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With CJ out of pocket for a few weeks, he passed off a media interview to me. They are also looking to speak with another person whom was scammed by someone posing as a military service member. This is a major media outlet everyone in the US has heard of. If you live in Northeast US near New York, please send me an email. My address is marcus-at-youserved-dot-com. Time is short on this, so please get in touch as soon as possible. Thanks!
Update 30 August 2011: The number one question we get day in and day out is if there is a way to let the real soldier being used in a scam that he is a victim as well. Unfortunately, there isn’t a reliable way to track down the soldiers. The time and effort put forth would likely do little good. I feel horrible that the images and names of these brave men are being used for nefarious reasons. Please, continue to share your stories and warn others. The more people we are able to educate on this horrible deed the less profitable it will be for the criminals.
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to Anonn, thank you. i thought so. i just want a clear picture of his
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chnatal
I,ve got pictures on a military man that exist for real,but he was scam from a scammer who stole his pictures,i need to be in contact with the man in pictures or i can send you pictures from the one that i have,but i really dont know where to post it ,so please help me …thanks
Regards
Chantal
mak
send me is picture that he use so that we can know what to do okay thanks
mai talton
would like to hear more about the “soldier” named Randal Nieper he has contacted me recently and when i googled his name this site came up i have pictures in which the last name of the soldier is Napier.please help me find out more about this so called Randal guy
mai talton
does anyone know a john carney and is he also a scammer
Usona asher
Hi,I am on Yahoo chat with ” Randal Nieper” TOO ! I keep telling him he has a accent and asking what his nationality is because I can see a accent…I ask him about 6 times in 1 session on chat.He won’t answer me..this time he said it was 2:00 in the morning and he had to get some sleep…about 1:1/2 later he went off line..I hadn’t talked to him more then ten mins. before I knew there was something wrong..
He said he has an 8 year and 10 year old boy.and his wife died in accident ..I ask him how and he said he did not want to talk about it… his pic is of a soldier..but I thought it could be pics of a dead soldier that he is using ..they are to small to see even with a magnifying glass…
Usona asher
Talking to him now!! LOL
jo
I think I was also being scammed by so called Sgt. Mark Lance serving in Afghan. The pictures are real but I think they were stolen, Im really interested to find out abt the real person on those pictures. I can email you the pictures, he needs to find that his pictures are being used to trap women. The scammer told me he was so in love with me within 24hrs and needed me to western union $375 to an agent below
Name: Goerge Boye
City: Subang Jaya
States: selangor
Zipecode: 47100
Country: Malaysia
He gave me an email address to contact the so called phone company “Getnumber
US army in Desert” So i started messing with him and really got into his head and called him on his blurf. He could not even figure out some of the military slang. Dumbass! He is currently on Metrodate.com under the name of Mlance. Im really a military suppoirter and just wanted to meet someone who is currently deployed just to make their time fly by. Where would recommend I go. Thanks,Jo
Terri
Hi Jo…
I also know of someone right now talking to a Marc Lance….he has a son in London..similar ? JT
Alice Lopez
I am communicating with a Micheal Potals. He says he is a Colonel in Kuwait city..and about to retire and looking for a good woman to settle down with. He has asked that I send him money to get off base 77442 to come visit me and possibly get married.He is connecting with casualink as telecom……it is 1st military.telecom@yahoo.com. . then we are now communicating for monies through–militarypersonelmg@ymail.com His e-mail address is mittype@yahoo.com
teena
i have the same problem with Chantal… Am talking to a “SOLDIER’ right now, got picture.. he is not asking for anything.. all i want is a verification…. where can i send you the picture? i don’t want here published for now… thank you…
jan
please send me pics to see if this is the same guy.he told me he had a 7yr son
Gwen
Hi everyone I would like to give you all a very good website to help you identify a scammer. I was scammed and found it. There are multiple pages plus it allows you to post any known scammer. Please be careful out there they dont care about who they hurt. wwww.delphifaq.com/faq/male_scammers
Denise
Hello I am glad I investigated this sooner than later, a man saying E6 staff sargeant found me on lavalife and then emailed me this long letter looking for a mate when he retires in two months the pictures are of a very handsome man named Kenneth Lopez, born in madrid, I knew it was too damn good to be true! Watch out ladies..
THX Denise
janice walloschek
Hello Denice im so glad to have found this my mother been chatting and falling in love with the same name you mention hes been sending her pics could you please send me the pic to finally show her it was a scam hey ill even give you my phone number so you can talk to her we are from Canada and money as been ask now she want to send him a phone ect ect please help ty..Hes a good looking man please send me the pic or ill give you my phone number and we could talk let me know asap ty
janice walloschek
Hey Denice my mom as the same guy trying to scam her she also as photos can you send the pics at thumb21@hotmail.com please ty soo much……… Jan
Lily
I want to ask denise can you pls ask Jan if her mother is still in touch with that man ?
Mary
Denise, I also got contacted by a man saying he is E6 Staff Sgt with the US Army, I dont know if he is the same guy, If you have a picture of him can you sent it to me, I will send you the one I have.
sharon thompson
i was also scamed by someone using sgt donnie hunsucker info….the fake one started asking for money for everything,them came the fake forms about his leave that will cost $7.000 uds
claiming he has no family only a 7 year old son name Dave who lives in NY with a nanny
but i began thinking why we couldnt be FB friends so i went on the real Donnie Hunsucker FB page and send him an inbox well as you know he was not the one chatting with me for the past 10 months
so in new years day chatting with the lier i asked how was the weather there he reply hot and sunny…lol
but in the real Donnie Hunsucker page he was complaining about the snow and how frozen all the was was…hmmmmm. makes you thinh ay?
but what kind of a person would use those militiry ID in that manner when those guts are putting their life on the line for us all….ladies pls be carefull online
Barbara
I have been contacted by a supposedly soldier named Alvin McGarvey Miller. I have good women’s intuition and if you have a picture of this scammer would you please send it to me. He claims he has a 9 years old son, and getting ready to retire soon and his a lt col in army over in Afghanistan. I’m glad I googled before going any further.
Barbara
Anna
Barbara, I had his picture… but it was some troops picture he was using.. This scammer sent two dozen roses and candy.
I dumped him around the time he started talking to you…. it seems like… but if keep reading a soldiers perspective he tried to scam another woman….
Donna
Just to let you know, I too was contacted between mid to late Oct, 2011by this supposed Lt. Colonel Alvin McGarvey Miller, in the US Army, who lived in California, but is now serving in Afghanistan.. He claims to have already started his retirement papers, been widowed for 7 yrs, lost his wife in a car accident, has a 9 yr old son who lives w/ a caretaker. Yes, I do have photo’s of the supposed Alvin McGarvey Miller, son, and w/ a member of one of his troops. Doesn’t respond much to my questions. Yes, I received red roses twice, stuffed animals, and poetic cards. I really thought something was up though ~ as he’s so hard to understand. Sorry, I wish I knew how to download his photo to you. The sadness I feel, is for the real US Army soldier whose identity he’s stolen ~ he’s also a victim. The real soldier is out there protecting our country, and doesn’t know about this. This man has scammed us big time. I can give you a lot more info too. But, I did have to pull teeth to glean info from this scammer.
Cheryl
He is texting me and contacting me on yahoo. He said he will retire soon and coming to see me .Hehas a son now 10 years old.
s. FREEMAN
sounds like someone emailing me who say retiring in a few weeks and wife carol died in 2004 and has 10yr old son, name of col. J. caldwell? anyone heard of him. says lives near miami beach and yet stated yorkshire on the site he contacted me from but says in us logistics afghan sounds odd any comments
theresa
hi… will u be able to send me one coz im currently chatting to these guy who claimed to be a US military soldier… and he send me pictures though his name match with the clothes that the guy wear on the picture but not sure if he’s just using the identity..
hope to hear from u soon..
thanks
tammy rhodes
anyone been scammed by a jeff lopez, sends lots of pics. of military in afghanistan
s. FREEMAN
If he is jason as he was when talking to me or James Caldwell to others he has a uniform saying caldwell with 3 stars and if you google the name ja caldwell a scammer site will come up with lots of same photo. A fake. check his ip address by clicking on reply and source and the coding from his message appears, send it to abuse@yahoo.com he is using ja.cald@yahoo.com and on msn and yahoo messenger as that. IP is from Ghana and California says he has an adopted son and wife died 2004, has another older daughter. Likes to ride his harley when home and is planning to travel after 32 yrs in army. col. in logistics afghan. ring any bells. report to the friendhipe site you found him on also
Anonn
S Freeman what are you talking about? we know this is a scammer but your English is kind of suspect could you please clear up what you are trying to say? Anonn
fi
can you please check this name james anthony us soldier serving in afgan- widowed 5 has a 13 yrs old child he is 50 born 16 feb please get back to me
Josephine
Dear FI, I have just read your post. I know James Anthony or Major as he calls himself. We met on POF dating site after my hubby left me so I was pretty gullible then. James contacted me just a week after I joined the site saying he was looking for an older women “Im 63″ as “young ones had nothing to offer him”. We started chatting on Yahoo Messenger and within 2 weeks he told me had strong feelings for me! A week later he asked me would I send £220 via Western Union as he was desperate to get out of Kabul and I foolishly sent the money to the receiver Kelvin Anders,Nigeria. Being on the rebound I thought I had feelings for James and I sent him in total £3,780 over the weeks. He says has a son Mike 14 and his wife died in a car crash and I believed him.I became suspicious when one night on chat he spoke with a different accent? I asked him about it and he said I was finding fault. He’s supposed to be coming to meet me this monday 13 Feb to repay the money I lent him but I doubt he’ll come and I dont want him anywhere near me or my family now.Please mail me on the above address FI. Take care. Josephine.
Dakota
I to have been almost been scammed by a man posing as Sgt Joe Pederson. He said he was on Baghdad and going to Afghanistan for 6 more months and would be home to Jersey in June. He sent me a pic and what a handsome guy he was. I was some what getting sucked in by this man to be honest. He was such a sweet talker, a girls dream come true. But after about the 3rd e-mail I started to get suspicious. I kept talking with him just to see. And when he told me he had to go to the village because he was having problems with his wages then I knew. I do have a pic and would like to post it so this does not happen to others.
I googled Sgt Joe Person and BAM there he was. The real Sgt Joe Pederson has been MIA since 1970. But I also got several hits on this man who pretends. I read for hours of these woman who were scammed out of thousands of dollars. Selling their cars and valuables to fly these men home. Anyone who knows the Military, they have direct deposit and never would the Military ask anyone to fly a soldier home. After I told the scammer to leave me alone and he was a fraud, he became very angry and even threatened me. Said he spammed my e-mails and would know of everyone I was talking to. I did notice when I e-mailed a friend a Merry Christmas, he replied and sgt joe pederson was on the e-mail. I did block him from contacting me, let us see what happens. How do I post the pic of this poor man who has been stolen of his identity? I also found out from my research that a lot of these soldiers pictures that are being used have been killed in combat. So sad
Brenda
Wish I lived close enough…I did not lose anything because I figured within a week…but I am sure angry and sad for the soldier that I thought I was communicating with…I wish there was a way to find him and let him know…God Bless
s. FREEMAN
I have sent mail to the us military reporting his bahaviour when he contacted me and sent in the photo and coding from contacts so they can trace him but he probably has multitudes of ID and then probably uses our photos and mail we have sent to scam others that is the worry, then our id is trapping others
Pam
Hi Chantal and Brenda,
I am in the same situation as you, have photo’s to trying to track down owner of them, not sure how to go about it. Sad thing is, I see the same picture on vaious military single online dating sites, so its been used over and over again to scam with. The photo used has a name on the military uniform. The scammer still is trying to contact me.
Tania
I have been scammed by Sgt RANCOURT. His profile is on Face book under 6 different names such as Duane, John, Maxwell, Nelson, Damien, Nash and Larry and not to mention on 2 other wedsites. I have numerous photos of Sgt RANCOURT to pass onto him. My arguement here in all of this is: I would like the REAL Sgt RANCOURT to step forward and be a man and show me/us some respect by thanking the women who have been scammed by his profile as for myself I have done every thing possible by him to try and fight this painstaking ordeal to protect his identity from being attacked again by another low life scammer… I have immense admiration to all soldiers and the work they do so let see some RESPECT given to all. I will continue my fight to help protect these innocent soldiers…
Real Duane Rancourt
To all Concerned I have been recently made aware of the SCAM using my photos from overseas. I have filled out a Police report and continue to try and get the Websites to remove the Fraud. PLEASE Do Not Send Money or any Personal Information.
Tania
Many thanks Duanne for coming forward with your reply to my comments and I do appreciate the work you do serving your country. But where did I read “Thankyou” for your appreciation and support. I didn’t. But..unfortunately you are not the RANCOURT in questioning with my concerns. There is more than one RANCOURT in the US army and I have seen a photo here on CJ’s link of Sg Duane RANCOURT and that photo does not match the many photos I have and yet no one has asked for these photos for a true identification. The scammmer behind Maxwell RANCOURT (same pictures I have)contacted me 2 days ago demanding to know about this website and the US Soldiers Dating scam page on Face Book so he can defend his innocents. What stopped me from sharing the information was, his Nigerian accent. So I wonder here..I ask. The scammer knows I am putting up a fight to keep RANCOURT’s name from being disgraced any further from this act of crime. In my case the REAL “RANCOURT” still needs to stand up and come forward help take some action here as this is an unacceptable path of distruction.
Jo
Hey I have beern contacted by a Nash Rancourt…he sent me pics of a male with a 9 yr old son. I can send these to whoever needs them to stop him. I am pleased I googled!!!
Tania
Jo..Please Be aware all RANCOURTs (profile in US Military uniform)especially on Face Book and on dating sites are fake profiles Nelson has a daughter Nash has a son (using same pics)obviously they are different scammers. Please DO NOT make contact with them Delete and block them. They are “FAKE”.
maria eriksson
hi sir! i was wondering, could you send me yout picture so that i can se if this ” rancourt ” looks the same as you! it would be a tremendous help to me as he scammed me so much! your´s sincerley maria.
maria eriksson
hi tanja! i`ve also been cheated by nash rancourt and was wondering if you would be so kind and send me photos he sent to you! i just want to compare if it`s the same person! i`m begging you because i`m hurting so much!
your`s sincerely maria in sweden.
Tania
Hi Maria
You can send your pics to tan63@live.com.au I can assure you they will be all the same pics no matter what name he is using. He is out there and needs to be stopped but I can not do it unless the real RANCOURT comes forward to help as well. Look forward to helping you out Maria..
maria.eriksson
hi tanja! thank you very much for helping me! i really appreciate it and will email at once! hope to hear from you again and get more info!
yours sincerely maria.
Carol
I would love to find the soldier that belongs to the pic that i have. The guy that is scamming me is still talking to me. I did not send any money to him but he or they wanted me to except money from around the world it was to help out the fundraiser that the unit in the Army does. I tried to get information about it or about what they want me to do. I am going to try to get that information from him….watch out for these names….sgt Elek Watkins….Cpt. Brandy Lack and Donald Smith
maria eriksson
hi carol! aman by the name of nash rancourt has sent me several emails where hr declares his love for me and i also received pics of his son alex and himself! please email me so that i can send you the pixs he sent to me so that se can compare! please carol!
yours sincerely maria in sweden.
Shasta
I have been in communication with a soldier in Afganistan(so he says) and he is been telling me he loves me and when he gets home wants to marry me…But he is going into a dangerous sitution and he may be killed and he doesn’t want to go..There is a way I can request him for him to come home,but it cost..yes Iam sceptical you don’t pay to get out of military.. He is going by Sgt.David Grisham. He says he has a 7 year old daughter and his mother is ill that why she can’t file paper. He said he has been in military for 25 years and in Afgainstan 9months. He said his wife died in child brith of son 5 years ago. I want to see how far he is going to go with this Iam not giving any money to him.
Tania
Could someone reply back to me with CJ’s email so I can forward the photos on of Sgt RANCOURT please.
maria eriksson
hi again! if you send me your emailadsess i`l send his photos to you!
maria.
