The New Military Dating Scam
October 28th, 2009 by CJ
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As you know, I've tackled the issue of all these Nigerian and foreign scams for quite some time. I get emails and comments almost weekly from people who read one of my posts while doing research about a possible scammer. These people have become quite sophisticated in their methods. They've gone from the old "you've won a multi-trillion dollar lottery! Just send me $2500 and we can send it to you" to "I'm a Soldier in Iraq who found millions of illegal money Saddam was hording and I need your to bring it back." The latest trend involves trolling internet dating sites and convincing women that they are honorable Soldiers who have fallen in love and would do anything to communicate with the object of their affection. But, because they are deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, they need you to sign up for an expensive telecommunications service like "Military TELEX" in order to make that happen. They profess unending love as their motivator and, unfortunately, many women have fallen for it.
I got an email from a reader who came across my Military TELEX post. She told me about a man she met through MyYearbook.com that had introduced himself as Major General (MG) Tim Canny. Thankfully, she became suspicious after reading this "general's" poor grammar:
I'm happy that you are able to release your email to me and i will like to share with you more information about me that will help us to start knowing each other better ….
I was giving birth to a wonderful family 49yrs ago. My dad was an American man that married a Malaysian woman due to his service and work in malaysia when he was younger, he was in the marine until he left and become civil engineer. I was their only son and child. I'm very simple, caring, honest and self independent..I got married and enjoyed my matrimonial home. I and my then wife gave birth to a girl and she's so beautiful and I love her wholeheartedly. Well, I and my wife lived happily and I worked as an Engineer before I later joined the Army 23yrs ago. I fix and inspects Cars and trucks, but I have special interest for the Military because my dad was once in the Military before He retired and started His Civil Engineer Career.
My late wife was dead 5yrs ago due to lungs cancer and I became a widow. Since then, it has been one bad experience after another; I also lost my dad last year. I really loved my wife and dad because of the relationship between us.. …She had loved me with all her heart and she had loved me for me. She was so caring and possessed all of the qualities a woman should possess. She was so much an angel that I treasured her so much but God knows why that happened to me. I also give thanks to God that she gave me a beautiful daughter Monica…
I just need someone that can love me for me and we will love each other for the rest of our lifes, because i know life is too short to play with…I have learnt to leave my past behind and move forward to the future, though my past makes part of my life and I need to plan for my future. I need love again in my life. I had love once in my life and I need a woman that can be mine on a longterm goal. I hope I will still find love someday soon, that’s all I believe and I'm so optimistic about it.
I am ready to date from any part of the globe. I need to meet my true love, because we don't know where our love is at the moment and we have to keep searching for it anywhere, any time and any way we can.
Presently, I'm active in the Army and been stationed at Fort Lewis, Barrack Washington State . I live alone on base, while my girl ives with my Mom in Malaysia ….though I planned to retire from the Army soon in order to start a family life
I really need a woman to come up to and be when I will be back to the state, a woman that will be mine forever and that will cherish me for me….Thank you for spending your time in reading this long note/essay about me….if you think we are still on the same looking page let me know so we can know the waay forward…
TIMMY
Last time I checked, most generals were quite well versed in the English language. The way this scam works is the individual takes some time to get to know the target woman. Once he's gained her trust and confidence, he tells her that pretty soon he will be deployed to an area without internet or communication services and won't be able to write to each other. He then sends an e-mail address with something like, "Well to get registered with the telecommunication you will have to email them with gsatcom@programmer.net and you have to tell them you want to use the phoning facility system with MG TIM CANNY presently on deployment in Afghanistan. The service is a way we can talk on phone without no call charges attached, all is 100% free after we get registered and pay the registration fee"
Here's the catch: if there isn't service in Afghanistan where a Soldier is being deployed, there isn't service period! And I have no doubt that a MAJOR GENERAL will ever be sent anywhere that he can't communicate. That's where the Army sends peons like Lieutenant Colonels and below! No general officer would ever stoop so low as to be so archaic. To be honest, few LTCs do either.
If you email the company, you're likely to get a response like this:
Dear Subscriber,
Thank you for the enquiry, our service is to provide phoning and Satellite facilities for civilian and Military Personnel.
Gsatcom provides essential communications services to and from remote areas where no other form of communication is available. Whether at sea, on land or in flight, our services ideally suit the maritime, aviation, government/military, emergency/humanitarian services, mining, forestry, oil and gas, heavy equipment, transportation and utilities industries.
We specialize in providing global satellite access services. Gsatcom solutions have been implemented for United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Army Corps , Australian Defence Force (ADF), Command of Polish Navy, Special Military Formation GROM Especially for US Army soldiers we ship VSAT equipment within 72hrs in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Middle East.
Satellite phones are about 3 times more expensive than GSM phones, but have the best coverage. Often they are the only choice for a soldier that is deployed at a remote forward operating base (FOB) that a cell phone network cannot reach.
Basic advantages of our service for Military personnel;
Possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East
- Satellite and GSM connectivity in one telephone
- No prepaid cards needed
- Free Iridium 9555 handheld satellite phone
- Free unlimited calls for Military Personnel.
- Payment incure refundable when the officer leave the war zoneThe Facility involves $400 registration fee(s).
In other to register for our phoning facility, you are advice to provide us with the information below;
YOUR INFORMATION:
- FULL NAME:
-HOME ADDRESS:
- PHONE NUMBER:
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION:
-NAME:
-RANK:
-MOS:
-LOCATION (COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):
Once you provide us with the above information you are no longer anonymous to us.
(We) protect your privacy. We do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary.
All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity
The information is what we are going to use to register you with our service.
Regards,
Gsatcom.Satellite Provider – Technologie Satelitarne
First of all, Iridium phones are uber-expensive! Anytime someone mentions a satellite or iridium phone being "free," ask some serious questions, especially in an austere place like Afghanistan. If you ask too many questions about the service, you'll miraculously get an email from the "soldier" in question professing his undying love for you. Coincidence? No. More thank likely, the email to the GSATCOM goes directly to the "soldier."
So, if you get an email from a "Tim Graham Canny" – who doesn't exist in the Army – send it to your spam box immediately. These people use these internet dating services as the initial opportunity, then progress to Yahoo chat and other methods of email communication. Oh, and here's the clincher: he made Major General in less than 23 years!!! This guy should be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff if he keeps this up. And if that doesn't convince you, these photos of the good "general" will.
Yes, these are the actual photos sent to back up his story and sucker these women into giving them money. Don't fall for it!
Tags: my yearbook, tim canny, tim graham canny
Posted in Military Perspective, Nigerian Scammers
The second picture made me laugh. I don't think I've ever seen a general dressed that way! Also, I think this kid isn't much older than 23 so how can he be in the military for 23 years? And any general I've met are at least in their 50s if not older! LOL! Thanks for the laugh although it is a serious story!
latest name is John Carrick but with the pictures of Adam Lingo who is a real soldier and again he asked for money $455.00 to connect to him in Afghanistan but I didn't! oh and the poetic love he spouted lol this was on facebook. Cheek he has photo's of this poor REAL hero called Adam Lingo!
same story and bad grammar! lol
I must have read this article too much because the bad grammar rubbed off on me in my last comment! LOL!
I can't believe there are women this gullible. Even an old Alabama hillbilly knows this is a scam. ROTFLMHO
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I am glad I read this as it completely mirrors the scam I was sucked into by someone posing on a dating website as a British Sergeant Major in Iraq who was also widowed and needed to send money back to his new love of one week who he wanted as his wife. Unfortunately for him his grammar was also pretty poor and he couldn't give a straight answer about anything, he just kept on asking and then demanding money to be sent to Ghana. All this was communicated by mesenger. Yes, I was a fool to be suckered in but he said exactly what I wanted to hear at the time, and the photos of some poor unsuspecting soldier in Iraq hooked me as well.
I was suckered into this too: I met a guy on Facebook who claimed to be a Lt. in Iraq, who of course "fell in love" with me, but needed me to send $500 for the Military phone system so we could talk. I did not, so did not hear from him again. Then I met a Captain stationed in Africa, who needed me to send $1350 for a laptop for him, so we could talk…I did not, and he called me horrible names and stopped communicating. A few months ago I met another guy supposedly in Iraq, whom I unfortunately "fell for", and this one needed me to pay for his leave of absence so he could come to me…well, I got suckered and sent money, what an idiot I was. I start to wonder, is the entire US army like that???? I hope not…
I have unfortunately been scammed before, and have sent money. What an idiot I am! But when someone in the Military "Sergeant Steve Lopez" stationed in Baghdad, Iraq suggested we talk by phone, and his "old mom can handle ordering it because she did with no trouble", well sure, I can send $400 to Western Union. Seemed a bit strange, but the ts2 website is real, the e-mail address for the info had "usamilitary" in it, so how can it be fake?…foolish me. So yesterday I send it, and today I hardly hear from him. I am swearing off online dating. Wish the word could be spread without having to search for it like I (we?) did. Get the news out there to the public!
Becky, do you have pictures of this Sgt. Steve Lopez??? I too have spoken to someone claiming to be Sgt. Steve Lopez. I would like to know if this is the same person. Can you tell me anything else about what he told you about himself? Any helpful information would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
This was all a mistake and a big misunderstanding. Please disregard my post.
Becky,
Don't you find it a little strange that we are both talking to a Sgt.Steve Lopez in the Army stationed in Baghdad Iraq?? The one that I am speaking with also asked to communicate with a TS2 mobile military use phone. He also told me that his mom has one that they use to speak to one another. He also has asked me to request a transit leave for him so that we could meet in person!!
I would also be interested to know what your Steve Lopez looks like! And what he has told you about himself. I do believe that we are both speaking of the same person! And it is funny that now you are saying that it was a misunderstanding. What is there is misunderstand? You got him the phone and didn't hear back from him? Did he tell you that he can't get a signal now and the the network isn't working, and that is why he couldn't call you?? Sound familar???
Renee, I have been talking with a guy who says he's Sgt. Steve Lopez, as well. What kind of pictures did he send you? What did he tell you? If he's not scamming for a phone or money…he's at least scamming women.
Elizabeth, He has sent me pictures of himself dressed in Army uninforms. And in regular clothes. Sent a pic of him and his son, a blonde hair cute little boy, a pic of him and his mom. He has his arms tattooed!! Very nice looking guy who ever he is!
Guess what the Ensign Steve Lopez of Iraq is at it again. I am so glad i am a smart woman and realized something is not what it should be. All of us Renee, Elizabeth, and Becky i got pictures of him in uniform, with a cute blonde haired little boy and his mom. Tattoed on his arms, lol, oh am i going to have some fun. He does not know i am on to him, but i am, and things are going to get good now. Revenge is going to be sweet girls, let me know your ideas. I have not sent money, having family in military i am on to him. Let me see some replies ladies!
Well Dee, I wish you luck with him he is a tough one to crack! I went as far as telling him that I worked for Home Land Security and it didn't phase him! He kept up with his persistant request that I send in this bogus form for a leave from the transit department for the army!! LMAO!! Until the day that he tells me that one of his friends girlfriends would pay for half of the $2500 that is was supposedly going to cost ME to pay for him to take a leave! And I told him that I would be glad to send in the form and money right after I took it down to the Army Recruiters office down the street to make sure it was legal and I didn't need to do anything else!!! ha ha ha he got all pissed off and defensive and I haven't heard from him since!! I hope you get him good!! I have copies of everything that he sent also! so if anyone wants to persue nailing him let me know!!
Hey I "met" the same guy on a Christian online dating service. This Ensign Steve Lopez really gets around although he has been stationed in Baghdad for a very long time:)
Same pics again – he is very attractive with the tattoos, the blonde son whose name is Kelvin, his mother (who has since passed away), his wife died giving birth to his son and a brother who lives in Spain. When I asked if he was on facebook he said "no" but I think I found the real Steve Lopez there.
Just got to the point where he sent an email with something like "you are always on the phone" and something told me the guy is a fake.
You really have to be careful out there … and from what I can gather these scammers are focusing on the Christian sites now.
Me again. Thought since I went ahead and sent the money the phone was real. Now that I see your current posts, it is the same guy. A very long story, too long for here. But he is scamming.
Yes….he is scamming…well the fake one anyway. We need to remember that the real one is a victim of all of this, too. He is serving our country while this "scammer" tries to prey on women. Renee: Yep…that's him! What gets me is he uses pictures with the real man's son. Oh what I'd like to say to this person. He did take his pictures off the dating site my friend found him on. I also convinced him to have the profile taken off. I know he'll just move it, but at least it's one down.
i too was one of those women who fell for it believe me it wasnt hard they were persistent and literally sent over 350 emails and actually called me over 70 times i believed it was real i have pictures of a man yes and his homes and i got emails form his sister and well he sent my family emails and pictures believe me the only thing i didnt notice was the poor grammer becasue i was to interested in the nice sweet things he was saying. well SGT Mark James Winkerson who ever you are kiss my fat ass.
HA! Unbelievable. This same guy is writing to my friend right now online. He dodges questions too. And yes, some people just have poor grammar but his is not only poor…he doesn't even speak 'poor' English – if you know what I mean.
He just started writing to my friend and we are both immediately suspicious. He is saying they are not feeding him in the army over there and that he has had to sell his personal belongings just to eat. He is saying his parents are dead (indicating he can't turn to them).
I recently had a bad experience that I was lucky enough to figure out relatively quick and leave it behind. Not everyone is so lucky. If you're guts are saying it's too good to be true, it probably is. The sad thing is, how do we recognize when a really good one comes along that also seems too good to be true?
No wonder I'm happier single. lol
take care ladies…keep your eyes open and your gut-meter ON!! It is never wrong.
yeah well this guy doesnt seem to catch a clue i havent emailed him or anything since and he still keeps calling me all hours of the night telling me he loves me and needs me bull shit ladies it isnt real and the army would never not feed people that is total crap. yes he told me his parents are not dead and his sister is in canada and ladies the guy leaving me messages well doesnt speak english very well how dumb was i anyway if a man named mark winkerson contacts you dont listen to a word he is saying. best of luck girls i too wonder will mr right ever come along and when he does a full back ground check is in order
also ladies if anyone knows who i am , um cindy yurich, stacy fogler, and a couple other ladies who took my money and sent it else where i would like it back this is all under investigation adn well i hope no on egets in trouble.
I was scammed by a person callign him self SSg Christopher L barber. He said he was stationed in Iraq and his home base was Fort Hood TX. I was fooled into receiving the mony from organizations from western union and sending it out. I contacted the FBI and filed a police report with my local law enforcement. I was so afraid of being arrested for what I had done. I am too trusting. I contacted the Real soldiers chain of command and told them about what is happening and the real SSG is now being informed his ID has been stolen. I know I am gullible.
I got contacted by Tim through Friends Reunited Dating. As has been mentioned you don't get a straight answer. Heard nothing since I confronted him with the information on this site. Have contacted the dating site, but he still seems to be on there. Thankfully I wasn't taken in, though it's nice to feel wanted.
Unfortunatly, this just happened to my sister-in-law. She tried internet dating after being divorced for 5 years. And being in her mid 40s she was delighted when a handsome man wanted to chat with her. Bad turned to worse when we found out she had been sending his 'friend' in Ghana money to 'get military documents out of the country'. She is so naive and trusting of people. This was her first time on a computer! And in just a few weeks she has Western Unioned her life savings (10k) away to Ghana. She thought she was doing the right thing and helping someone. I wish she had said something to us beforehand.
I am so angry that people take advantage of someone with a kind heart. That people out there are giving the internet dating a HORRID name. And that people out there are giving the US Army soilders a BAD name. I wish there was someinthg I could do to help, but its long gone now.
Beware people, as much as he says he loves you. Have you webcam chatted with him? Have YOU called HIM? Check out the phone number, is it coming from the country he says he is in? But most of all, NEVER send a stranger money. If they needed it so bad, they would ask a family member, not a stranger.
I am so glad I found this site. Well I have sent 120$ via western union to a marine who is staioned at Camp Liberty Iraq for 3 years??!! His words took my heart, and I was really believing what he said to me. But things are just not adding up. Says he can t have acces to phones,computers,tv etc. he uses the computer in an office there. Sometime he is online everyday and other maybe just once a week. And the money I sent him was via a person who was in London and was going to give it to him personnally. He then chatted me for weeks without asking for anymore money and then asked me again. He needs basic things and to help the kids out there. But if I couldn t send him anything soon he would understand cus he doesn t want me to be stressed. But when I come up with the money, he know whats me to send it to Italy?!!He says i am the love of his life, wants to marry me and move to Quebec. He found me via Zoosk on facebook. How through, if he is in Iraq?? And out of all the women why me in Quebec. He home town is in California. I can go on and on…But do soliders actually stay in the war for 3 years straight?? He always has a way to blow off some of my questions, or comes up with really good answers. He has sent me 3 pics too. I so wish it was true but the little voice in my head is telling me he is a con. He knows I have been seperated after 14 years with a man and I have 2 teens and I work as a nurse aid. Does this story sound too good to be true?? His name is Sargent Festus Smith a marine for 10 years and is 41, the same age as me..Any advise for someone. I feel like such a jerk, and my heart really wants to believe him. If only one could read his emails…but he too, his spelling…I just don t now. And to marry me after no even meeting me, only seeing a pic, never heard my voice and we have been chatting for about 3 month now. I guess you must think I am crazy, but his words blew my mind espically after the terrible relationship I had in the past. God Bless and hope to here form someone please. A women in Quebec, Canada is very confussed here!!! Thanks alot.
Hi there,
i cant believe this. I fell for this guy Festus. aslo. Everything i Just read on the this side… he did to me. Exept I did not send anything to him yet.
I just thought he would be my new love in my life. Im so hearbroken.
We both share the same things. I really believed him and want to believe.. Because I actuly was the one asking him the questions.
Im so sad.., confused!!!
Hi there!
Sorry my english is very bad, but i also know this guy! I was a fool and sent him a laptop and he also wanted some pics from me… how stupid have i been…. Ladys we are not alone, he fooled us, but we have to stay strong, even when he breakd our heart. He caled me "his queen" and "his guardian angel"… hope to hear from you soon!!!!
kathrina from austria
i BEEN TALKING WITH A GUY AS NAME HARLSEY JAMES OR MIKE JAMES ,,US ARMY YOO STATIONED IN sOMALIA ,,WANTED ALOT OF MONEY ,,SCAMMED THE HELL OUT OF ME ,i GOT THE PROOF ,,ALL MONEY HAD TO GO NIGERIA ,,DIFFERENT NAMES ,,AS WAS NOT ABLE TO PICK IT UP IN THE ARMY ,I PAID HIS WAY OUT OF ARMY ,,TO USA ,,IN HOTEL IN NEW YORK ,,HAH 3 WEEKS TONIGHT ,,AND STILL WANTS MONEY AS NO ACCESS TO PENSIN ,,UNTIL HE COMES TO cANADA ,,RIGHT ,,ALSO WANTS MONEY STILL SENT TO NIGERIA ,,COME AGAIN LADIES ,,AND GENTLEMEN NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT ,,BUT THESWE ARE NOT US ARMY PEOPLE ,,THEY ARE REAL GD SCAMMERS AND SUCHS OUR BANK ACCOUNTS DRY ,,PLS TELL THEM TO GET A LIFE A REAL MAN OR WOMEN WILL NOT ROB YOU ,,THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU ,,SO I HOPE THIS SCAMMER ROTS IN HELL AND AS FOR ONE THING THEY JUST KEEP CHANGING THERE NAME AND LOCATION TO YOU ,,BUT CONTINUE SCAMMING ,,REMEMBER IF YHEY LOVED US ,,THEY WOULD NOT NNED OUR MONEY AND FORGET US AS SOON AS THEY GET THE MONEY ,,HAHA I DO KNOW NOW ,,TOO LATE FOR ME ,,BUT NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU ,,PLS BE CAREUL
I have also had correspondence with Captain Mike harlsey James, tried to scan the hell out of me. The latest was to get him out of iraq. Also phoned me, the man was definately not from Alabama & called himself captain Mike.
