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To all the victims of these Nigerian scams, both the Soldiers and the ladies,
I need your help in spreading the word. I have been contacted by numerous media outlets across the country asking if I know of any local people that have been scammed. I haven’t been asking for locations, so I don’t know the answer to that. If you have been a target of these scams and live in the following areas, please leave a comment and let me know if I can share your email with local media to contact you:
Denver, CO (or any Colorado)
Los Angeles, CA (or any southern California)
Houston, Texas (or any Central Texas)
Suffolk, Virginia (or any northern Virginia)
Clarksville, TN (or any Tennessee)
Baltimore, MD (or DC area)
Additionally, if you’ve been scammed from a location not mentioned, please leave a comment telling me where you are from in case I get contacted in the future. This would help to really get the word out there and put a stop to this. Thanks.
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Anatomy of a Military Dating Scam
Lisa: I also met him on Are You Interested... and got the poems :-) If
JM
Dallas, TX
This guy tried to scam for electronics (high end cell phone and camcorder) but luckily I found this article first.
diana
dear Cj,
can you help me how to find the names of the scammers list,or where are they?,
i read stories from some girls and people asked about project director in iraq from us air force named mark henderson,and i have the same story with them…and more,they contacted this person several years ago,but i knew him from dating site in 2012,i would like to share my story,after chat with him for sometimes,i never contacted him again,i felt something wrong with him,but i don’t know exactly where is he now,because he doesn’t want to give me more information about him,please contact me,
regards,
dianadina250@yahoo.com
Angela
Ethan McNigen so he calls himself scammed me out of 945.00 dollars for a satellite phone from uscmps.com
their email is setup@uscmps.com
Im in Kansas
Bruce Leshan
If any victims of this are within 100 miles of Washington, DC, I would love to talk to you. I’m a reporter at the CBS/CNN affiliate here and I’m looking to put this story out on the air so we can warn more people of the dangers. Please email me at bleshan@wusa9.com. Thanks.
Linda
my husband and i were scamed out of ou life savings. we lost our home everything. We worked hard our whole life and it hard to endure. I was agaist the tranactions fron day one but my husband who was in bussiness for many years told me i didn’t understand bussiness. Well it turned out i knew more thsn he realized but it was to late. Im divisated. Linda Mitchell
Debbie
Hi Bruce, I live in Florida and I did an interview with the action reporter from Channel 9. It was a little terrifying having to admit it, but after it was done I felt so much better,(part of the healing process)and I would do 100 more if it would help someone else from getting scammed. I hope you find someone that is willing to share their experience with you, it’s a subject that needs to be heard. If you would like to talk to me, you can ask CJ for my email address.
Tricia
England,UK
I was scammed by someone who asked me to accept luggage which he said contained 7.2 million dollars from Iraq. He used email:kenneth.england2011@live.com, also kenneth.enland@gmail.com.
Doris
Sarasota, Florida
I was scammed of $1400. The scammer found my profile on the Plentyoffish.com dating Website. He is currently going by the name of Andrews Miller. I sent you an extensive email with all the details a few days ago and have not heard back. I also entered my story in the Channel News 8 in Tampa, Florida Website however I have not heard back from them as well.
Thanks.
Isabella
he is trying to scam me right now, and I am a dane living in Sweden scrool down and see if he use same profile. he also use mach dating / meetic so now he is on journey to scam in europe
Isabella
And since the website dating you use, only acept costumer by Ip from Canada US ect. and not other contrys in the world, Andrew Miller then he are opererating from US or Canada. he also claims to have a cusin named Doris H., Its your name ?
Isabella
And strange Andrews Miller has ask me to go on net with hes cusin Doris Hershey on web cam because she wanted to talk with me.
And said she is 19 years old, living with her godmother because, its hes sister daugther and hes sister died of cancer, and she are all the family and hes son Jackson he got.
Mandi Selvey
Hi
I am in the UK and have just been scammed by someone posing as Thomas Zendrosky, US Army in Afghanistan. His photo is on your wall of shame. He nearly conned me out of £2,000 when I sent him a laptop but have managed to get FedEx to retrieve the parcel and it’s coming back. He’s used three or four aliases – have found him on all sorts of forums. I met him on MatchAffinity.com. He has a partner in Corpus Christi, Texas. If you want further details, please email me.
Mandi
Bonnie
I think I have come across this same guy by any chance does he use the alias Anthony (Tony) Wright…if yes plz send me an e-mail
Tks Bonnie
Unbelievable
I was scammed by a soldier calling himself Anthony or Tony Combs, supposedly Ssgt in Army..Is this name familiar to anyone? They have caught one of his friends and supposedly he is in jail and is holding up a sign he scammed me out of so much money and gave the location of what he called Tony Combs he had taken his cut and ran away with all the money..Any of this sound familiar..He was coming home we were to marry and before this could happen he had to have certain fees paid, he even made up military forms for me to fill out..Even put me down as his supposedly next of kin..How horrible i feel about myself and will go to the ends of the earth to see this man brought to justice but will have to save more money first i was naive enough to send him what he needed even got into my inheritance..omg what have i done..I have pictures of him and the men in the unit with him which i think they were all involved if this man or this unit even existed..I just dont know anymore..any one wanting to contact me may do so at patsval@yahoo.com will share pictures i have all emails, instant messages, fake marriage certificate etc…went on since march 2011…too long…ok Ladies we are Women hear us ROAR…
sunset38
I have just sent you an e-mail with pictures of someone that has been contacting me with saying that he was lonely in Iraq and asked me to chat on yahoo messenger. His name is Andew Miller. Please check these photos and let me know. He is a SSGT stationed in Iraq and his wife died of lung cancer after their son was born. He says that his home is San Antonio, Texas! I just need to make sure! I see red flags flying and just want to know if this is the same guy that you spoke with. Thanks and I look forward to your response. Yes, us women have to stick together.
cathy
thanks for sharing the storry , about the scamers i am the one off thousands of weman be scammed by these people, i think now he changed his name be called sgtrichardfischer he is the one just take a lot off money from me, his email is sgtrichardfischer@yahoo.com and i got the pictures that he send to me. we can share but i don’t know how.
Maria Codd
Hi, i am a widow of 2 years, my husband before he died took everything and left me destitute….. I have been going through a rough time ….. About 5 weeks ago my friends persuaded me to go on a date line ….. I had someone ask to chat with me and i said yes ….. He told me that he is a Col. in US Army, he is supposed to be serving in Afghanistan (Kabul) in the desert and would be coming to live in UK as his 30 years are up …. The first 4 weeks he was an absolute gentleman and unfortunately for me i fell in love with him ….. Last week, he told me that a friend of his was delivering a briefcase for him and could i fetch it for him …. 2 days ago, i got contacted by another man who is supposed to be his friend and said that he had to pay £2,700.00 for tax and he would be given a tax certificate … he asked me to send him the money as he could not contact the Col. and that he was stuck in Ghana …. Now pressure is being applied to send £2,000.00 …. all of this has made me very ill ….. luckily, i came across this site ……. is there any way that i can find if this Col. really exists….. I have photos all in uniform, but, i think that all of this is a scam …. CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME SOME SERIOUS ADVISE ….. What if I am wrong in my assumptions …..
Glynis
Hi CJ,
I’m from Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I was recently involved in a military scam on match.com. At that time, about the middle of June, they were pretending to be Robert J. Miller who was a “Captain” in the Army (I think he actually was a Sergeant). He removed his profile the same day I met him so you wont find that exact profile on match.com anymore. However, he had me send $4495.00 to Alaska. In the past month he/they have posted new profiles on match.com with some of the same pictures and some different ones of the same guy/soldier using different details. Hope this helps. Let me know if you need any further information or pictures. I have quite a few pictures.
Bonnie
can you send me ur pic’s so i can compare to mine to c if it’s this same scumbag that is scamming everybody….
Tks Bonnie
Susan Dzioba
Hello, I too have been takenn by this person by the sounds of it…I have pictures but can you send a few to me so I may see it this is the same man.
Thank you
Susan D.
Hello again, I was so upset yesterday that I did not say what I wanted to. I was emailed by a mane from care2 with the email address marine4uca@aol.com and his mane was Mark Smith would this be the same person? I looked at the pictures on one of these but it is not the same. Can someone please send pictures of this man, he has to be stopped. He asked that I be his next of kin so he could get money out. Thank you send email to sldzioba@hotmail.com
gordana
please send me picturesof Miller i have olso ty
Evette Collins
A few months ago I met this guy on face book. On his profile On his uniform his name is on it with other soldiers.We started talking on we do everyday.By phone and email. I had petition for a transit leave with benefits for him. I have done everything they ask including fees they require form they sent for me to fill out and sent back.How do I know if this is real or not. I dont want to loose anymore of my money. How can I find out if all this is for real.
Pam Fleming
Hi I just read that you lost alot of money by a scammer if you go on get the scammers off face book over a thousand woman are on there and believe it all not they will help help .. You wont get your money back but a pic of your scammer may well be on the data Base
Good luck Pam
ANNE M.
hi yvette,
i too was scummed by that man on fb his name is chris and he has pictures along with 2 men next to him and military transportation behind them. pls contact me and lets compair notes thanx anne m.
ANNE M.
hi evette
lets compare notes i was scummed by this man also. he’s with two military men next to him pls email me. thanx
gordana
dear sir please help me,i have pictures,nau he name is Albert Miller,please send me mail i send y pictures
finitex
I was scam now by army guy, called Mark Regan, he told me he ist from US Army Los angeles, he is single father with a 11 years old son, called kelvin, and now he is in Afghanistan, but from his uniform can see he is a britisch royal navy, who looks very kindly guy.
I am sure he is a africa scammer, I had talked with him by skype, his accent showed 100% he is a african
his email : re.mark@hotmail.com
If you want to see his pictures, pls contact me.
Lori
I have been emailing someone by the name raymond baleme. To me its a scam. I got a call from him today. And boy did he a an accent. I have lots of pictures to share. Could you please get back to me. He also askes for a big amount of money. For his transit leave.
Lori
If anyone would like to see all pictures I will gadly show them.
Thin
hi… do u have a photo of the guy in your subject? we do have the same story.
cathy
please can y send me the pictures you have so i can see if is the same like what i have. and i will send you back what i got
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/
Sandy
I also almost got scammed and I live in Rockwood Tennessee. This is really sad they are doing our military men this way.
Pamela
I am in Lake Charles louisiana and I was scammed by someone posing as Major Baleme lee US Army in
Afghanistan. His photo’s are on your Wall Of Shame.I did not have money to send for his leave so they gave me a job with the Financial Accounts Division, (so I thought this was real)When I filled out the paper work they sent me I had a job to do within a week,It was picking up money from Western Union and sending to another person in Nigeria. They also had me send in a copy of my ID so now they have my Identiy and might be useing it as a sender now. have copys of everything they sent to me. I feel so ashame for falling for someone like this.I did do 3 jobs for them before I found out this was a scam. 1st was 1141.48USD, 2nd was 700.00USD 3rd was 2,150.00 all sent to Nigeria. I do have the names of who sent them money to me a the names of who I sent to. I have our chats alo printed out.I want thes guys caught ad they are useing kids also.
rollercutie
I am talking to Baleme Lee of the US Army Military Police in yahoo currently.. I know he is a scammer and have been playing along..sounds like the same guy
Unfortunatley I was scammed already (I did pay for a portion of a leave request for a David Cox – sadly I fell for it)
rollercutie
I am talking in Yahoo chat to the same guy..except for me he is still in Iraq for another 3months..and says he is an e7 US Army Military Police.. only been talking for a day.. I know he is a scammer.. unfortunatly I have been taken already (see my post on scamwarners re Daxid Cox)
Jenny Jonas
This is happening to me and would like to know what I can do to get his guy stopped..
He has scammed hard working people out of their money and what legal action there is that i need to do. This guy goes by many names the one he got me with is Sgt Stanton Boers Hudson, he said that he is station Western Union pick ups and send them to Nigiria. Was in contact with one of the ladys that he scammed and there are 4 other besides myself.. Need to know what we can do to stop this.. Our Guys over there do not need this mess with all they are going though
Ellie Morris
I dont know if this is the same person but Ive been contacted by a supposed officer in the US army based in Afghan. His name is James Boers.
