aas soon as they accept type netstat and keep doing it until file has downloaded. then un forgein there will be the actual IP Address.com he said her was in the Army stationed in Iraq. Future comments directed at or referencing her will be deleted. I contacted Tracy Bishop and she is a little concerned as well. I didnt like how he wont actually talk over the phone or send her web videos like all her other army friends do. The money I sent was not wired directly to Sgt. Durfee who seems to be a nice lady and may also possibly be a victim of Sgt. I would not agree to do this so he suggested using a private courier service to have the cash delivered directly to my home. Thankfully this money has never arrived. Todd are ever delivered to my home. Not an Army Hospital just a Military Clinic. I also have an APO address for him but it is probably as fake as he is. This SOB will give you nothing but heartache and an empty checking account balance. Todd originally contacted me through my tagged profile which has since been deleted. He states no APO box as i have to send to agne that will bring to him with troops. I am about ready toready to blast this guy. Traced IP address to Niegria and cnfronted him with it. Plus pic that came up on IM was not him. He told me it was his officers. There are sites now to report all of them. I even accused my scammer of this at one stage. I think the government or military should seriously check into these scams more thoroughly. I googled American soldier scams and got this website. She has now thankfully deleted and blocked him from everything and told him not to call again. He contacted her on the dating site plentyoffish.how dare you call an american soldier a scam foolish fellow . He tried to get me to send money so he could come home to be with me. He also said he had yong son and his wife was killed in car crash. I fell for his words and I realize now that I told him too much. I just got dumped and then lost two family member in the same week and he knew that. He has said that I am a mad woman and not a good woman and today he called me a poop woman what ever that is.lol I playing with him and said if you say so. He said he wants to look for me and that I am not safe now. So if anyone can tell anything I would greatly appreciate it. I have saved his conversations. Give them all the informations regarding this crook. If you click on that it will give you a complete list of computer talk with loads of numbers in square brackets. I know he is a fake but right now I am having soo much funn stringing him along. He really thinks I am going to send him money so he can get his Leave. Feel bad for the real soldier Engles and his family. There are so many photos and names on there for you to see and you can also add any pics you may have. The US Army uniform was altered and very obviously was photo shopped. I can share more details if someone interested. He talks about his patrol and how I needed to fill out paperwork to request leave for him to come home. He is just feeding you a line of BS and is only after any money he can con out of you. Just thankful I have great friends to confide in and help me out. Im really glad to have found this website as well as the facebook page about this. Just wish I knew who I had a picture of and could tell them or their family what is happening.Has anyone ever heard of or been contacted by a Marine by the name of Lt. Found that out from two ladies on this site. Has given me an address in Florida which I googled. Did not use the link he sent me. I have kept every email and message hoping they will help catch them. I really cannot take any more of this and now I have no hope in life nor with anything. BUT there is no real James Weaver. The man you fell in love with does not exist. If there is a man by that name it is not the one that you fell for. It is impossible to meet that man. Take care of yourself and I hope that you will meet a good man one day. I think that I myself have just been scammed. I fell for a soilder named Sean Anderson Barber. After about a month is when he started asking for me to help pay for him to come home. He said his commander would pay half if I could pay half. Andrew Salmo and he is a real soldier working hard and doing good. Go the internet find a site that does IP traces. Then we continued talking on MSN Messenger. Of course he was so in love with me quite quickly and I was flattered by his supposedly sweet words etc. I then got a tip from a very knowledgable lady who also chatted with him and told me to be careful and check out this site. Money was always brought up in our conversations but I would not bite. His english left me a little baffled at times as he was using words and phrases that just did not fit. for alerting me as I have found out that he is a scammer and not a soldier. I feel like a fool but am grateful to have this angel come to my rescue and clue me in. In this photo he has changed some of his bio. Please be careful as I was warned and feel very sad when I read the above letters from innocent and vulnerable women who get sucked in by these imposters. His English was bad and he was very bombastic. Very soon he was telling me that he wanted to come and visit me before Xmas. I said it was fine and that he could come. He then started saying that I should apply for his leave. He also slipped in that there was a small fee payable by me. Luckily there was a article in one of the magazines in South Africa with a reference to a website of women also being scammed. I had a look at the pictures on here and unfortunately there is no picture of him. Thanks to the people who set up this page.Me mail from a General to Ann Dunwood to write and can learn that he is real. I have always thought it was other people this happened to. It never once occured to me to check a scam site but now things just dont seem right. I kept telling him to get off the money thing and then he would say if you need money I will send you some. Of course I would not accept it and that was just a ploy to woo me into thinking he was sincere. Please do not beat yourself up for we are all human and only want to find happiness and true love. But it seems that these scams are way bigger then us and hopefully they will be caught and prosecuted for identity theft and fraud. All of these men talking to women are requesting money after making these women fall in love with them. Not until today he asked for money to send to his sister. My fiance is CHRIS Galvan and I am alleged to be his sister in pictures. This man is asking for money after having these women fall in love with him.com and asks for the money to be sent to the people listed in the transaction.If it sounds too good to be true it usually is. His son needs to fly to Sweden and I should wire the money to a Swedish bank so he can get his ticket. I deleted him from my IM and emailReply w.I checked out photos on his my space and there was one that was sent to me that was not on his site.I do find it interesting that he doesnt answer my questions and tells me he cares and doesnt want to loose me.I dont like the fact that I have been played like this because I am ready to be with one person and one person only.I got out of a bad relationship months ago and was ready to start fresh.What a way to make a woman hate men. His gf death with car accident.He hurt alots then he go to dating site to find someone. He very sweet not ask for money but he know how to make you fall in love and he ask you to get married very fast. after a few months he will disappear.Who really know who these things work please .But the rest we just talked here .Truthful it took everthing out of me .And stumble across a truck full of money .He told how bad he was getting shot and hit with bullets .But yet he had to stop and dig a hole to barrie this truck full of money .Then proseeded to run for his unit member to seek medical attention from his medic officer .By the time they got to him he was so very close to death .Telling me the money is being held their .That he has to pay them a percentage in order to get this truck full of money out of the country . You will have to pay taxes on it to the Government in the USA .He told no its all tax free the Government their told him it all his .For ghe found it far and square .And he really wants to set up a Home for ophans .For he did not have anyone growing up .He had to live on the streets and beg for food .And at times people their would hit him for doing this .When he was based in Iraq and in Ghana telling me he was using pay phones in both of these places .I heard a bunch of back round nioce .When i asked Sgt Willi about this .He told me at first it was the TV .Then next I had had asked him he told it was some of the guys he does patrols with .It was a man at his door wanting in .Telling me he had the wrong apartment .Again I heard these very same noises of people joking around and laughing .Sgt Willi seem to always come up with a reply for me .He told he was using the lobby pay phone .But the noise was always the same noise I heard .This was happening all the time this .Finally I talked to Sgt Willi about these noises again .Asked him why they were always the same .He would try laying this so called guilt trip on me all the time then .When asking him to ID himself as this USA Military Solder or Officer .He always told He was not allowed to give it out to me .this is what really caught me and my attension .But the one thing I never made him aware of is this .He was phoning me from New Yory City .But Like Sgt willie He to had to go to Ghane .But wanted more money from claiming the cell phone I had bought didnot work in Ghane and he needed a new Laptop .Because he had to leave his dest top computer in Iraq it was to big to pack along to Iraq and he was only allow to take so much along their with .This man also started by trying to really make me feel bad .To go to an Internet Cafe to talk to me .Yet he sits at an Internet Cafe pay to be on the Internet chatting to people .I found this really Interesting .Yet he sit thier at an Internet Cafe paying out money day after day to talk top me or someone eslse Like his mother and daughter .This man really had my heart Big time .Part of me Still really cares about him .He went as far as asking me to marry him .This Man Cpt Mathe Swain gave me his Military Email .ok And needing more help please do to other matter please.currently in oversea for peace keeping.i am a man of a good heart and a man of prestige. Have not been asked for money yet. The real generals who are having their names used should be warned. They are all married and none of whom are in dating sites nor do they have time for casual chat. then a person has used pics from a real Soldier who i have talked with cam too. but this real Soldier wnat catch and arrest this scammers who has used his pics. His bank wired some money at from his GT acct. He said he is a previous British Army now US Army and retiring soon that is why he wants to come for me. He is calling me on the phone to. UN transit Department and General Howard Bakewell. His latest fake profile is on bbpeoplemeet.com who is impersonating a US Army Soldier by he name of EDWARDS. You can see it clearly in his photos. I can only imagine that his photos where stolen by these criminals. I exchanged photos with him so I am sure that he will now use my photos to break a mans heart somewhere out there. His alias was Sgt Thom or Thomas Edwards. He has lost interest now although he still contacts me.com i forgot to write that down before is there anybody ho reqognise this Major.the reasons he gave this time for me having to send money to them was that they were taking risks by getting all this money out of Iraq. You are contact a Military Lawyer who has been doing this as well for many years without no problem. You will ask him what and what will you need to setup an Online Account for you so that the money can be deposited in the Online banking Account and you will have access to the online account and you will be able to transfer the money to your account in the UK gradually. And let him know that is is very urgent. I would have love to do this myself but the only problem we are having here is that we are not allowed to take anything out a war country nor are we allowed to make calls or do financial transactions. This is why I want you to do this for me. You have to choose the best option that is convenient for you and let me know then I will give you the contact of either the lawyer or the Diplomatic Shipment agent based on your chosen option. The money is meant for furthering the cause you know I am Passionate about and I know you support this too. This our love is booming and i know we shall be together soon and our love will manifest into reality. I will be patient waiting for an urgent response from you. take care and hope to talk to you soon. Hannett has been informed of someone using his pictures and last name. He said to tell them I was his wife. He also says that the Army will not let him have money over there. He is pushing me to get this money to Hi. I hope CJ would be so kind to get to the bottom of this for both our sakes. I was looking for a fight and I took it right to him. He is in Afghanistan and he came from Florida. Luckily I got sniff of what was happening and started to google.Chris Haggard in the ubited states arm stationed in Bahgdad. I hope someone lets Chris know what they are doing with his identity and I hope something can be done.I tried to call the FBI and got recordings to leave messages for specific cases only. when the final week came he was put on a list to go to Aphganistan and money was needed to get him off that list. I told Chris I wanted to talk to him but he had his commander call me. when he did call my phone service provider was able to let me know the phone call came from Ghana.the military site tells you that the email addresses should have gov. on their addresses if they are ligit.as they can only email from that site if they are a true solider stationed in Afganistan. Both start the conversation with fairly decent English. Bryan Stanley says he is born and raised in Tampa yet is unable to converse using properly formed sentences or grammer. Lucas Elias states he is from Ark. Russell using photos from news articles posted online.refuses to give military address as well. The pictures he is using may very well be of the real Brian Cameron and it may not even the poor soldiers real name. I feel horrible for all the women he has done this to and is still doing it today. My dear friend connected with him on a senior match site. He supposedlyis about to retire from the army and wants to send his son to live with my friend. He said he talked to a u n diplomat and has sent him to get his son from the caretaker. The diplomat got held upin customs and had because of the package. Sgt Morgan then asked my friendto wire the money so the package could be released. After refusingto do so sgt morgan then stated he was filing hisretirement papers that day to go to ghana to take care of this problem. My friend is still refusing to pay this amount. My friend thinks that Sgt Morgan is a real person but she does not know if he is scamming her or not. He has emailed several pictures to her. He has even emailed pictures of himself with pictures of my friend in frames on the wall behind him. the money does not concern me as much as her emoitions. she is a wonderful persona nd i hate to see her taken advantage of. She has the money but is not going to pay anything else. I just hate to see her so emoitionally invested just to be let down. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. He also sent her a copy ofa military ID with his photo on it. But he emails her through a yahoo email account. He first contacted me on myLife. I found on another website were someone had found a facebook profile with the same pics with the name William Johnson. My friend asked him about this and he is now saying that another woman he had been on contact with in the past is doing this to get revenge because he told her he was not interested in her. My friend now understands that this is a scam but she wants whoever this is to be caught. I have tried to tell her just not to have any contact with him but she wants him caught. i know the email says its a legit one but can find nothing on this guy desperate for help. Professes love and going to make me the happiest woman in the world. Has sent several pictures of a pretty good looking guy. We began chatting through IM but his stories did not seem to add up . Beware I checked the time difference n he got that wrong. Oh yes he asked me for a phone n cds. Toatl rubbish n it should not b allowed. We have been chating for a month now and like the rest of the stories I have fallen victim to this scam that I had no clue about.com which I did this was for us to be able to talk over the phone. This agent was supposedly given to him by his CO. That was a red flag that I should not have ignored. The sad thing is that I fell hard for this one and I would of really liked to have gotten to know the real deal.com is the scammer that I think he is. I think that his pictures are being used. Just a Heads up to all take care. i was then connected by GENERAL RAYMOND T. i have told him i think its all a scam and weeks of not hearing from him he would come back hes told me that he knows all about the scams which are going on and he got funny with me today about distrusting him. it is breaking my heart to think that someone could do this to someones feelings. My name is Stephen Samaniego and if you google me some stories from CNN. I am from Malaysia and I do not know anything about military phone and procedures for leave application by military troops. I think I have been scammed recently. I am glad so far I had been paid anything to them. I would appreciate if you could help me to verify whether he is a scammer. Any way of confirming my suspicion would be greatly appreciated. He never got around to money because I sent him an email requesting mail from his military email address or a photo of himself with my name on it. I wish there was some way to let the real Gary Kaltwasser know that his name and pics are being used. He said their network system had been down and that it had take all week to get it working again.uk along with all the rest of you. With me it did take him several months to ask for anything and I actually initiated it by asking what he wanted for his birthday. My story is pretty much same as everyone elses. He didnt have any extended family either. Then when he was finished with school in England he then enlisted in the Army. I began talking to him at the end of January.Then he told his deployment was going to be held because of what is happening in Libya. During all of this all the information he would give me I would google it but nothing would come up. I had feeling the entire time this was all too good to be true. Just the little things were just not right for your typical american man to say. In fact I found this out yesterday. I had no idea that this scam was out there. He sent me love poems this morning but I havent chatted with him today. So please be aware of whats really happening out there. I hope I do not have to see him again. I have even called him on it but he keeps trying. I even found the Real Bill Allyn on My space. He avoids questions when I ask him to verify his info and base info etc. Hopefully he got the message when I told him I would not be sending any money or recieving any packages. Told him I saw his name on googel as a Colonel Wadsworth with similar scenario of wife dying in accident. Said he had lots of his own money when I told him about the scammers. Sent me voice recordings with no mention of my name. Also returns my emails using my emails. Also email for his commander and two others people to send money to. I was amazed after reading few of your stories that scammers are still there actively more than ever. I told her it had to be a scam. It is unbelievable that people would try to scam people this way. He says that he wants to go on leave but needs me to be his guarantor or he cant have his leave. Check it out and I will be surprised if that is not your guy. I was told that this soldier did not have a valid APO address so i was to send my care package to a PA service agency rep. who would in turn get the package to my soldier. I advanced with a bit of caution and even checked the web to see if a Personal Assistant Service Agency existed. I found a site that affirmed that they help with soldiers care packages without a valid APO. I was very fortunate that all I have lost is the contents of the care package. I knew better than to send any money. My goodness this man is serving our country and putting his life on the line for us Americans at home. Next I will list the details I was told so you can help others.com yahoo messenger Raymond Shiller. He posted what looks like three pictures of a US Army soldier. Says his money is tied up in the bank in the states and he cannot touch it until he is officially retired. I took both forms to my local Recruiting Office and they verified both were not real. He acted upset and said he would get to the bottom of this. He came right out and said I would not get my money back. I have had lots of fun with this last request twisting his head around like a corkscrew. The leave bonus form was to try and acquire a copy of my signature.I have done much research on scammers since mid March and have learned a lot. I wish i knew who the soldier was. Well watch for this one everyone.They can use phone and webcam as well.If you ask of all what i write you will be know who is he. i just got scammed big time by this idiot and wont stop until i get him. he also goes by the name philip miller. please go to youtube and look up philip miller internet love scam. Army on peacekeeping in Afghanistan. I knew this was too good to be true. His name is James Wiseman and in America he lives in Milwaulee. His given name is Peter Rodriguez. If you have heard of him or spoken to him please contact me. He told me how much he loved and wanted to be with me and would do anything to prove his love. I told him to send me a picture of him holding a Afgan newspaper with a few others showing the current date. Joined the army after parents died. Nolan to inform him of this identity theft. These perpetrators must be stopped due to the unnecessary heartache this is causing to good people looking for genuine love.us he says he from texas I can tell he is not origianlly from there from the way he writes his words I have searched for this site on military sites nothing at all comes up.now wants me to file a leave for him so he can come home and marry me.will cost thousand of dollars for application and ticket.he cant access his miltary funds till he is home in the us.im so stressed and emotionally drained.help me find out if he is a scam. All US and UK Soldiers have one. The first was not in any connected with the military. We always chatted on Yahoo which I understand now is another red flag. He sent pictures and even a picture of his military ID. I thought he was just a bit whacky. I have no info on there from which he could derive anything. He also gave me directly his email adress. I did not trusted him immediately. He said he cannot phone me from there due to security reasons and all electronic devices have been confiscated. I said he is very disappointed in me and I have ruined his day. I told him clearly i would not send him any more money. I have already been through a lot in the dating world. I am staring to believe no one is honest. This is just shameful that there are people like this in the world.So asked him some simple questions. I was suspicious from my last scamming incounter on MATCH . It can be devastating feeling that you trusted even for a moment. Thats not right or natural in this sense. Goes by Sergeant Samuel Campell. I thought his story was fishy from the beginning. My prayers for your safe return are with you. My sixth sense has strongly sent messages to my brain that this man is sooner or later trying to scam me. I tried to google and found this useful site. His photos in his profile were a good looking enough Caucasian. Perhaps these are not the real Sony. I have no idea how to locate his IP address. I am Sony from United States of America . Presently i am on duty in Gaza and will be retired in a few months . I am sending you some of my pictures and hope that you will like them . I did make some money over here and if you watch the news from the US it is not a good idea to bring it to my country . I have some military friends who did marry already with Thai lady and told me that it is a smiling country . I hope that we will stay in touch. I feel for every one of you on here who have been conned out of your hard earned money. I feel for those poor servicemen and servicewomen who have had their identities stolen and used.This is a great post. Lots of great information. href=” http://www.okimcupid.fressinglescrowd.com http://www.freesingles.freesinglescrowd.com
Paty
Can you help me check if Sgt Mick Bowen from the army stationed in Iraq is a scammer?
He contacted me thru facebook after 3 month he is asking for me to send money to his kids as a loan, that he would pay it back when he comes back November 1, 2011. His email address is sgt.bowenmick@yahoo.com
thank you for ur time as i am inlove with his pictures but his voice has an accent. I dont think he is the one from the pictures
Paty
Susan Counihan
Hi, I have been speaking with a man who says he is a captain in the Army. Everything was fine until he said their sending me out on a mission I can take a leave but, my acct has been closed due to someone else using it. I realize I fell for this man big time. But, what I want to find out is the photos he sent me where can I find out who that gentlemen is. He should know someone is using his photos pretending to be him. Help someone please.
shay
has anyone heard of Gen John Mclaren? email is jmclaren05@live.com. he has been talking to me and has finally asked for money, when i emailed him that i had friend in the navy league i want to talk to bout this , he got upset and said they is no reason to involve a 3rd party. i havent heard from him today at all, i even sent an email to him to contact me, but no response.
Cely
I have been scammed by Sgt Huynh Lucas he claim an American Chinese i have few butch of his pictures his email address is sgt.huynh@gmail.com which i don’t mind to share to beware who are we dealing with cause his nice the way he talk online look cute too so don’t get fool by his look cause i did for sure i really wish to find the real person but no chance finding him. contact me celybug2000@yahoo.com to confer our photos
Corrie
Hello,
Could someone please tell me if any of these guys are scammers. Thank you.
David Scott, user name nice23080 from Fort Worth, Texas on the Benaughty website. He said loved me after we had been talking for a week and wanted me to ask for his leave. The email address is gave for the General Johnson M was militaryleavegrant@usa.com. I sent an email that said “Is it possible for a citizen to request a leave for a military soldier?”, but I didn’t get an answer. I told David I thought he was a scammer and he said he would track me down and kill me. I haven’t heard from him since.
I started to another military guy username menofhonor38, also on Benaughty. He said name was Tommy when we were talking on Benaughty, but when we started talking on the messenger he said his name was Micheal Williams. He saisd he is all alone because he lost his parents and his wife died 3 years from cancer. He wanted me to delete my profile and he said he loved after we just been talking the messenger for 1 hour. I haven’t talked to him for 2 days.
Another military guy also from Benaughty username adams10 contacted me to ask if I wanted to use the webcam version with him. The other 2 guys use the webcam version as well. How can they use the webcam version if they are scammers?
Thank you,
Corrie
Petra
Hi! Here is my experience about it (I am not english speaker, then sorry if a make some mistakes), I was talking with s suppose sgt. Andrea Aaron Ramos in Afganistan for peace keeping, widower and a daughter of 11 years old with his mother in Illinois. Like I live in an area sucestible to floods on this days when Storm Irene come to Puerto Rico I lost my stuffs and I tell him what happen to me and he offers to sent to me some checkes “to help me”. I said not because I was suspicious and anyway I don’t want he thinks I am an material lady. Later he ask to me for his leave and gave me an address in the internet. When I was looking for the address I don’t know why but I see an article that call my attention about scamers.There I see that I was almost to fell into scamer fraud. I typing to him and he said that he’s identity was stolen, I said to him that in the article said only the military can ask for his leave. Yet I’m waiting for his answer.
Jessica Roach
Feeling quite pissed off… have all correspondence with Cpt. Winfield Daf Scott… how can I be of assistance…?
Robyn
Hi,
Robyn from Australia here. Thanks for this site…it’s great! I have just been contacted by a scumbag claiming to be a Sgt Fred Turner, middle name Alan. Email address is fredie1925@hotmail.com He said he is currenlty deployed in Libya. He wanted me to establish a secure phone connection to him but when I found out it was going to cost $300 I said no. Then he was desperate to come to Australia to meet me and said I had to request Transit Leave for him as he had no next of kin apart from his 16 year old daughter Karen who lived with he deceased wife’s mother. His parent’s had died in a car crash when he was 27. When I found out it was going to cost $4000 for his transit leave I also said no. I have been scammed before and there was no way I could afford this anyway….too busy paying off the debts the last scumbag left me!! I googled army dating scams and it said to ask for their official email and service no so I said to him that I would like him to give me his military email address and service no he asked why I wanted them. I said that I had friends in the Army in the US who could verify who he was. He said that he couldn’t do that and that if would put his ass on the line. I then said okay I would like some more photo’s of him as I only had two. He then said that he would not provide anymore photo’s I asked why not and he said he did not pose for photo’s. I said that something was very smelly and we had nothing more to say to each other.
He did send me a photo….of a soldier with his face covered taking aim with a gun. I told him not to insult my intelligence and to admit he had lost this one.
I have done and IP search and it is from Laos, Nigeria.
CJ I will email you the photos
Robyn
Debbie Chandler
Dear Robyn
I have read your email about Fred Turner. It seems that we are being scamed by the same guy. Only we were to be marrierd this December. If I only knew about this website before I gave him the 300. for the phone. what a dumbing I was. I just lost my husband after 29 yrs together. He was in and out of hospital for 10 yrs and Fred he just pushed all the right buttons for me and the right words at the right time. I knew that something was up when he called me by Robyn and when I asked him who Robyn was that is when he told me about his daughter Karen. Now Karen lives with his sister-inlaw who name is Robyn so I guess that is you. Now he would like me to pay for him to come home and that is the 4000 he asked me. I told him if he would to come home it is up to him to pay for it because I am not going to. I am going to get him don’t know how but I have been playing him like he has me. To bad we can’t get our heads together and get him. I have all his emails that he wrote to me. If you could email me back that would be great. Thanks Debbie.
wilma
I am not sure if who I am chatting with is actually scamming me. He claims to be a ssrg with the army in the 7th sfg. He states he wants nothing from me, that he is ending he marriage and is only looking to write with someone. he says he will never ask me for money, or a phone or packages that he has nothing to gain. he has a military email but will not give it to me because it is monitored by the military. he will not tell me where he is in afganistan except that he is there. he recently said he had requested a mission and was accepted and would not be able to contact me for a few weeks he cannot say what the mission is except to watch the news. he is not expected to return to the states until jan or feb. he will return to NJ first and then back to PA where he is orginially from. we have only been talking for about a week. he did send me pictures but the patch on his arm is for the 82nd airbornne. when i questioned this he said that they attach to who ever the are working with?? makes no sense to me. it is so early in the contact and i am very confused about this. especially because he states he wants nothing from me.
Sally
New names for you : christopher.logan45@yahoo.com, sgt in Iraq, usual story wife and parents dead, 10 yr old son Micheal tammylogan54@yahoo.com in military school Paris, best friend jeffreysnipper@yahoo.com consoling a grieving girlfriend after Christopher’s plane fell out of the sky on it’s way to an airport to drop Christopher off to meet his Internet girlfriend after she transferred £1000 through Western Union to pay for his flight. Christopher luckily survived but needs major leg surgery according to his doctor godownslife56@yahoo.com who informed girlfriend that it would cost £6000. Funnily enough the cell phone number is still active!!
Meanwhile, same lady is chatting to hernandezjoel1@hotmail.com, hernandezjoel2010@googlemail.com who sent all the “official forms” for her to fill in requesting leave, signed at the bottom by Robert Gonzalez, consequently this has not been done. Money needs to be transferred to
Name: Mrs Sylvia Joan Hennessy
Bank Name: NATIONWIDE
SORT CODE: 07 02 46
ACCOUNT No: 11570766
Obviously once bitten twice shy!!
ennis griffith
can anyone help,can u s military phone from iraq to u.k.also.can they receive and send mail.been scammed out of 1700 pound supposed for leave for him to retire from army,hes told me to send 4000 pound to secure
his retirement benefits,which hes accumulated over the years hes been in military,hes sgt_paul_smith202@yahoo.com.also got a hotmail address,another man col.ronald peter.ronald peter1000@yahoo.com,is the supposede col,whos handling the money when its sent through western union,the agent picking the money up is ana hernandez circuns,who is an active agent working for u s army,he said he cant receive mail from me,because department shut,and it would cost him to ring me,hes a sgt based in iraq,i met him when i was on bnaughty site,he used a friends profile on upforit,com,i have photos of him,can anyone help,i feel suc an idiot,i live in the uk .thank you.
Kristine
Hello ladies I have another name for you Jimmy Jordan Williams. He is smooth and very attentive but a scamming scumbag. I wish I had seen this site two months ago.
Feeling Foolish
Thanks for this fantastic site! I have been contacted by a soldier serving in Afganistan but I’m not sure if he is a scammer. Things seem a little questionable. Can someone please tell me what the procedure is to be placed on a soldier’s Next of Kin form? I want to see if his story is legit.
Mary Nelson
Hi CJ. First of all…THANK YOU for what you do for our country and for this web site. Unfortunately, I had no idea of how many innocent, kind, true hearted people are being scammed everyday. This truely saddens my heart. I have found this site because my mother has become a victim of a “love story” by a person claiming to be Captain Richard Miller stationed in Sudan. (captrichardmiller@yahoo.com) My mother, being recently widowed has been in correspondence with this person for several months. He claims to be on a 15 year contract in Sudan, been a widower for 15 years, has 2 kids in college in San Diego and now that he has met the Love of his life (my mom) he wants to buy out of his contract (for the small fee of $13,500) and come running home to her and whisk her away and become one. (blah)! He has thousands of dollars but because he can’t get access to his money while in Sudan he of course convinced my mom to give him a little financial boost. Unfortunately, she fell for this and sent him money via Western Union. (blah-ugh) again!! So…my sister and I went over to my Mom’s house last night to have a little intervention…It is so sad…she has never really been romanced. He says all the right things to her and makes her feel so special. If there is any person in this world that fully believes that there is good in everybody…that would be my Mom. In our attempt to convince her that she is being scammed…she still doesn’t believe it. She feels in her heart that this person is real. Here’s something else…she told me that Capatin Richard Miller has a facebook page. I have went through her friends list and he’s not on her list. I asked her to pull up his Facebook profile and she pulled up a page that appeared to be a facebook profile page for this person. We logged her out of facebook, I then logged into mine and I couldn’t get find him as I had told her. I literally went through EVERY Richard Miller that would come up. Pretty common name! CJ can you help me and my family? We have to take care of our Mom, especially now that our Dad has passed away. He was a Marine and was so proud of it! He loved our country and was a member of the VFW. He was so proud of his family and grandkids, We have family members in or served in Army, Navy and Marines. I spend a lot of time at my Dad’s grave, I speak to him because I know in my heart he hears me. My Dad would be so proud of us for trying to protect my Mom and keep watch over her. We have a large family with a strong family bond. Guess that’s what happens when you have 9 kids. Again, I thank you for your service and time. Please help. God Bless you.
