CJ Anatomy of a Military Dating Scam
January 15th, 2010 by CJ
We've been getting a LOT of emails and comments here on the blog from women around the world (mainly in English speaking nations) that have fallen for scams that use names and likenesses of military members to lure their prey. I'd like to take a moment to detail these scams. This is an extension of other posts I've written on the subject HERE and HERE.
It's clear in reading these emails and comments that a lot of people just don't understand the military that well and how it works on a personnel level. I don't think anyone would disagree with me that we have some morons that wear the uniform, but even morons could write better than the bozos perpetrating these scams from across the pond.
These guys have all the time in the world to convince you that they love you (and I say "guys" generically, because there are scammers posing as female servicemembers too). They takes weeks and months saying all the right things and using stories that will tug on your heart strings. They are typically widowers with young children left behind. They are or are about to be deployed. These deployments are generally of short length, 1-3 months, so as to have as many reasons as possible to bilk money from you. And, most of them are near retirement. None of them use .mil email addresses that ALL military personnel have. These are just some of the tipoffs you should be aware of.
They use sites like 101date.com, match.com, MyYearbook.com, OKCupid, Friends Reunited Dating, and others. They use military ranks and names, most of the time made up but occasionally real troops. They get the photos from internet trolling and other profiles on the dating sites. Blogs, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites are prime real estate for those seeking photos of military members.
I won't use the name of the readers that sent their stories, but think that telling them will serve to protect women in the future and show how these guys work. Nearly all of them are located in Africa. Some use IP anonymizers to hide their true location and make it more believable by creating fake IPs in the U.S. Before I begin to dissect these scams, I want the people who fell for it to understand they don't need to feel embarrassed. By sharing this information, others will not fall for it.
Sgt. Kella sent his first email to me through the dating site OKCupid at the end of August. He told me he was stationed at Camp Lejeune in NC, but lived in Beeville, TX when not on base. His wife died in a car accident 5 years ago and has an 18 year old son. He told me as a teenager, he lived in London with his uncle. He gave me the address as 118 Piccadilly. His son would go and stay with his uncle whenever he was at Camp Lejeune.
I talked a little about this on the You Served Radio Show this week. How many Marines (or other military people for that matter) do you know that commute over 1400 miles to work? That's how far it is from Beeville to Camp Lejeune. Even a National Guard or Reservist Soldier wouldn't make that commute once a month. The pay is nowhere near worth it. Then, he says that his son went to live with an uncle in the UK while he was at Lejeune?! Wow. You'll find that a lot of these scams may also use the UK as part of the scam. They think that if we hear the UK, we're more likely to believe it than if they tell the truth they're writing from Nigeria or some other impoverished African nation. As you can see, the standard "my wife died in a tragic accident and we have a small child" bit is played here.
He also told me he was to retire from the Marines in December and was ready to start a new life. After about 2 weeks of exchanging emails and chatting on yahoo, he told me they wanted to send some marines to Afghanistan and would know if his name was on the list by the end of that week. Well, his name was on the list and he then told me that he would be leaving the following Monday night. When he got "there", he told me he was at the base camp in Kabul and would be going out to field in a few days and would not have internet access.
There are many variations out there, but this one seems an attempt to legitimize their military affiliation. Many of them are already in theater when the scam begins. Once contact is made, they are miraculously going to be shipped to a remote outpost with no internet access, phones, toilets, or even sunlight! It doesn't exist out there. THe mission is so top secret, even they don't know where they're going. But, once they get there, they realize that there is ONE way that the nomads have found to tap into the rocks and dirt to extract internet access:
He got information from his "colleagues" that most marines used amilitary@usa.com as the means to communicate with people back home. He said he would go to field with a pam top but needed a pin code to communicate. I was to get in touch with this agency and apply for a code. When I told him that it would cost $250, he made it sound like he didn't know you had to pay for the service. I sent the money, but he said the code was not activated and was afraid it would not work before he left. At the time, I was having problems with my yahoo mail going through, so it seemed legit that this was happening. I resent the email through another email account, and after he left, he sent an email saying that the code was finally activated. About a week later, he said the connection was bad and could I help him get a better connection by subscribing to http://pps.nntime.com/signup to change the IP address.
As if changing the IP address will make the connection better somehow! [rolls eyes] nntime.com is an internet anonymous proxy service that is based out of Russia. There are no standards for hosting a "proxy" on the server which is why the scammers are able to use this service. There are literally hundreds used on the site. Some are used simply by people wanting to hide their true origin, which is why some of the email IPs you see appear to come from places like Atlanta or El Segundo. Most Marines use military connections to access the internet, though I think some of the more established camps in big cities of Iraq may be contracted out.
One of the other things you'll start to notice if you're playing into the scam is that the scammers will be accident prone and procrastinate a lot. All kinds of misfortunes will befall them as they attempt to suck more and more money out of you. Sometimes they ask for hundreds at a time and sometimes just a few dollars.
It was $10, so I did that. He was only to be in Afghan for 1 month and after about 2 weeks there, he told me it seemed that they were going to make them stay longer and wanted me to help him apply for his retirement account and to request leave since he was retiring. He told me he would then be home in 7 days. I sent an email the the military agency requesting this information. They wanted $450 to open up the retirement account and wanted to know that if he was cleared to leave, would he wait for home flight or did we want the agency to arrange the flight home. The flight home was a month away, so we said to let them arrange it. That was when I found out I would have to pay for the flight. Sgt. Kella kept telling me that as soon as he was home, he would pay me back for all of this help I was giving him.
Here's where us military people really start shouting at the computer screen. No one "applies" for a retirement account in the military. And we sure as heck don't need civilians to help us with getting our retirement checks. Funny how the scammer never identifies this "military agency" that supposedly handles retirement accounts. I think we call it the VA! The email address was to a .com email and not a .mil or .gov, which is where any official emails to a government agency will be sent.
Folks, the military pays for flights home, even when there is a family emergency. Do NOT pay for a flight home. At the most, a Soldier will be able to get stateside before needing help, if any. Of course, a scammer will never pay the money back, because he'll never be "home."
Well, I couldn't afford the whole amount, so he had a "friend", an Andrew Grant (whose email address ends with uk-andrew.grant27@yahoo.co.uk), help pay for part of it. By the time we got the money together, he supposedly missed the first flight on Oct. 15th and would then come home on the 26th. Around the 18th of October, while chatting, Sgt. Kella was telling me if I didn't hear from him in a few days, he had added my name to the list of people that could get information from the military agency to let me how he was. After a few day, I wrote to them and they told me he was on a special assignment but would be back to his base to make his flight home on the 26th. Around the 24th, I got an email with the flight information for his connecting flight from Kabul to Dubai. With that email they told me they still had not received any word on Sgt. Kella, only that they knew he was alive. On the 26th, I got an email saying he had been injured and he was being sent to Dubai to the American Hospital there for further treatment. After a couple of days, I got an email from Sgt. Kella saying he had been on an assignment with 8 other marines and that a bomb went off injuring his left leg. He was to have surgery on it in Dubai.
Here's another tip for the non-military types: when Soldiers are injured in combat, they are NOT taken to Dubai. Once they are stabilized, they are taken to Germany. Most Soldiers also don't leave the theater of operations by way of Dubai. Now, you're going to start seeing a lot of stuff going wrong here on "SGT Kella's" trip back. Why? Because he doesn't exist and isn't on the way back. So, they invent all these different "problems" that will surface which delay the homecoming. After feeling like they've milked it for all they can – or until the scam is realized – they'll simply stop responding. Or, they'll fake their own "death" and make you feel really bad. Someone from the family will contact you for help with the funeral. Let's continue…
Well, they were finally getting ready to release him from the hospital for his return flight home to the states, but we had to pay for his medical bill. I asked didn't the military take care of that and he told me he had medical allowance, and would be reimbursed from that account. After getting his medical bill and new flight information taken care of, I get an email on the day he was to fly out that he had fallen and reinjured his leg. This was Nov. 10th. We go through about 2 weeks of his staying in the "hospital" going through therapy. During this time, the retirement account comes up in an email from the agency. They needed the information that was given to me back when I opened up the account at the beginning of Oct. I told them that I had never received any account information, that I thought it was sent to Sgt. Kella. I found out the account was never opened and they wanted me to open an etrade account to put his retirement benefits and benefits of services money into. Sgt. Kella told me that his "boss" said that an Ally account would be good to have too, so I opened one. The Ally account was trying to be accessed by an outside bank and was closed by ally. While talking to them, this was when I started thinking that some of this might have been part of a scam. I assumed it was with the military agency and not Sgt. Kella. In the meantime, we asked that the $450 that was sent to open up the account be sent to Sgt. Kella for traveling money. The agency did that, so I'm thinking how many scammers would send my money on my request (never dawned on me that they were all working together!)
Thankfully, the Ally people noticed the scam, but for some reason the individual kept in contact. There's a part of this scam that is alarming and begins to lend a false sense of credibility to it. The scammers use other susceptible people within many different to unsuspectingly help them. Soldiers do not need help opening retirement accounts. As a matter of fact, it's a rare troop that doesn't already have one by the time they decide to make it a career. Many of us use the military's Thrift Savings Plan to stash away money for retirement as well as Roth IRAs and other investments. We definitely don't need complete strangers (or even our friends) doing it for us. The most simple advice is that is a troop asks you for money for ANYTHING, dump 'em! They're either scammers or freeloading good-for-nothings! Now here is where the water gets muddied through unwitting participants.
Anyway, Sgt. Kella had a friend who had just come back from over seas and was going to help us find out who hacked into the account. I actually talked to him on the phone. He had an accent and when I questioned Sgt. Kella on this he told me he was Latino. I know it was not that kind of an accent, so that raised some questions on my side. This "Michael Williams" was from San Antonio, TX and that is where the call originated from. The number was (210) 591-8707. This person said they would help get Sgt. Kella home for me, as well. Sgt. Kella got extremely upset by still being in the hospital and demanded that he be released. This was the first of December. When they agreed to release him, the bill was outrageous. His friend from San Antonio said he would pay for it, but ended up not being able to pay the full amount. By this time, I was having doubts and told Sgt. Kella I couldn't send any more money. I held out for a little bit. He knew exactly what to say.
If the phone number is real and "Michael Williams" is located in San Antonio, he is most likely and unwitting participant being scammed as well. He helps facilitate transactions without realizing he/she is being used. It's usually elderly men and women that are used to assist in these types of scams. As the scam progresses, they'll begin tying multiple people into the scam. That is usually when it begins to fall apart because Americans tend to be smarter than the average…Nigerian.
At this point, our reader is starting to catch on. But, the scammers know exactly what to say when it looks like they're losing their prey.
When the agency wanted to add $100 for changing his flight information, I reminded them of something they had said in an email and they made someone else pay the $100. Once the bill and flight were taken care of, he was moved to a "guest house" of the hospitals on a Friday waiting for the flight home on Sunday, December 13th. We sent the money on a Friday and then got word over the weekend that the accounting department of the hospital was not open and this delayed Sgt. Kella's return home on the 13th. They set up another flight for the following Wednesday, but I later found out it was delayed because of bad weather. I looked on the internet, but couldn't see anything that would delay flights for him. By this time, Sgt. Kella was getting very upset with all of the delays. His doctor was supposedly helping him get home as well. They went to the airport where I got an email from Sgt. Kella that they (the doctor and Kella) were trying to change his flight over to British Airways because that was the only airline flying out. It took a few days for the agency to transfer the flight from Delta to British Airways. On the 17th of December, I got an email from the agency saying they got the money transferred and he would be flying to London. On the 21st, they needed money to then fly him from London to the US. He then supposedly flew to the UK on the 21st. There was a delay there because the agency told me that the British Airways strike delayed him and he would be able to fly home on the 27th. I immediately wrote them and told them that the strike never happened. (now I was really suspicious) After that, I got very few emails from them (hence my thinking that it was the agency doing the scamming). They did tell me that they put him in a hotel until his met his flight to the US. For a few days, I didn't hear from anyone. I knew he told me his son and uncle were in London, so I sent an email to Sgt. Kella saying he should meet up with them, but he didn't want to at first because his son would want to come home with him and he wanted his son to come home a little later on so we could spend time together. After Christmas, he finally went to his uncle's house. He asked if I could possibly help get him home and I told him I had no more money to send. The agency still had about $1000 that was not used for his return flight from London to the US. He said he was told by the hotel, the agency was having trouble and he didn't want to deal with them any longer.
Keep in mind that this is only one incident. Not all of them are alike, but by reading this you will understand the basics of how they operate. They all have the same template, just different stories and minor differences. Okay, last part of this email:
He went to the base there in London and talked to the commanding officer about a return flight home but they didn't have any in the next few days. He also told me he wrote an email to his commanding officer complaining about this agency. His uncle knew someone here in the US and called her and she said she could get him a ticket, but needed money. I was told she worked for some airline. We wrote the agency one more time about transferring the money to her, but that was the last I heard from them. Sgt. Kella told me he was not going to go through the agency anymore, and that when he was back in the states he was going to take care of getting any money back plus have them pay for "damages" done. With all of these delays, this was when I finally went with my gut feeling and started researching dating scams. As you can see, a lot falls under a scam. But he is smooth. When we are chatting, I can bring up a topic that he couldn't possibly have time to get his facts straight on, and then I think that he isn't involved in any of this. I did do an IP address check on the amilitary@usa.com, and it came up out of the UK. The website that was sending this, or was a part of this, was connected with some fraudulent dealings. Sgt. Kella did tell me a few days ago that he was to be home soon-that his uncle's friend would have the money on Tuesday. He is still communicating with me even though he knows I am not sending any more money. He is now telling me his uncle is sick and having to take him to the hospital and all. Another delay…
Again, as a Soldier, I can pinpoint all the absurdities of this, but your average non-military civilian may not bat an eye. He went to a base in LONDON and talked to his commanding officer? I thought his commanding officer was at Camp Lejeune (or in Afghanistan)!! We don't have bases in the UK. Notice more tragedy in the family – another heart wrenching story to suck more money out of the victim.
This entire post can be summed up easily: if they ask for money, dump them!! They're losers. Troops are independent and able to take care of themselves. Even privates make plenty of money to subsist upon, but definitely troops retiring are self-sufficient.
Here's what the email looks like from the "Military Communication Service" that doesn't exist and wasn't sent from a military email domain (amilitary@usa.com):
The military communication service offers a reliable and efficient means of communication in the military.
For more than 75 years, we have been a leading manufacturer of dependable, top-of-the-line communication equipment.
More than 70 percent of commercial airline pilots count on our headsets during flight. Emergency dispatchers use our radio dispatch systems to manage clear communications.Our revolutionary talking book players help people with blindness or learning disabilities enjoy reading. Our antenna code keep troops connected on the ground and in the air.
HOW TO USE THE ANTENNA CODE With our Antenna code and wireless headsets, you can connect to any Military HB in the world to stay in touch with troops.
All you need is Subscribe for an Antenna code and an activation code by applying and providing us with the following informations
1. Your Full Name
2. Your Address
3. Your Telephone Number
4. Full Name and ID Of The Officer You Want To Connect
5.The Department Of The Officer
6.The Base Name Of The OfficerIf you get Approved , you will have to pay the sum of 250 usd for the connection.This Amount covers the approval fee, connection and activation.
As soon as payment is made you will be given an Antenna code number from us which you need to send to the officer, He should use the code any time he want to connect to internet no matter any location in the world and follow the instruction .You will be put through withing few seconds.
Lt. John Gerard
Military Communication Service(MCS)
For the record, there is no such person as a Lt. John Gerard.
Tags: military communication service, military dating scam, military telex
Posted in Military Perspective, Nigerian Scammers
As CJ says, IF they're asking for money, then they're NOT legit. If they're NOT using a .mil or .gov email address, yet claim they're a Soldier then they're probably NOT legit. If you're not sure, please forward the email on to someone who can verify if they're legit. Since I do have an AKO email address, I always check to see if they're listed and so far, none of them have been. It's better to be safe than sorry and be taken advantage of by these creeps. ALWAYS check with someone and verify what they're saying.