I have pix. Sadid his wife died 4yrs ago in the states and has 14yr old boy.
Started chtting briefly on POF dating.
Ellie
mandy
hi have been chatting to a James Boers, have been suspect from the start….still in comunication with him, but i was waiting for the time he asked for money of some sort, hes asked me to put a top up on his mobile phone, hes also put in conversation that hes due for leave soon and will need me to apply for it, which i found very strange anyway…
have not parted with any money and nor will i.
his email add is boers512@yahoo.com
has given me the same story as Ellie Moris…
i too have pictures of this guy.
julia
James Boers is a busy man, thats 3 of us he has been talking to recently, same sob story even sent me picture of his son Desmond. Beware of his side kick Anders ( the one in the photo, he is the money collector, on R&R in Nigeria)
Julia
Jan
Hi
Wow, he but a “Charles Boers” has tried to scam me, claims he is with the US marines in Nigeria? Is 46 has an eight year old daughter. His ex wife originally from the UK died..
Contact me if you like, would love to compare notes..
Brenda
I was on a dating site when this man whos name said he was Major Baleme Lee and chated to me for 2 weeks, he wanted me to help him out with getting out of afgan by mailing to miltransitleave@rescueteam.com for his leave, however i didn’t have the money and I still haven’t heard from him since I told him I was going to check him out with the US embassy in Australia. So If its not the real Major Baleme Lee who is it?
janaca
My friend just sent me the ‘official forms’ to print for this reprobate calling himslef Lee Bellame. Im just a suspicious friend who cares very deeply for my friend who is a sweet loving trusting woman. Im so cross at the moment I could eat steel and spit nails. If I can do anything to stop this please let me know
Jean Rice
Oklahoma City, Ok. KOCO TV 5 ABC affiliate
I contacted them after the first story from CNN that they ran. So now the work has just begun. Thank you for all of your hard work to keep this on the fore front. I was scammed only of my heart THANK GOD.. but, want to make sure that others know that these people are out there in hordes and many different dating sites and not all are using military photos. But, they are now so easy to spot…. Thank You Jean Rice
Tali
CJ, I’m in Southern California, in Orange County. Feel free to use my posts here and give them my info to contact me.
Tali
CJ and Marcus, I gave this link to Amit Mendelsohn who has a Facebook Wall dedicated to catching or exposing scammers. He’s become particularly concerned with the many photos he’s been getting from posters on the Wall that are about scammers using soldiers’ photos. He’t got many photos, and wants to get in touch with someone who can do something about this. Here is the link to his FB wall http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123980887398&ref=ts
I also posted the link to this blog on his FB Wall, which is called “Get The Scammers/Assholes Online”. He has collected significant amount of information. Please get in touch with him. He will probably also be getting in touch with you, so I wanted to give you the heads-up and let you know he’s legit. He’s in Paris, France, but an Israeli, like me. Both he and I are particularly aware of the dangers of criminals having access to info. about our soldiers.
Tali
Tali
fiona
Yep have not been scammed for money but I bet my profile has been used by these scammers on various websites to lure other unsuspecting men into their webs – along with Tali- Amit is legit and is putting a lot of effort into trying to warn unsuspecting people about these scammers – I am from Brisbane Australia more than happy for you to contact me about scammer Major Mills Cole and Sgt Darryl Lopez (not the real soldiers) but photo’s of honorable men fighting for their country – please feel free to contact me at: foneil7533@yahoo.com
Cheers and take care
Kay Wilson
Hi CJ
I was very nearly scammed by “Capt Steven Massingale Barrett”, but luckily found your website before I lost any money. I am in the UK and have just been contacted by another lady from the UK who has had recent contact with Steven Barrett, but with different photos. The photos I had are on your Wall of Shame and I have recommended that the other lady sends you the ones she has. I still have all the emails he sent if you need them. Keep up the good work!
Kay
Cedella Bate-Besong
i’m happy about getting in touch with your blog.I am Cameroonian and was recently scammed of 100,000frs CFA,(thats worth about 100thousand US dollars in your economy)by some fake story of a soldier at war in Iraq who couldnt reach his sick father needing immediate attention at the hospital. I have several pictures of this man serving in the military.All of it seemed so fast,true and well planned.It will mean much to me if u can reach this man and tell him about these scammers in use of his pictures.You can reach the pictures from this link http://www.tagged.com/randy4love.
My phone number is +2375844158/+23796263684 in case u ever need to reach me. Please i’m counting on your assistance.I’m at list sure your military friend will identify who he gave his pictures to so this people can be caught.He to is Cameroonian
Thanks
regina
were can i find your wall of shame
Ilene
Hi CJ,
I recently sent you pictures and correspondence from a so-called soldier that was a scam. I am from Northern Michigan, and he went by the name of Michael Blay. Feel free to give my e-mail to anyone that might assist in catching these predators.
Thanks so much for all you are doing!
Kurt Keys
Information Security is what I do for a living. I get tons of these mails. but on purpose, to aid in protecting the Southern California city’s network from these scams.
Tali
If anyone is from Southern California, please let me know at rgk_28@yahoo.com A reporter from Fox news in LA is doing a story about scammers using photos of soldiers and wants to speak to someone who has been scammed by such. The reporter is legit. He contacted me through CJ.
Cindy Bynum
Kennewick,WA. was scammed,stay away from simpleguy4rill@yahoo.com!!!!!His real name is James not Col. Peter Petronzio Stenn
marie
yes simpleguy4rill.com did not scam me out of any money but he is posing as peter petronzio not that he didn’t tried to get me to pay for a one minute phone call for 325.00 because he was so in love with me he just had to hear my voice yeah ok it didn’t work. He search Myspace for me and sent me an email.
Marsha
C.J.
I sent you the pictures of SGT/SSG/CSM Scott Adams who was using photos of a Marine Col. I live in Jacksonville, Fl.
Stacey
C.J.
Hello from Florida. The name he is using is CPO Sean Graves. Please get the word out.
Melissa
This person who claimed to be philips elliot from nigerian have been in touch with me for the last week.I do know that he is a scammer because when I googled the phone number he gave me,the site came up with his name on it.
I found out by reading the site that I was not his first victim and he told me the exact same thing like he did to other girls but only that he changed the story around.For instance,he told me that he’s a widowed with a daughter but on the site,he told this girl that he’s a widowed with a son.
He found me on facebook and he has been sending me messages on yahoo too.I made a mistake by responding back to him.I should never have done that but I have learned my lesson.
He also had this one picture of a man with a young girl and it’s different from his profile picture on facebook that he had on last week.Well,I noticed yesterday that he used the one with this man and girl on it.
He’s using the name as philips elliot and is from Lagos,nigerian.
Bruce Leshan
Melissa- Are you anywhere near Washington DC? I’m a reporter at the CBS/CNN affiliate here and would love to talk to you. bleshan@wusa9.com
Melissa
no I am not around washington,dc.I live here in NC. He did not asked me for money but he used my emotions and stuff.
lesromansdisa
‘m in France
Contacted twice with the same identity as a soldier but not the same picture … Same as request money for a notebook and a cellular “@ cyber-wizard.com telecom.satelliteprovide” with his boss to address information “Edwin Halton ” And document or the DOD is this ….. I continue to hunt down the others I find it shameful that they do thank you for helping us.
amit mendelsohn
ladies
we have a facebook group dedicated for exposing and locating scammers with all the tips and tricks how to identify them. CJ is doing his best but no authority will cooperate. so join our group and learn more and hunt then with us
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123980887398&ref=ts
amit
andy fraser
Hi i got scammed $60 000 USD by someone calling them selves Staff Sarge Harriet Anzaldua she also goes by the name Abrianna i have photos of someone but now know the person in them is innocent it has been some one from Ghana any idea on how to contact the soldier in question to let her know? if anyone gets an mail from harriet_an@live.com run
Warmsouls
I’m from Wenatchee, Washington and have been approached by many scammers on Match.com and SeniorPeopleMeet. Am smart enuf to recognize them and know the steps to verify them, however, 1 did send roses and I got stuck for the bill since the card he gave was bogus!
Michelle White
CJ, if you want the website I met him on, please e-mail me. I really don’t want to post it. I can send you e-mails and IMs if you’d like. I am from Bristol, Tennessee. I was approached by a man calling himself Sgt. Robert Ashley. He didn’t realize that I 1)used to be a reserve deputy, and 2) have friends in the military. Robert’s e-mail address is sgtrobert__adore200@yahoo.com. Robert “needed” $2575.00 to come home on leave and this was to be mailed to Catherine Durham in California. He could not give me a military e-mail address. He supposedly lives in Knoxville, Tennessee and is widowed. Birthday is supposedly July 10, 1960. I have e-mails and yahoo messeges from him. He quit talking to me when I told him the whole thing set off red flags and I talked to some of my military buddies.
Mary
I have been talking with Sgt Ashley as well. Same e-mail address and I met him on an online dating site. Sad thing is, there is actually two Sgt Robert Ashley’s living and breathing in this world and this scammer is posing as both of them. One of them lives here in Knoxville and the other is in Alabama. I have contacted my local police department and have given them all the information I had on the idiot. He gave me the same sob story about the wife and mother being killed in a car accident. Smooth talker and uses pictures of the fella in Knoxville, but claims he is the Sgt Ashley that currently lives in Alabama that is serving in Iraq. He has asked for various amounts of money, computers, cell phones, clothing, jewerly, etc. Thank God I didn’t give him any of it!!!!
michelle reeves
I have been talking to Sgt. Robert Ashley and i want to know what i do he doesnt know I just found out . He is trying to get me to send him 225.00 so he can come home . I sent him a used phone i got for free and i sent him 225.00 twice for him to come home and now he wants me to do it again what do i do now I will not send him anymore money . I have emails and recepts what do I do I dont expect my money back but how do I prosecute
"Rose"
CJ I was myself approached by one of these MAGGOTS. I have copies of all. Some Details are on my blog. http://justroseyfohn.blogspot.com/ You can contact me any time and I will help you in any way I can. (After a ‘read’ you am sure you will see how seriously I am taking this) THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO CJ!
ROSE
SERVING OUR SOLDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
PROUD SOLDIERS ANGELS!
LET NO SOLDIER GO UNLOVED
Margaret
Does anyone know the following identities:
Bryan Williams
David North
Daniel Buford?
"Rose"
Contact via STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM on Facebook (stumbled on these gals) http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105318906183361
Is where I have posted linked to this ‘article’. (I hope you don’t mind tht I did without seeking your permission first, I appologize in advance if you did not wish this.) Like I told Detective LaBonne yesterday, “this Maggot is not going to stop me!”
Some of these women from other countries think these are REALLY our Soldiers!!!!
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Sonia H: This guy contacted me on fb as Colonel derrick carl malik and he said he was a UN peacekeeper in Sudan. He is now on fb as Malik derrick carl. He wanted me to get him a leave and I told him that I could not do that and if he was a soldier he would know that..so he scamming for sure…he says not to tell anyone that w…e met on fb or his career will be in jeopardy..whatever…he should be ashamed of himself because I know that the soldier in the pics is not the person that contacted me…I am not stupid.
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Post below of 3 pictures of one of our Heroes.
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ROSE
SERVING OUR SOLDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
PROUD SOLDIERS ANGELS!
LET NO SOLDIER GO UNLOVED!
Patricia
HI Rose have seen your pics on face book, I think you are doing a great job, I am not USA. but was affected badly ( because like the other girls I beleived in some snakes lies ) whilst he pretended to be a USA Soldier( I have looked for months and months for him, ( we were in contact regularly ( or so i thought for 6 months( and the usual, waiting for him to come home) Reason for writing ,I want to put several pics I have of a few soldiers that have been sent to me ( have tried on here several times but CJ is in andated with so much he just hasnt had the time. I have kept them for so long on my files but they really have to go now so would like to out them somewhere that they will be seen ( Have tried to get on to face book but cant,tried several times, can you drop me a line and i can send them to you if you like and you put them on….( I am not a user of face book normally. Thanks Trish (patricia UK )
Anke Q.