Ann
Hello .. was inside and read what you wrote about your mother and him, Richard Miller, and I think it’s so terrible what your mother has suffered.
It is also difficult for you to get her to understand what this is a horrible man.
Only it’s frustrating when you know what he is and she does not want to listen.
This Richard Miller is probably the same man who has been out a long time on the web to steal money from poor widows and divorced single woman.
If you visit my page on Facebook, maybe it can help both you and your mom.
I hope she gets her eyes and sees that he is a scammer. / Ann
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002391696005&sk=wall #! / profile.php? id = 100001471927712
Mary Nelson
Hi Ann,
Yep…that’s the same dirt bag that’s been contacting her. I’m going to have her look at it too. Thank you soooo much!!! This was just the proof that I was looking for!!!!! You have no idea what your post meant to me and my family!!! Bless your heart!!!
Lisa
Am so glad I found this site. Was wondering if any one could help me. Have been talking to a SSGT MARK SMITH KINNEE OR its just MARK SMITH his email address is ssgtmk9191@yahoo.com for three months now and now I am not sure if he is a soldier in Kabul Afgh or not
could someone help me please.
I am so ashamed and embarrassed
Thank you so much
Lisa
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could someone help me please.
Am so glad I found this site. Was wondering if any one could help me. Have been talking to a SSGT MARK SMITH KINNEE OR its just MARK SMITH his email address is ssgtmk9191@yahoo.com for three months now and now I am not sure if he is a soldier in Kabul Afgh or not
I am so ashamed and embarrassed
Thank you so much
Ann
Sorry but I sent the wrong link to my site .. but here it is right link. / Ann
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712
ennis griffith
has anyone heard of a man called staff sergent edward john serving in kandahar,afghan,met him on b naughty site,emailjamesd2@hotmail.com,his supposed general mailed me major general caldwell asking for 400 dollars
for connection of phone,do you have to send any fee so thbey can ring u k , thanks
Ann
Hello .. I’m pretty sure you mean John Edward. Is this the same guy, tell him to fuck off, he is a scammer
go to my page and look, I’ve uploaded the picture so you see it / Ann
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001471927712
annmarie
Hya ladies i have another name for you who is a scammer,Steve edwards,he contacted me on Oasis dating, UK same story, widowed son of 18,lives in florida,blah blah blah, his email is Steve_edwards2010@hotmail .com stera clear, thank you cj for this great site you are a life saver,i just feel so sorry for the guys whos pictures are being used in this disgusting manner.
Annmarie
Bre
I have been communicationg with a man that goes by the name Col. Richard Smith, he’s from Texas but stationed in Pakistan. We have been chatting since May, he has told me the usual stuff, I love you, wanna be with you when I come home in October,etc. But he has also asked me to send money to a usmilitary telekom@rocketmail.com. Where they insisted that I send money first to a female in Virgina, I didn’t do it,then they sent me another email( poorly written) to send money to a woman named Nina Saladan in a neighboring city here in Texas, how funny! He still chats with me but brings up the phone issue daily. Today he got upset with me and called me a liar, selfish and told me that if I cared about us, I would get the phone for him,”he only wants to hear my voice”. LOL ! If you know of this person and he is legit, please let me know. His email address is ric_smith068 @yahoo.com, I also have photos.
Swan
that email address he furnished you is from Malaysia. Therefore, it’s not surprising he operates from there. How do I know it, cos’ I’m a Malaysian and when I look at the email address, it simply tallies. Also, there are loads and loads of Nigerian “students” in our country.
Annmarie
Hello ladies, it would appear that mMR STEVE Edwards is up to his old tricks again, he also goes by the names MARK and JOE Edwards,he usually trawls the OASIS dating site, he is always a soldier in Afghanistan,please be aware of him,
CJ please bring your boys and yourself back safely, you are a godsend,bless you,
ANNMARIE. x
Natali
Hello Annamarie, thank you for this warning. I think this is same guy-Steven Edward, soldier in Afghanistan.
On yahoo-stevenjedward@yahoo.com, but IP is from Ghana 41.93.130.206
Ann
how do you find out the IP address?
Natali
Ann,
If you use yahoo try to find some of his first emails, and follow the instructions.
1
Launch your email client application for the account where you received the message from Yahoo! Mail. The specific way of performing this step depends on the email client. For example, if you’re using a Yahoo! Mail account, navigate to mail.yahoo.com. Enter your user name and password, then press “Enter.”
2
Open the message whose IP address you want to find. For example, click on the subject of the message in Yahoo! Mail.
3
Have your email client display the full headers for the message. For example, for Yahoo! Mail, click on the “Actions” pull-down menu, then select “View full headers.” A new window will display the message with all its headers.
Than copy all headers and paste here http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email/
Annmarie
Hya Natali
yes it is the same guy, did he send you any pictures 1 of him with2 other soldiers, him stood in the middle his name edwards clearly visable? he isn’t real, tell him to get lost,if you havn’t already.x
Annmarie
Natali
Annmarie,
Thanks again.
I’ve already reported this trash on other sites.
Candlestickmaker
hi I have some pictures but none in uniform. I was have been chatting with stevenjedward@yahoo.com for a while now and knew early on that something wasnt right. I;ve been having fun with him as hes asked me for $1500USD to move out of Iran. While corresponding with this jerk I did a Facebook search and found a Steven J Edward – who also turned out to be a scammer but of the Nigerian kind. He is also called John Edward and sometimes Jason. His profile photo on Facebook belongs to a real person and I have found him and emailed him.
So ladies, beware. There are 2 scammers with the same name and their IP addresses are different so I dont think they are the same
Steven James Edward, stevenjedward@yahoo.com and st.jedward on Skype is the American soldier from the 2/27th Infantry stationed at Camp Phoenix Kabul. DOB 8/9/1633. Rank SGT. IP Ghana. He has called me twice from a Pakistan number and has a strong indian sounding accent. I couldnt understand a word he was saying
Steven J Edward (Facebook) is jedward75@yahoo.com. He is also called John and sometimes uses Jason. He claims to be in real estate and is currently in Nigeria buying and selling property. He has phoned me and has a strong african accent and gets quite angry if you point it out
The Facebook guy cottoned on fairly quickly that I was playing with him, and chat with him has stopped. However I have been playing with the American soldier for a while and hes been very patient, waiting for me to survive my faked disease so I can return to work and send him $1500USD. I’m thinking something epic is in order. I have photos of the soldier and would like to compare with any others
Annmarie
Natali
Please also report his user name to the dating site he contacted you on,
Annmarie
Ann
Go onto google put in their search engine find ip address, then click onto ip email trace, but be cautious as they do hide the real ip sometimes, if it says sunnydale that is the server address for yahoo,you can also get this information from the emails if you click on show details, i hope this helps you.
Annmarie
Annmarie
Candlestickmaker
I have deleted the main pics i was sent but i have managed to download the pic he used on messenger,well done for finding the real Mr EDWARDS ,at least he will be aware of this scam now,how did you manage to do that?my email is annmarieplumley@gmail.com if you email me i will send it to you, i am hoping that i can put it onto the wall of shame,
Annmarie
Annmarie
BRE,
sorry hun he is also a scammer, real soldiers do not need you too send them any money, phones, laptops, or anything else these scumbags may ask you for,if he was real he would be writing to you with a .mil email address all real soldiers have 1.
Annmarie.
Pamela
I have been talking to now 2 soldiers now who contacted me on Tagged .com. One is named Sgt. Christain Amstrong from the US Army. He claims to have a son Jason who is living in Nigeria because Christain(aka chris)mother married a African man and moved them there Chris was trying to get me to wire money to his mom there for Jasons birthday. I started to think things are funny and when I started to google scams found my answers. He would not give a military email no call and no address. He claim to be a secret mission… I called him on it and he went off on me. 1 week later he is trying to get in touch with me. His email and yahoo IM is christainamstrong@yahoo.com . I have pics if you need to compare. Also have another one who contacted me tonight. Larry Becker. He gave me an military email and when I did a check on it the IP number it was sitemail.everyone.net. He gave me an email of Becker66@militarymailbox.us. So they are catching on to needing an military email address be careful…..
isabel
Dont go on a site called military cupid full of scammers shut down at least 25 profiles if not more also do not believe anything these africans pretending to be soldiers tell you its a load of rubbish, i have found a couple of soldiers real pictures on sites as facebook my space and contacted them to tell them their pictures are being used for fraud. i have got profiles shut down.
These men who are fighting are brave loyal and knights in shining armour these africans are lowlifes who pray on womens emotions
Fiona
If you suspect any of them as romance scams and recognise any of their pictures, report them. Tagged.com are pretty good at removing these profiles immediately like within 1/2 hour of reporting. I reported about 60 of them. All deleted.
Ileana gonzalez
Hi there am from Mexico someone who say ia an american army soldier assigned in Africa contact me by face book since sep 9th 2011 his name as he toll me is Dave Smudger, he say that his in love wiyh me in 2 weeks jajajaja he is keeping asking me for mony to come visit me, i want to know if he is real or a scame, please i alredy send 600dollars he is asking me for more i really belive in him but a friend of mine show me this page ans am afraid he is not who he say
I will be waiting for your answer pleas dont miss me i need your help!!!!!!!!!
Annmarie
IIEANA
So sorry hun he is scamming you, NO REAL SOLDIER needs you to send him money for laeve, the army would arrange for him to go any where he wanted to after his tour of duty,,you need to stop communication and report him to the site he contacted you on also the FBI and the American Embassy,you could also check his ip address,so sorry i know how you feel it is hard, but please be aware he will try to tell you otherwise,.
Annmarie
Kala Kehrer
I have been scamed by a guy named Michael Komla Nfodzo. He used the alias Michael Adofo. He got to me by using the name Kelvin Roach and saying he was in the Army in Kabul. I fell for it hook line and sinker! I feel pretty stupid right now. Google his name and you will see he is a profession d**k. He is working with a group because some of the mail came out of Accra, Ghana and some came out of California. Word of advice. When chatting with someone on line pull down the header on the mail they sent and check the IP address to where it is comming from. That is how I found out it was a scam.
Debbie
I was contacted on the social networking site Tagged by a so called US army soldier serving in Libya.Johnny Reeves.,j_reeves72@rocketmail.com, we had been talking for a couple of weeks, slowly but surely building up a connection! I thought he was amazing, eventually he wanted to hear my voice so bad and wanted me to send an email posing as his wife for a Ts2 satellite phone connection. I straight away done some research and found the site romance scams and traced his email back to Lagos Nigeria. Lucky for me, i found out sooner than later. Tagged is full of Fake profiles, so called army soldiers hunting for victims, my eyes are now wide open. If it seems to good to be true…..THEN IT IS!!!! BEWARE!!! I outed him out on tagged and he had to delete his profile lucky enough i saved 67 woman from the hands of this monster….They too now will have their eyes wide open.
Sandy
YES I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING EMAILS AND YAHOO MESSENGER FROM A MAN I THINK IS A ARMY MAN SINCE APRIL AND THEN HE EVENUALLY ASK ME FOR 900.00 DOLLARS FOR A NEW COMPUTER I WAS HESTIATE ABOUT IT BUT I SENT 900.00 THROUGH WESTERN UNION . WHICH I THOUGHT WAS STRANGE CAUSE IT WAS A FOREIGN NAME WHO PICKED IT UP AND HE SAID HE RECEIVED THE MONEY LATER ON THAT DAY. HE SAID HE GOT HIS NEW COMPUTER ,. AND THEN A MONTH LATER NOW HE WANTS TO COME HOME ON LEAVE AND WANTS 3500.00 FOR COMING HOME HE SAID THIS IS HOW MUCH HE HAS TO PAY TO GET TO COME HOME . WHICH I THOUGHT STRANGE AND AM NOT SENDING. But i have had him checked out ad he has no criminal record and he send pics of himself to me and his son . I hope i am not being crapped on
Silvia
Hello everyone;
I had been talking to this guy that I met through myyearbook, never thinking that he would be a sweet talker scam artist. He started by telling me that his wife died in a car accident, he had a 7 year old kid and was living with his granny. That his dad died while on duty as an army soldier and his mom was in Mexico living with her parents because she was blind. He said too that he was a US soldier drafted in Libya for about 3 months now. He sounded like a soldier too, that’s what kept me talking to him. I had my doubts too so went to Google about site dating and came up with this so called scam soldiers and got myself inform on how they work and the type of questions I should use on them to make sure they are what they say. I did that and he refused to answer any of them. He even told me that his military email and mail was classified, which is not true. I went to personal questions like asking him about Texas because in his profile he said he was from Dallas Texas and I live in Garland Texas so I said to myself, why not ask him some questions on the Dallas are cause I know my way around there, so started asking him and he refused because he said he wasn’t going reveal his identity to me. During the time we talked he sweet talk me so good that was filling my life with a glamorous living, so good to be true I said to myself. He even doubted me and sending not that risky pictures but normal ones of myself, he even told me to send him a video message to make sure it was me he was talking to and I did prove him myself, but he never proved himself to me. That’s why I kept myself in the warning spot. At fist I was nice and sweet to him but when I saw how fast he was taking our relationship even to a commitment process that’s when I took the approach of confronting him by asking him to reveal himself to me before I enter into a deep relationship to him. He even gave me an attitude about why I was being so cold with him and acting this way and told him that I wasn’t going to blindly commit to no one. I got all of a sudden a response from him that left me in shock, he said he wasn’t the guy in the picture he had send me, that his name was Donald and is a black guy. That he didn’t want to hurt me anymore because he had fallen for me, found that hard to swallow. I answer him harshly and let himself know what I though of him, and should be ashamed of himself for using a US soldier for his disgusting purpose with woman’s, really spoke my mind to him. I stopped chatting with him, deleted my yahoo account because he was acting like a stalked towards me. Please ladies act carefully with whom you are meeting on line and don’t trust, doubt is the number one key you should use. What really open my eyes with him was an email he send me about me having a son and he was talking to him and getting along well with when I don’t even have a son, I told him this so many times, and confronted him about this and he said his head was not all thinking properly, yeah right! I left his fake identity at the end, he said his name was Johnny Reeves, age 39. His email is: J_reeves72@rocketmail.com, he used another one that is: JohnnyReeves72@nyc.com. I want to being a part of helping so many woman out there that fall into the lies of this criminals.
Julie
Hi everyone yet another victim afraid, and yet again someone who never thought they could be scammed! Apparently being highly educated hasnt made me less victim. I was on GIRLS DATE FOR FREE site but I think he found me through a sister company in US called Flirt or posibly Be naughty- by the way neither of which I agreed to go on! His name is DAVID RAMOS aged 46 but is using the same picture as on the wall of shame on this site. as ANTHONY and AARON RAMOS. He says he lives in Portsmouth UK, but is serving in Kabul Afganistan, in US Army as a Staff Sergent specialising in Armor and Human Rescources, seems an odd combo anyway! Says he from Oakland Calfornia but his Yahoo profile says Salinas California. Says he has a fifteen year old son lives with mom in USA. Says he has best friend called Chris who found his soulmate 3 years ago and lives in USA. Says he and General are very close. Usual declarations of love very quickly then a great “surprise” that he may be able to get leave, then asking me to eail general and saying wife to be, I said No immediately partly as Im still technically married ie only seperated! Then says will talk to general first then make application. Hasnt asked for money YET! Anyway last night picked an argument to see what would come up and he was really hurt and said Id broken his heart blah blah! This was beause I questioned how he could be in love with me, when all he had seen of me was one blurry head shot, and stressed how I had no money ( I dont too!)and so on, so he got very angry. Anyway found the photo after our chat which confirmed my suspicions, and have delet4ed him as contact etc and email address etc. His email address is david_ramos221.hotmail.com.
So this is the end for me and online dating apart from this episode I have also been let down misled and been contacted by lots of down right unpleasent men! Disabled women please particularly be aware these men incluing this scammer think you are particularly vulnerable and that you will put up with anything! Show them we are strong women and dont need this crap in our lives!
TJ
Ok CJ I need to know if stevecollins881@gmail.com is one of these scammers. He hasn’t asked for anything yet but when I asked for his mil address he said he had one and when I said can I have it he asked if I wanted to mail a letter then promptly got off line.
Is this like the rest?
Annmarie
TJ
Just a word of caution it this guy refuses to write an email to you from his .mil address he is scamming you,please remember these scumbags are very clever at what they do, they know just what to say to you to make you believe they are genuine, PLEASE< PLEASE be on your guard ,just the fact he has gone of line when asked for his .mil address Shouts SCAMMER, he may come back to you and say he was on patrol or on a mission where there wasn't any connection!!! if i were you i would report him to whichever server network you were communicating on and cut all contact before you get your heart broken, or worse your bank balance emptied.you can also search for his ip address this will tell you where he is sending his emails from, sadly most end up being from Ghana!!! lots of luck
Annmarie.
LB
Hi I have been contacted on B2gether by a ‘US Soldier’ staff sergeant James Miller! After 2 days he was declairing his love for me, would die for me etc etc….then told me we must have a secure contact site and it would be £250 – He’s sent photo’s of himself in dress uniform, another of him supposedly in a peice he has written for the Telegraph – but of course he can’t discuss that as we do not have a secure site
!! One in desert combats and another sitting on a tank……Well he can whistle for his money and i hope he gets all that is coming his way -what an ‘AS***LE’ Oh and i forgot the poetry – thank God i won’t be having to read anymore of that drivel and a photo of him holding a card with my name on, clearly on some baseball pitch surrounded by trees and greenery when he’s supposed to be in Camp Phoenix in Kabul – REALLY! Thank God i’m not as stupid as i obviously look….I’m so sorry for everyone who has been caught out by these ‘TW*TS’ i’m so glad i read this site – thank you
shine
well i just interact 2 emails and its very bizzare this the e mail of the SGT FREDY MARCULY it is even funny the name fmarculy@live.com can somebody feedback to me, we contact in tagged
mona
sgt.fred davidson marculy has ripped me off promising to come to canada and never did.he is out to get all women and take them for there money.please be careful.he promises love and a good life with him.he asks for money for sat phone and to get him out of the military.
joanne snaith is the lady he asked me to send money to.
i have and want all ladies involved with this asshole to report him to the United States Military as i have done
we need to stop him from hurting and ripping off any ther women
email me if this has any concern to you and has happened to you to…..or before he does any more damage
scincerely mona
Deana
hiya CJ,
my mum i think is being scammed, the ts2 has been mentioned and keeps cropping up i have two emails for a certain Sergeant Daniel Winn i would appreciate if u could check them for me, they are daniel_sgtwinn02@yahoo.com or daniel_sgtwinn02@hotmail.com if u could get back to me at deanapannett@rocketmail.com as soon as possible please im worried about my mum, much appreciated.
Deana
Liz
Hi All, I have been communicating with a person called SNR SGT JAMES EDWARDS, he told me that he is in Phase 2 camp Kabul Afganistan, he has requested that I apply for leave for him which I did to an address which he told me a pla gave him to send the request to. I western Union to Walla Walla Washington US1650 for the said leave… I have since been told that there is not charge for leave …. I was hoping that you would be able to tell me if there really was a Snr Sgt James Edwards…his email address are sgtedward1967@yahoo.com he also goes by the name of wagner Edwards and his address is edwards.wagner@yahoo.com…I would appericate any help that you might be able to find out..thank you. Liz my email address is elizabeth.d26@optusnet.com.au
Liz
This person has 7 profiles on 6 on tagged and 1 on face book where he contacted me outta the blue. His line was God showed him my Facebook page and he had to contact me…. being on my own for 7years I was rip for the picking and he had all the moves and sweet talk and new the exact thing to say….
On Tagged he uses the the names EDWARDS.W (3) EDWARDS.ROBERTO ALLANIS (1) FREY EDWARDS (2) FACEBOOK – JAMES EDWARDS (1) …I know in my head that I have been scammed but you know the heart always want what it cannot have and I just have hope that it is just a dream…. But he is telling every one that he wants a wife and family…he even told me two weeks ago that he had been shot in the arm and this was why he was unable to contact me…I though that was strange but he told me that he was not allow his laptop in the hospital….GULLIBILE YES!!!!! but he was so beliveable ineverything that he said to me….. I really would know if there really was/is a SNR SGT JAMES EDWARDS…..please let me know at elizabeth.d26@optusnet.com.au
Linda Weaver
yes could some one tell me if this guy is for real his e mail address is “chris graham” please does anyone know this guy is he a scammer too any help please
Sharon
Well where to start!!! RSVP , areyouinterested and girlsdatefree are dating sites full of scammers. I fell for one scam 6 months ago but fortunately when he asked for money which I refused to send I never heard from him again. I have been contacted soooo many times by these scammers. They always aproach me. Yes can spot these guys or scammer’s a mile way now so here are a few more names (just a couple of new ones) to avoid at all cost!!! Blair Tim Kyle Davids Mike Ryan and notice anything??? you could use either name for a surname or first name…… all stating they are on deployment and in us military all devoting their love to me after a day or two to the extent that I am now their future wife! 2 out of three have facebook accounts but no wall comments or friends. all only use yahoo accounts. The latest has also asked me to set up a account for a ‘mate’ on a dating site ‘areyouinterested’ as he has found his love on the net (me) and his mate also wants to join!!! net connection is bad and they cant do it!! so could I help him! yeah right like that’s going to happen! Each one has said about taking leave and it costing money and as was said before (in other posts above) it doesn’t cost to get leave. If i had any questions about US army stuff that i have no idea about, that they have said, I would always research and prove what they were saying as lies. I always did google searches but nothing ever came up. Also the times they contact me do not gel with the real time where they are….eg they would chat online to me when it is 3am their time and always say it is late or an incorrect time……I am just another aussie girl looking for the real thing but not finding it with these guys! PLEASE be careful. All the best Sharon
Heather
I am adding sgt.steven04 to the list and patrick.jordan86. Both came off of datehookup.com. Both pledged the “I love you” blah, blah, blah stuff. I have been around the block and that bs didn’t work on me. Both claimed to need $450 to file paperwork to come home, promising money to me when they came home. I told them both “no” and they waited a few days and then contacted me again, asking for money again. They didn’t get anything from me, but watch out…profiles are still on there. Contacting the site is my next step.
Theresa
CJ
I have a guy who has been emailing me. He said he is in the army and stationed in Kabul
He is using the name Allen Lingo from New York.. I was just checking to see if this was a scam..
Anonn
Lingo is a KNOWN Scammer so yes it is a scam and scammer
Marly
I was contacted by paul braus. he was in afghanistan now in ivory coast.. asking me for the letter and money to come to us to visit me.
Scary,, i think its a scam . he refused to give me his military address or ako.
His e-mail paul.braud@yayoo.com
widower, 49yrs, wife died of car accident , born in hungary, son 17 live with grand parent.
i do not trust him.
if you can inform of him please let me know,, but his uniform picture has ramos.
Anonn
Scammer all day Ramos is also a known scammer cut this off and leave this begging loser with nothing
Sandy from MO
CJ,
Thank you for your site and all the information! its saved me alot to find out that the Sgt Donald Lecain I was talking to was from Nigieria and is part of this scamming nation!! I really hope that someday all these people can be caught and put away!!! He has a facebook page under Lecain donald and Don LeCain…. …
My Prayers are with you while you are deployed…. Take care
tina
Does anyone know or heard of a LT Commander Steve Ireland supposed to be British navy on a ship called the Clyde, hes a scammer i know but im having a bit of fun with him right now, he claims hes in Libya in Sirte , crappola of course, now wants me to have a box of money discovered in the ruins,hahaha ,DELIVERED TO ME .he wont get a red cent from me , but i was just curious , Cheers Tina
Jude
Hi all, I am from the UK and have just been scammed luckily for only £250 for mobile set up. Even spoke to him when her rang me!!!! Typical story widow 8 year old son being looked after by nanny. Played him at his own game when he asked for more money to get him home on leave. The nanny was forced to ring me from her mobile to try and entice me further. How illiterate she was !!!!! Went under the name of Capt Patrick Osborne – Capt.patrickosborne@yahoo.co.uk does anyone have similar name. Have photos available. Thanks to u guys who make this site possible. Good luck CJ on your present tour.
Jude
Hi ladies can u believe it have just gone onto friends reunited here in the UK and they are at it again….blank photo military profession, widower now living in Exeter. Profile so similar to my last scam. And he is a new member so sure might be the same person who scammed me….going under the name of wait for it….captaintaurus1964 lololol at least think of something original.!!!! Have reported it to the site. shame i might get someone to log onto site and play him see what photos we get… see what i can do.
Ngaire
Hi, I’ve just read your article and all comments with great interest. I am currently the subject of a scammer. A number of alarm bells are ringing. He didn’t ask me for money initially. He is a so called Sgt David Hartmann in the 34th Infantry Regiment based in Afgan. A widower with a 10 year old son. What father would stay in the Army after so called losing his wife to Leukamia when his son was 3 years old – I ask you! That was the first alarm bell for me. I then got concerned for him out in Afgan (he didn’t orchestrate that I did – he never mentioned how scary it was out there but I asked – you could argue that he knew how to play it) and asked if he could get emergency leave home. He applied for it and then – then he needed to pay for the ticket and didn’t know the cost of the airfare. I told him in no uncertain terms I am not paying for anything and that Rule 1 in my book was you do not give money to people you do not know and if you do you are careful who you give it to. We are still communicating, he says that I don’t trust him and I have said no I don’t know you to trust you. I accused him of being a scammer which he obviously didn’t like and he said that when he gets home on leave in the UK (the date of which he is still not sure – A LIKELY STORY), we will meet up. Fortunately I am not emotionally involved with this guy anymore and have met a lovely trustworthy guy since but I feel for any lady who does fall for the stories that these scammers give. Playing on people’s emotions is just awful when they are at their most vunerable. I know that I will never met this guy. He is probably based in Nigeria and has done this many times before. The worst thing is, he is probably using the photos and name of a serving military personnel without that person knowing it. There’s an old saying isn’t there “IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT OFTEN IS”.
Anonn
@ Ngaire you were very smart to pay attention to this scammer and you are right he is a scammer you were also smart not to send any money REAL US Service Members will NOT need you Money for any reason they have access to their own accounts at all times no matter where they are yes even in the war zone he brought up the plane ticket because he was about to ask you for the money had you sent it he would have came up with yet another lie they are such lying begging leeches and if you listen to their stories they just get more and more assinine because in reality they are IDIOTS the US Military takes care of its own the real soldiers and sailors will never beg a complete stranger for Money for any reason
Jude
Good to hear your comments ANON as not everyone is aware what military service provides. I am from the UK and believe me have learnt so much in the past few days. My scammer has just reinvented himself and i have reported it to the friends reunited website here. I will certainly be making people aware in the UK as much as possible believe me.
Ngaire
P.s how would I check the legitimacy of email address david.hartmann001@live.co.uk, how would I get the IP address please?
Ngaire
Sorry it was davidhartmann001@live.co.uk. Excellent website by the way. Very informative.