I've had a few of these people 'claiming' to be Servicemembers contact me through my yahoo email. Of course, having worked for the Army, I know it's a bunch of bull and will usually use the David Sneakers example and play along with them for a bit, OR I'll email back telling them that I know they're just scammers because I worked for the Army and their information is not legit. Either way, I've had a bit of fun messing with them.
im glad to see this web has I was contacter by a sergeant Travis Carney he left me a message on a dating line ,,, we were chating on msn now he wanting me to get in contact by satelite glb they came back and ask me to go to western union cost 150 usd i told him i taught this was a scam and no reply from him his email is traviscarney@yahoo,com he send me 3 pics even one with uniform i saw the neme carner all three of them was him i realhy feel stupid but thank god i ask for advise and my friend send me to u guys thank god …
thank you !
SN
hello im wondering if anyone can help me i have been scamed by a sergeant bradly markus he called himself his mos number that he gave ne to get him a phone through the fake ts2.com@teccenter was e-io3 he told me he was stationed in iraq and is with the airborne he rfuses to give me his ako …number or the name of his unit claiming the militaary have advissed against this wich is crap as the say its imperitive that we have it… im sik to the stomach as im a pensioner and he has got $5000 australian dollars claiming he needed them for fees to get leave the more i reshearched this i found indiscrepcies in his story…. i just want to know why im not lonley i wasnot on a web site by chioceit was wayne .com and i was just looking . he or this guy was so sweet and handsome i hope or wish i could contact the real BRADLY MARKUS HOW DO I DO THIS YOUR SINCERLY LOUISE AUSTRALIA
A few comments on this…you knew I would..lol
1) Picadilly in London is some of the most expensive real estate and I doubt any could afford it..Just sayin'…
2) In my more limited experience, some troops do use private gmail accounts.
3) There is a scammer using the name Perry Johnson who wrote to me a long time back with some 'offer'. No, not through any dating site.
I did not reply, but did post his entire email under the header "Sgt Perry Johnson is a fraud…" Just about every week someone googles that name and finds my post, so I know he is still scamming.
As you and Terri say, ANY soldier who asks for money is a scammer. If they are an actual troop in the sandbox for example, legitimately in need, there are resources for them that require NO outside money from you.
In my limited experience, again, no soldier I have ever met has asked for money. To a real soldier, that is being dishonourable (or something.lol)
One of the first scam emails I got – think it was to do with some "soldier" who had discovered some gold in Iraq that he needed help financially getting out – I reported to an officer I knew who looked into it. As we all know, taking ANYTHING out of a war zone is illegal..
Like you, Terri, sometimes I mess with them if I am in the mood, but most times I just delete them.
AND I avoid dating sites..In fact I am totally ignorant about them.
But yes, even I know that wounded go through Landstuhl…lol
Fact is, there will always be scammers, and yes, I have had some with .ru addys which is a dead giveaway..
One point I wonder? There may be no US bases in London, but I remember US bases in England when I was there.
Keep up the good work, CJ!
If anyone is ever in any doubt as to the legitimacy of any supposed military person, there ARE ways to have them verified. ANY military base throughout the US would no doubt be happy check on any of these jerks' claims, since it casts a bad light on all the other GOOD guys..
Keep up the good work, CJ!
Brat, most Soldiers actually DON'T use their .mil emails for normal correspondence. What I'm stating is that every military member has a .mil email and if anyone is in doubt about the legitimacy of a supposed troop, just ask them to send an email from their .mil account to prove who they are. Then they can go back to using the gmail, yahoo, or whatever.
Good point! Hadn't thought of that one….;)
thanks u just saved me for making a big mistake
Hi CJ,
Could you please let me know if anyone has been scammed by Sgt. Leads Basile. He was on match.com when he first contacted me. I have been reading the replies on this website and other websites and have not come across his name by anyone else. Thanks and hope to hear back from you.
Hi Mary,
The same person has also approached me on match.com, but he used another first name Sgt.Andree Basile. And this scammer is also using another name known as Sgt.David Lingo. But he didnt succeeded with me.
Have been communicating with a SGT Andre Basile (match.com) who says he is special forces in Mosul. has a 14 year old daughter living in england with his uncle, wife died 3 years ago of cancer. Is this familiar to you? Did he ask you for money? did he send you a photo?
he also goes by Andre Basile
Hello Deb,
Yes, he is the one who`d aproached me thru Match.com. exactly same story as he told you.
Unfortunately he doesnt succeeded with me, as he claims that his father was a Belgian and he says he understands German and speaks Dutch…But when I tested him, his words all wrongs as he got it from google translated.
I have few pictures of him, pls send me your email address to me: groth_nina@yahoo.com
I will forward them to you.
hey what is the e-mail that Mr basile is using with you deb, just curious cause i can't locate him on yahoo any more
Hi Nina,
I will email you from my other site. I would like to see what pictures you have of Andre Basile. Thank you so much for the information. This web site is valuable. Did you report to match.com?
Hello! i have been talking to the "love of my life" for over two months now. his name is John Palmas and he told me that he is at the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in Afhganistan. he asked me for a cell phone last week, and i sent him a used one that i had home to an address in CA. he told me tha his friend was being deployed there and would deliver the parcel to him.
I didnt make a big deal of it, but then today
he sent me an email asking me to get some money ($2,300) that has been sent to my name through moneygram and he needed me to send this money to a dude in Ghana…
well, the money came from CA, so why the person that transfered the money to me, couldnt transfer straight to the guy in Ghana???? (he told me that the person in Ghana works for World vision). everything seemed so out of place, that i came to the internet, and now i am totally upset at myself for being so naive.
i met this guy through Jdate. has anyone heard of his name? i saw a couple of stories here very similar… widower, ready to leave the military, has to yorkshire terriers… also, he told me that he owns a house in Coral Gables, and this is public information… I cannot find anything.
Ladies, i would like to compare some pics. he tells me that he is 6'3", 200 lbs, half british, half spanish. Very handsome indeed…
let me know if anyone would like to exchange some pics…
I am extremelly upset.
Take care,
P.S: sorry about the English. ESL…lol
Jana…plese give me your email so we can exchange photos…this guy has contacted me
Yes I´m still reading this and I’m upset too….The phone you gave him was surely to talk to me or other girls ..I told him that i needed to hear his voice and he said that he was going to see if he get a phone on-line and that a colleague of him will be going there so he saw what e could do…
You know what that show us that we have to keep it real and not go to those pages….when we contacted you for the first time?? Late March beginning of April didn’t he??
Did he told you that you were his only and true love and that he can`t see a life with out you anymore and that he wants to grow old with you??
Did he told you that he´s coming back on June 11??
Ok please reply I think we can write a novel here…what a disappointment is it??
Hello Ann,
This is Jana.
I would love to talk to you.A friend of mine posted this on my name. He had to come over to stay w/ me for two days after got suspicious about John.
My friend started doing some research w/ me, and I guess he decided that posting stuff here would help me to understand that i was being scammed. Believe me, i was in denial. I was trying to find whatever reason i could to keep on believing that i was living a fairy tale.
When i found out that my friend did the posting here, i got very upset… John was online with me going crazy… lol. Now, i am loving it. If wasnt for "John", i wouldnt have known…hahaha
This guy really got into my mind, and for the last couple of months i was the happiest lady in town.
Well, c'est la vie.
How can we communicate without posting our email addresses or phone numbers online? Any ideas? WE can really write a novel about this…hehehe
Anyhow, i hope to hear from you soon. If CJ could intermmediate the exchange of numbers or emails, that would be lovely!
By the way… the phone i sent him is being shipped back to me today. NEVER AGAIN!!! hahaha
Janaina, your new friend !!!!
Hi Jana!!
I have no problem if you want to contact me so we can exchange the same history lol…CJ can you pass her my email thru hers? Thks
Wow I thought I was the only happy girl in town too, but had my six sense aware, so I always copy all our conversations and read them later on. I had trouble believing that in short time he was telling me that he loved me and I was his only true love. Then said he could not see a life without me and wanted to grow old with me….I was ajammm, how can it be real? Even when he did open feelings in me I really had a hard time trusting his words, but never told him directly that to see how far he could go.
It looked like you said, a fairy tail….and that is why I always say there is not such thing as a fairy tale, don’t kiss the frog eat it lol
I said to my self once this could be a novel a good love novel…you have to see the words, how we talked to each other, you would think that we knew years ago and already a couple…that put my precaution sign on-
He never asked me for money or any favor, well at least not yet.
I know people do meet in this sites and are real, and I know that they are fake ones too, but this guys have gone very far.
I do thank your friend to put the post here for you because I could not find before NOTHING about a John Palmas but a facebook add that was not his photo. So when I had more doubts about him I did again a google on him and there he was…in this blog you have his description and I was OMG that is him
There was other day that he sayd I love you Maggie and I said what?? (that’s not my name) he told me he was going to pass me his skype ID account and password so I could see that he has no Maggie there (I see now a Maggie has post here something but with another name, I’ll ask her if the day he was talking to her was the same day that he said that, who knows is the same person?
Other thing I saw is that when we start IM with his msn account (we did with skype and msn) he had in his profile Am in love with Lyn Sisterson…:So I hope if she does exist that she can read this before she gets scammed. Of course he took that out of that profile the third time we talked…we were still “friends” and not in love lol
Well hope to hear from you and yes we can do a novel
Oh my God. I am absolutely sick to my stomach. I too have been communicating with "John Palmas" for several weeks now and he has been telling me that he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me. He also asked me to ship some packages to World Vision in Ghana and asked me for $2300 to pay for a courier to ship certain of his personal belongings home because he claims he was due home on June 16. Could I exchange email addresses with you ladies so we can please compare notes? I am so upset about this.
Allison ask CJ for my email address. I will compare notes with you
Hi Ann,
This is Maggie, I did have talked to John in the past 2 1/2 months, and it was really incredible his ability to do all of this with all of us. WOW he should go to the Record Guinners. I am really impressed.
Without knowing anything, yesterday I emailed him Mr. John, I already know who you are….
but I was just playing around, I didn't know anything until this afternoon.Thanks for this Blog, I have reserching for the last 4 weeks and I didn't find anything until today.
Right now, I am ignoring him, since he has been sending IM's since 5 PM this afternoon:
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] my love
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] how are you?
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] am here waiting for you
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] love you so much
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] i can't wait to talk with you
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] xoxoxoxox
john 5:11pm: [Offline IM sent 7 hrs ago] john
I don't really have stomach to talk to this FAKE FAT ASS anymore. This person is completely sick, and the most disgusting part is that he uses so much GOD'S words, ask us to pray for him when going in Patrol. I just need to tell this person, GET A LIFE, SICK….LOL, soon you gonna have yours. Good Luck my love!!
I am Maggy,
Please CJ include my email on the exchanges between us. I have all my conversations on file including a photo he sent me recently saying that it was when was 7 years old, and indeed looks like him, also another photo in Irak, where it says ME FREEZING…
I still cannot believe it…
Jane,
email me too, this son of the gum, we should find a way to catch those LOW LIFE SCAMMERS.
Take care girls…
Wow yes Guinness for him….
Yes Maggy he was talking to you at the same time that he was talking to me and by a mistake told me “I love you so much Maggy”…then he was going in sane …heheh. I´m glad you as all of us got to finally find something about this “John Palmas”…
CJ I have no problem for you to send this girls my email.
And girls just hope no one else gets scammed
Maggy send the photos to CJ so he can put them on the blog… more pics the better
My mail is fasc45@gmail.com I don’t have any problem to post it here… if “they” (the scammers) want to email me perfect more IP to post here lol
Happens alot outside the military too.
And I could easily fake a .mil address. Would take me about 3 minutes.
You could fake the .mil address, but when you reply to it it'll get kicked back.
Col.Allen F Harrison..Us Army in Afghanistan.Is he a scammer?Never ask me for anything…yet…
One tip we give out is to take elements of the description of the service that the serviceman purpots to give. Put it into inverted commas and place into google search. Scammers usually just take details from existing servicemen and you can find this info on here.
ok, can someone please explain this to me from dating on 1/16/2010? I am computer illiterate…kind of…and don't understand what needs to be done and what information will I get doing this? Thanks!!!
Thanks for the info CJ… I have been "passionately loved" by Col Billy Don Farris for a grand total of 8 days now, (!) and little things that I put out there just didnt seem to add up. Broken English (for crying out loud, this guy was born in Dallas!!!), flowery claims of love (I mean this guy is a Colonel? I would have thought he had more smarts than that! Lonely as it is out there in Afghanistan!!!) and missing photos of his daughters… Some devoted Dad in a warzone! He couldnt tell me anything more about his children (whom he supposedly is devoted to) other than their favourite color…
So who can I contact? Who can I report this to? I would also like to let this gentleman know what is being done with his good name.
Thanks…
Ally, the interesting thing about Billy Don Farris is that he is a real person, but is married and doesn't troll internet dating sites. The REAL Colonel Farris is a great leader and articulate man; polar opposites from the "Col Farris" contacting women to scam them.
Hey Ally,
He got me too. Divorced 3 years, older adopted son who works for Shell Petroleum, he got custody of the 3 younger children. You obviously know the rest. I got pics of the boys but none of the girls. You were "passionately loved", I was "prayed for" and he is my "King". I have found out how to contact the real Colonel Billy D Farris and intend to send him a letter so he can be made aware of what is going on and possibly stop this scamming. On a personal note, I just cant believe where my brain was over the past 3 weeks. I hope Karma gets this scammer. Good Luck Girl. Kate
Hello Kate,
I have been recently scammed by a "Sgt. Bill Johnson". In fact, he is still trying to contact me by phone. Funny thing is, he has a strong African accent!!!!!! His scam was that he is in Afghanistan on a secret mission so had no access to money so could I please send an ipod touch to his adopted african son who was in a boys school in africa while he was on duty. The next story was that he helped an afghani woman who was attacked by a suicide bomber and he looked after her while she was in the hospital and kept her safe there! When she recovered she introduced him to her very rich oil company owner husband. "Bill" then helped this husband truck 8 million dollars worth of oil over the saudi border and his cut was 4 million but he needed to keep it safe till he got home in 2 months! Guess where the safe place is…..ME!!!! Oh but when the diplomat who was personally bringing the money to me got stranded in Ghana, he needed $2500 to pay off the customs officer there at the airport. He has sent me many pictures of this army officer, in and out of uniform. When I started really questioning him, he even sent me a picture of this officers passport. I would really like to find the "real" officer and let him know what is being done with his identity. You say that you have found out how to contact your real Colonel…would you please e-mail me back and tell me how to do the same? I have tried to google his name the scammer gave me and also the name on the passport which is a different name but to no avail. Thank you for your time and I anxiously await your reply.
Marcia
Marcia, I think I know who you are talking about when you refer to Sgt Billy Johnson. But I know of him under a different name and have had contact with his son and his sons school for many months now. Would you please mail me any info you have and photos as if my Husbands identity is being used for immoral reasons we would like to know.
Thanks for you help in this matter, my email address is pixxiesteph@hotmail.com.
Regards
Stephanie
I have been romanced by a guy who is so in love with me that he needs to leave the army and set up home and take care of me.I need to apply for his leave on family matters, which i did and of course it was granted yip he.So then Sgt. John Wellington,who by the way is an intelligence officer, said i would need to pay a fee of a couple of thousand dollars.The bill was converted in to sterling and was £1,850gbp.
I met John on the dating site Uniform Dating.I was alarmed when i saw where the money had to be paid, it was to a diplomat named Mrs J E Hewitt to an Halifax building society account in Suffolk England, she is a US diplomat.So i milled on this the day the email arrived and i decided to be sure and i rang the American embassy in London they got there military people to ring me back (to which i was very grateful) and they told me this was a scam and that i should not hand over money and that the leave of a serving soldier can only be requested by the soldier and no one else. John is a very good looking guy, that's if i'm talking to the guy in the photos, which i'm probably not, his email address is
johnwellington1@live.com. i was daft and put money on his mobile phone so i have lost £60 but that is a small price to pay to be aware of these parasites.glad sites like this are around and with my experience i shall now be more on the ball i hope to spot a fake. I shall also be eternally grateful to the American Embassy in London they were so kind thanks guys.