What worries me is;
1. he still has a blog on My space & possibly other sites, i met him on Mate 1.Why is he allowed to carry on advertising if it is well known that it is a scam.
2. Is there a real Mike james out there that knows nothing about what this person is doing.
3.Where do they get the photos from, the photo of mike james does not look nigerian
Just every one be very careful
hi milly ,,is there any way u can contact me,,so we can talk about this man ,,,as I am so bad confused ,,pls
Hi elaine, you didnt fall for his scam as welldid you, im so sorry. I know he is still at it. i have tried warning others. how can i contact you?
Please ,,ladies ,,don't be led on by mike james ,,or hharlsey james ,,ok ,,I truely love him and am still in denial ,,He not real ,,and will ask for $ and no end toit ,,he is not using his real name ,,nor he is not usa army ,,this is al to break our hearts ,,pls give up now ,,and beawaer ,,alot of other fake guys out there ,,if u personally don't know then ,,pls send no money to them as if in the army ,,they got money and will be willing to share there money to be with u ,,not needing our money ,,ok I am a big time looser ,,pls don't do this to your self ,,it is very hard to pay back ,,beleive me and you will always be alone ,,he is not coming home to u oe me ,,but how I been wishing ,,he would walk through my door ,,thanks mike ,,,for all your sweet promises ,,they will live in my heart 4 ever ,,and I will repaid my money ,,if I die doing it ,,just glad u needed my money ,,more than u thought i needed ,,I cry my self to sleep at night ,,thanks to u ,,my love
also, he said to me that he too fell in love with my words, and since he has such unlimited time, I am the only one he chats with…He doesn t care what I look like cus he says love is in the eye of the beholder. And after Iraq early next year he is going to Washington for he retirment and then coming straight to Quebec…..He also said that the Marines don t get there pay there and when he finally leaves there he will have alot of money??? These are just a few of so many, many words and emails. And when we chat, it is usually at the same time 3am Quebec time, and we chat for about2-3 hours!! And then I can go without days hereing from him, but before I sent him the money we were talking everyday, but now apprently he is really busy since the other day when he asked me for more money. He knows when I am paid, so I guess I will be hearing from him soon. ha ha ha
And has anyone ever talked of heard of SARGENT FESTUS SMITH, CAMP LIBERTY, ARMORED DIVISON VI. but all the rest of the info is confidental apperantly!! And I am not allowed to send any parcels to him out there..Really weird eh?? Say its cus of the bombs in packages, I guess I have been really stupid. In the begining he wanted 650$USD, for his basic needs.He says things are really expensive out there. I am glad I only lost 120$.. And with the 120$, he said he bought 2 pairs of boxers and some body cream that all!!But I so wish he was for real Sorry bothering you with all this..I am just so confussed!!!!!!
Laura, yes i have heard of one Festus Smith too. The details that you are describing are EXACTLY the same as what he has told me. We have been chatting for the past month. Yes i believe this guy is certainly a con man. Glad I read what you have written – thanks so much
I am glad you read this, I really didn t want to be mean but us women..well wil have hearts too. I have found at least 4 dating sites that he is on. For months and months he has ***LOVED** me, and when I asked him about the dating sites well he told me to f*** Off!! I can t believe it. I don t know if you are still going to chat with him, but please be careful. He was even starting to chat with my son, who is going through a really bad time. He really hurt him too. I still want to believe that want he said it true but there are way too many things that don t add up. Take Care dear and if you talk to him again, tell him his fiance from Quebec say Hello!!!! ha ha. Please give me some news. Did you get the nice emails, so well written that just blew your mind???? And what about his pics. I have even saw him in a Bon Jovi video…but he usually blows the question off of he has a damn good answer. I hope you didn t send any money like I did..I was going to send him more $$ until I started to do a bit of research. How can people hurt us and our poor troops like that. God Bless dear and thanking for believe me. we need to stop these men.
Yeah ladies, I would give up dating sites and the like. I was so naive as to move a predatory sex offender in with me until my kids checked him out and found this info about him.
I said you have 2 hours to get out of here or my friend, who's 300lbs and 6'2" will be over to properly move you.
I was scammed before about credit card deal too.
Just remember, "there is no free lunch"
Peace,
candy
I am giving up dating sites totally….But how ca we stop these guys. Damn this guy possed as a Marine…He really took my heart. I want to stop him before he hurts more women out there. Good luck to you dear.
Laura
i just cant believe all the things i m reading about Festus.
He is good Really good. He took my heart.
I guess all of us ladies are getting the same sweet emails.
Yes, he needs to be stoppt!!!
but how???
if someone by the name of Festus Smith, serving as a marine in Iraq for 3 years as a marine, 41 years old contact you – don't touch him with a barge pole. He is a con and has strung many women along contacting them through dating sites. He wins you over with his sweet talking and his words of love for you, professing that you are the only one. It is a bunch of lies. The trail of women he has left behind is now beginning to be uncovered. Don't get sucked in by him!!!
RE: FESTUS SMITH **MARINE** I have found now at least 7 websites with him on it, info is never the same from height to location. California, UK, Ghanda…Please gals be careful of him!!! He is really to good to be true, and he sends the same emails to all women, anyways I have the proof that woke me up. And I don t think he is a marine and if he is well he is just one pathick lyer!!! If anyone knows of him please leave me a message cus I really want to stop him.
Hi,
i just started to talk to Festus.
I m heartbroken. I thought He was too good to be true.
I started really to fallin love with him.And like you said.. Everything he sais is so sweet.
He always has these nice explainations..
One thing what made me wonder by him . Marines dont really stay 3 years in Iraq.
please tell me .
Has anyone talked to 2nd Lt. Stugart Hill Snips? just curious as to whether this guy is a scammer or not. Would like to check on him before i believe anything he says. I think he is involved in some phone scamming.
yes, he is a scammer, he is on scamwarners.com. dont send him any money for anything.
google.com shows names of scammers, just google stugart hill snips and see what u get honey.
I forgot to mention his name…Stugart Hill Snips….don't fall for it please……
Yes, I believe he is. Last time I heard from him was on 2/9/10 and now I am just realizing he is a scammer. Don't fall for it……PLLLEEAASSSEEE…..
Hi, honey if its too good to be true than it is. Google in his name do all your research before falling for him please.Where is he stationed and for how long has he been there?? I did alot of research and if I can help you I would be more than happier.
Hi
I am trying to do some research on a Wisdom Bell who claims to be in Iraq. But he speaks with the broken English and I know he is a scammer. He has not ask me for any money but has asked me to pick up a package from some diplomat. I read on the site about that scam as well but don't know the complete gist of it. He was telling me that he was sending 2 million to a complete stranger come on something definitely wrong with that pic. I would like to know how to reach the real Wisdom Bell to make himaware of the scam in his name. Thanks.
Hilary, like Laura said do all your research, google him. There is a website 'Stud or Dud". When I googled Festus Smith there was no such person of that description living in California. If you think it is a scam I would go with your intuition and steer clear of him. Which site did you meet him on?
Re:Festus Smith – Marine in Iraq….
This guy is a real peice of work isn't he? He's smooth and he knows just what to say.. I agree, he NEEDS to be STOPPED!!! I'm in Calgary, He seems to like the Canadian girls.The Sight I met him on is SugarSugar.com
you all are very wrong about festus smith.maybe someone is potraying himself as smith deceiving you all especial you laura…you must be very stupid to have talking this so personal because of your 120 canadain dollars which you called a scam. the festus that i know is my ex in california and we have been together for a long time before he was deployed to iraq so if you dont have access to the real festus smith f*** you all because the festus that i know is not yet back home even if we are no more together. and you ladies should look for a better work to do with your time than sitting on the computer looking for a younger guy to destroy his life.
I really want to believe all the nice things festus sais to me.
I can not say he has asked me for anything exept not to break his heart.. I want to believe him.Im just so confused reading all these things .. And I m not in Canada.. Im right here in California. I guess time willtell.I really like him
He said the same to me…sound familiar "I give you this heart of mine and ask nothing more or nothing less than you don't go breaking my heart." Please just be careful. This guy is good at his game and he has no remorse. I for one do not want to see him hurt more women.
Has any of you been scammed by a man calling himself Sgt. Steven Gaines?
Also wondering if the men contacted you or you contacted them from the original site. I have someone I am very close to that has been contacted on myyearbook.
Who are you all ladies just got an email from my ex that have been talked about on this blog…yes am station here in iraq but dont know any of you expect for susanne. please if anyone is using my name and information to scam you ladies its better you track him down and find away to report him to the authorities. the blog is destroying my relationship with the only woman i have loved and will need you all to put a stop to it before i report and charge you to court no matter where you all lived. I am not a scammer and God forbid i become one. I have change my email password because of this and dont know who this hacker is that is using my real name and messages in my inbox to scam you ladies and i have also contacted my law over this issue. Thank You.
Sue, Festus said exactly the same to me. Does this sound familiar too …"My love and trust is all I have to give to you, sealed with honesty throughout and as time goes by, may it grow stronger to fulfill your heart's desire."
Or does this ring a bell – "This feeling of love that I hold within my heart for you runs deeper than any ocean or sea; I just wish you could see how much you mean to me. If only you could hold me, then maybe you would feel my love for you that burns with a flame high enough to last." I agree with you Sue – he is good and doesn't care who he hurts along the way. This Festus SMith, whoever he is is a fraud, fake and a liar. Don't believe him for a second!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am telling you definitively that Festus is a fraud and a fake. He does not exist, at least not as a deployed Soldier.
Festus, if you are indeed a soldier, please prove ime wrong by sending me an AKO email. I anxiously you lack of response.
Please don't fall for the Festus scam! You will lose money and have your heart broken. Here's a tip for everyone: if someone is claiming to be a deployed service member, ask him to send you an email from his .mil account. Every military member is required to have one.
Hey CJ took your advice and wrote my scammer asking him to send me an email from his military account he said what is that? But this is a copy of the letter from the diplomat who is brining me in the 2million dollars lol
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From: michael agornugah Add to Contacts
To: mamoore4102009@yahoo.com
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Hello Madam,
My name is Mr.Michael.Am the diplomat your husband Mr Bell told you about.Am to deliver some special package to you that contains some important documents and other stuffs which is important to him as he told me..I have alot to do about this package since he told me that the package seems alot to him and i have to make sure that nothing happens to the package…By so doing i need not to come straight to your location because my flight will be a transit i cant get a direct flight up on the way.Am sure he told you about this.All i have to do is to pass through the countries where i can come to you so that i can be able to make it to your location.For now what i want you to do for me is to confirm some details about you .I have to make sure that i have the correct information s before getting on my way.I will use this to make the trip so i will need your maximum corporation and your assistance so that i can work with you to serve you and your husband to your fullest satisfaction.
Name:Wanda Moore
Addressee:Baltimore, Md
Phone:443-378-9003
Name Of Nearest Airport:BWI Airport
Please confirm the above details for me.Let me know if all the in informations are correct so that i can booked my 1st flight and let you know the in formations.As am talking am now having the package with me and will be on my way as soon as i get the confirmation from you.Actually i will be booking my 1st flight to Dubai and from there i will tell you the next country i will be passing through.I will keep you update on whats going on.Well i will end here and i hope to get the final confirmation from you.
Best Regards.
Michael.
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Reading Wanda…..Smells like Fesrus Smith words and writing…Really watch out..He has a 1000 personalities women!!Good luck.
Festus, for a soldier (which you aren't) you English sucks! You're a fraud and I won't stop telling people about it.
First to THE FESTUS SMITH AND JENNIFER WHO POSTED: I have better things to do with my time, cus I work and I do have a life. And internet scamming is a criminal offence.. So I will contact my lawyer not my LAW as Festus wrote. And If the festus smith is really in Iraq can you prove us all wrong so you can get a piece of mind. But I did not dream this, I was talking to him for over 3 months, damn I didnt send myself the 3 pics and emails. Mixter and Me have been exchanging emails and they are excatly the same, only the name has changed. Festus is on about 6 dating sites. With the same pic and the same words, I am cool and sincere guy.. He too told to never break his heart. And why does he break ours? And why, when I confronted him with this he just vanished?? Never heard from him since. If you watch you tube you will be surprised, as he said that no tvs, cells, xbox, letter,parcel etc are not allowed there, wow you tube confirmed my thaught. He is too good to be true. And the Festus who posted said we are ruining his relationship with Susanne?? Is it the same Susanne who posted earlier cus she never said she was in a relation ship with him.. He even had the never to get close to my son. He says his both parents past away, and has a big house in California and alot of money. But watch out gals cus he must know we are on to him, so he will probably change his way now. Please listen to your mind and not your heart, cus he is one good talker and knows whee to get us. I am wondering what he gets out of this and how can he sleep at night. I trusted him, but in the end he was just a scam. There is way too much proof!! And no, Marine don t stay in Iraw for 3 years straight!! They usually are there for 8 to 12 months, come home and then they go back. Why to fishy this story. And yes he english is bad on the chat but his emails are almost perfect!!! Funny eh?? And why are there so many of you asking abouthim, cus you are wise women and something just didn t seem right eh??? Do want you want to, mixter and I just want to help, so that other women do get used like we did. Sorry if the truth hurts but we are not lying as we both have families and jobs. We were just taken in from a man who said he cared.. ha ha ha yeah right. Be wise gals and get back to me if you want. God Bless you all and MAY GOD BLESS FESTUS SMITHS EVIL SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry for my spelling, I am just so mad. I wanted to say do what you want to,mixter and I just want to help. And FESTUS SMITH show us all the proof, not just Camp Liberty etc..But the way, I think it is called Camp Victory now, as per you tube. Like CJ says you AKO emails. He even said to me that a friend name Colin died in Novemeber, well on CNN site, there is no Colin listed there and unfortunately they show all the names of our fallen heros of war.!!!!! Festus who posted, can you help us stop the FAKE Festus, if it is true. Who says its not you writing on this site… PROOF PLEASE. BUT WE ALL HAVE HAD EMAILS AND CHATS WITH ONE FESTUS SMITH! And the pic is everywhere on internet???? WHY??? Why should anyone believe you or Jennifer when we have so much proof??
I was just re reading Jennifer, who told you the 120$ was canadian?!!! And the way you write reminds me of someone, and ladies ha ha ha Festus smith wrote the same thing ladies..To everyone, re read the 2 posts, dont they look a bit the same, small i and starting senteces without caps… and what with the younger guy thing??? your past and present tense is really bad dear, really minds me of a certain someone, what about you gals?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!I am french and I write better that both of you ha ha ha ha. Maybe a call to my lawyer for abit of advise will help me.
ha ha ha why would festus say that someone is using his messages from his INBOX????? And thanks alot CJ for the good info, you seem to know what you are talking about.
The Festus I spoke to was very very kind and never asked me for anything. We made plans to be together once he returns home. And yes, my heart is broken right now.
And if its true all the things the REAL Festus Smith sais, than i really hope HE will proof it to us. OR least proof it to me.
I m confused why would the REAL Festus Smith telling me that he has to take a break from me now until he comes home and wont just proof to me or all of us someone is setting him up?
Please Festus if you read this … proof us wrong.. I want nothing more than to continue with our relationship.
But I cant help but wonder .. Im a EX military wife and YES soldiers get to call home for free while they are overseas, every soldier has a APO address so they can recieve mail. And like earlier mentioned soldiers get deployed for up to a year and than come back home and get sent back later on.
Ah Susanne I don t know you but he is a fake, look good at the way he wrote the post!!Mixter and me believe the same thing! Why does he need a break from you and why did you start to question him and found this site.We too had made plan when he came home, damn he wanted to marry me. Do you have the same emails as all the rest of us?? There is too much proof and he told me that he couldn t call from Iraq, a bunch of bull. He didn t want to call cus I would have seen the phone number on my bill. Did he give you his APO address. I don t get anything out of this, I just don t want us women who struggle so much to get hooked by such a loser. You deserve better. He too broke my heart with his words, there are so many of us out there. You need solid proof dear, not anything that you can get off the news or google. And if Festus is reading this…I really wish you were here right now cus I would kick you sad ass. You are a damn loser and you are a very sick man, you really need help. Remember my email, send me the prof like CJ said and I will let this go, if not I will continue until you get caught!!! How can you live with yourself??? And Susanne, it took him awhile before he asked me for anything. Please be wise girl, he has his hooks in you and I really think you are in for a big surprise. Do you have 3 pics of him?? He is the one who found me on Zoosk. His words blew my mind, and so many other women. He has to my knowledge so far 3 emails, 2 yahoo and a hotmail. If is so easy to be someone else on a computer. It is your choice and I really hope you make the right descion. Why hasn t he left Iraq for 3 years, why does he say that Marines only get paid once they leave the war, so many questions?? How long have you been talking to him?? I am shaking as I am so mad and feel so helpless, but I voe that he is not finished hearing from me. It is now a personal goal for me. He screwed the wrong woman!!! And he will pay!!! I know it is hard for you to believe all this but you must. Emails, pics everything is the same. Help us stop this sick man. And if you don t well wait for him, I think the wait will be very long. Please if you came on this site, it is not for nothing. And yes Festus was very kind to me, I have cancer and I told him my life. I am going for an operation on dec 18th, and his words were so comforting. Too comforting. He always gave me great advise and listened to me..Prayed even for my cancer. What a jerk. How can he do this. The feelings of love are long gone and now it is hate.One day Festus this will be all over. Really awaiting you email you sick bastered!!!!!!!!!!!!! And good luck Susanne and please stay wise, he always has a good answer to everything. Honestly I really don t care if you are with him. It is your choice and please make the right one. FESTUS SMITH THE MARINE JAN2,1968 IS A FAKE FAKE FAKE AND ONE SICK SICK SICK MAN. He should be ashmashed of him self, as the real marines are dying for us.
And when is coming home. Earlier next year, going to Washington first to retire and then he is going to start his live with you?? If he said that, well wake up cus it the same he said to so many. Has been in the Marines for 10 years also?
Thanks Laura,
yes he told me all of the same things you just said.
Only son, his mom died of cancer, my dad just passet away due to cancer.
I contacted him on the singlesnet..
I dont have a APO mailing from him and I only have two pictures of him. Coz he has all others back state sides…
I do know about military retirements and you can not retire with only 10 years to recieve retirement. SO YES i agree… things do not add up.
The secret bank account it not correct. I do know they get some money when deployed ..like i said my ex was in the military.
He did said he is new to the online dating… but i also found him on another dating side but i got a good explanation for it.
I guess I m still in shock and need to stop thinking with my heart and start using my head.
First am commenting on laura post which is like a full novel, it shows you dont have anything to do with your time and besides from the begining of this post you are the first person that started calling festus smith a scammer before the rest follow you up. how am sure you are not the hacker we are looking for? confusing other fools about smith just to bring him down. how did you no much about all smith privacy which is so personal to him? just take a look at the blog and see peoples comments how short they are, have begining to suspect you either that you know something about my ex conspiracy and i will investigate you privately. and for you cj or whats your real name asking for a military AKO, i guess you have never been married before and will never be especially to a soldier because no man or woman in the military reveals such account to anybody not even is mother unless he retired finally from the service and the account is never an account for dating because i have learn all this during when i was with my ex. as for you susanne he called his new found love am happy for you because festus is a wonderful man and will advice you stop contacting this frustrated asholes before they destroy you relationship because they wouldnt married you but can only destroy you happiness ever after.Am married and have been bless with two beautiful kids and the festus that can not even hurt a fly.