Jude
Hi there thanks for your news have u any photos of your scammer would be interesting to see if its the same person but they all use the same sort of story. Good luck with your new relationship
MissLindaK
Annmarie, CJ and Anonn
Thanks for all of the very informative site here. I sent two emails with pictures to CJ’s email address but they bounced back undeliverable. I’m going to forward them to you with the pictures of 3 of the “scammers” who have contacted me. I am on PlentyofFish, OKCupid and now Match.com. I thought because Match.com was a paid site, the scammers would be few and far between….NOT! Seems I get at least 5 a day telling me how beautiful I am, love my profile, yada, yada, yada and immediately tell me they’re going to delete their profile and for me to reach them on Messenger or via outside email. I had to ask my co-workers to look at my forehead to make sure I really DON’T have “stupid woman” stamped on it…lol. Thank goodness I’m smart, have common sense and street smarts or I would have been taken for a longer ride that I was.
Anonn
@ Linda no need to thank me this is Cj’s site I stumbled on here by accident and when I see women about to be scammed I try to let them know because I absolutely HATE SCAMMERS pretending to be US service members but if you are searching for a place to share your pics so others can see them and need support go to romancescam.com where you will find so much support and even see some of the real faces of scammers try it also you can go to scamwarners and also check out baiters on youtube funny stuff there
Chanel
Hey Cj,
I feel really embrassed.. I am not sure if he is a scammer he goes by the name Rick but says his fully name is James Richard Schuler dob 4/6/1987 email rickschuler10@yahoo.com with 82nd airborne, ft bragg,nc. he says his rank is sgt first class… he says he is currently deployed in kabul afghanistan. please help.. he hasnt asked for money or anything we have been talking since sept…
Jude
If he has sent an e mail need to trace the IP i have just worked how to do it and if i can anyone can lol. It will trace where the e mail hopefully has come from. I tracked mine but i knew Capt Pat Osborne was a scammer beforehand. Dont give any money as people on here have said if they ask u for money its a scam . I am from the UK and have learnt so much this week thanks to the site.
courtney
Yeah i was also talking to this army man James Richard Schuler i have been talking to him since march @ chanel girl im just advising you i wouldnt believe anything he says cuz the dude straightup lied to me for all these months
courtney
but lucky for u to know we just broke up over the weekend so hes all urs lol i want nothing to do with that asshole i am a 16 year old girl he met online and he didnt care yet he is a fucking 25 year old
Chanel
@courtney please email at cpaschall2@aol.com so we can talk please!!!
Anonn
Also go to whatismyipaddress.com and it gives alot of information on how scammers hide their ip address so just because its in the US doesnt mean they are in the US also.
Lisa
My friend is getting scammed. I have found the pictures online that he sent her and I also googled his first email he sent her and it was word for word one that I found online. He told her his name was Tony Ramos and he was a staff sergeant in the Army stationed at Eggers. She met him last Tuesday on match.com. I was ok with him at first but by Thursday he was declaring his love and he demanded her user id and password for her match account. She gave it to him. He signed into her account. Funny thing is her account wasn’t deleted. I think he was looking for her credit card info. That was the red flag for me. My son is deployed in Afghanistan right now so I told her to ask him for his military email because he was using tonyramos09@yahoo.com. He is telling her he is in danger and can’t give it to her. I tried telling her that if he was in danger there would be a blackout and she wouldn’t hear from him. I told her that I know this because I have gone through it in the past year. He told her he will be home before Christmas. He told her that his birthday was yesterday. He asked for an iPhone or an iPod. She told him they would get those when he got home.
I found this site and I started telling her what she needs to do. She has done everything she wasn’t supposed to. She accused him of being a scammer and now he is telling her he is real and he is going to prove it to her. She has stopped talking to me.
Question for you…..do you have any idea how I can really convince her. His IP address is San Jose, CA. I literally have showed her everything I have found. I even convinced her to call the police. They told her to tell him not to contact her anymore. He just keeps telling her he is going to prove he is real.
Anonn
@ Lisa tell your friend to go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com so that she can see this Ramos is a Known scammer and she will see many many pics and many different names hes used is she that gullible he CANT prove to her he is real unless he is proving to her he is a real scammer with a degree from scam university in Nigeria Ghana or Malaysia Just because he says he is real does Not mean he is this is a post my anti scam group got notice all names lead to Ramos
Here are some name to watch out for….AARON SHAWN RAMOS, AARON STEVE RAMOS, REEVES ANDERSON.. HE USES A MILITARY PIC AND HE CHANGES HIS NAMES BUT IT CLEALY SAYS RAMOS ON HIS UNIFORM RAMOS AND IF YOU TYPE IN AARON RAMOS SCAMMER ON ANY WEB SEARCH HE POPS UP
Ask him for his unit address and then research it if he makes an excuse about security and military protocol SCAMMER
Ask him what his Mos is
Ask him to send you the last Les in fact ask him to send you a copy of his Les for the last 6 Months he wont cause he has NO idea
Ask him what base he deployed from and How long hes been in the military and then pay close attention to his Birthdate
Ask him for a copy of his military Id and his state issued id card or drivers License and make sure those pics match and not some photo shopped bs with the same pic of the soldier hes pretending to be
Ask Him to take a pic in his uniform holding a note with your name on it
Ask him to email you from his official military email account I assure you it wont be a free email account if he makes up an excuse SCAMMER which you already know
And then when you are dont with the lying lazy bum pass him on to a master baiter share his email address and a baiter will go to work asap
He will be so confused and will insult you or try to change the subject when you ask these questions so just be prepared but he has no power thats what they do when they realize the gig is up and no money for them
If he asks you for money for ANY reason Scammer or if he asks you to send a Iphone 4 or anything to Africa there you have it scammer.
Since he is so real ask her to ask him these questions he wont have any answers because he is a SCAMMER and he will get pissed off at her or use the old I cant believe you dont trust me game now if after all of these warnings you stiill cant get her to see this is an UGLY ass African that she will never meet face to face then you have done all you can do just be there for her AFTER he takes her money and breaks her heart and leaves until he comes up with a new sob story to tell
She cannot ask for his leave and no telephone has to be paid for he can use the webcam and tell her to ask for his mailing address and unit and look it up excuses right away scammer if after all of this she fails to listen then Foolish is what she is plain and simple
patricia
I too have been contacted by a RAMOS and mine was on face book and he called himself PARKER SCOT RAMOS I got pics on him too and it is a scam now there is a support group on the real Aaron Ramos it will be useful too put your info on it and then you can also see everything that has been happening about this scam from there Patricia
Anonn
@ Lisa He is telling her he is in danger and can’t give it to her. That is a crock of bull he cant give it to her because he is a FRAUD
He asked for an iPhone or an iPod. yep the typical iphone scam these scammers are very ignorant in their minds if they have the newest cellphones women are easy there everything is about Money and she has stopped talking to you because he has used the old Im hurt that you dont trust me guilt trip just as sure as Im typing this she has fallen victim to this scammer and will be easy to use and he will get her info and use it to scam men by pretending to be her your friend had better get her head out of her ass surely she is NOT that desperate I mean think about it what REAL US Military member has time to patrol any dating site or social network looking for a date and in afghan come on get real many already have families and wives back home waiting for them and if he were real he would never beg her for anything because the military takes care of its own keep us updated she will call you crying once he makes a fool out of her.
Anonn
staff sergeant in the Army yet hes begging a complete stranger he met online for a cellphone or an ipod or ipad
I once crossed paths with a scammer on Tagged I told him to go away with his bs his exact words were of course we are not looking for the wise women only the stupid ones and then he said so you had better shut up before I make you one broke bitch I told him to bring it…
Anonn
Left out something when she does realize he is a scammer tell her to go to romancescam.com and scamwarners so this doesnt happen again
Anonn
A Lisa he is using a proxy to hide his location thats why his Ip says San Jose ca he is in a third world country somewhere anyways tell your friend since she is so desperate to go to whatismyipaddress.com and read about how they can block or hide their ip address good luck shes going to need it
Lisa
I showed her both romancescam.com and scamwarners.com with the pictures. She confronted him or so she says and he told her that someone had stolen his pictures. He is coming home before Christmas and he is going to show up at her house and they will straighten this crap out.
Anonn
@ Lisa he is the fraud that is using the real service member ‘s Pics and he will not be there for Christmas or ANY other time tell her she knows he is a scammer now cut him loose before he starts up with another sob story or another story needing money or financial help she knows he is a scammer I will be willing to bet my life on it the real service member whose pic hes using has no idea who your friend is like I said tell him to get on cam and have an interactive chat with her for at least an hour he WONT or ask him to take a pic holding a sign with her name on it that clearly shows him in uniform if he cant do that SCAMMER tell your friend do not be that gullible hes laughing at her and NEVER give her password to any account to ANYONE
marie
Has anyone come across a certain Col. Greg Anderson of the US Army? He initially sent me a message in facebook. I replied to his message after 2 weeks and we have been exchanging messages since then. He added me as his friend there and when I checked out his profile, he’s got other friends in his list from the army. I requested that we chat via fb and he told me that he couldn’t turn it on. I asked him if he has a Yahoo or MSN so we could chat via messenger but he told me he couldn’t because there’s a firewall in the network and he’s using the military network. According to him, he’s currently in Afghanistan but he has a house in Woodland Hills, CA. He was suggesting that we can talk via satellite phone but I have to register my phone to his satellite phone so we can make free calls to each other. He added that the only payment needed is my phone registration to his satellite phone. By the way, his ex-wife died of cancer and he has a 9 yr old daughter who lives with the aunt in the US when he’s in duty in Afghanistan. At least 11 photos are listed in his facebook profile and at least 4 of us has greeted him on his recent birthday. He’s got common friends with some of his friends in his list. I’m beginning to doubt him when I came across this website and read some of the comments here and his life story is quite similar to some of the stories shared here. He doesn’t use his email ad to message me. He just sends me messages via facebook inbox so there’s no way that I could check on the IP address that he’s using. Would you please help me find out if this “army man” is for real or just a scammer? thanks.
Anonn
YES he is a scammer and this is the old pay for a phone line for him scam he is a liar he can use the computer to chat with you on yahoo msn or any other social chatting site he knew you were going to ask him to get on webcam and he didnt want to be forced to tell you a new Lie which is he cant cam because of security purposes do not be fooled by this lazy bum he is a fraud and US Military will not solicit you on any site and then ask you for money for any REASON as they have access to their money at ALL times no matter where they are the sattelite phone hookup can you guess where the money is going to come from??? Look in the mirror be careful this clown could try getting your information and run up a huge phone bill in your name CUT him off leave him with NOTHING he is a Liar and a FRAUD
He was suggesting that we can talk via satellite phone but I have to register my phone to his satellite phone so we can make free calls to each other. He added that the only payment needed is my phone registration to his satellite phone
There is the set up there is no satelite phone and no such thing as phone registration if you send this beggar one dime he will reinvent himself and more lies to beg you for more money they are all a bunch of lying leeches
marie
Thanks for your prompt reply! As soon as I’ve read your reply, I deleted him from my list and blocked him!
Anonn
@ Marie good for you just be on the lookout for Military coming out of the clear blue with a BS story for some reason they try to tell you their fake life story it is not hard to poke holes in their stories though BUT REAL Military members have no time for this crap as they have real Lives and Families waiting for them here in the US so they wouldnt be searching social networks they have no time for that and even if they do there is no need for them to beg you for money. BELOW IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL ONE OF THEM SENT ME I laughed it off
Thanks you so much for the mail you sent me on tagged,well I am a down to earth person even if the marines thought us to be tough and strong,I have had a really straight life until now that I realise that I don’t have anybody to call my own family,I have never been married and I lost my dad two years ago,I also have a 63 years old mother who is my only source of joy.I just realised I wasted my life and I should have looked for you earlier in life..I will love to know more about you and I hope I will hear from you soon..Love Thomas
Anonn
More great info on scammers posing as Military…
the scams often involve requests for money from the victim to purchase “special laptop computers,” international telephones and transportation fees to be used by the “deployed soldier” so their fictitious relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address so the phone or laptop can be purchased for the soldier.
“We’ve even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to “purchase leave papers” from the Army or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone,” said Grey.
Officials warn individuals to be very suspicious if they begin a relationship on the internet with someone claiming to be an American soldier and within a matter of weeks, the alleged soldier is asking for money, as well as their hand in marriage.
Many of these cases have a distinct pattern to them, explained Grey. “These are not soldiers, they are thieves.”
The perpetrators often tell the victims that their units do not have telephones or they are not allowed to make calls or they need money to “help keep the Army internet running.”
Anonn
Actual Soldier(7)
Do not ever give anyone who claims he or she is in the military anything. There are services to help soldiers and we don’t need civilian assistance. I’m serious, don’t do it. For those of you who were ignorant to these things I feel for you, but this is the same as any other scam that asks for money. Good luck all.
Laurie
Is there a way to find out if this person exists or not? I would really like to know regarding the man that I’ve been chatting with for 3 months….. Could someone let me know if there are any sites that can help us track these people down…..
red
I was contacted on Fb by a Sgt Roland Stout …we started talking IM ON yahoo …all the usual stuff sent me loads lovely photos said in 3rd Infantry Division.platoon commander in Iraq ..I’m now left broken hearted bank accounts opened in my name run up huge overdraft I’m.liable for been to Bank fraud team and police .am waiting to see what happens ……I tried to do checks he sent mail from army.mil all activity on these accounts in UK ..he phoned once strange accent …….I have been left with broken heart and in a mess his email was Roland_stout@yahoo.com is there any way I can contact the real soldier let him know all his photos being used to lure women and rip them off ? I look at his photos and cry I fell in love with him but been talking to two very clever Scammers …..watch out please I’m in a financial mess police involved ..keep staring at the photos wishing i could find the real soldier is there anyway to do this ? Thanks
Anonn
@ Red I am sorry to hear about you being scammed but he sent you email from a FAKE email address what he has been doing is patrolling this site they are pathetic bagging lying leeches this is the email format he sent you just werent paying attention
he sent mail from army.mil and at the enc he added .com I have seen that they have been using that go to romancescam.com for support
Claudia
Has anyone heard of a SGT Hector Marty or a SGT Jones Kelly Jordan, well, I have chatted with Hector since april./11. and have been scammed from him, I have notifed the local police near me. I was unaware of these scams before, and used to send money because I believed that I was sending it to poor motherless babies in Nigeria. I believed that by sending this money was to also help with his request leave he would mention that was needed for him to be with me. As for Jones, I have only spoken to him these past few months, and now he has been asking for money for his leave. Has anyone received email or has chatted with these men, I believe both are scammers also. I too, was sent pictures of these men, and believed the stories they told me of their wives passing on due to cancer, and they each had one daughter who was left with someone to care for them while they served in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Christine
Yes claudia,
Been speaking with Jones for one month… and yes he is trying to scam us for his “leave”…. he wants 4,000 US dollars!
Claudia
the email address that is used from Major Tom Bush (processing officer) for sgt. jones kelly jordans leave request is usmilitary@officer.com. I would like to know if this is an actual U.S military email address which the U.S. army uses for leave requests, and why would a civilian, like me, need to send money through western union to Nigeria to pay for their leave request. Can someone tell me if this is a scam?
Christine
Claudia, I have been speaking with Sgt. Jones Kelly since Oct 31, 2011 and he is asking for the same through this the email address that is used from Major Tom Bush (processing officer) for sgt. jones kelly jordans leave request is usmilitary@officer.com.
I gather we have found the truth… he is a scammer… what a disappointment! He contacted me through benaughty.com…. he has another profile on there as well…. lovingmalife22 on the same dating site…. and he had jones74132… I have reported both profiles… thanks for this site…
I also spoke with a real retired military officer and the process for a leave is, they request this leave about 30 days before their departure… thats all the military needs is a phone number and address where they are going… NO MONEY IS NEEDED…. these people should be ashamed of themselves for dishonouring these military men…. good luck
Karin
Wow…. I begin to wonder if the guy I am chatting with is a fake or not. How do I go about finding out if he actual exists in the military. Please contact me via email for more detail. I would like to confirm first before I post his details in the unlikely event he is real. Thanks
Anonn
@ karin if he found you on any social site via the internet guess what he is a SCAMMER about to pitch you a line of BS the best way to find out if he is real its simple ASK him to have an interactive chat with you for 30 minutes to an hour yes they can use the computer and a web cam if he comes up with excuses ANY excuse he is a SCAMMER so there you have it you want to make sure he is the person in the pics he is using so thats easy enough simple as that
if he asks you for money FOR ANY reason HE IS A SCAMMER you dont have to post his information or his pics go to scamwarners.com or romancescam.com Im sure the pics hes using as well as the information he is giving you is there but until he shows himself to you on Cam you should be very suspicious.But Im pretty sure he is a scammer.
Cristy
Could you please check if any military name Lt. Pinsky Duane, i was talking with him for 15 days already and he told me that he is working in kabul . . . last time he ask me to loan b’coz his brother is badly sick . . .
Anonn
@ Christy I googled this scammers fake name and only came up with what you typed on a soldiers blog and I am a paid member of spokeo and when I typed in that name I found no results so this has to be a name this scammer has made up using a real military members name it happens all the time
Cristy
and he call me also using this +2348037995130 and i told to him this is number in negaria but he was saying that network was being bomb in kabul that’s why they are using negarian network under supervision of FBI.
Anonn
@ Christy this is what you typed that this scammer told you …….he call me also using this +2348037995130 and i told to him this is number in negaria but he was saying that network was being bomb in kabul that’s why they are using negarian network under supervision of FBI.
One question ARE YOU SERIOUS this is the biggest LIE I have ever heard he is a SCAMMER plain and simple and after 15 days he is already begging NO one in his Family are sick they are scammers he wants the money from you so that he can buy the newest cellphone and cologne and clothes he is a scammer the pics he sent to you were not his he is a fraud go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com for support Please the Military will have no part of a shithole like Nigeria nor would you get any calls from a phone in Nigeria unless it is a scammer using his Mobile phone as they call it THIS is a scam and he is a scammer you have been warned walk away cut it off now stop communication with this lying beggar
+2348037995130 is a Nigerian cellphone number you know he is a scammer and you knew it before you came here asking questions
Cristy
he also sent me phot wearing a military uniform with his name tag . . .
linda allison
am feeling pretty sad no in my heart he is prouble lol at me,,,linda from ohio, he scammed me
Anonn
@ Linda Allison you typed…………am feeling pretty sad no in my heart he is prouble lol at me,,,linda from ohio, he scammed me
Two questions Why are you using the typical Name a scammer would make up and have the nerve to use Linda’s First name???
Second WHY are you typing just like a SCAMMER???
Hmmmm Do I Smell a Scammer Trolling this site INDEED I DO LOL
SCAM ALERT SCAM ALERT Yeah Anonn said it.
Debbie
anyone talking to a Captain Richard Pedersen? email captpedersen_richard@yahoo.com ?
Anonn
@ Debbie if he contacted you out of the clear blue sky on any social network he is a scammer plain and simple if you have NEVER seen him on cam or had an interactive chat with him and if you ask for one and he refuses or makes any excuses as to why he cant show himself on cam for ANY reason there is your answer and make sure it is a LIVE chat not some prerecorded mess if you have doubts about him he should have no problem with putting your doubts to rest and YES they can use the computer and they ARE allowed to get on cam.
Romancescam.com and Scamwarners.com
Debbie
thank you for info……….the photos he sent me are on the google images when I look up “petersen army scam” would love to hear from anyone else who has corresponds with him. Is there anything that can be done to catch him?
Marianne Vainio
this is to mutch!!! My Major in the beginning was frank_love165@live.com FRANK WILLIAMS and his foto was David,M,Rederiquez, but i didnt now before 2 days ago, i confront him about the foto and he said he he want to wait for and se if i was after him for his money etc etc he told he was the real Kapten David M reriques, he has sent pictur of the real kapten before but i not notice that and he had manupulate the picture take the name of the shirt and take avay one star, He sent me in two weeks 15 loveletters and we chatt lot every night 2-3 hour.
middle of a chat, I said to you is a scam frank david or whatever your name is, I have your IP address, since then I have not heard more, it was tonight.
valeire
Mine was Lt-General David M. Rodriguez. email is: “gen.davidrodriguez212@yahoo.com”
Also received over 100 love letters, ecards of love and romance. Found me through Skype. I remember asking him, how did you find me? Thought is was harmelss to communicate with him, but things got more serious very fast. Wanted to retire in a few months, marry me and live in Canada. Had 1.2 million dollars that he wanted to transfer into my account, but the Bank in accra, Ghana wanted $2,750.00 from me to transfer it.
My was broken for 2 seconds, then I got mad and angry. Now I know why people become jaded by romance.
OH Ladies and men, be careful. This skunk also got photos of my family and they are now in the hands of many nasty, sleezy men.
M
This i get today, he think he get the mony i live in sweden met him on match com as Frank William
Hello Marianne
I am happy to know you are willing to help with the money and i hope you will do it the first thing tomorrow money to my agent who will go and give the money to my son as soon as possible cause he promise to help with the rest of the money so that our son can live a happily life without any problem Honey. He said at the moment he is in one of thiis West African country for a business but he will travel back to the State as soon as possible when the money is sent to him there in Ghana so that he will go and give the money to my nanny to take care of our son. Now i have made you believe in me and i want you to make me believe in you, i am busy at the moment and ca’t come online on msn so i will send you the information you will use to send the money so that he can deliver the money to my nanny as soon as possible. He gave me this transfer bank name which is Western Union Money Transfer, that is where you will send the money through so that he can get the money soon. Its the fastest transfer bank ever and this is the information you use to send the money:
Name: Sarfo Ntiamoah
City: Accra
Country: Ghana
Zip Code: 00233
Address: 123 Airport Street.
Hope you don’t disappoint me tomorrow and hope you everything goes on successfully. He said they will give you some information which my agent will use to get the money at the bank where he is. Honey i love you and i need you truly in my life and i wont do anything to hurt you my sweet love. I just need to get money for my son and get this whole stress off me cause i am not there with him and also wont be able to prove money for his accommodation that’s very bad. So if you’ve promise to help don’t disappoint me. I love you and stay blessed and take good care of yourself for me honey. Bye for now and i will be online to chat with you tomorrow after you’ve done with payment cause i will be free by then and have no problem anymore but to talk and have a lovely chat with my sweet Marianne. You mean a whole lot to me darling.
Love Always Still Remains,
David.
Marianne
This he sent me yesterday
Hello Marianne,
I am happy to know you are willing to help with the money and i hope you will do it the first thing tomorrow money to my agent who will go and give the money to my son as soon as possible cause he promise to help with the rest of the money so that our son can live a happily life without any problem Honey. He said at the moment he is in one of thiis West African country for a business but he will travel back to the State as soon as possible when the money is sent to him there in Ghana so that he will go and give the money to my nanny to take care of our son. Now i have made you believe in me and i want you to make me believe in you, i am busy at the moment and ca’t come online on msn so i will send you the information you will use to send the money so that he can deliver the money to my nanny as soon as possible. He gave me this transfer bank name which is Western Union Money Transfer, that is where you will send the money through so that he can get the money soon. Its the fastest transfer bank ever and this is the information you use to send the money:
Name: Sarfo Ntiamoah
City: Accra
Country: Ghana
Zip Code: 00233
Address: 123 Airport Street.
Hope you don’t disappoint me tomorrow and hope you everything goes on successfully. He said they will give you some information which my agent will use to get the money at the bank where he is. Honey i love you and i need you truly in my life and i wont do anything to hurt you my sweet love. I just need to get money for my son and get this whole stress off me cause i am not there with him and also wont be able to prove money for his accommodation that’s very bad. So if you’ve promise to help don’t disappoint me. I love you and stay blessed and take good care of yourself for me honey. Bye for now and i will be online to chat with you tomorrow after you’ve done with payment cause i will be free by then and have no problem anymore but to talk and have a lovely chat with my sweet Marianne. You mean a whole lot to me darling.
Love Always Still Remains,
David.
Marianne
I managed to fool him back, now he gets a taste of their own scam. On Monday, he will be revealed,
Hello Honey,
That’s the only way my son can get the money i told you i am a little busy and can’t come online but will reply to your message any less busy time i get because if i come online i wont be able to chat with you like the way i am writing message to you. Marianne, if you still continue asking me this question that am i David i will stop writing to you because i have done everything enough to extend of risking my life for you. If you know the bank will close early just try and send the money before you go to sleep so that my agent can get the information and get the money cause he has been waiting for me all this while. Marianne, i don’t want a situation where you will be waisting my time so let me know if you wont send the money. You should try and wait for some few hours when the ban open and send the amount you can get so that he can send it to my nanny as soon as possible. If you really understand me, i don’t think you will make me talk a lot, maybe it would be best if i don’t write back till i see the information to get the money for my nanny to carter for my son that is where i will get to know that your love is real and you are willing to accept my son and treat him like yours and please no comment. Hope to hear from you soon and i will be waiting for the information in my mail tomorrow before you go to bed so if you care and love me then wait for a while and send the money before you go to bed. Bye for now and take good care of yourself and stay blessed. If i don’t get the money information by tomorrow i wont reply to your message again cause i will got to know that you are also not real but rather waisting my time and don’t even care my son, if you’ve promise go according to your promise.
David.
Anonn
If i don’t get the money information by tomorrow i wont reply to your message again cause i will got to know that you are also not real but rather waisting my time and don’t even care my son, if you’ve promise go according to your promise.
@ Marianne this scammer seems to have gotten desperate wow so he has a Nanny and some other guy to receive Money for his So called Son which is really himself lol great job but had it been me I would have told him I will nt respond to you unless you get on cam and show me who you really are they will do ALMOST ANYTHING if you promise them a little bit of money thats what they do they are beggars and thieves.
, if you still continue asking me this question that am i David i will stop writing to you because i have done everything enough to extend of risking my life for you.
Awwwww hes having issues because you dont trust him and isnt this sweet hes risking his life for you HOW may I ask when hes in Africa a place he knows very well and NOT a US Soldier or Sailor lol these damn scammers are way to much they just go to damn far. GREAT JOB not cut him off delete and block him.
marianne
Hallo again
He sad he was in Iraq Bagdad all the time, -2hour from Iraq to sweden, but he send letter and when we had morning in sweden he has -8 hour im dam god detectiv
virginia kennette
Hi, I am in the process of being scammed by a military man named Micheal Witt, I met him on ok cupid
he says his son lives in Ghana with a care taker, i called Ghana and talked to a man named Joel, who was blessing me like crazy. i have his pic, where should i send it? I didn’t see his name on these postings
thanks gina
Anonn
@ Virginia you are right this is a scammer and this is a scam this scammer is from Ghana thats wy he claims to have a Son in Ghana next he will beg you for money for his Son or make up some lie about him being sick or needing something and the Soldier with the last Name Witt was killed his Mother has a page on fb for her Son who was killed while serving in the war zone so this is a FRAUD if he contacts you again before he begs you for money ask for an interactive chat from him for 1 hour if for any reason he cannot chat with you or show himself he is a FRAUD also prepare yourself because there is a new scam where many of them has played this game of being sorry and admitting they are not the Man in the pics they sent and they will then show you who they really are and still try to be friends with you,they will then tell you they are very poor and from a very poor Country and will then beg you for money again so be aware of this new scam……go to romancescam.com
A SCAMMER NEVER REPENTS
virginia kennette
Thanks so much for the info, today i will cut it off completly. I worked with postal Inspectors at the Post Office
so i will through that at him. it’s so weird, they all have the same story line,. wow, thanks for the work you do to protect us.
virginia
ANNE M.
hi anonn,
can i ask you how to get in touch with the real sigmund witt. i need to talk to him. it is really very important. pls tell me where and what to do asap please. thank you very much.
from anne m.
ANNE M
YOU SAID THAT THE REAL MICHAEL WITT HAS DIED WHILE ON THE JOB. PLEASE TELL ME THE TRUTH ANONN. I SPOKE TO SIGMUND WITT TWO DAYS AGO ON YAHOO MESSENGER . AND HE SAID TO TRUST HIM AND THAT HE IS THE REAL CHRIS WALSH WITT. AND SIGMUND WITT IS THE IMPOSTOR. PLEASE HELP ME. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO CONTACT ME. PLEASE ANONN PLEASE HELP ME. THANK YOU FROM ANNE M.
CJ
They’re both imposters. You’re being played. If you don’t drop them then you deserve what you get for doubting us. Read my stories and my comments. I’ve given you plenty of things to find out whether or not he’s real. If you won’t listen to advice, there is nothing we can/should do for you.