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I have had a us army ssg by the name of Richard Miller who is supposedly in Irag, sent photos and all contact me wanting me to take posession of a parcel from iraq and keep it for him till he comes to pick it up. I live in Australia. I didnt give him the info he wanted. would like to know how to contact the real SSG Richard Miller to let him know what is going on, any one help,
I have been e-dated and loved now for 6 weeks by a Major Henry Weightman. Two lovely photos of a tall greying man in his 50s was sent to me and in both he is wearing the uniform of a major in the US army. Two nights ago he woke me in my sleep to discuss something important. The important thing was that he was being given USD$4m by a Saudi oil millionaire with whom he had become friendly after having rescued his wife from a terrorist blast in Iraq. I was asked for my telephone and address and full name – 2 of which he already had. That was what really made me suspicious, as well as the package he wanted me to received, that was apparantely to be delivered to me via a UN diplomat – the second red flag to go off in my had. I live in Australia and ofcourse would not give my address. He became very angry with me and almost abusive and has been ringing me repeatedly ever since. I have reported this incident to the military attache in Canberra's US Embassy. If anyone is interested in seeing photos of Major Henry Weightman please let me know how you can be contacted. We might find that we have been romanced by the same Nigeria cyberspace freak. By the way my cell phone displays incoming numbers like +233245893615 and +233272104302.
Well Tina I also have been in touch with Major Henry Weightman. Same story he gave me but it happened a few weeks ago. The diplomat can't afford to bring the package and now wants me to send monies to him. After last night and my phone ringing off the hook I just sent an off line message and told him he was trying to scam me. I so glad I found this website.Thank you very much
"+233245893615 and +233272104302"
Both of those numbers originate in Ghana, West Africa.
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
I was also scammed by Philip Miller…an Army soldier on a mission in Iraq….
Maggie I know that your guy is not mine at least in name, mine was “John Palmas” but he once told me something about a Maggy (did he called you like that? Or Maggie?). This is what he wrote [05/03/2010 11:43:29 p.m.] jp_4950: i love you so much maggy
So if you remember if that day was you, here it is…if not there must be a Maggy with the same problem we had…
Ann
No….he spelled it like I spelled it…but one has to compare pic's….the surname on the uniform pic's he can't change, so he uses different first names…
I am maggy scammed by John.
I just find out about this crap yeasterday. I still could not recovery. Yes he was chatting with me that date. He has been day and night since April 1st, what a day to start to be fooled, right? LOL.
Please girls email me with the big News that this Low Life Creature has been captured.!!!
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I too was scammed by Staff Sgt Michael Rancourt, widower, son Ken from NY!!! He asked for 2,500 dollars for transit…….I knew it was a scam as his grammer was really bad in his desperate attempt to get the money. This has to stop, obviously someone is paying these guys to make it worth their while, sooooo many hours on the internet, unbelieveable,
Louise, Ireland
cj can i send you a name so u can help me
@Louise:"This has to stop, obviously someone is paying these guys to make it worth their while, sooooo many hours on the internet, unbelieveable,"
I am from Central-Europe, but here are more and more scammers from Ghana and Nigeria too. Sometimes I think that is not just about money, maybe something perverse joy to ask for money under a masque of a us soldier from (mainly us) women. You know those cells in Nigeria are supported by talibans. It is a joy for them to play games with women who want for themselves a us soldier as lover. It is kinda revenge to get money from a us girl and using that money for buying weapons against us/nato soldier in Afgahnistan.
I hope u see what i mean. (English is not my mother tongue)
Just realized after 2 days of chatting that the Sargeant, the true love of my life, writes with an accent! The tip was he kept asking me what was I going to take for breakfast, instead of eat for breakfast. After the second time I became suspicious. Also I have asked him many time where his family imigrated from. For some reason he can't understand that, just keeps saying he's white.Great thing about the American families, heritages are from everywhere. Finally came the request for 375.00 to be able to talk with him while stationed in Iraq. So the love of my life (after a total of maybe 3 hors chat) is probobly a terrorist and would take my 375.00 to by weapons to kill the real Sargeant Marion Walters. I haven't told him to kiss off yet- think I'll toy with him abit and let him see what American women are really made of!
Hi did I make a mistake in my contact adresses, well they are at top but will put it here again to make sure so you can get to me who wants pics of their scammer " Niacha " calling himself jakson_adams and jakson admas as in proper full name who ever want me to send the pics I have them on file or go to ILS,( Internet love scams ) go on to my thread tickle my tea and look me up, and all will be revealed if not write to me telling me who you are and I will send out the pics, though I have sent them here to MARCUS as well so up to you, a few people have them sorry if I made a muck up ( if I did last time sending in fo best wishes Trish W.
Hi!
I write from Sweden and I have just been contacted by a E-6 SSG Richard Miller station in Iraq. And live in Falund, Sweden. On the datingsite firstdate.com his nickname is happyguy. I don't know what made me suspect, but I am. So I went out on google and found this site. And I got my feelings confirmed., when I read about a similar Richard Miller. He also have a son named Peter who livs at his mother place in Miami. But he is going to get him from there when he retierds from the military in 2 mounth. His been there for ten allredy, and this is the second time. He has sent me alots of pictures from the military logement and privates from his life in Miami, and he has also sent pictures on his son.He haven't been asking for money yet… but we haven't spoken so long on messenger either. His email is richard_miller2009@hotmail.com. Now when I think things over he sad that he was borne 2/8 -60 but in the profile it stand aquarius. Witch is in january, he is allso bi sexuell. And when I asked him about the time in Iraq he said that the clock was 2 hours before Sweden, not wright. I feel soo hurt. That there are people who is so bad, and take advantage of women who are alone. I'm 47 yers. And I don't like beeing foold with… I will take this link to my profile in firstdate and warn others.. best regards Annabell
Hi AnnBritt,
Think your Richard Miller is the same 'guy' as my Philip Miller…………..story sounds the same and I have come across another lady being scammed under Richard Miller. Send me a photo so we can see if its same guy.
heidi.lynn1@gmail.com
heidi
CJ, I recently reported a name to E-Harmony as a potential scammer. I believe a foreigner was posing as a "Captain Mathew Swain" from Plano, TX. The interaction strongly resembles the pattern I found on your website…which by the way is WONDERFUL. While I never would have sent money, I think I was being set up for the approach and this guy needs to be stopped and the REAL Capt. Swain notified that several of his picutres and his identity have been stolen. The yahoo address was cptmathewswain@yahoo.com. I received confirmation today (one day later—yea, E-Harm!) that his profile has been removed after investigation. Thank you for your website. I never would have been as aggressive to report had I not found you online. THANK YOU AGAIN and keep up the good work!!!! Michelle, GA
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.
cj i have been recieving messages from a "supposedly" army sergeant named Micheal Scott suppose to be stationed in iraq. he hasnt asked me for anything but i think he might be a scammer. how do i find out? I met him on tagged but he has since deleted his tagged account. he supposedly has a brother on there that goes by Henry Scott.
Becky, the best way to find out is to ask him to send you an email from his .mil email address. If he says he can't (for ANY REASON) he's a scammer.
G'day,
Has anybody heard of Richard Baloyi using the name of a US army person Captain Harry Smith? He has scanned copy of Cpt Harry's passport.
Beware of Richard, it appears that he's into the scam game…
Glenn
He also goes by the name Richard York and almost conned me out of money too. Luckly I am blonde but not stupid! Apparently he has a home in Johannesburg but I got suspicious as where the house is suppose to be – in an Industrial area! I dont think so. Girls be carful – be very carful- the stories are all to familier with the wife that passed away etc.
Anyone come across either a Sgt DAVID EDWARDS or a Sgt DAVID LINGO for scamming? One has most certainly tried to scam me for Ts2 money/operation for his son and the other may be trying.
Other scams have included a "Doctor" over in Pakistan working for the UN wanting credit for his mobile phone (DR TOM) and another "businessman" on a business trip to Kabul wanting mobile top ups too. I am amazed at these professional people who can't even organise mobile phone credit.
I haven't partied with any monies but am truly appalled that these things can be run from what we feel should be trusted Dating Sites (I refer to Friends Reunited Dating where these swines have come from). Where the hell is their responsibility in all this. They take our money to register and these guys are free to take advantage and the websites don't seem to care.
If anyone recognises the scammers could they let me know.
Cheers, and well done for helping me realise I am not alone on this.
If anyone has news of either of the above persons
hi my names sandra i,m talking to a david lingo based in chad,he,s all ready got 1000 pounds of me , now he wants for more because he not getting paid over there its going in he,s english account ,he said he come to england in january
Sandra,
This David Lingo is a Nigerian scammer, please read all my comments to others.
This scammer sits in Sunnydale,USA
why in the world you sent a man your money?
Please give me your email address and I will send you his id.
i been talking to a guy by the name of johnny higherman he also sent me a link for the phone they want $750.00 he told me he was from dallas i did some checking no one by that name comes up scammer i just asked him to email me from his work email and said i would reply back so far he hasnt
I've been chatting with someone called Phil Adams that I met on Match. He says he is from New Jersey and currently serving in Iraq. I asked for pics of him in his military attire, but he said his laptop was broken so he couldn't access them. Then asked me to send him a laptop with webcam so he could take pics and we could see each other will chatting. I told him I would, but when he gave me the mailing address it is to 60 Mango Tree Ave. Accra Ghana. I thought that was weird so I didn't send the laptop. When I asked him about it he said he could not receive mail where he was in Bhagdad, and he just received orders to go to Western Africa to keep the piece for oil that has been found there. I tried looking up any current information about that online, but have not been successful. His e-mail is Phil_Adams4u@yahoo.com, and Phil_Adams4me@live.com. Told him that I thought this was a scam and he has done everything to convince me otherwise. Said didn't care about the laptop and wouldn't ask for anything else. I just recently decided to put myself out there for dating again, and this was the first contact I got. So heart breaking. It makes me what give up. Please someone tell me if this is a scam.
OMG I too was approached by this scammer Phil Adams and wanted a laptop, PSP, digital camera then all of a sudden was tranferred to Ghana and needed 450 dollars, and devoted his love to after 3 days after meeting on MATCH…Is there anything we can do….IT IS A SCAM
OMG, I just sent a box of tshirts, candy and AXE body spray to 60 Mango Tree, Accru Ghana. He has not asked for money yet but did ask me to buy him an iPhone and digital camera which I DID NOT.
He goes by the name of Joe Harold. joe.harold45@yahoo.com. He contacted me the first day i was on match.com. I've never done online dating before so i was way too nieve. His story is he is stationed in a top secret war zone location in Iraq. He emailed me photos of him in uniform, sitting on his helicopter and one in civilian clothes in Iraq. He is handsome. I guess i lost it right there. He told me he was retiring from Army in july 2010. He said i can't tell anybody about him or show any of his photos to my friends because he would get in trouble. I foolishly believed that. I don't know much about the military so i'm a great victim for him. He emails me daily. I googled his emails and they are love poems copied from lovepoem websites. i feel so stupid. he convinced me to buy a webcam so he could confirm i am the same as my photos. i did. i know feel used, disgusting and unworthy. Anybody else had an experience like this from joe harold?
Miki
Sorry Miki but it is a scam. I got the same story as you only he used the name Mark Donnelly.First he wanted the laptop than a sat phone then cash and on and on. When I began to question him he told me he wanted nothing from me but my love. But the funny thing was within a week he was asking me again.I found this site and there were two other women getting the same story from him. They change their name but the story stays pretty much the same. I'm so sorry Miki.
After reading more on here today I would like to say CJ is my hero! I am learning so much about scamming and it is enlightening.
I do have one question though, being incredibly ignorant of Army life/Army speak, please, what is AKO??
Am making notes to help me not fall victim to this again and any help would be appreciated. Also, my hotmail account doesn't show message headers for tracing back… how do I get my hotmail messages to reveal these in the body of the mail??
For those who have the geographic knowledge, is Sunnyvale CA anywhere near San Jose (apologies again for asking what may seem like a dumb question).
Is there an address I can contact CJ about my concerns with people trying to scam me recently.
Thanks again, much appreciated
Lorraine in the UK
Hi Loraine , I am a bit concern as i think I eas scammed too, I traced his e mail and it was in the same place Sunnyvale, aparently he was serving in Afghanistan in camp Tombstone, giving me his name as `Micheal Lynch
Another question for you: are US Soldiers based in Iraq/Afghanistan able to receive ordinary mail whilst overseas? You know the kind I mean, a good old fashioned hnadwritten letter!
And whist I am still here, the .mil accounts that all Soldiers have, are they able to send/receive mail to the likes of us Civilans whilst overseas, or is it meant to be for offical communications only??
Your advice on the above would be appreciated.
Lorraine
Still in the UK
ALL military members love to receive a letter in the mail. Let me tell you, there is nothing like getting a letter in the mail. We send boxes of goodies to our folks that are stationed over seas, and cards to remind them that we haven't forgotten about them. Also, the .mil e-mail accounts are for use be anyone. My husband e-mails my work ".mil" account from our house so we don't use our text messages. anyone can write a .mil address
Lorraine, CJ and All.. I have finished comm's with a Sgt Micheal Travis real photos with Travis name on uniform serving at Bagdad..I IP'd him and located as Sunnyvale CA..strangely talking to another Ltnt Charles Ramsy Swanson who asked if I was talking to any other soldiers(maybe two could not scam me at once!!) How did he know? Are they in a group 'operation scam'?Charles cuts and pastes love poems etc..slightly outa kilter English at times but limited conversation and default responses completely wrong for the question. Micheal Travis asked for connection charges ..NEVER Pay Money to a man ..No normal man would ask! Ltnt Swanson IP located Redmond. Witchita..
Question: are there any real military guys looking to date?
Question CJ: Can't we start a website that forces Friends Reunited Dating and other sites to be responsible. I have had three/four peoples communications grounded by them and one perve taken off only after insisting that I would report them to a charity involved with those targeted for the abusive comments by a profiler. THEY DON@T CARE ..WAtchdog needs to get onto it or summat. I have played my first scammer..WHY NOT ASK THEM TO LEND YOU MONEY IN RETURN..SAy you were in a desperate hole too..response should be interesting. Ltnt Charles says he has his own money and does not need mine or a phone contact set up..Is he real or have I just not had the bubble burst..wait and see..Heart and mind are played with ..it is difficult.
Hi Mary.
I am at the moment in contact with sgt. MT, who after two days told me that he loved me. Is your MT also latin looking and terribly handsome? Has said that he is leaving for another camp, without any network connection, so he asked me to pay for a telephone service, but I didn't have the money. He was supposed to have left Thursday, but I caught him on YM today.
Is now leaving Saturday. 
I wrote about him on another page, but as you said they know, what is going on, as he asked me to remove, what I had written. Does your MT also write: It ok, that fine etc?
All the best
Christine
Hi Mary
Writing to you because I think we were scammend by the same, I also was contacted by Travis, but this time his name is Morgan.
I would like if we could share pics of him so we can see if its the same Travis.
Did you search for the real sgt. Travis and did you find him? I really would like to let him know his name and pics are used by scammers.
I'm new at this forum and it's the first time I met a scammer and also I live in Denmark so my english is not perfect. But can you tell me what I should do now, Where shall I report this?
I still have contact to the scammer, I keep it for a while in case he can be found.
Hope to hear from you.
Best regards from Ann
Interesting comments Mary.
I was fortunate not to give my money away to these guys. Before the "military" scams I was asked for money for mobile top ups and flaty refusde: one of the guy's did send me flowers and chocolates a week before Valentines Day so I like to think I am £40GBP up on the deal. One of the topup scammers was a "DR TOM" the other was a business man KENNETH PATTERSON from Fleetwood, Lancs England.
The "Military" scammers were SGT DAVID EDWARDS in Afghanistan, widowed (wife supposidly died of cancer). His emails never really responded to the questions inmine, and the writing from the onset felt to me to come from someone for whom English was not their first language. I did feel that he used a template for his emails and just jiggled about with the details. His emails did make me wonder if he was genuine. He wanted to set up a TS2 account, the response to the "TS2" request wanted £504GBP to set up unlimited calls. I told him in no uncertain terms could I pay so much. A little later his son Alex (9) needed an appendix op and the hospital wanted payment up front before they would give him this life saving operation. Again I said I couldn't help because I believed the US Army would help him in that instance (of course he said they wouldn't). Funny how on the night of his son's emergency he was deeply worried but his email the following morning made no mention of the child which made me almost sure he was on the take. Funny how a day or two later Sgt Edwards was shot ON the leg (not IN the leg as I would say) and needed hospitalisation for a few days. Funny too how his emails dried up from that point.