Tania
Hi Maria
No need to send me the pics. It is the same scammer using Sgt RANCOURT’s profile I know it all too well. You can email me tan63@live.com.au
carol
Is there a way of finding out who the really soldiers are????
carol
http://www.facebook.com/login/setashome.php?ref=home#!/profile.php?id=100001778007974 Now i have a ryan rivera on hotmail msn as well as alvin rivera on facebook
Tania
You would think the real soldiers would stand up and come forward like a man should or is there another reason why they won’t. Mmmmmm…I wonder. It is not leaving a good image on the US army. So lets work together to rid this not so good imagine and bring back integrity to all.
Vada
I’m sure many of the soldiers are aware their photos are being used, but there’s not much they can do about it.There are so many sites the photos are being used on, they just don’t have the time to check them all. As far as the soldiers “standing up and coming forward like a man”, they do that every time they put their uniform on. If anyone basis their image of the soldiers or the USArmy in a negative manner based on this scam, they are very uninformed of the real facts!
s. FREEMAN
Look back on my mails. Maybe our photos are being used indiscriminately also to lure men to scams and we are used as bait along with some of the content of our emails … worrying isn’t it
s. FREEMAN
Look back on my mails. This can work in reverse with our information being misused also when we are genuine
Carol
Tania here is CJ’s email….cj@soldiersperspective.us and I do not think these soldiers or there loved ones even know that they are being used to scam people. If i understand from something i read on a website that our pictures might being used to scam soldiers looking for love. I do know that Sgt. Elek got very mad at me that i would go back into the dating web site which was a red flag for me. We need to bring this to light witht he military and the general public.
Tania
Thanks Carol but I have tired to email CJ on the same email you have given and it bounces back. I have also tried Marcus’s and same thing again..mmmm Many thanks for your help
Carol
make sure you do it through yahoo that was the only way it went through for me.
Teri Cottrell
I have been contacted by a man on MySpace who is stating his name is Jemmie Lemmons. How can I find out if he is real or a scam? He states he is stationed in Afganistan. Can you tell me who I would contact to find this out? Thanks!
maria eriksson
hi! do you have any pics of this man! so that we can compare teri your´s sincerely maria in sweden.
Carol
make sure you email then through yahoo that was the only way it went through for me.
Stephanie satterly
Would like to see if this army man really exists. Kabul, Afghanistan Camp Eggers. Jordan Ramos email is jordanramos @yahoo.com. Lots of red flags…what do I do? Help.
Mike
If anyone tells you they are in the military simply ask them for their military email address. If they are in the Army for example it will end with @us.army.mil If they tell you they do not have one than they are not in the military. every branch has their own email system and every service member must have an active one in order to deploy. I know this because I am in the military and have deployed 4 times. It really makes me angry to know they are people out there trying to degrade our names.
Klara
Thank you for the suggestion about the military email address, I didn’t know about it . So far I have been in contact with at least three , maybe four men who I think were scam . The last one asked me to transfer 1250 US dollars as a retirement fee . He gave me an email address : usa-army-dept@usa.com . The email I got from there must have been a scam as my yahoo account was closed for several hours after I had forwarded it to my ‘soldier’ . The email that they sent to me contained a very official looking form – it seemed to be real , but how could I know for sure ? I am still wondering if the fee is real or not , but I suspect it is not true that you have to pay a fee to get retired from the army before your contract runs out , is it ?
Thank you , Klara Levay from Hungary
Witt
FOOLSS SEND MONEY TO THOSE THEY DO NOT KNOW AM NOT A BIG FOR TO SEND MONEY TO SOME ONE I HAVE NEVER MEET
FUCK YOU ALL
wisewoman
Witt…Dude! You really need to learn how to friggin’ spell dumbass!
wisewomen2
Witt..you need to learn basic grammer as well or is that a sign of a typical scammer.
carol
Another scammer that cant spell
Samantha
How Dare you to tell these poor women to fuck us all.!! are you the almighty and never made a mistake??? I wish i could see you face to face,, these women were hurt and you can’t feel their pain, you are one cold SOB.!!
We should be there for them, not running them down with your mouth.!! By the way you eat of of that disgusting mouth??? Sounds like to me know it allm, you got scram and don’t want to admit it . LOL.! or you went through the same thing but not woman enough to admit it?? And maybe the women on here are right and you are one of them, Because why would get so mad Huh.!! I am done talking to a un feeling person like you. I hope someday you will know what WE that’s right you read this right.! You don’t need my help because i think you will know my answer right? and if you are going to tell me to fuch myself, do it to my face.!
Dakota
@ Witt,
NICE and you talk just like they do !!!
shell66
hi anyone know anything about a sargent daniel grahams he says he is a us soldier, he tried the marriage scam on me when i confronted him,he tried to say he new noyhong about the money asked for and a mate gave him the email address
elli
Hello, i know that i am talking to a scammer. But i would like to know how he got 8 photos of the solider and the child. I would really like to know who this solider is … i have been looking everywhere.. and do they use the real name of the solider or do they make up a name.. plz help here
i am not going to give up will i find out who this solider really is 
carol
I have tried for months to find out who the soldier is in my pictures but haven’t got anywhere just found an other 10 using same picture up to now. Please does anyone have an ideas how to find out who these soldiers are. Will i ever find out the soldiers first real name i know last name is rivera
Mike
On the pictures check for the type of Uniform, the rank and the Unit patch on the sleve. The patch on the right under the flag is a combat patch the patch on the left is the Unit they are currently with. That may help you track the person down.
Darlene
Hey everybody I was on Facebook when a person started taking to me I told him I had a boyfriend but still kept bothering me after a few day started sending messages say he love me and wanted to come and take me away from bf he said his name was sgt. Donnie wells I have pictures I tried to get him to leave me alone but it was no good he said all i had to do was to send 400.00 dollars to help get here and he would pay back I tried many times to be nice about it I finally got my bf to show him on cam what would happen to him if he didn’t leave alone after that I blocked him I had to do it this my bf would beat his ass if was here right now I feel bad for all the women that fall for this jerk ladies please think before u give up your hard earn money to this asshole
elli
I am looking for this person. they are using the name Alex Cone. Has anyone else ever seen this name?
jenny
robert cone email rbtxcone@skymail.mn
this is also scammer in africa using american army names and info!!
i live in spain and sent all info to the police here.xx
The website above is a genuin website that this scammer used with mr.cones name pretending to want to buy my apartment and offering money deal…………I told him where to go of course!!
jennnifer
just was contacted on lavalfe by alex cone…middle name ( henry) says he has a 4 yr old son, the mom passed of cancer when he was 1. long convo and he adores me, love at first sight!! wants me to be his family when he retires in december 2011. haaaaaaaaa. when i told him i want to talk to him. he said i neeeded to order him a special phone for spouses in the military. told him i couldnt afford it on my income…I knew it asap as soon as he asked for something. what a scam artist!!!
Swedish Girl
That man calling himself “Mark Wilkins” and then sends piture of him,in a shirt witch it stands “Hall” on the nametag, I have 3 photos of him. And sure he is a sweet talker.. hes e mail adress are peritweezer@yahoo.com.
He claims hes in Sudan,but the IP adresses goes to towns in Nigeria.
Annelie
Hi! I have aslo been in contact with Mark wilkins. I am happy to read this so I dont get fooled.
Annelie
I wonder….How to get a IP adress?
swedish girl 2
Hi,
If you chat on a smart phone and they send messages after you loged off you get the ip adress with their message.
I was in contact with a colonel Mark Wilkins as well. Now I was contacted by a new on, on are you interested at Face book. I have learned my leasson now and always ask them to write me a mail from their oficial army mail too prove themselves. They seem to disapear……
I think that this is well known in the US now so they are looking for new markets, and Sweden is one. I have several friends who has been contacted.
maria eriksson
hej! det skulle vara jätteintressant om du mailade mig och berättade vad du råkat ut för!
själv fick jag kontakt med en sergeant nash rancourt och det var jobbigt!
hör av dig är du snäll! ha det så bra!
mvh maria i småland.
Swedish girl2
Hello.
I have been fooled by this man. I am from Sweden-with. I went to the police today and we will make a report on Monday. they asked me to print all the emails I received from him and they called authorities. we shall make a report. they asked me to check if there are any number of girls in Sweden who had been blown out of him. she asked me to ask you to go to the police and report that he tried. for the more we are entering, it will go better with the investigation and may be able to get this resolved. It does not get solved maybe it greater attention here in Sweden so no more girls to be blown. I have had contact with “Mark” for six months. ‘m Glad you did not fall for his talk, he is an expert on getting one to like him.
Swedish Girl
Also wants to put out a warning for some Captain Nick Carter
Pat McGill
I have just been contacted by Captain Nick Carter in the past few days. What did he tell you? The “home” address he gave was the US Embassy in London!! Pat
Katherine Overee-Schmidt
Hello Pat becareful of this person Nick Carter cause he has scam one of my girlfriend with money. She is from the Holland. He still demands from her money but she has stop chatting with him. He is a scam. He came into my profil on skype but I too block him.
Cathie
I am getting this soldier named Alexander Gabriel Spencer says he is a Captain of the Army and is in Afghanistan. He sent me pics of him and his blond haired son. He has not asked me for anything but tells me he loves me and I just do not trust him. Says he was born in California, only child and he is 45 and a WIDOWER and he was raised in the UK. I hope this is not a scam but i believe somehow it is.
Angie
Please be careful of anything with the U.K. I was talking to a guy named Steve B Beckly and he unfortunatley was able to scam me directly after my divorce. He claims he lives in Texas but after figuring I had been scammed I did some checking. His facebook says San Antonio Texas. But when you look his name up on google he comes up as from the U.K. He claims he is a Sgt in Afghanistan. He is 37 no kids father died in the service. I feel for his I love you scam lets get married so i can come home…after we supossedly done this I received an email that asked for 1200.00 refundable after he got back to the U.S. This is how I found the scam…the email came from a Lt. Col. Daniel Gonzalez so I looked up the email and all kinds of scam websites came up. So I did not want to believe this so I checked on the supposed marriage license his family friend done in London of all places. There was no court house named the one listed and the family friend had two addresses one was yahoo and the other was the xnmsn.com.
After contacting the guy I thought that was Steve he informed me that I had to send the money to a Col. Ramos Lingo. When i refused he told me that I did not care for him. He said he was trying to buy a house in texas…he put money down but needed my bank account information so that the bank could send me the money. When I told him that I did not have a bank account he was a little upset with me.
After claiming that he put money down on a house…he had his family friend send me a copy of the letter to the guy that he bought the house from. Noticing the time on the email and the day matched the moment that I was talking to him. so I contacted the relator for the property and they had never talked to him or the family friend. I have pictures of this Steve B Beckly. His uniform has the name Baleme on it, I would like to find the real Steve B Beckly so he can know what is going on with his name.
This guy is a real smooth talker. Even after I had blocked him off everything he had my phone number now he is continually calling me. He has mine and my daughters picture up on his facebook page. He just makes me sick….I hope this will prevent anyone from being hurt by this guy again.
JoAnne
I too have chatted with this Mark Wilkins,although he says somebody is using his name. He has also sent me some pictures,although they do not match any faces on here.
fiona
i also was scamedby 2 solders one called col ryan brown the other walterlsharp
MARILYN
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A SGT.DUANE RANCOURT..HE SENT ME PICS TOO.SAYS HE’S IN KABUL,AFGHANISTAN…I ALSO HAVE HIS EMAIL ADDY ON YAHOO,AND HAVE BEEN CHATTING WITH HIM ON YAHOO MESSENGER.IF YOU NEED INFO AND THE PICS SEND ME A EMAIL AT rsclady2000@yahoo.com….HE HASN’T ASKED FOR ANYTHING YET.BOY HE CONTACTED ME ON DATEPAD.
Tan
Marilyn I know this Sgt Rancourt oh too well he is a real trooper this one shortly he will be asking for money so be ware of him he also has 7 other names on face book…and the real Sgt Rancourt states he is helping out to stop it or was he to just another scammer to throw us all off…
Lesley
I have been chatting to a SGT SEAN MARTEL from the FRIENDS REUNITED dating site who told me he was serving in Iraq. After a couple of weeks I was getting pressured to set up a secure telephone service. I was given an e mail address to contact with is details, and when I received a reply I was told it would cost £227. I found this difficult to believe as I am certain that soldiers are well looked after by their employers with morale calls etc. Anyway, I started doing some research and found several sites like this one with lots of guys names seemingly doing the rounds. I have not come across this particular name anywhere, so thought I’d let you ladies know to beware if you come across it.
I’m disgusted that these wicked people can use our brave and honest soldier’s identities to snare unsuspecting women, and wonder how they can find them. Obviously I have tried to find this guy to tell him, but to no effect, so after more research I e mailed crimetips@conus.army.mil and left an incident report. I got the e mail addy from http://www.cid.army.mil. Hope this helps…….
laura
I have been talking to a sgt.he’s sent photos. We talked and got to know each other for sometime and then asked if I could send money to help leave. He said he was divorced parents both died in 911 and 2 siblings were not able to help him get out as one of them was into drugs. Born in california. Photos of hisself and other army men. Very legit looking. Can they go as far as giving email of the usarmy and a legal looking piece of US paper stating rules and regulations on what to do to get your “family member” home?? There has been a lot of communication between us and I just don’t know anymore and didn’t know how to find out if this man is real. I’ve been very vunerable because of my situation prior. He also says he cannot call me he’s stationed deep in afghanistan. I emailed the site he gave me and times I got thru and other times it said address not known. Pls I am inexperienced with dating, scamming, and see the best in everyone.
laura
I have been talking to a sgt. he’s sent photos. We talked and got to know each other for sometime and then asked if I could send money to help leave. He said he was divorced parents both died in 911 and 2 siblings were not able to help him get out as one of them was into drugs. Born in california. Photos of hisself and other army men. Very legit looking. Can they go as far as giving email of the usarmy and a legal looking piece of US paper stating rules and regulations on what to do to get your “family member” home?? There has been a lot of communication between us and I just don’t know anymore and didn’t know how to find out if this man is real. I’ve been very vunerable because of my situation prior. He also says he cannot call me he’s stationed deep in afghanistan. I emailed the site he gave me and times I got thru and other times it said address not known. Pls I am inexperienced with dating, scamming, and see the best in everyone.
co.tact me my name is andrea
Please contact me so I can figure out da guy I’m talkin to is for real
Mandy
Hello , i live in Enland and was contacted by a canadian soldier 50 years old with a 13 year old son . He says he is in camp egger coming out of army july 29 his name is William Preston does this ring a bell with anyone .. i dont know if he is fake or no
Thanks
M
virginia
hi i met a scammer call capt preston a few yrs ago also goes by the name capt joejoe . hope this helps
carol
Yes the name preston is on all the scammer sites. look on us soldier dating scam
silvia
Hi can anyone help me. I have been communicating with a Scott Monroy, Alex Monroy,Roland Monroy,Cesar Monroy,Tom David Monroy , James Monroy. He is using so many names on facebook, myspace,christiansingles,migente,match.com , netlog and other dating sites. I was talking to Roland Monroy for almost a year. He did ask me for money. He said he was in Iraq.I have pictures of him.He states he was in the U.S.M.C and now he is in the U.S. Army. Please help me find the real Roland Monroy
Kappy
Hi Silvia. If you have any pics of him can you email it to me? A friend of mine has shared a little bit about a guy that she chats with. Just want to see if that is the same person. Thank You.
Genet
Hi Silvia. If you have any pics of him can you email it to me? A cousin of mine has shared a little bit about a guy that she chats with and he has asked her for money to get him out of Afghanistan so he can come to her. Just want to see if that is the same person. Thank You.
Deb
All these stories are very very familiar. .. .I’m sure I’m being strung along. it’s the exact same MO… posing as a Major Marc Bernard. . stationed in Iraq on a contract assignment.
I’ve searched the web in various ways and I can’t find out anything about anyone with that name that fits the bill. I also have photos that look very legit and probably are. How do I get these photos to the right person and let him know that his photos are being used. I’m trying to keep the scammer interested so he’ll send me even more.