ANN M.
IS THAT TRUE WHAT YOU SAID ANONN WHAT YOU SAID ON 12/05/11 RESPONCE TO GINA, THAT THE SOLDIER WITH THE LAST NAME WITT IS DEAD? AND THAT HIS MOTHER POSTED HIS PICTURES ON FB IN HONOR OF HER SON? WHAT IS HER SON’S NAME? ONE ARTICLE HERE IN THIS SITE SAID THAT SIGMUND WITT IS THE REAL SOLDIER. HOW CAN I GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS SOLDIER TO TELL HIM THAT HIS PICTURES HAS BEEN USING BY THIS IDIOTS IN GHANA POSING LIKE HIM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
ANN
hi gina, i too was romances by a military with the last name WITT. and we still going on. he is station in afghanistan. his son name is michael, he is 15 yrs old. WITT adopted his son in ghana when he was there for peace keeping. his caretaker’s name is david sarpong. this man’s name is CHRIS WALSH WITT. if you have any pictures of him, pls let’s compare. CJ has my email address. CJ pls give my email to gina. thank you CJ. i dont know if michael and chris are one person. i too met walsh witt on cupid. and he said that his love for me are very true and real. i am so upset right now. God will punish this men that hurts other people. and using someone’s identity. my name is ann. take care gina.. from ann..
ANNE M.
VIRGINIA KENNETTE, PLS EMAIL ME. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MICHAEL WITT. I TOO WAS SCAMMED BY HIM. LET’S COMPARE NOTES’
THANK YOU FROM ANNE M.
Ann
To Whom It May Concern,
I was on Match.com and contacted by “Sergeant Perry Butterfield” on Nov 30th, 2011. We talked constantly for about 4 days on yahoo. He then asked me to send him
some Christmas gifts for him and the boys. His list included an Xbox360, Ipod, Bible, Polo Body Spray, Boxer Shorts etc. He told me I had to send an email
to Diplomat 6. The gifts had to go through other countries due to security.
Here is the memo I received.
HELLO MADAM,
HOW ARE YOU DOING,I HOPE YOU ARE DOING GOOD ? I AM HAPPY TO HAVE AN EMAIL FROM YOU . I HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS DAYS DELIVERING PACKAGES TO SOME OF MY COMMANDERS FAMILY . AS I AM WRITING YOU NOW I AM ON MY WAY TO DELIVER SOME PACKAGES.I AM GOING TO PASS THROUGH CHINA FIRST AND DELIVER ONE PACKAGE THERE , AND FROM THERE I WILL GO THROUGH GHANA ALSO AND DELIVER PACKAGE .WELL MADAM YOU CAN SEND IS THROUGH THIS ADDRESS AND I WILL PICK FROM GHANA AND BELIEVER TO IRAQ ..THIS IS THE ADDRESS BELOW .
Prince Adongo
60 Mango Tree Avenue
Accra -Ghana ;00233
MADAM SEND IT THROUGH USPS SO THAT I WILL PICK IT UP FASTER AND DELIVER .
MADAM WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH SENDING THE PACKAGE PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WITH THE TRACKING NUMBER ,SO THAT I TRACK AND KNOW WHEN THE PACKAGE WILL ARRIVE HERE AND PICK IT UP AND DELIVER…THANKS AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON .MADAM SEND IT EXPRESS
DIPLOMAT,PRINCE
That memo awakened me to the possibility of a scam. I don’t want others to go through what I experienced. That is why I am sending you this information.
I am mad that someone would use our military to scam. Buying all these gifts was a lot of work. On a webcam I had to show him each package wrapped.
I asked why he couldn’t buy these things at the PX and he said it is hot here and all stores are closed. That was a red flag because this time of year it is cold in
Afghanistan. If you would like more information I am happy to provide it.
I am afraid to use my real name…I will just say I am Ann.
Anonn
@ Ann I am glad you realized this was a scam and this is a scammer US Military mail does NOT have to go through some diplomat(Scammer) anywhere near Africa especially Ghana or Nigeriaand the things this scammer asked for were typical of Scammers except for the iphone4 did you ever see this scammer online at all?if not then why would you even consider sending giflts or money to someone you do NOT Know great job though go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com to share your story and get support.
Ann
Anonn, Yes, I saw him on a yahoo webcam but that was after I had already made the decision that he was trying to scam me. I had just started on match.com. How was I supposed to know that nice looking supposedly smart men(pictures, profiles included) were not real. You seem frustrated with me that I would be so gullible.
I sure did learn my lesson. Ann
Anonn
You seem frustrated with me that I would be so gullible. Ann no not at all I am very sorry if this is how I came across never that you are the victim and you didnt know I am frustrated that so many Women and Men are being scammed by these lying beggars pretending to be US Military when they know absolutely NOTHING about the Military again I am sorry please be gentle on yourself as you didnt know try romancescam.com for support as well as scamwarners.com and never let anyone make you feel this way no matter what you are a Woman just like I am and all you were doing is looking for love and there is nothing wrong with that.Anonn
2canplaythatgame
@ Red from 11/12/2011
i to was contacted by Roland Stout via FB on 11/18/2011. At first i was flattered that i was talking to a US soldier. In his first message he went on saying that he was in Iraq, lonely and needed someone to talk to. We exchanged inbox messages via FB for 2days, then noticed that his account had been closed. My first thought was that he had blocked me until i recieved a friend request and another inbox with him saying he had a problem with his other account. We continued inboxing via FB for a further day or 2. I asked him where he found me and he said through “people you may know”, thats where my suspicions started as we had no mutual friends. It wasnt long before he asked if i had a Yahoo account. I told him i did not so he sent me an invite to set one up so i did. Once i did that we spoke on Yahoo several times a day. With my suspicions still rising i asked him if he had webcam and he said no they werent allowed that there due to security reasons (another suspicion added to my list). So my suspicions got the better of me and i started to search the web to find out if this “Roland Stout” really exsisted but with no prevail. At this stage he had told me he has a 4yr old son names Brian who lives in the states with his mother. He is also in real estate and construction which then lead to him telling me he has been looking at these 2 properties, 1 in victoria Australia and the other in Melbourne Australia, i told him that Melbourne is in Victoria (yet another red flag) so he had to go check his paper work (in other words he had to google Melbourne Victoria) It wasnt long before he told me that he had a client that was very keen on buying one of the properties and wanted to pay for a survey but had no way of getting the money, so he asked me if i would open an account in my name so that the money could be deposited and the survey could go ahead. I told him that i could not do that as i am a single mum and recieve family support payments and if i was to open an account and have all this money in my name i would loose my payments. He sounded very disappointed and continued to try and get me to open an account, so i told him (with no intentions of doing so) that i would go and enguire about it the following week. He was happy about that, but i never mentioned it to him again and neither did he. By this time he could sense my doubts in him. He had sent me several photos of himself and one of his son. In one photo he was even holding up a board with my name on it (obviously is very experienced at using photoshop) He also phoned me on 2 occasions, in which i questioned him about his accent as it did not sound American, he put it down to growing up in Madrid. Since then he has never called again. I continued my search on this “Roland Stout” and still nothing. He sensed i was still in doubt and tried his best to convince me that he was real and that when his leave was approved he was coming to Australia to be with me and then he was taking me to the states to meet his family (i almost believed him, but my doubts still got the better of me) We continued chatting about the usual stuff, him telling me how much he loved me and that we would soon be a happy family and we would get married in the states so that i wouldnt have to apply for a visa and so on. I played along with him the whole time, just to buy myself time until i could catch him out. I almost gave up as i could not find anything on him. I even did an IP track on his emails which pin pointed him straight to Nigeria. Still not completely convinced he was fake i had his pics scanned and they came back legit as to does his FB account. Still with my suspicions and the help of a friend i continued my search, staying awake for more then 24hrs at a time searching all the scammer sites for anything, but still nothing. I even asked him for his Military email in which he hesitantly gave me, but i noticed the .com at the end and knew it was fake but he swore that it was a confidential email and that i should now believe he was a real Troop, so i played along but still i could not find proof to say otherwise…….until yesterday when i hit the jackpot. My persistance paid off when i came across Red’s blog. I am still in contact with him and he is none the wiser that i know who he really is. I almost lost him last night when i kept asking him questions but he kept trying to reassure me that he was real, so i lured him back by mentioning the bank account again. I told him that if he sends me all the official documents of what the money is for and who its for and where its coming from and supplies me his business number and clients details i should be able to open an account. Soon after i told him the requirements he had to go to a “meeting”, im guessing hes busy making fake documents and client details lol. I would like if someone could get back to me on how to notify the real Roland Stout and any thing that can be done. I plan on bringing this MOFO down when the time is right, i just wanna have my fun with him for a while. Its one thing to f*ck with me, its a totally different thing to f*ck with my kids. I guess im one of the lucky ones that got suspicious straight away. It deeply saddens me that so many people have lost so much to these filthy parasites……one thing i live by is that Karma’s a bitch and so am i. Lets all work together to shut these f*ckers down, dont give in to their charm ladies, they prey on us and if they sound to good to be true……….they are!!! seriously, how many men out there actually talk like that………………..very few. Goodluck to all out there that are going through the same thing. Stay strong and dont give in to them
Norma
Here’s you a good one.There’s the good looking soldier that email’s me in June of 2011.I was working alot so I’ll miss him when he came online.Well I haven’t heard from him until Dec of this you.He starts of telling me he know’s I’ve been waiting for him,when I ask how he got my e-mail,he never said.Then I notice the picture of the soldier call Edwin Collas on my facebook didn’t look like the guy on yahoo messenger.I thought well I play this along to see what’s going on.He yahoo messages me about today’s never asking me about me or if I would ask him he would give me a short answer, then change the subject, tell me he was falling in love with me,I have to say I liked what he was saying. Then ofter about aweek of e-mailing each other he tells me the he want get to e-mail no more cause his internet was going to get cut off. I told him I would like to send him a care package and needed to know where to send it. He gave me this bull that he was undercover, that the Army would not allow it. Then I ask what can I do, he said I need $400.00 to help pay my bills. This is when I really know it wasn’t real. So I ask him were I should send it;this is what he wrote:Thompson Victor–Nigeria Ondo–23434, send western union.When he got thouh telling mre how much he missed and love me, send out of messenger and found this wedsite.Becareful lady’s he’s good
Ann
Anon,
Can I ask this scammer(see our correspondence above:12/6/11 and 12/7/11) for my picture files to be returned to me? If not, is there anything I can do to get them back from Yahoo. One is with my grandchildren. I just don’t want my picture used on someone else.
Thanks, Ann
Anonn
@ Ann at this point I dont know what you can do to get the pics back from the scammer just hope that he didnt save them and hopefully he will not try to use them to scam others because they do this often reinvent themselves Men pretend to be Women and some Women pretend to be Male scammers just hope that since you have exposed him and you know he is a scammer that he will just forget about you and your pics and walk away since he knows there is no money for him to try to scam you out of he cant do anything with your pics but use them and use your grandkids to try to scam other Women but hopefully he will not please take care and try to remember in the future do NOT share personal pics or personal information with Scammers or anyone you do not know.Anonn
Tia Smale
Please be advised that they are using Brig Genl John W. Bullard in a scam. When I found out I was livid! I just feel that it’s and injustice to the military men and their families. The person concerned was doing it thru Skype using the address J. Lard83.0 – on http://imo.im. The sad thing is that he the Brig is “out there” somewhere and does not need this type of slander in his life. I think the Brig. is probably happily married with stunning children. I think it does a lot of harm to the military men and their families. They have stunning photo’s of the Brig and it all sounds so legit until I did a bit of research on the Brig., I am so sorry for all the wonderful men and there familes, that have to put up with this. Continue the great work that you are doing. In great love and lite.
alden
Please be advised that they are also using women’s names and also claiming to have an official from the United Nations helping then with their cause. The United Nations Representatives name is Mr. Newman. It was complete with pictured ID. The soldiers name used was Brandy Taharan.
Susan Christensen
Hello, i want let you know i find who does that scam put on computer solder people and chat with girls after little weal ask for money and took them money i know one of them because i try understand who they are i have his cell and shop store and phone number if you guys want catch them i have bank statement to they account and name of that person if you guys want real investigation this is fraud go to Facebook and chide people American if you want send me email i give all information and even where they are and all address with phone number and bank account and they are from Africa thank you have a nice day.
Anonn
@ Susan if that is your name which I doubt seriously if you have such answers and you just happened to know who all of these scammers are instead of sounding like a scammer yourself post the information you have here otherwise the way you typed and what you left here for others to me sounds as if you yourself are a scammer and you will try to sucker these people in that have been scammed and then you will turn around and try to scam them yourself for money if you are truly a human being why would you try to use this site for financial gain by attempting to scam others by making empty promises to investigate this to me sounds nothing like it is legit it sounds like a scam so if you are authentic prove me wrong otherwise let it go no one wants to hear your empty promises to help them get their money back
Dakota
@ Susan, I agree with Anonn.
Canadian Girl
chris_galvan18@hotmail
Pfft. Nice try dude. These guys really should google the name they use before they pick one. I mean really. Give me a break. I’ll be giving the REAL Chris Galvan a call on Monday. Just to let him know. Poor guy. Absolutely sickening. Ugh.
Chris Galvan
I am the “Real” Chris Galvan and am sickened and saddened this has happened to so many people. For the last five or six years myself AND my wife have been getting emails and calls from concerned and at times, enraged women. I had my login and password stolen when I was in Afghanistan in 05 and have been plagued with this ever since. I have tried to go through civilian and military routes and they have all said I am shit outta luck when it comes to overseas scamming. I’ve gone as far as contacting a U.S. based scammer directly and that went no where. If anyone has any info or ways I can help please let me know.
Chris
Anonn
A Scammers last ditch effort to scam since Troops are leaving Iraq at the end of December what a piece of Shit…………Proof that scammers NEVER repent and once a scammer ALWAYS a scammer notice how ignorant he sounds.
col BRIAN colbrian2222@rediffmail.com
12:56 PM (19 minutes ago)
to ratikakukreja3
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Good Day From Iraq
I am col.Brian, an American Combat Soldier group of 50,000, 00 combatant, left behind in Iraq for advisory and assistance to Iraq Forces after the Handing over to Iraq Peace Keeping Force, During my services, I was able to secure Twenty Million Dollar($20 million U.S Dollars) which already Deposited with a Diplomatic Company for security and Safety Purpose,
I want to hand over this funds to a Trust Worth Person that we help me keep it till I am back from the Camp in Baghdad Iraq in Dec 2011, Since Our Final Troops is leaving Iraq 2011.
You will find the story of this money on the web address below. After we have sum-mated the remaining part http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm
Please kindly keep this transaction Confidential because I am still serving in the Military camp in Baghdad Iraq.
Col.Brian
Email:colbrian22@hotmail.com
JASMINE
HI THIS IS FOR VIRGINIA KENNETTE. MY NAME IS JASMINE, MY FRIEND WAS SCAMMED BY THIS MASTER SARGEANT WITT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF MICHAEL WITT AND CHRIS WITT ARE ONE PERSON. PLEASE EMAIL ME AND LETS COMPARE NOTES. HE LEFT AFGHANISTAN SUPPOSEDLY YESTERDAY, FRIDAY THE 16TH. HE WILL BE GOING TO GHANA TO PICK UP HIS SON. AND HE TOLD MY FRIEND, NOT ASKED, BUT TOLD HER TO GIVE DAVID, HIS CARETAKER, THE MONEY FOR THE HOTEL. SHE TOLD HIM NO BUT HE KEEPS ON INSISTING AND TOLD MY FRIEND THAT HE’S COMING HOME TO HER ON FRIDAY AND HE WILL PAY HER THEN. SHE DIDNT GIVE HIM ANY DIME THIS TIME. LAST NOV, SHE HELPED HIM BY SENDING THE CARETAKER DAVID SARPONG FROM GHANA, A $130.00 CUZ CHRIS’S SON MICHAEL IS SICK OF CHOLERA. AND SUPPOSEDLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS ALMOST $700USDOLLAR FOR MICHAEL TO GET TREATMENTS AND MEDS. DAVID SAID THAT THE DOCTOR IS NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MICHAEL WITHOUT DOWN PAYMENT. THAT SOUNDS VERY STUPID TO US. DAVID SAID THAT MICHAEL IS IN VICTORY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUT WHEN SHE GOOGLED THAT HOSPITAL TO ALL REGION IN ACCRA GHANA, IT CAME BACK NOTHING TO US MY FRIEND IS A VERY HELPFULL LADY AND CHRIS KEEPS BEGGING HER TO HELP MICHAEL AND SO SHE DID. AT FIRST SHE SEND $50 PLUS THE $10.00 MONEYGRAM FEE AND STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM. SO SHE SENT $60.00 PLUS $10.00 MONEYGRAM FEE. THEN THE THIRD WEEK THEY NEVER ASKED MY FRIEND FOR MORE MONEY CUZ SHE TOLD HIM OFF. NOT UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO THAT HE ASKED HER FOR HOTEL MONEY AND HE TOLD HER THAT DONT MAKE HIM SUFFER THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME THAT HE’S GOING TO ASK HER FOR MONEY. MY FRIEND TOLD HIM TO GO AHEAD AND STAY IN DAVID’S HOUSE UNTIL HE GETS HIS MONEY. CHRIS TOLD MY FRIEND THAT HE CANT ACCESS THE MONEY WHEN HE GETS TO D.C. CUZ THERES PAPER WORKS FOR HIM TO SIGN. BUT THEN IF HE DOENST HAVE ACCESS TO HIS MONEY, HOW DID HE GET THE PLANE TICKET TO GO TO GHANA AND BACK TO U.S. RIGHT?. AND HE SAID HE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THOSE TICKETS. I FEEL SORRY FOR MY FRIEND THAT CHRIS WITT HURT HER SO MUCH. SHE HAS BEEN CRYING ALL DAY LONG EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR ALL THE LIES THAT CHRIS HAVE TOLD HER. SHE WANTS JUSTICE TO BE SERVED FOR THE REAL MASTER SGT. CHRIS WITT. SO PLEASE LADIES BEWARE OF THIS PEOPLE FROM ACCRA GHANA. THEY ARE REALLY TRULLY SCAMMERS AND THAT’S THEIR PROFESSION.
valeire
I would also like to apologize to all the soliders we women have fallen in love with on the internet.
Your names have been defaced and used by these sick, greedy and sleezy people portraying to be good and honest American Soldiers.
After reading all the information and other stories on this link, I also realized that had I used my brains, red flags would have there for me to realize that men that have climbed up the Military ladder, would know how to spell and communicate a lot better than the these idiots. I blamed the bad spelling and grammar on being stressed and over tired on the soldiers side. Little did I know it was scammers.
I truly apologize again for falling prey and defaming or causing any embarrassment or pain to the men and their families, should they read about these happenings.
I wish each and everyone of them, a safe homecoming, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Nicole
Hello at all
I´m from germany and some days a Guy with name Eric Jordan wrot me into a german single network that he is Soldier in the US Army. He want my e-mail addy for sending pictures from him and spoke about marriage and love.
We also wrote on yahoo messenger and he ask me for a phone call. He wrote that I need a payment to a military phone concern so that we could call
I don´t send the mony and he was angry…
I have found out a lot from him if I google to this e mail addy he use eric.jordan94@yahoo.com
also I found out that he has a account on myspace but is this the fake guy or the real? What does the Soldiers from your land say? Do this guy´s know that?
Anonn
@Nicole yes he is a fake and a scammer he is lying about having to pay any money for any reason he is getting desperate like most of them are he is begging for Christmas money so he can get the newest cellphones and buy the women there who seem to care a whole lot about money so cut this lying scammer off Th US Military takes care of its own they will NOT need your money for any reason they have access to their money at all times this scammer is a lying beggar stuck in africa who only wishes he could be a US Military member if he wants money tell him to GET A JOB he cant call you because he has no money to buy credits for his phone.
rebecca
What questions can I ask to find out if he is a scammer or for real?
Anonn
@Rebecca simple ask to see him on webcam to prove to you who he is ANY EXCUSE HE IS A SCAMMER ask him to email you from his AKO address ask him to send you a updated pic holding a sign with your name on it ask to see his military id (THEY ARE NOT GREEN) ask him to scan and send you a copy of his State ID Card they hate it when you ask questions they cant answer also his state id card should NOT be one of the same pics hes stolen to use to try to scam you Anonn
rebecca oden
can you look this guy up for me. I want to know if he is ligit or a scammer.
Sargt Brian Grover . The email address he gave me is Sargtbriang@yahoo.com > I need to know before it gets personal. Have not sent ANYTHING to him.
Also he sent me this address: NIFADE ADEDIMJI 102 Missionary Apt AGBOWO Yo,Nigeria 23402
When I looked that up it came up as wwwdatingnmore.com/fraud/scam_addresses.htm
He wanted me to mail him a package for Christmas ……. Help This sounds like a Murphy’s Law : Too good to be true… Thank you
Anonn
@ Rebecca you typed this………..NIFADE ADEDIMJI 102 Missionary Apt AGBOWO Yo,Nigeria 23402 that right there is enough he is a scammer and this is a scam you have been warned also if you arent convinced ask him to get on webcam and have an interactive chat with you for 30 minutes to an hour trust me he WONT Anonn
The address is in Nigeria because thats where he is he is Nigerian or African NOT the US Military member he is pretending to be
Dakota
@ Annon. My almost scammer did try and call me by web cam. I have been reading for days now and from what the experts are saying it is pre-recorded and they will tell you there is a delay in talking to you due to time change, bad internet connection and so on
Anonn
@ Dakota thats correct that is why you have to make them do an interactive chat not some prerocorded time released crap tell them to touch their nose tell them to stand completely up tell them to get a sign or write it on a piece of paper right in front of you on cam that says I am real but if they beg for ANYTHING they are SCAMMERS plain and simple
Kayleigh
My mother just found out she was being scamed by a man claiming to be a sargent peter chandler. She are trying to find a way to report this gentleman, if anyone could help it would be appericiated. Thank you.
ANNE M.
CJ, I GOT A CALL THIS MORNING FROM DAVID SARPONG THE CARETAKER AND SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER WALSH WITT OR SIGMUND WITT GOT ROBBED N STUBBED I DIDNT ANSWER CUZ I CANCELED ALL THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTING AND CALLS TO DAVID. CHRISTOPHER SUPPOSED TO BE HERE WITH ME FOR CHRISTMAS. IS THERE ANYWAY TO CHECK ON THIS PLEASE CJ. IF THIS ISNT TRUE I WANT TO PUT THAT DAVID IN JAIL. DAVID IS FROM ACCRA GHANA HIS NUMBER IS 233 267 927168. CHRIS CALLED ME TWICE ALREADY TWO MONTHS AGO, BUT HE ALWAYS TO MANAGE TO CALL WHEN IM AT WORK SO I DIDNT GET TO TALKED TO HIM. I REALLY LOVE CHRIS IN THOSE PICTURES IN FB AND MYSPACE AND THE PICTURES HE GAVE ME. PLS CJ DO SOMETHING. I WIL BE ETERNALLY GREATFULL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Anonn
@Anne this is a scammer NOT a caretaker and it sounds like you have sent money I am very sorry for your loss but this is the scammer himself he is African he will not be there he is NOT a US Military member he is a thief a liar a beggar a Scammer cut him off now you will never see him he is in AFRICA he has no money thats why hes begging for yours go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com for support Anonn
ANNE M.
HI LYNNE
I WAS TALKING ALSO TO GEORGE WILLIAMS WITTE. BUT HIS NAME IS CHRIS WITT. AND HE LIVES IN KISSIMMEE FLORIDA WE CAN CHANGE PHOTOS OF HIM IF YOU WANT TO IF WE HAVE THE SAME MAN. LET ME KNOW SO I CAN GIVE YOU MY EMAIL ADDRESS. THANX
ANNE M.
m zibal
DESK OF MAJ. GEN. A.J BRADSHAW(OBE)
LEAVE PROCESSING DEPT.
GREATER BUILDING,LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM.
ATTENTION: MR (my name),
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU MR (my name) THAT WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR MESSAGE AND YOUR REQUEST WAS RECEIVED AND HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL THE NECESSARY DEPARTMENT OF THE BRITISH ARMY FOR AUTHORIZATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE HAS REVIEW THE PROFILE OF THE SERVICE MEMBER (SERGEANT MARIA BURKEY) ON BEHALF OF WHICH LEAVE REQUEST IS FILE AND CONFIRMED ELIGIBLE.
THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT AND WELFARE ENFORCEMENT UNIT WILL LIKE TO MAKE IT KNOWN TO YOU THAT THE BRITISH ARMY HAS REVIEWED THEIR COMPASSIONATE LEAVE POLICIES PARTICULARLY A COMPASSIONATE LEAVE REQUESTS MADE BY FIANCEE OR FIANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY OFFICERS HAS BEEN ABUSED AND MALTREATED DURING THEIR VACATION TO THEIR FIANCE OR FIANCEE.
THEREFORE , THE BRITISH ARMY WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEDGE YOUR SINCERITY AND ALSO PLEDGE THAT THE OFFICER WILL NOT ABUSED OR MALTREATED DURING THE VISIT TO YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR RECENT PHOTOGRAPH AND YOUR VALID ID CARD TO US WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS, SO THAT WE CAN FILE IT AS PART OF THE COMPASSIONATE LEAVE PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS NEEDED BY US. WE WILL BE WAITING TO READ BACK FROM YOU, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE SCANNED COPY OF YOUR RECENT PHOTOGRAPH AND YOUR VALID ID CARD, WE WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE LEAVE PROCESSING AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THE NEXT STEP WITHIN FEW HOURS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION TO ASK, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT THE BELOW ADDRESS.
CONTACT: GENERAL
MAJ. GEN. A.J BRADSHAW(OBE)
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
EMAIL: leave.r@rescueteam.com
TELEPHONE NUMBER:(+44)7045777743
BEST REGARDS,
PROCESSING OFFICER, TRANSIT DEPARTMENT
BRITISH ARMY
***PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS AND VERIFY IF THIS IS A SCAM—
THANKS
Dakota
Here is my emails from Sgt Joe Pederson sgt.pederson@hotmail.com I met on a dating website We e-mailed and chatted for about 7 days…
December 15, 2011
Hey …thanks for your mail..you have no idea how it feels reading from u ..i really do appreciate it xxx..well this bloke has been here for awhile but this is the 3rd time em gonna come on this dating site….good you picked me out..smiling…you sound like a great woman…oops!!!…you are an angel…where have you been all this while?…fine i have you now will need you to go get a yahoo messager or windows live so we can chat there…or we keep it on mail to mail….would let u in on a few things about me..
i’m sergeant Joe Pederson,46,divorced,6’0,Originally from New Jersey.I’m presently on deployment and amongst the last troops in Baghdad,Iraq and a team leader here …I’m with the Patrol unit and i take my duty as a major priority..Been in the military for 15years now xxxx…
Been divorced for 4years now been single ever since..I and my ex had to part ways cos of her infidelity plus she was into drugs.I tried changing her but was never sucessful.so right now i think its high-time i got thru my own tears and started seeing things differently and all i need is someone to gimme a reason for that..i mean someone i could give the key to my soul…..well,don’t know wot else to say now cos i’m beginning to get emotional right now..