"Military" scam number 2 came from SGT DAVIND LINGO, Deployed out of Fort Hood, Texas, currently assigned to Iraq. His photo's clearly showed the name LINGO on his uniforms (battle and dress) so I don't really doubt he may well be a genuine US Soldier out there, and I apologise if this expose upsets him. The real Sgt David Lingo would be as appalled as I am by the imposter who uses his name to defraud women. The photo of the Military personnel I was shown was particularly scrummy (please note real Sgt David Lingo!) and combined with the very smooth and exquisite words the impersonator used he was very convincing as a man with a a beautiful mind. It was easy to get sucked in to believing him entirely. He spent an inordinate amount of time late evening online chatting (making it feasable to believe he had this spare time to chat because it impinged on time when he might otherwise be sleeping with the 3 hour time difference. His emails/chat had some small grammatical errors but this could be attributed to typing quickly on a small PDA. I know my own typing suffers sometimes. Again though, he used the word ON the leg when referring to an accident involving a member of his squad, and the phrase ON bed when IN bed would be more correct.
My own lack of knowledge regarding Army procedures and protocol did not help. I was told by both soldiers that I could not send ordinary mail to them at their Base Camp. Whilst I thought it a touch odd I assumed that perhaps with the saturation of email/internet access good old fashioned letter writing was considered uneccesary by the Forces. I had no idea each and every Soldier has his/her own unique .mil address (is this also known as their AKO??)
I was aked to apply for his transit leave and given an address of transit_leave_department@militarymailbox.us to write to, for the attention of a Lt Col Robert Friedman. Naturally, I received a reply early the following day asking me to complete and return a form, and a second email which confirmed his leave had been granted and asked me for the princley sum of £2,350GBP for the Human Affairs Charges, and £1,850GBP Stamp Duty for the returning Officer Sgt Robert Klein. Frankly, money aside, the forms were clearly amateurish in both presentation and content and shouldn't really fool anybody! Again, my lack of knowledge allowed me to believe that it had to me who applied for this leave, not the soldier. Your website clearly staes it is the serving personnel who must apply.
Fortunately I found your website and read some interesting details about scamming. I checked out SGT LINGO's (and his sons) email addresses which both came out of Sunnyvale CA. The Transit leave address came back as 'spoofed' and if I can only reveal the message headings I may be able to locate that too at some point. It's clearly obvious to me now that I was being set up for a scam.
Unfortunately, as in many cases here, I came to like the idea of the Sgt Lingo with the scrummy face, and to think I was never ever chatting to that man saddens me deeply. I am fortunate not to have lost any money in the process and I will be more scam aware in future. I have your website to thank for that at least. Thank you.
If anyone out there has had similar experiences with either of these men, or if you are able to look into it with more resources and sucess than I, then I welcome your intervention.
Keep up the good work and I shall continue to look at this site if only to be entertained by CJ, whose wit, writing and tenacity have made me feel just that little bit better about myself today.
Happy hunting guys xx
Hi Lorraine, thru Match.com I was approached also by Sgt.David Lingo (has son 13th yr.old)email address: David Lingo
claims live in Decalb, Illinois.
He has been contacting me every days, and later he told me that he wants to come to visit me and asking me to send an email to General Benjamin Hanks, at
armyprotocoldept@gmail.com, and telling the general that I need my husband Dgt.David to have his leave permit for 3 months to visit me. But when I googled….the general was already long passed away…and what kind of general has a GMAIL.COM ?
Strange thing is that he is the one who told me about this links : anatomy of Military scam. So he wanted to show me that he is an hero by saving me from a scamming dating, but I found out immediately that he himself is a scammer. When I copied and paste the message about gen.Benjamin, he excuses himself from the chatting room, and disappeared.
The point is that I am not looking for a usarmy soldier as a date, but someone in germany , switzerland as I am myself a german.
I have written to CJ and sent her all the photos of Sgt.David Lingo and another imposter Sgt.Andre Basile.
I am still waiting for CJ feedback.
I have been catching so many Nigerian scammers lately, and I can tell you it is so easy to identify and trace them. Always ask them to call you PC to PC and using a webcam,
best is tell him to call you using the skype
there will nothing they can hide.
Good luck
Nina
Anyone know who I can get in touch with in the US Army to let the REAL Sgt Lingo know his identity has been compromised??
I sure would like him to be aware that his name is being used in a such a dishonourable way.
Many thanks again
Lorraine
Good question, Lorraine. I can't find him. He may be out of the military or, sadly, could have been a casualty and is no longer in the system.
hello to all i have been trying to find out if the soldier that i'mpenpalling with is reall because its hard for me to trust poeple,anyways i cannot find any information,that can tell me if that person is real can anyone here help me,th eonly thing we talked about is that latter i coul dapply for an leave of some kind,i sayed i needed more time baceusa we dont really know each other,if there is any info i can give you guys to see if he is real?
Has anyone been approached by Sgt Alan Klein? with the e-mail trumindx@yahoo.com? I have been chatting to him on messenger for almost a month now.
Each time we seem to be getting somewhere the matter of "money" raises its ugly head.
He started in Afghanistan in Camp Herat – which raised my suspicions because Google could not find a Camp Herat.
Then off to to Pakistan and now in the Niger Delta.
Proclamations and protestations of undying love.
Has a house in Coulsdon and one in New Jersey. Widowed with teenage son.
Also, when he rang, he didn't sound American!
A warning to all.
whats your evidence about this man…has he told you not loving you again…cos i met a man online serving in pakistan and we met few week before xmas..hes back on camp now and we do communicate frequently.he came home for val on compassionate leave.
Michaella and Jane
I have been spun tales of undying love by two US Soldiers on Friends Reunited Dating, both supposedly located in the UK (where I am from) and trust me both are scammers. big style. Heartbreaking to think they assume identities of real soldiers who are the real deal and probably wouldn't dream of tricking women in this way.
DON'T part with ANY money.
Get CJ to check it out on here and walk away.
I was spun an intricate web of lies and deceit, misinformed, misled and almost taken in by one of them. In fact 4 of 5 people I interacted with on Friends Reunited tried to scam me in some way.
Read the notes on this website: it's worth taking in every word because there are so many out there just waiting to suck you in.
Hi Lorraine
Just read your comments, I too have been scammed by a guy posing as a Capt. in US army. Was the guy you wrote to called James? a very attractive man?
Hi Sue
Just read your mail and my scammer was called James, in US army,Isent him money for his alleged business, can we swap photos?
Katy
Dear oh dear, I am in contact right now with a man called James (no surname), US Army, it's all been very slow and has not gone off the dating site to private emails or phone calls, I hate feeling like this about somebody, but after reading all the stories on here, something must be setting off my alarm bells and for once I am listening!
Hello again.
My 'Soldier', after a few days silence has just sent me mail from his '@army.mil' e mail account which I figure may be bogus. I have asked CJ to look at it for me, although my own enquiries to an email checker came out blank. It may look all wrong anyway to someone from the Military who has used such an account in the past (CJ, would I count you amongst them??)
Someone on here did say a bogus .mil account could be set up in no time.
I am waiting to see how more convincing my 'Soldier' will try to be in the pursuit of this scam.
Anyone any experience of this able to impart their knowledge to us unsuspecting sorts? Actually, I am very suspecting all the time now: I read dating site profiles with an eye for the possible scam and it has warned me off one or two recently, lol. Maybe I am learning!!
Good luck everyone.
Lorraine
A bogus account is easy to set up, but if you get one, reply to it and ensure the reply is still going to the .mil email address. I bet it gets kicked back as undeliverable.
Any hear of following
Sgt_Chrisambrose212@yahoo
Ambrose
Christopher Walls
Yes he scammed me out of a lot of money. I met him on Facebook last Dec. He still talks to me trying to get more money out of me. I'm glad you posted this on here. I told him I found out all about him. I got a call that he is not white, he is nigerean.He probably told you how much he loved you & wanted to be with you like he did me. He is not in the military like he claims & he does not have a son named Adam.
I received and email from S Sgt.Mark Wells,at Tagged.com.It is a carbon copy of what has been said here…I love you,$500 for a phone,three pictures,etc.
I figured it out,thanks to the info on the net from places like this.Thanks for sharing your stories,and I hope more people get informed before falling for these jerks!
I haven't let my 'Soldier' know yet that I am on to him. He still thinks he can scam me somehow. He is currently working on the 'I will send you the money for my Transit' option but I am flatly refusing to have anything to do with it. To help me change my mind I am getting the 'I cheated death twice on Monday' and 'I am tired and weak' scenario. I am keeping him dangling for as long as I can just to waste his time. His .mil account is false (he doesn't know I know that) and he has sent me more pictures (where the hell is he getting them from) of the real Soldier.
I have asked for a pic of him holding a card with my name on it which he has promised and I am never going to see. He wants more pics of me but he can whistle for that.
His 'Son' has sent me his mobile number so I can contact him (the 'Son') anytime: another dead end I believe. I am just waiting for the 'Son' in distress call to pull on my heart strings next.
Thank goodness this Site gave me some insight. I must say they have been fabulous. CJ has been most kind and helpful in everything he has done for me on here. Thanks again.
Lorraine UK
Good news!!
I have found the REAL SGT LINGO on Myspace and have messaged him to let him know his identity has been stolen.
I am really pleased to have found him so I can get closure. Hopefully he can take it further if he wants to. I will happily supply him with all the information I have about this scammer (who isn't fit to lick Sgt Lingo's boots in my opinion)
Don't give up, don't get sucked in and I hope we all find a decent man on here somehow.
Lorraine, be careful that person is also can be a scammer. please read my message earlier to you.
He also told me that his id. has been stolen
but at the end I traced and found out that he himself is a scammer.
I have been talking to a man who has claimed that his wife died in a car accident, he has a 2 year old daughter who is staying with his mom and sister in Bridgeport, CT, supposedly where he is from. He is stationed in Afghanistan and wants to come "home" to me. Needed $1050 to get clearance from the UN and to get a liberty pass. He left Afghanistan and is now in London where he needs $400 more to get to the United States. What the heck? Can't something be done about this!!?
J'ai été contacté par un dénommé lieutenant colonel Chris Chronis par le biais d'une agence de rencontre pour célibataires. Amoureux, entreprenant, très attentionné, en viens à me dire qu'il voudrait me parler par le biais d'un téléphone satellite, mais qu'il ne pouvait avoir accès à de l'argent pour délivrer ce téléphone, j'accède à sa requête, avec plaisir de poursuivre de vive voix…Arnaquée, wowowowow, Une amie a découvert votre site, et merci….aux victimes d'être là ….J'ai déposé une plainte à la Gendarmerie ROyale du Canada et auprès d'Interpol, afin de coincer celui qui a retiré mon argent avec pièces d'identité au Royaume-Uni, je sais que les usurpateurs doivent agir du Nigéria…
CJ
I have been trying to see if there is a Captian Tyler M. Jones Rank 0-3 in the Army. I have not had any luck at all. He is a sweet talker. He hasn't asked me for money but wanted me to fill out a form for his Benefits and Claims. He put me down as next of kin and before he comes back over to the United States he need someone to Clam his Military Benifits befor he gets back to the states. He also said that is was like entitlement after a very long time. He told me he has been in the Army 20 years. I am really steaming right now. Would you or anyone else help me out.
Melisa – I noticed your posting. This guy is now on usmilitarysingles.com – I just chatted with him and noticed right away by they way he was chatting and his very vague answers to my questions he was a scammer. He said his dad passed away a long time ago. Asked him what year. He didn't remember. Asked him what college he attended he just said Texas. Couldn't tell me the year he graduated from. I have notified the site about him, and included this website for them to do more research on this guy. I feel bad for whomever the picture is of this guy that he's using on there! I'm sorry that he scammed you. Hopefully he will get tracked down!
Hi guys, some time ago I was contacted by a sgt billy james chambers? apparently stationed at camp victory Iraq, I got all the normal spool from him, I done much searching through the net, and still to this day I have no idea if he is real or fake. I have told him I dont believe him and told him of all the searching I had done, I even sent an email off to military intelligence but to no avail. I have told him I will not send any money, but still to this day I get the love you baby, I miss you and all that jazz.lol. Can someone pls help me put this to rest. By the way in the meantime I am playing my own game with him, until I know for sure.
I have been in touch with a guy from Forces pen pals since Dec 09.
He says he is Captain James Grove (47), a nuclear & mechanical engineer, in the US Army assigned to the UN working in Islamabad.
Until a week ago, all seemed fine; communicating via MSN messenger, email (not .mil) and text – then he asked for £2350 to pay for delivery costs on communication items, same day then for £20 top up card for his pager.
I declined on both accounts. His contact over the next day or so was rather cold – saying he had been testing me to see if i was genuine.
I have heard nothing from him all this week despite me trying to contact him. He contacted me today, asking if i was ok. Today, he asked if he could send £5500 over to my bank account to keep hold of until he came home. I told him, no, I wasn't going to give out my details over internet. Again, he said he didn't need it, just seeing whether I would support him and be helpful.
Has anyone come across this guy? I have received 9 photos of him – two in uniform; couldn't make out the name badge to see the name.
In the meantime, I have emailed all the information to C.I.D, and will play my own game until I'm sure. Is there anyway of finding out if he is who he says he is?
anyone know a sgt mike allen – widower – wife killed in car accident – 2 sons living in NY with a nanny. he is deployed to pakistan.
I have a friend who has been talking to a guy by the name and title "Jason DesJardins of the Special Forces 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment".. He has not asked her to send money YET, but he has asked her to help with his leave request by sending a letter to someone. After researching it she feels she is being scammed, so I wanted to see if anyone else has heard this name?
ok ladies heres another names to add to your list of fakes inthe military.. Chris England.. clai\oms to be a major in iraq on a peace keeping mission..but in talking to him about his military benfits Iasked what kind of medical ins he has and i told him what i had for coverage and he said he had red cross ins and then called it War insurance..ok anybody knows the real us army persona;l areconnected to Tri -care because that is the gov ins the ,ilitary has for most milirtRY PERSONAL THAT ARE ACTIVE. SO BE WARE Of THIS GUY.. hes a scammer .
Hi Kathy,
I have been scammed by a Michael England. Claims to be a widow as his wife got killed in a motor bike accident. His son is apparently 17 and lives in Erie. Do you have any pictures of this guy? Maybe we can compare notes.
yes i think i keep his pics i 'll ck and let you know..ok
I was scammed by a Sgt. William England in Iraq. My online relationship started April 19, 2010. If you have pictures of your Sgt. England would you please send them to me and I will send you the ones I have. I lost $4,400 USD to this creep. If the pictures proove he is the same person we need to have the pictures posted on a BEWARE website.
you know their should be a active list of scammers put on here with the e mails they use and the names they use..so we have some form of i dck and can go and ck to see if the guy we are about to have contact with is on this list.. th emore list we get out there the less chance they have of scamming
What do you all think?
sounds good to me, I have a few I would add!!!
GOOD IDEA, CJ what do you think?? Maybe on Soldiers Perspectives Wall of Shame??
email ts2.militarycalls@usa.com
beware of this e mail it is associated with scammers using the military id 's and inpersanating soliders
. the scamers use it to have you buy a sallitite phone to connect with troops in iraq and afghanistan.I got bilked for $4 grand with this scam this group is a slick group and know how to use women and prey on their love.their is a col johnson morelli, a col pam jones, a commandent named john martins wagner, and a westernunion agent named Pauline Jennings out of Grand Island nebraska. These people are all part of an elobrate scam anyone who wants more info cane mail me.