Jennifer, could you perhaps explain to me why your IP tracks back to Africa, the clearing house for these types of scams? I wait with baited breath! Also, you obviously know NOTHING about the military since you have no idea what AKO seems to be. Most spouses and families of troops even have AKO emails, so your assertion that they don't give them out is absurd to say the least, conspiratorial most likely.
But, let's go back to your Africa IP, shall we?
by the way nigerians say am happy not I am happy, just a little hint for you there.
CJ would you please tell me how to trace a ip address. This is my 1st scammer but quite sure it wont be my last one. thanks
Also susanne if you that kind of free and you are in cali we can met so that i can tell you more about Festus, i still have some of his pics with me because he is such a nice man to me which i never wants to forget in my life. we can sit down and talk about him and if you need one or two of his pics before he gets home i can spear you that once we meet and forget about this old fools who destroyers life cos i still believes the person doing this is also commeting with you on this blog.
Oh, good job changing your IP on this one to hide your location, by the way. But, it still tracks through Europe and back to you in Africa. Susanne and Laura, don't be worried about "Jennifer's" so-called investigation on your privately. She has no authority in Africa over you here, if this is even a "she." You see, Jennifer and Festus Smith are using the SAME IP address. So either your Festus is cheating on you with Jennifer, or Festus – can I call him Festering Puss Filled Nodule instead? – IS Jennifer! You Nigerian scammers are so stupid!!
by the way they also say cos. a little hint for u there isnt it?????
Everything Laura says is true and Laura and I have exchanged emails that Festus has sent us – exactly the same ones but our names were changed. I would love to know how Festus is going to spend the rest of his life with so many women in so many different countries. f I also found him on numerous dating sites and when I questioned him he said that he had signed up to free sites when he was desperate to find his one true love. When he contacted me on a site, he closed his account from that site as he has found 'his one true love'!!!! When I questioned him about the other sites he said that he had joined a few and couldn't remember which ones he had joined but he never goes on them anymore because he found ME – yeah, sure, right. He will never call me baby, angel or my love any more! To scam being a marine when those boys are over there defending their country and putting their lives at risk and there is a gutless jerk who is posing as one – makes me sick!!!! He will eventually get just what he deserves when the authorities catch up with him.
The way I see it, any one of you could be the person who is running this scam. I have been absolutely horrified to watch this unfold as I too was a target for this scam. However, it is too close to Christmas for me want to waste my time and energy on HATE. There are good people out there ladies, it is just very sad that there are also people out there who are without conscience or moral ground. I just want to try to enjoy the silly season with my family and I would like to do that with as little heartache as I can muster. Take care yourselves first and foremost. Merry Christmas to all of you.
Has anyone met a Kells Kline??
Same type of e-mails, asking for $400 to register to call through usmilitarycomm@engineer.com …
Likely another scam artist.
Not a Kells Kline but a Frank Black Kline..but he did send me a pic and the title on the pic was Kell…so I am guessing it is probably the same gem of a person
yes a scammer!!
Kells Klin or Kline is also using the name Paul or Paulos Zacheus Becker same guy and a scammer. He or they are not soldiers in Afghanistan, their IP showed them to or him to be in California.
Jennifer I know so much because Festus told me. We chatted so much and for 3 hours at a time, plus emails for over 3 months, alot was said ok. So think what you want to, I really don t care. I just don t want other women to get screwed like me. Funny about your IP. And I am convinced that you and festus are working together. Mixter also knows alot too. He said the same things to everyone else. I yes I have other things to do with my life, but taking 1 hours of my life to help other women is well worth it. Thanks alot CJ for your understanding and support. And they can investage as much as they want as I am not worried. I printed all emails and the conversations with Festus as per my lawyers advise, so I am ready for them. Take Care CJ. And Jennifer and Festus you are made for each other.
And Jennifer why do you call Festus by the name of smith??? That is weired and you type just like him. Have you checked all the dating sites. And yes my post were long cus I wanted to give all the info I have on him, to other women. And why did he want the money in London?? Whats with the same IP ADDRESS!!! You are both sick people. And yes I started this because too many things were not adding up, he is on damn good lyer and I am proud of myself cus it took guts to do want I did ok. Leave me and the other women alone.
And Jennifer tell me why do I have the same pics as the dating sites..And and I can hardly understand you writing in your email. And to you Chilly, you are right it is Christmas, must this man must be stoppped, I only wanted to help out the other women. I am not a sicko, it just upsets me to see these scammers get away all the time. Merry Christmas to you all!!!
TO CJ: Really glad for all your help and info and I am sure other women will say the same. Funny Jennifer has not got back to you with the IP address thing. And her post is usually the same time that festus and I chatted on line. And what about her post, hard to understand eh?? A BIG THANK YOU DEAR!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
Cj or what is you name? why dont you just tell us your real name if you not hidding anything, i guess you must be one of those old fat fools looking for a younger guy online without thinking of dying someday. i guess you must have been so old that you that you think your [Jennifer, we don't use that language on this site. -CJ]is what festus needs including you and laura. which i can see how ugly you both are and your cancerous faces, can you please send us what my ip address read and its isp network so that i can prove you [expletive deleted]wrong by everything you you have talked about. if you all are in the state why are you afraid of coming around and lets trash this physically because i wont be responding to you stupid comment again as from today because you have no proof and dont know what you talking about. if you CJ says you learn every about the military from festus, how long did you speak or talk with him online to have known everything about soldiers and there ways of life. you old cargo fools should just go get or buy a dog to lick your [expletive deleted]instead waiting and hoping for the so call festus smith that has scam you which definately is not the festus smith that i know. you all can go to hell because i have better things to do with my time.
Oh, Jennifer, if I didn't already know you are a dude, I'd mention how cute you are.
For everyone else, I've just published proof that Jennifer and Festus are from Africa AND the same person. Click HERE to read it.
cool, good for you….high five girlfriend…
Hi…have any one heard of,,,SSG MICHAEL RANCOURT,,,,32ND INFINTARY deployed in pakistan,,,widowed.one son ken living with mother,,in Malaysia,,,looking for money for Transit,,,have not sent any,,but he talks the talk,,,How can i check if he is fraud????
I think so and have told him so.He still continues to mail…can ayone help.
Fraud! We don't have troops deployed in Pakistan yet. There is no such things as a SSG Michael Rancourt in the United States Army, Reserves, or National Guard.
dear CJ and all brave intelligent females, I have had known Internet scams ,no money passed though asked, and some revenge by me.. long and slow..as soon as money for any reason asked remember..No decent man would ask a female for money ..your yardstick.
HOW DO WE AVOID GIVING OUR HEART THOUGH before the scam to sting us is apparent. I am talking to a ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson..he mainly cuts and pastes lovely poems ..says he is a bit Linear ..doesn't need my money (I thought he could be a scammer).I stopped talking to him as a blog started with a few women before I started chatting to him one said she was asked for money Anyone know this name? He supplies his full military address in Iraq and have had three photos. Mary..I have stopped a few scams butfriends reunited dating site has only frozen their contacts.They are not interested so play back a painful process by drawing out the yes I'll send you the money ..run them ragged an have a laugh. It can be so painful who do we believe? Are there any real military boys who are on these sites. Anyone know of Ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson? TIP: If you google some of the email written to you it sometimes goes to shows a scammer on a 'known fraudster' site. Mary
Wow CJ…what nice words from a gal!! My last question tothose 2 phonies, if Festus Smith is really in the marines, how come he has so much time to chat with all these women?? Isn t it war out there?? Amd its funny when Jennifer says, can you please send US…Why us??? And did you ever see my face Jennifer, I saw yours when I got those three pics ha ha ha . Take Care CJ!!!! Your great xo And Jennifer, I would rather die alone than to have a jerk like festus with me. And old ha ha He is supossed to be my age. And to you Susanne, its your call, but I hope you can see straight, please don t get screwed by him. And if you choose to continue to talk to him the only thing I can say is good luck. Jennifer, did you ever go to school cus you can t spell for 2 cents and I can hardly understand you??? What a fool you are. I love my life and and so happy that I dont have a loser like Festus in it. Good luck cus you need it you fool.
Laura,
just want to wish you good luck on your surgery.
Everything what has happen is just very sad and it makes you wonder can you trust anybody anymore ?
Merry Christmas to Everybody !!!!
Without Trust we cannot love, but with that trust comes the chance of betrayal. We cannot hide and stop living, because if we do, then THEY win. WE cannot let that happen!!!!!!
Thanks for the truth CJ ugly as it is, hopefully it will be enough to prevent more women from being hurt. God Bless
There is also a person posing as a Army Engineer by the name of Micheal Brail(spelling of MichEal not too common) This person has some poor guys pics and uses words like Commendant..been in the military for a while and we never referred to our chain of command like that. He professes his love and then starts asking for money…Dont do it
I fell for this guy. Big time. Sent him the money he asked for and everything. His emails were sweet, his pic is gorgeous, he seems perfect. He also claims to be widowed, with a young son, looking for a woman to complete his "family."
Thank you for the wake up call. Even though I'll never get my money back, I feel lucky to have gotten out sooner rather than later.
Micheal Brail is no Army Engineer, he knew I knew what and who is was and was only alerted after a former female soldier found this so called PEN PAL…pls pass the word along, I have had former soldiers with their pics posted on the internet and having no knowledge of it being done…
Thanks Susanne and I wish you and all the women on here Good Luck and thanks for listning to me. Merry Christmas to you all and God Bless. And CJ great work!!!You really helped us all.
Hi from Australia
Has anyone heard of
Bruce Merritt -Y, Japan.
Tom Eshbaugh Camp Bucca – Iraq
Tim Strickland – Kabul, Afghanistan
This certainly is World wide. I have reported scammers but they still appear on the same sights.
Men and Women from every corner of the Earth use these sights, we each are looking for the same but different attributes and have have our own reasons for using these sights.I would just like to find (for I know he is out there) the Man I am searching for without then discovering he is either impersonating a Dead Soldier (I felt sick for this Soldier and his Family) Requesting I sign up with this tts2 for $1250USD,telling me does not want me for my body like other Men (he wouldn't have a clue my body type) send him Money to help pay for a parcel of 1.5mil for me to keep safe for our future.
I still believe there is a Genuine Man out there for each of us genuine Ladies.
Goodluck Everyone
help…they are some sick people out there ,,,this ssg michael rancourt i have 5/6 photographs of him,,,how can i check if this man is alive or dead??
Ber, there is not now or before a SSG Michael Rancourt in the Army. He's a fake.
The fact is most of this scammers always have access to people information friends or close relative using it to scam others, while the people there information are use are held responsible by the fbi for questioning without knowing anything about it. if anyone is making a friend you should be able to trust and believe in your relationship with anyone and be ready to face whatever problems that comes out of it.Good luck everyone.
Hi,
Has anyone come across a Philip Miller. He says he has been serving in Iraq for 11 months. There are really good pictures of him in uniform with his name attached as well as with other soldiers and friends. Also same story of being due to retire soon and wants to settle down with me in south Africa. Wondering if he is a scam too?
Heidi
ITS FESTUS SMITH WHO CHANGED HIS NAME"""BIG SCAMMER, WATCH OUT PLS WANTED TO RETIRE WITH ME IN QUEBEC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I have been scammed by a supposed U.S army Captain James Miniard. Met on a uk penpals and dating site and (usual story it seems) his wife had died 5 yrs ago and he had 2 children. Got photos of "him" in uniform with name tag on etc and ordinary pics some with his children. Then came the sting after a couple of months. He was refused his leave but I could apply for what was termed "transit of leave". Was told to apply to an email address which was supposed to be the U.S. army admin. dept. Got instructions and "official" documentation etc and told would have to pay for the cost of his transit from Iraq to German U.S medical base where he would have to have a medical before release. I was assigned a U.S diplomat to pay the money to and given the details of the flight times and arrival in Germany etc. Supposedley after the medical then his pay and leave bonus would be paid into my bank account because I would be recognised as his trustee whilst in the country! Fortunately I became suspicious
before giving my bank details and after "Colonel Steve Clarke" of the "admin dept" had said there would be no more charges and then suddenly came up with more! Only then did I start doing some checking to find out that it was all a scam and ceased communicating with the scammer. Have reported it to all the necessary depts and sites but I know I was a fool to part with the money so am writing this in the hope that it might just stop someone else being so naive. The scammer even had the cheek to ring me wanting to know why I would not reply to him. ( first time had actually spoken as it had only been email and messenger before that because of "security" at the base!)and he was obviously African and could hardly speak english and I think there is a network of them as the emails had always been typed accurately. If any of this sounds remotely like anything you are going through right now then take my words of warning and learn from my stupid mistake.
hi rachel your story is the same as mine us military col steve clarke i have lost everything in getting my soldier home who i have been dating for mths not just via internet also phone calls call me stupid but im still not sure weather this soldier is involved as there is no more money but i still have full contact with him .But the us military site and col steve clarke is the same as yours .im in total shock and have no idea what to do .
Hi Anna, thank you for the reply. I dont feel so alone now and you are certainly not stupid! I checked out all the info I had with the U.S Embassy in London and sent copies of all the documentation emails to the military section there and the man there who had been in the military for years definately confirmed that they were all fake and seen similar one`s before and so is this department for the "admin" and this "Colonel" and the "assigned diplomat" that I was given!Even the medical base that he was supposed to have gone to was for severe injuries not for that purpose. I have lost everything in the same way and had no more to give but the scammer still tried to keep contact with me and the army NEVER ask for money so it is I am sorry to say definately a scam. The supposed soldier that I was in contact with had given me the details for this u.s military admin dept with this colonel so they make it look like they have nothing to do with it. I know it is hard when you really want to believe it is true because I found it hard to cease the contact with the "soldier" but it is a scam. They will keep on at you until they realise you have no more to give. Mine tried to do everything to get more money and he used to text me as well but when he realised that something was wrong he phoned me and was definately African and has finally realised that I now know as I told him he was a liar and a thief. It is all so convincing with the pics that they send and the things they say but we have actually been groomed into believing them. Please don`t feel alone as I really do understand how difficult it is for you right now but it is a horrible, nasty scam and it hurts so please try and get out now. take care and best wishes, Rachel.
hi rachel,
thanks for getting back to me. I don't know what to say, This is so hard to take in even though our stories are so nearly the same with the admin, the col, the germany thing. What i cant get my head round or understand is that my "soldier" has had full contact with all of my family, he has rung just for a chat even knowing that there was no more money and i couldnt help him anymore. He still talks to us all. He told me he was from California and his IP address matches California. So im finding it difficult to understand if he is a part of this r if he is just a victim in this like we all are. He knows that all of the authorities are involved and he is still willing to prove he is innocent and that he is who he says he is, he is willing to come to any police station with me to clear this "misunderstanding" up. At this moment i can't cope with any of it they have taken everything me and my family have and now everyone wants their money back and i don't know what to do because i have no way of getting it to them, being a single parent of two kids. We have all lost our lives to these people.
Anna
Well if this isn't a shock. I've just recently been involved w/Match.com and found what I thought would be a possible 'forever'. I was a little surprised when he said he wasn't in Arizona but Afghanistan. I was leary when his words didn't match those of someone born in the US, when I questioned him about it he said his mom was Irish and his dad was born in Alaska. So I'm thinking why didn't he say his dad was American. He said his wife died 5 years ago and I asked how, He said 'cancer of the breast'. Then I'm getting really weirded out, since nobody talks that way. I ran a background check on him and he didn't show up. When he asked for 1000.00, 4 days ago I told him in no uncertain terms would I give money to someone who could just wait 3 months and come home on a military transport. I told him it was inappropriate to even ask. He said he would pay me back and he wanted to fly directly to my home so we could 'be together forever'. I asked him what rank he held and he said Sargent Major. I asked his job and he said an engineer, I told him that was interesting because that's what I do for a job also. He quickly changed the subject. When I asked why he couldn't get military pay he said they won't pay him until he gets home, then I asked how long he had been deployed he said 2 years. I asked how long in Afghanistan he said 6 months, I asked what he did with the other 1 1/2 years he said he was in Iraq. I asked if they had not paid him in 2 years? He said no, I'm thinking ok what kind of an operation is this…He also said he was in the US Army. Anyone else would have said I'm in the Army. He kept calling things like Honey, Sweetie, Princess, Baby, any American would know that's a turn-off to women. I contacted Match.com and told them of the situation but have not heard back from them so I would suspect that they don't want this getting out. I also sent one more chat to Micheal Brail alias my soldier in Afg. saying that I had contacted the Army Division Securities to have them check and see whether he was in the Army, in Afghanistan and if he was even an American. I also told him about how illegal it is to try and get money over the internet. I haven't heard back from him since. My only worry was that this could actually be a form of terrorism trying to get passports into the US via unsuspecting lonely women. When I googled his name this site came up and now I wonder should I contact a real Army entity instead of the one I made up to scare him???
The same EXACT story…you did your research good for you, this is nothing but a scam preying on women/men looking for love on the internet. One word of advise, the internet is a playground for people like this…one thing you cant beat is going back to the basics, good ole fashioned getting out and meeting people. The internet dating services will gladly take your money because they know that people may be desperate and they will never protect you as long as they are making money off you…PLS BE CAREFULL!!!
Hey Kathy,
yes, we were duped by the same guy. Good for you for catching on faster than I did. I told him I was wise to him after Christmas, but he continues to email me, and ask for more $. Creepy, but probably not dangerous. He even sent me some pictures of himself playing tennis, playing guitar, etc. In the pix he called himself Michael. I asked him if he knew how to spell his own name and he said he was just really tired. How can someone so stupid have outsmarted me? I guess we all like attention from a "handsome man."
Yikes.
Can anyone tell me if there is a real Sgt. Clinton Rellinger stationed in Houston TX. Ive been sent pictures of a full dress sgt. but im a little worried he may not be for real…very nice guy….etc etc
Carole, there is no such person in the Army. Just looked him up. Is his name spelled correctly.
Hi from NZ,
I have had a lovely chat with Sgt.Clinton Rellinger for the past month, says all the right things, knows how to charms a lady that is for sure, but now requesting to be connected by the Ts2 Communication at a cost, alarm bells went straight away, then I found this site, very helpful. I would like to know how you can check if they are in the armed forces.
I think Jennifer and Festus where in the same english class at the University of Nigeria !!!LOL!!!
Hi CJ,
Could you please look up Sgt. First Class Philip Miller with the 502nd infantry regiment stationed at Fort Hood in Austin, Texas? There are some things that do not ring true about him.
Thanks,
Heidi
Heidi, Fort Hood is not in Austin, TX. It's Killeen. Did he tell you it was in Austin?
Has anyone heard of a Sgt. Smith Roy Kella with the USMC?
Isn't that guy sitting in the truck and standing in front it Ken Reed? I have another pic where he is standing on rocks with a rifle and wearing shorts.He wanted ts2 from me on the second day of chat so I cut him off. We do need to try and get these pics together. I have a feeling we are only scratching the surface.These guys don't care about us one bit. To them we are like buses. There's another one coming along every 15 minutes!!~!~ I printed out every word they said. I have pics and receipts. Anybody want to share pics? Damn them!!!!
Hey Jennifer
How pathedic are you?Your lying for a guy that cons women for a living.If I was you I would keep my mouth shut.These women didn't know they were being scammed. You know what he is doing and your still hanging on. Women like you give us a bad name.