I aint tryna get no sympathy here cos its now in the past..what matters now is that i’m moving on..i could be slow to get on at first but be rest assured that better things lay in the offing…xxxx
i’ve said quite a lot..wheew..LOL..I’d like to know about u though…what do you enjoy doing?whats your daily routine like? …hope to chat soon…hugs and kisses xxxx
sgt pederson
December 16, 2011
WOW!!!!….i think have just found her!!!….i love my woman to be warm hearted…..cool you have a kind soul too….now i think i have a pair of you on my head…smiling…..thanks for the lovely mail…you most have been throught alot tryna raise your kids on your own…”i will say you are a strong woman” just like my late mum….i love her so much…she own the vital part of my heart….may her gentle soul rest in peace…..12 years is a very longtime to be divorced,……why did you keep to your self and never wanted to get married again?…well i guess you have your own opinion….smiling…..i wish i had know you before now….i won’t have sign up my deployment letter to Afghanistan….but still in bagdad will be leaving for afghanistan latter today…..i guess this will be my last mail to you for today……. until em settle at afghan by tomorrow……i love my job…..less i forget you are a gorgeous woman……i think with the lil i know….you sound and look like a woman i will love to be with when em home…..but something still goes through my ming telling me a
woman like you can’t be just single….thats just me thinking..smiling xxx……will send you a video of my
men and i….it was recorded this morning after patrol…em gonna be meeting a new set of people in afghan….well i think i have said enough…..thats a good job your are doing there…..will love to go to the beach with you on a hot summer night….smiling….going to watch the movies and do some other fun stuffs together….have fun gorgeous today is friday but pls pls don’t drink and drive……catch you latter…for now i dont need anything when i need anything will let you know……take good care of yourself mum and the kids….the video is a sad one for me em gonna miss my men..my snipper…..well hope to speak to you soon…hugs and kisses xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
December 18, 2011
hello babe how are you doing…am missing you so freaky much…smiling xxx what have you been up to…how was church…hope you had fun?…..just wanna let you know am here now waiting for you to come on line…… thanks for the mail….i love the beach walk too…just with that lovely woman of my life……i don’t know who she is yet…smiling she might just be reading this mail and smiling to it at the same time…..lol…..hope to speak to you soon bye for now gorgeous xxx
December 20, 2011
hello babe am here now,have not been here cos have been sick all morning till now xx i have to go for check up today xx pls come back on line we can still talk for a while ok missing you xx hugs n kisses xxx
December 21, 2011
I love you. xx I love every little thing about you.xx I love your cute smile,xx your magical eyes, You complete me. You mean the world to me.xx You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You are the one I’ve always wished for. I never thought that I would ever meet someone as special as you.xx I love each and every moment I share with you.xxx i wish you the best at work xx pls keep safe for me xx my heart keeper xxxxx hugs and kisses xxx we are beginning to think alike lol xxxmorning beautiful thanks for the lovely mail….how was your night hope you slept well….i spent mine fantasizing about you xx smiling you got me excited all the time xxx my night was great xxx have got loads of work to do today xxx at i write to you am on a report but will be done with that in an hour time xxx If only I could have come up with the right words to describe the depth of this beautiful feeling that I have for you,xxx I would have call you and whispered them to you xxx The best thing that I can do is to show you now. from this miles xxx
December 22, 2011
I now as i write this mail you are somewhere better thinking about us xxx even as you read now i can feel your breath xxx thats a lovely feeling xxx as the day goes by i keep discovery new things i wish to do with you and i won’t stop telling you so you can be prepared for me xxx smilingxxx i feel loved by you thats why i keep expressing myself as you can see am not the kinda man that tells lie what i don’t want i say it out without regrets ok xxxx but unfortunately “I WANT YOU SO FREAKY MUCH IN MY LIFE” xxxx I love you so much, Sweetie. xx You are the best thing that ever happened to me. You are like the best poetry ever composed, the best song ever played, the best picture ever painted. I never thought that someone like me could get so lucky!
I love you more than my life, cos i just kept signing my deployment letter……was never thinking of coming home anytime soon, but now i wanna be with you right now as i type at this moment xxx smiling xxx xxx i love you more than my world. I love you more and more each day and that is the most wonderful feeling any man can ever hope to experience…..catch you latter sweetie xxxx hugs and kisses xxxx xxxx pls send me the right one song xxx
December 24, 2011
babe i love you and have missed you when are you gonna be on line latter?
December 25, 2011
marry christmas my woman sorry i missed you last night xxx will be here 5am your time waiting for you xx hugs and kisses xxx
December 26, 2011
WHAT THE F… DO YOU MEAN BY THAT??????
The last e-mail is when I called him out. I googled his name. The real Sgt Joe Pederson has een MIA since 1970. The man in the picture I do not know who he is. I hope he is alive and well .
angela
i’ve just been scammed by sgt michael pedersen/sgt joe pederson. he obviously forgot what email address he was using. my emails are exactly the same as yours and his pics are on google images, one standing beside a jeep in a car lot. Luckily he never got the chance to ask me for any money.
Anonn
@ M Zibal yes it is a scam and this clown is a scammer what the hell does US DOD have to do with the British Army two completely different Countries and like the US Military I am sure no one can apply for military leave except for the service member and it DOES NOT have to be paid for if this Scammer asks you for ANYTHING and asks to send you ANYTHING you know your answer ask to see him on webcam have an interactive chat for an hour if he refuses for any reason he is a SCAMMER also this number +44)7045777743 Ive been told that any number that starts with 4470 in the UK is a scammer and the call is rerouted to Nigeria or where ever the scammer lives
Anonn
@M Zibal my Husband just walked in the door he IS Military and he says this…….COMPASSIONATE LEAVE REQUESTS MADE BY FIANCEE OR FIANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY OFFICERS HAS BEEN ABUSED AND MALTREATED DURING THEIR VACATION TO THEIR FIANCE OR FIANCEE.
THEREFORE , THE BRITISH ARMY WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEDGE YOUR SINCERITY AND ALSO PLEDGE THAT THE OFFICER WILL NOT ABUSED OR MALTREATED DURING THE VISIT TO YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY.
IS a crock of(Excuse Me CJ Please Don’t Ban me) BULLSHIT there is NO such leave and the Military does NOT recognize girlfriends or so called relationships they recognize the LEAGAL Marriage only this is a scam and he is a scammer he cannot even spell DOD correctly I wont point out to much because they troll this blog trying to become better liars and beggars YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!! Anonn
m zibal
ANONN,
Thanks for conformation…but the sad things that i already fall into their trap…just now i understand the whole thing..they already mess up with me.
i already made payment in western union for the replacement fee ..but thank you very im awaken now, i really
fall in love with her thinking that shes real.
Haah i feel stupid and insane curse those maniacs..sorry.
Anonn
@ M Zibal I am sorry you lost money but there is no replacement it is a scam and she is not real it is a MAN posing as a Woman they do this all the time please dont be so hard on yourself go to romancescam.com for support
Anonn
@ M Zibal ……. please tell me you did NOT send this to someone you never saw and did not know…..WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR RECENT PHOTOGRAPH AND YOUR VALID ID CARD TO US WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS
If you have done so you need to alert the 3 credit bureaus to let them know someone may very well try to steal your identity damage control here because these clowns will now use your Name and pics and address to scam others using your REAL Name I had a scammer ask me for my address I asked him was he crazy he then asked me to give him someone elses Address I asked him if he had lost his freaking mind Anonn
angelika
i meet captthomasferris@yahoo.com….or his email-captthomasferris@live.com
i meet him on a datingchat side, he is asking for retirement process….can someone get in touch with me….
Anonn
@ Angelika he is a SCAMMER retirement does NOT have to be paid for it is earned he is a liar a thief a con get the picture demand that he get on webcam for an interactive chat with you for an hour or more if he has ANY excuses as to why he cant show himself he is a SCAMMER which he has proven to you he is a scammer because he has already begged you for money for some fake retirement package you have been warned cut him off stop talking to him delete and block him and check your security settings on your computer he is a scammer.Anonn Wife of a REAL US Military Member
christine
I am inquiring about a brig.gen.larry d nicholson was wondering if any of you had contact with him,he has 2 emails but mainly uses yahoo messenger..
Anonn
@ Christine if you have NOT seen him on cam I mean had an hours chat with him not prerecorded I mean an interactive chat with him then he could be anybody so simply ask him to get on cam to chat with you for an hour or more ANY excuses are lies it is a scam and he is an ugly black scammer and NOT the Man you see in the pics you cannot apply for his leave and ANY thing he asks for besides snacks and books is a scam the military takes care of its own so he will not need anything from you if he is real
if he wants to send you anything scam
if he asks you for help with anything that has to do with africa or some diplomat or to email anyone scam YOU have been warned Anonn
ANNE M.
hi ladies,
has anyone knows about sam campell? he is stationed in nigeria. his email address is campell6287@yahoo.com. he can text me, but cannot talk to me for security reasons. he sent me a cashier’s check to cash then send it to him through western union. i had suspicion so i called the bank first. and sure enough i was right the check is fraud, please tell me anything about this man. his daughter is in u.k with her mom. and he said that her daughter needs a gall bladder surgery.
thank you for the help..
Anonn
Anne M how do you keep running into these scammers please???? THERE IS NO MILITARY BASE IN NIGERIA he is a scammer and if he were a US Military member if the child were his real child the military would take care of all medical since it seems to hard to get through to you now you know and I will say this again STOP giving people you do not know your personal info like your address and the MILITATY TAKES CARE OF ITS OWN THEY DO NOT NEED YOU MONEY NOR YOUR HELP FOR ANY REASON Anonn
m zibal
ANNON,
How to report on this 3 credit bureaus to alert them, possible he is doing it right now?
thanks
Anonn
@ M Zibal google Experian and there are two others or go to a secured site and check your credit report NOW alert them that there may be some fraudulent activity going on do it ASAP but first things first check your credit report NOW!!!!! from there it will be numbers that you can call to alert all 3 credit bureaus but start with what I suggested first take a deep breath and do this asap Anonn
susan
These names are scammers so BEWARE SGT.STEVE CAPOZZI his accomplices are Dr.Lucas and one named DERY who is receiveing money from the victims.
Anonn
@ Anne M are you BRAIN DEAD they are the same person SCAMMERS there is no what if why would any US Military member be doing in a Hospital in Ghana the US Military takes care of its own no wonder CJ is NOT answering you because you are in serious DENIAL you actually think this fool is real and you have NEVER seen him the US Military takes care of its own I seriously doubt if any ill or injured US Military member would be in a Hospital in Ghana he is in Ghana because thats where he lives get it HE IS AN AFRICAN how much more proof do you need???????
ANNE M.
01/03/2012 at 6:18 pm
HI CJ,
THIS DAVID SARPONG FROM ACCRA GHANA TEXTED ME THAT CHRISTOPHER WALSH OR SIGMUND BURB WITT WAS ROBBED AND STUBBED ON DEC 24TH IN GHANA. HE WENT THERE TO PICK UP HIS ADOPTED SON MICHAEL THEN THEY’LL BE GOING HOME HERE IN FLORIDA. THREE DAYS BEFORE THAT CHRISTOPHER TEXTED ME SAID THAT HE CANNOT TALK TO ME ON THE PHONE BEC DAVID SARPONG HASNT PAID HIS PHONE YET. THEN TWO DAYS AFTER, DAVID SARPONG CALLED ME AND SAID THAT CHRISTOPHER NEED BLOOD TRANSFUSION. AND I NEED TO SEND $159.00 TO BUY THE BLOOD. HE TOLD ME ALL OF THIS THROUGH TEXT BUT I NEVER RESPOND TO ANY OF HIS TEXT. THEN HE CALLED ON THE 26TH AND SAID THAT WHAT KIND OF LOVE I HAVE FOR CHRISTOPHER WHEN I KNOW THAT HE IS DYING, AND ALL I CAN THINK OF IS MY MONEY AND MY SELF CUZ I TEXTED DAVID AND I SAID THAT I DONT HAVE MONEY TO HELP CHRISTOPHER FOR THE TRANSFUSION. I TOLD DAVID THAT I NEED OT TALK TO CHRISTOPHER AND DAVID SAID THAT DOCTOR TOLD HIM THAT THE PHONE ISNT ALLOWED IN THE ROOM BEC CHRISTOPHER IS UNCONSCIOUS AND IN BAD SHAPE. HE BEGGED ME TO SEND HIM THE MONEY FOR CHRISTOPHER’S BLOOD TRANSFUSSION. HE SAID THAT WHEN CHRISTOPHER GETS BETTER THAT DAVID SARPONG WILL TELL HIM NOT TO LOVE ME BEC IM NOT GOOD FOR CHRISTOPHER. THEN LAST SUNDAY 01012012 CHRISTOPHER WENT ONLINE TO GREAT ME A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT HE IS CONSCIOUS NOW, THEN HE BEGGED ME TO SEND HIM THE MONEY FOR HIS BLOOD TRANSFUSSION SO HE CAN BE WITH ME. THAT HE MISSED ME SO MUCH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. I ASKED HIM TO GET ON WEBCAM SO I CAN SEE HIM AND TALK TO HIM AND CHRISTOPHER SAID THAT THIS ISNT HIS LAPTOP AND HIS NURSE LET HIM USED IT TO COME ONLINE FOR FIVE MINS ONLY AND I TOLD HIM THATS FINE FOR ME BUT THEN HE SAID HE HAS TO GO NOW CUZ HE IS TIRED AND STILL IN PAIN. THE DAY THAT CHRIS WAS STUBBED HE TOLD DAVID NOT TO TELL ME BEC CHRISTOPHER DOESNT WANT ME TO WORRY ABOUT HIM BUT DAVID SAID THAT THE REASON HE TOLD ME BEC HE CANNOT HANDLE THE EXPENSES ALONE. I ASKED CHRISTOPHER WHY HIM AND SIGMUND ARE USING THE SAME PIC THAT WHO IS THE FAKE ONE. HE TOLD ME ALSO THAT HE HATES THOSE PEOPLE THAT USED HIS PIC TO SCAMMED WOMEN. HE SAID TO LET HIM GET BETTER AND SEND THE MONEY TO THE DOCTOR CUZ I TOLD HIM I DONT WANT TO SEND THE MONEY TO DAVID, CJ MY DILEMA IS WHAT IF ITS TRUE THAT CHRISTOPHER IS THE REAL ARMY MAN AND SIGMUND BURB WITT IS THE FAKE AND THE SCAMMER THEN IM HURTING THE GOOD GUY. CJ IM SO CONFUSED. I FELL INLOVE WITH CHRISTOPHER BEFORE DAVID ASKED ME FOR MONEY TO HELP CHRISTOPHER’S SON MICHAEL THAT CONTACTED A CHOLERA, FOR HIS MEDS BEC CHRISTOPHER DOESNT HAVE ACCESS TO HIS MONEY WHILE HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN. AND TELL ME ALSO ISNT IT TRUE THAT WHEREVER THE MILITARY GOES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THAT THEY ARE COVERED BY THE MILITARY HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE? CUZ CHRIS SAID THAT HE IS NOT COVERED. AND THAT HE HAS TO BE IN THE U.S. HE IS IN THE MILITARY HOSPITAL IN ACCRA GHANA. AND HE WAS STAYING IN GOLDEN TULIP WHEN HE WAS ROBBED AND GOT STABBED. I WANTED TO CALL THE HOSPITAL TO SEE IF HE IS THERE BUT I DONT HAVE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. AND MONEY TO PAY FOR THE CALL. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS CJ. I AM VERY CONFUSED. I DONT HAVE MONEY TO SEND HIM AT ALL. WHAT IF HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. THEN ITS GONNA BE IN MY HEAD IF SOMETHING WRONG IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO CHRISTOPHER. PLEASE HELP ME CJ. I TOLD CHRISTOPHER THAT I DO NOT HAVE A FULL TRUST IN HIM NOT UNTIL I SEE HIM ON THE WEB. HE SAID”FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE HELP ME GET BETTER FIRST THEN YOU WILL SEE ME IN PERSON, PLEASEEEEEEEEEE”.. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO THIS PLEASE.. THANK YOU.. FROM ANNE M.
Anonn
Forgot to add US Military does NOT need others to pay for their care as I have said MANY times the US Military takes care of its own so the 150 for a blood transfusion is a CROCK of BS these scammers are laughing at you and calling you a MUGU which means stupid to them
ANNE M.
to anonn, you said that those scammers are probably laughing at me and calling me MUGU? oh well, believe it or not i havent and i wont send him money anymore. $130 is the amount that i got scammed, bec he used his poor excuses that supposedly his son michael has caught a cholera disease. he is still begging for me to send him money for his hospital bills so he can get out of the hospital and be with me, yeah right, NOT!! i told him i never believe him in the first place when he asked me to help his son for his bday gift and i didnt send him any. and NO i havent and will never send anymore money to him. i told him to plan to stay in the hospital forever bec i am NOT sending him anymore money plus i dont have money to give him, anyway. he didnt like what i said that he signs out of I.M., lol. i was upset also with most of your advice to me. it has no compassion. its not my fault that this bastards scammed me. it seems like you were taking their sides. i dont know i could be wrong, women that were scammed were very vulnerable, specially those that scammed thousands and thousands of dollares. i am the victim here you should be compassionate with your advice with me or with the others, to make us feel better and not blaming me or putting me down bec im on denial or giving that man a benefit of the doubt. your lucky that this didnt happen to you, being inlove with the scammers. it is so hard to move on bec i am inlove with that man in that picture. i cry day and night bec of the stupid scammer did to me. so please have compassion with your advice to us. and not making us or me for that matter, feel bad that the other women or am already are, please.. thank you for reading this comment.. ANNE M.
Kate Johnson
I have been talking with Major Randy Steve from the Air Force for a couple of months. Right after we started talking he requested a personal leave so we could meet. He was stationed in Cuba but was deployed to Uganda right after we started talking. He said the 2 month personal leave would be expensive, thousands of dollars which he paid himself. He however needed help with the air fare home. He said the Air Force wouldn’t pay air fare since he requested the leave. Once the leave was granted, he was told by his commander that he needed to find a replacement and there is a $1000.00 fee for the Air Force finding a replacement for him. I’ve sent him money to help with air fare and the replacement fee. Is this all true. He too lost his wife suddenly, has 2 teenage children. I was told his commander would help with the replacement fee. Since Randy is on leave he isn’t receiving any money, doesn’t have a job. Please help me understand all this. I have pictures of him too. We started talking on facebook. He has a yahoo address.
Anonn
@ Kate YES he is a scammer and this is a scam he is a LIAR Military leave does NOT have to be paid for he is begging you for more money because you have sent money and he probably works with a group so he didnt get to keep very much of the money and the two month leave thing is a crock of bullshit plain and simple and you are right NOT to trust him he is lying Military Members have money that they can access from ANYWHERE in the world flip the script on him and ask him to send you money for an emergency see how fast he drops you because he is a scammer he has NO MONEY also please do not send money to anyone you DO NOT know EVER nor to anyone you have NEVER seen FACE TO FACE
DO NOT send anymore money delete and block this lying beggar he is a scammer and this is a scam you will NEVER see him because he is an ugly lying begging African who would need you to send him an invite to the US in order to get out of Africa
go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com for support and like I have said cut him off he will continue to beg since you sent money once his feeling hurt that you dont trust him is an act they do this often tell him to get on cam and prove to you who he is to show you on webcam for 1 hour he wont he will find an excuse they always do let it go you have been warned Anonn
Kate Johnson
I questioned Major Randy Steve about being a scammer and not feeling comfortable sending money to him. He said he promised himself he wasn’t going to argue with me about money and said if I’m not comfortable sending money not to worry about sending it. He was more upset that I wasn’t trusting him and that I feel he is planning to take my money and I will never hear from him again or meet him. Do scammers work this way?
Anonn
Kate also remember they are suchIdiots that they do not know how to use common American Names they will mix them together like this moron did show me one Randy Steve in the US I will wait and anyone who finds you on any social site claiming to be Military and then begs you for money for any reason is a scammer REAL military members have no time for this type of bs but african scammers do they have all day and night to lie steal and begg and make up assinine stories to get what they want from strangers.
Anonn
Same Scammer using a different Name beware they are trying a new scam since the military love scam is widely known about here in the US…..
Hello my good friend ,
I am Colonel Brian Dennison Kent, an officer of the U.S Army. I just moved to Afghanistan from Iraq as one of the last batch that just left and have some items I will need to ship to you.Can you be trusted? we thank you guys for your prayers . I will only highlight you more on this transaction as soon as i hear from you.please signify your interest by replying to my private email.with your name and mobile number to (colbrian22@gmail.com)
you can view this link to understand more,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105
Thanks
Respectfully,
Col Brian Dennison Kent
United States Marine Corps. Kabul
Kathleen
Has anyone been contacted by Sgt.Johhny Washburn from Match.com? I’ve been communicating with him for a week. He has poured out the love. Sent a picture of him in a uniform but it looked suspect. I’m planning to ask him for his .mil email address tomorrow.
Rachel Green
@Kathleen, He is a scammer if he cannot provide you with a military email. I met Captain Wayne Sheen Butterfield or Captain Wayne Butterfield Sheen on match.com. There are ALOT of them scammers on this online dating website. I also met some on Lavalife.com…I play there game for a bit and then I report them. I was a victim of fraud and am now mad that these losers use our soldiers to scam women. I am from Canada and it is happening here too. So, please DO NOT send any money. They do not need it as soldiers are supplied with everything they need. They are well taken care of. If we work together, we may be able to stop them or at least get the word out about these scums.
Rosemarie Bower
Hi my name is Rosemarie and have just been scammed by a SGT MICHAEL PEDERSEN supposedly based in CAMP DWYER AFGHAN. I must admit I was so taken in by him and I call it mental cruelty. How he wanted to look after me and even get married ,he even sent photos of himself. I am 64yrs old a widow from North Wales the uk .been chatting then I asked him if I could send him mail he said they could’nt receive any .I found this site when I typed in his name and the only SGT MICHAEL PEDERSEN that came up was killed in 2006. He came on chat today and asked for £300to get him leave from afghan luckily my son was quick to respond to all this and he found out the person I had been chatting to was actually in SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA and even got his address up . All the things he talked about and us getting to be family and him moving here to Wales . I fell for it because he said he 46 and i asked him why pick on me. I met him on the Flirt dating site SO BEWARE.
Margaret Rodgers
CJ – i just read a letter to you above from Anne M dated 1-3-12. She is speaking of a man going by the name of Christopher Walsh. My heart is pounding right now as I believe I have been corresponding possibly with the same man. Only he has used the name Christian Walsh to me. I have been chatting and emailing with him since early August 2011. He proclaims love for me and states he is in construction work in a Supervisory position in Lagos, Nigeria, and states he is from London. I have doubted him somewhat, only because once he asked for help with some “goods” as he put it, with having them sent to me and wanting me to forward the goods to somewhere, but he never gave me the destination because I told him his request did not make sense. I began at that moment, suspecting he was a scammer. He did stop asking for any further help in this way. I have thought something odd this last week or so as his chats have almost completely stopped. I sent a message asking why I have not heard from him and I have only received two short messages, both on 1-6-12, saying Happy New Year and responding saying , “yes I think of you”, which I find very strange. It’s the shortness of the message, which is odd. Maybe this is the same man, I don’t know for sure, but felt I should report this. If he is not a scammer, which I am beginning to think even more now he is, then he is a two-timer, if it is the same person.
ANNE M.
HI MARGARET RODGERS
HOW ARE YOU? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD CHAT ABOUT CHRISTIAN WALSH. HE IS STILL KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH ME. HE HAS BEEN ASKING MONEY AND I AM NOT GOING TO SEND HIM ANYMORE MONEY. DID HE TELL YOU NOT TO TALK TO ME OR TO ANYBODY ABOUT HIM? HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING ALSO. THERE IS THIS SCAMMER POSING LIKE THE REAL MAN ON THOSE PICTURES HE SENT YOU. AND IT WAS HIM ALSO. BUT THEN HE DENIED IT HE SAID, THAT WASNT HIM. HE IS A LIAR AND A SCAMMER. PLEASE DONT LISTEN TO HIM. HE IS A LIAR. HE GOT MAD AT ME BEC I QUESTION HIM ABOUT YOU AND THE OTHER WOMEN AND HE SAID THAT I HAVE A BIG MOUTH. THEN I TOLD HIM THAT HE IS A SCAMMER FROM NIGERIA THEN I LOGGED OUT. WE STARTED CHATTING SINCE AUG 2011. HE WAS SO NICE AND SWEET TO ME. I HAVE BEEN IGNORING HIS EMAIL AND MESSENGER. AND STILL BEGGING FOR ME TO TALK TO HIM AND SEND HIM MONEY FOR HIS MEDS. PLEASE RESPOND TO ME MARGARET AND LET’S COMPARE PICTURES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FROM ANNE M.
Margaret Rodgers
CJ – I forgot to post the email this Christian is using. It is walshchristian10@yahoo.com. I also have pictures he has sent to me if anyone wants to compare.
ANNE M.
AT MARGARET RODGERS, THAT IS THE SAME PERSON THAT POSING AS WALSHCHRISTIAN10. HE IS THE ONE THAT IS USING SIGMUND WITT’S PICTURE LOOK AT THE WALL OF SHAME YOU WILL SEE HIM THERE. HE IS POSING AS MICHAEL WITT, CHRISTOPHER WALSH WITT, SGT G. WITT IN IRAQ, RICK PREZE WITT AND IM PRETTY SURE THAT HE HAS MORE NAME TO USE TO SCAM MORE PEOPLE. HE HAS BEEN SCAMMING ME FOR A WHILE NOW. AND EVERY TIME I APPROACH HE NEVER CONFESS AND HIS STORIES ARE NOT ALL THE SAME. I SENT HIM A TOTAL OF $130.00 FOR HIS SO CALLED SON THAT WAS THE CHOLERA DISSEAS. I WAS SO LEARY ABOUT HIM THAT I DIDNT SEND ANYMORE MONEY. HE’S BEEN BUGGING ME WITH MONEY BUT I NEVER SEND HIM A DIME ANYMORE. OF COURSE I AM VERY MUCH INLOVE WITH THE MAN IN THE PICTURES HE SENT AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS HIM, THAT I DIDNT SEE THAT. I SUSPECTED AND DOUBTED HIM BUT I KEEP GIVING HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. HE SAID THAT HE GOT ROBBED AND STABBED IN GHANA. AND HE’S BEEN ASKING ME FOR $200.00 BUT I NEVER SEND IT TO HIM. I WILL NEVER EVER SEND HIM MONEY OR TO ANYONE THAT I HAVENT MET ON THE WEBCAM I LEARNED MY LESSON IN A HARD WAY. HE STILL IN CONTACT WITH ME, BUT I GET ON TO HIM RIGHT AWAY THAT HE WOULD SIGNED OUT CUZ HE KNOWS I KNOW A LOT OF BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM AND THE OTHER PEOPLE NOW. THANKS TO THIS SITE. MARGARET IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE PICTURES AND NOTES, PLS CONTACT ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.. FROM ANNE M.
ANNE M.
HI MARGARET RODGERS, WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT HE IS STILL CONTACTING ME AND DEMANDING FOR $200 TO PAY HIS HOSPITAL BILLS SO HE CAN COME HOME TO ME. BUT I HAVE NOT AND WOULD I EVER SEND HIM THE MONEY ANY MORE, NOPE. AND I TOLD HIM THAT I HAVE BEEN SICK AND THERE’S NO INCOME COMING, IF HE IS A REAL AMERICAN, HE WOULD HAVE TELL ME TO USE MY SICK DAYS AND MY LONG TERM DISSABILITY TO GET PAID, BUT HE NEVER DID, AND HE STILL ASKING ME FOR MONEY. HE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT THAT HE WILL PRAY TO GOD FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HIM. I ASKED HIM WHO YOU WERE. AND HE SAID HE DOESNT KNOW YOU. HE SAID WHY AM I TREATING HIM BADLY WHEN I KNOW THAT HE IS SICK. AND ASKING HIM QUESTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE HE DOESNT KNOW. AND THAT I ALWAYS MAKE HIM FEEL BAD AND SAID. HE SAID THAT I AM A SELFISH WOMAN CUZ I WOULDNT WANT TO HELP HIM OUT. HE SAID THAT ALL I THINK OF IS MY SELF. I TOLD HIM TO REALLY LIVE ME ALONE. AND STOP CONTACTING ME, BUT HE NEVER DID. HE WONT STOP ASKING ME MONEY UNTIL I GIVE IN. HAS HE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOU? DID HE ASK YOU FOR MONEY? DID HE TELL YOU ABOUT HIS SON MICHAEL AND DAVID SARPONG STORIES? PLS EMAIL ME TO MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS AND LET’S COMPARE NOTES. WE HAVE TO GET THIS MAN TO STOP USING OTHER WOMEN FOR MONEY. MY OTHER EMAIL ADDRESS IS GLITTERING2 AT YMAIL.COM. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON MARGARET. THANK YOU.. ANNE M.
lil_g
I have been talking to a guy i met on imesh/bearshare named Captain James David / captainjames70@yahoo.com. Just wanted to know if anyone talk to this guy too. I think he’s a scammer but im not 100% sure.