Amanda
Is there any way to stop these guys or can the military take action? I’ve ebbn scammed by an alleged Colonel Jones Jordan (jonesoniel61@yahoo.com) and am questioning J Proux proulxj74@yahoo.com. Does anyone have any info? I did see Jones on the wall of shame
judy
proulxj@yahoo.com……………….. i was talking to him for over a month and he didnt asl for money but he wanted me to give him im banking info and my SSN and all my credit card and pins numbers and my phone number and more info than anyone has asked me before,,,,when I asked him to send me his Military address and his SSN and the base here in the states and in Afghan sge told me he couldnt do that,,,,, THAT WAS THE WRONG ANSWER TO GIVE,,,,,, HE’S A SCAMMER,,,,, HIS IP ADDRESS IS FROM NWE YORK TOOOO
judy
SORRY FOR GOT TO PUT THE EMAIL RIGHT,,,proulxj74@yahoo.com…..IF ANY MILITARY MAN OR WOMAN ASKED FOR MONEY FOR ANY REASON NEVER SEND IT,,,,,,,,,
WATCH OUT FOR THESE ONES TOOOOO,,,,,,,,,,michaelx00011 AND micheal.jhnson AND perezfreddie25 AND proulxj74 AND ,,, kevinp7395@yahoo.comAND majorgencaldwell@miliatrymailbox.us
ssgt.richard@yahoo.comAND sgtrickkeller@yahoo.com(ricklove14 or joshlove14 this one is the only one i sent money toooooo
ssgtjeremy_hondo@yahoo.com,,, this person is really bad,,,, he want all your money he will call you and talk for seconds,,,, and he dont care what happens to you at all,,,, also used nelson bowen,,,,, mick bowen (BOWEN ISONE THAT IS USED 9 TIMES AS SCAMMER;S pfc_waynethegunner@yahoo.com…
Venessa
Hi I wanted to if any1 has talked to US Army Soldier by the of Richard Satterly? I’m still talking to him, but im very curious to how do I find out if he’s the real Richard Satterly or the fake one?! How can I find out please help me?! I mean he has asked me for money of course thru western union lol. He has send me pics that’s cuz I’ve asked him some. We started talking on MySpace and then I find out he has a Facebook account to. He’s told me that he has a daughter name Hannah and his 32 his b’day is April 20th his lil girl lives w/his aunt in Corona, California. His email address is ssgt.richy@yahoo.com. Please some1 help me I would like to find more information on him or about him. Please help!!! Thank you!!
hi Amanda
I have some information about proulxj74@yahoo.com and i have photos too, please contact me
ELIZABETH E.
I WAS SCAMMED LADIES!!! BEWARE! DO NOT TRUST MICHAEL STEVE SMITH. TREASUREMIKE9@YAHOO.COM. I LOST $2300! WHAT A FOOL I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEFT W/ A VERY BAD BROIKEN HEART AS WELL!
HATE THESE MEN AND I HOPE JUSTICE WILL COME ONE DAY FOR ALL OF THEM!!!!
TAKE CARE.
ELIZABETH
Ryan(Female)
I met the cutest soldier on webdate and we have been corresponding. He didn’t ask me for money, but rather needed me to open a account to send his money. RED FLAG! and that of course I could send through his bank manager so he could purchase oil from Iraq. He claims to be a Marine Captain named Phillip. Yep! all the danger signs and so I quickly did a email to him and told him I moved and that my phone is different. I would not have sent him a dime and Captains don’t need help with money. He claims to have a 4 year old daughter in the states and that his wife died of cancer 3 years ago. Please gals be careful for anyone with the email goldphils@yahoo.com. Let me know if any of you have also been contacted by this guy?
miickey
one of my best friends is so happy and in love with a colonel TOMMY FAULKNER who is “about to be go into retirement”. after reading all these posts i am really nervous for her. but i know she is so much in love and will not believe me if i try to encourage her to really question everything.
i don’t know if anyone else has run into this…but apparently his “friend” (who is his best friend, a guy claiming to facilitate their friendship/romance) has put this Tommy Faulkner on a “list” set up by Obama to allow the soldiers to come home and visit this month. of course many delays. my friend has not been upfront with me as to whether or not she’s sent money. I believe she has, but she would be embarrassed to admit it.
does this sound familiar to anyone?
thank you so much
Olga
I was in touch with a Colonel Tommy Faulker this year. He said he was in Afghanistan about to retire in October. This did not happened. His photo if of a handsome man. His best friend also got on IM to assisted in the relationship. The Colonel did ask for money several times..
Amanda
I just met a Chris Sturkol @yahoo.com who insists i need to e mail the general in charge of leave and pay so he can come home. I sent him several articles showing this is a scam but he says this is a new procedure. This is still a scam, correct?
Rhonda
I have also been scammed through match.com with a U.S. Army Soldier stationed in Iraq. I would also like to find this person and have searched all over and cannot find any soldier with his last name. Melvin_Maritato@yahoo.com is the Soldiers e-mail address. I have several picures that was sent to me and they are all the same person. I can barley see the last name in one of his picures. He said that he has a package he wants to send to me but it was stuck in customs and needs me to pay 900.00 to get it out. I have been chatting with this person for over a month before he asked so I almost believed him but throught better of it and ended all conversations with this person. I have several military family members so I asked them to take a look at the pictures. Melvin indicated that he was a Staff Sergeant E6 but the uniform that Melvin is where is an E-4 Specialist. When I asked about the rank he said that he is wearing his boys uniforms.. I also received an invite to from one of his close friends Master Sergeant Bryan Wallace stationed in Afghanistan who wanted to make sure that I was not going to hurt his friend since we meant on Match.com. I feel really bad because we chatted for several weeks and now I feel like I told someone out there some general personal info that who knows what they are using it for.
Scott Sturkol
To Amanda who received an e-mail from a “Chris Sturkol.” Amanda – that was a scam. I am the only Sturkol in the U.S. military. I’m guessing someone got a hold of my last name from my journalist postings for the Air Force. Sorry that happened to you.
Jane
To Sgt Scott Sturkol.
Sir, are you sure you’re the only one with this name in the US army? There is a guy pretending to be Sgt Scott Steven Sturkol, currently in Libya, at the US Embassy. Every search i made…I found you. Actually i am not sure he is a scammer or not, but i continue talking to him just to see what happens next.
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Amanda
Watch out for a David.King 3209 or David_King3209@yahoo.com
Hes asking for money to come home before he moves to a different area of Afghanistan and wants me to request leave. He wants airfare, allegedly will make me his next of kin but I will need to open a bank acct for him etc. I told him no way but now he’s playing the I will be killed if you dont do this etc…
Tami
Hello Everyone:
The scammer that befriended me on Facebook goes by Richard Piscal. I thought he wasn’t who he claimed to be and paid $70 to an agent name Richard Osharp at Military.Telecom@yahoo.com Our online conversation lasted for about 6 weeks. The real Colonel Richard G. Piscal probably has no idea this is going on. I have sent letters to Federal Fraud agency, the Army, Facebook, but no one sends me a letter back. So I will post here in hopes that this will help. Last night I saw this bogus person online still, also the bogus telecom site… working his scam on yet another poor woman I’m sure. I’m so angry I just wish I could reach through my computer screen, you know. If anyone can give me a lead on how to stop, or even just slow down this horrible person. I would appreciate the help. pinkypetersen@yahoo.com
diane power
could someone help me i am talking to a lieutenant colonel john cater woods in the us army in afghanistan he has not asked for money and says he has his own i just cannot find any information about him he has a son of 14 and has been a widower for 11 yrs please help i don’t think he is a scammer i just want to be sure thanks
CJ
Scammer.
diane power
are you sure? what did you find out i can’t find anything about him and his son wesley
CJ
Just take my word for it. Read the site, this is the classic storyline.
diane power
is there anyone i could ring to check him out thanks
hmw
Hi! Has anyone had contact with a Jim Garnett claiming to be stationed in libya. If so please e-mail me @ wheidi38@yahoo.com. Thanks
caal
hi hmw…
the guy you mentioned goes by the name of nathan garnett also… he told me he was from new york, had a son who lived in london england with his brother and has full custody of him… was cheated on by his wife…. said he was seving in libya lol…
he’s a scammer… keep away from him no american soldiers in libya patroling the streets… the guy thought i was thick not to know and see on the news what is happeneng in libya at the mo… the english just like the americans are keeping away from there …
i’m english and when i asked him what area of london his son lived in all he said was north could’nt give me a place! knew from the start he was’nt real but played along to f@*ck him up… the site he contacted me on was forcespenpals going by the name singledad01 and singleman01 they quickly found him out and deleted him as did i…
Karen Shiver
I met a man on an online dating site claiming to be LTC Jason Paul Spencer… a pediatrician deployed in Afganistan… after only two weeks of emails, he proclaimed his undying love for me and proposed marriage. Then, he asked me for money (so he could purchase a satellite phone in order to hear my voice)… does anyone know of him? Is he a scammer? Please let me know… thanks!
Melinda
I’ve been communicating with “LTC Jason Spencer” since August. We met on Plenty of Fish, where he used the name Harvey15. We chatted for several weeks and then he declared his undying love for me and said he wanted to marry me. He has sent me lots of pictures of his working and his son. Then he started to pressure me into buying a satellite phone which raised red flags.
Karen Shiver
A man, posing as LTC Jason Spencer, IS A SCAMMER. HIs email address is bourne376@yahoo.com and spencerj.md@gmail.com… he is posing as LTC Spencer (who actually has a different first name) and is sending his pictures to women. BEWARE!
Jason Spencer
Karen,
My name is Cpl Jason L Spencer. I’m currently serving in Afghanistan. I recently returned to my combat outpost from leave and had two packages waiting for me from two women I had never met. The address was to LTC Jason L Spencer M.D. I am not a doctor, far from it. I informed my chain of command. I’m disgusted to find out that my name is being used by a scam artist. Please let everyone on here know, that I’m not a Lieutenant Colonel or a doctor. I’m happily married with 4 kids. I’m sorry for any trouble this has caused.
Ellen
I have ran into Jason as well. The really sad part is that he sends pictures of his dead son who is in a wheel chair, along with many other pictures of himself in a hospital setting. What a scammer….he asked me to purchase a phone almost immediately which set off warning bells for me….
Karen Shiver
He also has a POF dating profile called HARVEY15… he is a scammer!
Joanne
Has anyone been in contact with Jamie Wallgren. I believe this is a scam.
Tonya Thompson
George Jordan,supposibly in Afghanistan,now has contacted me using Austin Jordan;supposibly this is his middle name, He uses ssgtjordangeo@yahoo.com.austinjordan60@yahoo.com,and lovelydaddy64@yahoo.com,he is very convincing,but his mug is on the wall of shame,he scammed me for $260,and is still trying to get more
Karen Shiver
On Plenty of Fish (POF) shawshankfreedom is a scammer… he is posing as an airman… Major Derrick Vincent… his email address is tyruss1991@yahoo.com.
Lori
I didn’t even realize this could happen. I have been corresponding with a guy that says he is in Iraq and originally from Georgia. He says he is a captain in a special squad that is working on getting ready to turn Iraq back over to their country. His name is Joe Kepler. He has sent me 4 pictures. He originally contacted me on Facebook. He says he is divorced and has a 7 year old son. I was checking for divorce records and nothing comes up for someone his age, which his Facebook page says is 47. He has been nothing but nice and sweet, but after reading everything here, I’m beginning to question it. His email address is joe.kepler212@yahoo.com. How can I find out if he is for real?
Ashley Davis
Hello,
My mom has a man named David Kepler and I wanted to compare pictures to see if this was the same man and if this was scammer. I really don’t like people using our military personales to go to these dating sites to pick up women. It’s a sad thing really.
Please could you reply to me as soon as possible. I’d like to compare notes and see if this is the same person or not.
Thank you.
Lorrie
He has been talking to me too. says all the same things as you are saying, but he told me his son is 6 yrs old. named Bill.
Lori
Well I found out myself. I did the email trace mentioned on a previous page and it came back as from Nigeria. How do we let the officer know that someone is sending pictures representing himself? I can send the pictures to someone if you tell me who.
Lori
One other thing…I sent him pictures of myself…any suggestions as to what I should do?
Lori
Found another profile on Facebook with the same pictures of the guy that was chatting and emailing me. In that profile he is listed as Patrick Kepler. Says he lives in Jackson, Mississippi and is from Los Angeles, California.
Lori
I think I found who the real guy is that my pictures are of. It is Sgt Scott Kepler. http://www.smdc.army.mil/smdcphoto_gallery/eagle/Archived/Aug04/Eagle_Aug.html
Sheila
Found my scammer on Facebook.. Fred Marculy after meeting at online dating site. When I went back to site, his profile had been booted for possible fraud. What tipped me the most was when he said his “wife” had died on 9/11 but he was “over the incident now”…Oh yea, also said he loved puppies and Obama in the same sentence…such BS!! Just for the heck of it I checked Facebook and there is a “Amanda Marculy” army service woman listen from same home town in Ohio..Only took me 23 hours to catch on…please let friends know to be careful…Being alone doesn’t have to mean desperate or stupid…
Sonya
Sheila how did you meet him as I am chatting to a Sgt Fred Marculy as well and it sounds like the same person to me that you are talking about. Did he send you photo’s of his son?? Now i am nervouse as I have spoken to my Sgt Fred Marculy on the phone. Please email me and tell me more s.thurtell@ntlworld.com
Faith Green
Hi, i just not long have relised that I have been scammed by the same man, Sargent Fred Marculy, we have been talking for months and he has told me about his son james who lives in the uk with his dead wifes mother. I am horrified that someone could do such an evil act , could you please contact me at faithgreen24@hotmail.com it would be nice to speak to someone who has been hurt by this man too. I would also like to know if there is anything we can do to stop this from happening to someone else.. regards Faith
Niki
Hi Faith i did sent you an email about this scammer SGT Fred Marculy and also what you should do….did not had any response from you on it yet…….??
Niki
I have been scammed by SGT.FRED MARCULY, he found me on Wayn.com telling me he was a widower had a son 12 years old and looking for a serious relationship, i mailed with him for 1 month and also chatted with him on messenger, after 2 weeks he asked me for money for a satelite phone because he was suppose to be deported to Baghdad (now in Kabul) anyway the only way we could stay in contact was if i would pay for this phone, i had to send an email to militaryphone@ymail.com for a request for a phone, anyway i was that blond and in love to pay for it € 240,50 this money was send to an uk agent named Joanna Snaith. Now i found out that 2 other women were scammed on Wayn.com as well!! I have several pictures from him, so what to do?
Helen
hi just read comments on sargent fred marculy, he’s still going strong, i meet him on girls date for free, ive been talking to him for 2weeks when i decided to research abit more as he wasnt really answering questions ect, im glad i followed my instincts and looked into it more, what ive read is almost exactly what he has said to me………
tania
sgt fred is still going strong he is now on tagged, any one got any pics of him please, so i can warn people on tagged about him
have a look ladys is this the fred you all know any information please send to my friend who is building up information to get this sod, jadenmitchell10@gmail.com thats his profile link below
http://www.tagged.com/profile.html?uid=5458794309
shirl
I met the same person on WAYNE.. Sgt Fred Marculy… everything is identical as to what is being posted by all the women he’s made contact with. on one of his emails..he says his son James is 11yrs old and next email says his son is 12yrs old. I replied to his emails… all his emails are the same as to the ones on here..including the sattlelite phone request…etc..etc…
I did not send anything…I just wrote a brief email saying I would find out and do my research and I have not heard from him since…. the last email..I think was Sept 18 or 19.. I have tried blocking and deleting but don’t know if that will make any difference…. as I have tried blocking one other person before but somehow manages to get through….
Kathryn Truhn
I would like to know if this person who he says he is because I have a funny feeling. I deleted him when he asks me for $500 for his daughter. His name is Sgt. Williams Schulz. Please contact me. Thank you. Have a great day. Love Kathryn Truhn P.S. I didn’t give him a penny.
dee HART
like most of you I have been contacted by a US army sargent Jeffrey Repetto stationed in Iraq. The pictures he sent me are of the man on the wall of sham known as Marcus Movic. He also contacted my through match .com and yahoo. I have been relentlessly trying to find out who this soldiar is and how to let him know that his pictures are being used to lure women. I wonder if he is still alive, after a report I saw on cnn about this same scam. Please if anyone knows how to get the word to this soldiars or there families let me know.