Hi Everyone, think iv just tried to be scammed by someone calling themselves Irwin Preston, captain in american army in afghanistan, anyone heard of him?
Hi, told this Irwin Preston that he is a scammer, he is adamant that he isn't and now thinks i am the taliban trying to get him because i am asking too many questions, please can somebody help, although I know I would really like to know 100% if he is a scammer or not
does the name dave gold mean anything to anyone,he tried to con me out of money for a transit from Kabul.He said he was a Major in the US army, widowed one son, blah blah. Excellent written english, well planned scam, using a military.com email address, even a high street bank account( fake so i presume he would of then asked for a non traceable method of payment…i wasnt fooled even tho i really fell 4 it all
I got scammed by a Sgt Timothy Liners in Afghanistan. He was a widower with a 14 year old son being taken care of by his English mother in England.He said he was born in the US and his father was from Mexico.He feel in love withe me in two weeks, ha, ha, and wanted a $600 phone system; I said no. Then he wanted a transit visa to retire, he said he had 20 years in the army, and would cost $11000, I could not afford it, so he said we cold split the cost. I sent $700 to Mr. Worthers the phony Department of Department Representative by Western Union in two payments of $300 and then $400. The picture he had of himself liked like a soldier of 25 and he said he was 50. Neither he nor Mr. Worhters could spell or had proper grammer above fourth grade. He kept calling me Lovebird, and baby and said I was "His knight in shining armor". How could I be so dumb; I am a 100% disabled navy veteran. Loneliness will make us women blind and sometimes we want sometime to be true so badly we overlook red flags. This web site has helped me realize that other women have had this happen to them to and I hope these scoundrels get just what they deserve.
Hi Helen,
Use his I.P address to find out where the emails are coming from. There are websites which tell you how to do it. This is how I proved my so-called soldier is a scammer.
Best of luck!
Heidi
Thanks Heidi will try and do it, think I already know he's a scammer really, thought it was too good to be true cos he was gorgeous lol
Hi Helen,
I know sweetheart…mine too! Its really hard to accept though even when you are faced with the truth!!
Heidi
Hi All,
Found a really good article on another site about dating scams. country-coupl...ing-scammers
Man they are clever!!
Heidi
Hi Heidi
Did as u said it was an email address in Atlanta, emailed him back asking how Atlanta was, he replied asking why i hadn't sent the money and that i was a liar and a cheat lol, so i had to email him back to tell him what i thought of him! Not had a reply to that one lol.
I have been in contact with a SGT Steve Lopez stationed in Iraq. He mentioned in one of our first conversations that he would like me to request his leave so he can come and meet me. I asked him why he needed me to request it and he told me because he has only been there for four months.
He proclaimed his love for me after a couple of days…now to know me is to love me…lol…but come on. I keep our conversation light and his are always filled with love. It's actually funny…..well except the part where he was going to mass and was going to pray for me. I thought that that crossed the line. A scammer going to church to pray for me…..I think he meant to try to prey upon me.
I did a check and found out that Sgt Steve Lopez is active duty. I also have asked him questions that have proven true. How is this possible?
I do believe I may have figured out a way that they are getting pictures and information about REAL soldiers/men. I am going to research it some more on Monday when I return to work. If this is the case then we women aren't the only target…our soldiers are, as well.
I plan to contact the real soldier after I get more info….making sure he is in fact real and let him know his identity had been stolen.
We as women can not only protect ourselves in this, but possibly be able to help protect the true soldiers fighting for us
ehhh the words….alais festus smith alais scammers!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Elizabeth
how did u check if he was a real soldier or not. This scam has really annoyed me and would love to do something about it.
Helen
Helen, it's not easy. Being in the military, it's easy for me to check our internal knowledge database, but your only real option is to ask your "Soldier" to send you an email from his .mil address. Every military member, regardless of service, has one. If they say they can't because of security or whatever, throw the BS flag and dump them on the spot.
To Heide
Thanks for the info. That site really spells out the reality of these scams. every one should read that. What you don.t know is spelled out in detail. Thanks for the help.
Hi Everyone reading this. Only this morning did I get a reply from the darlng SSG Michael Rancourt serving in Pakistan. My reply from him when sayng that I was on to him was ' F… O… How lovely! It wasnt true love then! This is the second time this has happened to me and thank goodness I have never sent any money. Something rings alarm bells when the replies declaring love come too soon. Thanks for the replies on this site, otherwise who knows what would happen.
Can someone find out help me to find out if there is a captain richard goode in Iraq and if not let me know and how do you find where the ip address is comming from. dont know much about the ip address and tracking that down any help would help thanks.
Hi Cheralyn,
I too would like to find out how you get someones IP address. If anyone could help that would be great.
ok i found what i needed to know on ip and you ladies can go to whatismyipaddress.com and read the simple instructions i found out the ip for the "captain" he is in nigeria. but i need a phone number to someone to find out who the man is in the picture and to let him know it is being used for scams to innocent american women for money. thank you for all information on the scams because i would have lost my grant money for college and i only get 141 a week in unemployment and i thought this man would have taken care of me.
thank you ladies so much for your stories and heroic efforts to save me and women like me
cheralyn
Please can anyone help i have read all the posts on here and i think someone is trying to scam me, he said about the phone charge thats mentioned on here alot.
can anyone tell me what to do, this is the name and address i have been given…
Sgt. Paul Kelly E8 Base-Mosul Camp-Liberty Number AA7/19/0407 Unit-Air Assualt.Victory camp base Adder Tallil Iraq
thank you
Sarah
Hi Ladies
There are no US troops in Pakistan.Thanks for the tip to find someones ip. Glad you found out he was a scammer before you lost any money cheralyn.
Well, there aren't any troops in Paki that will readily tell you they are in Paki.
I confronted him on his identity and he got angry yes he wanted me to get the phone too and be carefull that is a scam they actually send the email to you and then you send it to a "liget" email address and it even has pictures on it with military men in or by a humve it looks real but it is not it gets sent back to them at one of their different addrresses. The phone for a sgt cost 680 and a captain cost 150 the email address for the sgt for the phone is ts2tsatellites@aol.com for the captain it is ts2tsatellite@aol.com do you see the differense look closely at the two emails. they are 2 different emails one is for more money the other for less. I think these guys are sitting in a boiler room type of job and this is their job and trust me they get paid to reel us in. This was not thought up byone person pulling a prank this is a sophisticated engineered complex organization. They will fight to protect it too dont think they wont. It hurts like hell and it hurts more when you know the true soldiers are innocent and the innocent soldiers are splattered all over the singles sites. I did tell him to get a web cam and show himself and he said I should not doubt him. Think about it ladies because I did all day, when the men are over there fighting for us and putting their lives on the line for us they seriously do not have time to sit for hours and talk to us each day or every other day. I am an army brat and I married a Navy man and yes I divorced, and I should have been smart enough to know that yes it is top secret what they are doing and sometimes not but go ahead and ask for the military address for them, an email address for any relatives in the states and then ask for phone numbers to relatives of theirs and if they wont give it to you you will know then you are being taken for everything you have including your time and energy and the ripped your sleep from you too. I can tell you a military man wants mom and family to know all about you and if the man you are talking to doesnt want to share that then he is fake. Think about it thes soldiers may die over there and before they go to battle the only people they are going t want to hear is family not us lonley women. If a military man has that much time they are going to talk to relatives not go on dating sites. I did a lot of soul searching and put myself in the military boots and thought if i was able to contact anyone I would not want to sit and take chances talking to a complete stranger in the states I would want to hear my mom and dads voce my sister and brothers and tell them i love them and that i will be home soon not a strangers. I got out of it because I am true to my faith and I prayed for guidence because i was getting lost in hs words over the internet and I couldnt see straight. I ended up on this site and it was an eye opener to read what you women had gone through and i though to myself I almost did the same thing to feel that love from someone because it has been so long since I have felt that way. I think that this site should be on the front lines also, fighting for the identity of our soldiers who have families here and have no idea that some low life is taking their identity in one country while our soldiers are fighting for their lives to get home in another. The other thing I can tell you is look at the pics really good look for wedding bands, maybe signs behind them saying where these soldiers were and investigate and lets start warning each other when we see or have contact with another military man and seriously he doesnt have to be military he can even be a teacher an engineer a dad or minister but lets fight this and yes we have a battle on our hands and hearts as single women but lets start getting greedy too make them prove themselves and who they really are and if they cant then report, report, report. YES I reported him to singles net.com the site where he found me and he goes by goodlookinggoode stay away from him he is definetaly bad news. Good luck ladies and I am in the fight with you. Let me know any other names these losers are using and lets start our own AMERICAS MOST WANTED: NIGERIA
Cheralyn
Hi Cheralyn,
two names for you:
Kells Klin or Kline
Paulos or Paul Zacheus Becker
I've done my research, he is a scammer using soldiers pics, from the site is "Are you Interested."
Hi, I wanted to know if anyone recently met a william spalding with the air force. Don't know rank but he is 46 years old and in Afghanistan. I first of all would never send money to anyone…I did have one "widow" that was doing contracting work on a hotel in lagos…nigeria? Hadn't asked for money but his voice did not go with the pic he sent. I requested his address and employers address and phone…told him I had no money and if he was a scam artist he would be very sorry and did not know who he was dealing with…he would be very sorry to have even considered scamming me…and to not contact me anymore if that was the case. I could see he went online without contacting me…meaning reading my email and never tried to contact me after the email. so what do I do next? Hate to think of the desperate some ladies are and those that take advantage of them.
cheralyn heres a name for youon the dateing service mate1.net look for me he goes under nickawsome66 thats what he uses for his nic name but for his yahoo messenger its sgtnickscott66i have been a victim here please get back to me asap please.
hi lori
make sure I looked for what you wrote on the site and didnt find him so please make sure spelling is correct and i will look him up again.
cheralyn
cheralyn what dose it mean when you cant find him or look him up dode it mean he still is a scammer cheralyn please get back to me ASAP please thanks so much and please tell me what i should do thanks lori
Here is the name of another scammer.Tim Krieger His email addy is tkrieger_imo1@yahoo.com He says he is in Iraq and wants ts2 and transit money etc.
Hi,
Please add email address moro_tanko@hotmail.com to your list of scammer addresses. He goes under the name of Peter Moro Tanko and he's supposed to be stationed in Afghanistan as a Sergeant. I, like all these other women, was naive and vulnerable and took this man's declarations of love very seriously and sent him $14K Aussie dollars within a short period of time. Please contact me and I'll happily forward other details to support what I say. Cheers, Janice
Hi Donna and Helen,
Pleasure! Us girls must stick together! Its awesome that we can help one another and protect the soldiers fighting abroad!
Heidi
Hi Janice
How much is 14k dollars in us money? That would be great to hear more about this man. Ladies we really need to understand that these men are really good at what they do and I just want to say that it is as easy to fall in love with the man over the internet as it is if they stand in front of you. The only difference we cant take them to court to get the money back. I was lucky not to get mixed up in the money situation i stopped before i lost it. Everyone wants to be loved and we really want to believe that these men are being honest but think about it they are not. I ask now when i am on the dating site to email me and if they do i trace the ip immediately as to not waste my time and also I ask if they are in the states and if so they need to email me and then go from there. Those two questions can save you ladies a lot of heart ache. We owe it to ourselves noone is going to protect us so we need to find ways to do it ourselves. Remember ask if they are in this country and then ask them to send you an email make it seem like that would be better way to talk. If they dont want to and they want to go on IM right away get rid of him he is no going to prey on you with no witnesses. Figuratively speaking. Good luck and Janice if you could let us know more that would be great. Again the website for ip addressess is what is my ip address
hi Lori,
I dont know what to tell you. You can go to email reverse search or if you have city and state where he lives or where he is from call information and ask for him in that city or ask him if you are able to talk to one of his realatives so you can try and get him home faster. Just make it to where he is not suspisious of your intentions but get all information from him as much as you can and then start tracking good luck and if i can help more let me know.
cher
hi cheralyn tyou but i got some info 4 youi have been chatting with this so call i thought soldier who said he loved me but he dissapeared on me last he has now contacted me again just today and then he gave me his friendsemail and he said he would like to chat with you i say ok so he comes back on and starts chatting with me then he says can i send you pictures of my son to you i said sure then after a short chat he says why i gtg now and i left it at that then the other soldier i was talking to email me and started chatting away with me and then he says im aboy of 14years old dont be angry please i need your help i am from ghana i lost my parents in a bad accident i lost them at age 10 iam lonely and i need a good education and now in junior high shcool so if you can please help mebecause i have been sacked from shcoolbecause of my shcool levis so please i am pleadingto you please help so i can have a foundtion to education than i said but john you sent me a picture of you and you look like grown up he says yes i do fraud for a livein please can you help me i say what is it you need john he said i need you to assist me so i can go back to shcool pleaseand i say how do i do that i say to john right out straight i have no money to give to you he said well i think you can send me clothes shirts shoesECT… i saywell ill think about that maybe he says ty
i said i need a address and then he says cu l gtg mum then he comes back on and i said what and why did you call me mum forhe says i didnt say you were my mom and i want u to take me as your last born cause i told him im all ready a mom of 3 adult boys i said believe in the lord your savoir he will take care of you he says i do believe in the lord i said do not lie to me please send me a picture of you he saysyou may thinkthat i am makingfraud i will open a web cam tomorowto viewme he said to me were are your elder childeren i say 1is at home and 1 is working he works in the investigations department i said im no 1 to play games here and i mean it he said i need a person to take care of me so what are you goin to send me what kind of stuff if only you can see im not a scammerso i said john i have to go now but keep praying to the lord then he comes right out the clear blue im not john my name is daniel i said why do you do this danielha=e says that is the military name i used so i say do you no what the penalty is 4 this he says yea i no and he said to me right out the if a mike twidge1995@yahoo.comcomes on to chat with you dont hes a scammer i said ok daniel thank youhe says just ignore him he only wants your money ok mom he says i like you that is why im telling you this and all his secrets and take care and have a nice day and that was it he went off line so what do you think and what should i do cheralyn yours truely lori
johns email is john.adams@hotmail.com
Hi CJ
Thanks for the reply, I told my so called soldier…irwinpreston@att.net, that i didn't believe he was a soldier and that he was getting no money out of me and told him good bye, not heard anything since. I think we all know deep down when something isn't right and us women need to listen to our own instinct because it is very rarely wrong.
Helen
Dear Helen
Cpt Irwin Preston as been a Good and humble member of the special forces who has been faithful with his job During is service year in the US army . Any form to spoil his name will lead US army taking up a case against the person for impersonating him of a crime that he has not committed .we know this handiwork are coming from the hand of the talibans that has been dealt with by Cpt Irwin Preston here in the war zone .we are trying and making it possible for this evil perpetrators to be brought under the law.
Yours
Harry Mark
Ladies, the scammers have come home to roost. This "LtCol Harry Mark" is a fake and a fraud trying to ease your fears and cave into the fake Captain. I only approved his comment to show you the lengths they'll go to. The fact that they're coming here now shows that we're making a difference.
Nice try "Harry Mark." The Taliban aren't that smart to know who their enemy is dating! Moron! Where in Europe are you exactly, anyway?
I'm just wondering if anyone has been asked to cash an annuity check from Canada so that the military guy could take a leave and come visit?? I don't trust this guy.. I didn't know that you could even request leave at his leasure???
Claudia (and others) do NOT cash any checks these guys send. Even if they give you a check for $1000 and only ask for $400 back. The trick is that they give you a fake check that gets cashed by an unsuspecting bank. You send the $400 and spend the other $600. The bank realizes they cashed a fraudulent check and come to YOU for the full $1000. Be careful of selling stuff on the internet too if someone sends you a check for more than the price of the goods and asks you to send the remainder to them.
Hello Claudia
You can request leave of absence but it woul have to be very important leave when they are over there fighting. Wh would he want you to cash an annuity check.. I mean why also? Iwould ask him a lot of questions. True military men will answer many quetions when it comes to money, pay rate, or rank if you are their girlfriend or wife. If the money has to go into your account dont do it it is a scam and the money is fraudulent and you have toask yourself would you give your annuity check to a stranger to cash and pray they will give you the money? No I wouldnt and I dont think you would either. so be careful. If money is involved then dont touch it and also have him send you an emal and or send me a goofy one one that is not serious and I will trace where he is actually at and I am betting nigieria. My email if you choose to is dallas4868@gmail.com
Take care
cheralyn
Hi Cheralyn
When I checked the IP address of my so called soldier it came up with Atlanta, would this just be a con man in Atlanta? as it didn't come up with Nigeria or anywhere like that.
thanks
Helen
Helen it is very easy to use and IP anonymizer to create fool computers into being someplace they are not. The bottom line is that even if it were a real soldier, drop him if he's asking you for money.
Hi CJ
Iv just been approached on friends reunited dating by yet another soldier who apparently lives in new york. I have checked his ip address and it says it comes from a place called El Segundo in America, does this sound true
I must have scam me on my forehead or something lol.
his email address is timothybills@mail.com
Thanks
Helen
Helen,
Do not trust anyone from an online dating site claiming to be in the military unless you meeting them in person and they show you a military ID or they email from a .mil email account. I can't stress that enough.
Thanks Marcus, i replied back to him because I was a bit curious to what his plan of action was i think, any military men that approach me now alarm bells will be ringing straight away.
Helen
cheralyn can some 1 tell me what IP stands for please i am still trying to find this soldier i mean the real 1 i wont stop till i do
Beware of a scammer using the name Sgt. Marcus Garvey. He had me "meet" him on Windows Live messenger. He sent me a picture of a solider dressed in full desert gear w/o the helmet. I came across him on a very popular dating site. He told me that he was a staff Sargent, had in the US army for over 22 years and would be retiring in in 4 months, also was stationed over in Afghanistan at Camp Eggers. Told me his home town was Tampa and was his home base was Fort Lee NJ.(Fort Lee is in VA). He gave me two different addresses: futprint1z@hotmail.com and futprint1z@yahoo.com. He may use more.. He did mention that he has multiple messenger accounts. He told me that he has no family other than a sister, nephew, and 20 year old daughter living in Germany. He told me of his background that he went to Army-Navy Prep school in California and University of California where he studied marketing and met his ex wife. He also told me that he has an uncle that he does not talk with and that both of his parents, that were born on the same day, 2 years apart are dead. He gave me an address in the UK to send stuff claiming that his APO address is shut because he never used it and is retiring. At first he seemed very charming and convincing, and a lot of the info that he gave me checked out on the net. The first couple of emails that he set, I checked out the IP address from the first couple of emails and it was from the Middle East. So I ran his emails thru a check and found one of them to be from a 14 year old kid in GHANA. But I also ran his name and found out that there is a SGT Marcus Garvey In the US Army that was stationed at one time in England. So wanted to believe that there was a remote possibility, I asked him a few basic questions about his military background and about the camp that he said he was station at. I was able to find the website for Camp Eggers by just googling it. None of the answers he was giving me started to make any sense. Finally he sent a third email, I traced his IP address and found it to be in Ghana. I broke off all communications.. I was one of the lucky ones, I found out the truth about this person, before I was really scammed.
If you have doubts that the person you are talking with is the person that you think he is, more than likely he isn't. Google what the person tells you, if it doesn't make sense then majority of the time the person on the other end is trying to scam you.
Hi Kasey! I too was "taken" by one Marcus Garvey, and he told me pretty much the same things he told you. Then he started asking for things…chocolate, "bisquits", shower gel, a LAPTOP, and an E97 Nokia cell phone and bells and whistles went off. He never asked for money, though. A friend of mine is married to a Major in the Army and he took all the info I had on this guy AND his contact in Britain and is looking into this back in D.C. Pretty tough pill to swallow, isn't it? I'm grateful I found this site, and I found it through Facebook by searching Marcus Garvey under his yahoo e-mail address.