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I was taken by this one too. TS2 Satellite. Add to your list of names to watch out for – Sgt. William James – sgtjames56@yahoo.com – Lt.col Chris Hughes chris_hughes36@yahoo.com – Western Union Tabitha Renne Lindsay, Fountain Valley CA, Leann Kieffer, Stryker OH. Now he wants to come home on leave – my nickel – send it to Betty Bergman Youngstown OH
Hi to all,im at this very moment communicating with a military man,who is supposed to be in Afghanistan army camp,met through E harmony,we have been communicating for a month now,there has been no talk or mention of money(or am i yet to wait for it)I have read all comments on this site and cant really pin point any thing suspicious.Im happy that you have this site available for victims of such abuse and needs to be reported,this man may be a scammer,he uses this e-mail ——–@aol.com,this may help to know if he is the real deal or not.Would like your help on this one.Thanks
Joanne, was the military guy you were communicating with named John Palmas?
yeh joann ask him for his ssn and seeif he gives it or a photo copy of his military id make up some excuse that want to see a copy of it .. if he has one he will show you if he dosen't then he is a scammer..all military personal have id card issued by the military they also have ssn..if you question his miliatry benefits he should have correct answers for since all miloitary basically have the same kind of health ins but if he tells you he has red cross or something stupid like that he's a fake
Hi All,
I just came across the post from Michelle,GA. from 2/10 in regards to cpt. Mathew Swain I too was matched with him trough eharmony and had been in contact with him until about 2 weeks ago. The thing that upsets me is that is that eharmony doesn't seem to let all the people know if they have been matched then with someone who is not real and there has got to be something that we as single women can do about this. I did report cpt.swain to US Army CID,FBI, and IC3 the thing that I feel bad about is that this soldier who is just an innocent victim in all of this is CJ is there not something that we can do or someway to get stricter laws in effect to help protect not only ourselves but these innocent people who's ID's are being taken???? ANY IDEAS OUT THERE or FROM YOU CJ THERE HAS TO A WAY TO HELP OR DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN THIS BLOG. A lot if people don't even know this blog exists. Thanks
CJ can you check on a surgeon, claims his name is "Michael Mona". We have been corresponding for 2 months now, would like to know if I am being scammed. Need to know even though I told him I would not check into this.
thank you
Sara, I just checked in the Army system and is there is no one named Michael Mona in the Army. I can't see into the other services, so if he claims to be another service, let me know and I can tap my resources there. You are being scammed and I hope that you didn't lose any money, time or emotion in this one.
CJ
He is claiming that he is not part of the military that he is a surgeon working through the UN. He claims he has been there for about 3 years and 2 months. No I have not lost money, just emotions and time.
Thank you
Sara
CJ can you, if you can check and see if he is a private contractor? With the UN.
Thank you
Hi. My Mom is getting Scammed By a Michael Mateo (email~cpl.micmateo@yahoo.com) His Commanding Officer Major Henry Gobble (email~userusfa925@aol.com. His SGT Matthew Swain (email~swainm45@yahoo.com) Says He's 44, Stationed Out of Fort Drum, NY and has a 11 Year old Son Named Danny and Danny's Nanny Had Gotten married And moved to Europe.. Then He Got Flown From NY to Cali and "Corporal Michael Mateo" Is Over Deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He has Scammed my Mom out Of 5 Grand.. April 23, 2010 My Mother was Told She had to Pick Up "Michael Mateo"'s Son at The Airport, and that He (Michael Mateo) would be Here the Following Week.. I need Some Info, Please Email Me anything You have on these Guys.. I want to Finally Prove to My Mother that it's All a Huge Scam..
Tell you mom is she wants to get in touch with me….I have pictures, emails….He says he's from Oklahoma….has 2 kids….his "name" is Capt. Matthew Robert Swain. Even sent me a .mil email address that he has never replied from. He's been asking me for money and help with bank accounts. How much is he asking from her. He is a of garbage and disgraces the honor of our military personnel. My SON is in the army. I am an army veteran and this sickens me.
put "Swain" in the subject line and i'll be happy to share anything I have on this guy.
Colleen ( dragontear1967@yahoo.com )
CJ
Thank you for your time. I realize that the person calling himself "Michael Mona" is a scammer and I have been corresponding with romancescams.org to get this person reported.
Please pass this info onto other women to let them know about him.
Thank you
Hi. My Mom is getting Scammed By a Michael Mateo (email~cpl.micmateo@yahoo.com) His Commanding Officer Major Henry Gobble (email~userusfa925@aol.com. His SGT Matthew Swain (email~swainm45@yahoo.com) Says He's 44, Stationed Out of Fort Drum, NY and has a 11 Year old Son Named Danny and Danny's Nanny Had Gotten married And moved to Europe.. Then He Got Flown From NY to Cali and "Corporal Michael Mateo" Is Over Deployed to Ghanzi, Afghanistan. He has Scammed my Mom out Of 5 Grand.. April 23, 2010 My Mother was Told She had to Pick Up "Michael Mateo"'s Son at The Airport, and that He (Michael Mateo) would be Here the Following Week.. I need Some Info, Please Email Me anything You have on these Guys.. I want to Finally Prove to My Mother that it's All a Huge Scam..
Sarah the moment he asks for money say to him BYE BYE SCAMMER he may not have done it yet but he will when that happens block him
do not get SCAMMED
Yes,I am still shocked,and never thought something like this could ever happen to me,an intelligent Veternary doctor.I am a 43 yr old lady from The Netherlands.About a week ago appears Col.Williams Adams on my msn.I asked him where he got my address,he said on a website(yes I did register)2betogether.But told him that this partner search site is not allowed to give out contact.He implied that he is in the intelligence branch,Bagram Base,Afghanistan.Implying that they could get to any info.Well he send me photos of him,said that his mother is dutch but living in Jefferson USA(married to an american,wife(was dutch also)died 8 yrs ago,son 11 yrs living with grandmother.He said he loves me and would like us to have a future together here.I felt sorry for him(and yes started to be interested and concerned).But when I asked him how he can love me so quickly without meeting me,he said he knows we are meant for each other.Anyway I asked him too phone or write,and he said this was not allowed.In the meantime every night on msn he would say he wants to get out of the hell he was in,and only signed on because he had lost his wife etc.Then a week later,said that we can phone each other only via a secured line,and that a deposit was required,which would be refunded.If we got this line,I could then help him to get leave,and that was the only way to get out of there.This line would cost 1000 dollars.I old him that this was to must money,and to just complete the 8 months he had left there.The very following day received a form from a satelite company for a secure line costing 536dollars.It showed how the whole phone system works for military in combat zones.I had to fill in all my details,and because I did not have his,emailed him,he send his,and told my that was for my eyes only.I thought with the exchange rate it was cheap,only about 280 euros,and completed the form,and send to militarycallsdept.ts2@usa.com.And emailed William a copy of this.The next day I told my boss of this.He said it was a scam.The military can phone and write letters.I said but he is in the intelligence branch,so it is different with him.So not knowing anything about the american military,I decided to post this question on yahoo questions and answers,which I normally participate in.There everyone told me this is a scam.A veteran informed me that I insist that William gives me his APO address and that he could talk to me on skype and can write to me.Then referred me to your website.When I contacted the American Embassy here in the Hague to find out if such a person really is in Bagram,got no response.I googled,and could not find a William Adams,except a commander that was alive in 1955.The very same day I emailed William and told him I knew he was trying to scam me.And insisted that he send me his APO address or phone me.That evening he still had the cheek on chat to say he loves me and have not received any emails.I told him no APO address,no contact,and what man asks a woman for money that he has just met?Well I blocked him now,Also emailed this military dept calls(if it really excists)and cancelled this application for a secured line.But know it has left me wondering who is the man on the photos I have.In combat uniform with what looks like a rocket gun,with a Afghan soldier,and with all his fellow soldiers on photos.I have this supposed secret militaty(for my eyes only)info about him,but how to check it,and I dont know if it is against rules to print it here?At this moment feeling very sad and used,also scared as this person contacted me again last night calling me a b.He has all my personal info and photo.Oh yes funny enough he knows everything about the military and all its terms.From his writing he sounds American,calling me hun.Well to warn other woman,if this helps.His email address williamadams2000@yahoo.com.He is 43 years old,from Jefferson,USA.Currently a colonel William Adams,in intelligence at Bagram Base,Afghanistan.The photos that he sends is a big man,in combat with various rocket launchers,most distinctly is his moustache,It runs in a thin line to his chin.
hope this helps.from Marcella
Ladies, reading all your blogs I know how you all feel, I just feel totally violated and shocked. I have since found the real Mike Allen and warned him. Something needs to be done about these guys.
Has anybody been contacted by Donald Almond? He claims to be a Surgeon and a captain. Says he's been deployed to Kabul for a year. He also says he works for the US Veterans Affairs. Apparently, he is a native American, aged 49, father English, mother American, wife died two years ago, he speaks Spanish, was raised in Ohio, has a 15 year old son called Sam living in Spain with his in-laws. He has sent me lots of poetry and declared his love at a very early stage. His English is very poor. He says he wants to set up a private clinic in England. I have two photos of him, one in uniform and one in a white T-shirt. He initially asked me for £2700 to cover port taxes (Medical equipment he has bought!) which I said I couldn't help him with, O2 phone top ups, and just now has got round to saying he needs my help to apply for his leave, but hasn't mentioned the money yet!!!! Luckily, I had already had my suspicions and had read the articles on this site (thank you everybody). So, apart from a couple of phone top ups I have not lost anything, but I hate to see scum bags like this getting away with it. Please be wary of this man and don't give him any money.
Sara, do me a favor and send me an email. It is listed on the main page of the site. If you can, also forward me some of his emails to you.
CJ Thank you for your time although I do believe he is a scammer.
Why did you want me to email you? Along with his emails?
If it is to check his IP address I have been taught how to and it keeps coming back to USA. The site we met on has also done this and they are coming up with the same thing,USA.
How can he be over in Afghanistan yet his IP address says he is here in the United states?
Hi
I have been scammed, by a Capt.James Mcbride supposedly in Afghanistan. he lost his wife to a caar accident 3 yrs ago and has a son who lives with an aunt in allegedly Trowbridge. He claims he is an intelligence officer, but has appalling grammar for a high ranking person. He claimed his account was frozen and asked for money for his timber business. He claimed he was preparing to buy himself out of the forces to work on his business. He asked for £6800, of which I sent £1500 what a wally I was!! I also topped up his pager several times. He sounded plausible at times, and he sent love poems, e cards vying his love for me. He never talked about his son unless I asked him first. I did try checking him out and could not find him on electoral register. He is an attractive 49 yr old man. And I fell hook line and sinker.His email address is mcbride_usmilitary@yahoo.com please if he sounds familiar to anyone let me know. He has severed all ties with me….I wonder why??
You should go down on your knees and thank God so far these SCAMMERS have taken over £5000 pounds from my friend whom I am about to lose as I will find this General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson my friend has lost nearly everything because she will not listen like I said Thank God
my name is louisa anderson of scotland i just wondered if you could check up for me if staff sgt christopher elizondo is legit as i meet him on line and he said he is with 32nd infantry division usa which is based in baghdad iraq. He is now at the stage were he has been sent home on leave,and is in london, but he is asking me to sent £300 to an american address for fees to release him home to me. Would be very greatful if you could email me on the address above asap as he is telling me that they will send him back to baghdad iraq if i dont pay this money. yours louisa
One word SCAMMER block him and do not speak to him again then thank God for your escape
I put the wrong name into required box. As it was staff sgt christopher elizondo that i was asking for information on.
hi again – just to update you all – Lt charles ramsy swanson is definitely a scammer . uses the email ramsycharles@yahoo.com. after being scammed to supply him with a satellite phone from from ts2 they confirmed it. the have not supplied a phone for him.he says he lives in london is a widower and has an 8 yr old son called mike who is in military accademy in louisiana. he sends romantic poetry and as previously stated on here – says he is not after money he has his own. he attempted to get 1400 pounds for transit leave to come to see me ,from me,but as the us army website states they never request money for leave , only the officer can request it and leave to see a fiance is not a valid reason i refused. not heard from him since !!
Hi i think i have been scammed by staff sgt christopher elizondo 32nd infantry division camp victory baghdad iraq ! i have tried to get information on him and i seem to be getting now were, you are my only hope to find out if this person is for real thanks louisa
I have been in contact with Michael Elizondo. He told me he was a single dad with a son named Ryan. I was suspecious because of how he phrased some of his e-mails. He told me he was in Iraq. He will not give me him .mil address. I now think he is a scammer.
Hi Dawn have you got any pictures of michael or his son? if so can you e-mail them to me to the above address thanks louisa
please help me if you can louisa
I met two months ago this men who clams to be Lt. George A. Patterson, 20 years in Army, at this moment in Kabul Afghanistan. Widower 45 years old, daughter who study for medical doctor in Scotland. Very romantic letters each day, love poem, sometimes we can chat. After 14 days he told me he love me… He wants to come to visit me in the Netherlands, he gets his leave for 3 months (?!), but is not any passenger transport from base Kabul, so he needs to pay for it. He ask me to help him with this, to transfer money to leave officer Sgt Kyla Crumb in Baton Rouge Louisiana and the next address: George Patterson C/O Dawn Roziter, 8001 Castor Ave #379, Philadelphia, PA 19152
One word SCAMMER block and do not speak to him again
This is a scam lydia. so our the other people mentioned in your email. Kick his ass to the curb. Please send no money. I am so sorry Lydia
Hi Donna,
could you please tell me how I can contact the real men from the picture, can I sent those to somewhere?
I think this is very bad, this real one is an Lt. of US Army…
thank you,
Lydia
Lydia
Send your pic and the fakers email address to CJ. He can help you.
Hi Donna,
I have send it all picture I had, but I have not too much information back
hello i am pretty damn sure mine is a scamer too
i met mine through friends reunited and he goes by the name Robert Winters his email address is rob_wiinters79@yahoo.com he gave me another corrosponding address too to contact for request of leave which is genlarrynicholson@adexec.com supposedly the gens personal address!!!
also he has a friend by the name of greg_jordan204@live.com who hs just joined lovehorse datin site as i was asked to help set it up be warned ahead of this scammer too
i have said that i do not have the money even though refundable to get his leave and that if its real he should wait till he is deployed with the others…..he knows i was questioning a scam but he says he will wait as he is real and not someone twisted…. so i will keep in touch for now but see how long it takes for him to stop contact now
thankyou for all of this and if he is a scammer i would like the real rob winters to know what he is doin
i find this website so surportive after being scammed recently , its been really helpful as you realize your not alone in this situation.i think back and cant believe i fell for the lies they fed me, but i am getting stronger every day.have now been told they used a dead mans identity which makes me feel sick and i understand how low these people will sink. i also had a massive phone bill yesterday from when i phoned him, so have that to pay, when will it end.but we are all survivors and not let these scum ruin our lives ladys.
I, too, have been corresponding with the above mentioned Lt. George A. Patterson, and basically the same story the lady above mentioned. Also, he did mention Kyla Crumb a friend of his in Baton, Rouge. Supposedly he is sending travelers cheques for me to hold until he gets here next week. I have been receiving very romantic letters from him and today I checked the IP number and it was from Africa. I really got hooked on him, but learned a valuable lesson. I really doubt the pictures sent to me are from the actual scammer….they are probably stolen.
I believe that Soldier/Cowboy on your site is a scammer from Africa and probably the pictures on your site are stolen. Checked his IP address today after falling for this guy and the mail is coming from Africa.
Forgot to mention that he was on WesternMatch as Soldier/Cowboy…Lt. George A. Patterson.
Joyce,
is his e-mail: georgeap01@yahoo.com?
CJ
Is it possible you could check whether a Sgt Groff is real…He is apparently based in Kandahar Afghanistan.
He has asked me for money for connection with ts2 $450 and has also asked for $1500 as he has to pay for his flight to get him home as military won't pay as he has asked for 4 weeks leave.
How can I get in touch with the real Sgt Groff and warn him as the pictures he has sent show a man in uniform and it clearly shows his name.
Caroline, I can tell you if he's asking for TS2 money, he is NOT real. Do you have a first name?
He said his first name is Matt.
His email: sgt.groff@yahoo.com
He syas the Officer in charge of communications is Delores Tyner, Pamplico, Sth Carolina 29583
He say's he's from Gilbert Arizona and has a son called Dennis (14yrs old)
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Hello! i have been talking to the "love of my life" for over two months now. his name is John Palmas and he told me that he is at the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in Afhganistan. he asked me for a cell phone last week, and i sent him a used one that i had home to an address in CA. he told me tha his friend was being deployed there and would deliver the parcel to him.