Thank you, Sonia, I googled this name! So i found these page! The last two weeks i chatted with “Derrick Malik Carl” and he also found me on facebook. He also wanted me to get him a leave, but i didn´t trust him and i didn´t send money to him. Thank you now i know the truth! I informed facebook and his side was cancelled! Thank you from germany!
anke
hallo anke from anke
that´s very interresting … i googled his name too today, because i will find the trust too. Bang!!! We are in the same boat 
his mails are copy paste or something like this. unglaublich …. naja, we are not so stupid, like his he´s thinking about us.
Anke Q.
Hallo Anke! Würde mich gern mal mit dir darüber unterhalten! Wirklich unglaublich! Vielleicht kannst du mich über facebook finden?
Anke N
Hello There
I met him Col Derrik Carl Malik is well. Im chatting with him now at least since sommertime. Even he ask me to pay is leave. But i dindt. But good to know that he is a fake. So what can we do
Carol
Hi
I’m in Australia and have been contacted by one of these animals pretending to be Staff Sgt Daniel Lopez. He sent me pics which I still have, would love to let the real soldier know what’s happening, is there anyway we can do this and do you need the pics for the wall of shame. Can you let me know how to get them to you, a soldier is a soldier American or Australian hate seeing these men abused like this.
Terri
I am in Australia and I have been approached by a Jimmy Lopez who is a Lieutenant Colonel In the Department of Defense in USA. He says he is in San Fransisco and that he is now been deployed to Afghanistan for 18 days. What do I do? He hasn’t asked for money. I am now scared whether he is genuine or not.
Gay Durand
I have been having an online relationship with Col. Peter Petronzio Stenn since Mid May, 2010. He says that he loves me and that he wants me to marry him. We have been working on his Transit Leave Paperwork for months. I guess I got bitten big. I sent him $600.00 this was suppose to be for his Transit Replacement, stupid me. He still wants me to send another $1,000.00 so he can come up with the other half of his flights to get here to New York. I am very upset with what I have learned. I guess you can’t trust anyone these days. I also have alot of paperwork that I have saved and like I said I am still in contact with him. So if you want to get him get in touch with me and I will give you everything that I have on the SOB. let me know. I can help bring him in if you want him that bad.
Jamie Arbuckle
Please contact me in regards to this man, he has been in close contact with my mother for the past month or so and she is also working on paperwork for him to get home. I talked with her a few min ago and told her to goggle him..HAHA! this is what i found on him! Please get back to me ASAP! Thank You!
robin
IS THE COL.PETER PETRONZIO STENN THE MAN IN THE PHOTOS ON MYSPACE ANDF/B,OR IS HE THE ONE POSES AS COL PETER PETRONZIO STENN?IVE ALSO HAD CONTACT WITH THE COL PETER STENN FOR THE LAST MONTH NOW.PLEASE RESPOND .THANK YOU VERY MUCH
robin
COL.PETER PETRONZIO STENN DID PLAY ON MY EMOTIONS AND WHEN I ASK HIM ABOUT PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS HE JUST SAID I DONT THINK WE CAN MEET BECAUSE YOU CANT TRUST ME H E TOLD ME THAT HE HAD A 16 YEAR OLD SON NAMED James that was staying with his granny in the UK.
Val
I can’t believe what I have just read! I came across this sight by fluke and Col. Peter Petronzio Stenn has been playing on my emotions since June and has managed to get a little money for me! He asked me for money for Transit Leave and now says he is retiring but needs money for some kind of levy charge on his retirement plan. I haven’t given him any and so glad I found you guys. He also told me he had a 16 year old son living with his granny in the UK and “James” even wrote me back!
How can someone play with someone else’s emotions and use them! I am a good person and obviously too trustworthy!
So is there a REAL Col Peter Petronzio Stenn out there?
Peggy
He told me he was a widower and that his wife and 2 daughters were killed in an accident and his son James was living with his Granny in Corpus Christi Texas. He also told me he had a house in Somerset England. Did he send anyone a Bank of America Bank Statement with U.S. Marine Corps on it? I also recieved e-mails from “James” and spoke with him on the yahoo messenger. Also there is another person or maybe it is the same person posing as his “attorney” a Martins Dickerson. E-mail is martinsdickerson@ymail.com and martinsdickerson@yahoo.com. I actually spoke with this person on the phone, it was an international number that he called from and his accent was so heavy I could not understand anything he said. Beware of this “person” also. If anyone isstill in contact with this guy, if there is a photo posted of a little blonde boy about 14 mo old chewing on a toy, that is my grandson. He asked for pictures and stupidly I sent them to him. don’t believe anything he says about that picture.
Debra hoy
hi i was chatting with him also and would like more infomation is it really him? this is crazy!
robin
This guy is crazy.He sent me papers with a Marines stamp on for me to fill out for him so he could go on leave to come meet me.He did say he wanted me to go with him to Corpus.He ask me for $ 4000 for him to get back to the states on.The military flies their soldiers back for free.Please be aware of Col.Peter Petronzio Stenn.I have copies of the paers he sent to me.Get in touch with me if anyone has contact with him please .My daughter and I have tried to contact the real Col.Peter but have not heard anything ,but he has been notified of this. Thank Robin
debra hoy
hi i was also chatting with him on yahoo messenger and i googled him asked him to prove who he was and ask if he had a web camera well thats all it took he logged of lmao im so glad i seen this thank you very much tell him Debra said caught ya.
Pam Gentry
wow i’m in shock,everyone told me to becarefull,but now i no,Col.Peter Petronzio is talking to me right now,he’s a Marine,he said hes 49 years old, an hes try to get me to to do the phone conection,a radio reciever, that not work,so now he wants to come home to marry me,so now were doing the trasit leave replacement papers, so i did fall in love,but now i got to step back an see what happends next,my x is 20 years army,ive been all over the world,an he keeps saying u sure do no alot,so now im going to ease up an see what happends, plz can i work for the police,i no i could catch them, who do i talk tooo,army F B I CALL ME,,,now,plz
Jamie Arbuckle
I actually did find that there is a REAL Col. Peter Petronzio I tried to contact his several times letting him know that there is someone doing this to women using his name and did not get a response from him….not sure what that is about.
tracy lynn
me too since september 2010 and am still talkin
Pat Harvey
I have had an on-line relationship with Col. Peter Petronzio or the name he gave was Col. Peter Rodriguez. He told me he loved me and I was the one he wanted to grow old with. He had me send him money to help with his ticket home and every time he said he was coming something came up and he needed more money to get home. It ended up costing me $3,000 all together. He promised to never give up on us being together and asked me several times to marry him and said we would go to San Antonio to live together forever He told me his wife died in a car accident and his 2 daughter’s died in a gasoline accident. He said he had a son named Josh who was with his Grandma in Washington, D.C. when he wasn’t in school in the U.K. I just want my money back and Peter stopped
Gay Durand
Oh yeah! By the way. I also picked up not just the name of James, but I have a photo of what is suppose to be his bunk and under the bed is some kind of pack and if I am not mistaken the last name is Howard on the pack. when I was looking around with FaceBook I also found the name of Ajayi Oluwathoyeen aka: simpleguy4rill@yahoo.com. Col. Peter Petronzio Stenn. Shame on him for taking advantage of people.
Patricia
Hi having difficulty getting mail to ” tracey Bishop and Tracey buckley as seen on face book Photo gallery of Us Soldiers. Mail getting rejected several times? can you help please This is TRISH from UK wanting to up load pics on this face book site and yet again failing..??? Thanks ” T”
Marielle B
I was approached by a man on facebook, who told me to be an American soldier of ONE in special mission in Darfur. He tried to seduce me, then explained me that he had fallen in love with me, that he wanted to marry me. He explained me that the only solution so that we can see each other was that I ask for one a special permission for him with its command, what I made, we answered me that the permission was granted and that so that this man can come, I had to send some money by western union and this money would have to would be restored to me as soon as this man would be at home.
I fortunately spoke about it to one of my friends who has contacts in the French army, who warned me against a possible swindle. When I asked for details to this man, he gave me is it saying e-mail address of its high command for check. During this time, I contacted the Pentagon which confirmed me that this man is a usurper and that he just tried to extort money to me.
I have photos of him, as well as the various exchanges of e-mails.
It would be good that such individuals or definitively stopped, so that he cannot damage any more single women who still want to believe that the love can exist.
Mary
Hi – where can I find your wall of shame with all mugs shots on please
CJ
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2010/07/28/the-wall-of-shame
Debbie
CJ, trying to get on your new “forum” but have not received the “password” as of yet. You got glitches or is there a trick to it…lol. I tried entering it again and of course it says that my email already is there. Help please! Also, I am waiting to hear back from the tv reporter from Channel 9 for the link for next Monday’s interview. Will let you know as soon as I can.
Ikenna Odinaka
CJ. I appreciate you effort towards trying to fight scam but you should also know that all scams don’t come from Nigeria. It’s actually a case of giving the dog a bad name to hang it. I’m from Nigeria. I’ve even helped prevent an international scam intended on thousands of students from malaysia/Australia..
You can read about it here http://www.afterschoolafrica.com/2010/08/world-scholars-alumni-foundation.html
It’ll be wise to decipher what part of the world you are being scammed from.
geraldine
i have also been speaking to a so called soldier in american army..i have photos his e mail is scot.rivera@hotmail.com ..his ip address comes up as lagos nigeria..his email traced to sunnyvale california .I live in uk
was speaking for about a month then he asked for money!! red flag !! beware ladies
pam
hi geraldine
i think we were talking to the same scammer using another id the email address is sunny vale california i couldnt get ip address i started talking to him on th 8 th sep and unfortunatly was scammed i too have photos plus photos of his so called friend but i know it was him .. ill learn one day
using lots of identies this moose is
carol
I have been talking to an Alvin rivera and also a Ryan rivera both using same photos. I also found james and juan rivera with same photos on facebook. Alvin tried to get me to email diplomat to arrange to have parcel delivered here. I also live in uk. I feel so sorry for soldier whos pictures they using. All the pictures are on Alvin Rivera facebook account
Peggy
I too was scammed by someone posing as Col. Peter Petronzio Stenn. The sad part is Col. Petronzio really exists and I doubt he knows anyone is using this information. I have lost $3,250.00 to this person. The money was for leave replacement, travel charge overages etc. I have been in contact with this person for over 6 months. He said all the right things had all the pretty words. I am a widow with 2 sons and we lost everything to this person. We are now living in the car until we can find housing. I am located in Corpus Christi Texas. It is sad that someone can use our military people and their information this way. Please share my e-mail with the local media so they can contact me.
Nancy
Peggy, am talking with a Col Peter Petronzio who says he is from San Antonio, Texas and stationed in Afganistan…would like to talk to u about your ordeal…will u contact me on yahoo..
thanks
rollercutie
Scammed by US Army Staff Sargent David Cox d19135cox@yahoo.co.uk…for a portion of leave flight costs.. spent a month of my time and energy on this guy..even communicatd with his mom and she called me from California..mom supposedly paid for the rest of the costs.. all boggus.. even provided a us military email when I asked but it was e6davidcox@Oklahoma.usa.com.. claimed to be from Fort Sill Oklahoma…should have known better when Commador General Gordon Moulds emailed me and it was an AOL.. just didnt want to see the little things spent so much effort proving to myself it was real i fooled even me..
glennisbunyan
hiis there anyway of finding out about the real soldiers identity i have been scammed by someone posing as christopher morgan have pic if needed
thank you
andrea komar
i was almost scammed by 2 different men one
wanted me to open a checking acct with my name
and give him access code so he could send money
for me to pay his bills for him supposedly he is in iraq his name is cpt. mark douglas his
e-mail is cpt.douglas @yahoo.com the other one is in malaysia he supposedly lost his wallet and wanted me to send money for hotel bill his name is jason willis i met them on
the chemistry dating site pleas dont let this
happen to anyone else i was lucky i didnt give any money i just want to warn everybody
bahialife
Scammed by Craig Dawson.
Yahoo ID sgt_craig_d and e-mail sgt_craig_d@yahoo.com. Met on Chemistry website. Have photos if needed. Out $97.00 to be placed on military registry for death or injury notification. Foolishly gave some personal information and will spend tomorrow attempting to clean up that mess.
Jean
I have been talking to Craig Dawson myself and I found out before too much happened. However, He did send my counterfit MO for me to cash out and send back, and also he wanted me to send money orders for him to other people. I also found him on Chemisty website. I feel so sick right now about learning all of this.