Just for the record, I'm not Marcus Garvey. CJ can vouch for me there.
I am amused he told he was stationed in Fort Lee NJ that is a city in NJ…I drive by the exit on the way to a friends house..lol
Hi
Has anyone spken to someone called Moxon Clarke who claims he is col in US army?
Helena
Hi Helena
Ihave been talking to a Moxon Clark who also is Wesley Clark COL in the US ARMY I am a bit suspicious can we find out where is E -MAILS are coming from
yours sincerely
Thelma Sweet
Cornwall E NGLAND
Good morning ladies,
How desperate are we to find love? Me There is a man now saying he is in sports he is on the singlesnet.com. He goes by portableray as his screen name and I had him immedeatley write me in my gmail and then I traced it and it came up Lagos Nigeria and he stated he has never been in Nigeria. well I confronted him on that and told him I traced his computer the one that he is using right now to send me emails, to the city and country. You need to run the full garbled Ip address to get the accurate info. Go to whatismyipaddress.com and go to trace email and it will take you through step by step what to do. You are getting the one here in the states just like mail it has to go through several cities to get here and the same with a computer every computer that sends it through will have an IP address. If you need more help contact me at dallas4868@gmail.com I will be glad to send you links and help you through it.
cher.
Once you do start the IP tracking you will never stop but the key is to get them to your email before you IM with him. The nice thing is it will set your mind at ease and you will never have to wander again if you are being scammed. The IP will tell you immediately. and yes it is addicting and I did it with some of the men on the site that live in spokane washington and there IP came up Spokane Washington.
Here is what an IP address is
Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look something like 127.0.0.1.
Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers within region-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet. An IP address can sometimes be used to show the user's general location.
Because the numbers may be tedious to deal with, an IP address may also be assigned to a Host name, which is sometimes easier to remember. Hostnames may be looked up to find IP addresses, and vice-versa. At one time ISPs issued one IP address to each user. These are called static IP addresses. Because there is a limited number of IP addresses and with increased usage of the internet ISPs now issue IP addresses in a dynamic fashion out of a pool of IP addresses (Using DHCP). These are referred to as dynamic IP addresses. This also limits the ability of the user to host websites, mail servers, ftp servers, etc. In addition to users connecting to the internet, with virtual hosting, a single machine can act like multiple machines (with multiple domain names and IP addresses).
ok greg on the singles net is not the one i am talking to and the one that is portable ray on there i am still trying to find out if he is legit. bare with me I have so many men and I really need to slow down lolololol
but the ip address was currect on the greg so that is good and now i know not to write him
Hi
I am a woman from Sweden, who has been contacted by a military man who is at war in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has been there for 1 year now.
His name: (C.S.M)Michael Johnson Brown, US Army, 51 years old, a son 15 years old and his wife was killed in Iraq, for about 3-4 years ago.
I also has pictures of him, a white man, very good looking.
I wants to know if he is for real or a scammer!!
Trine
Hi Trine, can you send the pic to dallas4868@gmail.com and does anyone know how to submit pics on here and if so we need to send all our pics of these men on here to compare and then nail the sonsof you know what.
cher
Hi Cheralyn,
I can assure you I wont be chatting to anyone before I have checked out their IP address etc. Wish I had known that before….wouldnt have wasted time on this scumbag! Just wish I had a way of alerting the soldier who's photos are being used. Am still a bit puzzled as to how he got on to a South African dating site though. Anyone have any idea?
Heidi
South Africa
Hi Cheralyn,
I will send all his pictures to you, because I want him to know about this. I think Michael is very good looking man!
Trine
Sweden
Hello ladies,
Just found this site and my mouth dropped open. Just last week Irwin Preston mailed me at a Dutch (!) dating site. Because he wanted me to mail him at his private address (irwinpreston@att.net like I read somewhere earlier in these comments) I googled his name and found all of you.
Eventhough all he did so far was praising me and telling me he thinks I'm beautifull (he couldn't see my picture!!) I did inform the dating site. I also cut&paste his mail and picture before he deletes his profile.
Thank Heaven for Google!!
So, anyone interested in his picture??
Monique
From the Netherlands
Everyone,
I've written a new post that will flush out a few more details and give you some more insight into these scams. Here is the link:
soldierspersp...dating-scam/
I have been chatting with a US soldier (well so i thought) for a week and a half now. Had the sob story about him being a single father, no parents or any other living relatives, supposedly lives in Miami, in Iraq at the moment tho, returning in 2 months to the US. Who ever it was even supplied photos, and even sent more when i requested them. Then tonight i was asked by this person to receive a parcel from him which is supposed to contain money that he cant take into the US. So if anyone knows how I can find the real SSG Richard Miller could you let me know so i can inform him. He looks a very nice person. I was sucked in in Australia
Hi Deb,
I have also be chatting to a US soldier for the last six weeks. He is supposed to be in Iraq and calls himself Major Henry Weightman. He has the same sob story about being widowed, lives in Jacksonville Florida, in Iraq at the moment and returning to the US in the coming weeks. He too says he has no parents and that his little boy of 11 has been in a military boarding school in NYC for the last 5 years. I have even been receiving emails from this little boy. He also rang me last night to discuss something important. The important thing was that he said he had USD$4million given to him as part of a business dealing with some oil millionaire who he provided escort to the border and whose wife he also saved from a terrorist attack. He asked if I would accept a package from him that contains this money, via a United Nations diplomat travelling to Australia and that all I needed to do was to provide my full name, address and confidential telephone number. When I refused he became angry on line almost borderline abusive and I felt afraid. I am also from Australia and in many emails he has said how he always dreamed of finding a sweet woman from Australia. He said he was coming here for me and to take me away to the US with him. He also, like a lot of other internet scammers supposedly soldiers from Iraq, has surprisingly bad grammar for someone of his rank. The pictures he initially sent to me are of a very pleasant looking man in his 50s. Can I please cross reference with your photographs from SSG Richard Miller? Can you call me on 02 9663 5887 or 0413 253 672.
I would greatly appreciate your help and being able to sleep peacefully tonight.
Hi Deb!
Me too, It's the same story, butI got suspicius, try to finde him too. Iam still talking to him, he doesen't know that I have checked him up here. Pls write to me so we can compare stories and pictures. annbritt631@hotmail.com. I'm from Sweden.
Hi Monique
I would be very interested to see his picture to see if it's the same Irwin Preston that was emailing me.
Thanks
Helen
Hi Helen,
Just found another site on which we all can see our loverboy..lots of pictures and I bet he's the same one..
internet-love-scams.org
Check it out!
Don't know how I can cut&paste his picture on this blog….
Monique
internet-love...x.php?n=6262
Sorry, this is the complete link
Hi Monique
Irwin Preston used the same tactics on me, after calling me his queen and that it was written in the stars that we met lol, he mentioned about getting a secure telephone line so that we could talk to each other without any threat of the taliban catching him, sent an email requesting my info, ie tel no., provider etc etc, and said that it would cost me firstly £900 for this connection to happen and I would get the £900 back within 24 hours! Even if i had £900 to spare (which I don't) i would never have sent him money and knew something wasn't completely right. my email address is spookywoo@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to send his pictures, it would be interesting to see if its the same photo.
Helen
CJ IF ANYONE COMES ACROSS SGTNICKSCOTT66@YAHOO.COM PLEASE LET ME NO ASAP IM STILL DETERMAND TO FIND THE RIGHT SOLDIER BY THIS NAME
Hi Monique
Thanks for that, yes it's the same person, do these people know their pictures are being used or are they the real scammers?
Helen
Hi Deb and Tina,
My soldier was Philip Miller……….. basically same story! Wonder if its same scammer? Do the pictures say Miller on the uniform? There was once a mail in which he called me Tina…….when i challenged himon it he said Tina was his Mum. This was when I had already become suspicious!
You can contact me on heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
Lets compare notes!
Heidi
South Africa
Army Generals Apologize for Walter Reed
Hi Deb and Heidi
I finally have a peaceful resolution to my debarcle. After some internet research on Major Henry Weightmanm, I turned up a Major General George William Weightman currently living in North Carolina. The images supplied to me by my Nigerian scammer, actually came from transcripts and military news postings from the following story: Read on …….
Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was recently fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley apologized for substandard outpatient care at the medical center and vowed to improve the system at a House hearing Monday
I will be contacting the gentleman in writing to inform him of the fraudulent use of his photos.
Good luck in your research!
Hi,
Good news Tina!
Deb and I have discovered that the photos of both our soldiers are of the same guy. The details differ in places but otherwise word for word the same.
Heidi
Hi Heidi
I'm pleased for you. DO you have any way tracking the real solider to let him know he is being used in this way? I have actually been able to find contact details for the true identity of the man in my photos, as the scammer was stupid enough to use images and surname of a very high profile military man. I am sending a letter together with copies of the photos emailed and some of the correspondence.
Maybe you can dig up some information (if you want to take it that far) on people finders.com It's like a telephone white pages listings for the US. Read your emails carefully for any clues as to where he might have said he lived. I went on facebook also and found relatives who had posted photos showing him in them and found that one of them lived in Jacksonville FL, where this man said he lived (and showed me pictures of his house as well). As I used to be a debt collector and trained to trace bad debts, I put those skills to use again and was able withing 48 hours to pinpoint an exact address. Once you do this, you may purchase personal information at a small cost (usually around $14). This info gives you telephone numbers, relatives, address history for the last 40 years and all sorts of other information, which the scammer may also have purchased into order to create a composite false identify of your lover boy. Good luck if you are taking it further!
Dear Sir,
Could anyone help me please have been talking to an American in Afg his name Moxon Clark or Wesley Clark says he is an American General Iam a bit suspicious as his grammer is no quite right would be grateful for any information
yours sincerely
Thelma Sweet
Cornwall England
Hey there Thelma. If you e-lover is General Moxon Clarke, then I'm the Dali Lama! If his grammar is not right then you are being scammed. Does he use phrases like "I need to know much about you"? Ï surely have to find that angel sent from God above to take away my everyday loneliness, as loneliness has been my everyday worry in life"? Then you are a target.
Mine forwarded pictures of someone called Staff Major Henry Weightman when in fact it turned out to be Major General Henry Weightman of the US Army, one of Bush's and Donald Rumsfeld's cronies. I couldn't believe this idiot scammer did not do his homework well. He chose to use the identify of one of the most senior members of the US army with all the high powered buddies and access to all the army intelligence known to man. I have reported it and have contacted the real man in question as I thought he should definitely know about this. good luck with yours.
Hey Thelma. I just googled a General Wesley Clarke of the United States Army and yes he does exist but you don't know who the person on the other side of your emails is. Why don't you invite him to webcam session: see if gives you the same line I got: sorry but cannot because of security reasons. Thought I'd help out.
Cheers
Tina
Thelma, Wesley Clark is the former UN Commander. This past presidential election, he was one of the Democratic nominees but dropped off early. I can ASSURE you without a doubt that you are NOT talking to Wesley Clark. He's a married man and too busy doing stupid things here in our country.
Hi Tina
many thanks for your reply glad I found this site, thought there was something odd about him from the start
yours sincerely
Thelma
Hi Thelma, if your thinking something isn't quite right about this so called soldier then you are probably right. If you decide to carry on communicating with him it won't be long before he will be asking you either for money or asking you to do something else "dodgy" for him.
Helen
Hello Helen
thank you for your reply been waiting for him to ask for money, how do these guys get hold of U S army personal documents. many thanks
yours sincerely
Thelma
Hello CJ
Many thanks for your imformation Ithought he was a fraud it will give me much pleasure to tell him so
Yours sincerely
Thelma
Hi Thelma, as far as we all now they just go through the internet and get peoples pictures and information and then use the names and photos, the fella who contacted me said he was in the us army but i didn't get pics of him in uniform, just normal day-to-day pics of him, he was gorgeous looking though so don't know where he originates from
helen
Hi,
Have also found out that they use the photos of previous scams on their new victims! Will certainly think twice about sending my photos to people in the future!
Heidi
Hello,
I have been chatting with a guy that says he is a SSG Mike D. Graham an E6 n the Army deployed in Afghanistan and goes by the nick name Squiggles…if you have been talking to him and this is a scam, please let me know.
Thanks
Hi, Anyone heard of Chris Knox? He is also a scammer. "Army Commanda" in Iraq and will be coming home at the end of March. Can't wait to spend the rest of his life with me. Blah, blah, blah… Ladies, please watch out!
Darn…same story but different name, FESTUS SMITH
Hello ladies I just wrote to the Embassy in Nigeria. I submitted a letter and here is what it says:
There are many of us women on the internet who have been scamed by men posing as U.S. military soldiers and who have been stealing pictures off of Facebook from American men and their families. The one in paticular is Williams Olakunle and he said on Yahoo Intant Messaging that he does this because he said he needs money for food and school. Another one is Jayzaza Onyilo who has threatend me and said he is with the Taliban and that he is going to blow up some parts of the United States and threatend my life and said he was going to come here and find me and make me beg for my life. These members are on singlesnet.com and other dating sites that are free and they are going after the single women if you need more proff there is a web site that women are going to and trying to find out how to stop these people from doing this.
Please send me a response on what to do and I thank you for your time and I hope you catch them and lock them up as they have hurt so many women in the United States and around the world. Please help us stop the ones we give information about. Here is the web site.
soldierspersp...omment-54345
Thank you again
Cheralyn McDowell
Hi Lisa and Carrie,
Check the Ip address and use CJ's tip of asking him to send an email via his military email!
Heidi
hi
has anyone heard of steven mcabe? my mother in law has had a guy email her via a dating website saying hes in the us airforce, his wife died 6 years ago and his two teenage kids live in nyc, after 3 days he confessed his love to her, and unforuntaley shes "fallen" for him, he even sent her flowers. hes promised a life together and has even said he wants to be walking hand in hand with her in heaven, this morning it seems he has asked her for a large amount of money, something to do with getting leave. ive read all the posts on here and the story sounds so simular to everyone else but she wont listen, she wants to believe its true. so if anyone else has had contact with this man please let me know,
thanks
mandi
Ts2 line scam/military dating scam
This scam(er) uses many different names.
Jeffery Perez Connell
Perez Connell,
Jeffery Connell
Connell Perez
Connell Jeffery
Ricky Gibbs, Ricky D. Gibbs..Says he a 1 star general but can't' tell me that a one star general is a Brigadier General)
What these guys don't know is that is that I have been talking to them via different yahoo emails. All because my cousin got suspicious of some solider Jeffery Perez Connell. Colonel to be exact.
She asked if I could check him out. ( military brother who could use AKO) All of these guys have the same story, have the same kid named Ryan who is either 15 or 16 and live in Texas with his Grandmother. The pictures he send are of the same man. He says he is a peacekeeper. Which is usually done by the UN not the US military or so I am told.
He starts out, the spelling is okay, but then it's okay baby.. I love you baby… baby baby, baby and when you ask if they know your name they say, of course I do baby. Yeah okay! Needless to say he is vague.
He will ask you to install a Ts2 line so he can talk you. However he does show up in the mobile available.
So he does have a cell but will tell you that he it's not safe for him to call you on it. (but it's safe to Text to me on?) He might tell you that the money will be refunded. I putting this on as many scam sights as I can, with hopes of alerting woman who might be vulnerable to this scam!
just found out last night ive been scammed his name is sgt matt swain of e8 victory camp base adder tallil iraq pics emails msn and phone calls really knew what he was doing how stupid could i be! very!feel a right prat only got myself to blame so be carefull.shame we cant let the real person in the pic know how they are being used.
Dear Lo
Just read your mail 25 Jan.
I was also 'scammed' by the same guy as you were scammed by, but he used a different christian name. I was on a dating site and he contacted me Dec.'09 Said he was a Captain in US Army in Iraq but for Security reasons, not allowed to divulge exact location…also said he was divorced with one child and due to go back to the US shortly. He sent me pics. and he was also on MSN (chatted for hours every night) and had email addresses on Hotmail. Called me from Iraq a few times. Must admit his English Grammar and spelling weren't bad at all and he was quite intelligent. I fell for him hook, line and sinker! Strangely enough, my scammer tried a few times to chat with me on Webcam but I'm new to this type of technology (which he knew) and couldn't set it up properly/got cut off (obviously he must have cut me off deliberately). Needless to say, I sent money to Accra, Ghana, via Western Union, address: 37 Airport Road, and became suspicious. I have spent literally hours on my computer surfing the web/doing research, etc… and lo and behold, on Sunday night I found our scammer's profile (pic.) on a couple of social network sites. It is the same guy but he has different details in his profile. I magnified the badges on his uniform and his stripes and a T-shirt with a badge on left hand side of breast that he was wearing whilst exercising in the Gym. I found out all I needed to know about his Army Unit, etc…and found out that they were in Afghanistan and had returned to the USA in Nov.'09 already! I found out so much information on Google Free People Search, i.e. his real age, different towns/states he'd lived in, relatives' names, etc…& boy, do I now know a lot about the USA and Iraq! Lo, I considered myself to be a highly intelligent woman with a College education and a good job and now I feel so ashamed and humiliated for falling for such a 'Con.' I've spent a lot of time crying recently and now enough is enough. We all have to pick ourselves up and move on with our lives. This has made me a much stronger person and if nothing else, I have empowered myself by learning about computers/websites/searching for info., etc…
ATTN: CJ – I have a lot more information on hand which I'm not comfortable writing about in this forum in case said scammer's reading this…If you'd be so kind and give me your private email address (my scammer will know mine if I write it here) I think there's a chance he/they could be caught. They became careless towards the end and I became very clever in acting very stupid towards the end! I'm sure that most of the scammers' names I read about here are one and the same person/couple of guys based in Internet Cafes in Accra or Lagos…I see from another lady's mail herein, a scammer by the name of Miller. I know of this one too…Also, since all this happened to me, I have been receiving emails from dating agencies (I googled their names and found out they are also scams from Ghana/Nigeria/Russia) and messages on my mobile 'phone from a Mrs Brown in Hong Kong, advising me to collect my Lotto payout of millions of USD's! I haven't done the Lotto – and certainly not in Hong Kong – for years, and I don't belong to any dating agency now!
I hope that someone somewhere is reading this and when their eyes were once closed, they are now wide open…
JP
The email addresses for all of the authors are listed on The Authors page listed at the top of the page. Feel free to grab CJ address from there and email him directly.
well i just found my scammer tonight useing the IPhe was from nigeria and your right dyan baby baby baby thats what this sgtnickscott66 was saying to me ok hun and then ok babe yes babe i played him like he played me now i need to find the real soldier and i will with some ones help on here i hope. and no he did not get a red cent from me either. i was to smart for him boy i love this IP thing its great thank you all lori
Hi Lori,
Yes the baby and honey sounds soooooooo familiar. Good luck with finding your real soldier…….I have been trying for weeks. Am determined not to give up till I do!
Heidi
i feel so stupid now to be sucked in by ssg.michael rancourt i have send money and have lost everything because of him i believed everything he told me im sucker and had poor xmas because he told me he was coming home to me..never happened
heidi how do we find our real soldier i wont stop till i do lets work together on this what do you say
Just found on another scam website that Irwin Preston is now on dating direct affinity going under the name of irwin 624, he sure gets around alot, ladies be aware.