I didnt make a big deal of it, but then today
he sent me an email asking me to get some money ($2,300) that has been sent to my name through moneygram and he needed me to send this money to a dude in Ghana…
well, the money came from CA, so why the person that transfered the money to me, couldnt transfer straight to the guy in Ghana???? (he told me that the person in Ghana works for World vision). everything seemed so out of place, that i came to the internet, and now i am totally upset at myself for being so naive.
i met this guy through Jdate. has anyone heard of his name? i saw a couple of stories here very similar… widower, ready to leave the military, has to yorkshire terriers… also, he told me that he owns a house in Coral Gables, and this is public information… I cannot find anything.
Ladies, i would like to compare some pics. he tells me that he is 6'3", 200 lbs, half british, half spanish. Very handsome indeed…
let me know if anyone would like to exchange some pics…
I am extremelly upset.
Take care,
P.S: sorry about the English. ESL…lol
Do you all realise that these scammers are reading these comments? I know cos my scammer told me!
CJ I as I answerd Jana was contacted by John Palmas…same description he gave her but did not tell me what part of MIA he was leaving or the dogs bread…i think i´d never asked him….how evr he never said nothing about money or ask me for non of that…but I´m giving you his contacts so you can check were they come from…mail:jp_00@inorbit.com his msn jp_49@live.com adnd skype acount it¿ll give it later im not now in my pc and dont remmeber how to enter my skype account…
also if this John Palmas does exist try to tell him that they are using his name….he sais he is from CA, studied in west point ans is an comunications ingeenier….
Tell me if you need e to send you the pics I have from him…..and thank you CJ !!
Hello Ann.
I have not received anything from Cj, so I guess i should post it here! Please email me at guimaraesjanaina@aol.com. I also kept all the emails i received from him… now it sounds too funny.
we will have good laughs.
Are you in Florida?
Please email me… and try to stay of trouble! i am trying hard!!!!!
Jana
Ok Jana I just saw this post I’ll email you
hehehe yes it’s hard to stay of trouble I’m thinking to post an add in all the pages so I can get more scammers caught lol
There must be a way it’s not only the money and the trust they are breaking they are using others identity with out permission and that must be punished….if by knowing the their location by IP is there a way to know really were they are?…,maybe if they are in the phone with some one, can’t that call be tracked? nothing anyone can do about it? CJ?
Ann
ok as i had the details for greg jordan on live.com i have just checked it out and he has now started on some ladies from lovehorse.com and the same convos same photos etc as i was recieving from rob winters so they are definate scams also this greg as another e mail address for a lady!!!! on live.com i copied it and pasted this to facebook and it actuallly came up with an african lady so please beware of a robert winters annd a greg jordan
Forgot to mention that I still have the pictures he sent me if you'd like me to forward. I feel so sorry for the soldier concerned and really feel he ought to know….like all others. This has become such a problem and it's growing by the hour.
Thanks CJ
CJ
hope this finds you well! I noticed back in Feb Lorraine said she found the real "Sgt Lingo" on myspace. Well I have been chatting with someone claiming to be Sgt Lingo, he has stated that his profile on myspace was "hijacked" would like to know if this is the real Sgt Lingo or the scammer. He chats with me using someone's PDA?
Thank you
Has anyone heard of Sgt. Steve Eric Baker. Just contacted me off Plenty of Fish. We have been talking for 2 days. Hasn't asked for anything yet. But I'm very suspicious of this type of thing. He says he grew up in Sacramento, but lives in Brooklyn. He is suppose to be stationed in Kabul Afghanistan. Has a 11 year old daughter. He actually writes pretty good but he has slipped up a few times. Sent me pics, and on the uniform it says E Baker but when I asked for more he gave excuses, actually got a little mad.I thought I would just play it down. Just to see where he is going with all this. Should be interesting. But if anybody has dealt with him before please let me know.
Thank you
Yes… Steven Eric Baker is a fraud. Yahoo Address sgt.ebakerxxx@yahoo.
He did the same…said the same story but then he went to Pakistan and yada yada…then is trying to come home..can't take it. He will want you to wire money to Malaysa for plane tickets to come and see you and then when you don't fall for it and call him a scammer…he does get angry. Tells you it's not true love…then he waits a couple of days and tells you how bad you hurt him and he can't live without you and them will try for you to come to Malaysa to bring him home. He has slipped a few times as when you play their game back…they don't like it.
Dump him now. He is a scammer.
Was communicating with johnsinben (45-year-old Male – who contacted me through MacthDoctor.com)
This man is a scam artist – he falls in love quickly – and proceeded to say he loveed me with in 2 days, sent me wonderful poetry that he had taken from various love poem sites.
In his Romance of me — He claimed to be a Lt Col in the Army stationed in Afghanistan. His mod of operations is – to talk to you nonstop the first week, good connection, no problems with the internet, no blast limiting or shutting down his access to you.
He proceeds very smoothly into falling head over heels in love with you sight unseen, cannot stop thinking about you.
Wants you to send him emails about your life, your days and nights, but will not do the same, just very sweet enduring love poems that are not about your relationship with him but just love poems taken from various love poem sites.
He will mention a child – the pictures he sent me were of a 14 year old daughter that he has left with a friend in Australia – her name was/ is supposed to be Angel.
He says he is very devoted of her but other than mentioning her in passing he does not brag about her, or talks about her at all. He claimed that he would send her my email address so that she would contact me to get to know her new mother – first reference that we were to be a couple when he came home on leave.
When I was agreeable to this the mission or task as he put it was complete on to the next mission – the camping of losing connection – I would see him on line – available to chat but he would go invisible or sign in and out during our conversations which was frustrating to say the least. He only used his yahoo account and never his military address to contact me so he started saying if he could only get his own personal connection that things would be better for us to chat. Less likely that the blasting would interrupt our connections and that he could spend hours on end chatting with me.
Sounded great, thought he was still on the up and up – then he popped the question – asking me to marry him, the instant I said that it was agreeable – he had great news – a new transport of Texas recruits were coming over and if I could get $598.00 to a complete stranger than he could get an Afghanistan internet company to set up his personal connection.
I shut him down and started double checking his bio on the internet and came up with this – which is an exact duplicate of his bio on his site – and which was included on the first email he contacted me with.
Re: Lieutenant Colonel Chris Chronis – Military Scammer
scamwarners.c...22756#p22830
Up date on Sgt. Steve Baker…..finally got him to email me and he sent me more pics, would love to know where he is getting these pics from. I traced his IP address and he is out of Sunnyvale, Ca. Wasn't surprised at all. I'm am not going to email him back, but I will keep talking to him on messenger. I've let him to believe that money is not a problem for me. He was going to mess with me now it's my turm to really mess with him.
You go girl. He was talking with you at the same time he was talking to me. Do you have a phone number. I got one it's 47031852749…out of the UK.
I gave him a taste of his own medicine too.
I've been in contact with a Capt. Tyler M. Jones who claims to be Airborne since the end of March. My last correspondence was yesterday morning. Everything was going great until he asked for $3500 to fly him and his best friend (name Donald Peterson aka "flyboy")home b/c they didn't do what the general wanted them to do and they were stranded. No I didn't send the money that's when I started researching. Whatever happened to "Leave No Man Behind"? I've dated my fair share of military guys and if I could find a place that's safe I would continue. I've already reported him to singlesnet.com since that's where we met.
I would like to know how to find the real Capt Jones to inform him of what's going on without having to contact my cousin who's an NCIS agent. I'm humiliated enough I don't need to bring my family into it.
Before Jones there was a SGT Toby Carter from Idaho City, Idaho. He claimed to be Special Forces computer intelligence. He tried to get me to send him a Ts2 SAT phone. He stopped talking to me once I mentioned that I had family in the CIA, FBI and NCIS.
I would like to be able to resolve this on my own and not contact the above mentioned.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I have pictures of both Jones and Carter plus saved emails.
i have just been contacted by a SGT toby cater can i see pictures of him
I've kept all pictures of both Capt Jones and SGT Carter. How would you like me to send the pictures to you?
CJ any suggestions?
Hey everyone. I want you to meet one of the Soldiers being used in these scams, MSG Mark Ehresman. Click here to read his story.
I have had an Andrew Grant contact me with this same scam. He sent me an e-mail through facebook. Same story, Marine, wife died in motor accident, 17 year old son. He never got around to asking for money, I got bored with the game and blew him off. But he was laying it on thick. Always said I could ask him any questions I wanted, but never really answered any of those questions. I have reported him to Facebook. I have a hard time feeling sorry for people who fall for these scams. There has been enough information out there that people should be aware of it, but they keep falling for it. I just want to shake people and say "What were you thinking?". We have been taught to not talk to strangers. ALWAYS have your guard up and be cautious of people you meet on the Internet. Good luck to everyone! I hope that someday there will be a way to stop these scammers who prey on peoples.
Cheryl how I wish my friend could be persuaded to listen so far she has sent £5000
lost her flat gave her bank acc details and passport and is still sitting waiting for General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson to come to England and take her to Alaska I am so angry I will have to try and do something at least you had the sense good luck and God Bless
Meet Robert R. Lorenz on plenty of fish. Asked me to take my profile off. Said his wife messed around on him during his 1st tour. Has a 14 year old son in Wichita, Ks. Then his named changed to Robert Minno Lorenz. Birthdate went from August to July! Picture he sent belongs to a Stephen Lorenz in Texas! Said he will be home July 10, 2010 coming into Grand Folk International Airport in North Dakota. Then requested I contact a diplomat named Mark Miller in regards to stuff he is trying to get to the states. Miller needed 4500. To get this sent. Anyone heard this bullshit? He loved me from the 2nd day!!
There is only one word you really need to know and understand SCAMMER please do not be caught
Any one ever hear of Cpt. Ryan Scott Redlingers??
I have an update on Sgt. Steve E. Baker…After reviewing his pictures I figured out the person in the picture last name was Studebaker. Started searching, found the real 1st Sgt. Steven Studebaker on facebook.I emailed him to tell him what was going on and someone was using his photos. His sister replied to my email and sadly Steve has passed away in April. I sent his sister the photos and all info I had including his IP address.
It just makes me sick to think that this family has to now deal with this. I knew it was a scam from the beginning and played along just to see when they were going to ask me to send money. Right after I had talked to the real Steve's sister the fake Steve wanted me to buy the Ts2pl communication phone. I pretended we were having a storm and it knocked out the electricity so I never replied to him. He still tries to contact me every now and then but I will not contact him again. I will leave it up to the family to do what they need to do.
I am very well aware to the evil's of this world but it still amazes me that there are such heartless cold people out there that have no conscience at all.
I hope the family can stop this but it may be highly unlikely that they can. Who knows how many people they have contacted using these pictures. My prayers are with them.
Connie
Connie…this is just aweful!
I did send a complaint to yahoo as well for abuse. I need to send one to myspace as well. I closed all my accounts. Enough for me to deal with…no more.
My story is similar to all the others… The man's name given in the emails and chats is Major Mike Ramos, age 54, Kabul Afghanistan. He is a widower with a 12 year old daughter, 22 years in the army..
He wrote to me that he led a raid into a deserted Al-Queda house and that he and several officers found some $96 mil in various currency… that the officers returned most of the money to the Afghan government, but the officers divided the remainder. Major Ramos stated that his portion was $1.8 mil. We'd be emailing and chatting for 4 weeks.. I fell like a rock for his charasmatic messages and promises of love forever. He became very offensive and demanding when I refused to accept a piece of luggage with the money on his behalf until he returned from Afghanistan. He broke off the relationship on Sunday, but he sent an offline chat to me today (Wed) stating that he missed me.
I have called the JAG and CID offices at our local Army base, and they referred me to the FBI… the agent was able to determine that the messages from Major Ramos were coming from Ghana.
The photographs attached to two messages show a very handsome, clean-cut man. How can I find out who is pictured? The FBI agent believes that the pictures are someone on the internet, and that the stories (emails and chats) are from the preditors.
Thanks for your help! I would love to help the photographed gentleman to regain his identity.
Hi CJ,
George Patterson??????
I was wondering (for now) if you have any information about the real men on those pictures I have send it to you… no answer till now.
Do you think will be good to give al my information and addresses and conversation and and and.. to FBI and those who are involved with army investigation. I think it may be someone from inside who have many information plus the pictures to do those things…
greetings…
Lydia
Has anyone been contacted by Major General Walter L. Stewart, Jr, a four-star Officer (retired). He says that he is working with UN-Iraq. I was contacted by him via Skype and says that he has adopted son in Ghana. This retired Major General is a very influential officer in the USA, based on all the Internet-published documents I have read. However, i wonder if this is also a case of identity theft.
He says that for security reasons he cannot use cams, mics or give personal information.
He has asked me to send money to pay his adopted son boarding school in Ghana.
Thanks for all your help.
You send money and you become one of the many women SCAMMED use your head PLEASE block him and give yourself another chance
when ever money is asked for it is a SCAMM please do not be SCAMMED
I was just notified about the level of damage done to my personality, it saddens my heart to know that my person can be this compromised by an unknown assailant but nevertheless, Nemesis will catch up with whoever it is , because the United States Army will do anything possible under the law to parade and prosecute anyone caught in the act.Please send me any information you have on these people.I Await your response
Seriously, dude? You expect us (me) to fall for this? You realize I log the IP of everyone that comes here and yet you still think you can come and pretend to be someone you're not? Lingo, you're an idiot. Go back to herding goats. Your scamming days are over.
CJ, can you email me so I can send you information on someone I think he is a new Scammer…I haven't seen his pictures nor name on your site but I think he is one….
sillyflower913@hotmail.com
Thanks
Hi CJ,
I believe this is the scammer, who claimed to me that he is the real sgt.david lingo.
He has approached me and told me same story, that he will hunt the scammer…with what?
If he is only a Sgt….what is it? He thinks he is from CIA or Fed? LOL…..I have sent all his details to you already.
I've been talking on MSN with a 'Colonel Brandon Hutton' who proports to be in the US Army in Kabul Afghanistan. I have beun to believe that i was becoming involved in a scam. I have not yet been asked for money but have been asked to apply for leave which i now know is not the correct process for obtaining leave. I was reading these posts and talking to him tonight and mentioned what i was reading to see what reaction i would get. Said he would check it out and came back to me saying he had read it and said how disgraceful it is. I need to know if i am being scammed and if i am ensure that the reputation of the person in the photographs i have is not damaged if i post them and show that he is a fake. As there person in the photographs may very well be a serving officer. Can you help please?
Hey Lorraine
My Aunt has been talking to this guy named Sergeant David Antonio Lingo who is stationed in Chad, Africa. He has been buttering her up for a week now saying he fell in love with her picture from match.com and keeps telling her he is going to retire and they are going to start a family and all that. He hasn't asked her for ne money yet but all this stuff sounds waaayyy too close to these scams u guys are talking about. Do you have ne pics of him? He has sent my aunt a couple and we were wanting to compare! She would never send money to him but she is hurt by the closeness she thought she had so thanks for posting so we could read this!!
Hi Casandra,
the same person has approached me thru Match.com. He said to me first he is 43yrs old and later 50 yrs old..and told me that he madly in love with me..and want to visit me and from there to settle down…dont ever believe it. I have few pictures of him…you can send me your email to me and I can forward them to you.
i am talking to sgt.toby carter who is in afgan, i just want to know if he is real? how do i find out could someone help me? hereis my email add jakramer33@yahoo.com thanks
Dear Jessica, if he calling you, then you should use a webcam and ask him to speak using the same. By the way, ask him to send you his photo holding your name on it.
Then you can see that he is first real, the rest….you should learn that nigeriam scammers are talking with african accent….they just cannot spell properly the word `BACK`; they normally say this word as BUCK! Good luck!
Hi Jessica,
I am sending an email to you today, and give you a hint how to protect yourself from all those nigerian scammers.
I wish you better luck next time.
Hi,
I can't seem to find any flaw on this "soldier" can anybody help? It's just too good to be true.