TESS
Please, could you email your pictures of Craig Dawson, I believe I am being scammed by him right now. I am just so sick about this thing. Thank You!
Cecilia
Hi
I am from Sweden and was scammed by a guy who said he was an american soldier in Iraq. A staff sergant in the E-6 forces. He was in Camp Victory.
His name was Alex Swain. Has also found pictures of him as Alexander Swain, Harry Swain and Mark Brown. When I connected his mail adress on msn with facebook he was there as a Ghana boy named Nana Kofi kofi. When he understood I found that. Nanas profile disapeared at once. There are more names in this story. I have pictures , letters and chat history.
julie
hi my names julie.i to no a Alex Swain.met him on Meeteez.hes also on face book.he says hes a captain in the USA Army,based in Afghanistan.lovely man.as i thought ,he asked me for some money so he could come over & live with us in england.due to retire in May,but got to go on a mission,doesnt want to go so he wants me to send him money so he can come out early,still talking to him ,but im glad iv come on this site bcause iv seen his picture on here as a scammer,
Jessica
I joined a website http://www.maturedating.co.uk and have been contacted by two men posing as US Servicemen, but have to be scamm. They are still trying it on, but know I have worked out their deceit and are now cooling off. Please ladies be aware. I have nipped them in the bud before they managed to get any money out of me, but enjoy immensely reading their poor English ( I teach the subject as a Second Language) and trying to get them to appear on the web cam on Messenger! They always worm their way out of the latter….
Brandy Smith
I’m from Alabama I was contacted on a web site called myyearbook.com by a guy claiming to be
sgt.Brian Michael Clark sgtbrianclark@yahoo.com stationed in Iraq and he asked me to pay for armyphoning and someone from armyphoning@aol.com sent me a e-mail asking me for $225.00 to be sent by western union or money gram to be sent to Utah I found out today that the pictures he sent to me arent of him
Brandy Smith
I was contacted by a man on facebook.com Sgt.Erick Lassard claiming to be stationed in Iraq wanted me to send him money for leave papers and said his mother needed emergency surgery his a scammer his English is really bad.sgtericklassard@yahoo.com and ericklassard@yahoo.com found out he was a scammer after I was contacted on facebook by a women who he scammed and she sent him money to Nigeria.
Debbie
Is there anyway I can get Peggy to email me?
Her story is the same as mine. I have pictures and documents too
Elena
I am from Ukraine. A man posing as Mark Smith, 40 y.o. from CA, marine, serving in Iraq and undergoing treatment after being shot in combat, contacted me through Care2.com, his profile is still there. Then we exchanged e-mails for another 2 month. He talked about love. His ex-girlfriend was not royal to him and they split because of her infidelity.
Then he offered to transfer his late mother’s insurance money to my account because he got message from USA friends that criminals may steal those money and he can’t do anything about it. I did not reply to this offer and I did not hear from him again. His e-mail marine4uca@aol.com
I have his letters and photos that he sent to me. I can provide links to his care2 profile with “his” photo. I wonder who is the person on photo, he maybe has no idea that someone use him to scam women.
Isabella
He is trying to scam me,right now, not working, I was suspius from day one he use mach com and see who is online then erase quickly profile with no picture and then ask for e-mail to send picture, He also has a woman he claims is hes family there want to go on webcam with you, and claims he has a son called Jackson there also is him self writing.He spell hes i in small letter, and he are after phone, computer and money, I belive he has a conection in US where he gets the money sent to from people he scam, hes use location Junau, Alaska 31 North Franklin St.
99801 Alaska as he claim is hes home adress.
he use e-mail life_m2@hotmail.com as e-mail, and jackson_m222@hotmail.com who he claims is hes 14 years old son e-mail
ANDREWS MILLER
CAMP VICTORY
3RD INFANTRY DIVISION
A.P.O AE 9951 BAGHDAD IRAQ
LOVE YOU ALWAYS
KISSES AND HUGS TO YOU.
YOURS LOVER
ANDREWS
Isabella
PS I got pictures and he goes on webcam when I ask him to its very poor pictures and I has pictures and has ask him for more hes going to send. he are probaly on line with 2-3 people on same time wrinting in mns, direct and are claiming that net dont work good because in Bagdad Iraq, so slow in answer. he claims to be warrent Officer Andrews Miller.
Lucky for me I has work For US military, as civilian at Fort Campbell before, and knoow some army procedure, he claims he cant get out of Iraq before time, with out paying for hes own ticket home, what a joke, he also claims he has frozen hes bank acount in US and are not able to open it before back in US.
Isabella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ap_XrUk59A
David Miller
Andy Miller
Adrews Miller
Doris Hershey
Jackson Miller
Pickture on youtube of supose armmy soldier warrant officer in bagdad fraud / scam
Its a woman and man working together to scam people working on woman and men on dating sites.
the woman and man scamer they even go on webcam. as niece and yncle and or write in same time to you on msn.
they work as a team and family members niece Doris or son of Andrew / Philip or Andy who is Jackson on msn to convice to money from airplane ticket, or phone or labtop, ect male is claimed to be in Bagdad and female are niece / daugther
Its white people, they have very poorly english and she clame to live i FL. for me it look like they are opperating from germany or Rusia, because they dont know geografi very well and clame picture taken is in Belgium of him, when in fact its in Tijuana Flats Orange park area.
Isabella
http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27427&start=15
Here he are again lots of photo now as Jeff Miller
Isabella
Is there anybody there can get me in touch with US Army Officer Candidate School.????
I need e-mail adress ????
because loads of pictures is used of a scam persen of same soldior all over the net,´to scam men and woman. not only women are scamed by this man using miller army photos Same photos are used to scam men.
Laurie
i was scammed im in perris california … riverside county
and i caught hios little bootie before he did damage and then i switched up on him and hit all his idenitys on eachsite and blasted it to all females and my blackplanet page and migente page // where i had met him
http://www.migente.com/diamondsnecstasy/
and even found women scammed by the same man on migente after i blasted him full page and warned military …. now i have found so many guys that have there idnetys stolen and they come home in dec …. from bagdad
laurie
ALSO I HAVE SO MUCH INFOMATION ON OUR MILITARY SCAMMER FOR ” LINGO ”
ALSO A FRIEND OF MINE HAS BEEN SCAMMED OUT OF THOUSANDS OVER #30,000
AND HAS CONTACT FOR OVER A YEAR ..
BUT I KEEP HER IDENTY UNKNOWN TIL OTHER WISE TOLD ..IS OK
AND NOW I KNOW OUR TEUE IDENTY OF ” LINGO ” AND HIS WHERE ABOUTS
janet billingham
i have just nearly been scammed if it wasn’t for the fact i put the name jeffery humprey in a facebook search at the bottom of the page was this web site about military scammers id never heard of it, he was very charming telling me all the things i wanted to hear then said to get leave we need to be speaking on the phone for at least 14 days and i have to register with a phone company for troops in Afghanistan and that women have been trying to sell secrets to terrorists well i think they have that the wrong way round its the men on these sites that are the untrust worthy please look out for these people
Debbie
ok, just started chatting with a Major in the Army…stationed in Afghan on peace keeping mission. With the 6th Ranger Battalion unit #19081871.
CJ, is this real information? Thanks!
paula
was his name major mike miller.
peggy
I was contacted by a man named Richard Wells. He states he is in the 6th ranger battalion in Afghanistan unit 19081871. He was wanting me to fill out leave papers for him from a Lt. Col. from the leave department. I go suspicious and did not do it.
almostscammed
I think I am being scammed by a sgt michael thompson from Dallas Texas. He is supposedly in Afghanistan and wants me to open up an account and let him wire money to me and me western union it to his commander. Sounded weird to me so I did NOT do it luckily. I have pictures and yahoo chat information I have kept of this fake. Anyone know of a Michael Thompson in the Army e-5 pay let me know. Email me. this has to stop! he broke my heart. I am devastated. I am just lucky I didn’t fall for his lies. Thank you god!
almostscammed
SGT MICHAEL MARK THOMPSON of the United States Army birthdate he said is Dec 10 and is 34 years old. E-5 pay rate. Parents apparently died when he was 17 years old. So his whole life is about military he claimed. Pictures were sent to me of him, I kept offline messages and emails, and conversations. Anyone else have this scumbag scam them? I luckily didn’t transfer funds although he wanted to have me open a CHASE ACCT for him, that he’d put money in there for his plane ticket and I would in turn send it western union to his commander. That is what he wanted, I did do it though. email me if you have had contact with this guy too. Thanks!
Kay
I am from the UK
Would like to get the word out about these sorts of scams. I do not think there is enough publicity about these sort of things. You only hear of those people who have been scammed out of a huge amount of money. There must be thousands of men and women out there who are sending smaller amounts of money (still a lot to those people)but do not report it as they are “embarrassed”. They really do not have anything to be embarrassed about.If Everyone one of us spoke up then it would help others. So CJ if you have any contact with the UK media then feel free to contact me.If any UK Government officials read this then:- It is costing the UK a small fortune – could maybe pay off our national debt.
Luckily for me I found this site before I lost anything including my heart.
Good luck CJ
pam
Hi kay i am from the uk and only found out today that i had been scammed , fuming at myself but i agree with you needs to get out to every one i suggest a documentry i have found also that the guy i thought was my ideal has many different names i have been on this computer since 11 am yesterday i have found out where he is emailing me from just need to know where to send
tk care pam ill help you get it noticed as a giant problem
julia
Anyone of your guys Cpt James Boers?? He is now setting my rich widowed friend ( read skint, 3 kids) with Chris Barrera, also in Afghanistan.
Anonymous
So… I just got burned by Erick Lassard. Anyone interested in bringing him down?
Pam Gentry
well I’ve had about 15 men try to scam me,from africa,to India, to Texas, to army–afghanistan, to a Marine Col. in afghanistan,and there in Florida tooo,and lets not forget there in New York,so ladys write me an i can gave u names an pictures,, ezample,-kelvin–micheal–phil–raymond–james–Mario–patrick–eddie–tray–drake–!!! so i hope i can help, save everything i did,hope u all do to,,
Ellen Hill
I was recently connected with someone on a dating site claiming to be in the Army, and stationed in Iraq. He was going by the name of Mike Deacy, or MikeGUmenteh. He stated that he was 6’4″, event sent a few pictures of himself, one in uniform one in a suit even another showing his bare chest. The e-mails started out as freindly. Then he started saying he was falling in love, this was only after maybe 3-4 e-mails. I said we could be freinds, since he was so far away and I really did not know him, We could call and write maybe even web cam. But he had some excuse as to why he could not call or web cam, my red flag went up. The next e-mail he just came right out and asked me to send him $1,700! It was like I was talking to a different person. I quickly realized I probably was not even talking to the person in the pictures and that this was a scam. More e-mails came and he typing in english became very broken, like the sentence structure was not correct, the words and phrases were not used correctly. I knew this was strange, I asked him to stop e-mailing me because I was starting to feel like this was a scam. The word SCAM seemed to upset him. But he did stop the e-mails. I wish I could find the real soldier that was in the pictures and tell him that someone is using his good looks to lure women to send them money. I am glad I saw that this was false, I would have never sent any money anyway. No more dating sites for me either!
sandy
I’m confused, theres a picture of a man that looks like the man lm talking to now l is he the scammer or is the picture here a victim
Debbie
Sandy, the pictures are victims like the rest of us. The scammers steal the profiles and use them against us to get money or whatever else they happen to need that day…
nikki
Sgt Micheal Thompson contacted me on Plenty of Fish website. He said all the same things as almostscammed stated. Same life story and age, d.o.b., etc. He wanted me to send money for a special army phoning service. It costs 285.00 for unlimited comunication and promised a refund once he was back home in America. I kept e-mails from him and the one supposedly from the army in regards to this bogus service. Our IM’s were accidently lost due to an app update on my phone, unfortunetly. I didn’t fall for it! Little things in our conversations never quite added up and seemed srange the whole time. I was on guard for potential bullshit!