Joyce Mayberry
Hi,
I don’t know where to begin..All I know is that I am hurt over what this guy did to me…I met him September 13th 2010 and just recently stopped talking to him…He contacted me the day before yesterday asking for more money from me..
I met this man that claimed to be a Srgt Dr. Jerry Martin Sullivan in the army..He also claimed to be a doctor in the military…
He has two email addresses that he uses dr.jerrymartin@live.com & dr.jmartin447@yahoo.com…I have pictures of him also..using pictures of this little boy and some wife he claimed to be dead…
I can’t believe I was so stupid to believe this man…He took almost $5,000.00 USD from me claiming he was in Kabul …I don’t know what else to say at all but that I am hurt very badly and he lied to me…I also have a hard time believing any military man now…I have transactions of the monies and receipts..Of most of them he’s claiming to have this man friend of his collect the money for him because of security reasons…I kept every email he sent to me…I traced his IP addresses to Acura, Ghana…I just wished I did that along time ago…Then I wouldn’t be in this mess
Please can I get someone to help me? Thank you very much
Joyce Mayberry
Joyce Mayberry
Hi,
I don’t know where to begin..All I know is that I am hurt over what this guy did to me…I met him September 13th 2010 and just recently stopped talking to him…He contacted me the day before yesterday asking for more money from me..
I met this man that claimed to be a Srgt Dr. Jerry Martin Sullivan in the army..He also claimed to be a doctor in the military…
He has two email addresses that he uses dr.jerrymartin@live.com & dr.jmartin447@yahoo.com…I have pictures of him also..using pictures of this little boy and some wife he claimed to be dead…
I can’t believe I was so stupid to believe this man…He took almost $5,000.00 USD from me claiming he was in Kabul …I don’t know what else to say at all but that I am hurt very badly and he lied to me…I also have a hard time believing any military man now…I have transactions of the monies and receipts..Of most of them he’s claiming to have this man friend of his collect the money for him because of security reasons…I kept every email he sent to me…I traced his IP addresses to Acura, Ghana…I just wished I did that along time ago…Then I wouldn’t be in this mess
Please can I get someone to help me? Thank you very much
Joyce Mayberry
Here is his facebook also http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000949490290
Ramona
I just started chatting with a William Louis Haggard who says he is a captain stationed at Camp Eggers @ Kabal, Afganistan. He says his wife died 9 years ago, he has 2 sons, ages 16 and 13, and his birthday is 9/12. He sent me a list for a care package (shower gel, t shirts, soccer balls, a bible, and candy. Which doesn’t seem unreasonable at all. However, he had me contact someone (a Mr. Morgan) in Ghana who delivers packages to soldiers rather than send a package to the APO address. Has anyone had any experience with this name?
PAIGE
I have been speaking to a “William Buarin Caldwell”, who is going to have a package delivered to me by a “Mr. John Colemen” this Tuesday. “Mr. Colemen” was in Ghana for a few days trying to see a women to give her a package. I feel that “William” and “Mr. John” are the same man because they both have a stutter when they type. I was told what will be in my care package, which is different from the list you were given as to what he wanted. I was asked to send pictures of houses in New York so that I could buy a house for “us” under his name. I don’t live in NY though.. I live in California. He wanted to wait to purchase a house when he returned back from Afganistan. But have me hold onto the money until then. Which the package that’s being brought to me by “Mr. Colemen” will contain of things to sell in order to receive money. He wanted me to have it so that I could be alright financially until his return. He plans on getting married when he returns from Afganistan. “William” says that he’s from London, England, but raised at some point raised in New York by his priest Uncle. Please contact me ASAP to discuss more.
Beth
I have been talking to some one similar named Leonard Guirao who says he is stationed @ Camp EGGERS and is retiring at the end of Oct., he is 49 his parents and wife died in the same accident 5 yrs ago he has a Ten yr old Daughter living with his siter-in-law in the netherlands . he hadmesend a care package thru a Freeman Apkaglof in Ganna as well this ssems very much the have pics if you want them. He ants me to open an account for him to send money over here and put in there for him ,Definate RED FLAG!!!!!!!! if anyone elase has heard this name please let me know. Met him on Match.Com, and have reported him to them.
rene
Hi Beth,
I have a similar story, pls send the pics or more info on yr story.
Treva Clark
I met this man, Leonard Guirao this morning through Match.com! All I can say is BEWARE AND PROTECT YOURSELF!!!!! He seemed very charming and told me the same story about his wife and parents dying in an accident in Hawaii. He also talked about his 10 year old Daughter named Eva who is living with relatives in the Netherlands. He knows how to say all the right things and ask the right questions but one thing kept bothering me the entire time you were communicating on Yahoo IM. He kept misspelling the easiest words! Example’s are he kept spelling the work “know” as “no” and many others. At first I thought maybe he was misspelling the words as a means of using shortcuts to words but when he continually misspelled these simple words, my warning bells in my head began to ring. Then in the middle of the conversation, out of nowhere, he decides to tell me to go to these two websites and look at these two articles of merchandise that he wanted, A pair of Nike Tennis Shoes and a pair of Camo Shorts. He then told me his Birthday is November 6th and how wonderful it would be to receive these items from me for his birthday since he never gets anything due to the limited size of his family. A quick note, another thing I noticed was on his Match page, his status reads “Divorced” but he was telling me the story about his wife and parents which would make him a Widower, not Divorced. Anyway, he gave me an email address to find out how to mail care packages to Camp Egger in Afghanistan so I could purchase these tennis shoes and shorts and mail them to im for his Birthday!! I asked him how I was to be paid back and he said as soon as he was State Side, in a month, he would pay me back. He even said to me that if I lived near DFW, he would arrange for his Commander to allow him to fly home to DFW so I could pick him up and drive him home to Houston. He asked me if I was relocatable and when I said yes, he asked me where I wanted to move to. I mentioned the midwest and he instantly began telling me that his tour would be over in one month and he was going to retire and would like to join me in the midwest and live on a small farm and spend our time doing all types of activities. I was really put off about him expecting me to purchase the two items and send them to him on my dime. He never even asked me if I would do this he just started sending me webpages, sizes, email address to find out how to get this stuff to him and that was when I really thought something was up and thats what led me to do a search on Google for his name and lo and behold, there was his name, his story, his Camp Name and my feelings were validated. This guy could really get to someone who isn’t on their toes! He is supposed to to IM me on Yahoo when he “finishes his patrol” tonight. I am afraid I will have to make myself unavailable!!!
Mary
Ramona I have been contacted by the same person, He also asked me to send a package for him to Ghana, when I refused he got very upse. If you have pictures, please send me one or two, I will do the same, Lets compare and see if this is the same guy. Thanks
Niki
All women please be carefull! I found out that SGT FRED MARCULY is a scam!! Also found out that 2 other women got scammed by the same man!!!
dawn
Hiya , I have been reading all these stories and i have one for you all to look out for,
His email is preston_juli@yahoo.com .
I think i have had a very lucky escape,
he told me he was 47 and a widow of 4 years and had a son david who lives with his sister in the states,
he asked me for £2.000 pounds so he could come to the uk when i told hime i didn;t have that money he said his boss said i could pay half of it,
I told him i thought he was scamming me but he said it wasn’t true, i dod an email check on him and it came back with the answer bad, Please watch out for him.x
mairead
SGT FRED MARCULY has also tried it on with me so before i gave him any peronal details i googled his name and just wanted to sincerely thank all of you that have spoken out.
Susan Andrews
Could any one please tell me if you have heard of or talk to this person? sgt. Randal Nieper. He has told me he is station in Balad Iraq. He has given informatio that his wife passed away about 5 years ago and he has two sons 8 and 10 years old that are staying with a friend. He also said he is from Dallas texas. And has been in Iraq for 9 months. He has not ask for any money, but has ask me once to get hook up on the Ts2 and I told him I won’t do it. But he still is talking to me but is confessing his love for me which I am also not doing that as well. I do enjoy talking to him, but I am not going to take being made a fool of and after reading these letters and seeing so many of you ladies getting hurt by these men it has really anger me and I want to turn this man in if he is one of these scammers. This is awful what these men are doing and it has got to stop!!!!
mai talton
yes i am currently talking to Randal Nieper even though the photos i have have his name on his uniform as Napier so that make me suspious. he is ver sweet and says all about his undying love for me too wants to marry me when he gets back home…hasnt asked for any money yet but i am expecting it….so ill memtion you to him and see what he says you do the same ok
Usona asher
Sgt.Randal Nieper is talking to me too…….i knew something was wrong right at the start…
Susan Andrews
Could any one please tell me if you have heard of or talk to this person? sgt. Randal Nieper. He has told me he is station in Balad Iraq. He has given informatio that his wife passed away about 5 years ago and he has two sons 8 and 10 years old that are staying with a friend. He also said he is from Dallas texas. And has been in Iraq for 9 months. He has not ask for any money, but has ask me once to get hook up on the Ts2 and I told him I won’t do it. But he still is talking to me but is confessing his love for me which I am also not doing that as well. I do enjoy talking to him, but I am not going to take being made a fool of and after reading these letters and seeing so many of you ladies getting hurt by these men it has really anger me and I want to turn this man in if he is one of these scammers. This is awful what these men are doing and it has got to stop!!!!
mai talton
well susan i just got an ever devotional email from “our” randal Nieper and he facbooked me too. do you have photos of him isf so i would love to swap photos with you and see if they are of the same guy and then really see what he says to the fact we know about each other. or if other women out there know of SGT Randal Nieper. he got me on the dating website mate1 and has been trying to swep me off my feet its nice and hope this guy is real and not a scam but im waiting for the other foot to drop! i have pics of his kids and him and everything
Susan Andrews
Hi MAI TALTON,
I don’t have The sgt Neiper pics any more, But he is on face book and I recently found a woman he was talking to and warned her about him and she got rid of him. He is for sure a scammer and he gets the woman on dating sites. He is a big time liar and I truly believe he is not a soldier!!! He can easily be look up on face book by his name. The pic will show up with him and his two sons.
mai talton
yes i know all about the facebook page and he just recently asked me to do the phone line payment and now he asking me to email his commander to ask for leave for him to come home to marry me and i think im gonna play along with this game of his and see how far he willing to go. I am not stupid….my last boyfirend who i am still frineds with is in the army here in tennessee and so i know it doesnt cost anything for a phone call and certainly no civilian asks for leave for a soldier they have to ask for it them selves and if they have earned it they get it…..wow i hope no other women are taken in by this guy and no hes not in the military i had my ex look him up on the army roster email thingthey have and could not find him any where under either spelling of his last name……i will keep you guys posted about how long i can keep him on the line and how far he willing to go…its too bad cause the guy i have pictures of is very handsome and i would not mind actually meeting him…i have a thing for military men!lol ha ha
Anonn
You know he is a scammer no need to exchange pics with anyone here just keep it simple and ask this scammer questions he will not have answers to unless he is a REAL US Service Member you can start with these questions trust me by the time you reach the 2 or third question he will be confused as they know absolutely NOThing about the US Military other than to lie and say they are in Iraq or Afghan
Ask him for his unit address and then research it if he makes an excuse about security and military protocol SCAMMER
Ask him what his Mos is
Ask him to send you the last Les in fact ask him to send you a copy of his Les for the last 6 Months he wont cause he has NO idea
Ask him what base he deployed from and How long hes been in the military and then pay close attention to his Birthdate
Ask him for a copy of his military Id and his state issued id card or drivers License and make sure those pics match and not some photo shopped bs with the same pic of the soldier hes pretending to be
Ask Him to take a pic in his uniform holding a note with your name on it
Ask him to email you from his official military email account I assure you it wont be a free email account if he makes up an excuse SCAMMER which you already know
And then when you are dont with the lying lazy bum pass him on to a master baiter share his email address and a baiter will go to work asap
He will be so confused and will insult you or try to change the subject when you ask these questions so just be prepared but he has no power thats what they do when they realize the gig is up and no money for them
If he asks you for money for ANY reason Scammer or if he asks you to send a Iphone 4 or anything to Africa there you have it scammer.
Anonn
Oh and forgot this one ask him to get on webcam and Video chat with you and if he refuses or makes up some excuse as usual SCAMMER I hear the newest one they are claiming to be special Ops but even if they are special ops there is still time to Video chat with Family and Friends if he is the real service member this shouls not be a problem and if he isnt Im sure you dont want to see his scamming ugly face anyways
mai talton
how do we find a master baiter to get this guy? his email is sgtrandalnieper@yahoo.com
Ashley Davis
Hello,
My mom was speaking with a man that was named “David Kepler”. The Kepler part is right but not sure about the first name and I’m sure, and she knows for sure, this is a scam. He talked to her about sending a lot of money and even asking for her bank account and stuff like that. I was trying to research this guy kepler but it’s hard to find anything related to him. i’m glad you have this site up and helping those that are being scammed by using their feelings.
Chery
I have been talking to him for a couple days. He asked for a plane ticket after the first day and said he loved me the second day. He said he wants to be with me forever after the fourth day. My phone died and I downloaded yahoo messenger on my computer and found this. His story was that he was in Kabul for the last 3 months and had an 8 yr old daughter. His ex wife died of a PE shortly after childbirth.
I am not really desperate for a relationship but he sounded nice. I was kinda humoring him, but was not going to send money for a ticket home. I got really nervous when my phone died, as maybe he hacked it or something. I didn’t give him any real personal information, just vaguely where I lived and what I did for work. Guess I won’t be talking to him anymore.
Chery
Bre
My guy’s name is Col. Richard Smith from Texas,U.S. Army stationed in Pakistan, supposively. I have photos of him and he says he has a daughter and is divorced. Has asked me for a phone service to help him be able to hear my voice. Already told me he loves me after only seeing me on pictures and chatting online for 4 months. Met him on a dating site. Really need to know if this person is legit and if so more about this so called phone service for soldiers.
Danielle
I was scammed by a Sgt. Andrew Stookey. I met him on Mingles.com. I shouldve known better. He claims he was in Afghanistan, and that he is from Birmingham, Alabama. He had a facebook acct. which is no longer available. And now I just met a Sgt. Fred Marculy. I havent really talked to him yet, but I now know from this site that he is fake. But I have to say, Andrew is very good at it. I haven’t seen his name appear on this site yet. Send me any info you have on this Andrew Stookey guy please. I have pictures if you need them.
Danielle
Sandra J.
This past Thursday, September 15, 2011, I ended a three week “relationship” with a man claiming to be a Lieut. Colonel/General in the Army named Alvin McGarvey (email address is: alvingarvey@yahoo.com) who reportedly is currently stationed in Afghanistan and who was suppose to be retiring next month (October) after 16 years in the military.
He claims to have served in Korea and Iran previously. He also claimed to have grown up in Long Beach, CA and was married for 9 years. His former wife, Cynthia, (never produced a pik – said she was blonde and blue-eyed) is supposed to have died in a car accident on the way home from a store while purchasing something for their infant son. He claims to have a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, a deceased father (David Miller) who was a architect and wealthy, and a deceased mother (Monica Miller) who owned a ladies clothing store in CA. He claims to be an only child.
He also claims to be ready to settle down and expresses a strong interest in finding the woman of his dreams. He pulls out all the stops to make a woman feel that she IS it!! He promises to relocate to the area the woman resides and to spend the rest of his life there because he is so captivated. (Yeah, right, sorry but I think I’m gonna puke!!!) :/
He claims that his son’s name is Jimmy McGarvey Miller and is being kept by a good childhood friend named Desmond Mavor who was born in CA but has married and returned to his native Accra, Ghana with his wife and two children. Of course Jimmy will stay with Desmond until Alvin can finally retire (which a date never materializes) and then collect his son and head to the lucky lady’s home town.
He will gladly tell you that his son’s birthday is coming up and that he feels bad about not being able to get him something. He will solicit your help in making that dream come true. And then see if you will be willing to give more. Isn’t that how it always goes?? I fell for it once but refused the second time. He got mad and cussed me out via instant chat. He wanted me to close down my profile on the dating website we met on (Plenty of Fish) when we first met citing that he wanted to get to know me and not have other men or women come between us. He pulled the plug on his the same day we met. I must admit that bothered me. Looking back now I can see it was to isolate me and allow him to manipulate further. I have learned a big lesson from this. I only get to know “locals” in Texas (Dallas/Ft. Worth area).