Thanks,
Elle
Oh by the way my "soldiers" name is John or Johnny Higherman. I also have pictures to compare with. Let me know!
thanks
DO NOT REPLY TO HIM, OF COURSE HE IS TO BE GOOD TO BE TRUE, we have all fell for it some of us have parted with alot of money, for telephones etc, not me I had a cheque to cash, fraudulently, whatever they promise you it is all bollocks, you must have your'e doubts!? DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY OF YOU'RE DETAILS, PHOTOS, ETC. At the end of the day it's up to you but you are talking to a scammer. Look at photo's on here or if not discuss with Tracy. STOP THE US ARMY SCAM on facebook. She is great talk to her or someone on this site first x
I did have my doubts and a friend referred me to this site…thank you and I will def check in with Tracy….
Anyway to verify this?
He claims he is widowed with 2 small children 3 and 5.
Doughlas Cooper from Sacramento CA
sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com
He wants me to apply for his leave…I told him I shouldn’t have to do that. Here is his reply:
The leave is quickly approved when a soldiers wife or fiancee or apply for it..
and the wife or fiancee has to pay for the leave ..cos the soldier at war doesnt have access to cash..\
and the army is going to pay the soldiers leave bonus into his wife or fiancee account ..\
and the army airline is gonna drop him in the nearest airport to his wife or finacee's address..
and after three days of notification that he is there with the woman is leave bonus will be paid to the woman's account..
you can ask or check for it.
sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com
The Air Cavalry Brigade(unit)
1st Cavalry Division309th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Fallujah
Baghdad Iraq.
thats my base here..
Anyway to verify this? Not sure if I believe him. Thanks
No need to verify. You don't need to "apply for his leave". That's not how it works in the military. He can "apply" for his own leave.
who are you CJ???????????
the exact same story he spun to my friend and so far he has had £5000 please please do not be fooled you have been warned block him
and say thanks to God for your safety
I just went through a similar scam. Sent the soldier, Robert Miller, $4495.00 so he could leave Iraq on a 12 week Leave in which I was his "fiancee". But, then he needed $3,000 more to carry on the plane in case of emergencies. I had offered to get him a commercial airline ticket originally since all the military planes were going through maintenance, but he was not allowed to fly on a commercial airline since he was a Captain in the Army and there was always a threat of terrorist attacks. By the way, he was supposed to be retiring from the Army when I met him in late June, but was going to be sent on a very dangerous mission in Afghanistan so came up with this 12 week Leave plan. Not only am I upset about losing so much money that I don't have, but within the month's time that I had been chatting with him, I truly fell in love.
In the past couple of weeks, I have found the same pictures on several new profiles.
I just found a great Yahoo group, with lots of stories on there of ladies who have been scammed, very interesting reading and a lesson to us all to be aware…..
groups.yahoo....omancescams/
that should say
yahoo romancescams I don't know why the full address disappeared, probably to stop advertising. And I should have said that men on there have been scammed too, it's not just us ladies.
Hi Ladies,
Anyone being approached by these persons
please contact me as I have all their pictures:
1. Sgt. David Lingo
2. Sgt. Andre Basile
Nina mine is claiming to be Adam Lingo. email address is alingo74@yahoo.com
any pics or info would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Sara Skinner
Hi Sara, please give me ur email address and will send it to you a.s.a.p.
Nina sorry it has taken me so long to respond to you. my email address is saraskinner@embarqmail.com or skinnersara@yahoo.com
Any pictures would be greatly appreciated or any info. Thanks
Sara
Hi Sara,
I have already forwarded the pictures to your both email addresses.
Enjoy viewing it!
Hi
I have been approached by major Lingo via GDFF dating website,I have not responded to his mail as I have been bitten once by a scammer and will not fall for this one again, can you send a photo please.
Hi Sue, I will send all photos just give me ur email address.
Hi
My email is bluesue53@yahoo.co.uk
I was scammed by a very attractive man posing to be in the US army, I fell hook line and sinker and now I want revenge.
Hi Sue,
I have already forwarded to you all the pictures you need to see.
nina could you send me photos of Sgt. andre basile so i can compare it with the one i have please rebecca_stalker@yahoo.com
nina he has e-mailed me a letter,(andre)
do you happen to know General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson
General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson what do you know about this SCUMBAG he has left my friend destitute at the age of 62 and if this does not show up next to Sgt david lingo&stg andre basile I will smell a rat??????
I'm in contact with the real Lingo and working on a profile of him. he is happily married and does not use dating sights. stay tuned.
I have spent hours today on that Yahoo site I mentioned above, lots and lots of stories that sound almost identical to the stories on this site. There are over 166000 members and it has been around since 2005. I can't believe I have never heard more of this before this past few weeks.
I am on a dating site and I believe one has just approached me today, funny how once you know what to look for it is there staring at you right in the face!!
Hi
I found text on your site from a female scammer which is the exact same text sent to me by "Eric Bradford" allegedly serving in Afghanistan. I was lucky to do my own research before getting involved. I found Eric on the MatureFreeandSingle dating website and he soon passed me a hotmail account instead! I feel I have had a very lucky escape
Thank God another woman with some sense
How I wish I was warned before the 8th July 2010.
After 4 months chatting and lots of money I lost to Staff Sergeant Christian Richardson & his so call diplomat "Suley Mohammed" what bastards they are.
I hope they rot in hell!!!
They don't deserve to use our Lords name over there lips or fingers.
Here is another name to add to the list. Major General Andrew Salmon
He is a scammer. Major General Andrew Salmon
Here is another one General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson I know because right now he is SCAMMING my friend but she will not listen up to date she has sent £5000 please do not be fooled the moment money is mentioned block the B________S and post their name here we should creat a mugshot wall to help out other women caught in this hellish trap
Can somebody please PM who has access to checking out real US Army personnel on a database as I have a feeling a guy I am talking to on a dating site is not all he appears to be, I don't want to put his name up in public as I may be just being overcautious after having so many emails from scammers on these dating sites who show their true colours early on in the game, I don't want to get sucked in and waste any more time on this man if he is not the real deal.
Thank you
If at anytime money is mentioned you have a SCAMMER on line block him and do not feel bad about it I am at time trying to save my friend who has sent £5000 to some one called general Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson and she will not listen to her friends she has more than me do all your talking chatting right up till money is mentioned the cut the B______S loose if you do get SCAMMED do not say you were not warned
Anybody have access to a US Army database and could look somebody up for me please?
Thank you
Barbara,
How did you look him up? I would like to find out if David Haggard is really in the ARmy or if he is a scam? I have been searching for an army database, but no access….can someone help?
It's OK, I finally got him to send me an email from his military address as per above instructions and I traced the header and all is OK. Better to be safe than sorry………..
Have a new name to add. Collin Gray. Supposedly from Poland, wife died in a car crash, daughter is in Illinois. I was wondering why he kept wanting me to send a package to Ghana.
Mentioned my suspicions to a friend who forwarded me the link to this site.
What's ironic is I was creeped out by how intimate he was getting in his emails, but I figure, "Okay, he's overseas, maybe he's lonely, if I can make his day, blah blah blah…"
I just spent a ton of money on food and Blackhawks stuff that I was going to send him. I think I'm still going to send it to the troops anyway. It's Independence Day weekend, so why not thank a soldier…
Hi,
I am interested to know if you have a photo of this guy? I am currently being hounded by a Richard Gray, supposedly out of Iraq. Same thing poor spelling and grammar, he puts it down to a lack of education in his youth. Says he's been in Iraq for the last 4 years. He is a widower, no relatives living. Has a son who just so happens to have arrived in Ghana in the last week on some student work program. He gave me the kids school name and I have been trying to verify that he was in attendance at the school. Now the kid has no money for food and he can't get money to him being he is in Iraq.
Checked out cell phone number for kid and it's a cell phone in Ghana, spoke to the kid twice but the reception was so poor that I couldn't make out the accent. No set amount was asked for just help him out.
Dad is a commanding officer, uses a live.com email address, checked three email addresses two are from Sunnyvale CF and one from Redmond WA, says he was born in Miami Florida, mother American, father German.
Says he went to a boarding school and then on to military school at aged 17. Won't give me a mailing address for where he is, nor a phone number.Sent numerous photos, can't seem to find anyone that looks like this on any of these sites. Sent pictures of the son also. Says that he will be out of the army in September.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks
Do we know if anyone of these scammers have been caught yet? I suppose there are too many small fry its the big fry who needs to be caught.
I've detected scammers before. Recently, a guy claimed he's a surgeon and working for US army in Iraq email me. He's a non muslim but I wonder why he registered for a muslim dating website. Anyway, nothing much about his emails because usually they are quite brief. We mainly chat and he even went on webcam. I've checked his ip add, and definitely not in Iraq. I'm actually waiting for him to make his move but my guts telling me he's a scammer. Will post more of his info once I'm certain.
In case ya'll didn't see the main page, it looks as if I have been used in these scams as well. I recently found my ugly mug on the dating site datanta.com:
soldierspersp...gerian-scam/
Ladies there is another scammer who calls himself Capt Cory Robinson serving in Afghan.
Same MO as post of hte other's wants to invest money that he has inherited from his late father Gen James Robinson but you must send $2500 to a GV Lowhter to open the vault to get this money…..what a load of crap!!
Vikki,
Please give me your email address and I can show you how to trace his real identities.
bitte ich brauche das auch um festzustellen wie man das überprüft danke
leohelgadeniz@hotmail.com
ich werde dich `ne richtige mailanschrift schicken wo du dich die richtige Losung und Rat fragen kannst. Abwarten.
Ladies there is another scammer who calls himself Capt Cory Robinson serving in Afghan.
Same MO as post of hte other's wants to invest money that he has inherited from his late father Gen James Robinson but you must send $2500 to a GV Lowhter to open the vault to get this money…..what a load of crap!! And the money must be sent to a Rose G de Leon in 314 Nabraska St Texas …..
does any one else have these e-mail addresses
sgt.landleadsss@yahoo.com or sgt.andreemul@yahoo.com these are the two that andre had used in the past is there any more that could be his?
Hi Rebecca,
I have received emails from them, and their the nigerian scammers….their alias is
Sgt.David Antonio Lingo….and antother alias
Sgt. Andre Basile.
and moreover:
you used the name Rebecca:
actually you are the scammers
and has been using the names of AndreMul
that`s why you can communicate with him
as that parasit is your own creator and clone!
Ladies watch out!!!!
Nina is the real scammer everyone. She had me fooled for a little while, but I'm on to her. If you are emailing Nina, stop immediately.
CJ, dont blame others, but as I said I have passed all details re. this person per email to you as well as my real identities.
Now tell me, is this person not a scammer?
Unfortunately, I have blocked its name and cannot trace the conversation at the archive any longer! I still can remember that this Rebecca said that she comes from Illinois, but when I checked the header it comes from Sunnyvale, Ca. USA.
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From: Rebecca Stalker
Subject: small picture of andre
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From: Rebecca Stalker
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Sent: Fri, July 16, 2010 12:45:50 AM
Subject: small picture of andre
here is the small picture i am sending, and two e=mail addresses
sgt.landleadsss@yahoo.com
sgt.andreemul@yahoo.com
but the 2nd one is the one andre was using to contact me with but seems to have disappeared
Rebecca Stalker
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From: Rebecca Stalker
To: nina@yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 11:14:08 PM
Subject: Re: Andre ´Online chatting with you? When ?
don't worry i have a new profile on match and will not make the same mistake as the last time, i have hidden my picture for awhile, i did not mention your last names i put them together to make it look like one name, he has written a e-mail back to me and wants to talk later just don't know when that is why there are a lot of sos's in the article i figured you were on line there i was trying to get your attention last night to get help no i did not send him money i almost paid for a dating site for him but cancled it two days later after finding out what a snake he was as for my age that is not nesscary i have learned from my mistake and plan on contiuning to learn from it. i told him that i went full time for work and should be able to get back on my feet pretty shortly just don't know when.
Rebecca Stalker
Nina, I've said it before and I'll tell you again – Rebecca is NOT a scammer. Sunnyvale is the home of Yahoo which is why most of the IPs will ping to Sunnyvale. If I send you an email from my Yahoo account, it will also come from Sunnyvale if you look at the wrong IP. Now, for the final time, stop harassing Rebecca.
I think my sister is being scammed by Neil Brown – currently posted in Pakistan with the UN. She has sent him a phone, filled in a document for "bonus" payments and has applied for leave for him.
Has anyone had any dealings with him or can tell me how I can find out more about him? She is totally smitten & will not have anything said against him…..!!
Janice,
Please send me your email address, I will show you how to trace their identities.
nina help
CJ,
ALERT …..ALERT ….ALERT
Please warn all ladies at this forum
that this REBECCA STALKER with email address
Rebecca_Stalker@yahoo.com
is a Nigeriam Scammer!!!!
This monster has IP Addresse at Sunnyvale,CA USA.
This slut has used a woman name to infiltrate
you
thanks nina you aRE big help
Hi CJ,
I have another one for you. His name is Frank Preston. Says he just "wears the uniform" doesn't have email address. He is from Kent USA & has 2 boys doing their masters.
Has an adopted African boy but this morning he received an email from the boy telling him his friend was in hospital & could I call his boy to find out what was happening. Wrong, I know this one as it has been tried before. I told him he needs to get compassionate leave to go sort it out & I knew he could get the leave because I am ex defence force. He then decided to say bye.
Thank you for your website as it will help a lot of other people.
Regards
Kerry
NINA ANDRE IS BACK GET ONLINE PLEASE
ALERT::::ALERT :::ALERT!!!!
THIS MONSTER IS A SCAMMER WITH IP ADDRESS
AT SUNNYVALE,CA.
NINA I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE
HELP NINA ANDRE IS CHATTING WITH ME
nina come and talk with me please
he know that i am on match again
HELP HELP SOS NINA
i have a new e-mail address for you to add to the list sgt.landleadsss@gmx.com.
nina i have been talking to andre for over an hour what can i do to keep him talking to me?
I started chatting with George William Witte on 07/04/10. I am beginning to think or know now that this is a scam. I traced the IP address and guess what it's not in Iraq, it's in Sunnyvale CA. Is there anyway to see pictures of these poor military people that have been scammed? He sent me 3 pictures and told me he was from FL. and had a son 10 years old living with his ex-wife. Isn't there something we can do? This is just wrong in so many ways.
Lynne,
I share your hurt. I really fell in love with the illusion of this person. It really does break your heart. When I checked the IP address it was also Sunnyvale, CA then another was Ghana……where are these guys that we got pictures of? It is so wrong.
Lynne,
I've been thinking the same thing. I'm quite sure that they got these military pictures from guys that they have scammed before. I was just involved in a military scam on match.com. Actually, I wish I could meet the real soldier!!!!
Here's another e-mail address to watch out for.
ggeorge43@ymail.com
I gotta say these people are a piece of work
nina andre is online chatting with me please help me SOS SOS
Nina i do not care for the way you do business i asked for help you told me to go screw him we are two of a kind when u said that you would help me deal with him i have sent a letter to the FBI hoping that they could trace him better then me i do not have the resources that they do sorry for ever asking for your help i will not bother you again.
ya ya…you are a stupid fool and a scum!
Rebecca alias Andre Mul alias Andre Basile alias David Lingo…and other Lingos….names you have been used:
the last message for you, you should screw yourself and leave the other ladies alone!
You are the one should be reported to FBI,
your fantasy world is now come to an end!
Nina, I've had it with your comments. I have spoken with Rebecca personally and confirmed her identity. Yours on the other hand is in question. If you come in here, be respectful to the other commenters. If you continue with your rudeness, I will ban your IP from commenting again.
Hi CJ,
I am really surprised about yo0ur comment.
I have this Rebecca Scammer infiltrated my email and SMS Messenger. Once I didnt answer her Messgenger she sent me an email. Which email tracked that it came from Nigeria and redirected to Sunnyvale, Ca. USA!
I have also sent you all details from those scammers listed as David lingo and Andre Basile as well as the picture.
I am wondering why cant you disguise which one is the scammer? You can trace my IP Address and location easily! I am commenting and still get in touch with few ladies at this forum, especially the one who was scammed by a nigerian scammer who personating yourself! She and I have been communiting thru Skype and Videocall, because my root came from Spore and am able to speak many foreign laguages. She also passed your email to me. No wonder you didnt react to my email as you think that I am scammer? I think I am wasting my time and what a heck am trying to proof to you that I am the real person? I am gonna send you a separate email where I am located.