Helen what is the other site…thanks
Hi Lisa
"dangersofinternetdating, quite a bit of info on there aswell, if uv been contactd by irwin preston though if you type in google, scammer irwin preston, there's a few website about him with pics etc
The best thing to stop the scammers to ask them using the webcam!Photo is not enough and Ip adress can be changing and a good IT guy can create a fake .mil email adress too
After 1-2 chatting you have to ask for using the webcam! It is allowed for the soldiers in iraq and in afghanistan too.If they dont want it: red flag!
Hi,
Lori, thats fine with me!
Lilly, my 'soldier' pushed and pushed me to buy a webcam as I didnt own one. By the time I got round to it I was a bit suspicious of him so never did. I am not what the idea why?? It goes against everything I have read.
Heidi
@Heidi: hmmmmm…it is interesting. webcam is the best to check someone.His face, body, voice etc..
but why do they ask u to buy a webcam and they don't have one…I m confused about this.
I think we were both talking with Wisdom Bell, Mr Michael whoever he is ask me the same thing 2 all that u wrote about him he did the same exact scam with me. Just in the past 3 days.
I've bee chatting with a Phil Adams. Says in the Army in Iraq Bhagdad. Said his laptop broke so needed a new one so we could see each other. Seem OK, but he gave me an address of 60 Mango Tree Ave. accra Ghana to mail it to. Said he would be going to Western Africa within the next couple days. I didn not mail the laptop. I questioned him about everything to include his IP address which was in UK. Said IP is probably a security thing – he didn't know why. Advised that he would no longer ask for anything since it makes me uncomfortable. I'm not sure if this is legit. I met him on Match.
I also have a few picture of him. Would be more than happy to share them to confirm if a scam.
The original IP Address comes out of Ghana, but all the others are coming out of Kansas, here in the US. Can they change their IP address?
HI HEIDI PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME IF YOU HERE ANY THING ON THIS SGTNICKSCOTT66@YAHOO.COM AND I WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOU IM GETTING READY TO CALL THE OPERATER TOMOROW AND FIND OUT A LISTING OF NICK SCOTT FROM DALLAS OR DALTON GEORGIA I GOT TO FIND HIM I CANT REST TILL I DO I NO HE WAS BORN 1966 I HAVE HIS PICTURE FROM THE DATEING SITE MATE1.COM AND IT TELLS ME HES IN THE ARMY WHAT BUGS ME THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FILE COMPLAINT ON THIS GUY WHY.HEIDI RUN A IP ON HIM AND LET ME NO WHAT OR WERE ITS COMEING FROM AND THEN ILL RUN IT AGAINST WHAT I FOUND AND SEE IF IT MATCHES OK
Hi Lori,
Mail me at heidi.lynn1@gmail.com. Lets put our heads together
Heidi
Hi everyone, iv actually found the person in my pics on facebook would u believe, his name isn't irwin preston and he has put messages on the net saying that his pics have been stolen from a modelling agency site, he knows they are being used by scammers and says he has notified the police about it, just goes to show you can find anything if you try lol.
Helen
please let me know if any of you have been ion contact with a Srgt. Justin wrightman.
HAS ANYONE HEARD OR TALKED TO A JOSEPH LINGO..
Hi Wanda,
Dont know if he had one or not as I didnt have one……….there must have been some hidden agenda but its unusual as they seem to avoid webcams if at all possible.
Hey Ladies… here is another soldier scam…Soon_In_Ky and McHendrickson on Match.com… he says his hame is McBright Hendrickson, widowed, wife and son died in plane crash, he as a 13 yr old daughter and his parents are deceased, he is a only child…. real smooth writer… wont give out phone number or when he will be on to IM…says he is in Iraq, then says he is taking care of his daughter, then he needs a loan to pay the Generals so he can come back to the states… beware… you don't pay to get out of the military service other than with your life or doing your signup time… money won't do it…trust me I was in the military….mchendrickson@yahoo.com or mchendrickson@live.com these are his email addresses… so beware he is lurking…
I have recently been a victim of McBright Hendrickson. Sent him money to come home. Big romance. Very smooth talker, Now his son is supposedly in Iraq with him with a possible brain tumor. Money is sent through a Col. Petzel who has a decidedly Nigerian accent on the phone. High pressure moves to get money. Sends very romantic letters and promises. The cost of flying home keeps going up and up. The money contact is a bogus Kenneth Ellison in Vancouver WA. McBright won't answer questions, all a big secret, tells you his has plans for marriage, family and a future. Does not mean a word of it. Very convincing and talks you into giving money to get him out of Iraq at a very high price. Don't fall for it. He is a heart breaker and a sociopath. Beware!!
Has anyone come across someone calling himself Jakson admas/jakson adams saying he has done final tour of Iraq supposed to be sergent 1st,class have several photos of him close up in uniform and also civilian clothes says he is from Florida, with son called Stephen aged 15 he is divorced and his son is living with best friend til he gets discharge papers for leaving army. would never come on webcam. reason being is that i have found out today that he is actualy a scammer as i have not heard from him in 18 days and because of the iraq war i wanted to find out if he was still alive and ok i contcat the dating sight that we both joined to find out he was a scammer , he goes the nick name of NIACHA his pictures are quite convincing of a soldier even though they are not of him. if you have heard from this man get in touch or where can i leave pictures of this person for his identity to be know so he knows he is being used as a scam age approx 48-50 please get back to me asap ..
Am Jakson adams and it true i had a contact with miss Patricia Williams. Things wear going on well with us and we decided to meet each other when i get retied from the army. i was once chatting with her and some of my friends came in to me room and wear talking to each other. when this woman head their voice, she suspected the language is from an African and am from Ghana because a Ghanaian has scam her because. I explain everything to her until we continue to chat again. i will call her to hear my voice because she always complain i should call her. so i was busy at work and don,t reply her mail all of a sueding this woman write to stating that am a scam because i did not show up on the messenger and don,t reply her mail as well. i was very sad when i read that mail and decided not to contact this lady Trish again but a friend of my told me she hard gone this far to write saying am a scam and am not. I hope this lady will bow her head in shame because she has no any prove about me scamming any body and moreover am not a scam. i hope she will redraw her comment immediately.
"Jakson" is writing you from Africa, yet claims he is not African. His internet provider is the African Network Information Center and is writing from the 3rd Floor of the Ebene Cyber Tower. It's amazing what a reverse IP checker can find out.
Nice try, Jakson.
C.J Gosh you are so clever, to find that out, and here was me feeling so belittled that perhaps I had been given the wrong in fo, about jakson. what a cheeky bugger ! anyway just wanted to say that had two letters in today from to upset ladies better not give their names here but if you want them drop me a line when you get time I dont want to write to in andate you with mail as you have enough to contend with, anyway the 2 ladies in ?? are lloking for their lost loves in US forces and want to try find them. One is an officer ( trainee ) she sent the pics to me and she thought it might be jakson but it wasnt so we have cleared that up, the other one has said that jakson has now got a new profile under OASIS ACTIVE, (doent mean a thing to me sory but you might know of it ) he neds to be locked up give him bread and water for a month…. and a few lashings with the cat o, 9 tails or better still hang him by his balls ! yes I prefer that one ! Ha ha ( sorry brit sense of humour ) best wishes Trish
Hello this is a letter to the gentleman calling himself jakson Admas. I am never too big or too old to apologize to anyone if I have said or done something wrong to them.. IF they give me the proof I need to clear up the subject in question, shall we put it this way it was a long time before jakson wrote to meI kept on writing and received nothing not one line back!!! and the phone calls never came, in the mean while I had a few mails telling me that you were in deed a scam, and just using the pics I had all over my home of you,that were someone else…. in fact I had an email in this morning of someone else using your name and identity so who is right and who is wrong. I never never wanted to believe that any one could do that to me because of the past thing that happend and I had moved on, and was able to send the necessary docuements to jackson for him to see what had happened I do not think I have done anything wrong at all, If Mr Admas is innocent then YES ,I would willingly beg forgivness from him and say to the world that a mistake was made… that I was given the wrong in formation to lead me to beleive he was a scammer but that is how it was sent to me,,,, so its up to you, either be a man and reply to me and tell me why I am wrong and get back on the computer and phone you still have my numbers I would think and put the world to; right… An yway why would the agency write to; me and tell me to cease contact with you? it near broke my heart to read that and then topped with n o news from you and no calls and no mail , what was I to thmink, and as I have been in formed MILITARY can use Web cams and phones and get communication to the people they want to,so I leave it to you I am defending myself so you defend yourself to me, thats the least you can do, after what I have received…. Trish WILLIAMS
Hi, every one look out for a Martin Heade, supposed lieutenant colonol in Aghanistan, last seen on friends reunited dating website a week ago….usual story…dead parents…widowed, with 2 young children…Just about to move, he said, so was obviously going to ask for money for the phone scam! Have blocked him..but he disappeared from the website as soon as he made contact with me…probably on others so if you should come across him please report him…thanks.
Wanda
They want you to send pics and go on web cam in case they can't get money any other way they will threaten to send these to your friends employers etc. unless you pay up. This is blackmail. So be very careful what pics you send and nothing on the web cam you don't want the world to see. Good luck and be careful
That is so terrible…I told my family that I had come in contact with a scammer. His name was Wisdom Bell he was on yahoo as Wisdom_bell44@yahoo. Ihave reported him to yahoo and I have reported in to Black Singles Connection and he has been taken off that site. I am quite sure he will reappear as someone else. I have learned my lesson. This person wanted me to intercept a package from the airport 2millon dollars to start our life with. That was the red flag for me I told him that I could not do it after given it some thought. I then told him what CJ said about sending me an email from him AKO account and he did not know what that was!!!!! He was so convincing so believeable. I guess I have gauiliable written all over my forehead….
Wanda,
They will also use your pictures to scam some unsuspecting guy……..a vicious circle. That is one way they get the photo's of the soldiers……..they have scammed them previously.
Heidi
got one at the minute going by the name of SGT KEVIN NATHANAIEL says he loves me hes from the U.S.A wants me to regiters with some phone company like all the rest of you but im not fooled did my research and A: it dont cost anything for them to ring B: you cant phone them for obvious reasons C: they have either got a pilgrim number or they have a paradime sim card so i know this mans is trying to scam me for something but i will go along with it for a while longer just to see how far hes going to try it i will find as much info out as i can about him then his ass his mine lol xxx
Hey! you, ve got lovely pics and a bright smile, just want to say hi, and hopin to hear back from you angel hello Kevin, thats nice of you to say so hope your well xxxxI just hope this doesnt piss you off cos most people dont like men in uniform……..
a little about myself………………..born and brought up in usa by british parent, i got enlisted in the army at the age of 22, am currently stationed here in kabul afghanistan, i have been to UK on several occasion and i intend to relocate to UK soon.
tell me more about yourself too.singles? thats not possible, you cant be this beautiful and be single, i find that hard to believe. a tattooist? how profitable is that?keep in touch Kevin was nice talking to you xxxxxHi Angel,how has your day been? well i woke up about 2hrs ago, have been relaxing, just came online to check if i gat something from you before preparing for tonite patrol. what you gonna be doing this weekend? am sure you are havin unlimited fun there lol………well as for me am gonna make sure there's no more attack from the Taliban this weekend, its really nice to hear from you again, hope to hear from you again and get to know you better. keep smiling.Hello Angel, how was your nite? sweet dream i guess……….anyway am just come back to the camp base after a long nite patrol, so tired now and i need to sleep but i could be back online later in the evening to chat with you cos i enjoy doing that, keep smiling angel cos am sure your smile is gonna make another brighter day for me.
you could come online to yahoo messenger and ask those questions, we can talk about them there
kevin.nathaniel51 @yahoo.commsn and yahoo both work together am sure, you can still add me in your id. its gonna be a pretty busy week for me here, we got red alert. wish we could stay together on phone.your smile ill take you anywhere.can i ask you for a big favor? i need to print out your pics, post on the wall in my room so i can always look at it each nite am going on patrol and when am back in the morning.wow, thanks for that. its really gonna make my day.have done something today but am not sure you ill like it, i hav just told my friend about you, told him i got someone am datin in uk now eventhough we have not started dating an he really like this. hope you dont mind?baby it ill really makes my day to hear your voice before going out on patrol each nite but everything pass through the admin department and i just asked them about it, the ladies there told me we could talk on phone but there's a telephone company in charge of the troops in iraq and afghanistan you ill need to register with first and charges fees need to be sort before a call can be set up for us and i can call you anytime i wanna. they already gave me the info of the company but i gotta tell you this first.what kind off fees do i need to pay ? and how do i register with them ? send me all i need to know and i will see if i can do it babe x x x x xshe gave me the into , you ill need to introduce yourself to the telephone company and send these to their email address:
you will have to send email to the company and introduce yourself to the company as my girlfriend that you ill need to connect with your boyfriend in Afghanistan and you send the company this information so they can use it to locate me in Afghanistan.
or
SGT.KEVIN NATHANIEL
E8 ARMY CAMP
VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN.
the lady says the fee is for the phone callin registration and it has to be done for security reasons. it ill be an honor to have someone i can always talk to on phone before going out each nite, but angel if you dont wanna do this you dont have to do it, but ill really appreciate your voice on phone.
I have to go on patrol soon, ill be back online here tomorrow morning.its all a bit complex for a phone call i understand why it has to be but i thought is was just a case of you getting a pilgrim number and ringing anyone you needed to anyway i will have a look into it see how much its going to cost be safe and i will speak to you in the morning xxxxx Thats the story so far lol this guy cant spell has no clue who hes talking to so i will see what hes got to say in the morning when hes finishe is sp called night patrol lmao xxx
Trish, could you sent a picture of ths Niacha…….his m o sounds similar to my scammers story………chance its the same guy? He is very active and reusing the photos over and over.
heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
Heidi
Hello Oh so glad had a reply for my plight wonder if its the same guy have you got the lovelt pics then, Yes send me your email and I can forward the pics to you or you can find them un der my thread at ILS ( tickle my tea) what ever is easier in ILS I have the original in trouductory photo of guy calling himself Naicha from Florida and thats on the ILS scam board as well but I couldnt get it offf the dating site myself as well I just couldnt so I wrote to ILS and they did it and put it up there, still cant bring myself to smash all the photos in frames of him as am deep down hoping they will find the real man but will have to come to termw with it soon I know drop me a line you can get me at trishwills60@talktalk.net also and I am on yahoo.com also un der trishannewills so come on over for a chat they say w heads are better than one, how long did you know the guy,,, I go back to October of last year til around 3 weeks agao so I am still a bit raw! but come on down and talk to me all the best TrishW….
Hi Folks, thanks for the heads up. Just started communication with a US staff sgt Rick Rancourt Based in pakistan. Was curious as to why he would be on an Irish dating site. Only a few mails from him so far but follows the pattern – lovey emails, photo, removed profile from website, moved onto yahoo mail and last communication requested I start using yahoo messenger. Time zones got me wary so i was searching the net when i came across his site. thanks folks before I got in too deep. ive sent a mail telling him not to contact me again. maybe I'll have better luck next time – there have to be some genuine guys out there
Hi Susanne,
I have also been emailing a guy called Rick Rancourt who is supposed to be based in Pakistan for the last month, in fact I have just got off messanger with him. Can't believe that I fell for it. I was a bit confused about the time zones too and when ever I asked him about it he would change the subject. I'm delighted to have found this website. A pity there are such low lifes out there.
Hi my friend is called Jane who lives in the UK. She has been dating a US soldier online for almost a year. He claims his name is 'KELLY'and is 51 with a 12 year old son called 'HARRY'. He has told Jane he loves her and they will get married. This marriage has been postponed at least 3 times. She has never seen a moving picture of him. He puts a child claiming to be Harry on the phone every so often, but Harry is suppose to be away at boarding school. Kelly has persuaded Jane to send him £5,000 and a diplomat will deliver all his valuables worth a six figure sum! This parcel has not arrived since (August 2009)because the diplomat was in a car accident and suffered internal bleeding. She has also been sending to Ghana £50 a week! Kelly claims now that they are engaged she can have half of the Farm which he owns in Africa. This £50 a week is to pay the peasant farm workers their wages! She has fallen in love with this idea of getting married to him. He can't travel to the UK because he is now in New York in a secure hospital. He has been promising to send Jane some money into her bank, but he can't do this because his branch is in Alaska! I fear that Jane has given out her passport details, bank account and out her home address to this scammer. Please if anyone knows of this 'Kelly' or has been a victim of this kind of please contact or psot your story on this site. Jane at the moment has told me not to worry has she hs been brainwashed by this fake dream. Thanks stephen x
Hi Susanne
iv been on the friends reunited dating site for approx 2 months now and have been approached by about 6 scammers, don't know where all the genuine guys are lol
I know your pain Stephen. I too am going through this same thing with a friend and feel like beating my head against the wall. I keep asking myself how can anyone be this niave!
My friend has also given money and is claiming undying love just days after chatting! He's promised that he's coming to her but never shows up for various reasons. My friend no longer tells me anything about him because I always advise her against it and she does not like me doing this. I am only trying to help open her eyes to these lies! But she is so blinded she can not see the truth.
supposedly he has so much money that they will be sit for life ONCE he is able to get access to his bank account. where he is in the war in iraq he is unable to get into his bank account.
I feel so helpless I have decided that for my own sanity I can not speak to her…I know this is weak, but i can not stand to see this happen to her and not be able to stop it.
pls pls help her….sounds so so much like festus smith…no access to money until out then really well made….. pls dont let her het scammed because SHE WILL, so sorry.
I want to help her but she will not be helped. She gets mad at me if I so much as mention it. I feel so helpless. I've been her friend for years and have never lied to her or tried to hurt her in the passed. but for some reason she thinks I am trying to hurt her now…when in actuality I am just worried about her. I know this guy is a fake…I've found things on the internet to prove it, but he has her wound so tight that he can work his way out of anything and she is so desperate to believe him that she does. It's very hard for me to watch! He doesnt use Festus.
Hi Stephen and me
these men your friends are chatting to are definitely scammers and I feel so sorry for your friend that is sending all her money to him, there are loads of websites about these scammers on the net and the stories they tell follow the same format. Type in google – scammer and the name of the men your friends are chatting to and see what comes up, another good site is – internet-love-scams.org. there are loads of pictures of scammers on this. as you have probably read above the pictures are not really of them, they have stolen them from modelling sites or other sites and used them. Has she checked his IP address to see where the emails are originally coming from.
I mentioned her checking the IP address about 1 year ago but she is not ver computer savvy and has not done so. I offered to do it for her if she'd send me an email but she refuses to do that too. convinced I am 'jealous' and out to hurt her. I will check out those sites that you mentioned. I have found this guy on facebook or a guy with the same picture and wrote to him a few days ago but as of yet have not gotten a response. Of course there is a chance that this may be the man who is scamming as well, but if so he would have at least contacted me and told me some boggus story. I feel helpless! and I miss my friend since this has certainly put a riff in our friendship. I think when the truth finally comes out she will need a friend and I will certainly be there. The sad truth is she's done this before…so it seems very sad that she didn't learn the first time around. I have tried to reason with her, I have sent it numorous links…but to no avail. This is very frustrating. another sad fact is that these scammers are not only breaking the hearts of these women but also of the children involved with. My friends children are so excited and can not wait for him to finally come to them so they can have all they have ever dreamed of.
Hi Me, it is certainly a very sad story, especially if she has been scammed before. I found my scammer on facebook, it isn't him who is doing it, they have just stolen his pictures from a modelling site, i sent him an email on facebook and he replied a few days later saying that this has been going on for years and that he has contacted the police, but it is neverending because they just put his pictures on different dating sites etc. wait and see if you get an email back from him and then you can show your friend that the person taking money from her is not actually the person she is talking to. You sound like a very good friend, but you can only do so much if she is not willing to listen, as you said, you just need to be there for her when it eventually does sink in. It sounds like it has been going on for a very long time, but if she is sending money it could go on forever. i was lucky because i knew something wasn't quite right more or less straight away and its sad that she is spending all her attention on this scumbag when she could be meeting someone nice.