Anonn
@ Lil G this is a scammer you are correct the name says it all they are such morons if he found you on Any social network and you have NOT seen him on cam for an interactive chat face to face then he could be anyone even a woman you need to remember that US Military does NOT need you assistance for any reason Military takes care of its own so if he asks you for anything or asks you for assistance he is a scammer DO NOT share any personal information with him NOT even your Name.Anonn
Anonn
The Common Scammer Red Flags
Profile picture looks professionally done
Height/weight is not proportional -e.g. 6’ and 95 lbs
Claim to be Native American or some other ethnicity when the photo is Caucasian
Claim to be older/younger than the photo looks
Grammar is not consistent with how Americans speak, French speak etc.
Profile seems cut and pasted
Spelling is atrocious, they are notorious for using “i” instead of “I”
Their full name is two first names – John Michele, Florence Francis, Shawn David
They typically claim to be from the US (or your local region) but they are overseas, or going overseas mainly to Nigeria, sometimes the UK for business or family matters
A majority of them claim to have lost a spouse/child/parent in a horrific traffic accident or airplane accident or any of the above are sick or in the hospital
The details they give you in email/IM are often different that what was stated in the profile
Their profile seems to disappear off the website immediately after conversation begin
Scammers can be clever with their words, usually the text of the message is cut and pasted or they can be sloppy in their text as the email below shows. The email is an example of “scammer grammar” the misspelled words, and the short abbreviations of words
ANNE M.
TO MARGARET RODGERS
HI, IF YOU EMAILED ME AT GLITTER4@YAHOO THAT WAS INCORRECT. ITS SUPPOSED TO BE GLITTER4 AT YMAIL.COM. IM SORRY I AM USED TO USING THE YAHOO AND I AM NEW TO YMAIL. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON ABOUT CHRISTOPHER/CHRISTIAN WALLS
ANNE M.
Anonn
This is Courtesy of a REAL US Military Member…….Thanks Jerry.
Ladies, ladies, ladies………..
It does not cost us ANYTHING to go on leave and with the Army cutting back to 9 months on a deployment, we don’t get leaves anymore during our time over here. If he is on a perm base over here his leave is FREE!! We fly military air wherever we go for FREE! There is no paper work that a civilian can fill out ot get us a leave. When we have emergencies we go on emergency leave which is FREE. We have DSN phone lines so all our calls to the states are FREE!! We also have MWR’s which also see to it we can keep in contact with our people back home for FREE. If you see the point I’m trying to make, there is NO reason whatsover that a service person should need you to send them money. I know some of you think you have found the love of your life but it breaks our hearts over here knowing they are using our pics to do it. I’m sorry if you have fallen for one of these AS$&*oles.
I know this for a fact as my wife found a picture of me in Iraq on one of these sites and the guy wasn’t even using my name.
jacqui
i have been chatting to some one in un he is a grand marshal micha nelson 19-0b4{pl93-un-579 he has got very upset with me saying he is not a scammer hr has never asked me for money i dont know what to do pls help
Anonn
Scammer have already proven this to you based on the Name he is using TELL HIM TO GET ON WEBCAM FOR A INTERACTIVE CHAT FOR ONE HOUR OR MORE TO PROVE TO YOU WHO HE IS Now you know what to do and if he asks for any type of assistance or to send you ANYTHING or wants to retire soon and come live with you guess what SCAMMER havent you read anything I have typed responding to you?Anonn
Regina Davis
Please help…I believe I am trying to be scammed. He says his name is CSM James D Watson, Camp Phoenix, Afghantisan. He is telling me that he has 1.4 million in stocks here in the states that he is going to lose if he can’t get back to the states. He ask me to send General Stanley A McChrystal, Multi-National Corps, Afghanistan, Public Affairs Office, Camp Phoenix APO AE 09342 an email requesting leaving for him. He told me that I would need to pay for his airfare here, but it would be refunded once he was here. He says he has a son in England named Kevin, and his wife died of breast cancer. He has ask me to send money to his son in England, which of course I didn’t. He has ask me to buy a cell phone and send it to him, which I didn’t. The e-mail address for Gen. Stanley McChrystal was Gen.Stanley@armymail.com
I’m assuming I’m trying to be scammed…what do you think?
Anonn
@ Regina yes you are correct you are being scammed YOU CANNOT request leave for a real Military member and it does NOT have to be paid for tell this lying beggar to get a JOB you are not his bank demand that this lying leech show himself to you on webcam for 1 hour it wont happen ……….also you typed this…………..He told me that I would need to pay for his airfare here, but it would be refunded once he was here.
That is a crock of BULLSHIT he is an ugly african and he cannot get pout of Africa unless he has a Visa and an invite to the US leave does NOT have to be paid for EVER
What you do is tell him to send you the money for his ticket or send you a deposit also tell him to guarantee repayment to send you a copy of his most recent LES trust me he will have no clue what that is tell this lying beggar to go fuck himself and GET A JOB and stop begging you for money this is happening way to often LADIES PLEASE READ THIS
NO real Military member will EVER find you on any social site and beg you for money or ask you to apply for their leave The Military takes care of its own and they will NOT need your help for ANY reason.Anonn
Anonn
. He has ask me to send money to his son in England, which of course I didn’t. He has ask me to buy a cell phone and send it to him, which I didn’t. =SCAMMER
Ani
Jeff Smith Harris ; Davidson Mark ; Gonzales Ricardo ;
here are a few more to watch for ! the 1st is calm and only hints for money , the 2nd says to contact the 3rd for permission and information to pay for his communication . needless to say , i dont believe in sending money to any one i dont know…. red flags hit me when they wanted large fees and wanted the money within 48 hours or the offer will be null and void !
please , be careful and guard ur hearts !
Ani
jeffsmithharris@yahoo.com …. markdavidson1298@yahoo.com … col.gonzalesric@yahoo.co.uk ….
hopefully these email addresses com out correctly for all of u this time
cheyenneh
sergeant tim walz has been contacting me. wants £5000 to release retirement money. Fake?
jacqui
MICHA NELSON pls dose anyone know of him his email is umst101@yahoo.com
ANNA J.
HI LADIES,
HAS ANY ONE HEARD THE NAME JONNY PRETZER? OR KELLY PRETZER? HE IS IN THE AIR FORCE. HE IS STATIONED IN IRAQ.
Anonn
2 ANNA J ALL US Military are NO Longer in Iraq so this is a scammer who only wishes he were in the Air Force but if he insists hes US Military stationed in Iraq still DEMAND he get on webcam for an interactive chat for one hour or more tell him to prove who he is any excuses as to why he cant show himself scammer also ask him to email you from his military email account should end in.mil anything beyond .mil is a FRAUD if he has issues with that ask him for his Military email address in Iraq and google it tell him you want to see him on cam in Uniform and in street clothes one HOUR or more they can use the webcam but remember US Military will not need your money nor assistance for anything.Anonn
Anonn
Ladies as well as Gents Please PAY ATTENTION
Real Us Service members will NOT need your Money for any reason they have access to their own accounts at all times yes even in the war zone there will be no freeze on their accounts for ANY reason
Real Service members will NOT Beg a stranger for money for ANY reason
Yes they can use a webcam even if they are special ops
Real Us Service members will understand things like Mos AAfes or Les and SGLI Scammers will NOT
Real Service Members will NOT be on any site soliciting you for any dates many have families and have no time for Facebook or any other sites NONE Many do NOT and will NOT Post Pics anywhere due to them being stolen by scammers and used to scam Men and Women out of Money
Many Us Service members are No Longer in Iraq
All Service members ARE allowed to receive mail and care packages scammers will say different
All US Military members have a military email account and they may use it when they want scammers will say different because they are frauds
US Military does NOT and will not use free email accounts of any kind they also do NOT Use Western Union or Moneygram for any reason
Any Us Service member that asks you for Money for any reason is A FRAUD A SCAMMER plain and simple
The US Military takes care of its own
Scammers hate being asked questions they cannot answer
Always insist after the first email to see their military id as well as their state id card or drivers license and no photoshopped crap and not the same pic the scammer sent you to begin with because the scammer will NOT be able to produce a id card pic as State Id cards cannot be photoshopped if they are its not hard to tell
for instance if the scammer sends you a pic of the soldier or sialor they are impersonating the pic thats on the state Id should not be the same pic of the soldier or sailor in uniform PAY attention always
pay attention to their grammer they always have spelling errors they NEVER type nor speak like Americans also insist that you hear their voice they cannot hide their accents
US Military will not be in a place like Nigeria nor Ghana Watch the news There Is no base in Nigeria not even tents NONE
Diplomats or anyone in the US supposedly collecting money for the service member SCAM
Bottom Line REAL US Service Members Or Military members Period will NOT need your Money for any reason
ALL Real Military Members have a Military email account ending in .Mil anything beyond .Mil is a FRAUD
US Military does NOT use free email accounts nor do they Use Western Union or Moneygram BUT Scammers do.
Leave these Scammers and their sorry asses and their life and sob stories with absolutely NOTHING…
And stay on your toes because after troops withdraw from Afghan these scammers will come up with other lies and sob stories but stay vigilant NEVER send money to anyone you do not know even charities as many of them are scams as well.
Reply
Anonn
Example of an email I received from a scammer impersonating a Marine until I called him on his BS this is just an example of the silly type of crap they will type…
Thanks you so much for the mail you sent me on tagged,well I am a down to earth person even if the marines thought us to be tough and strong,I have had a really straight life until now that I realise that I don’t have anybody to call my own family,I have never been married and I lost my dad two years ago,I also have a 63 years old mother who is my only source of joy.I just realised I wasted my life and I should have looked for you earlier in life..I will love to know more about you and I hope I will hear from you soon..Love Thomas
Debra
I have met who I thought was an honest man in the military, guess what? He is using the name Mike Brooks and his email is Mike_Brooks2013@yahoo.com. Well he thought he could charm me and he did for a moment, until I did a little searching of my own and this is what I found.
My name is Mike Brooks.I was born on the 09 of September, 1956 at Baptist Hospital of Florida. I started A & A Children Academy at 6 and later on continued from Calvary Baptist Church Schools. I was very playful at school and it affected my academic works. I joined the Military academy at the age of 18 I was in the boarding school so my parents visit me once in a while. I didn’t spend much time at home. My mom was a head teacher and dad was in the medical field.
I fought in the Gulf war in 1990 to 1991. The gulf war was fought to liberate Kuwait from autocratic rule of the late Saddam. I had a pretty bad experience.
I am an E-6 Staff Sergeant (SSG). I also act as a platoon sergeant in the absence of the Sergeant First Class. I am the leader of my squad. I am a non commission officer and I work in the junior management of the military.
When back to the States, I found out that my ex betrayed my love by going in for another man. She cost me a lost. She misused my properties so I paid her off.
I will be home in 3 months. Actually, we are not allowed to communicate with outsiders because of security reasons but I need a woman for myself. A woman that will be there for me and I will be there for her too. I will not be able to call you because we are not allowed to communicate with outsiders on phone. Everything is monitored.
This was used by other so called men in the military, using different names and ranks, different DOB’s and different home states.
I am so thankful for the internet, because you could find any info on anyone to see if it is true. I was fortunate to pick up on this and I hope other woman are smart and take advantage of the internet also, believe it is your friend and it will find those nasty scammers.
I have since deleted any and all information of this person from my computer.
Rachel Green
OMG, NO, Please…I am from Canada and just found out about this….I sent $790 USD by Western Union to a M3 Sat Department so that Capt. Wayne Butterfield and I can talk on the phone. We are still speaking by msn and waiting for the connection. Am I being scammed, please no, I feel in love with this man. OMG, I am so broken hearted. Who can I contact to verify.
Margaret Rodgers
For Rachel Green: I do believe that was a scam. Military men do not need money for communications or for any other reason from civilians. Check with Sgt Robert McLaughlin on 101.Date Fake Soldiers if you want but he posts everything on there you need to know for free. You can check with Military.Law.com also for a fee on any military question you need to know. Our Military men do not ask for money from civilians. Good luck to you.
Rachel Green
To Margaret Rodgers: Thank you for your kind respond. Unfortunately, I am a victim of fraud and have lost the money. I did make a report with the police and they very helpful. Also made a report with match.com and he is no longer on the site but who’s to say he does not go under a different name and picture. I was unsuccessful trying to get a hold of Western Union to cancel the transaction. They did not answer the telephone, so I emailed them and they responded 2 days later. I also called and emailed the Canadian Army but also without success. It is sad that these unselfish losers would pose as our great soldiers. But on a good note, I received 2 more messages on a dating site from soldiers who are also scammers and reported them. I do wish though that I could contact the real soldier and let him know that his photo is being used to scam women. And also I must admit, that I personally would like to meet the soldier on the photo but that’s wishing upon a star on my part. Anywhoo, tks again.
Yvette J. Hamrin
I got a phone call from CapitalCargoCourier@hotmail.com today at 7:48 a.m. David Vincent saying the income tax receipt of $70,000.00 has to be paid in Ghana.
In order to get the box out of Spain:includes 10>5 million dolars. David# is 447835786923(Ukraine to Canada)
HELP ME GET MY MOM’S RETIREMENT MONEY BACK, PLEASE????
1-306-236-6981
ANNE J.
HI LADIES,
DOES ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT BREGADIER GEN. JOHN W. BULLARD JR.? I MET HIM ON NETLOG SITE. HE SAID HE LIKES ME RIGHT AWAY AN HOUR AFTER WE CHATTED. HE HAS AN 8 YR OLD SON. HIS EX WIFE IS TAKING CARE OF HIS SON WHILE HE IS IN THE KABUL FOR PEACE KEEPING. I ASKED HIM WHAT BRANCH IN THE MILITARY HE IS IN. HIS ANSWER AT FIRST WAS IN THE ARMY. THEN LATER ON I ASKED HIM AGAIN AND HE SAID HE IS IN THE AIR FORCE. HE SAID THEY ARE IN THE SAME CAMP? LOL!! TWO CONFLICTING ANSWERS, LOL.. AND CAN THEY MAKE A PHONE CALLS TO US CIVILIANS? DO THEY HAVE PHONES THERE? BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO CALL ME BUT HE SAID HE CANT CALL ME. HE SAID THEY DONT HAVE REGULAR PHONES THERE. THEY ONLY USE RADIO PHONES. IS THAT TRUE? AND LISTEN TO THIS HE SAID HE HAS BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR ME AND HE WILL TELL ME ON OUR NEXT CHAT, LOL!! I THINK HE IS GOING TO ASK ME FOR MONEY.. WELL, HE IS NOT GONNA GET IT FROM ME. I LEARNED MY LESSON. AND I THANK GOD FOR THIS SITE. I WILL LET YOU KNOW ON OUR NEXT CHAT. I WILL PLAY HIS GAMES FOR A WHILE THEN I WILL DROP THE BOMB ON HIM LOL!! TAKE CARE GIRLS..
ANNE J.
ANNE J.
HI EVERYONE,
I KNOW THAT THIS JOHN BULLARD JR. IS A SCAMMER FROM EITHER NIGERIA OR GHANA. I ASKED HIM TO SHOW HIMSELF ON THE WEB CAM BUT HIS EXCUSES WERE HE CANNOT DO IT FOR SECURITY REASONS. HMMM, I HEARD AND READ THIS EXCUSES MANY, MANY TIMES HERE IN THIS SITE. LOL.. WHAT A JERK. I READ MR BULLARD’S ACCOMPLISHEMENT AND ITS SO AMAZING. WE HAVE TO TELL HIM THAT HIS NAME IS BEING USE IN VAIN BY THIS SCUMMERS.
ANNE J.
Karen
Ok Ladies! Watch out for this one…. JEFF HEWITT or AKA Lionel Jackson jeff4460@hotmail.com IP Address: 65.55.92.168
Located in Redmond. USA.
Another E6 Seargent. Claims to be in Afghanstan, Wife died two years ago from appendix cancer. named mary bartlet. Was born in Albury NSW Aus. but relocated to America. Claims 29 years in the US Army 48 Years old. Photo of him in New Orleans and in army unifom with goats and one of his house with the sistine chapel picture of Adam and god on his wall. Very convicing and smooth. Lots of poetry. But knew nothing about australia and says he will be retiring in two months and it will be held in washington but did not know where or when. Retirement ceremonies are held at the end of each month in fort myer. Which he did not know. I questioned if he knew how much his backpack weighed, this is something they should know he had no idea.
I say:
Oh thats ok…
Do you have a conscience? Because people go to hell for what you are doing. I am aware of your scam. In fact there are many websites on you! Do you want to apologise to me?
jeff Hewitt says:
What are you saying my dear?
I say:
I dont need to explain, you know.
jeff Hewitt says:
And what do you mean my dear
Explain
I say:
Ill send you a link pretty sure you will get the gist…
http://militarygear.com/asp/2010/01/15/anatomy-of-a-military-dating-scam/
You can spin some shit…
google is awesome.
There are lot of holes in your stories.
jeff Hewitt says:
Not holes my dear am not what are thinking now ok
No problem if you say so but i will like us to stop contact and when am in USA then i will contact you ok
I say:
Guilty hey…
I know you are in redmond
jeff Hewitt says:
Ok everything you say ok
Anonn
@ Karen you are right on the money this is definitely a SCAMMER but hes using a proxy talking like that hes in African and hes in Africa ……….jeff Hewitt says:
Not holes my dear am not what are thinking now ok
No problem if you say so but i will like us to stop contact and when am in USA then i will contact you ok
he seems to be very uneducated based on how he types also so NO hes NOT in the US Nor is he Military good job
Anonn
Annon
Has anyone come across Capt Diemel Bosman US army working on deployment with UN based in Karachi. His email address is diemelbosman@yahoo.com
He got me to write to the army admin and like a fool i did and sent scanned document as proof of ID and have paid lot of money
Anonn
@Fake Anonn why are you using my name first of all and why does your post sound so suspect you type like a scammer…………He got me to write to the army admin and like a fool i did and sent scanned document as proof of ID and have paid lot of money
Use a different Name I do NOT want to be confused with a suspected scammer here I am here to help people NOT to try to shoot them a line of bullshit like you did clever you even left an email address nice try Scammer… THANKS
Signed the REAL Anonn
KD
To Annon,
Sorry it wasn’t meant to upset you. I am asking honestly but I did not want to use my own name. I really am very sorry if it has offended you.
Anonn
@ KD My Apologies I thought maybe you were a scammer because MANY of them troll this site searching for ways to become better BEGGARS I am sorry you lost Money but ANYONE that finds you on any social site claims to be military and asks you for ANY type of help is a SCAMMER the Military takes care of its own so no matter how many fake documents you are sent until you see da face of the same soldier or sailor on an interactive webcam chat it could be anyone and most times it is a scammer DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE you do NOT know for ANY reason.Anonn
Erinia
Eu sou brasileira e encontrei o suposto capitão Diemel Bosman no Badoo, nos conhecemos há alguns dias, mas como já tinha me deparado com um outro golpista do UK – [CHILLY JOHNSON ou Karl Reid ou Patrick, ...] vim pesquisar e para minha surpresa, BINGO! mais um golpista! Ainda não me pediu dinheiro, apenas estamos nos conhecendo, mas a história é semelhante a de outras mulheres= sem família, um filho de 10 anos, divorciado porque a mulher se tornou dependente química, nascido em Daytona, adotado por uma família do UK , mora em Manchester, mas atualmente está numa força de paz da ONU no paquistão , e em breve se aposentará. Tenho fotos , se quiser posso envia-las. Obrigada , muito obrigada pelo alerta!
anonymous
When I was “hit on” by scammers using military photos, I reported them for theft of the actual military members’ photos. My profiles all have my military photos (I’m enlisted). I’ve been “hit on” by a retired 3-Star Army General (of all things!). I have also tried to alert the victims to let them know their photos have been used by scammers to hit on women for money. I also lambast the scammers themselves. One thing I insist on is they give me their *.mil e-mail address. This article is right on. I would argue the “no bases in the UK”, but I realized the bases we have are actually RAF bases (I’m US Air Force about to retire), so yes, it is correct to say we have no American bases in the UK. One guy who I called out retorted with “He’s my hero”. Yeah, right. If that person is your hero, make a page to honour that person-don’t use his photo to hit on women to scam them.
patricia
hey, I’m am Patricia and had 7 to 8 scammers at one time but only got close too one of them and lost 2,000.00 bucks and now I had stop all conversations with them and also turned all of my information I can too JAG and they gave me the website for the FBI ( called IC3). but here are the names of the ones I have had contact with Micheal Burke , David Winn , Edward Ralph , Fred Cody, and a Parker Scot Ramos witch is a real soldier not sure if he is still active or not I do believe that MR. Ramos has a different real name. now I have been close too a Scott Bryan Beaver too and this one is where I lost my money too. the others has asked but have not or will not send any money to them. but I thought of tell someone about these names just too make sure these guys have had there Identity’s stolen while serving in active duty. or if they are among the fallin and I hope not I pray that they are alright. or even if these names exists hopefully someone can help me on this thanks again Patricia
Jay
HEY LADIES,,
FYI, LOOK OUT FOR “GENERAL/MAJOR BRIAN GENTHE”. (SUPPOSELY IN AFGHANISTAN) AND FROM LA. CALIFORINIA. HAS A 15 YEAR OLD SON THAT SUPPOSELY LIVES WITH HIS SISTER IN FLORIDA, LOST HIS WIFE “5″ YEARS AGO. HE FOUND ME ON 1 MATE.COM. WHAT I’VE LEARNED ABOUT THESE SCUM BAGS ..THEIR PROFILES ARE IMPRESSIVE AND PROPER ENGLISH AND SPELLING. THEN LATER, YOU RECEIVE CERTAIN EMAILS THAT SOUND EXTREMLY ODD, BAD SPELLING AND THEY MAY SAY SOMETHING LIKE… “HOPE TO READ FROM YOU SOON” (HUH ?)…AND AFTER “A FEW DAYS”…THEY SIGN OFF BY SAYING, “YOUR MAN”… “YOUR BABY”…(WHAT!?) THESE ARE TRULY SCUMS OF THE EARTH!!! I HAD WORKED WITH A YOUNG MAN THAT IS IN THE MILITARY NOW. I’M CERTAINLY GOING TO EMAIL HIM AND ASK HOW I CAN REPORT THESE CREEPS THAT ARE USING SOMEONE’S NAME, AND I HAVE PICS OF SOME (GOOD LOOKING) POOR GUY THAT THIS CREEP IS USING AS WELL. I’M AN HR COOR, AND I FEEL THIS IS “IDENTI-THEFT”! IT HAD STATED ON CERTAIN WEBSITES THAT I GOOGLED.. THE SCUMS ARE ONLY PREYING ON ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE, WELL THAT’S CERTAINLY US!
patricia
I was trying too get a military address out of Scott Byran Beaver and this is the text’s that we chatted on since the 20th and to this morning and am trying too set this guy up 4:42:23 PM
lordsdoing80: hello
4:42:34 PM
lordsdoing80:
4:42:35 PM
patriciachavira49: hi scott, this is pat’s neighbor and I took her too the hospital early this morning and she was admit that i come on here and tell you she will be there for a while so I am getting some clothes for her she is very dehydrated she is on IV’s
4:43:54 PM
lordsdoing80: you there?
4:44:28 PM
lordsdoing80: tell here i love here and tell her to get well soon
4:44:46 PM
lordsdoing80: i love her
6:21:53 PM
lordsdoing80: well you dont need to lie to me hun
6:23:08 PM
lordsdoing80: i got mails from friends now and it so painful what you did to my personalty. i was told you went to post my pics on facebook that am a scammer that i took your money….
6:27:45 PM
lordsdoing80: i know how many times i safe on here from scammers.
6:29:02 PM
lordsdoing80: i could remember how many times i let you know when scammer talks to you or even told you to do something…..now you call me myself a scammer.
6:29:06 PM
lordsdoing80: so painful
6:51:45 PM
lordsdoing80:
7:16:52 AM
patriciachavira49: hugs hun, I am so sorry about what sherry did I was in the hospital and came home just now she put all that up on my facebook page I had nothing too do with it omg I never will hurt you like that ever please talk too me please
7:26:55 AM
lordsdoing80: Hello
7:27:24 AM
lordsdoing80:
7:27:45 AM
patriciachavira49: hey
7:27:54 AM
patriciachavira49: I just came home this morning
7:27:56 AM
lordsdoing80: This has caused alot
7:28:02 AM
patriciachavira49: what the hell happened
7:28:53 AM
lordsdoing80: Did you saw whats on your facebook wall?
7:29:11 AM
patriciachavira49: I was in the hospital all day yesterday
7:29:18 AM
patriciachavira49: fuck yes
7:29:23 AM
patriciachavira49: and I am pissed
7:29:58 AM
patriciachavira49: sherry got on my facebook page and thought she could help me but that is not helping me at all
7:30:02 AM
lordsdoing80: All my pics been displayed as a scammer
7:30:06 AM
patriciachavira49: I never told her too do that
7:30:28 AM
patriciachavira49: yea I seen that omg I am so sorry for this
7:30:39 AM
lordsdoing80: So whats the case?
7:31:19 AM
lordsdoing80: My image been tanished, and this has caused alot
7:31:25 AM
patriciachavira49: she wanted too help me get rid of all the scammers so she did it too everyone I ever talk too
7:31:40 AM
lordsdoing80: Now my commander is aware
7:32:18 AM
patriciachavira49: grrrrrrrrrr no I did not ever want too get you into something like this
7:32:32 AM
patriciachavira49: I could never do that too you
7:32:36 AM
lordsdoing80: It pains
7:33:45 AM
patriciachavira49: ok mabe I can write something on facebook too clear you name if that helps out any
7:33:58 AM
patriciachavira49: and delet the pics on being a scammer
7:34:05 AM
lordsdoing80: My friends saw it on fb
7:34:16 AM
patriciachavira49: omg so sorry
7:34:25 AM
patriciachavira49: I am so pissed at her for doing that
7:34:30 AM
lordsdoing80: Never mind
7:34:46 AM
lordsdoing80: Just delete the pics
7:34:53 AM
patriciachavira49: ok will do
7:36:52 AM
lordsdoing80: I felt so bad
7:37:46 AM
patriciachavira49: sorry if I am not saying anything at the moment I feel so bad
7:38:38 AM
lordsdoing80: Me too
7:39:18 AM
patriciachavira49: now I feel like I need too make it up too you
7:40:04 AM
lordsdoing80: How?
7:40:25 AM
lordsdoing80: Even the agent is scared
7:41:22 AM
patriciachavira49: I feel like a fool for trusting her and giving her my house keys and getting my clothes
7:43:44 AM
lordsdoing80: So for me to clear my image and show myself to people that am not a scammer, go and send the money and get me home
7:44:23 AM
patriciachavira49: ok
7:44:24 AM
lordsdoing80: I think thats the only thing that can get me out of this shit
7:44:35 AM
patriciachavira49: yea
7:45:12 AM
lordsdoing80: I was crying over night
7:45:17 AM
patriciachavira49: is it possible for me too see you military address or are you not wanting too give it too me
7:45:23 AM
patriciachavira49: awwwwwwwwww
7:45:54 AM
lordsdoing80: What do you need that for?
7:46:27 AM
lordsdoing80: For me to know it wasnt really you, get me home
7:46:46 AM
patriciachavira49: scott
7:47:12 AM
lordsdoing80: And how did she got my pics and the ako address i sent to you
7:47:18 AM
patriciachavira49: ok for me just show me I can’t use it anyways
7:47:43 AM
lordsdoing80: Even the colonel was contacted.
7:47:44 AM
patriciachavira49: she got on my notebook
7:49:40 AM
patriciachavira49: she got on my messenger and it took her too my emails cause it saved my password
7:49:59 AM
lordsdoing80: Hold
7:50:28 AM
lordsdoing80: How did she got the agents name and address?
7:50:43 AM
patriciachavira49: it was in my email
7:50:54 AM
patriciachavira49: that you sent me
7:51:05 AM
lordsdoing80: Oh ok
7:52:03 AM
lordsdoing80: Well have made up my mind not to talk to you again. My dignity has been damaged
7:52:30 AM
patriciachavira49: what !!!!!