CJ, I am very disappointed with your misjudgment and fowarding your comment to the other forum.
You have questioned my real ID? Why in the world didnt you reply to my email? If you did you, you can still see and read where I am located and where I live and where to contact me.
I am rude not to the real persons, but to the real scammers because they have no emotions neither feeling towards the victims. Since I placed my comments at your Forum to assist the other victims of Nigerian Scammers, my mail INBOX have been receiving lots of the Nigerian Scammers bogus emails and business offers.
And now you are pointing your fingers to me and telling others that I am the one whose the scammer? Good to me that I surfed into your forum this afternoon, and from here I can see that you are unable to distinguish
who and who is the scammer. What a pity, am really wasting my times.
Dawn i to have been contacted by Michael Elzondo. He mailed me on datetheuk have been mailing him from 0410 till last night. He sent me 3 photos in uniform & fell for him. He wanted to take things further & wanted me to send 430usd by either Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram am so glad i didnt,cos i had a doubt in the back of my mind not to. The money was for a Thuraya mobile, secure connection. The letter was sent by a Col Jimmy Alexandra which i thought had proper letter heading & to send details back to him. I just feel so sorry for those guys out there fighting for their countries & have their id's stolen, they need dealing with. If you want to see a photo of him let me know.
thank God Debbie someone with sense all you who have doubts??? when money is asked for and it will be block that person from ever getting in contact again THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR HAVING SENSE
I have been talking to a sgt in Baghdad. And like alot of the other stories I have read its to good to be true. Having a weird feeling as to why he found me on a dating site considering he is from US and I am from Canada, I tried to do some research and so far found nothing negative. Coming across this site, I was hoping if there was a way I can find out more info about this man and how do I do it or what do I look for? Just a little nervous as my feelings are turning towards him in a short time. Please respond with any advice. slwljl3@hotmail.com
Tina the first time he asks for money and he will cut him loose and thank God for a lucky escape I am trying to help a friend of mine who like you met this scumbag and has up to date sent him £5000 please do not be fooled the first time money is asked for and it will be do not listen block this dirt bag and do not speak to him again surely there must be men in Canada please hear and take my advice good luck and God Bless
I have been recently scammed and am still in communication….he claims to be David Haggard stationed in Baghdad. MOS 11-B Infrantryman Unit 502 Infantry Regiment.
He contacted me on match.com. His english is bad but he sent alot of pictures. I asked for a military email acct. and he ignored me. I asked him to call me and he said he will ask permission that was a month ago. I did a location search of his IP address and it is in Ghana.
This has been really hard to take mentally…
Dear Bev please do not be fooled my friend is going through the same thing as you she has up to date sent £5000 to wait for it General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson please use your head and your logic and do not let this affect you badly just say Thank You Lord
for letting me see sense if you want to meet someone find a social club or a church meeting there are guys out there but do not be fooled by anyone asking for money they are SCAMMERS good luck and God Bless from a woman who is trying to save the life of her friend
hi im emailingaguy called sgtdouglascooper68@yahoo.com hes in th aircavalty brigade iraq widowed 2 mall children and no other relatives. hes pledging undying love for me and as asked me to apply for leave for him, now he wants me to pay for his reconnection of internet as his pay gets paid into his account at home and he cant access it he says rules , only wifes and fiancees can apply and pay then the army refunds them, alarm bells ave rang is he a scammer , iseven a real person, i noticed sum 1 else and wrote on here 24th june about him . thnx
sorry mispelled his address sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com could you please get back to me asap please need to know if he is a scammer, then ican confront him thnx look forward to your reply, as any1 else in contact with him?
Stodhunter you do not need anyone to tell you what you already know he is a SCAMMER block him from ever contacing you again and Thank God For a Lucky Escape
Ladies i would like to inform you that what nina has been telling you is false i hail from the midwest in missouri if any of you doubt me check with cj and if any of you have recieved e-mails from nina check her ip address it will show you who is from where i have checked her's and it comes back from sunnyvale
I am sending all the correspondence I received from Rebecca Scammer to CJ as well as the IP Headers.
Tell me I am wrong CJ!
Rebecca, I dont know if this is the real you.
Bzut from all emails I received from you, all your IP tagged came from Sunnyvale, Ca. USA!
Since you are the one who gave the nigerian scammer your Email ID and I believe they have got my email address infiltrate too.
I have passed all your correspondence to CJ and my IP Tracking, as well as my real address and IP and my contact numbers.
All I can see now, that this forum has become a nice easy target for the real Nigerian Scammer. And have passed all my experience to the other forum in Germany!
Where no Nigerian Scammers are able to speak nor write the German language!
This is just advice nothing else something i have learned there are alot of greedy people out there who prey on others especially women who may be searching for someone to spend their lives with who choose dating sites to look for potental men. we need to be more careful if who we choose, its ok to be picky if we want a certain man then we shouldn't just jump on the first one who my turn our heads or hearts because that could turn out to be dangerous for us and cause a lot of heartache in the long run. so becareful on the dating sites and choose wisely
Rebecca,
You are so right. After feeling like someone punched me in the gut, I contacted msn and gave them the email address the scammer used so they can relinquish their email address. I also contacted match.com
I'm so glad I found this site…thanks to you all for your help….
no problem just trying to help where i can that is my down fall too much compassion for others i scarfice my happiness for other people i am not going to let one man scare me i plan to keep fighting back as long as i can
Yet another name to be added to the growing list. Col. Richard York. Based in Afghanistan. Had me "hook line and sinker!" Found me on an exclusive South African dating site. Same story line as most of the woman were given, Widowed, teenage son, retiring soon etc. Thank goodness I started to get suspisious with his very bad English and questioned him on it. He got VERY ANGRY with me! Also, when I looked up his profile on Windows Messenger, I discovered that the site was owned by a Cyril Tei! When I questioned him about this, he again got very angry with me and promptly diconnected! I have not heard from him since! I still have pictures of him if anyone is interested and I can be contacted at brendarussell@futurenet.co.za. These Pigs need to be stopped!!
Hello my friend is right now being scammed by someone called General Kelly Abura/Thompson/Thomson the usual story hurt in Irac it is unbelieveible that women can fall for such garbage but my friend has up till now she has sent £5000 she is sitting at this moment in time waiting for word to go to of all places Alaska has anyone else heard of these names please I need to help my friend who in the U.S.A can I contact to find out if there is such a person/and no it is not me who is in contact with this scammer it is my friend if you know of anyone else in contact with this person please let me know so I can help my friend
In the scam that I was just in, I had to send the money to Alaska. Hope this helps.
It would seem as if CJ is also a SCAMMER or so he tell us so who are all you women sending your photo's to begs the question who!!!!!!!!
This is CJ's blog. Why are you calling him a scammer?
i have just informed match.com of Andre Basile of his scamming ways any one else who has dealings with him from the same site you need to report it to them maybe we can get him off of there cause he is still on there just hid his profile on there.
Jane Mandara
I know CJ is not a scammer. As for who all these woman are. why don't you tell us who you are and what you are doing on a site you think is run by a scammer?
Donna,
Just had to say thank you. I do not know CJ although my gut tells me he is a good man. I was wondering the same thing about "Jane" myself.
I beleive this person to be a scam but he has not asked for money only love haha. Any ideas
George England
geo_england@live.com
Hi Kathy, I did respond earlier but have just found this archive. I am looking for other sites on here for the archive of pictures and cannot seem to find it
Can anyone assist me please?!?!
Hi Kathy,
I too have spoken with George England. Do not give him any money…he is a scammer. Do you have any pictures that you can send CJ to post? He has used different pictures but I have not found any of the soldier that was used in my scam.
CJ is a good man i have talked with him personaly and he is not a scammer.
Thank you Jane. After reading here he would not be getting any money from me. Can anyone tell me if they have heard of a Charles Relinger and how do I go about getting any more information on him. I have googled his name, and ran his IP which shows he is from the states but is there something more that i can do? there is another site that comes up after running his name and the similarities are there,although the uniform can be deceiving, the profile says what he has told me.
has any 1 else had contact with a sgtdoughlascooper@yahoo.com in iraq widowed, would love to hear from any1 who as, hi cj can you shed any light on this person please, and jane do you know him? thnx look forward to replies
i am becam email from markigraham@live.com and now another mforester40@yahoo.com.
i am only douing play!i am know that scams people.
they man love me hhaaaaaa and i am only play love.!!!!when they are really they have pech haaaaaa.
CJ you do a very good job at helping out the ladies out keep up the good work, you are one honest person i rather turn to then someone i just met on the street thanks for everything you do
Hi can anyone tell if they have been contacted by a Captain T.S.Wills dating site name twills!!!… traced IP addy to London yet hes in Kabul!!!..ive three handsome pictures of him.. he says he belongs to the uksf…he asked if i could make ophone connections of £220 towards communication between us…. CJ do you know anything abt this guy? oh and to send a package first to nigeria!!! alarm bells rang included in this a phone was requested also asked for my PC!! and other items….what next!..
can anyone help me, been talking to Ryan Mcgrath claims LTC 2nd batallion army in iraq.
has not yet asked for anything and its been 3 months. says hes retiring next month and filed the papers back in feb. doesnt call even when i ask. says he doesnt use his .mil addy but also doesnt give it to me. says he also has apo/fpo but no need to use it. has many pics of himself in uniform and out, with family and friends. tells me he wants to marry me, and will put me on the spouce list, that the army will contact me when he is due to come home and where to pick him up. also claims he will b receiving a great deal of money from retirement settlement. anyone have any help..dont know what to beleive here.has yahoo email of McGrath_army4all@yahoo.com
Sounds very similar to the scam I was just involved in. Please don't fall for this. I cost me $4800 altogether including Western Union fees.
brenda its a scam.thanks to you I was able to get my mom to stop talking to ryan this morning because i saw your blog when I looked up his E mail adress. Obviously if He is telling you all the same things he told my mom for three months, he's scamming more women than just the both of you. There is no man on earth in this day and age that would profess his love to a woman he's never seen, met, or slept with. and definitely never ask their hand in marriage.
hi cj ive now confronted sgtdoughlascooper68@yahoo.com and told him iknow hes a scammer, told him hewas getting no money off me and to leave me alone,plus ive friends in the forces to help me, hes left me alone, another 1 for you now whos contacted me juanburke21@yahoo.com hes in kabul afghan, any1 know him?
CJ
do you if a serg Edgar exists in Camp Victory iraq?
yes ladies it is going to say sunnyvale, ca. thats because where yahoo is located. the only way to actually get there IP Address is when chatting with on messenger send them a file as soon as they accept then you can get there actual location. this how you do open command prompt run as adminstrater aas soon as they accept type netstat and keep doing it until file has downloaded. then un forgein there will be the actual IP Address.
Nina, listen I appreciate your input but I'm not going to allow you to continue going after Rebecca. I've personally spoken with her and verified her identity. Sunnyvale, CA is the home of yahoo, so you will find a lot that when using the service. Plain and simple – Rebecca is not a scammer. Future comments directed at or referencing her will be deleted. If that runs you off, nothing I can do about that. I dont play favorites and don't pull punches.
CJ, you have to pull out your accusation
addressed to Nina.
This forum becomes a chatterbox and no ones
get a true help and feedback from you.
Hi CJ,
I was told to contact you by Tracy Bishop, whom has kindly created a website to stop this kind of thing from happening to other women. I would like to add a name to your list.
Spc Ethan McNigen with US Army in Iraq…the company is http://WWW.USCMPS.com with an email address of setup@uscmps.com
Spc Ethan McNigens email is spc_ethan_mcnigen@yahoo.com. Who claims to be part of the intelligence unit with the US Army.
I would like to know if you can look into this information and maybe see if this person does exist. If so, is there a way you would be able to get in contact with him. I would like to let him know what is happening and how his name and information is being used.
I appreciate all you have done and I agree with what you say, if anyone woman out there meets a man in the military there is no reason why they shouldnt send you an email from their ako.
Thank you so much for the information you have provided to us women…..
Hi CJ, I left you a post yesterday and I noticed that it is not there today. I contacted Tracy Bishop and she is a little concerned as well. I would like to know if you did get my post and if so, if you could contact me via my email, which you have.
I received another email from Mr Mcnigen stating that the company uscmps is a legal company and that he is upset that I have contacted the FBI and filed a report.
I do need your help, as I do not know if this is a scammer. He has told me so many things about his life from his childhood to adulthood, has emailed me many pictures of himself.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Angela
Ladies, please see my latest post for a call to arms against these scammers: soldierspersp...an-scammers/
Ladies,
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i am in shock this morning thinking my experince involved in a scam, with nigerian scum , impersonating capt james minard was over,how wrong was i, i was woken this morning with a text at 1.30 am saying (can you come on line and talk, james), i replyed james who, and got back miniard, it has been nearly 6 months, why now, i have deleted all contact with the scum and now they are trying to make contact again. This morning i found a email on my laptop saying ,(i miss you can we talk), they must keep our details in case they need them again.I just checked my face book account and there is a man of about 20 , from nigeria asking to be my friend, this must all be connected, i just cant believe there cheek
getting scammed once it not enough. am i on a list or what?
now i get e-mails from woman. can anybody please help me found out who is capt eddy james fouillouse
retired last summer in dafour. working for the un as peace capt.
where can i see the picture of the scammers? what is the link?
and where can i send to the picture of my scammer?
any help thanks
Hey brenda dont talk to ryan mc Grath. My mom was talking to him for 3 months too and hes asking her for money and sent her pictures of a nice looking blonde 35 year old army man with family. I didnt like how he wont actually talk over the phone or send her web videos like all her other army friends do. He asked her for 800$ for leave. cutt it off trust me. My mom did.
You can either send you picture to CJ or join the facebook group STOP THE US ARMY DATING SCAM and post them there ! we have over 250 photos that scammers are using posted on the group wall also the name / names they are know by and often the dating sites there active on is added by members
Tracy
I am talking with a Dan Roberts who claims he is aryy in afghanistan has pictures of someone postd. He has more excuses why he can't send me more photo's and can't get a leave. He needs personal affects, sliipers, watch,shirts and blackberry. he cannot get over there. I don't believe him but have been playing along. He states no APO box as i have to send to agne that will bring to him with troops. It bothers me to know they scam these photo's on military men,us the militry to get what they want, send emails declaring their love and then nothing. I am about ready toready to blast this guy. Traced IP address to Niegria and cnfronted him with it. Plus pic that came up on IM was not him. He told me it was his officers. made no sense. Beware of this guy, extremely handsome soldier phot's but I know it's not him. I hate that they have used our military guys for their satisfactions…sad very sad.
I had to leave the other face book I had because I closed out all my accounts and started over,because the scammer would not leave me alone,please except me back under this new facebook I added,my picture is the same one as before.I miss talking to all the new friends I found on here,they are alot of help to me.
I too have been contacted by a person claiming to be a Brig.Gen. Michael Brad Lynch who contacted me on the Singles 365 dating website. He says he is a widower with 2 sons (Paul & Brandon, claims he wants to marry an English woman because his mother is English. Has asked me to pay for a sims card for texts to him,foolishly I did, now he wants me to pay $1,000 for a "leave token" so he can come and visit me in the UK as he is madly in love with me – after only 3 chats….please!
If needs be I am happy to forward the pictures he sent me, I guess they are not og him, but I have no idea.
Soldiers Perspective has made interesting reading!
Sorry please remove my comment from this site. Many thanks,
Hilary
hey CJ can u check and see about a ssgt.james walker and let me know if he is real or not please
Thank you
I was contacted by Michael Lynch on a UK dating website called Singles 365.
He was calling himself Brigadier General Michael Lynch, and was based in Camp Tombstone, Kabul. Not big on emails, but chatted endlessly. Foolishly I did buy him the SIM card ( only a few pounds)! But when he asked about paying for leave permission ($1000) I decided to check him out. I managed to find out via the badges on the uniform in the pictures he sent me the the person was in 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment, so I contacted them for advice and they very kindly informed me that he was indeed a scammer and the pictures (and profile) he had used were of LTG Rick Lynch an actual serving soldier, they also sent me a link to LTG Rick Lynch's facebook account to check it all out. I sent the link to Michael Lynch, if that is his name, and haven't heard from him since, I also reported him to the dating site.