Please feel free to post them and my comments. I don’t want to see any other women be taken for a ride by this jerk!!
Thank you.
anna willey
Alvin Mcgarvey Miller is alive and well and has stricken again!!!!! His story to me was that he is a Staff Sargent stationed in Kabul Afghanastan. The story almost the same as the previous woman’s story, with the exception is was retiring in Dec. He never asked me for money… but he did send 2 dozen roses and candy.
Ladies BEWARE…. he is a liar….Oct 1, 20011. He saw my profile on a dating site and is using a soldiers profile to scam women….. BEWARE! I googled his name and came across the previous woman’s story about him
lalaa
beware ladies, there is a soldier in Afghanistan by the name of allen davis, PLS BEWARE VERY CUTE PIC he is actually in Sunnyvale California . claims to have a 10 yr old son living with his grandma in Colorado.
Charmaine
Hiya, i was talking to an Iraqi soldier, Michael Witt, thank gudness i saw it as a scam,. I would love to locate this soldier nd make him aware that sumone is using him.
virginia kennette
I also have been emailing with Micheal Witt, he says he has a son in Ghana. I called Ghana and asked to speak to the son, the man said he was sleeping. is he a scam? i could not find anything about him where he told me he lived woodstown, nj. E6 staff sergeant?
Mary
Virginia, the man that contacted me says he is a Staff Sgt with the US Army and has a son in Ghana. If you have a picture of him, plese send to me and I will the do same. lets see if it is the same guy. thanks
Tana
Well thanks for the mail reading from you keeps me going reading your profile makes me think you are a very interesting woman and reading from you would give me hope to love again well i would want you to know that i want a serious relationship a woman that i would be able to come back home to meet and be with a woman i can start a new life with well here is a little more about me i have a son but he is with mother in law in the uk i have not seen him since i was deployed down here i have been here for about 16months now and may soon be up for transit i would let you know how things goes with me and when i plan to get back well my son is about 12 year old i lost his mom in 2001 at the 911 attack and that was one of the reason i join the military i have gotten over the incident now and would want to move on with some one special like you well i am thinking it is high time i get to be redeployed back home and soon get to retire i am under the special duty division and we do go on special mission it has not been easy but God has been preventing me from so many harms well i have been injured but i have never had any serious injury just minor i hope to find love in you and i hope we get to work things out well i love pets put i do not have any for now . well i do love barrack obama and yes i can cook we as s solider most know how to cook part of the training…
well i would love to know more about you like
What do you do for fun
Have you ever been married
Do you love kids
What do you do for job
What qualities do you seek in a man
what has your expirence been on online dating
i would love to know all this and much more about you hope we get to fix a time to chat sweety i would be on and offline hoping to chat with you i miss you so much babe please send me mail soon my love
WITH SO MUCH LOVE
SGT Fred Marculy
From: celia_tate@hotmail.co.uk
To: fmarculy@live.com
Subject: RE: HOPE YOU GET THIS
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 13:46:23 +0000
hi.fred ,
well at the moment i am in my second home in Spain been here since august but going back to the cold and dam weather of England next week,
what can i say about myself, well i am x riot police, served a total of seven years in the police force four been in riot squad, but sadly due to an injury which was caused on a shout, my family made me think, about my two children, who are no longer children to be honest i have a son who is 22 and a computer genus who builds and repairs computers,
a daughter who is 16 at collage studying hair and beauty who is is budding karate star,
so i am now at uni doing forensic science, i am now in my second year and love, it to be honest,
i love marital arts and train with y son and daughter at the local karate club three nights a week, i am not one for clubbing and going out on the razz bit of a home bird, take pride in my home and kids, fav thing is walking my rottwiller dog on the beach,
i am half Irish half Spanish and love Spain so much,
i try to spend as much time out here as possible, England is not what it was and to brownest i do not like the people or what the country has become of there last few years,
oh i am five foot ten by the way, and no size zero , any how that all i can think of if you have the anything you want to ask me feel free to ask,
take care .
lots of love
hugs and kisses
cece
From: fmarculy@live.com
To: celia_tate@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: HOPE YOU GET THIS
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:14:15 +0000
Hi sweetheart how all is well with you thanks for dropping your email addy well this is sgt fred from the dating site this just a text mail i hope you get this please send me a reply as soon as possible i would love to know more about me … have a lovely day and bye for now
LOTS OF LOVE HUGS
AND KISSES
SGT FRED
MsAmerica
Dear People, I have some across some of the same scams on here. They are on Tagged.com Photos of American Soldiers. Once you click on them and tell them Thank you for serving and God bless you. They want to start talking to you and say they love you and want a relationship with you. They ask you to open up your bank accounts to put there Bonus money in. The ask you to join there phone company and pay $300.00 dollars up ward to a Thousand dollars and more. They ask you to pay for them to come home and once they get home they will get a There Bonus money.
They all give the same story. There wife was killed in a car accident. They tell the wife died of Cancer. Fred Marculy told me his wife died in the 9/11 twin towers. They all of one child. There child lives with there mother. You must contact your Local FBI agent Now. Now Now. When I was on tagged playing a game a person poped up and told me they were Police form the United Kingdom. They said that Fred Marculy was from Nigeria. Or the Person that was using his information Is from there. Fred and the rest of them that are listed sent me a photo. The photo is of an American Soldier……
All these are possing as American Soldiers and have photos pretending they are a Soldier.
The names they are using are as follows.
Sgt. Fred Marculy
Calvin Willoughby
David Cleff
Sgt. Matthiller
William Boggs
leslie
I’ve been contact by a Sgt Steven Bains..who supposedly sent a package and it was stuck in customs because it has money inside and the parcel service charged me more than $500 saying that they pay for it as customs notice money in the package. Now they’re saying that if I don’t pay more money.they submit my info so Interpol arrest me with charges. And my daughtes will have spies to watch their movements. All this by the parcel service. How they know I have daughters. Because of the soldier… Too late…..the Sgt told me to pay and put a lot of pressure. Because his retirement papers are inside. He send me 6 pictures of a black good looking soldier And the parcel is Aruda delivery service. When I told him about scam..he got crazy .
Skeptical Friend
Anyone heard of a Ramos Woods – same story…. US military widow, working in Afganistan, no family besides his 11 yr old son being home schooled there. After 1 wk has declared that his love via email and has proposed and made 1 surprise phone call even though ‘US Military can’t communicate to outsiders’. I just need to show a friend that this is not an uncommon hoax. Please contact if this name is familiar and please send story to me.
Thanks a mil
Anonn
Ramos is a known scammer this idiot has used so many versions of Ramos in facebook that we know him very well he is a scammer go to romancescam.com and see how many times he comes up
Fifi
Anyone knows Lance Corporal Sandra Williams? We met on a dating site, after long talks for a few months, I feel something odd about her. She said she is in Camp Dwyer Afghanistan. She called me once, but the network was not really good and I am not an english speaking person, so I couldn’t hear her clearly. I do not know anything about soldier’s life, what they can do and can not do there, but I feel something is not right, especially when she said she sent me a package and a man called me from Malaysia, told me that the package is hold there and need money to pay the insurance. I haven’t give him anything yet. If you know something and need to see her pictures, this is her facebook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002310710657. Thanks.
Anonn
@ Fifi this is a scammer the pics she is using are not her own and scammers are all over Malaysia do not send any money you are being scammed by a man posing as a woman ask her to show you her last Les she wont ask her to send you a copy of her military id its not green and it will not say id card ask her to take a pic in uniform holding up a sign that says I Love you FIFI and above all ask her why she sent a package to someone she doesnt even know sounds like bullshit to you??? and above all places why would it be in Malaysia tell this scamming piece of shit to get himself a real JOB and that you are not into Men lol YOU have been warned if you send a dime these lying leeches will keep inventing assinine stories like the one he has already told you and why would the military need to send a package to a third party I send care packages to a soldier in afghan and guess what I mail it from my City and it gets to him so this is a CROCK DO NOT SEND THIS LYING SCAMMER A DIME.
Fifi
Thank you Anonn, I do not send any money at all. For the first time I knew her, I already sense something, but I want to know for sure, so I “followed” her for months and a week ago something suspicious came up. I already asked her for her id, until now she or he haven’t give me yet
and yes she always deny my request to talk by skype with webcam for security reason, I asked her address in Camp Dwyer but she just gave me “Camp Dwyer,Helmand River Valley in the Garmsir District ” that’s not enough for me cause you can look up in the internet for that, so I asked for postal code, she said 4500, but I still suspicious 
. Thank you again Anonn ^_^
Anonn
@ Fifi way to go you listened to me but you already had your doubts so now you need to block delete and clean your computer and spread the word about these lying begging snakes
Anonn
Any package mailed by a soldier from any area will be handled by the US Military until it reaches the US Postal service it will go directly to you if it were sent to you not to some other damn scammer you are wise to cut off all contact with this Man as I said he is pretending to be a Woman.Why would this scammer send you a package and NOT insure it herself to send to you think about it why would it be in Malaysia and the scammer that called you from Malaysia begging for money to insure the fake package I bet he had an accent look deep before you leap this is a scammer ask to see him on cam and yes they can cam and yes they can talk on the phone and you do NOT have to pay for it and you cannot request their leave only real service members can request leave get ready for alot of lies ask questions this scammer will get pissed off real quick
Ask her about her unit
Ask her to send you an email from her military email address hint it will not be her name and usaarmy.com
Ask her for a copy of her Les for the last 6 Months He wont have a clue
Ask her for her military address if all you hear are excuses you already know if she gives you one check it out
Ask her to get on webcam and show herself to you she wont all you will hear are excuses
DO NOT SEND Money to ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW…
Sue
Here is yet another classic story……. Dave Boggs Nathan deployed in Iraq. One 16 year old son who he calls Derik. However, onetime in instant messaging he typed Derek. So, I asked him about the miss spelling and he said he was tired and couldn’t type …..lol. Wife died 7 years ago. Doesn’t explain how. But the son lives in NIGERIA (of all places) with his grandmother. One day, I open up my email only to receive face military papers to request for an emergency leave. The military does not operate that way. Besides, the spelling on the papers were so bad my cat could have done a better job. Then about a month ago, I receive to my email again a copy of a bonus check worth $250K ……lol.. It took me all of about 6 seconds to call Bank of America and ask them to verify the cashiers check…… guess what …..not only was not issued by Bank of America but on the bottom of the check where it decribes the water mark description, the 2nd sentence which should have repeated the 1st sentence was missing a word …lol. Same old story….coming home soon ……please send money to my son in Nigeria for school …….blah blah blah. on his Facebook page Dave Boggs Nathan it appears he has many friends in Wisconsin. Maybe I will message one of his friends on his Facebook friends list. Did I mention the phone call I received 2 weeks ago …..the calling claiming to be Dave Boggs Nathan …. as it turns out, it was a man with a Nigerian accent ……lol. Unreal
Blue
It’s good to understand signs to look for, so I am explaining some of them below:
First, and most important:
-The US military is a very self-contained world. Requests are made and handled internally.
-People who are not in the military can not make requests for people who are in the military.
-Leave is like vacation from your job–you earn a certain amount after the required amount of service, and you don’t pay for it. If you haven’t earned it, you are not entitled to it.
-A soldier requests his own leave, which can be granted only if he has earned it. He does not pay for leave, replacement officers, or any other “fees.”
-While certain benefits are granted for families of soldiers, if you are not connected to the soldier by a legal marriage or by blood, in the eyes of the military you have no connection to them.
The moment someone you met online asks you to fill out any forms for the US military-whether for leave, phone, benefits, or any other purpose-you can know for certain he/she is a Scammer. Just walk away.
I had been writing a very nice Col Adam Carlin I met on Website Over 40 & Single. He was to retire now after his 20 some years in service. Wanted to get married. I sent away as instructed for a “Leave Request for Marriage” form. Red Flag went up for me! So anyway, if anyone thinks that they had been contacted by this man, I have photos of him and even one with his daughter and copy of phony letter from a General and the phony request form. contact me at topazblue62@hotmail.com and beware!
Christina
blue your e-mail address isnt working… kicked my message back out.
Blue
I’m sorry if topazblue62@hotmail.com gives you trouble use topazblue62@aol.com instead, they are both connected to this email address! Ijust try to filter from all the junk mail. Sorry for the hangup!…Blue
Christina
OK started on October 1st. He found me on an Irish dating website… he is coming home in 51 days, has a 14 year old son in Ghana on a pineapple farm. Living with a caretaker because the farm manager that lived in the states died suddenly. Wants me to send an iphone4 and cologne and clothes to his son Jeff in Ghana. What? Says his name is Raymond Ramos and is a Capt. In Baghdad right now. I ask questions and that is a big NO NO. Cant contact his son because no phone calls, cant make purchases because restricted… does this sound familiar to any one? I have pictures that I can send to you to confirm same person as your scam artist. Please contact me with photos of your scam artist please. chris.bruns@yahoo.com
Anonn
Wants me to send an iphone4 and cologne and clothes to his son Jeff in Ghana.
@ Christina the Iphone 4 is NOT for his Son and he is NOT a US Service member he is a scammer a well known scammer using Ramos and the stuff hes asked you for are for him and he lives in Ghana he is an ugly begging african scammer simple as that all us servicemember have access to their MONEY at all times and they are not restricted he is a liar and not a very good one
ask him for a copy of his most recent Les if he is a real soldier he will know exactly what you are talking about from Dfas but the scammer will have no clue
ask him for his unit number and look it up
ask him why if he is an american serving in the US Military would his son be in of all places one of the scam capitals of the world next to Nigeria
ask him to take a picture of himself in uniform holding a sign that says I Love you Christina he wont excuses excuses and lies are all scammers spit out of their ugly lying mouths
Also ask him to get on cam and chat with you and not just for a few seconds but for at least 30 mins to an hour excuses guess what SCAMMER
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED they only want an iphone to impress the women there in africa the women are easy if they think the guys have money there it is sick but true go to their niraland forums you will find out so much about them there
Anonn
@ Christina PLEASE I am begging you go to romancescam.com and scamwarners BEFORE you become a victim of this scammers lies RAMOS is a known scammer name is EVERYWHERE keep reading but the man in the pics trust me it is NOT Him for if you see the real face behind this scammer you may fall dead from a heart attack many of them have faces only a Mother could Love and no its not a joke it is the TRUTH
Anonn
@ Christina I also found this on this very blog so you are not the first nor last lady this scammer has tried to scam using Ramos
SEE BELOW
Anyone heard of a Ramos Woods – same story…. US military widow, working in Afganistan, no family besides his 11 yr old son being home schooled there. After 1 wk has declared that his love via email and has proposed and made 1 surprise phone call even though ‘US Military can’t communicate to outsiders’. I just need to show a friend that this is not an uncommon hoax. Please contact if this name is familiar and please send story to me.
Thanks a mil
Anonn
@ Christina here is another lady that Ramos tried to scam Ramos is KNOWN scammer…
My mom has been talking to a Danny Ramos with the same pictures but he has actually set her more pics than the ones on here and has asked her to send him $3800.00 for his return flight home because he said the military won’t pay for him to come home and he told my mom that he was supposed to be discharged on nov 5th. he said his wife died 6 yrs ago in car crash and that he had 3 kids. 2 died with their mom and his oldest was in college overseas. He just asked my mom for this money 3 days ago and i got on her phone and told him to go to hell that i was contacting the news stations and i have. I refuse to allow my mother to be scammed. I have made it a point to contact local news stations and tell them about this so that other women will know what is going on and i hope they all get what is coming to them.
Blue
Dear Christina: During my research on my guy that almost scammed me, I did run across that name Raymond Ramos many times of other women mentioning. Plus the Iphone scam is one of the largest rings out there that others have fallen. They are not all going to look like the same guy, there are many out there working together and they are good! They are taking names off facebook and using them and they are various nationalities as well. Only you can decide for yourself! When in doubt, DON’T! If you still need to see my photos I’ll still share them with you and anyone else so they can watch out for this one! topazblue62@aol.com Thanks!