Hi girls
I just want to tell you how sorry I am that you got caught up in this. These scammers are heartless and will do or say whatever it takes to get your money. I was lucky and found this site before they scammed me. their english may be poor but they are experts at finding your weaknesses and using them against you. All you can do is be there when your friend needs you and she will. These scams all end one of two ways. You will either be heartbroken and broke or they will move on to greener pastures. Stay strong you are not alone.We need to keep helping each other.
Come on girls and boys havent you been on ILS ( in ternet love scams yet ) go on there and look at the pics that have been stolen Not saying all are legit, but most are stolen and used by scammers to get in to your mind I didnt think I would get caught twice, I was very wary in deed because with the first he asked for money within about a months or so after ladning in Ghanam when he got himself into problems and YES african places are hard places to get help its all cash up front for anything and bribes all the way throug but if youtr guy or any guy is legit they can go to embassy and check out all the help I got photos of the guys sick child in volved in accidnet (HORRIFIC( I never stopped paying for this and that so I thought never again ( found his profile and 5 pics on ILS ) thats what put me on the scent as it said pics used by scammers !!! anyway after 10 months I had had enough as I was broke they will drain every pound out of you at the same time saying how sad they are that they have to ask for help ( BULLSHIT !!!) so I though Okay next time I am gonna be on the ball, met a soldier though I was on safe senior site, but got caught out No money handed out but fell for the " Military crap " cant call you COS not allowed cant have web cam cos not secure anyone could be homin in on this they will get away with it each time and I am still GREEN and stupid….. still thinking the real guy could posssibly be found,, really fell for him , must have been the ITAQ thing knwoing what they are going through etc etc the day to day life they have… so Yes fell again at the post… so for the future NO conversation with noone not no how unless they have a web cam no excuses that My son daughter broke it bad connection CRAPPY doodles no way No web cam no talkies,,,,, anyway if anyone wants to know the guy who scammed me do please ask, he was supposed to be USA again…. but the first one not a soldier but gold contractor and precious minerals etc and having to leabe N< CAROLINa for short contract OH the first lot of money was ONLY GOING to be a LOAN for 2 weeks MAX ) BULLSHIT lost 3.000 Grand sterling. so there you go thats how easy it is, lets hope there are legit men out there somewhere,,,, would love to meet a nice REAL guy…. All the best to you all TRISH W…
Has anyone have emails for Staff Sgt.Steven Grant. I found him on Match.com. He Claims he is in Iraq. His email is stevengrant62@yahoo.com. He has not ask for money yet. But ask if he could send me a package by a carrier in the UK. That was wierd. Any comments on this one?
HI,
Amen, Donna……….us girls must stick together. The more we spread the word and report these guys the fewer girls will end being heartbroken and penniless!!!
Heidi
Hi girls
To learn more on this dating scam listen to CJ and Troy and Marcus on blogtalkradio.com/youserved episode#74
It was an eye opener I and another woman were on and I would advise any man or woman dating on line or not to listen to this show. It is informative and you can learn new info on the military dating scam. Good luck
Stay away from this one,,another scammer girl..Too quick, too fishy!
SGT. WINKERSON MARK JAMES…is another scammer,2 conversations in, he was looking for money and a letter to send to his commander wanting me to say that we were engaged,,yadyada…says he's in Iraq,the military stopped feeding them a year ago, had to sell jewellry and clothes to eat…good thing I'm smart and a dear friend helped me find this site right away,,,so i played him til he took the bait about asking for money..very pushy,can't spell worth a damn, until he quotes the poety,good old cut and paste again…after i told him I knew he was a scammer,, i got the go to hell, and God will punish me…bahaha,,I'm so worried..Stay away from this jerk ladies,,HE IS A FRAUD,SCAMMER, JERK,AND LOWLIFE SCUMBAG.. signed a very smart gurl.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME A GOOD SITE WHERE I CAN POST THIS SGT.WINKERSONS PICTURE AS A SCAMMER (IF IT IS THE REAL HIM),ALSO I WANT TO FIND HIS PIC ON A SCAMMING SITE,thanks all.
My friend has been chattin to a Chris who claims to be in irac and i just knew she has been scammed but she wont listen. I know she has sent money but i dont know how much but now i am even more concerned coz she has just sold her house and has no money left at all. He too claims that he needed money to get out of the army and that he will be escorted to her house. He claims to have a son who lives in london with a relative. Says he has a house thats worth 600 usd. I am just so gutted for her coz she was nearly scammed by the 'i'm on my way to see you and then gets a phone call to say he's been in a crash' scam. so you would think she would be more careful but no. I just dont know what else to do or say to her. She still thinks this guy is coming. Say she is waiting on details of his flight???
The flight won't come. Something will happen and he'll have some tragic incident take place. But, for $XXX dollars, your friend can help him get home quicker! Don't fall for it, it's a scam.
Have you shown her this site?? The US Military does not send people home just on a whim of things,if there is truly a family problem,trust me the military will look into it before they pull him out of Iraq,also,the military will pay to send them home..definitely your friend is being scammed..She needs to read this site,,word for word.
Wanda
11 Feb 2010
I have also had some dealing with Wisdom Bell same MO package but this time Mr. Michal is stuck in Ghana needs $2K to get on plane and get here with $2 mill UDS (haha sending 2 me)
I let Mr Bell, Mr Michael, or who ever that I just read about him on this blog like he said God will show me and Oh God did just that, on this site, because I was trying to google Wisdom Bell, USA to see if I could find him, ended on this blog, thank u GOD. Someone in the military please tell the real Mr. Bell what is going on with his name or tell me how to. YES LADIES IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN TRUE IT IS NOT
my friend said she has signed a document to release this guy from the army. Is this document known to anyone? Is there a copy on line so i can show her its a scam. She
has even sent money for a communication phone thing??? I just cant get over it? how can people do this to innocent people? No matter what I say she still thinks he is coming.
Libby, no such document exists. Military members do not need signatures from civilians to get out of the military at all. I'd show you a copy, but it's just not there. He's not coming. Send me his name to my email, and I send you a screenshot proof that the guy doesn't exist for your friend.
the mans name is supposed to be capt chris kelsey, kerby or kelby. i will try to find out. I thought i had her belieing me and she was really upset coz she has lost everything for this man. But then today she came out with but I have an o2 mobile number for his so called son whonis staying with relatives in london while he is in irac. Although she is not allowed to call him only text until he comes home and explains who she is. what a load of you know what but try telling her that.
it is capt chris keply or kepley.
Here is the name of another scammer…Ferris Marshal. he says he is in Darfur. after a few chats he ask for money for ts2 phone set-up and money for lap top. Same old story is a widower with a son staying in UK. beware and be safe girls
Hi all! I'm new to this website but I'm so glad I found it. I recently joined up on ninemsn dating site & shortly after met a Colonel Dennis Gray based in Afghanistan. Not long after he declared his love for me but he started pressuring me to pay for a Sat phone (www.tl5sat.com) which was going to cost me AU $2000.00. I didn't have that money but he tried every excuse in the book to get me to do it. I was one of the lucky ones & I have ceased all communication with him. Ladies beware…they are smart operators these scammers.
has anyone ever heard or had communication with a guy posing to SSG Mark Burrell stationed in Iraq with a 17 year old son that lives with his ex wife in Arizona? Please respond if you have he contacted me and wanted me to contact the military to find him so we can communicate on the phone via ts2phone@aol.com. I have not and will not set this up and sene money to a scammer. Thanks for all of the posts. It has opened my eyes to such scamming.
oh yes, he also says he is stationed in Mosul, Iraq and wants me to send a confirmation after I contact the military with his info of how to locate him.
I know and believe all this con artist imposing to be what they are not are gonna be put to Justice pretty soon.
Just so everyone is aware, Rick is writing from the African island of Mauritius and may be part of the problem. This is the same place from which many of these scammers operate as well..
this people are going to be put to justice pretty soon that is what i know
Just so everyone is aware, Rick is writing from the African island of Mauritius and may be part of the problem. This is the same place from which many of these scammers operate as well.
My sister has been scammed by a man saying he is Staff Sargent Bill Allyn (He has no middle name, form Tampa, and his parents are dead). She was asked to send computer, and other merchandise, and shipped it to be picked up by a 'diplomat' whose name was Robert Arkoh. Since that time I searched and found Bill Allyn on myspace, and we have since realized its the same guy scamming. Any suggestions on how to report this guy?
Tina, locate your nearest Secret Service or FBI office and report the details to them.
Hi my name is Lisa, I met a guy on my space he says he is in the army stationed in Iraq. He says his name is Scott Schwartz he is a Sargent. He says he is from Jacksonville Florida a widow with a son he says the son is in the UK because he is there through the government. Well here goes he asked me if I could send 4500.00 to a man named Jessie Bittinger in Tampa Florida he said he was government person and I was to send it western union. And now a week ago he said he was being shipped to Afghanistan and wouldn't be home until May or June instead of April, then a day later he said he needed money to fill out a form to leave early to come home. He said he needed 7400.00 to fill out the form and I was to send it western union. I need help who can I turn him into. Thank You Lisa
i need help
G'day,
I got onto this site while trying to track down a scammer, it makes for interesting reading. Has anyone heard of Diplomat Richard Baloyi – South Africa (supposedly)? He is using an army guys name. Calls himself Captain Harry Smith, he even sent a scanned copy of Smiths passport. The passport is current and belongs to George Harry Smith born in Ohio USA.
I don't know how to get in contact with the real GH Smith so if someone does know either let me know or contact him and let him know that his scanned passport is being used to work a scam.
This A hole hasn't asked me to send cash yet but it's probably the next step, will post update if worth while letting you all know.
What a shame I'm not going to get the 30% of the USD$10.3. Buggered if I know how he thinks I was going to get the CASH (seized during a raid on a Taliban group) into the country (Australia) let alone what I would do with it when it arrived… I suppose I could have gone to the casino for a couple of years and cleaned it, but then I'd still be looking after his 7 odd million until he arrived and then what would he do with it…
Cheers
Glenn
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:08:29 +0100
From: e11@army.mil
Subject: For you
Hello Linda,
I just gotta let you know i aint a fake and bad guy like some other people…have never done this for anyone in years,emailing from my work mail. Also have never told you before that i'm a special force cos there are some things we keep to ourself but you let me burst that out now.i'm used to you and it will be so hard for me to go back now…i think you owe me loadssssssss of Apology.
RICK RANCOURT
32ND INFANTRY REGIMENT
SPECIAL FORCE UNIT
CAMP WIDERNESS
ISLAMABAD,PAKISTAN
e11@specialforces.us
just an example of another fake!!….
This sounds so familiar,,recieved this the other day after I had emailed SSG Rick Rancourt to inform him I had traced his IP address and not to contact me agian. These guys have got to be exposed.
now that i've sent you a email from my army.mil…i leave it for you to decide if you still wanna contact me or not…i'm never a bad or con man and will never be…i was reported to the Homeland security about what's going on the internet….the ip of the guy disguising as me was revealed from some part of Africa. he can re-direct emails from me,don't know how he does that though.
I will be sending the pic of your name written in the banner with date when i'm less busy tomorrow…just doing all this to proof to you that i'm me and no other person can be me.
I wanna clear myself out and show to the whole world that i'm me
I tried his mil address and my emails were bounced back. Needless to say I have not replyed to this and have blocked him from email acc. Scam? should be called Scum!
Someone plz help me fast plz!! Has anyone ever talked to a SSG. Ernie Heitman. The e-mail address that I was to Western Union the money for phone service is mtelecomsdept@consult.com.
I have been chatting to someone name Austin George who says he is serving in Iraq, he is from New York has a daughter who is 10 who apparently is being looked after by help at his home. Anyway he said he had to send his documents etc back to New York via a diplomat who apparently went throught Ghana and is now stuck there and cannot move the documents any further without payment. Surely this is a scam….. let me know someone please… there are also lots more men claiming to be soldiers in iraq but seem to be the same as this guy… advice please … thank you….
Hi Rosemarie,
I had the same request. Confidential docs sent from Iraq with Diplomat, got stuck in Ghana at Customs, wanted money to get luggage through Customs for Colonel in Iraq.
Hi Rosemary,
Check out the IP address from which the emails are coming.There are lots of websites on the net which will tell you how. Am pretty sure you will find they are coming from Ghana even though he says he is in Iraq!! Sorry!
Heidi
where is ghana iam in the same boat
Rosemarie
I was talking to a guy i thought was a soldier in Iraq. He turned out to be a scammer. He told the same story as yours.He said this diplomat would bring the briefcase to my house. But the diplomat got stuck in Ghana and needed 2500 dollars to help get him out of Ghana. Sorry but it's a scam. Then he said he needed another 2500 dollars to pay for the release of the briefcase thru customs.
lisa rose
Ghana is a country in west africa just a hop and a jump from nigera
Hi Ladies,, Sadly enough I was one who was scammed with the Phone Service,,,I was literally hours of sending my daughters wedding money to him as well. Yes flags went of but I guess I just was so desperate for Love and to be loved. Anyway i prayed so hard that night for God to please show me something anything that this man is for real or not. The next morning I woke up so I could recieve all of his info as to where I was to "WESTERN UNION" him 1500.00 dollars. As I was logging on to his "E-MAIL ADDRESS" My eyes just so happen to look at the side to read some of the advertisements that they show my eyes went directly to this site!! My heart dropped,, As I opened the site and started reading I started to cry so hard,,All I could do was cry and Thank GOD for HIS sign. Its true,, if you are reading this site I say to you,,,YES ITS TRUE,, Believe in YOUR INSTINCTS,, they are right. My heart is broke but in time I will heal. Just as you will. May our TRUE HEROES that are serving our COUNTRY know that they will always be loved,thought of, prayed for and in GOD's Grace. THANK YOU TO ALL By the way his information that he is using is SSG. Ernie Heitman touring in Afghanistan,, the phone service that he is using is mtelecomsdept@militaryconsult.com….. I busted him with all this and thankfully I have not heard from hi again. Please be careful to ALL of you and again believe in your gut instinct. Oh one more thing I found him on PlentyOfFish.com please take care
Terrie I was scammed almost by a man who claimed he was in Iraq stationed to and was from Jacksonville Florida. I almost sent him 7400.00 for money to fill out a form but guess what I figured out everything before I did. HE was stupid because he gave me names of people to send it to , so they could go to Western Union and receive the money. I loved him and believed everything he said well what a fool I was. I even had him checked out by my daughter's Army recruiter and he said he wasn't in the Army. He was dumb though because I know where he lives now because he sent an email to my cell phone and I figured it out on my own that there was 5 digit number on it and was a zip code he lives in San Diego California. His name he is saying probably isn't rue but you know what I know the truth now and I think he knows he got caught because last night he came on and said that his laptop was broken and he was using a research lab one. My daughter got him mad on Thursday night to because she was asking questions to and he didn't know her questions. She knows all the army terms because she is in the reserves waiting to go active but sometimes you don't want to believe your own children well I learned my lesson well. Well ladies if a Scott Schwartz says he is in the Army and says he is a widow with a son named Joe who is 13 yrs old and is from Jacksonville Florida turn him in . I did and he will be sorry he hurt me ever.
This is the latest offering from Rick Rancourt, deployed in Pakistan. Bloody Hilarious.
I think sending you this picture is the only means i can explain to you that i aint a bad man…someone out there was just imposing to be me and the person has now be tracked to me somewhere in some part of Africa…..i just wanna clear my conscience.
Maybe God help you for thinking i'm a liar.
You know where to find me if u still want me cos have promised to always be understanding in every situation i am.
So help me God.
Just a pity I can't post the photo…it's hilarious!! two soldiers holding a badly photo shopped banner with my name inserted into it. Thank God these guys are not too bright.
Good oul Rick, yep I got that pic too,…all to prove he aint so bad,….got to tell you I aint so stooopid Rick!!!
banner was a nice shade of blue too!!
I found out something on my own I knew the loser wasn't in the army in Iraq because I had him checked. He is a real con artist and scammer. I told him he wasn't in the army and he kept saying he was well guess what he finally is scared some but little does he know he got caught good because he sent a email to my cell phone from yahoo messenger and it came up with a zip code the loser san diego california. Girls if anyone named Scott Schwartz tries to talk to you turn him in he is on a site called bb people a meeting site to ladies he says he is from jacksonville florida to but stationed in Iraq. he is a real loser and he will pay dearly when I get done with him and his gang of scammers.
guys this came back to me when I googled 'e11@specialforces.us' it would appear to be a site where you can 'purchase' a military mail address,….
can you help CJ?
It's NOT a military email address at all. Military email addresses end in .mil and nothing more. Why would anyone pay for an email address when so many are offered for free?
A sgt Williams James has been saying alot of the same things on yahoo messanger to me please e-mail me and let me know if he is in the marines in Iraq. My gut tells me its a scam but I havent read his name antwhere, he is on myspace and facebook. His addy is williams3667@yahoo.com
thank you for your help
Tiyger Ritter
Iowa USA
does anyone know a guy by the name of david.a.ward or ssg frank ramos im pretty dure both are running a scam if anyone has any info please let me know
CJ
Two scammers tried to scam me on skype. They both tried to impersonate Major General Anthony Cucolo. THEY DIDN'T SCAM ME AT ALL.
I asked too many questions and scared them away by asking certain kind of photo's from them. (NOT naughty photo's)
Well, I should like to warn these army generals. The things these scammers are doing and asking…I should like to make a "comedy" movie…the real Hollywood style!
Hi,
Think I must have 'stupid' written on my forehead LOL. Have been approached by another 'soldier' claiming to be in Iraq…but sending emails from Ghana. Calls himself Bryan Maritato. Has photos with the surname on the uniform……the whole 9 yards.
Heidi
Heidi,
I think we got the same guy. Can you send me a picture? I want to see if it is the same guy.
Jeanna
Hi:
I have been in constant contact with a soldier, "Bryan Maritato" since 1/30/10. He met me via Match IM–warning bells started ringing throughout, but the guy has never asked for anything from me, even offered to pay my expenses for a trip (not for pleasure, for business)!!
Have had plenty of experience with scammers since before Christmas 2009, when I fell for my 1st scammer, he was the last.
Any photos of this Maritato so we could compare?? I have 12.
I have a photo of this Bryan Mariato. He has been in contact with a friend of mine.
How do I send them to you?
I'm from South Africa and haven't a clue how to track an ip address but this is the address he is using " this guy could be genuine" so please be careful with the address.Bryan Maritato <brmaritato@yahoo.com.
Here is the first email he wrote:
Like i keep saying, i am interested and will like to learn and know more about you and think we have a great start. Here's a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the US Army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn't have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I've been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I'm not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I've been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I'm giving/generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you'll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping. My mission here will be ending soon and will be heading to South Africa right after this mission, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know alot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that's if you want to continue with this. I hope this doesn't scare you away as i will love so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.
Bryan.
god is good all the time!im almost a victim of this modus operandi i met lieutenat steve johnson of E8 iraq camp victory and suddenly asking me to subscribe from wirelesstelphone@usa.com in order for us to talk??? hahahaha..suck my deck Lt. steve johnson!!!damn on you!!!