7:52:34 AM
patriciachavira49: no wait
7:52:34 AM
lordsdoing80: Its really driving me crazy
7:53:08 AM
patriciachavira49: it is driving me crazy too
7:53:22 AM
patriciachavira49: hun I love you don’t do this too me
7:53:25 AM
lordsdoing80: The only way i can be out of this mess is if you get me home
7:53:38 AM
patriciachavira49: ok ok
7:54:03 AM
patriciachavira49: I will go this morning
7:54:12 AM
lordsdoing80: I love you too
7:54:34 AM
lordsdoing80: To do what?
7:54:45 AM
patriciachavira49: send the money
7:54:59 AM
patriciachavira49: you want too clear you name
7:55:34 AM
lordsdoing80: Pls hold the money. Am not after your money
7:55:58 AM
lordsdoing80: My heart been broken
7:56:40 AM
patriciachavira49: ok will hold it so sorry for all of this
7:57:08 AM
lordsdoing80: I showed you love
7:57:16 AM
patriciachavira49: now I feel really bad just don’t break mine too from all of this
7:57:24 AM
patriciachavira49: yes you did
7:57:36 AM
lordsdoing80: I even saved you for scammer
7:57:43 AM
patriciachavira49: and you trusted me and now this had too happen
7:58:14 AM
patriciachavira49: what no
7:58:31 AM
lordsdoing80: Did you got my mails?
7:58:32 AM
patriciachavira49: you thought I was scamming you
7:58:41 AM
patriciachavira49: yes I did
7:58:54 AM
patriciachavira49: that is why I had too explain
7:59:15 AM
lordsdoing80: I saved you from scammers
7:59:33 AM
patriciachavira49: ohh ok now I follow yes you did do that for me
7:59:34 AM
lordsdoing80: Explain am all ears
8:00:40 AM
patriciachavira49: Humm I did explain this whole time huh ?? now you lost me
8:01:56 AM
lordsdoing80: I love you but couldnt believe all this is happening to us
8:03:05 AM
patriciachavira49: I know I know couldn’t believe she would ever do something like this too me or us I thought she liked you
8:03:18 AM
patriciachavira49: she lied too me
8:03:39 AM
lordsdoing80: What did she say to you
8:04:22 AM
patriciachavira49: she told me what she did after she came back from bring my clothes and I got so pissed and yelled at her for do it
8:05:22 AM
lordsdoing80: How will i know if its not you
8:06:17 AM
lordsdoing80: All this shit is driven me wild
8:07:00 AM
patriciachavira49: hun I know now it will be hard too trust me again and it was not me who did it
8:07:06 AM
lordsdoing80: Am really sad pat
8:07:29 AM
lordsdoing80: Whats the time there?
8:07:43 AM
patriciachavira49: i understand and you should be sad cause it is sad
8:07:53 AM
patriciachavira49: 8:07 am
8:09:09 AM
patriciachavira49: I would never hurt you like that not like this belive me I love you with all my heart and soul could never hurt the one I love
8:09:49 AM
patriciachavira49: hurting you is hurting me
8:10:17 AM
patriciachavira49: and am crying that all this is hurting you
8:10:31 AM
lordsdoing80: So whats the solution?
8:11:10 AM
lordsdoing80: Everything is confusing
8:11:27 AM
patriciachavira49: yes for me too
8:12:46 AM
patriciachavira49: you told me the solution too get you home but you wanted me too hold the money so now I am asking you what is the next step on all this not sure what you want me too do
8:14:27 AM
lordsdoing80: How much did you have now?
8:15:11 AM
patriciachavira49: 800 bucks
8:15:50 AM
patriciachavira49: but I can hold it too make more so I can send it all at once
8:16:07 AM
patriciachavira49: because you need 1400
8:17:13 AM
lordsdoing80: Go and send that now, so i will know its not you
8:17:49 AM
lordsdoing80: So you can send the rest later
8:18:06 AM
patriciachavira49: ok
8:19:05 AM
lordsdoing80: When are you going there
8:19:52 AM
patriciachavira49: after I talk with you don’t want too stop taking too you I need you right now
8:20:00 AM
patriciachavira49: we need each other now
8:20:13 AM
lordsdoing80: Need to go now, my colonel needs me
8:20:28 AM
patriciachavira49: ok
8:20:50 AM
lordsdoing80: Yes we need each other
8:21:37 AM
lordsdoing80: I will be back here in 2hrs
humm, he did not ever give me his military address, this is how our conversation’s go’s too get an Idea
patricia
and I was not going too send any money too him anyways but I do think he is a scammer trying not too let him know he got busted I am just trying too play him but not sure how far I can get can someone give me some Ideas Patricia
patricia
I seen I forgot too tell you it is LT. Scott Byran Beaver that call’s him self lordsdoing80@yahoo.com and If you need some pictures email me and I will be glad too send some
ANNA V.
HI PATRICIA,
MY NAME IS ANN. I READ YOUR LETTER ABOUT YOU SCAMMER SCOTT. CAN I ASK YOU TO PLS SHOW ME HIS PICTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE HAVE THE SAME SCAMMER. THATS HOW HE TALKS TO ME. CALM BUT STILL SAY THE “S” WORD. PLS EMAIL ME. MY SCAMMER IS ASKING ME TO SEND HIM MONEY SO HE CAN COME HOME TO ME., WHICH IS, I DID NOT SEND HIM ANYMORE MONEY AT THIS TIME. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS GLITTER4 AT YMAIL.COM
FROM ANNA.
joanne
hi cj, can you plz check the following email adress for me? name is kevin brown. his email adress is
k-brown@21bat-army-mil.hostoi.com. im going to send him a mail to that adress and see what happens.
thank you.
joanne
Anonn
@ Joanne That email address is a FRAUD and is NOT a Military email address Anonn
Yvette J. Hamrin
I asked for you to delete my messages, yvettejennie@live.com.WHAT IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I asked Debra, please read your messages.
Thanks Yvette.
Anonn
New Scam to be aware of……….I am 2LT. Anderson Darrell Clinton , an officer of the U.S Army. I just moved to Afghanistan from Iraq as one of the last batch that just left and have some items I will need to ship to you.Can you be trusted? we thank you guys for your prayers . I will only highlight you more on this transaction as soon as i hear from you.please signify your interest by replying to my private email.with your name and mobile number to (andersondclinton55@gmail.com)
you can view this link to understand more,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105
The Above is an email from a SCAMMER Anonn
Anonn
New Scam to be aware of……….I am 2LT. Anderson Darrell Clinton , an officer of the U.S Army. I just moved to Afghanistan from Iraq as one of the last batch that just left and have some items I will need to ship to you.Can you be trusted? we thank you guys for your prayers . I will only highlight you more on this transaction as soon as i hear from you.please signify your interest by replying to my private email.with your name and mobile number to (andersondclinton55@gmail.com)
you can view this link to understand more,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105
The Above is an email from a SCAMMER Anonn
joanne
to Anonn, thank you. i thought so. i just want a clear picture of his face then i will posted it.
thanx again.
joanne
Charlotte
I have a scammer on the line as well. His name is Sgt Clark Guill currently stationed in Kabul. He contacted me through Facebook. His wife died 5 years ago in a car accident and he has an 11 yo daughter Valentina who lives with his aunt in TX. Upon, the second day of talking he declared his undying love for me and want us to get married in a military wedding. I had a lot of red flags flying in the air of this one. Thankfully, I have a best friend who served in the Marines and has been researching this guy for me. He wanted me to send gifts to his (our?!) daughter for her birthday. He became very upset when I refused to do that. Then he brought up the TS2 communications phone that I would need to pay for so he could hear my voice. Yeah right, he can fry ice in hell!! God Bless our real troops! These scammers should be ashamed of themselves and should be shot!!! Thank you CJ for putting this out there for women to know the truth.
Anonn
PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY……..Because there will be a flood of Scammers trying to steal your money for sure now but notice it says SPECIAL Ops Basically Elite Forces REMEMBER if a REAL US Military Member is Special Ops or Elite Forces he will NEVER advertise it nor tell you NOR will they beg you for money…..
U.S Commados to Storm Nigeria in June to Help with the Boko Haram Issue0 Comments
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Baring any last minutes change, top United States elite forces made up of members of the Marines, Navy Seals and Special Forces, will be in Nigeria in June as part of effort to help the country deal with the Boko Haram insurgence.
Nigeria and the United States Military have existing agreements in counter-terrorism, Maritime Security, military transformation and other areas.
A U.S. Army officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the mission said U.S. troop members on the mission have already been informed.
Monica Matoush, spokeswoman for the U.S Defense Department did not return calls when Pointblanknews.com sort for clarifications on the planned June mission.
Nicole M. Dalrymple Media Action Officer, West and Central Africa AFRICOM Public Affairs Office told us that she cannot immediately confirm the June mission but disclosed that counter terrorism, Maritime Security and others are areas the U.S is rendering assistance to Nigeria.
“If I’m able to find anything out about specific training in June I will let you know,” she told us in an email exchange.
In public comments, Nigerian and U.S. officials acknowledge “strategic cooperation” and confirm high-level meetings. However, they play down the meetings as routine, apparently for fear the Northern Muslim leaders will be outraged.
The military source said the mission is purely training but did not rule out a possible change of plans based on a new request for assistance from Nigeria.
“The mission is purely for a training purpose but we understand there is a new request and I don’t know details of it yet. But if we have directive to do otherwise, then we won’t have any choice than to do just that. I am aware that some senior officials are in talks with some Nigerian officials for more help but I cannot say what other help it is.”
We could not confirm details of the latest request from the Nigerian Government to the U.S Military. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense,Colonel Mohammed and Army Spokesman, Colonel Usman Abdul did not pick up their calls.
The source confirmed that the soldiers on the mission would be drawn from AFRICOM and from those who just returned from Iraq and Afghanistan because of their understanding of the Arab world.
Dalrymple however disclosed, “our partnership with Nigeria is focused in four areas requested by the Nigerians. Those areas are maritime security, crisis response (i.e. peacekeeping operations, pandemic response, airlift), counter terrorism, and military transformation (i.e.joint doctrine development, integration of women into the military, civil-military capability).
She said while there are no U.S. troops on the ground in an operational capacity assisting the Nigerian military in their response to Boko Haram attacks, “Nigeria is a member of the U.S. State Department’s Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism
Partnership.”
According to her, “In recent years, at Nigeria’s request, the U.S. has been working with the Nigerian military on their nascent counter-force through recurring training events.
“This training has included basic soldiering skills, basic small unit infantry tactics and leadership training,” she told us.
Boko Haram employs the tactics of Al-Qaeda, using suicide bombers and waging guerilla warfare in their quest to Islamize Nigeria. Their insurgency has led to several deaths and destruction of properties including the United Nations building in the Nigeria capital of Abuja in 2011.
Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, U.S. Africa Command’s civilian Deputy had in October 2011 said “Given the realities on the continent, however, our focus tends to be on Somalia and the surrounding countries to deal with al-Shabaab, and in West Africa, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, which is based in northern Mali but increasingly has ties with Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. So we try to assist the governments and militaries of the countries in that region to develop the capacity to come to grips with and solve its own terrorism problem
ANNA W.
HELLO LADIES,
DOES ANYONE KNOW SGT JAMES NICHOLAS BOWEN.. HE USED TO BE IN THE US MARINE INFANTRY DEPARTMENT. HE WAS ACTIVE THERE FOR 8 CONSECUTIVE YRS. FROM DIFFERENT INFANTRY UNITS. FROM CAMP PENDLETON (1ST BATTALION, 9TH MARINE REGIMENT, AND 2ND BATTALION, 1ST MARINE REGIMENT) AND CAMP LEJEUNE, NC (3RD BATTALION, 6TH MARINE REGIMENT). HE SERVED IN IRAQ AND NOW HE IS DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT GLITTER4 AT YMAIL.COM. THANK YOU.
María
Bueno, Yo gracias a Dios, descubrí a tiempo lo de el que se hace pasar por el sargento norteamericano Troy Turner. El año antepasado me recomendaron una página de internet para buscar pareja Zoosk. Yo entré a la página, Conocí a varias personas a través de élla. Luego me llegó una foto de un sr llamado Troy Turner. Según sargento del ejército, yo al principio creí, decía cosas maravillosas, además me envió unas fotos, una vestido de militar. Yo muy preocupada por lo que sucede en Afghanistan por mi amado Turner. Empecé a buscar información de Afghanistan y me imaginaba a ese sargento que había perdido a su esposa y su hijo, además a sus padres. Según tenía un hermoso hijo llamado Williams al que cuidaba una niñera. Claro, no hay que negarlo es muy atractivo el sargento, no hay ninguna duda. Yo emocionada y preocupada y estaba haciendo planes para esperar al pequeño de 10 años a vivir conmigo. Luego, el lunes en la mañana, me conecto a la red. y estaba el supuesto Turner conectado. empezamos a chatear, pero no tengo camara web instalada. Y me preguntó si había visto lo de Afghanistan y yo le respondí que si, que para mi era terrible esa situación, y el me dijo que había habido un tiroteo. Claro por la noticia, vi que habían asesinado a dos oficiales norteamericanos a quemarropa. Yo sufriendo por mi Turner y por su pequeño, Luego me dice que si yo puedo enviar a los Estados Unidos 300 euros porque su niñera y su hijo se han quedado sin alimentos, Yo le dije que si esto estaba pasando por qué el no me lo había dicho antes. Me dijo que porque el mensaje le terminaba de llegar y que el no podía movilizarse por lo que pasaba en la base de OTAN allá.
Le dije que me enviará el numero de teléfono para llamar a la niñera o su hijo y me dijo que el teléfono estaba desconectado. Le dije que no podía creer que el ejercito mas poderoso del planeta dejara a los hijos de sus combatientes a la deriva. Yo le sugerí y pedí permiso para llamar a la embajada norteamericana en mi país y avisar por lo que pasaba su pequeño hijo, y me dijo que para que iba a llamar a la embajada, porque el pequeño Williams no podía viajara solo. Dijo que le enviara por wester union el dinero, yo le dije que durante el día iba a estar ocupada, yo le había enviado allá mi horario de trabajo. Le dije también que yo podía llamar a un familiar que vive en USA para que le tendiera una mano al pequeño y a su niñera y me respondió que se gastaría más dinero, porque mi familiar y el niño estaban en estados distantes. Se molestó cuando le dije que por qué me estaba probando por tan poco dinero, entre otras cosas. Ahí logré ver que todo fue una mentira. Eso fue esta semana 26-02-2012. Ya dejó de comunicarse. Revisé en Badoo y aparecen unas fotos iguales a las que yo tengo en el correo de esa persona. Es decir que quien suplanta al querido Troy está en boga, su email es srgtroy001@yahoo.com. Quizás sea el mismo que está en badoo y hay otro en mylife.com, el cual dice que nació en Nueva Jersey y que actualmente vive en Lincoln Nebrasca, allí en badoo dice que tiene un hijo, en este momento no recuerdo el nombre. Gracias a Dios a mi no logró quitarme cosas materiales, pero si se llevó algunas de mis fotos, seguro las utilizará como usó las de Troy Turner. Por esa situación me puse a huzmear en la red hasta que conseguí este sitio, que no se si es otra de las guaridas del farsante. No les niego me divertí mucho, sufrí por la escena del pequeño que ese hombre me pintó y uno trata de ayudar . Claro cuando tenga mayor cobertura me gustaría enviar nuestras conversaciones por este medio. El que se hace pasar por Troy Turner me conectó la primera semana del pasado mes de febrero. Creí que yo era la única víctima, veo que hay muchas aquí y a las que no solo le quisieron robar el corazón sino que las estafaron. Dios les bendiga. Saludos al verdadero Troy Turner, un abrazo.
María.
P.D: Pueda que con esto me esté exponiendo a algo peor. Gracias a Dios uno actúa de buena fe.
Debbie
Thanks for making this site. I was contacted by 3 military guys in 2 days at a dating site. All were widowers strange coincidence. I pretty much talk to anyone, believe no one. So I found it amusing after I spoke with them on messenger. they either blocked me or deleted their profiles on the dating site or were possibly reported and banned. Same thing happened with other guys though they were not pretending to be military. I also remember the same thing happened when I signed up on a dating site before. Tis a shame no the regular guys who are actually looking for love will pay for the sins of the scammers.
patricia
hey, can someone tell me if these sites exist division@usmc.gov / nationguard@soldier.us / branchamserving@branch.mil these are the addresses LT. SCOTT BRYAN BEAVER clams too use please let me know if it is true then I have too fix it and make it right. thanks Patricia Chavira
patricia
email me at patriciachavira49@yahoo.com
Gordon
Hello Anna. First of all, there is no unit in the Marine Corps called the “Marine Infantry Department.” Second, unless he’s been in some kind of trouble, he probably wouldn’t be a SGT after 8 years of service. Finally, and most importantly, there is no SGT James Nicholas Bowen currently serving in the U.S. military. I checked the Army’s e-mail system (called AKO or Army Knowledge Online) for the names James Bowen, Nicholas Bowen, and James Nicholas Bowen. There were no records found. The system allows you to seach for members of the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. It’s pretty clear that you’ve been speaking with a scammer.
Anonn
@ Gordon Thank You
patricia
hi Gordon, thanks for that info you told Anna it is good too know thanks again Patricia
María
Hola, En estos días comuniqué acerca de los email que fueron enviados por alguien llamado troy turner. Luego conseguí una página en internet http://getsatisfaction.com/people/ troy d turner, allí volví a poner la misma información que está un poco más arriba. Además coloqué algunas de las fotos que me enviaron a mi correo. Veo que por aquí no puedo colocar fotos. Dios te bendice Sr Gordon, mi email es priscilacog@yahoo.com, Cómo sabe uno quién es o no estafador?
Gordon
Hello Patricia, Those e-mail addresses are in no way connected to the US military. Real military e-mail addresses end with .mil. Apparently the scammers realize this now. Unfortunately for them, @branch.mil is not a US military e-mail address. I could be more specific but I don’t want to give these idiot scammers any information they can use to hurt more women. As always, please be cautious in all that you do on the internet. Best wishes, Gordon
patricia
hi Gordon, thanks for replying and letting me know kinda figured out that all those sites was fake, I do have some inside help from a friend that is military and he is looking into this Scott Bryan Beaver if that is his real name I did send pictures just in case the name was made up too. but with out going into detail on this person I am working on finding him and letting him know that someone is using his picture as a scam and he needs too make sure his Identity has not been stolen. I need too do more then just post and nip it in the bud before it gets too out of hand. thanks Patricia Chavira
h roberts
Hi. I am being scammed too, at this moment. I fell for Sgt. Nobile Hook, stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan ! Can you help me trace the real ‘Nobile’ shown in the facebook pictures ? He is so nice, and being used so badly, his name is on his uniform so I believe he is real…
wondering
I really ,really ,really need some help her ! I left a message here a few weeks ago and said I have pictures and everyword we have shared for the last three months ! I hate to admit I have fallen head over hills in love with my soulmate who is not even the man in the picture that I cry about ! This is insane and as I sit here and write this I still think no or he would not this or that ! but obviously they do and more ! because he is supposedly in bagram and all the riots and killings have been going on I have become psychotic half of the time ! Living off the news and the computer , forgetting to eat and not being able to sleep , I have lost one full size but figure that is one of the blessings of a trick that I find many lessons in ! I do not want revenge but I want healing and I feel the best way is to move on and help others ! the intensity of this has lead me to believe there definitly is a book to be written here ! And I even told him that ! My email is jgc0823@yahoo.com ! my name is Johnny Christensen and I would appreciate help from some one with authority ! Maybe we can help each other in this problem that is affecting so many innocent women !
wondering
By the way I will work for free on this thing ! That will be my revenge !
Jeehg
I had two of them at it at the same time edwinnobile@yahoo.com and jamesharris@yahoo.com
Turns out James is a real soldier in the US Army so I have contacted the US Army to let them know that one of their soldiers is being used in this way. I am not totally sure that Edwin Nobile is a a real soldier.
The scammers will get their cumuppance.
It was so easy to almost fall into the trap.
I managed to get an Agents address off one of them that I passed to the police.
Cheers to all the women on here who survived!
Spare a thought for those who got hooked in.
Barbara Hunt
Hello all: I just found this site and am wondering if the guy I started communicating with will be scamming me soon. How do I check him out. I can’t find him anywhere in the usual background check places and I don’t have an AKO account.
Thanks for any help. THanks for this site and I am so sorry for those of you have gotten so hurt. This is awful and I didn’t know it was going on until I stumbled on the site trying to find this guy.
Barbara
Veda
Here is another address for Samuel Miller AKS Miller Anthony is using miller_10012@yahoo.com to try and scam women out of money and electronics. A women name Mari Trejo contacted me to tell me he’s been emailing her. This lady supposedly live in the Cayman Islands which I seriously doubt say he told her he is a General serving in Kubal AFT with an 18 year old son who’s in a boarding school in England REALLY! beware we compared photos it’s the same scammer want to be! Dont give this man a dime I deleted him for my IM Messenger as a friend because was still emailingme he sent me 15 emails on 3/19/2012 hw is so pathetic and such a loser. I changed my Yahoo email but did write him back to let him kmow what I think about his pathetic butt using hardworking innocent soliders IDs to scam innocent women out of things. This man has many email addresses and will show himself on Webcam to you. The picture of the real solider and himself are bogus they hardely favor at all. The real solider looks so much better he’s quite handsome. Maybe if more people get on these sites we can stop these scammers from exploiting innocent children and women. There are females scammers too so men beware!
patricia
Patricia Chavira
Patricia Chavira ATTENTION LADY’S— Please use this in your next chat with anyone you chat or talk too if this person is legit then they will understand or if not and they get pissed off then there a scammer and will not talk too you again
Patricia Chavira
am working on a real relationship with a real person that don’t ask for nothing expect for my attention and my love, and is supportive to me and sit beside me while I do what I do, I did not hide nothing from him, he has always trusted me even when I was getting info out of these dam scammers and some we are working on together with some inside help of course, and I will not reveal any of my sources I will always protect anyone that is legit and our soldiers and be protective at all coast. Will support our soldiers always to lend an ear and a shoulder and will be friends for life when I make a friend I keep them, so don’t underestimate me in this for a sign of weakness I am a strong person that is far and honest with compassion and loyalty and have a fun joking side as well. I always decanted my life in helping people and love doing it so if you need a friend I am here for you. Always be safe and be proud of who you are and smile.
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Patricia Chavira remember lady’s a real soldier will not ask for your help on anything they want too be the ones too support you in money wise not the other way around soldiers are proud men and will not let there woman send money if they don’t have it too begin with and the military will send a soldier home or anywhere they need too go the military helps there own and there family’s
Patricia Chavira
My last post is a trick so read it and use it, if this person you are talking too is legit will understand it. I use this method on 3 of my scammers and they poofed and it worked the only bad thing is that they will just make a new ID and a new name. and I am going too pray that some time soon they will run out of Ideas and all this will come too a halt. you all have a good day stay positive and smile patricia chavira P.S If any one needs me too help them out I have 3 emails I use patriciachavira49@yahoo.com
Patricia Chavira
here is my other 2 emails if anyone needs help thee_chacha@hotmail.com & patchavira@gmail.com
Liz
I need help to found out that Cpt Smith Jordan is real, he is located in Lagos Nigeria i’m chairing with him for 4 months i have some pictures that i can send for the investigation i did give money to this guy, i believe that hi was real, i will like to some one help me because i think hi is doing in it with other lady’s and we need to stop him and to let know to the real military that his identity is use for scam. I did fall in love with this bad person. I heat him know.
Christina
Has anyone been scammed by a Curtis Baker claiming to be RAF stationed in Kabul using a hotmail,com account
Gordon
WARNING! NEW SCAMMERS ON FACEBOOK!
I’m an active-duty U.S. Army Soldier. Photos of me have been used by scammers since 2006 when they were downloaded from the Webshots website. I didn’t realize the pics could be accessed by anyone in the world with an internet connection. In any case, I frequently search Facebook for people using my last name. The scammers are kind of stuck with that name since it’s on the name tags of my uniforms in the pictures. Today, I found these imposters on Facebook:
MICHAEL HANNETTE
HANNETT COLE
HANNETTE COLE
LUCIEN MCOYRAWLINGS HANNETT
Each of them used a photo of me as his profile photo. I reported the imposters to Facebook and sent warning e-mails to each of their friends. Fortunately, they didn’t have many. Hopefully, FB will delete their accounts soon.
Also on FB were CARL HANNETT and JAMES HANNETT. Neither of them had a profile picture, but each claimed to be in the US Army. I can tell you that neither of them is in the Army. There are VERY few Hannetts in the Army. The criminals read these posts, so I won’t say anything else about that. I wish I had time to prowl the dating websites for imposters, but I don’t. Be careful and DON’T SEND MONEY TO PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW!!!
wondering girl
hi gordon, may i ask you to please check two soldiers for me. nicholas johnson he is a sgt. deployed in iraq and sgt alex collins from afghan. both of them confessed that they love me. thank you for your assistance gordon..
from wondering girl
Anonn
@ Wondering girl you asked him to check out both of these I can tell you this one…….nicholas johnson he is a sgt. deployed in iraq…. IS A SCAMMER have you not paid any attention to the News US Military are no longer in Iraq as of Dec 2011 so any scammer pretending to be in Iraq is a LIAR and still a Scammer.Anonn
Gordon
Wondering Girl,
I checked the Army e-mail system (which covers all branches of the U.S. military – including civilians, contractors and retirees). There were several individuals named SGT NICHOLAS JOHNSON listed there. There’s no way of telling if any of them are currently deployed. Although, Annon makes a good point when he or she noted that there are no U.S. military members stationed in Iraq at this point. While it’s true that the vast majority of U.S. troops have left, there may still be some U.S. Army trainers working with the Iraqi Army and there could be some soldiers at the U.S. embassy. I simply don’t know. Your “Nicholas Johnson” could be real or could be a scammer. If he asks you for money, he’s definitely a scammer though.
With respect to SGT ALEX COLLINS, there is an NCO in the Army with that name (although he’s not a Sergeant). As you may know, the Army rank structure includes several types of sergeants. Many of the scammers read these posts, so I don’t want to say more about ALEX COLLINS. His e-mail address and phone number were listed in his Army profile on AKO. I certainly won’t post any of that info here and I won’t give it out to anyone. I suppose I could write to him and ask if he’s been talking to you. Although, I doubt if he knows you as Wondering Girl. Perhaps the easiest thing to do is for you to ask him about his Army rank. If you post what he tells you here, I can confirm whether it matches what he has listed on AKO. But, if he tells you that he’s a Sergeant (abbreviated as SGT), he’s an imposter and probably a scammer. Good luck! – Gordon
wondering girl
HI GORDON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. IT REALLY HELPS ME SO MUCH. CAN I ASK YOU THOUGH TO PLEASE EMAIL ME AND SO I CAN TELL YOU MY NAME AND SO YOU CAN TALK TO ALEX COLLINS FOR ME PLS. I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOW BEC I GOT SCAMMED BEFORE. THANK GOD IT WASNT A BIG MONEY. BUT STILL CALL IT A SCAM. THEN I FELL INLOVE WITH THE MAN IN THE PICTURE, THE SCAMMER, AND NOW I AM TRYING TO MOVE ON AND FIND A GOOD MAN FOR ME. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP. I WILL BE WAITING. THANK YOU.