Linda
I live in Sydney,Australia and was contacted by a guy named Mark T Williams, e-mail markwilly96@yahoo.com,through metrodate.com. He said he is on mission in Sudan, and we had been talking for several times. We had started talking about sending a request for his leave to the usarmypeacekeeping@rescueteam.com
He said I have to buy an airplane ticket for him, cause they don’t have access to their account, and all his leave benefits and entitlement will be transferred to my account after he leaves the army. I would really like to know if he is for real or a scammer. Could someone please check on this website and see if he is indeed the same person that has been going around scamming others. If he is, I would like to warn others that he is using another new identity. Thanks
Bridget
Hi, I live in Perth Western Australia. I was contacted by this guy Mark, email markwilly96@yahoo.com through Slinky.com.au on 29 December 2010. As a good percentage of guys on this site are African scammers – warning Ladies! His approach was not so obvious, but I replied by saying – we can talk as long as he’s not a scammer as most seem to be. He replied that he wasn’t and that even he had been contacted by one on that site – haha. Still suspicious, I googled his email address & found this site – thank you people! I notice he has now removed himself from this site.
jean j Zwang
I just confronted the so-called Colonel Peter Petronzio about the items above some of which I copied and pasted into an email to him. I got the same line. He contacted me through Zoosk, and gave his home town as a little town near where I used to live [until shortly before Christmas when I moved] in California. He gave me a convoluted story to explain why it said on Zoosk that he was from that town. He had recently asked me about getting a telephone so that he could “hear my voice” and the contact I had by email with them came back saying it sounded like a scam to them and I should be careful. That is when I looked for this site, which I had seen previously about a month ago, and I told him what I had seen, at which time, he seemed to get angry that I would believe what I had seen on here. After I got to my new home [which I never revealed to him] I thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt and contacted him again. He comes on very strong, and is head over heels in love with you. I was skeptical from the very first because the way he wrote made he think that he was not who he said he was. The grammar was terrible, spelling was terrible, specific questions went unanswered. I saw on the internet that someone else had taken over command of his unit ant that he was supposed to have retired some time ago. Anyway, I thought I would add my two cents’ worth. I might be blonde, but I am not a dumb one so he didn’t get anything from me. I am a fairly recent widow, and I think he probably thought I was fair game. I had some experience with other scammers through dating sites so I was a bit leery, especially when they were in love with you after only a few emails. I thought he would have had the sense not to contact me but he came back with the above message, acting all hurt and so forth. I also sent a Facebook to the real [or what I presumed to be] Colonel Petronzio. There isn’t anything on the page but a picture and anyone can see those on the internet at any time.
jean j Zwang
P.S. [his response to my accusation]
Peter Petronzio to me
show details 8:18 PM (1 hour ago)
Totally surprised of you, where the hell are you receiving all these message from? I am totally disseminated in you.
Peter
MICHELLE
WOW I WAS JUST BORED AND GOOGLED A MANS NAME THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FOR A YEAR NOW AND BINGO HIS NAME IS ON HERE I AM JUST FLOORED I HAVE SENT HIM MONEY AND I WILL NOT SEND ANY MORE HIS NAME IS ROBERT ASHLEY HE HAS THE WHOLE SON DAVID AND A WIDOW STORY WOW IM JUST FREAKED OUT HE REALLY HAD ME GOING SO HE DONT KNOW I KNOW SO WHAT DO I DO WHO DO I CONTACT I HAVE EMAILS AND RECEPTS HE ONLY GOT A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM ME BUT HE WONT GET ANY MORE SO HOW DO I PROSECUTE WHAT DO I DO NOW
Debbie Lynn
Michelle,
The only thing that you can do is block him. You cannot prosecute, you will not get any money back…NOTHING! Sorry but we are all in the same boat and nothing has or will be done to stop them and bring them to justice. We all learn from it, spread the word in hopes that other women and men do not get scammed again.
joyce
hello everyone im writting cause i was fooled by a scamer going by the name David Roland 1st sergant of the army rollingarmyboy@yahoo.com he is a real charmer with good english so please don’t be fooled by him im sure he stole theses pictures http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/123/l_05c64d3190de438b95d0bd5e1d67a8ef.jpg
sfpetiteone
i too was contacted by this rollingarmyboy…unbelievable…thought it was too good to be true!!!
nikki
how did this david contact you ??? sendme an email with details
nikki
stop lying about david. he did not steal those photos he has them posted on myspace.com and david is a very good guy he never scammed me we even went out and let me tell you he is more handsome in person than not and he probably dumped you and your just mad cause he did now david is still in dallas texas and do you even know his story he just lost his daughter and fiance in a car wreck you ought to be ashemed for lying on him you have no evidence to support your statement and even if you do your probably making it up lying coming from his friend who validated and searched that is a legit email babe watch your words cause you can be sued for posting lies
CJ
This person is one of the Scammers. Do not be swayed by this stupidity. The David you are talking about is fake.
Anki
Hi CJ! I want to post the photos on Jenn on this page, how do I do?
Tinydee
I almost got fooled by David too. He also has another e-mail address iamkingdavid73@yahoo.com. He needs to be stopped, he’s very good, everything he was saying I was googling everything and I almost feel for it until he sent me a copy of his “post assignment” letter saying that they was shipping him to S. Korea instead to the state that you live in. I was suspicious within the letter a civilian who couldn’t be a relative have to give $1,500 for surety bond. If you notice the logo on the letter is misportion and at the botton of the letter the long letters are in a shadow format. He’s very good that’s for sure, his grammer is very good.
michelle
To the female Nikki from the April 14th comment…sweetheart, I know you are are upset, but after reading all of these stories which all happen to be very very similar stories about this so-called DAVID ROLAND, there is no way you have still got to believe that this man is telling you the truth!!!!! we women dont even know each other nor have we ever seen each other so we have no reason to lie about this person. theres no way all of us could be lying about the same piece of CRAP!! we all either got scammed or came to our senses before he tried to pull one and hopefully he hasnt gotten you. the pics,the army, the letters, poems, songs, family stories…..GET OVER IT!! HE’S LYING TO YOU!!!!
Tanya
Nikki (whoever) -
I believe these people and it sounds to be you are defending this criminal! Beware! Some of us work for the police and government.
michelle
This same person has contacted me through myspace,I added him to my yahoo messenger, was skeptic about talking to him, he was very polite and very charming , as far as I know he dosent know I know he is a scamer, have talked to him less than a month, He has never asked for money but he said all the lies like the rest, this is a damn shame to play on peoples emotions, I lost my daughter and her fiance in a car accident for real and dont appreciate this man or men’s games may they all rot in hell one day .God dont sleep, I think I will scam him…..
michelle
joyce, I know exactly who you are talking about! unfortunately, this punk contacted me on myspace and must have several different email addresses out there. at first i found it kind of odd that he didnt request me as a friend but then he started talking about the army, why he was giving me his yahoo acct(iamkingdavid73@yahoo.com)because of some security thing and then the spill about the fiance and child death. we talked for about a mth. he is a smooth talker. writing poems and dedicating songs from youtube. REAL SLICKER!!! really got suspicious when everytime i ask him a personal question about his family, his pc would all of a sudden crash…lol.. or he was on his way to the gym. the last straw was when he asked for $1500 to be one of his guarantors so he didnt have to go to S.Korea. sorry, but I dont give men $ especially when I aint even met your a** yet!!…LADIES WATCH OUT FOR ROMANCE SCAMMER DAVID HAROLD ROLAND!!!!!
Laura
well unfortunately i was scammed before i discovered this site..by the person going by David Roland..he did seem too good to be true..but really wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt…well they say a fool and his money are soon parted…i just fell into that group…never again–please ladies be careful..he is really good at what he does
Tanya
This guy also emailed me in Facebook a few days ago. I just recieved the email yesterday. Glad I found this post before I communicated with him.
Tina Strohmayer
I was reading your comment & i must add mine to yours. I think I was just scammed two days ago by a David Roland. However his email is davidroland1214@yahoo.com. He does have a Facebook account & does not look like the guy in the pics you posted but, charms me like no other before. I met him on myyearbook.com under the name Roland David. However I just sent 600 dollars to a woman & when I googled her name she was arrested in Florida in 2007 for crime – Unknown. Then I get email today telling me it’s gonna cost another 1200.00 to pick him up from airport. I am not sending no more. He still claims this is not a scam & I should trust him. Apparently he is stationed in Camp Aruke in Nigeria. Someone help ??? When do we get this to stop ???
brenda pulfer
I was almost a vict. to say the least i was one i sent the money through western union my friend happened to check my email to see when the flite would be in.She works in a lawyers office. It didnt seem right to her the lawyer said her husband was un the army and he never heardof leave request.the only way they can get leave is if they earned it and the army pays for them to go home. She quickley called western union and stoped them in there tracks i got all my money back even the fees i would sure like to find the soldier who is in my pics so i can tell him how sorry i am that they are using his photo like that I am so hurt over all this
tracy lynn
i have been talkin to him too since september and i have sent 3000.00 Aslo hearing the same things
Laura Robinson
Febuary 13,2011 i was almost scammed by someone saying was an art collector but i didnt fall for it so look out for these people
lisa bertelsmeyer
I think i was too,but this one actually admitted to me he was a scammer so maybe not.But he was in Elmira New York.Sound familiar??said he couldn’t go through with it because the more we talked the guiltier he felt because he could see i was a good person and he didn’t want to hurt me.Go figure.He even asked me to remove his name from my contact list.
amd77
My best friend has been talking to a guy for the past few months. His story is: 30 yrs old divorced male, 6 yrd old daughter who lives with sister. Ex wife is a druggie-psycho, father dead, mother lives in UK, he is in Iraq with the Marines. I am naturally untrusting and started checking him….There is no one in the US with his last name, other women have come forward with the same story. Pictures that he sent her show a young male in an Army/ Army Nat Guard Uniform. Other women he did ask for money, specific amnts with USD listed behind it (FLAG!!!) He also tried the “I need you to help me get leave” which didn’t work. When she said she would contact local base to help him, he freaked. He also has asked her to be a “go between” for wire transfers. I was able to get the IP address from one of his emails sent to her and it came from Nigeria. How can I help her?
jean j Zwang
I think he is still at it. He claims to still be in Afghanistan. But the news says that Colonel Peter Petronzio was relieved by someone else [who subsequently is accused of shoplifting]. Now he is asking for money to get his things home — $3700. He says a diplomat will bring his things to me, but the diplomat will not do this without the money up front.
I just emailed him within the past day, and asked him if the reason he was still over there was because the officer who took over his command had gotten in trouble. Here was his answer just a little while ago — my question: “Is the reason you are still over there because the person who was supposed to replace you got into trouble in North Carolina? How dumb of him to ruin his career over what he did! Unless it was to get out of that duty?
Just curious . . . ” His response: Can’t understand the content in your message…”
I recontacted him, wondering how long it would be before he asked me for money. Not too long . . . He suggested I get a loan or use my income tax return.
Colonel Petronzio [the real one] has a little boy, not a teenager. There was a picture of him by his father during the ceremony for change of command in September that is on the internet.
jean j Zwang
8 March 2011 . . . Now it is about two weeks later, and I have heard nothing more from the so-called Colonel Petronzio. He has been on my Yahoo IM site, but hadn’t written anything until the other night when I wrote that I had seen him on the computer but he didn’t “buzz” me. Not sure if he is made because I figured him out or because his scam didn’t work with me. “Peter Petronzio: why should i buzz you
Peter Petronzio: tell me one reason i need to buzz you” He was on there again this evening.
I will continue to update.
Val Olson
Look out ladies! He is a major scammer! He did catch me for a bit, but then I caught him! Yes he talks to more than one at a time! What ever you do DON”T give him anything! What I did finally was told him I sent him a huge amount, dragged him for a little with it and he got quite upset when he wasn’t receiving the money! It was hilarious! Then told him where to go! He tried staying in touch with me but then gave up!
I also then received a letter from some company in Nigeria that said they had “caught” Colonel Peter Petronzio and wanted info requiring some monies. Funny how that showed up a couple days later after I gave him the boot and then they had the nerve to ask for info….what did they think I was stupid twice! I told them a few things as well! Never heard from them again!
Please ladies, don’t tangle with this one!
Jenny
This scam is still going on.