My Mum has been in correspondance with a Philip Charette based in Iraq wife has died one son Harry Aged 12 at boarding school in the States. He has told her he also runs a company in the Uk and lives in Camden. All of a sudden he is having problems with one of his companies deliveries into Dubai as his bank account has been hacked into and the bank have frozen his money!!! My Mum had the sense to say dont ask me for money and he has not replied ( theres a shock) After my Mum telling me all this I thought I would google scams by soldiers and came across this site, cannot believe there are so many similar stories. Has anyone heard from this guy????
question. How do you know if the person you are talking to is real? What are the real costs regarding the TS2 satellite phone if the person is a captain? My friend is talking to this guy and it seems like it's a great thing. Just kind of worried for her. My friend's ex was actually in the marines and told her that when he was on his ship, he put in a request for the phone and it was almost $500 for a short call. How do the phones work anyway and what would someone who really wasn't lying about the costs for the phone etc say so that we know what to believe.
Sue, TS2 is a real company but it's not one the United States Military uses for anything at the individual level. Units purchase plans to provide overall internet service – when used. Soldiers do NOT need to purchase individual plans or phones to talk, that is handled through logistical channels.
reading alot of you sounds like the scammer festus smith has simply changed his name. poor english etc…please please he is a scam, scum and loser and a very good lyer. good luck to you all. I have alot to share if anyone is interested, read my post about festus smith. please be wise women, we deserve better. xo
Hi girls,
my daughter put a blog and told me about this site. I live in the south of england, and was approached via a online dting site, which i have now removed myself from, by a guy Philip Charette, claiming to be a mMjor in the US Army stationed with the peace keeping forces in Kabul, due home, to London, Camden in April/ May. Widow for 2 years wife killed in an auto accident, son Sam age 12 at boarding school in US. Well, have corresponded with him daily, very aarticulate, excellent grammar. The most fantastic letters and of course he's in love with me. Strange. So started chatting on msn, apparently has a business in UK, where he has lived for 12 years,and is awaiting a consignement of sattalitte equipment to be cleared in Dubai, but can't pay the agent as his bank account is frozen and can I help. No way, told him if he thought I was stupid or a soft touch he'd picked the wrong cookie. Full of big apoligies, so upset couldn't sleep cause he'd upset me, but has emailed me again, saying it's our future etc and wil pay me back asap, even sent me aa copy of the certificate of lading, with name of port, vessel, type of cargo etc on it. Is he is a scammer, then these guys are getting good.
BE CAREFUL, they are just little s—s. Have said no way to the monies, never.
After being contacted by a scammer from friends reunited dating site, telling him i knew he was a scammer and actually finding the real person in the photos that the scammer was saying was him,(irwin preston) my hotmail account is now being bombarded with emails from various people either asking for money, giving sob stories or saying that they have millions of pounds that they want bringing in the country and if i send them so much of this money I can keep the rest. Don't these people ever learn! especially when they have been rumbled. These people will obviously try anything to get money out of us.
BEWARE PHILIP CHARETTE.
Chatted with him on msn, thought I'd reel the worm in!!!. He played it cool to begin with no mention of the money he'd requested, then approached the subject, anything I could help him out with he'd pay back. How much ?I asked Wanted £2,850 sent via Western Union to pay the carrier to release the cargo in transit. Well, faced him out told him I knew this was a scam, was he in Nigeria, and i had saved all the emails he'd sent to forward to MOD, not phased one bit, how could I not believe he was who he said he was, what was I talking about, he could prove who he is, and I'd be surprise,asked him for his name ,rank and number. Well bring on the surprise I love surprises, then he said bye !!!
beware of Capt Ferris Scott…another in a long list of scammers!!!
A sgt Williams James has been saying alot of the same things on yahoo messanger to me please e-mail me and let me know if he is in the marines in Iraq. My gut tells me its a scam but I havent read his name antwhere, he is on myspace and facebook. His addy is williams3667@yahoo.com
thank you for your help
mmm what a carry on i have a scammer im having fun with ive had flowers choclates teddy bear been chatting for 2 months however the flowers went to a bogus address and also never gave my real name but now the sting is about to come he want to do his transit form be warned girls this guys new Sgt Charles Leacain he even had his profile deleted once only to do it again with a diff picture
Hey Dee, Renee and Becky! I have actually been able to contact the REAL Steve Lopez. He was a little shocked about his pictures and identity being stolen and initially I think he thought I was scamming him. He is married and not currently overseas. Poor guy!! It's important that we make sure people know it's NOT Steve scamming people. I had a woman tell me she was going to try and put charges against him. Poor guy!
I stayed on the site and was engaging scammers in conversation and then reporting them and trying to notify the REAL people that their identity was being used. It's more fun than playing Farmville on Facebook. LOL I have since met a wonderful (REAL) man on the dating site and he has actually told me that he gets women trying to scam him all the time, too. He is military and laughed when I told him what "Steve" was telling me to try and get my money.
Some of my favorites:
The nannies name was Florence Bowen…when I looked her up on a special site we have at work she had five alias' including Florence Nightengale. LOL
One guys golf score was 5. I said "wow…that's serious talent since there are 18 holes on a golf course."
Goes on and on. I actually caught "Steve" on IM today. I told him that I missed him and asked him why the nanny never picked up the $300 I sent him. (I love messing with him) That got his attention!
Maybe if we can keep him busy with those of us that know he's scamming it will be less time he has to spend on potential victims. Either that or we could end up on some Nigerian "hit list". LOL
Love to all,
Elizabeth
Catherine,
Yep Steve is a scammer. Kelvin is always sick it seems. I got the same exact story. The mom, the brother in Spain, the wife died giving birth. I wondered where he went after he quit "loving" me. LOL
Elizabeth
hi,ladies be careful who name sgt.scott morris,john carrick,adam jizzmonkey lingo all are nigerian scammers.
i got who claim he's a military man in mate1 site almost are scammers.
I just found out that I got scammed. Luckily, I was able to get my money back,just lost the $59 fee. I met him through singlesnet.com, his name is Sgt. Brandy Floyd from Lawrenceville, GA and they wanted me to send money through MoneyGram to a Dawn Bradley in Knightstown, IN. Dawn is 32 and is a cashier/waitress at a gas station. Please be careful everyone!
hi i am another fool that has just been scammed by a colonel Jerry Moore, he made me feel like no man had made me feel, his emails on hotmail every morning chatting every night, i did think it was strange that you could fall for a guy on line but i did head over heels. all i do now is cry. i was lucking because i have no money and could not send it, his luggage was stuck in Ghana. i was sending it home because he was retiring and we was going to be together
well you all know the rest
To christine
Please don't beat yourself up over this. These guys made have lousy spelling but they are extreme talented at making you feel as if you are the only one for them. i understand how they constantly make you feel as if your are their one true love. Hold your head up high You did nothing wrong but fall for a man who has no conscience.take care of yourself and know that I will help you any way I can to deal with this. You are not alone.
I had been talking to a guy who called himself, Bryan Maritato, Staff Sargent E6. He says he is stationed in Iraq and is retiring soon. He then said he found a large amount of money and he wanted to send it to my house. He sent through a diplomat who got held up in Ghana and needed 3000 dollars to get it out. He sent pictures with his name, Maritato, on his vest. Diplomats name is Joseph Sulieman. Be Careful.
The pictures with Maritato on the vest…Michael Maritato. Found his pictures on My space. Girls ban together and be careful. I want to take these jokers down. If we help each other, we can…Just remember, don't beat yourself up. You fell in love with what you thought the person was not what is really there. Falling in love with an idea is very easy. Chins up, shoulders back and lets take them down!!!
Bryan Maritato. Checkout the photo's on MY SPACE Of Michael Maritato. They are the same as the photo's Bryan Maritato send to the girls he writes too. Especially one which is titled Gerrity and Me.
Anyone with any news please let me know as a friend of mine is being scammed and just won't listen. He has asked her to look for a house for him and a school for his child. As he wants to move to her town.
Hi!
I also have been talking with the same guy (sounds like), "soldier, Bryan Maritato, staff sergeant based in Iraq." IP addresses are out of Accra Ghana. He's never asked anything from me, even offered to pay for one of my business trips (yea right!), although @ times I get the feeling I'm talking to 2 different people on different days. He still IM's/emails me. I have pics similar or the same ones you have with Maritato on the vest. Get back with me if you can. Thank you.
This is the first email we got from this Bryan is it at all similiar to what you have received ?
Like i keep saying, i am interested and will like to learn and know more about you and think we have a great start. Here's a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the US Army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn't have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I've been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I'm not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I've been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I'm giving/generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you'll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping. My mission here will be ending soon and will be heading to South Africa right after this mission, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know alot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that's if you want to continue with this. I hope this doesn't scare you away as i will love so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.
Bryan.
Jill:
Get ahold of me right away!! I hate to admit it, but your friend is being scammed really bad. I received EXACTLY THE SAME LETTER as the one you posted WORD-FOR-WORD!!! It's sickening what these scammers do, but @ least he never received any money from me. He thinks I'm broke, but he still continues to write me anyway, professing his undying love & wants to get married (HAHA–this I really have to laugh at!).
Your friend needs to do the delete and get rid of him immediately as these scammers most often put viruses into your computer, keyloggers (where they see every stroke you type), or worse yet, may STEAL YOUR IDENTITY by pics you have given them. MAKE HER WAKE UP & SMELL THE ROSES, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY!! Maritato & I have been corresponding since 1/30 to present, but after seeing all these posts I realize he's just another one in a very long line of scammers who only want our money, not our love!! JILL, PLEASE CONTACT ME, AS I HAVE SHUT THESE SCAMMERS DOWN BEFORE & THEY JUST KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SWARM OF BEES!! I AWAIT YOUR REPLY!!
Jill:
Here is a copy of the letter I received from Bryan Maritato on 1/30: I am interested and will like to learn and know more about you. Here's a bit about me and who i will like to meet; I am in the army and have been in the service for 18 years now. I will say even as a kid. Its a short and wonderful story. Let me tell you, I was 7 years old and use to have toy guns as my favorite toys as a kid but i didn't have any feeling of using guns when i grow up until one day when my Dad took me to the city to see a matching band. As i watch the soldiers match and in uniform, i felt something run thru me. Something i never felt before. Right from that moment i wanted to serve in the army. I wanted to serve my country and started asking my Dad questions on that and here i am. Growing up to be the man i wanted to be as a kid. Tell me what was your favorite toy as a kid? What was your dream job as a kid? what did you wish to be when you grow up?
I've been married once but divorced and have a 13 year old son. He is the best thing that ever happened to me in this life and i love him so very much.
I would like to meet someone who is going to like me for who i am, not something I'm not. Be honest about who you are, what you like and look like and be proud of it, no one is perfect (myself included).
That being said… I am honest (and think that is important), I say what i think and think what i say. Believe in honor and the concept that a man is only as good as his word. I've been called attractive, gorgeous and handsome… but think i am average looking.
I'm giving,generous, compassionate, passionate, intelligent, very open minded, chivalrous and love animals. I laugh easily and smile often, am funny. Can be silly at times but also have a serious side as well. Make me smile and you'll see dimples.lol.I can guarantee a smile on your face when ever you are close to me..
I love to ride, feel the wind in my face as well as the feeling of freedom of tooling down a country road or a city street.Some of the things that i find attractive in a woman are; being warm,caring and affectionate, sensual, passionate, feminine, romantic,happy and positive..I believe that being able to communicate openly and comfortably are important to a great relationship.
I am currently stationed in Iraq and here for peace keeping but am happy it did not scared you away. My mission here will be ending soon like i told you when chatting and will be heading home very soon, which is why i thought of coming online to search and see if i will find that special someone i will be coming back home to meet. That way we will get to know a lot about each other before meeting and its gonna help, that's if you want to continue with this. I happy again this didn't scare you off as i will love it so much to get to know you and possibly meet you when i get back to the states. Let me know if you do want to continue with getting to know each other okay. I will end here and hope to hear from you soonest.Nice chatting with you and will love to chat with you more and more.
Bryan.
JILL: YOUR FRIEND IS DEFINITELY BEING SCAMMED!!! GET AHOLD OF ME ASAP & I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO TOTALLY DELETE THIS PERSON FROM HER COMPUTER SO HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CONTACT HER AGAIN!! REST ASSURED OF THAT!
He will NEVER come to her town–this is just a diversion until he would send her a package with money orders, which he would want her to cash, & then send back to him (saying all the while a song-and-dance story about some poor misfortune befalling him, thus why he has no money & cannot get access to any–then you use "THE DIPLOMAT"–this is the standard ploy lately for these scammers). If your friend receives such a package, puts the money orders (WHICH ARE FRAUDULENT), into her bank account, and cashes them, then she has committed a felony & maybe numerous felonies/charges as these scammers have ties to terrorist groups and they DO NOT care if you get caught or not. ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY!!!.
Nigeria alone gets over $15 BILLION/YEAR from unsuspecting souls who do not know their "beloved," are really SCAMMERS in disguise!!!! Please get ahold of me Jill & I will help you & your friend in any way possible to avoid this creep. BTW, I haven't heard from him lately, which is a blessing in disguise!
I am hoping and wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of a soldier of at least this status SERGEANT first class or Master sergeant I have photos available showing his name tag on uniform showing the name of DAGNER ( I do not know his first name ) i do not know where he is from ) originally thought to be from Florida ?? Anyway if anyone knows how I can contact MR DAGNER in order to tell him his photos and identity are being used,( I have written in to some sites that I have found him being used on under a different name and had that stopped but I cant keep doing that. IT would be wonderful to know and I am sure he will be please to know as well. Thanks a bunch if anyone can help
Have tried to send mail privately to CJ/Marcus everything getting rejected ? NEED TO KNOW who is jeff miller supposed to be officer high rank. have seen him on WEB cam, same guy, definately !! absolutley sure…. but post grad pre forces done in ACCRA GHANA ?? surely not ? has one son in boarding school… widowed if you want photos and mail he has sent to me let me know tried to send it today 4 times but rejected
Hi Jeanna,
"Bryan Maritato" also contacted me but as soon as i checked his IP address he disappeared. Guess he can pick it up somehow!! LOL
I wrote in on this site 09 February about my Scammer sitting in his little internet cafe in Accra, Ghana. CJ kindly helped me.
I traced the 'real' Captain ………. and I wrote to him warning him that his name was being used, along with his pictures, on various dating sites all over the world!
This Gentleman wrote back to me the same day thanking me, apologizing for what I had been through, and advising that this has been happening to him for over a year now. The Scammer has posted another Profile related to the Captain, on Facebook now, which has subsequently been cancelled by the Captain, but the Scammer just keeps coming back!
By the way, I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Accra is only 6.5 hours flying time away from me…Yes, it sounds very tempting hey? Mauritius is only 4 hours flying time away from me and Nigeria's not too far from Accra either…
Now if only I had a weapon of mass destruction at my disposal! Not sure I'd know how to use it but I now know some genuine Army guys…..CJ/Maurice? Heh heh.
I just got on yahoo personals..Theres a Army soldier name SSG Robert Pendleton in Iraq..He says he is in the Victory base Camp. Will retire in 2 years.He is 44 years old.Has one boy Ricky..He writes pretty good until he wrote the times two different times wrong..That caught my eye..He says he was requesting a leave for a couple of weeks from Iraq..He wants me to write to a army company so we can talk Ts2connection@army.mil He hasnt ask me for any money ..But this seems to good to be true..Has anyone heard of this one…
How about Lt Col George Patterson who is supposed to be in Afganistan
I found someone else who was scammed by Lt Col George Patterson on the site 101dating.com
gayle
They will talk to 2 girls at the same time and will tell them both the exact same thing. They usually have 2or 3 girls that they try to scam at the same time. I found my scammer on 3 different sites. Each had a different id.The site scambusters has copies of western union and money grams. These are fun to use.i sent a couple to a couple of my scammers and laughed my ass off at them trying to get there money.lol
Hi Jill,
Got exactly the same letter from our friend Bryan Maritato. Also the Gerrity and me photos
Heidi
Thank you I'll forward this to my friend and I am sure she'll see the fraud he is.
Good Luck.
Jill
Has anybody been in touch with someone called Sgt. Reynold (Rey) Moore in Kabul Afghanistan? My sister just put me in touch with this site, and after reading through some of these posts, I'm convinced that my soldier is a scammer. I did send money via western union to some T2S telephone supplier. I feel like a complete idiot right now. What a fool I've been.
All these guys are the same. Just using different names. No one is real. It's a big business in Ghana, most of them has a Western Union branch so when these scammers ask you for money via Western Union, they're there sitting and waiting for the money. be very careful. I was scammed by a fake military personnel named Darryl Lingo. has a friend named Mark Wallace, a son named Charles who is 10 years old, an adopted son who doesn't exist.I IP his email address and it's in CA address. Be very careful.. These are scumbags…
Hi I need to know if anyone has been scammed by sgt. jeffrey miller. Widower with young son. He is scamming my sister and she has already sent him thousands, that she does not have. Mole or birthmark on face, right side I think. I really need some proof so that she will believe me. He has her convinced that he has been wounded. Told her that he was shot and talked to her before they took him in for surgery. I am sure the medical bill scam will be next. Doesnt the military take care of the wounded?
well girls…i don't know here to start. i had the samething going on. i went on single website. and a guy name richard mark stated im.me. we talked for a while and needless to say he scammed me out of over $1500.00. Now here is the kinda funny thing. Cpt. Rihard Goode started i.m. me from the sngles website. he got mad when i wouldnt tell him who i was talking too. then i finally told him i had been scammed by this guy he said he was tying to protect me and to let me know that he was a scam artist. lol! then he said something about getting a phone for us to talk on. and i said i didnt have the money because i had given him all the money i had to the ohter guy. then he got quiet and said he had to go. i then sent him an email and we had some words back and forth. i told him i couldnt believe he got mad over that and he said he didnt that his commander needed him and he had to go. so after about 2 1/2 months he decided to i.m. me the other morning about 2am and asked how i was doing and that he still had feelings for me and he love me (which i never told him back) so here is where i gets really funny. he actually asked me if i wanted him to track that idiot down for scamming me. so i sent him the info he needed to file a report needed it to proceed. he emailed me the next day and had found out all kinds of info on him. but it would cost a fee of $150.00 to go ahead with it. had to send it to a place in nigeria western union. then from there after i done that i was to send him the mtcn #. i questioned him y i would need to send him the mtcn # if t was the military police i was sending it too. then he told me he was a m.p. but he was not the one who would be working on the case. needless to say, i came home with a migraine and didn get it done today. so he i.m. me today and said he missed me and thought of me all day and loved me soooo much. then he asked if i sent him the mtcn and i told him no cause i was sick all day. he said aww a couple of times n then he didnt answer back and then finaly said he had to go on a short patrol and would be back shorly. so he asked when i could get it done to start proceedings. i said prob.the end of the week. so he hurried up and got off the i.m. low and behold i have been looking all day to c if this is procedure and came acoss this website. you dont know how glad iam to hear you alls stories. to see how these men r doing us women r making me sick. and like the rest of u i am tryng to get them one way or the other. so Cheralyn if u have any pics or info on this guy please email kimeeb103@yahoo.com. my keys r sticking and it has taken me 4ever to write this letter. guess i need to get some cleaner becaue im prob. gonna need it now that i have found this website. never mess with a woman scorned. boy r they n trouble…because have score women not a woman!!!!!!!!!! p.s. i also have been told that singleparets and singles websits r all in on this scam.
km
I keep seeing references to checking IP addresses. Can someone please give some instruction as to how to do that? Thanks.
Hi Debbie,
Jeff Miller is the same scammer as Philip Miller and Richard Miller. Uses photos of the same guy!! Mail me at heidi.lynn1@gmail.com for more details.
Heidi