WONDERING GIRL
wondering girl
HI GORDON, I ASKED SGT NICOLAS JOHNSON ABOUT THE MOS AFFES, LES, NCO, AKO, BU HE ANSWERS ONLY THE AKO AND THE NCO. HE SAID AKO IS ARMY KNOWLEDGE ONLINE AND THE NCO IS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER. SO IS THIS MEAN THAT HE ISNT A NIGERIAN OR GHANA SCAMMER THEN, OR SCUMMER AT ALL, IS THAT RIGHT? I HAVENT HEARD FROM ALEX COLLINS WITH HIS ANSWERS. NICOLAS GOT MAD AT ME BEC HE SAID THAT WHY I DONT TRUST HIM. AND WHY DID I LISTENED TO EVERY BODY AND NOT HIM. HE SAID THAT WE HAVE TO STOP TALKING ONLINE IF I DONT TRUST HIM. HE SAID THAT I MIGHT END UP CHASING HIM AWAY. HE HASNT ASK ME FOR MONEY THOUGH, BUT HE ASKED ME TO EMAIL MILITARYCOMMS@AOL DOT COM SO WE CAN CHAT ON THE PHONE. I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH IT WILL COST US, BUT HE DOESNT KNOW. AND I WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL PAY FOR IT. I TOLD HIM LAS NIGHT THAT I AM NOT EMAILING BEC I KNOW ITS A HOAX. AND I TOLD HIM THAT MILITARY DOESNT PAY FOR CALLS HERE IN THE U.S. AND THEIR PLANE TICKET IS FREE. I TOLD HIM IF HE CANNOT BE HONEST WITH ME THAT RELATIONSHIP IS OVER. I NEED YOUR HELP ON THIS GORDON. THANK YOU.
WONDERING GIRL
Anonn
@ Wondering Girl what more do you need you typed this…….HE HASNT ASK ME FOR MONEY THOUGH, BUT HE ASKED ME TO EMAIL MILITARYCOMMS@AOL DOT COM SO WE CAN CHAT ON THE PHONE. I ASKED HIM HOW MUCH IT WILL COST US, BUT HE DOESNT KNOW. AND I WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL PAY FOR IT.
HELLO HE IS A SCAMMER you just typed that you told him you knew it was a CROCK of bull and if he were a REAL US Military member he would know what ALL of the Abbreviations you questioned him about the ones he does know he probably found here I mean what more proof do you need he has asked you for something that is the scam hes basically asked you to pay for a phone line so the two of you can talk (which you would really actually pay to put credits on his phone or buying him a cellphone) You called him out and told him you know it is a CROCK of bull Great JOB Anonn
Gordon
Wondering Girl -
With any of these guys who say they are in the U.S. military, ask them to send you an e-mail from their military e-mail account. If the e-mail doesn’t end with .mil, it’s not a real US military account. The e-mail address you listed has nothing to do with the U.S. military. Also, ask them for their military rank. Many of the scammers get confused about the military’s rank structure. Educate yourself on these things. If he says he’s a SGT but has a gold bar on his uniform, he’s a scammer. That’s just one example of course.
As I’ve already mentioned, there is no SGT ALEX COLLINS in the U.S. Army. The person you’ve been talking with is certainly a scammer. And finally, the biggest clue of all is when they ask you to send them money or buy them ANYTHING. U.S. soldiers are paid well enough that they don’t need to beg for money. African scammers on the other hand will always ask for money. They are the absolute scum of the Earth. Good luck, Wondering Girl.
Best Wishes, Gordon (an active-duty U.S. Army officer)
Barbara Hunt
I nearly was scammed by a Sgt. First Class Derek Handle, but he didn’t get that far because I started to get
suspicious. The email address is derekhandle@yahoo.com He wanted to use Yahoo Messenger using
that email address. I met him on OKCupid, a dating site, around March 11. As someone else said above, as soon as we started communicating, his profile disappeared.
I checked the various originating ISP’s of various emails. Two were out of Ghana, one out of Sweden with a company that prevents the location from being seen. So I knew this smelled trouble.
The picture of the man they are using for their scam is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and “Handle” is the name
on it in two pictures. The rank is E6 or E7 – it’s not real clear. I have googled myself silly trying to find the real person to warn him but with no luck.
Anyone else been contacted by him? And can anyone tell me who to contact to try to find the real person to warn him that his identify has been stolen? Thanks.
Barbara
Concerned friend
Barbara, my friend was contacted by Derek Handle in March 2012. It didn’t feel right to me but I haven’t broken the news to her yet. She will be heart broken and wonder why I snooped behind her back. The pictures sent to her were of an older man ( he said 61), stationed in Afghanistan, based out of Ft. Hood, retiring in April 2012. She said his profile disappeared when they starting IMing. His picture must be doctored because there were no officer bars on his uniform. Looks to be lower enlisted which is not possible for a man of 61. Wondering if you have the same pics…grey hair, blue eyes. I need to give my friend the clues to figure this out for herself.
Sheri
CJ,
Can you please look at my postings on 3/12/12. Can you help me with any info on this person Davies Wright?
I also have a pic of him I can send to you.
Thanks so much
Anonn
Just to update this a little, all U.S. combat troops were removed from Iraq in December 2011. If you got some email from an “American in Iraq” then you got an email from an idiotic internet criminal who doesn’t keep up with the news.
Also, In my post above, anywhere it says Iraq you can replace it with Afghanistan. Scammers (the ones who actually read the news) know that there are still American troops in Afghanistan. Some of them are updating their scam formats.
If you get an email from “an American in Libya” it’s absolutely a scam. American military personnel are NOT in Libya.
Anonn
If You get an email like this DO NOT RESPOND NOT only is it a SCAMMER but they will know your email address is active and will sell it to other scammers and send you garbage like this day in and out…..Anonn
Hello,
Permit me with the manner with which I am seeking your assistance. I want to trust you with this classified and confidential information.
Before I continue, let me introduce myself to you, I am Capt.Nicholas Hamilton, the commander of the Special N.A.T.O coalition force with the United Nation troops in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. I have now in my possession the sum of Fifteen million US Dollars($15million) which I recovered from one of our raids on terrorists’ camp here in Afghanistan.
This box of money have been deposited with the red cross society here in Kabul as a diplomatic luggage for safe keep and to make contacts for its proper use. As the team leader, it is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.
So I need someone I can deal with on trust and that is why I contacted you. so If you accept, I will put you forward as the beneficiary/owner of the funds and then move the money to you. As a military personnel, I cannot parade such an amount or carry it to my country so I need to present someone as the beneficiary. I just need your acceptance and all is done. I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through a diplomatic courier service to you where arrangements will be made to proceed to your country.
Once I confirm your interest to my proposal, and your positive reply, I will proceed to register your name as the beneficiary. This money is my life and I am willing to give you 40% of the total sum when the money is delivered to you. I wait your response so we can proceed immediately. In less than 5days the money should be in your safe custody.
The only telephone access we have is radio message which is for our general use and is being monitored. Therefore all communication will be via email until we finish our assignment here and fly straight to your country to meet you. Thank God for President Barrack Obama whose keen interest is to call us back home soon.
Regards,
Capt.Nicholas Hamilton
Jerry
Greetings again Anon from Camp Leatherneck Afganistan!!
You are doing a great job!! Don’t have a laptop here but I can still use the USO’s.
I hate to say it but reading some of these comments is like watching a train wreck, you know what’s
about to happen but you just can’t look away!!
Keep up the great work you do Anon!! you are one of the good guys!!
Jerry
Now assigned to the TAK 1-2nd EEmaint.
Anonn
@ Jerry NO WAY!!!! You deserve all of the Thanks so Thank your for your Service and let me not forget CJ…..About some of these comments I know just what you mean sometimes I find myself yelling at my laptop or leaving the blog itself to cool off Many people think you are being mean when you are using tough Love but all I am trying to do is make sure NOT ONE Man or Woman is ripped off by these lying LAZY CRAZY Begging MOFOS and it really chaps my ass that they have went way below the belt pretending to be US Military Members who have REAL LIVES Families and REAL JOBS to do which is something these lying beggars would know nothing about OH MY did I just Vent lol be safe in Afghan and pray for your safe return home to your Loved Ones.
ANONN will NEVER stop preaching about Scammers pretending to be Military Members
Signed Anonn
Ant
Dear Anonn, CJ and Jerry
You have my support too, all the way from Australia, I will help you spread the word as well, I already have done so with my Aussie mates here in Australia. We all have to stick together and destroy these animals.
To all the US, Australian , British troop etc, be safe and we are proud of you all, just as you are protecting us in the war zone, we hope to protect your identities from being stolen from this pigs!
We pray for you and may God Bless you all!
Ant from Sydney!
CJ
best site ever – I’m an integillent woman and was on the verge of getting scammed. Just asked my new friend to send me an email not yahoo, suddenly he had to take a shower – Good BYE
Tammy
I have been chatting with a Felix Rowland Taylor for a few weeks. I contacted him on POF. He is in the Army in Afghanastan , so he says. His email is felixtaylor@yahoo.com … I am looking for input , has anyone heard of him, Just not sure if he is a scammer or not. If more info is needed , please ask. Thanks
Tammy
Well after some research, ran the header to check the IP , appears to be from Nigeria , Lagos. Think he is a scammer. A real good one at that. He has not asked for anything at all. Seems honest when he talks , but has disappeared in the last 2 days. He has not fed many any stories , we just talk like every day people. Maybe am wrong. I will if he contacts me again ask him to email from his military email. Whoevers photo and profile he took seems to be a awesome guy , poor dude , wish there wasa way to let him know.
Anonn
@ Tammy just so you know there is NO US Military Base in Nigeria so yes you are right he IS A Scammer and NOt US Military so you would be wasting your time asking for his Military email address they end in .Mil only ANYTHING beyond .Mil is a scam and scammer US Military takes care of its own and will not need your money nor assistance for any reason oh best believe this scammer wants something he is NOT to be trusted you tracked his Ip which means he has already lied.Anonn
carrianne
i am currently talking to someone who is trying to scam me. in january this year i got a friend request on facebook by a man who says he is sgt mark seymour david, he is based in afghanistan at the moment but he claims to be a united states soldier. he asked me to apply for leave forms so he could come and see me only problem was it was 750USD. he said he would pay this money back when he met me, but then earlier today he asked me to send 2000USD so he could buy me a wedding ring. i have checked out the address on the forms on google earth and they do not exist and when i typed the address in the internet it came up with a warning from scam warners.
Vicki
Has anyone been talking to a Captain Moose Bob.
Vicki
You can email me at vjackson1284@yahoo.com
Evie
I’ve been scammed by a Bob Benson. Says he is a staff sargeant in Afghanistan. His wife died 6 yrs. ago and he has a 10 yr. old son. I met him on singlesnet.com. His profile said he was from a town nearby to where I live. Once he emailed me he told me that he had moved from that address and was now in Afghanistan. Anyway to make a very long story short, he scammed me for almost $5000. I feel so stupid. I was totally in love with this guy. I finally believed he was a scammer when he asked me to pay for his flight home from Afghanistan to be with me when I had surgery. Boy was i a dumb one. Never again!!!
Evie
How do you track a ip? And what is an ip? Help me please.
Ana
Ji I have a friend that has been talking to this man that is a soldier on the uk he said to her that he is retired and has an 8 yr old son, that is with a babysitter in Pennsylvania and now is sending me checks to my address from his retirement do you think this is kind of weir?
Phyllis Burchette
Hi Terry,
I have been scamed as well from Thomas Jason Witt the same story as everyone else his wife died two years ago he has a 15 year old son he found me through facebook which his account there is no longer open we chatted on yahoo I did send him money for a flight home because he wanted to retire from the military after 22 years he sent me pictures of him by an army tank with a couple of other guys all in uniform also one on an army bunk of his younger years. His email address is thomasjason112@yahoo.com also an email of thomasjason05@yahoo.com this one was on his facebook page. I was a fool and when I told him he was a scammer and I was not going to send him anymore money and that he never loved me and I would never get my money back because he was never coming home. After he got the money from me for a down payment for a flight home the he came up with he could not come home unless we were married and a military marriage would be $ 1350.00 before he could come home now he has cut me off from talking to him SO LADIES BEWARE don’t be a fool like I was.
wondering girl
hi phyllis,
i too was scammed by this person. his name was not thomas jason though, but the last name is witt. i fell in love with the man in the pictures but not the person that stole witt’s pictures to scam women. i have those pictures that you have mentioned. i stopped my self from talking to him cuz i know that he was lying to me from the beginning. it was just i fell in love with the man in the pic. this scammer knows how to pull my strings and talked sweet to me and thats why i fell for him. but he didnt win this time. we were start chatting since august last yr. and i stopped chatting with him for about two months now. can we chat. what is your email address please. thank you.
Phyllis
You can contact me at pburchette@ymail.com
Ruth
Anyone heard of Capt. Miller, USAF, serving in Iraq. He is using the first name Dannel, which is a porn star or something like that, (Dannel Miller). I received pic of a military guy sitting at desk w/white computer, military camaflouge outfit with black turtleneck, gold emblem. Also a pic in his dress uniform, captain bars and all. He also came to me in a cam. I did not get to compare the cam to the real photo. Hope to get him on cam again. His wife died 6 years ago and he has 12 year old son being raised by grandma in Ghana.
Anonn
@ Ruth if you didnt see him clearly on cam or if he was only on cam for a few seconds and claims he had problems with his cam one word SCAMMER……..Also this part right here is a DEAD GIVEAWAY…..His wife died 6 years ago and he has 12 year old son being raised by grandma in Ghana. He lives in Ghana it is his Home if you pay attention some of them are such IDIOTS they tell you a lie and tell you truth all in one long sentence well the ones that can type without spelling EVERYTHING badly he ia an African NOT an American Military Member Anonn
Virginia Lewis
yes I am being scammed for about 2 weeks Sgt. BURKE ALBERT PEDERSEN has been emailing me and also on facebook he claims he loves me and wants to come home and marry me but he needs me to send 800 dollar s western union to a Harriet Robinson in Pennsylvania so stupid me sent 100 dollars to that name and he calls and says he needs the conformation number to give to his commander which was going to give him the 700 more well I gave him the number and found out his wife that called me picked the money up she thanked me for the money .He claims she was killed in a car accident and he has a 6 yr. old son in an academy.He said the reason his commander couldn’t send money is because his wife just all of a sudden died of cancer. This guy is a fucking lier and scammer. I told him I want my money back
Anne
I caught “Aaron Beltson” out almost immediately…also be aware of the name Daniel Brown who claims to be a Colonel. Nice goodlooking man? NOT!
Here is his email he wrote from aaron_bentson@aol.com wondering how I can post the photos of this good looking man!
Hello Niceness,
How are you doing? I hope you doing well as I am. First and foremost, I want to thank you for giving me the chance to be able to write to your private email and I am so excited to meet you. Let me tell you more about myself. My name is Aaron Derick Beltson, I’m 48 years old and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army. I joined the US Army at the age of 22. I spent most of my life in the boarding school and I didn’t spend much time at home. My mom was a Nurse in the Medical Field and dad was also a Mechanic in the Army.
Like I said before, I’m 48 years old and a gentleman like my friends always say..lol and I appreciate it. I’m a Lover of creativity, beauty, and harmony in ALL forms. I don’t play silly immature games with human emotion; I’ve learned, through many failures and heartaches, what life is truly about: THE TRUE WAY TO LIVE IS TO GIVE! And I feel the way we speak to others is how we feel about ourselves. I’m not arrogant, but I AM very confident, and not afraid. To me, failure is NOT trying. I give my all to those I Love and I want an ETERNAL LOVE who can appreciate romance and KNOW what true Love is all about.
The Deeper The Love, The Stronger The Emotion. And The Stronger The Love, The Deeper The Devotion.” I’ve worked very hard and sacrificed a lot to get where I am; however, money DOES NOT motivate me; I’m not materialistic, but I AM realistic; I DO know what kind of life it can provide my family and I’m a firm believer that unless YOU control your money, your money will control you. My work ethic is strong, however it’s what I DO, NOT who I am. I believe in angels and with the right attitude, we’ll see and experience BOTH throughout our lives.
I believe in a universal law of “Reciprocity:” Everything in life turns full circle; sometimes that circle is small, sometimes large; but in the end, we’ll receive in return what we give. “In all of living, have much fun and laughter; Life is to be ENJOYED, not just endured.” I LOVE being in nature and enjoying its wondrous beauty; the mountains are my favorite destination. I Love visiting the beautiful and picturesque Appalachian mountains , I’m someone who’s not afraid to laugh at himself and I’m very “down to earth.” I keep things in perspective and always try to look at the “big picture;” even tempered; never too high, never too low. I’ve been told I have “rubber shoulders;” I accept reality and I deal with it, never “sugar-coating” the negative, but always finding the silver-lining.
I can be as soft as a kitten or as SOLID AS A ROCK, depending on the need of the circumstance(s). “When the pain of love surrounds you, And the world may be unkind; I’ll (wrap) my loving arms around you, And take you far from this place and time.” I try and find the goodness in everything and everyone; life’s too short to be mad or unhappy: I move forward, stay productive, and have as much fun as I can doing it. I work VERY hard and I play EVEN harder, hopefully soon with the right WOMAN beside me. With the right woman, just about ANYTHING is fun; especially listening to your beautiful and discerning mind and proving that I can satisfy you; I’ve never been into “male bonding;” I’d MUCH rather be staring into your beautiful eyes and have a BETTER understanding of how and why this wonderful universe began.
I fought in the Gulf war in 1990 to 1991. The gulf war was fought to liberate Kuwait from autocratic rule of the late Saddam Hussein. I had a pretty bad experience. I am currently stationed in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. I have to let you know that I am on a UN Mission here and I have already spent 7 months here in Kabul, Afghanistan. I was on a Mission in Iraq in there year 2003 to 2005. When I return back to the States, I found out that my Ex-wife betrayed my love by going in for another man. She cost me a lost. She misused my properties so I paid her off. I was in love with her with all my heart but she let me down. I was with her for 16 years good years.
My daughter Morgan lives at the Military barracks where she’s been taken care by the Government. I have full custody of her. I do not want to pay my Ex-wife any amount of money again. I will be getting her to stay with me when I come home soon. I was married only once. I am now looking for another woman to involve myself with.
I am looking for an INTELLIGENT, UNDERSTANDING, KIND HEARTED WOMAN between the ages of 38-60 and must have some T.L.C. and T.L.D. as well. That’s just my PREFERENCE. I am a kind hearted person who loves to have nice conversations, have fun, and just chill out. I am looking for a woman who wants a man who is serious about love, no game playing(those days are over), I’m looking for that special someone who I can have in my life and has no problem with any other man. I put no woman before my lovely Princess who is my daughter, so if you can’t accept her, I would never have anything to do with you. I have no problem with a woman with children, as long as she has no daddy drama, because I have no mama drama.
I’m looking for someone who is not verbally or physically abusive towards me or my little girl, but knows how to treat and take care of a family, financially, and with love and respect, because a woman should know what to do If she considers herself a real woman. The woman I’m looking for doesn’t have to be the best dresser, but knows how to dress in the present day and time without the sagging pants. I have a 14 years daughter and she needs to have a good role-model as she grows up. If you can handle a long-term or life-long relationship, I would not say am that perfect but I’m that one man for you. I’m a hard-working man who takes care of home.
Women are made to be LOVED, not understood.” I want to tell you, every day, just how BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE, and SPECIAL you are to me. I want to hear YOUR thoughts, hopes and dreams, and if I can, help you achieve them; it’s not about just ME. If you’d like to know more of who I am and what I’m about, please feel free to ask; I’m looking forward to knowing you as well. “True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one’s companion.
I will be home in July. I will try and call you sometimes when I am off on night patrol duties or when I take my boys out for a drill as you already know everything is monitored here and that is why we will have to settle for that option until I am home and available and then we can have a more open conversation and you will also be able to call me but for now you have to give me your number. I am really serious of every single word that I say and do not joke with issues of my heart dear. I hope to hear from you soon and don’t hesitate to ask any thing you want to know about me, cause that is the only way we can get to know more about each other.
Take care of yourself cause I care so much
Kind regards
Aaron Derick Beltson
norma
i need to know if anyone knows if MATEO MARK EDWARDS IS A SCAMMER ? CUZ HE HAS ASKED ME FOR MONEY….fo rhis leave to come homehe says they have a protocol …i met him on mocospace..he also has a page on facebook …..he is asking for more money for private helicopter to take him to pakistan ..he is station in kabul camp please help me find out if he is real or A SCAMMER
CJ
Norma, if he’s asking you for money, it’s a scam. That is pretty clear.
Gordon
Hello Norma -
CJ and Annon are correct. You’re dealing with a SCAMMER (probably based in Ghana or Nigeria). His asking you for money is a big clue, but asking for money to secure his LEAVE is a dead giveaway. U.S. soldiers are NEVER required to pay to go on LEAVE. They simply fill out a short form and turn it in to their supervisor. The leave is then approved or not approved. No need for bribes. That kind of thing happens in cesspools like Ghana, not the U.S. When they go on leave, the military flies soldiers to wherever they want to go FOR FREE. There’s no need for a private helicopter. That’s just plain ridiculous. You’ve been warned, Norma. If you let this guy steal from you, the fault lies with both you and the scamming pig.
norma
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME FIND OUT IF HE IS A SCAMMER…..
Anonn
@ Norma time for some tough LOVE here!!!! are you braindead hello CJ is a REAL US Military member he just told you your guy is a fraud get it a scammer ok you typed this!…..he is asking for more money for private helicopter to take him to pakistan .HELLO that is a dead give away he is a SCAMMER they dont need your money for any reason now you can either take our advice and keep your money in your purse or you can give it to a lying west african that you will never see or hear from again until you send him more money are you really that desperate this man is making an ass out of you and laughing at you he wants yyour money hate to be blunt but cut this lying ass african off NOW! or tell him to get on cam for an hour or more to prove who he is or wait for him to tell you to send money via wire transfer then you know for sure hes a FRAUD the US Military does NOT beg strangers for money only africans do what else is it going to take for you to get the picture OMG Anonn is leaving the blog to cool off!!!!!!
Gordon
I’ve been reading through the posts here and see many people suggesting that if you’re suspicious of someone claiming to be a U.S. service member, you should ask for a photocopy or scan of his ID CARD.
Believe it or not, it would be a crime for him to do so. Even though it’s a common practice for landlords and businesses located near military posts to ask for a copy of a soldier’s ID CARD, this is still prohibited by law under TITLE 18 U.S.C. § 701: U.S. Code – Section 701: Official badges, identification cards, other insignia.
“Whoever manufactures, sells or possesses any badge, identification card or other insignia of the design prescribed by the head of any department or agency of the United States for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof, or photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes or executes any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such badge, identification card, or other insignia, or any colorable imitation thereof, except as authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”
This law is part of the U.S. Code and reflects the bill passed by Congress in January 2008. The Web site for this can be found at http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/18C33.txt
Of course, most of these African scammers will be happy to send you a copy of a forged ID CARD.
joanna
witam jestem Joanna czy ktos moze zna cpt.Jacka Chandler bo mysle ze to jest nastepny oszust internetowy prosze o pomoc moj adres ciociajoasia66@gmail.com
malisa khanphen
im talked with guy from fb 22 july 2011 untill now to day is 7 of 5 this month. i taled with U S A ARMY NAME SGT.CHRISTOPHER DAVID JORDAN SEVED IN IRAG VE rY NICE GUY POLITE GOOD LOOKING HANDSOME ONE. IT WAVERY NICE I FALL WITH U so dreeply caz it so long time,
chris said he love me,so much.i try to tace him out by sent mail to military deating site vocatinal leaved. and i have been paid it much,please if u the person that name pls helf me. now i know that the person i falling love it no one.it scam only so how i can find you.. sgt .christopher david joradn. i want to talk to u i got ur pics. so it very long strorie fro me and ur name, if u read this pls contack to me , i helf him caz he will paid me back more ofcaz i need money fro businees caz i losting my business,i thuoght if i hale him he will hele me fro business this it i do fro him. sgt christopher contace to me ok david jordan
malisa juselius
i hope sgt.christpher jordan served in irag contack to me,i did love to talk to ya so much.it vey long months
that i falling love with ur pics, how he can do this to women buy sueing u s a army name and the pics,
hope sgt .christopher jordan contace to me,
malisa juselius
pls some one helf me find the person name sgt christopher david jordan served in in irag.he is really military or not,i love to know pls helf me i got he pics
Charlotte
I’m from Denmark… and believe I’ve been scamed. It all started a week ago – when Lt. Frances Pedersen, wrote me on AreYouInterested. He wanted my e-mail adress. I gave it to him. He wrote the sweetest things – and a poem to me. Then we got friends on facebook. On facebook his e-mail is bruccyp@hotmail.com and on msn its lt.frances@itt.net – he also calles himself Caringheart. He has been so nice and sweet. And one day he told me he could leave whenever he wanted – and then we could met. He is serving in Afghanistan – and has been there since january last year. Will leave on november 16th. I have doubtet him from time to time – but he told me that he was for real and that I had to believe him. Today I started asking him some more questions.. and suddenly he has so many problems with the internet … that he cant chat with med
Everytime I ask him a question… no connection. I’ve read a lot on these sites – because something told me I was scamed. And today I had this chat with him: Frances:
I could leave whenever i wanted
But i will need 300 so we should plan till Nov that i will finish my tour
Me:
300 what?
Frances Pedersen:
For Exit Permit
Me: Money?
Him: Yes
Me: What about when you leave in november?
Him:
No money
Military will do that honey
Me: Okay – but some day – in the future – we might meet?
Him: Yes babe
Me: Wish I could talk to you. for real. what about interactive chat? cant we do that?
Him: We can do that babe. Lol
Me: When do you think we can have an interactive chat – or talk for real?
I havent heard from him since….
He has promised me so much – said so many sweet things… but after reading all these warnings on your site… and now he talks about money – for leave permit… I now know…. He is not for real. I have all our mails – and pictures – if anyone wants to see and read.
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Anonn
@Charlotte great job glad you knew what to look for you can also go to romancescam.com and scamwarners.com and share both your story and the emails and pics this lying beggar has stolen to steal money so happy you were able to recognize that he was a scammer the US Military will NOT need your money nor help for ANY reason the US Military takes care of its own Anonn
lisa
i would love to see what pics he has sent you…..he has started emailing me after we met on are you interested…..i get the poems from him to….
thank you
lisa
Charlotte
Lisa: I also met him on Are You Interested… and got the poems
If I get your e-mail – I can send you his pictures. I’ve send them to CJ to.
Charlotte
I’m so happy that I found out in time – because of this site – and all the warnings – and sad stories… I’m angry because they use innocent people – real people – just to get some money. I’m dissapointed. But – when it seems to good to be true… it is
Thanks for letting me know all this. Thanks for helping out – sharing all your knowles and experiences. You help a lot of people this way. And to all you scammers…… shame on you!!!!! Best regards – and good luck to all of you. Charlotte
I think he knows I’ved found out. Because he wrote me today a few times… but my answers were short. Told him I was to busy to chat – but would like to go on Skype to night…. He logged off …. and havent heard from him since..
jeanette carver
has anyone heard of capt. bill daniels said he is in kabul asked me for 500.00$ to start a phone line so we could talk his email is billhaysneasd@gmail.com the sad thing is that he was soooo sweet &kind i realy liked this man he said all the right things I know now he’s a scammer i never give him money
Ocean
Well here is a new one, Lt Sylvester White who is a Nato advisor in Kabul, Afghanistan, pictures and all, have not got a request to send money or stuff like that, I got uneasy when he told me that he and his late wife was from Cleveland Ohio and that his wife had an office in Twin Towers and died in 911 how disgusting to use that. Anywho to drive 7hours from Cleveland to New York every day I dont think so…..
go catch another fish cause this one is not bitting.
Candy
Ok, I’ve been contacted one named Capt. Kennedy James of Dallas Tx, stationed in Kabul Afgt. I feel he’s scamming too…I’ve tried googling the name, and nothing. In fact, I know he’s scamming is because of his typing and english..he says he’s a Computor Engineer, well if he is, he sucks in it. And also, I don’t think you can get your pilots license in a Military College. He says he attended Georgia Military College..so if you know anything about this one, let me know…His e-mail address is k_james2012@yahoo….BIG RED FLAG!!!!
jc
OK how about Clement Rogers, US Army? he sent me a long email after meeting on singlesnet & half the military record is copied from the new US cheif of staff’s bio! I called him on it and of course he had some story how they followed the same career path. He is sgt. but his email said he was a commanding general! His profile said he is 52 and he told me he’s 49. clementcgusarmy@aol.com
Anonn
@Jc great job scammers NEVER seem to get their lies right glad you smelled BS before this one invented a huge web of lies.Anonn