Mara
I encounter one of so called military dirt bag he told me his name was Mark Miles we chat for a month , hetold me he was in Afghanistan he never got the chance to ask for money , he was very nice and everything was ok until I was investigating about a mail scam with instant prizes and by accident it show a picture ,it was the same picture he send me a few days ago following the trail I found out about more about this scam.
his e mail address is mmiles012@yahoo.com
Kim
I am concerned for a friend. She was contacted by a Michael Krause (Major General) from Australia and stationed in Afghanistan. She says they skype, so I suppose he is legit?
virginia
hello all just wanted to share something with u i met a man a few yrs back we got very close . but he was a scammer with a heart .he admitted to me a was a collage student in africa and was sorry for doing this to me and wanted to keep me as a friend and also sent a real pic of himself. told me to becareful because alot of them are from were he was in africa. i told him its cruel to do this to us lonely women and never talked to him again.
Anonn
New Scam Ladies And Gents BEWARE………
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mustafa Zarti
Date: 2011/3/26
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU
To:
Hello dear,
How are you doing today with work and family? Hope all is well?
Please be assured that this proposal is confidential and genuine.
My name is Mr Mustafa M. Zarti, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) and an old college friend to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (Col. Gaddifi’s son).
We all are aware of the current crisis in my country, LYBIA. Due to this crisis many assets and money belonging to Col. Gadaffi’s family and government officials are being frozen by western government, as you can see on the following links –
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/09/us-libya-austria-assets-idUSTRE7284TE20110309
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCp5rxNa1k
We have lost a lot and are losing many on a daily basis
I need your help to secure some of these funds because these are had earned money and not stolen money, most of these money are by contracts executed by the family. Examples are – BP’s $900m 2007 Libyan oil exploration contract, Owns shares in Juventus football club, Italian oil gian Eni, and Pearson, the parent company of Penguin and the Financial Times, Has had dealings with numerous Western financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and the Carlyle Group.
Due to the fear of our assets freeze, I have been able to move some money to through security means as consignment and deposited it into a security house in London, where I registered them as personal effect. Six consignments with the sum of US$23,500,000.00 in each is safe and now, I want you to help me receive one. Please note that further details will be made available upon proper understanding of the parties involved to avoid misunderstanding and that the money is not gotten from any illegal activities.
I am offering 35% and you will also help me invest 65% of my share into any lucrative business in your country, where your government will not take much tax from it, if you can, but if not please keep it safe for me until everything goes quiet.
I guarantee you that this venture is risk free. If you are interest, please, get back to me on mustafazarti3@yahoo.com for further details, and if not, please delete this letter and do not inform anyone about it.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Mustafa M. Zarti
Susan Taylor
I was just scammed by someone posing as a major in the Army. We met on the dating site Datehookup. His profile said he was from the Bronx he was a major in the army at45 years old which I couldnt believe. He also told me he was only in for 5 years,someone he knew got him in at 40 years old. So you know the story I love you after a week,e mails IM chats,then he told me his wallet was lostand I asked him if he needed anything. He said he needed mmoney for food and water. He told me he was stationed in Libya but I could wire the money too his agent in Nigeria. Welll I did,because I believed everything he told me. I saw his picture, nice looking.gave him my phone # but his accent was one I never heard before. I asked what it was said he was half spanish,half Ammerican,that started me thinking, than he told me his birthday was coming,could I send him a laptop,boxer shorts cologne.body lotion. So I finally caught on so I lied and said yes. Finally he asked me to e-mail some weird emrgency leave website so he could get out and we could be together.so I said sure. Well I did a lot of investigating and talking to my girlfirnd who lives at Fort Bragg with her husband and she told me it was a scam. Should I report the agent to someone I have his name address everythin in Nigeria.What about the poor soldier whose name he is using. How does he find out what is going on?
Sal
Hi!
I was contacted by a Sergeant Nash Desmond posting in Iraq. No specific location in Iraq though. Divorced 2 years ago, wife cheated on him with his bestfriend and has remarried currently living in Spain with her new husband. He has a 14 years old son. Living with his mother (Nash Desmond’s mom) in Alabama. He said his mom died 3 days ago. He has accounts in FB, NetLog and MySpace using the same name and pictures. We’ve been chatting twice. He called me Mrs Fraudster because I told him about the online scam/fraud. We even jokes about the Fraud thing. I called him Mr Fraudster and he doesn’t mind. He even laughed. I had a feeling he’s a fraud. He has lots of women as Friends in NetLog,MySpace and FB account. I have blocked him. He asked me to YM and instructed me to Chat via Web Cam too. When I told him I will only switch on my Webcam if he’ll do the same.. he started to sulk and refused to talk to me!! LOL he hasn’t asked for money or anything yet.. He even told me that he has asked $ from an Australian girl, and the girl has sent him the money he but he claimed he has returned the money back to the girl. I guess he told me such things just to “prove” he’s not a Fraudster/Scammer. He’s a good actor. I’ve met several fraudster online and their MO are almost the same. Just becareful.. NEVEREVER send money to anyone. If you’re really in trouble you will turn to your family and your friends NOT TO someone you barely know whom you’ve just met online..
Regards,
Sal J
Cathy
I was contacted by the same person Nash Desmond. All the info is the same. I would like to know if this is the same person. I have pics. Recently he contacted me saying he was on vacation in Malaysia and his wallet was stolen…he needed $ 100.00 usd to pay for his trip…When I refused he hasn’t contacted me since. Would like some feedback and compare pics if possible. I care about the person i thought I was chatting with but I am not a fool. Look forward to a response. Thank you!
Natali
@MAI TALTON-you can post his name on http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13, they know what to do with it.
Paula
Has anyone met a guy named Carter Benson on Facebook. He contacted me on Aug 16th and was supposedly a general in Baghdad, Iraq. Declared love and wanting to come home to me within a few days. His FB profile says he lost his wife 6 yrs ago to cancer and lives in LongBeach, CA. Never talked on phone, usually email or yahoo messenger. Sent me pics in uniform sitting with other soldiers at a table. While there he decided to retire after being in 24 yrs. Since he resigned there, They wouldn’t send him home so he traveled to Ghana. Once there found out visa was no good since he was now US civilian. I don’t know much about military so I guess i’m an easy mark. First it was money for hotel and visa, now it’s for ticket home and hotel and food because visa about to expire. He still asks for money and I just tell him I have none, I’m on disability and fixed income . Money I did send I wrote payday loans for so I sent total of $680 and that’s not counting the fees on loans every time I rewrite plus fees on Western Unions. I will not send more because I have none anyway. I was not allowed to know his unit or to tell anyone about us. He wanted to “Surprise” everyone when he got here. I wish I hadn’t been stupid and I wouldn’t be in financial mess. i did tell my son and best friend all along. I would like to find out if Carter Benson is a real soldier and would like to write to him and let him know. Is there any way to find out? Thanks
Susann Thielke
Hallo,
leider ist mein Englisch nicht so gut. Ich wurde vor 4Monaten bei Finja angeschrieben. Er schrieb, er sei auf einer Mission in Afghanistan und würde zum Jahresende in Rente gehen. Er war ziemlich schnell beim Thema Liebe und ich wäre “eine Königin” etc.! Er gab sich als Generalleutnant aus und ich habe einige Bilder mit und ohne Uniform. Wir haben auch oft gechattet aber immer ohne Webcam. Sein Laptop hätte im Camp Einschränkungen. Dann erzählte er von seinem Sohn Richard. er wäre in England und müsse jetzt nach Ghana Accra fliegen wegen seines Jobs, dort wäre jetzt ein Charityprogramm und er hätte seinen Flug verpasst! Dann kam die Frage nach Geld, ich habe dann auch noch Emails von seinem Sohn Richard Obeng erhalten. Da wurde ich erst misstrauisch.
Die Emailaddresse war man2pleaseu@live.com , und ri_27@ymail.com
Nach 2Monaten bekam ich sogar einen riesen Blumenstrauss mit Rosen per Fleurop ins Haus, was angeblich der Sohn aus England organisiert hat….es stellte sich heraus, dass der Auftrag aus der Schweiz kam!! Ich habe den Header prüfen lassen über ein AntiScam-Forum in Deutschland und alle Mails kamen aus Ghana-Accra!!!
Falls jemand Fragen hat oder die gleiche Story erzählt bekommen hat….
meine Emailadresse: susan.2002@hotmail.de
Ich bin entsetzt, was ich alles darüber schon gelesen habe und wie man die Gefühle von anderen
Menschen missbraucht!!! Alleine die Emotionen und die Zeit, die man investiert mit falschen Profilen! Leider lernt man nie die wahre Person auf den Bildern persönlich kennen…
LG. Susan.2
Heather
I am truly sick as I am reading these. I am afraid I am being scammed and fell into it head over heels. I have been chatting with a soldier over 1 month now and the romance is blossoming, and then the money issue comes. I have been divorced for 7 years and all of a sudden this man who knows nothing about me loves me and wants me to be his wife and wants me to send money for him to send a trunk to me. Yes, sickeningly I have sent money within the last day or so, oh how I wish I had common sense to check this out. This is a scam right? Someone please help me.
Anonn
@ heather you know deep in your heart this is a scammer have you seen him face to face?
have you chatted with him face to face for at least an hour
Have you seen a copy of his military id and state issued id card
Have you asked for his address so you can send him a care package?
Have you asked him to take a pic of himself holding a sign saying I love you Heather
have you asked him for a copy of his most recent Les?
have you asked him whats his MOS and ask him to explain in Detail what he does
There is no need he is a scammer
No Military member will find you on any social network and ask you for money for ANY reason as the US Military takes care of its own they have access to their accounts at all times no matter where they are cut this scamming piece of shit off and move on go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com for support where you will find the same pics this scammer is using
wants me to send money for him to send a trunk to me what damn sense does this make what the hell are you going to do with a fake trunk do you smell bullshit I DO cut this lying beggar off tell him to get a JOB and dont be scared you have been WARNED
Anonn
Ladies below is the perfect example of a scammer trying to BS a member of one of my anti scam groups just read this but know that NOTHING is trie that this scammer has typed he is a beggar a fraud a filthy lying leech..See How ignorant he sounds as if he has a 3rd grade Education in order to be in the military you must know how to read spell and write evidently this clown has none of those abilities he is a MORON.
y name is CHRIS KALTWASSER,I Work as an army for united state of america.
I am divorced with one kid,right now i’m in iraq thats where i’ve been posted and base for over 9 months.
I’m single right now and i will like to know you better if you dont mind,i will be going back to the state in the next 2-
3months,so i just wanna use this medium to know you better so when i get back to the state we shall be together.
I will like to know you better also,where we are located in the usa based camp here is iraq we are not allowed to call anyone and webcam is not allowed cause of security purposes inother to be safe and free from terrorists.
I love soccer sports and base ball and read also when less busy.i live in topanga,ca.but i move around alot.
I will like to know maybe you are interested in me also,so that can get to know eachother better.
I will ike to you if you have yahoo i.m or aol i.m so that we can chat better if you have you can get intouch with me so that i can give you mine.
Stay blessed and hoping to chat with you better.
Thanks
Lisa
I can top all of you. I’ve been talking to a man claiming to be General Sir David Julian Richards, the head of the entire British military. I have experienced all of the same lies that all of these scammers use. His wife. Died in a car accident while on holiday, he is in Afghanistan but is. tired of it and wants to come home. He loves me and wants to buy a house with me, I told him I wanted his address to send him a care package and he told me he wanted Louis Vuitton shoes and a Movado watch, he can’t access his funds and wants me to send him $1500, he found $15.5 million and wants to share it with me. I can’t believe the balls of this guy! This General is very famous and has a Wikipedia profile, numerous posted speeches, interviews with his very live wife, etc…
Anonn
@ Lisa isnt this the most pathetic mess scammers are a hot mess where in the world would he wear something that expensive to in of all places Africa tell him to get a real JOB! Lmao this scammer is to funny
Katherine Overee-Schmidt
Hi Lisa, this Lt General Sir David Julian Ricards is a scammer and also a sex maniac. He told me he is divorce and he feels very lonely in Afghanistan. He is finding someone to go on a holiday with him in December. He has 3 weeks holiday and don´t want to spend the holidays all alone. He was writing love words to me and later told me whether I could undress in front of the camera for him. I told him no and block him straight away. So ladies be careful of this person.
Anonn
great information and advice to look out for when approached by a scammer pretending to be Military…
the scams often involve requests for money from the victim to purchase “special laptop computers,” international telephones and transportation fees to be used by the “deployed soldier” so their fictitious relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address so the phone or laptop can be purchased for the soldier.
“We’ve even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to “purchase leave papers” from the Army or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone,” said Grey.
Officials warn individuals to be very suspicious if they begin a relationship on the internet with someone claiming to be an American soldier and within a matter of weeks, the alleged soldier is asking for money, as well as their hand in marriage.
Many of these cases have a distinct pattern to them, explained Grey. “These are not soldiers, they are thieves.”
The perpetrators often tell the victims that their units do not have telephones or they are not allowed to make calls or they need money to “help keep the Army internet running.”
Christi
Hey I want to let you all know, which you might that Lt. Brian Rivera is a scammer. He stated to me that he was a Lt in the Army and has to serve 8mths and gets to come home in March. He also stated that his middle name was Shawn. Many red flags went off during the whole time we talked, but than when he asked me for money to get a phone to talk to him, I said no. Nothing else was said about that for awhile, untill he asked me for money to go on a Vocational Leave to come see me and when he arrived I would get the money back. This was the straw for me, because I work for the Federal government and deal with Veterns and I was let in on something.
There is no such thing as a Vocational Leave and the soliders can call if they need to. What a idiot, please ladies watch out for this Jerk.
I did some research on the pictures he sent me of this soldier name Rivera and he is not a Lt. he is a staff sargent, stationed in the 4th infantry out of Fort Carson, CO. the person stated that he was in the Army for 21yrs and has a daughter name Cindy (Cinderella). If you look at his picture he has been in the Army for 12yrs when that picture was taken.
Please if anyone knows how I can get a hold of this Real Solider please Please let me know. I contacted the CG in Fort Carson, but I want to personally talk to Staff Sgt. Rivera or his family to let him know. They fight for us and this is the thanks some worthless peice of shit does to him.
anon
My soldier sent pic of him holding board with my name on ….sent me his home address army address …I asked him to send e mail from his army.mil which he did ……everything added up and genuine ..he asked me to open bank account to pay money in himself for us to use in Dec when he finally gets leave ….so I could access money and book hotel for him …..what do you think ….
Anonn
@ Anon why are you using a variation of my username number one and why are you telling us this if what you say is true which I know it is NOT or you wouldn’t use my username here and I suspect you yourself are just a troll as well as a scammer so if you trust him then by all means open up the account for him except for one thing if he were a real servicemember he would already have his OWN account as well as cards linked to his own account and if he were so interested in having you book a hotel for him or have you access money then wouldnt he have set up an ALLOTMENT for that hmmm what do I think I Think I smell ALOT of BS but nice try and please find your own username something more original Thanks the original Anonn By all means let us know how this works out GOOD LUCK
Anonn
Oh and I left this out NO ONE can open a Bank account for anyone else last time I checked the Bank asks for Pictured Id so as I said good luck with this one and nice try scammer I see you have been patrolling and reading my posts hmmm guess you dont like me very much because I expose you and your scams alot but NICE TRY but do share the pic of him holding a sign with your name on it I’d like to see this otherwise please do NOT waste our time igotmyown00@gmail.com I wont hold my breath waiting for you to send me the proof.