Now its General Raymond Odierno, Staff Sergaent Kevin Stewart (actually a Platoon Sergeant) They are now using ssgt.stewart2ymail.com, and raymondodierno@mail2army.com, and TS2 contactts2pl@mail2army.com what a shame!!
moneaque
I can not believe it. I am online right now with one of these creeps. I am going to play their stupid game and curse them out for all of the people these creeps have scam.. I will keep you posted
jean j Zwang
The “Colonel” has been in contact again, and continues to ask when I will be getting my income tax return and/or a loan and/or payment a doctor owes me so I can send him money to get his things back to the States. I pointed out to him that according to the news he is not even over there any longer. A so-called ‘commanding officer’ and he needs to ask me for money. I just wonder how many other people he is still asking money from!? I even have a feeling it is not always the same person emailing to me and that sometimes it seems like he is on yahoo IM with someone else at the same time because of pauses in his messages coming back to me. It has been several days now since I last heard, but his excuse would probably be because of all the upheaval caused by Qaddafi.
jj
Carolyn
My potential scammers name is Gary Witt. Even has a FB page with no friends of course. He says he is a Sgt. Commander in the “Explosive Ordnance Unit, currently in Ghana to “recruit volunteer soldiers. Would not tell me his rank, just laughed when I asked. I sent him no money, but yes he asked. “It’s so hot down here, I want to move to a hotel”. Claims to be retiring in April, Oh brother. Even offered to have me as 2nd signature on his stateside bank account, feeling sorry for my current lack of funds. Seeing though I couldn’t send him any money. Hummm now what info do you need for that. Oh yea my SS#, name address etc.. Too much. Have any of these jerks heard of working to earn the money themselves. Seens like if they put as much time into scamming as working, they’d have their own money! Remember the name…GARY WITT….
ebonie
I received an email on myspace from a david roland sgt us army special forces operations his wife and daughter died in a car crash in texas he is stationed in schofield barracks hawaii and he contacted my email on myspace and I asked him his name and age he said he is david roland and his age is 37 and his date of birth is january 30 1974 his profile on myspace is david davidd his email address is rollingarmyboy@yahoo.com and smilingarmyman@yahoo.com
Icy
that’s the retard, who contacted here as well
smilingarmyman@yahoo.com
michelle
davidrollingboy@yahoo.com David Roland, trying to scam me as we speak, had an odd feeling from the start to good to be true… such a shame
tami
I am glad i decided to google his name. He sent me what turns to be phony papers saying he’s going to south korea instead of Where i live. Good thing i never sent any money.
Diana Sorensen
I am from Trenton, NJ, that was the scammer’s first mistake. At first I thought he was just a good looking, lonely soldier wanting to chat on Facebook. A couple days in to it, I realized I was chatting with more than one person, so I knew this was some kind of scam. I played his game, knowing eventually he would ask for money, then of course after I made excuses why I could not send him money, I became the bain of his existence and he unfriended and blocked me. The name he is using is Dave Cromwell http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000582478311. He sent me a (bad)poem using the email charlesdegen60@yahoo.com, who coincidentally is also a fake profile on Facebook.
Anna
Hi! I have also realized that there are more than one person. To this list I can add Brian Chambers and John Frasier. All these four gentlemen togheter with Charles Degen and Dave Cromwell are the same person. I also had those bad poems and he needs money to get his realease papers done. He wants to quit the army and have to use it to bribes.
Mary
I too was contacted via one of the social networking sites by a man claiming to be David Roland (37 yo, widowed, lost child, in Army as a “technician.” Of what??). I immediately knew he was a scammer and now I have my proof. Thanks everyone for posting on this site. Look out for these leeches.
michelle
my best friends husband is in the military and caught on to it from the beginning of me showing the profile of this DAVID ROLAND , for one the pics didnt match up, they were from the movie Major PAIN OR HOW EVER you spell it and the others were just pics he is trying to scam me right now but it wont happen ….
Elisa
I was contacted by a guy named David Roland on Myspace last week. I thought that it was kind of weird since I hardly ever get on Myspace, but anyway he asked me not to add him as a friend since he is hardly on there. We chatted a few times on Yahoo messenger then he asked for my email and sent me pictures and a poem. Little did he know that I had did my investigation and found this site. He is still using the story of losing a fiancee and child to a car wreck and that he is a first sergeant stationed in Shofield Barricks in Hawaii and will soon be stationed in California. He never got as far as asking me for money and he never will since I told him off. He is currently using Yahoo ID iamkingdavid73@yahoo.com. Thanks guys for having this site so others will be aware of this creep.
Nancy
Please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_123980887398¬if_t=group_activity
This is a group of women organizing to flush out the scammers. Military and the rest…
They have a listing as well as pictures you can compare to!!
dee
James Boers hasnt scammed because i realised he was not who he protrays to be
i live in belfast and he was going to come to belfast on leave within next two week i had him checked out by a friend who had contacts and i have read on thede reports his name so i contacted the site as yet i havent had a reply
Kim
Late last year I had the same problem with David Roland. I live in Grand Junction, Colorado and he tried to scam me out of 5000.00 or so. He sent me an offical letter (or not so offical) from the Marines. I did not buy into it. He used the same story with me. He really devoted a lot of time into it. He said that he lost his finance and kid in a car accident. I googled his name and found this. He used the same pics too. I contacted a friend and she wasn’t able to confirmed that he existed in the military. He also stated that he was moving out here.
Martina
Iam from germany and iam very furious in betweentimes too, caus ethis scammer s do still use the pics from fallen or active soldiers. near every day, some of them try to get me as a Kurier for stolen Money there in front.they use Names from Captains ,Majors and other.I really don’t know, whom i can tell about this all and by the way i have also been a victim of those scammers! I hope, i can help, to catch this criminal creatures!
Salut Martina
Eileen
I just flushed out a scammer!! He went by the name Sgt. Kevin Stewart (who is an actual person) he tried to get me to buy a satilite phone to communicate with him in Iraq. I didn’t fall for it but stupid me gave him my number. He called and had some weird accent. Not sounding like someone from new York or Louisiana as he claimed. Once he knew I figured it out he got crazy mean on yahoo IM. I taunted him and he has not tried to contact me again. I read the article about the scam and they had the same letters that had been used to scam other women. It was bone chilling! Can some one please make sure the real Kevin Stewart is contacted? This happened on the app SKOUT and yahoo IM. I have reported this scam to both. I am in North Carolina and I would hate for anyone else to get taken for money. Thank you!.
Nina Rasmussen
Am from Denmark, and i have been scammed by a man called himself Benson Justin Ramos, an American Soldier, His email is justinramos215@yahoo.com, i have paid 15000 USD to that man…i hope someone can help me to get in contact with the media in US, cos it really a big problem, there are so many FAKE profile everywhere….TAGGED – FACEBOOK – MY SPACE, and on alot of datings sites
contact me on snuble76@yahoo.com or ninarasmussen34@yahoo.dk, if you wanna talk…you are not alone about the problem
Kathy
I was contacted by a SGT Jason Mateo, photos sent with Mateo on the tab, after 4 days he is in love and wants me to be his next of kin, so marriage document but I would need to send a copy of my birth certificate. Says he is in Kabul, my gut is telling me something is just not right here… This is happening yet as of today, unless he does not respond further, I have sent him my suspicions and copies of articles that read the same way as he is speaking to me…
crystal
I met a guy called Charles Petro on Military Dating Cupid, He claims be a US Medical Personnel – a Neuro surgeon in the US Marines based in Iraq and been transferred to Afghanistan. He claims to be a widower, who lost his wife and children in a terrible car accident. He says he comes from Iowa US on Facebook and lives in California, EMAIL: charlespetro71@yahoo.com.He claims to be of Irish background but born in the US,speaks Arabic & English, he left me a number:+13156299961 which he claims is a number in the US.He sent me an email claiming he has resigned that quickly to travel to Singapore to do business and to Australia to me, what a load of CRAP! He rang me once and I got a shock that he had a very strong strange accent, ARAB ACCENT. I was suspicious and questioned him about his Accent and said to him How come you have a strange ARAB accent and he hung up on me.
I send him an email telling him he’s a fake American and I know how American’s talk and their Accent..and I believe, he has stolen photos of some American man and his family..he replied to me swearing at me and saying what do I do know about Americans..lol.He has no idea all medical neurosurgeons are registered on the Medical Board as I do nursing. I am an Aussie girl by the way and I learn about different cultures,Languages and history and pick up different accents from different cultures around the world.
I have the photos of the man and family he emailed to me and want to find the owner of the photos.The family in the photos look Americans to me, please let me know how to forward the photos to you to figure out who owns this photos and if there is really a US MARINE MEDICAL PERSONNEL- NEURO SURGEON with the name Charles Petro based in Afganistan.
maty
hola, yo tambien conoci a charles petro y me dice lo mismo, y me envio el correo con las fotos de su familia, que perdio en un terible accidente, y lo conoci en “amor en linea” con el nombre de lovelydoc pero me parece bastante diferente en esas fotos que las que recibi por email, me dice que es de iowa y que tiene 2 hermanas que ahora esta en malasia recuperando un dinero de su papa 1800000 dolares, y que regresara a eua en poco tiempo, tambien me llamo por telefono y tiene un acento demasiado arabe.
crystal
Hi Maty, this charles petro never mention any sisters,claims to be a neurosurgeon, only has his mother in Ireland,business in Singapore..claims to be born in the states..thats full of crap..He sounds Arabic..strong weird Accent. He doesnt sound American.. I believe those photos are been stolen from a American family..Please leave your email so I can send you those pic’s if they are same..I need to find the owner of the photos as well.
Cheers!
Nina Rasmussen
HOW US SOLDIERS IDENTITY GET STOLEN AND ABUSED
I have studied how the U.S. Soldier’s identity is stolen and abused on the Internet.
The FBI and the Army and local authorities do have this information.
Scammers uses often open proxy to hide their real location , so that means the IP number can show up in another part of the world!
Even if scammer´s hides them self in every way as Fake IDs and fake IP numbers they can never hide their behaviours !
How they use all the information of all the REAL Soldiers and all the information brought on the black market for just 50 Dollars.
Military old PCs are thrown out like garbage, they end up in the African countries, as Ghana and Nigeria (LAGOS) but what the Military forget is: TO TAKE THE OLD HARD DRIVER OUT of the PC, and there everything start…
All the information about the REAL soldier, there have had that PC in the States are there, pics, papers whole his identity. SCAMMER´s use the soldier pic and his information, I will say maybe 85 % of the REAL soldier identity. The SCAMMER´s know the US Military are on duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, so every SCAMMER Soldier start with they are deployed in one of those countries “Iraq” and there they tell their story about their work.
They go on the Internet on the dating sites and creating FAKE profiles and use the REAL Soldier identity and pics…they met a lot of women and the SCAMMERS fall very fast in love with their victim. After few weeks the SCAMMER want to meet the victim, and they have created FAKE document from the Military, now am thing on their leaving letter, they tell it will cost money to get them out of the WAR ZONE, and the victim is so much in love so she pay the money what it cost 4300USD maybe…then the SCAMMER soldier say he have to be flown to another Country “UK” and there he ask for money again cos they maybe have a bonus they need to have with them, and now again the victim have to pay more money maybe 4700USD more…the SCAMMER´s can get a phone so the SCAMMER and the victim can talk together…but the phone number SCAMMER use is a FAKE number, in UK +4470….. but what the victim doesn’t know is the SCAMMER is still in Nigeria or another African country…when the victim say stop they don’t have more money to send, the SCAMMER discarded the victim. The SCAMMER start his game all over again.
I understand you are thinking I have met an Nigerian scammer myself once, that´s why I am here to help and make people aware of these kind of scams that can hit any one ! Scammers are very manipulative and knows how to target women in all ages, nationalities, cultures, religions! It do not matter if you are smart or not, they are smarter many times and asks the right questions they need to know from the victim, and suddenly you are there, scammed and another victim. But yes scammers changes photos, names, age and as you say the 2 years can make an difference in the search engine that they get more hits and other people as hits .But what i can say to you, better be safe than sorry in this case, if you feel that something do not feel comfortable for you, just end it! But if you are curious see what it leads.
The signs of an scammer are:
1.Fake profiles on a white male living in US, UK and has connections to NIGERIA or GHANA or are in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN as a Soldier.
2. He is a widower or divorced.
3. Work as a Contractor, engineer or an business man, now as US Soldier too
4. Scammers send templates copied and pasted from the internet.
5. Looks for a serious relationship that leads to marriage
6.Asking money from strangers is an scam. 7. They make FAKE document from the Military
I can tell: NO SOLDIER there are on duty in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN is on dating sites!!!!
Here is some of the sites where the SCAMMER´s are:
FACEBOOK.COM
CONNECINGSINGLES.COM
TAGGED.COM
MATCH.COM
MYSPACE.COM
AND MANY MORE………..
Which country the SCAMMER chooses his victim:
Most of the victims are from Europe, and I mean countries like
The Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Belgium
Austria
And more countries…..
And why the SCAMMER´s choose those Countries is because there is English the second languages.
HOW TO STOP SCAM!!!!!
DONT SEND YOUR PC OUT OF THE COUNTRY!!!!
The Soldiers do a GREAT job, why do they have to fight to keep their identity too.
The soldier there get stolen their identity cant do anything anymore if we not STOP that kind of crime. In fact it is Identity Fraud.
SAVE THE SOLDIERS IDENTITY!!!!
I hope ALL will take this very seriously and start a fight to stop SCAM!!!!
GOD BLESS ALL TROOPS!!!!!
Crystal
thank you Nina, you are right there, There are 2 currently on Tagg right now,one claims to be a Corporal name Bryan Scoth or Bryan S on Tagg and Facebook,looking for a wife, email:bryanscoth19@yahoo.com and the other one claims to to be a Captain 0-3 name:Josh B or Josh Baker,Baker josh, email:joshbaker1971@ymail.com both claim to be in the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.Josh baker claims to be a captain and does business online, which is totally rubbish scamming and conning women, Soldiers don’t do online business and dont have a mobile phones or a web cam, All their Ip addresses point to the UK or the US and they are always on a smart blackberry phone and I believe they have hidden their IP address and using a fake address conning women online.This two Con-artists have put up their profiles on Tagg with photos, I believe are stolen spread across their profile page on Tagg,making every woman believe they are soldiers and impersonating a real soldier! I have reported them but Tagg hasnt done anything about the Profiles. And yes I would very much like to FIGHT this SCAMMERS abusing our SOLDIERS IDENTITY!!! IT’S A CRIME,IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD!! Please save our soldiers Identify..Let Justice be done!
Kristy
Hi Nina and thank you for your info! To make my story short, I actually friended my scammer on FB. I did not know he was a scammer at first. He (they) set up a FB under the name of a former classmate. Our high school reunion was coming up and that is how he friended different people from my class. One person thought they remebered “Scott Long” and added him and then others thought, well so and so “remembers” him so I’ll accept his request. I don’t know how he (they) targeted my high school, but they are very smart in some ways.I called them out the other day and reported them on FB as impersonating another person. FB took down there profile right away. I just feel so angry at these people for taking the name and identities of our beloved US soldiers. God bless all our men and women!!
Kristy
Hello, I am currently corresponding with some-one claiming to be in the US ARMY, however, I know this person is in Nigeria and trying to scam me. He or they do not know I know and I am “playing along” What is different from other scams I have read about is that they have asked for money to help a family member located in Spain, not for them selves. This “person” is supposed to be going on leave tomorrow to come see me. My question is, if I report them, will anything really be done?
CJ
LADIES (AND MEN, IF ANY), I’M WRITING THIS IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE I NEED EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THE NEW READERS TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
I AM CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN. TRACKING DOWN THE REAL GUYS BEHIND THE PHOTOS WAS NEVER A PRIORITY FOR ME EVEN THOUGH I WOULD TRY SOMETIMES AND SURELY ISN’T NOW. I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMBAT ZONE AND HAVE BETTER THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT THAN ANSWERING EMAILS ABOUT WHETHER SO-AND-SO IS A SCAMMER OR NOT.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON THIS SITE. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVEN’T TOLD YOU. IF YOU’VE READ THIS INFORMATION AND STILL AREN’T SURE, THAT’S YOUR FAULT FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND IF YOU DON’T HEED MY ADVICE, FRANKLY YOU DESERVE TO GET SCAMMED.
I’M SORRY TO BE SO BLUNT, BUT THE EMAILS HAVE TO STOP AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR!! I WILL NOT ANSWER SCAMMING EMAILS. I’M MORE FOCUSED ON LIVING THROUGH THIS DEPLOYMENT THAN ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT I’VE ALREADY ANSWERED ON THIS AND OTHER POSTS.
I’M SORRY FOR BEING SO BLUNT, BUT WHEN I’M GETTING ANGRY EMAILS BECAUSE I’M SUPPOSEDLY IGNORING EMAILS WHEN THE REALITY IS THAT MY MISSION HERE KEEPS ME BUSY, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.
DO NOT EMAIL ME WITH REQUESTS TO ADD PHOTO, FIND THE REAL SOLDIER YOU THINK YOU’VE BEEN TALKING TO, TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT THE SCAMMER YOU’RE TALKING TO IS THE REAL DEAL, ETC. FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I SIMPLY DON’T CARE IF YOU AREN’T WILLING TO TAKE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS SITE AND USE IT.
I WILL BE ACTIVELY TRACKING THESE GUYS AGAIN WHEN I GET BACK ALIVE FROM AFGHANISTAN. UNTIL THEN, I THINK MY PRIORITIES ARE LITTLE BETTER FOCUSED HERE.
Sandra from MO
CJ,
Thank you for all the information you have put out there it has helped me alot, to find out the truth! I have only lost 6 months of emails!
So please sir stay safe and will have you and your unit in my prayers daily…
Thank you again
Sandra
Kristy
Wow, I just asked if anyone knows if anything can be done to these scamers. I didn’t send any pics or ask advice. I know they are scamers. And of coarse your job and safety are top priority for yourself as it should be. Sorry for asking if anything is done to these scamers.
Annmarie
Ladies please be aware of John Walker he contacted on Oasis dating UK, his email is johnwalker.1@live.com he is a scammer,says he is a Major sergent ,yes that is how he said it and spelt it,
he sent pics of a guy in the army who has sergeant only stripes.
I have been in contact with Oasis dating they are actually going to put a warning on there home page “fraudulent accounts” detailing all about this current scam and what to watch out for,so something positive, at last.,
CJ to you and your soldiers, our thoughts and prayers are with you always.
Kristy
Ladies be aware of a nigerian who’s stolen the identity of a US soldier. He is on facebook under the name of David Scot, and also under David Barby Jones. Its a shame to the real person who deserves to know his identity is stolen. But if they sound too charming to be true, then it is too charming to be true. These guys are in a warzone. Even if they are afraid they dont show it, let alone talk like a female pansy. Dont be so gullible to only hear what you want to hear.
CJ stay safe and strong and as you said concentrate on staying alive!
Janet
I am now in contact with Col. Peter Petronzio. I need help on what to do. Thanks.
Saturn
Has any one been contacted by someone posing as Gabriel Rivera based in Afghanistan, but lives in Georgia? I have been sent photos of a soldier in army uniform with the name Rivera printed, standing next to another soldier, also other photos of him without a shirt on. He insisted that we didnt speak on the phone as it would be too costly, but i noticed his written english on gmail chat looked fishy. Like someone whose first language was not english. After weeks of chatting and he even suggested that I visit his home in Georgia whiles travelling the USA. Then he asked for help to send money to his 21 yr old son who’d gone to China without his permission and got robbed of all his money!!! I thought what a story. anyone had anything similar happen? When I said I didnt believe him and would never send money to someone I hadnt met, he got so angry and said he thought I was the woman for him, but if i can’t help him when he needed me, then there’s no point in chatting anymore!the sad thing is that I know the person in the photo is definitely not who I was speaking to and would really want him to know that his photos are being used by scammers.
chrystal
All these scammers all come up with all sorts of stories, some claimed to be widows with young children, others claimed wives cheated on them, the most common stories are wife died in a accident, leaving them with a young child to look after..All these scammers seems to come from Nigeria and south Africa. They all claim to be somebody but their english grammar is terrible, they cant read or write in english,very poor..too many spelling mistakes..They copy and paste stolen profiles of someone else, I have come across quite a few who copy and paste photos, emails etc..coz they dont know what to write in their emails..they take ages to response to a message coz they are too busy copying and pasting and reading through someone elses profile to respond to you. They all go putting up profiles on social networking sites with the same personal details,change locations to something else, they all range from ages 38-45, they all have older women on their profiles,also targeting single mums.They sometimes don’t know the difference between a marine,air-force or a soldier in the army.When you question them, they get frustrated, angry and start getting aggressive and rude.They cant even tell you what their duty is been in the military, they claim to hold high positions in the military, photos they put on profiles are too old and out dated, they have no idea about work the soldiers do in the military..When you question them, they jump to something else. They also paste and copy photos of military families in their profiles..
Be aware of sgt.wynnwestberg@yahoo.com,call himself wynn westberg on FB&TAGG, actually is a Nigerian scammer and also johnnymorisson@yahoo.com,call himself johnny morrison.
This scammers have no social life but stealing personal details,photos of someone else.
I find them too dumb and stupid on line coz they have no knowledge of the military,the duties and the difference between a Marine,Airforce,Navy and the Army!
Another victim
Hey Saturn, I have also been talking to a soldier going by the name of Gabriel Rivera based out in Afghanistan who said he was from Georgia and had a 21 year old son called Tom. He said he was a signal specialist, aged 47, birthday 19 Feb and on deplayment until end of Feb/March 2012. We ‘d been talking for around 5 months now and I made a huge mistake in sending money not to him but to Lt Mark Collins who apparently was processing an emergency leave application for him to come to the UK. Obviously it was all a scam and I came to realise this mistake on Monday when I had antihero request for cash. Anyway I have notified the UK police and the CID in the army as I really want to let the real man in the photos I was sent what has happened. I also have numerous photos of a man with the name Rivera on his clothing – he is very attractive slightly mixed race and fair skinned. Anyway I like you realise the man in the photos is not the man I have been chatting too for so long. The level of the deception is unbelievable in terms of the time and detail and energy they invest in getting your trust. I can only hope I can reach the real man in the photos and warn him. The money has gone but I am not hurt physically. Let me know if you do manage to track the real person down.
Sandra from MO
i have been speaking to a Sgt from commerice city, CO, but a back search on his IP puts in in Nigiera!! His name is Donald Lecain.. His stated he is a Bomb detective and stops arms from coming into the War Zone… up until now he has not asked for money but we went from $300.00 to 1100.00 in a weeks time…. Know he is a scammer so Now i am the one playing the games….
tonia williamson
i was scam once by army guy but he was nigeria his name was tedd kammer@yahoo.com now i got another one he goes by mark his email is mark4heart@yahoo.com his phone number is 447035996443 and 2347063575976
Tammy
There’s a guy on Facebook trying to scam me into filing leave papers (not sure if there would have been $$ involved). I’ve only been talking to this guy for 3 days! He claims to be a US Army sargeant, originally from Brazil (hence the broken English); has a daughter whose mother died recently as a result of an operation. The things he tells me about Brazil have been stolen word-for-word from various websites and personal blogs. The pictures he sent of his daughter were very small (low resolution). He ignores most of my questions to him and counters with more questions about me. I’ve traced his IP address back to Nigeria. I think I may play his game and he how far he goes…
Anonn
@ Tammy BE CAREFUL if you arent a B8iter you can pass his email address on to a professional B8iter at this site scamwarners.com and this scammer must be a real amateur he begged for money only after 3 days he must be in grade school havent you heard they are starting EARLY go to yahoo news and read about the 1 Month old baby already on Government Payroll even before he or she were born glad you were able to track his Ip right off good job lol what a crock from Brazil yet in the US Army his IP didnt just lead back to Nigeria for nothing hell it is his home and he is an African
lee baleme
To those affected by this importer lee baleme, I am Lee Baleme, and the pictures used by the fake people in Nigeria are in fact mine.
I want to apologize to all of you for being taken advantage of, using my information. It’s hard to see all this taking place and not be able to do much about it. I have a beautiful family and launching into a new career soon, and am affected by this stuff as potential employers see this and steer clear. It’s a work in progress.