I just called you out Fake Anon so show and prove your guy is real I’ll wait lol
Anonn
Lol Magically after i called out this FAKE anon I started to receive a Ton of spam emails from Scammers over 500 in 24 hours amazing these lying leeches even live on this blog I am surprised one of them hasnt been foolish enough to try a romance scam on this blog yet they will try it everywhere else so Pathetic
Anonn
My soldier sent pic of him holding board with my name on ….sent me his home address army address
What a CROCK of BULL a board with just your Name wow big surprise nothing else just your name I am NOT Impressed home and Army address hmmm sounds suspect to me did you verify that they were correct???? like I said let us know when he asks for “Funds” as they call it for this so called account you will set up for him I won’t hold my breath scam and scammer whoops did I just say that? Yup
Patita
Contact to me a Arnold Dash……….same story, they send my a letter like this one:
From Us-armycommunication@usa.com
With reference to the request, to receive our military men in Iraq through the airlift, you are to make a refundable payment of Six Hundred And Fifty USD(650$)only Paid through western union money transfer for the airlift processing charges. The processing will take place as soon as you have made payment, Payment should be made to an agent who is presently on deployment to United State Of America….
NAME: Iris Salazar
COUNTRY: United State Of America
CITY: Angeles
STATE: California
Patita
Is a scam too right? He’s on facebook
Anonn
@ Patita are you serious YES it is a scam Military does NOT handle business like this and this email address is NOT Legit it is a fraud and this is a scammer have you seen this fraud yet on Cam more than 30 minutes have u had an interactive chat with him yet let me guess NO
The US Military members will not need your money for any reason not for leave and not for this lie this scammer is telling you about some airlift that is a crock remember the US Military takes care of its own.
Anonn
@ Patita all I can say is: airlift processing charges.is straight up bullshit
He’s on facebook so are thousands of other scammers using fake pics in a perfect world internet access would be DENIED to all of Africa known to to have scammers!
THIS IS A SCAM
go to scamwarners.com and romancescam.com where you will find the pics that this scamming loser is using!
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
Wondering
I tried to comment here before, but I don’t think it went through. Does anyone know if there would be any reason for a soldier to use a fake name? I’ve been chatting with someone for over three years. He has never asked me for anything… Doesn’t give the sob story of children or a wife who died. Family seems pretty stable back home. Only thing is, in those three years, we’ve never met or video chatted. The only times he’s had leave in the states happened to be during times we weren’t communicating (I’ve cut off communication in the past because of my doubts with his identity). The pics he has posted are the ones he sent me three years ago. None of his family are listed as being friends with him on FB or myspace. His IP comes back to Oklahoma. He’s supposedly with MARSOC – 2nd MSOB. He is not foreign…very articulate. And, he has a great deal of knowledge about the military. Online late at night. Sometimes during the day. Supposedly stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Cannot find anything on him, with the exception of the social network profiles. Refuses to send me email from military email for fear of sharing information – says it’s not something he can just change the address of down the road if he gives that address out to the wrong person. So…back to my initial question. Is there any reason, maybe for security or something, that a soldier would not provide his true identity? If he’s not asking for anything, why would he lie about who he is? Is there any way to find out?
Anonn
@ Wondering No there would be no reason for a REAL US Military member to lie about who he is and MANY scammers have learned to play the game and Many are well articulate also I have a question for you what excuse is he using for not showing you who he is AFTER all this time they have web cams and are allowed to use them
Also you typed this as his excuse for NOT emailing you from his military email …….Refuses to send me email from military email for fear of sharing information
what information that is just a new excuse this beggar has came up with and if he knows so much about the military and if he is so real ask him to send you a copy of his most recent LES
Ask to see his military id as well as his state Drivers license if he is so real and interested in you this should be no problem
Tell him to send pics of himself holding a sign that says I am REAL ask him for an interactive chat for 30 minutes to an hour and make sure its not been pre recorded ask him questions ask him to touch his nose as him to smile for you I am sure that the man you will see on cam will change the way you feel about this scammer they have gotten smart but the time will come keep chatting with him he will invent an emergency or a lie and beg soon as he thinks you are head over hills for him
So the answer to your question which you already know in your heart or you would not be here asking questions 3yrs and still you have NEVER seen him and allegedly goes on leave when you are not talking to him HE IS A SCAMMER he considers this as his job go to scamwarners,com and romancescam.com before you become a victim I am reading to many excuses from Women trying to justify that the scammer is real and making excuses for them it is so ANNOYING and please stop the but he hasnt asked for money or anything yet thats because hes been to busy with his many other scams.
Anonn
@ wondering this scammer is using a proxy to hide his location they do this all the time
Wondering
Thanks, Anonn… I wouldn’t send a dime. I was just stating that I hadn’t been asked for any money. I’m not convinced he’s a scammer located in some other country wanting money. His emails and chats with me are too articulate and unrehearsed. I am convinced, however, that he is probably someone who is sitting in Oklahoma (where the IP hits) and lying about his service. The other day, he was “on the move” to relieve another company over in Afghanistan and said he doesn’t have a laptop with him… Said he’d have to contact me once they reached their location. However, the emails I’ve received since he’s relocated all come from the same IP.
Cannot get him to do the webcam. First, it was broke. Now, he’s not allowed to show any of his surroundings. Yeah, I know…it’s a crazy excuse. Same with recent photos…
I haven’t found his name on any scam sites…or anywhere else for that matter… but it’s not worth the late nights I’ve spent online chatting… Too many red flags.
Anonn
@ Wondering……………..Cannot get him to do the webcam. First, it was broke. Now, he’s not allowed to show any of his surroundings. Yeah, I know…it’s a crazy excuse. Same with recent photos…
I haven’t found his name on any scam sites…or anywhere else for that matter… but it’s not worth the late nights I’ve spent online chatting… Too many red flags.
This is ALL I NEED nothing else needs to be said this SCAMMER is using a proxy.
. His emails and chats with me are too articulate and unrehearsed Scammers have evolved they watch alot of Tv and many of them are just as articulate as many of us are and many even know how to speak different languages and so the fact that he is articulate DOES NOT MEAN HES NOT A SCAMMER.
Anonn
@ Wondering …………..you typed this……………but it’s not worth the late nights I’ve spent online chatting… Thats because of the time differences hes NOT in Afghan and hes NOT in Iraq but in AFRICA or Malaysia because he is a scammer PLAIN and Simple Anonn.
Wondering
@Annon… I don’t think he’s one of these particular scammers…but I believe he is a person lying about who he is. His last email was supposedly from an Afghan police camp. That email came from the same IP as all of the others have for three years.
I’m no longer emailing him. And, although my situation was probably a different type of fraud, I hope everyone reads the information on all of these sites so that they may be a little more cautious with their online communications, as there are so many different types of fakes out there. If it walks like a duck…
Molly
Has anyone here heard of a Captain Thomas Shirley? He asked for $1500.00 to get flown to visit me after a month of chatting with me.. Thanks to my daughter’s checking when he asked for moneywe found out he is also a scammer. He is from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Has a mansion with 3 sitting rooms ,five bedrooms, pool, another house in Miami etc. His money is frozen in an account because the military does that when he’s away in Afghanistan. *yeah right* He is stationed in Kabul . His wife died 5 years ago from Diabetes and he has 3 sons. One is in school becoming a neurosurgeon. His father died when he was young and his mother is a retired professor who also lives in a mansion.
Anonn
He is from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Has a mansion with 3 sitting rooms ,five bedrooms, pool, another house in Miami etc.
Translation he is a scammer who wishes he had a 5 room anything he resides in a very different environment from the one h has lied about and if he were a real military member he wouldnt beg for anything SCAMMER
His money is frozen in an account because the military does that when he’s away in Afghanistan. WHAT A CROCK OF BULL good job checking up on this lying piece of shit.
? He asked for $1500.00 to buy the latest cellphones and the latest knockoff clothes they see American wear on Tv and the latest shoes so that they can get in their minds the most expensive woman they seem to not be very smart when it comes to managing money which is why they are constantly begging for more money LOSERS
Molly
If anyone here wants to see pics of Captain Thomas Shirley just leave a message here and I will gladly send them to you so no one will be taken in by this person. His email was thomas_shirley @hotmail.com or thomas_shirleyjr.@doctor.com but it has since been deleted. Thanks.
Molly
The thomas_shirley@ hotmail has since been deleted but not the thomas_shirleyjr@doctor.com so beware. This was supposedly thomas shirley’s son who also emailed me.
Anonn
@ Molly that was not his Son that was him he is a scammer thats what they do they scam and lie they are professional beggars
A.Lynn
I know this will come to you as a surprise, but please you don’t have to be. I hope that you will be of help to me on something that will benefit both of us. I am an American soldier presently at work station in Afghanistan for more than 8 years now. Why i am contacting you is to seek your assistance and trust. There was a time when i traveled to Africa on surveillance. I was sometime dispatched to Ghana for some surveillance. There i did a business with some Army Generals and made so much money to the tune of $55 Million USD from it. Due to the nature of my job, i was unable to lodge it in my account and not trusting any of the Generals enough to leave my money with them because it was a deal and they could just want to take advantage of me, so i deposited the money with a security company in Ghana as consignment boxes which will now be delivered to you if you are willing to help me receive it pending when i shall return home to the States. I have obtained customs papers for private freight and there are seals on the box showing that it is a private delivery and check performed. But that is not to say that you will not incur some expenses. This is because you will claim ownership of the boxes because i don’t want my name to reflect, you know as an American soldier, my name is in record and can easily be spotted.
All i am asking for now, is for you to help me contact the security company where i deposited the boxes for shipment, so that it can be shipped directly to you. I have deposited it as family treasure worth $55 million USD. The boxes are locked with a security code only known to me and it will be delivered to you via diplomatic means at your door step so you need not stress yourself looking out for it.
I hope you can cooperate with me and let us get this done. I will compensate you so bountifully if you are fortunate enough to help me secure the fund with you till I’m back. You know now the government is working seriously on returning us
home. Get back at me via my personal email… xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that i can share some of my photos with you.
I hope to read from you soon. Thank you and God bless.
i have talked to him a few times now. i would really like to know the man in the photos…..very handsome. i bet he has no idea someone is using them. anyways…Frank is a real charmer. and i cant say i didn’t like him. Ive asked for his postal address, and his phone number. he told me he couldn’t do that because of security reasons. and he cant be connected to the money he called it (Family Treasure) worth $55 Million. i asked him if he thought family would be a better choice……he said he has none. says he was from Utah. is 40yrs and never married. gave me a few pics. one being with his Ex-fiancée. told me i looked just like her…similar. that he loved me and wanted to be the father of my children. He like to call me baby. idk. Im still talking to him. i told him i wont be helping him get his money. that is up to him. i did call down to Ghana and a Dr. Chris kuffur or something answered….he had all kinds of info for me. and i was to email him. he would have all the documents in it that i needed. A Diplomat would be bringing 2 metallic boxes to my home. first he told me it wouldnt cost me a thing. then he said he didnt know and i would have to contact the security comp. i got a amount. then he said i didnt have to pay anything again to help him.
ya sooo i told frank i wasnt interested in doing that for him.
anyone ever hear of a Frank U. a lieutenant in the army, stationed =Bagram in Afghanistan. ?????
i have to say i liked him. to bad my gut tells me he is a scam. to bad there isnt a area in here so we can see what all these guys pictures look like. im new to this site.
Anonn
You are 100% correct you called it this is definitely a scammer go to romancescam.com and scamwarners to share the pics this lying beggar is using great job recognizing that this was a romancescam/419 scam had you told him to ship you this fake money then he would have invented a whole different set of lies and some FAKE diplomat or a Fake attorney they call Barrister so be careful but you are going to get an eye opener when you go to romancescam.com you will see pics and read stories but no worries scammers troll this site but they also troll romancescam.com but romancescam.com are great about detecting scammers and deleting them ASAP.
Kathy
I too have been scammed! I can’t believe I am saying this. Watch out for Tom Wedel. Warrent officer/ motorpool in Afghanistan. Tom told me his deceased wife was Africian american and they had one child, a daughter. His mother in law had gardianship over Diane who is 16. Mother in law is Mary Williams, I saw this name on Nigarian scammers tonight. He too is retiring from Army, from Waco TX. you can see his picture on myspace under tom wedel or wedel tom wedel. his last name is on his camos. I asked for mailing address for a couple of months, finally he gave me an address from Leather Neck Education Center. I checked the address, it is true, location in TX. with education centers in Afghanistan supported by University of Maryland. He told me early on that his mother in law had taken his daughter to Lagos, Nigeria to visit family. About a week later he wrote oh yahoo messanger that Diana and his mother in law had been robbed and Diana had been beaten. She was in hospital. Dr. would not work on her until money was sent. and of course he could not send money as his funds were “frozen” in bank in TX. Then about a month later Diana was walking 10 miles in dark from friend house, and was raped. all in all I send over $3000.00 in the course of 4 months. yes money was sent by western union or money gram. In between all this he told me his dad who is deseased, had been in the diamond business in London England. He sold his business and put his money into 2 trunks….sound familar…and if I could send $10,000. to his broker a diplomate would deliver the trunks to me. I told him I could not send/ or even had tht kind of money. He even sent me pictures of the open 2 trunks which were very old and worn out. I looked up security company, it is on scammers list. I sent this infor to him and he said when he got out of service of 23 years he would have to travel to London and meet with his Lawyer, who is from Louisville KY, i checked him out too.. the red flags were not bright enough, or i
Kathy
i would like to finish my letter. Tom Wedel, I asked him to find a fellow soldier for a friend of mine, check out this name too Donald Banks from Miami Fl. He told my friend his daughter Kelly was also in Africa working for UNICEF and discovered she had cancer. Dr. would not operate until money could be sent. this guy had someone send my friend a western union check that she was to cash. and then send to Mary Williams friend who picked up the money. Sometime goes by and this girl dies…
I still did not pick up but I was getting concerned when some letters were in perfect English and then some were written in broken English. Not letters you would think came from highly trained Army person. my friend is smarter and wiser than I, and looked into this with friends of her husbands who are retired military, they said scam. I would not believe…I guess I wanted this guy to be real, the one who was writing me. I did not see until yesterday when I recieved a yahoo, that he had retired and caught a ride from a friend to the city. where is city in desert of Afghan? he was meeting friend who was to loan him money for plane ticket to London. He had asked me to send to Nigeria $500.00 a day before and I almost did. his friends had credit card and would pay for ticket for him. his friend did not come, and he said in broken english he was in a mess. I asked why he did not tak military flight to US. no answer. He too called me baby and honey . he loved me from the first week on. I too have stored all emails and have converstaions. Also he had a friend go into yahoo messanger and pull up a conversation my girl friend and I had to show me she was nothing but the devil. How can someone go into this ?? I too would love to find the Read Tom Wedel. I wonder if his blog on Myspace is real.
Dulce
I also have been scammed by LTC Jason Spencer. He was in love with me after 2 weeks of chatting on a dating site. He was calling me ‘wife’ in emails and then asked for money for a sattelite phone. He asked me to send money to Janet Weatherford, 345 Penny Lane, Roanoke, TX 31794. He promised to meet me at Christmas. He also asked for money for an antenna for a sattelite phone–when I did not send money, he stop communicating.
someone pissed-off
i have a few names if you have any information about these people please reply asap
Sgt Tommy RIeman
Sgt Justin Grimes
Sgt Matthew Zedwick
Sgt Christopher Logan
Commander Whitney
Commander Petraus
because im friends with all of them and i would like to know if they are real or not
Anonn
If they all met you and initiated it on any social site and you have not seen any of them on cam then yes they could ALL be SCAMMERS if any of them ask you for money for any reason or ask you for your information to send you anything they are FAKE The military takes care of its own they will not need to beg you for anything and care packages do NOT need to consist of the latest cellphones clothes or expensive shoes ans cologne……if they have any excuses as to why they cannot have an interactive chat with you on cam they are SCAMMERS you have doubts so call their bluff also go to scamwarners.com they can tell you if they are frauds also go to romancescam.com you will see the pics they have stolen and PLEASE do not fall for the I know someone is using my pics trick ………Anything in Africa especially Nigeria or Ghana FAKE.
Dakota
If they are on a dating website than most likely they are not the real deal. Just be careful. If they ask you for money DO NOT send them anything. I hope for your sake they are real and not scamming you. Look at the grammar and font of each e-mail you get . If you see an e-mail that has been forwarded then I hate to tell you they are not real. Tell me, do they have you on IM messenger also ?