All of you must understand, at NO time will a real Soldier contact anyone for an advance of money to get back to the US from overseas! The Government arranges for all transport back to the US for us. There are small fees incurred by us when we get back to the US but they’re minimal.
Trish
i was scammed by someone named darlin.dave @yahoo.com and a Mr_Diploma0 @yahoo.com. Sadly i lost 15,000 but my life was threatened as well. Its frightening the pictures they use and methods they use. This person claimed to be in the army coming home from afganistan in january. It sickens me that the real soldier the pic belongs to doesnt know its being used to threaten a single mother with a child.I didnt see stories on any site exactly the same but ill assume they just get better at it.I realize the money is gone but if i can save one person the nightmare i went thru then its a good thing
Teri Massingham ( AUST )
I have photo’s and information on 4 suspected scams that have asked me for money in some way or another that are using military people as well as the one above claiming to be Cpt Jones and a civillian calling himself Mr Michael George ( Engineer )If you would like that information please contact me on my e-mail. thanks
lynn cooper
hi teri please can u help with names or pics u have because i think im being scammed by a cpt claiming he is in the us army . thank you . lynn cooper
Nina Rasmussen
Hello Everyone
I had to change my email address cos of some scammers.
I have made a page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Victim-of-scam/252625958135862?sk=wall&filter=1¬if_t=wall you are all welcome to join that page there are a lot of information there about scam….and thanks for these Soldiers there helping to show their real identity on here…. hope there will come more Soldiers there will do the same…here is my other profile on Facebook Ccf Victims “Cyper Crime Fighters Victims https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003347572795 Please remember you are not alone there are people there will help if you need to talk Email me : ccfvictimofscam@yahoo.com
To all Soldiers be safe and God Bless you
From Nina
VIRGINIA
here is a address one wanted me to send gifts to hAddress : 41 Agbowo UI rd., Ibadan
done ip checks come back to opera satilite couldnt find out anything else. if u need pics contact me i have them . met him on my year book
State: Oyo State
Country: Nigeria
Zip Code: 23402e goes by the name capt boby e robinson (Eddie m Robinson
lynn cooper
hi virgina please could u send me some pics xx iam in contact with someone from nigeria ibaden oyo state he is claiming to be a captian in us army xx many thanks look forward to hearing from you take x lynn cooper
lynn cooper
hi virginia , the man i have been in contact with goes by the name of cpt michael morris, origan native american, but lives in the uk , his wife die of lung cancer 4yrs ago, has a 8yr old daughter called kate. is in the us army in nigeria.
Anonn
There is NO US Military Base in Nigeria US Military would NOT be in a Shithole like Nigeria. Anonn
nancy shamee
I would like to complain about the guy name lee c baleme.He had contacted me in January 2011.He asked me to date him and I believed him.He would contact me online and we had been chatting for a six months.Then he contacted me again in January 3rd 2012.I had send money to him 3 times through money order.I sent $700 and since June 7,2011 I lost him.I will forward the receipt of the last known address I had sent through Kim Rawlings.She would receive my money order through Express,cash it and sent it to Lee Baleme through the western union.
I need an apology from John Lee,if he does not apologize,I will forward a complain of the recent incident this past weeks.Thank you for your time.I will await for your reply.
keith daniels
Anyone out there scammed by a “Chris Jackson” supposedly stationed in Afghanistan? Has adopted or is adopting a little girl, most likely Afghanian, and is scamming for needs for the girl. Might also involve the names Francis Kings, Emmanuel Fletcher or David Sarpong.
Mary
Lavalife website is a cess pool filled with these scam artists, all you have to indicate in your profile is you are financially stable and bam you end up with a Nigerian sending photo’s. Shocked that no one has been able to track down this centre where they all sit with their scripts and expose them.
Mary
Just learnt today that I also believe they are stealing information from LINKED websites. I have to say and forgive me if I seem a little harsh, but honestly do not be taken for a fool, I caught on in 2 talking sessions. If it sounds too good to be true, chances are people it is. Their long and lengthy communique and their grammar was a tip off for me. If you have all these monies to send to these scam artists, send your monies to local charities instead.
Anne Daes
Does someone know how the real Sgt Tommy Willaims Barrera looks like. We have pics but don’t know if it’s the real Barrera or the fake one.We know the fake one is a scammer.
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!!!
Blondell Lehocki
I had one trying his best to impress me. I know he is a scam. He is a very smooth operator ladies and comes from a dating site. He is very calculating so be very careful. He is trying his best. I am on to him and have found pictures of the military person that he says he is, and the pictures are stolen and he says the pictures are him. These people in Nigeria are stealing pictures of our troops and using the pictures on singles websites and saying that they are the person in the pictures. Finally, I told him that if he is the gentleman in the picture and is truly the one with whom I have discussed and had conversation with that he is very welcome to come visit me. But, he is responsible for his own way home. I also told him that if he shows up at my door and he is not the person in the pictures that I have been talking to I will call the police and tell the police I have no idea who he is, and have him arrested for harassment. I let him know that if he is using someone else’s pictures to represent himself I would help prosecute him. I let him talk all the sweet talk and let him think he was getting what he wanted. He even gave me airline reservation times and dates as to when his flight was arriving. When he was almost to the point of ask for money, I told him before he even asked, “Don’t go there.” He instantly decided I was not the one for him because I did not trust him. I told him good bye. I found out the the military only uses “Data” as an internet provider. Military personal will not be on a dating sight. If they are they are all 25 and under because they are searching for dates. All Military personnel uses a service called “Data” provider to communicate. An officer would not be on a dating site. Also look at their profiles. If a soldier tells you he has a PHd and is making 24,000 the pay scale does not match the degree. And, an officer with a PHd will not be in battle fatigues. He is is sitting safely behind a desk, calling the shots. The profile will tell you a lot. Pick the profile apart, and do not take the conversation off the site. Military personnel have palm pilots and the email will have palmtop and the military personnel name at the bottom of the email. If you get phone calls that are scrambled hang up it is a way to hide their true native language accent. If you take the conversation off the dating site use yahoo. Also search the site for a while and refuse to reply to a few. If you refuse to reply you will notice that all of a sudden many men will be interested in you, and you will all of a sudden get a lot of emails. Common sense tells me this is not coincidence this is possibly the dating site that is even pulling their own little scams. Nigeria also has warehouses with many men employed to run the scams for them. It is a multi-million dollar business with the goal to scam thousands of dollars from unsuspecting females. Everyone has a right to let down their guard and learn about other people, but do not lose your senses about you and get suckered. Use your senses. Recognize the reality of it all. There is nothing wrong with talking to someone, but be realistic. If he has done tours in Iraq, Afghanastan, etc, he knows how to get home and handle his own priorities in life. Make him responsible. If he really is true, he knows how to find his way to you without any help at all. Give him your address and tell him I will see you when you knock at my door. If he is sincere he will find you. If he is not sincere he will not be knocking at your door. Have a blessed day.
Anonn
Thanks I Love it Anonn
Blondell Lehocki
One other comment regarding Next of Kin. Do not let the words “Next of Kin” lead you to believe that the words are something more than they are. The status “Next Of Kin” only allows you to call a specific number and find out about how your soldier is doing. Next of Kin is a status that every branch of the service uses to notify the person on the form as to the status of that soldier. You will not get phone calls if something has happened to your soldier. You will get an officer in dress uniform who will personally come to your door and give you a status report personally. No other person will know that status until you have personally been notified. If you do not hear from your soldier in a while he may be on maneuvers. If you are truly listed as your soldiers “Next if Kin” he will provide you with information on how to follow through regarding next of kin. If a soldier tells you that you are his “Next of Kin” and does not give you information in how to followup with the proper authorities, rationalize the situation out. It may not be reality. “Next of Kin” does not entitle you to any of this soldiers benefits unless you are married. Do not get suckered into thinking that it is anything more than stated above. Do not give your social security number to anyone regarding “Next of Kin”. It is not needed. If you are married your soldier has been instructed regarding the responsibility of providing his wife’s personal information to the branch of service that he is in. If you are not married “Next of Kin” is an honor that you follow through on for your soldier and does not lead to having his benefits transferred to you.
Blondell Lehocki
I have read several of these stories and I am truly sorry for some of the ladies that have been involved in a scam. So, basically my message is for those up-and-coming that seek advice. In regards to scams involving money or anything that money can buy/purchase, etc:
If the scam is not directly related to personnel from a branch of the service here in this country (under legal jurisdiction of this country the USA) an investigation is not going to take place. That is why places like Nigeria scam the women or men in the USA. There is no legal jurisdiction. You can track back all the way to their door. There is no legal jurisdiction. Our legal system has no jurisdiction in Nigeria. That is why they scam the USA. Legally, there can be nothing done, no matter how many pictures you save or how many letters you save or how many receipts you save. Just call it an out-of-pocket expense for looking for love online. I think the best thing that can be done now as women is to cut-and-paste the positive information that you do find on this site and copy it some place else for someone that maybe is about to experience what other women have.
Sometimes when a women gains the attention of a man she seems to just forget about reality. Her reasons for doing this are not always comprehended, as we are not the one that feels her needs at the time. Be realistic, and I am not being rude when I say what I am about to say. This is just a scenario.
OK, I will use my personal scenario. Yesterday, CJ posted about the cream he is using on his face for the next three weeks, and how it is going to make his face red and puffy for the next three weeks. I saw the tweet and tweeted him back.
“Love you even if your face is red and puffy.” Thanks for everything you have done and still do. Know the cream you speak of. LOL.
I share this to explain this. When I mentioned the word “love” it is in the context of love for mankind because of what he is doing for me and our country. I am not in love with him.
Sometimes when a woman is vulnerable her affections can be played upon. And, she is very easily trapped. I explain all of this only to make a point as I have seen many friends fall victim to this nonsense that I have been reading everywhere on the net.
Come on women, these men have done tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and all around the world. Stop falling for stories involving money in any way. Look at it this way. If your (fake) soldier says he has been deployed for two years in Iraq, and needs you to send him money, think about it. He has been in the field for two years. He draws a paycheck, and has not been anywhere to spend it.
When a man emails you and the only words he has to say repeatedly are “I love you”, come on think about it. Love is a very emotional word and men don’t often say it…Look at it this way…if you have not touched skin-to-skin in a horizontal position with this man…do you really think he is in “love”. To men the word love is strongly attached to the act of sex….that is why they get all gah gah when they run into really good goodies. Think about it ladies.
I am sorry to be so blunt, but somebody has to say it. If any of you would like to cut and post my message and place it on other dating sites, etc, please feel free to. We need to worry our men less, by being brighter as women. They have enough to do.
I hope this information is helpful. I am not saying that the possibility of love can not happen through written words. But learn to cover your back, and think through it. If you are not getting something more than written words and empty promises, enjoy the conversation for what it is and watch your back. Besides, a little flattery never hurt any woman…smile and have a blessed day.
Lori
ive been talking to a sgt baleme raymond. He has gotten from me 1200.00 usa dollars. Supposley for his leave. Well if I knew what I know now I would of never send the money. Now he’s asking for 1985.00 usa dollars. He’s out of his mind . I will not send anymore money. What I have been doing is going along with his bullshit. He really thinks that I’m goona send him more money. He called me today for the first time. And I couldn’t even understand his english.
Jessica
Hi everyone,
I am writing because I am a lil concern about a soldier I met online, even thou he hasn’t asked for money yet, he has request to for me to request his leave. Supposly he is gana send me gift and money, but I think he is a scammer, his name is Derrick Alfred Jr. I did a search on him and this site popped-up, but I can find his name in here nor his pic. So if anyone knows anything please let me know.
jessica
doreen
do not send these men any money I also was scammed due to unrealisticlove and fake documents and promise of coming to see you..all this is false they the scammers have no heart all they want is to scum you out of money.how does one put them under arrest and catch them can you tell me..thank you doreen
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.
Cathy ODonnell
there is a Col. Alex Santiago I met through a match site and will not stop harassing me . He has filled my email with love letters and texts me and then he will stop.But then, starts it up all over again, just when I think I am rid of him.I have reported him to FBI for impersonation of US Army solder, but unfortunately, continued to be terrorized . I want to get his profile picture out there to warn women. to stay away and do NOT yahoo message. yahoo chat, or text with Col. Alex Santiago .