Robin McCann
I have been talking to a soldier for two weeks . He said his name is Tom McDonald His email is mcdonaldtom94@yahoo.com. I just saw his ptctures on this webb sight. what do I do now. I have those pictures plus a couple others. im suppose to email his boss for early release at genraymond01@ usa.com he said he is 44 and from Palo Alto, California and family in South Carolina Made me sick when i saw his pictures. I cant figure out how to send you the pictures I have. to figure out if he is a real soldier with stolen idea or not or a guy dressed up. I really want to know.
Anonn
@ Robin you cut off all communication he is a scammer go to romancescam.com for support and scamwarners.com you would be talking to him he will then send you an email to tell you what its going to cost you and for you to send it via moneygram or westernunion There is NO such thing as Early release also real Military members have no time for this type of rubbush but scammers do ask to see him on cam demand it NOW and make sure it is not prerecorded if he cannot get on cam and he wont because he is an ugly black scammer and not the real Man in the pics he is using to scam you,I hope this helps you have been warned take this seriously before you lose Money Anonn
Anonn
im suppose to email his boss for early release at genraymond01@ usa.com That is the scam and that email address is NOT a US Military email address none of them would end with .com nor would it end with mil.com get those and it is a scam and a scammer is behind it
KELLY REID
I have been talking to a guy that I chatted with off of plenyoffish…He says his name is David D. Jefferson and is from Asheville, NC… Says he is currently stationed in Afganistan…. He says his wife died 2 yrs ago from cancer and he has two daughters that are grown. He has made up excuses about using his webcam says he is in a area where he can’t. Says he is a Cpt. in the army for 22 yrs. He says he is with a special forces unit out of
Ft. Drum, NY…When I asked him if we could possibly talk on the phone he said I would have to register my number and that would cost me money… So I said I guess chatting will have to do… He said he was possibly coming home in April but that he was going to try and come home sooner. He is already saying that when we talk online that his heart beats faster and he feels that I am the one….. how do I find out if this guy is a SCAMMER????
Anonn
@ Kelly it is a dead giveaway that he IS A SCAMMER ………..you typed this……….he said I would have to register my number and that would cost me money that is the scam right there he will give you an email address to send the email to then he who is the scammer will tell you how much it will cost you will then get an email with instructions on how and who to send it to through moneygram or westernunion but just in case let me guess he found you on a social site he then asked you to chat outside of the social site he’s lying about the webcam thing they can use the webcam there I mean if he is in an area where he cannot use the webcam how does he use the internet?
Easy because he is A SCAMMER either in Africa somewhere or Malaysia he is NOT the Man in the pics try scamwarners.com or romancescam.com where I am SURE you will see the pics this scammer is using as well as the Name he is using or maybe you will see the pics hes using with Many other fake names he is using and please do not think that just because he hasnt asked you for money that he is real he isnt he has already pitched the phone scam to you if he asks you for money or any favors or to send something to your home cut him off he is a SCAMMER DO NOT give him any of your information or send him pics because he will then pretend to be you and try to scam Men using your pics.
Another victim
Hi, i have been reading through all these comments and feel sick. I met a soldier called Gabriel Rivera via a UK dating website called match.com this year. We’d been chatting for months – he claimed to be 47, widowed and a 21 year old son at university in Georgia and was a Sgt based out in Afghanistan on deployment until Feb 2012. I made a big mistake and sent over £5000 via Moneygram to assist his emergency leave application to get him to the UK. The process was handled via Lt Mark Collins who is also probably the same person behind Gabriel. I too have pictures which look real and I too would really like to learn who the real person is in the pictures so he can know the truth. Is there anyway to do this?
Anita
Does anyone know a Sgt Bryan Smith Miller I met him on a dating site and things dont add up. I had him check out and he seems he is who he says he is but my gut says otherwise. Email for him is
sgtmiller.smith50@yahoo.com thanks
Anonn
@ Anita ask him for a 30 minute to an hour interactive chat hes supposedly a Sgt. so there should be no excuses if for ANY reason he claims he cant you already know what the answer to your question is he is a scammer.If he asks you for any type of assistance for ANY reason SCAMMER do NOT give him your personal information and your gut instinct tells you he is a scammer FOLLOW it scammer use proxies to hide their location and they can also call you and hide their location just pay attention he will screw up or the best thing you can do is go to romancescam.com or scamwarners.com for support and to share your story and delete and block him you dont give us much information but if you have NEVER seen him on cam then you are right to feel in your gut that this is a scammer
Mary
Anita, i was contacted by Sgt Miller. If you have pictures send me one, lets see if its the same guy. I will send y his picture if you want.
Mary
Annita, Will you please send me the pictures that you have of Miller at mgonz78@yahoo.com, I will do the same as soon as I have you email address. Thank you.
diane franco
I was scammed also by a solider Agamemnon one he used the name mi ke carman and got me for 200dollar
aussiegirl
I have a new one for you. Goes by the name of Justin Ramos, said he was serving in Afg. Showed me photos probably of the real Ramos, his wife, their 2 yr daughter. After reading all this….it is definitley a scam. I’ve lost nothing its only been going on for 72 hours. This person had an add on match.com, saying he was Victoria, Australia…now lives in LA and in the US army in Afg. He has now deleted his file from match.com and thinks he has me sucker in. Have I got news for him. I’m just going to return emails or anything. I will say one thing, I gave him my work email address….THAT WAS A STUPID MISTAKE. I’ve been receiving all scam emails since. So plesae, if the real Ramos reads this, or anyone knows of the real Ramos, I’m sorry to him and his family. Again, they have picked on the christian girl but luckily no money or even feelings have exchanged. Thank you for this website….good luck to all others who have seen the light.
Anonn
@ Aussiegirl Ramos is not new he is a known Scammer the scammer using his name has changed the variations of his name many many times good for you that you found out it was a scam.
Ann
Hello!!! I’ve been contacted by a so called US Army soldier deployed in Afghanistan Lucas Abel Milner email address abelmilner59@gmail.com. He states single 39 year father his date of birth April 25th which is my bday don’t know how he got my bday information. Well he was very nice charming man to talk too. He mention he has a 6 year old son named David that the nanny took off out of state and now David is left with his neighbour. Lucas asked me send him 700US to help care for his son. I told him he was a scammer and he got upset and stopped talking to me. I did not send any funds. Then 3 days later he messaged me back on face book stating he missed talking to me and loved me. He send me email asking for marriage. He told me that he ruined his day that he was devasted that I called him a scammer. I told him I don’t know u and ur asking me for money and I don’t have any. Anyways this went on for a month. I did some research and asked him to email me from his military account asking him for his Insignia, Service number and unit information. Lucas told me he was going to do it and never did. He called me a fool and I told I’m not a fool this is the Internet and if he says u love me as much as u do this should not be a problem sending email from ur military account. I told him there’s lots of scams going on. I sent a example of one soldier that got scammed indentity fraud and I told him this is sad and there’s lots of low life’s out there. Anyways been 3 days I haven’t heard a thing. I reported him to face book and some other government sites just waiting to hear back. Forgot to mention I’m from Canada. Scams are all over the place. Makes me feel sad that there are this many bad people out there. If anyone need anymore information bel582@aol.com I have pictures he sent me of him and son neighbour other army personel. Lucas says he was using another army personals cell phone to talk to me. I hope he gets caught
Justin
Recently my mother came across a guy by the name of Sgt Mark Lance serving in the US Army in Afghanistan. He is apparently 41 years old and divorced. she met him on metrodate.com with an email address ofsgtmlance@yahoo.com and he was apparently from philly, pa. After doing some digging on things tht did not sound right I came up with a few this that seem really fishy. The only real things I came up with on that name was a Lance Sgt Mark that died who was in the US Military.
All this seems really weird as just before that she was recently contacted by a Sgt B hunt asking for money. She has recently just come out of a 15 year relationship and is extremely vulnerable and as a Veteran and her son I am very careful and protective of her. Any info on this would be great I also have some pictures of this so called person if anyone wants to compare. I may start a site specifically for this and post all pictures an emails used up on this site. If anyone is interested in helping me please let me know, as a veteran I am disgusted at this and it is really making my stomach turn…the things I would do if I caught these inhumane pigs. logic82@gmail.com
carlette
Hi I have been talking with a us soldier named James Pelzer. We have talked several hours a day on yahoo. his email is jpelzer@yahoo.com. He said he was a us soldier stationed in lybia and he was to come home next year. He also stated that he was and e seargant and he delt with explosives. All of his pictures matched to his description and I even went back on all conversations and everything matched up. He was constantly chatting with me and said that he had a son that died but told me he loved me within weeks of chatting. He said in order for us to keep chatting he had to pay the soldier that was in charge of the computer room so the commander would not find out. so I was the stupid one that believed him and sent him 200.00 western union. he then asked for more money becasue he wanted to buy a phone because when he was on patrol he wanted to get a phone so he could call and text me. The more I read this I am believing I was scammed. The only thing I can’t understand is how presice and good and true that he stuck to his story. He would spend several hours talking and I never seemed to catch him in a lie. Then he asked me about early realise so he could come home. I confronted him on a scam and asked for his military id number and he said he will get it for me. Any help would be greatly appreciated because he has wasted time and money on my end and i can’t even sleep wondering if he is as true scam or not. Sounds like it after reading all these posts.
Thank you
carlette
sorry the email is jpelzer25@yahoo.com
sassie30662
I am talking to a George Collins Lopez. says he’s in the Army but if you look close at huis pics, you’ll see the man’s uniform says USN! I found this George on anothe scammer site too so BEWARE!!!
LOPEZ
im interested in knowing how you have been talking to this man because i have pics of him and he asked me to marry him too? send pics please thanks
joanne
lopez, i have been talking to a lopez too. is it possible that you maybe email that pics to me? you can mail me on
pittjoann@gmail.com
thank you. joanne
Madison
Scam-by-Calvin Clarence
Recently, I read your column and I am sending you two photos I received from a scammer. In November, 2011, I received an email from a Sgt. Calvin Clarence, calvin_time30@yahoo.com (for texting on cell ph) 111040101 and 111040602 with following introduction:
My name is Calvin Clarence. I was born on the 2nd of December, at Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida. I started A & A Children Academy at 6. I was very playful at school and it affected my academic works. I joined the Military academy at the age of 16. I was in the boarding school so my parents visit me once in a while. I didn’t spend much time at home. My mom was a head teacher and dad was in the medical field.
I fought in the Gulf war in 1990 to 1991. The gulf war was fought to liberate Kuwait from autocratic rule of the late Saddam. I had a pretty bad experience. I am an E-6 Staff Sergeant (SSG). I also act as a platoon sergeant in the absence of the Sergeant First Class. I am the leader of my squad. I am a non commission officer and I work in the junior management of the military. (Sound familiar?-Haggard) He goes on to say he is an honorable and God fearing man.
The soldier goes on to say he is widowed, 57, will be retiring within one month after 27 years of service, and has a nine year old son who will be celebrating his 10th birthday 11/15/11. The son, Elvis, lives with a caretaker, Ebenezer Djanator, 2516 Abelempke St, Accra, Ghana, 00233, phone #011-233547112476. The soldier has not seen his son for 2 1/2 years since he has been stationed in Afghanistan. Soldier’s plan is to retire, bring his son back to the States, find a mother for his son and partner to settle down with. He goes on to make all these plans including living in Lady Lake, Florida where he has a home on 700 acres, and wants to start up his deceased father’s Gold and Diamond mine business (Ghana). There is no record of a Calvin Clarence in Lady Lake or Lake County, Florida and no Calvin Clarence in the US Army.
After committing himself to you, he starts asking for money for a laptop for his son. He goes as far as to have someone pose as his son to call me. Then all of a sudden the child is hospitalized in Accra, Ghana, where money is needed to run tests as the soldier’s health insurance is NOT accepted by the hospital OR the doctor which is Dr. Francis cell phone #: 01123325489104, who starts calling me for money. Supposedly, the child has a tumor in his chest.
Well, as time goes on, the child’s condition worsens. Now I have a strong background in the rehabilitation field, ranging from all kinds of disabilities, but not limited to, mental, orthopedic to brain and spinal cord injuries. When I start asking questions, the parties, including the doctor, are not able to provide the appropriate answers such as name and phone number of hospital, types of tests administered, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment plan, medications, etc. All the parties give me the run-around. When I tell the soldier I can’ help financially, he asks me to sell my car, laptop, wants to know if I own my home, etc. anything to gain money. (No way). This scammer is very persistent.
Now the time has come for the soldier to retire. He has received his date of retirement 12/15/11. He is still pushing for money. He has been telling me since November that he is not able to access his funds and needs help. He leaves for Ghana to meet with his son, who is so ill (tumor in chest and in need of surgery ASAP, but doctor demanding money up front) that he may die before the soldier gets to him. Again, I remind the soldier that I cannot financially help him. Five days later, I receive an Instant Messenger email that the soldier has arrived in Accra, Ghana, and that the child is doing well and is out of the hospital BUT (guess what), the soldier advises me that he is STILL having money problems. He only has $1700 on him AND cannot get back to the States. Now the soldier claims that he had applied and received a $10,000 AER loan from the Army, BUT cannot access the money to date. No matter what suggestions I offer him, he rejects them – such as contacting American Red Cross, waiting until his funds are accessible, sending child ahead since surgery will be performed in the States, airfare websites for checking rates or asking his friends there in Ghana to help him. As you can see, I am not being very cooperative with him. He is not getting what he really wants – money!
Well, now the soldier and his son are stranded in Accra, Ghana, for how long only time will tell. I haven’t heard from him in several days. Probably, the next scenario will be his son has a relapse. My family and I have come to the conclusion that there are at least two individuals involved in this scam. These guys are good. Ladies beware. He approached me on OurTime.com, & used a friend’s profile, and asked that I chat with him in IM Yahoo.com. My mistake, ladies don’t ever do this no matter how sincere or convincing their request seems. At the time, I was not aware scammers would use US soldiers in their scams. I am concerned that the pictures sent to me are of a soldier and his son.They may not be aware of being used in this scam.
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Mary
I am looking for anyone who has been contacted by an E6 Staff Sgt Samuel Miller stationed in Kabul Afghanistan, claims to have a son in Ghana. He has send me a picture of himself. I need to know if this guy is for real. If not, how or where can I look for the real soldier. these scammers are using his photo.
Anonn
@ Mary No he is NOT real the Son in Ghana is way to scammerish he lives in Ghana he is NOT US Military if he were real he would have no time to sit and patrol dating sites he would be to busy trying to contact his Family this time of the year real military members are only concerned about their loved ones especially this time of the year they have no time for patrolling social networks but scammers do they have time on their hands they are beggars liars and thieves
Ask to see him on cam for 30 minutes to an hour any excuses=SCAMMER
Ask him to email you from his AKO hint it will end with .mil NOT .mil.com or.mil.net JUST .Mil anything extra FAKE
Ask him to send you a copy of his State ID Card and Military ID
Ask lots of questions they know nothing about the military so they get pissed when you ask to many questions
Turn the tables on him tell him you need Money sent through moneygram or western union and if he makes up the old I cant access my fund SCAMMER as military has access to their money at ALL times.
Cammie
Hey TREVOR! It’s SSSGT. Jeremy Terrazas. U.S. Marines. I just got back from Afghanistan. Would like 2 chat before I deploy again. Hope ur still at this #. Please reply ASAP! Have news of who was killed in combat. Funerals this week!
Me and several women have been or are currently being scammed by this person. Also uses the names Jeremy Stenberg, Trevor, Jeremy Steinberg His number was 8182036994 then it changed to 8187318308. He may be using a third number the 203 number no longer works. There are recent posts about him.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-818-203-6994
Elizabeth Morgan
I would appreciate any information on a American/Australian Sergeant Mark Adams based in Afghanistan at the moment. Profile on R.S.V.P and Badoo as Jack. Have photos. Any information would be much appreciated. many many thanks.
Anonn
Ask to see him on cam for 30 minutes to an hour any excuses=SCAMMER
Ask him to email you from his AKO hint it will end with .mil NOT .mil.com or.mil.net JUST .Mil anything extra FAKE
Ask him to send you a copy of his State ID Card and Military ID
Ask lots of questions they know nothing about the military so they get pissed when you ask to many questions
kristen
Ok I have been reading about these scams and I need some help. I met a guy off Facebook who claims to be a soldier his name is jack stone and he’s 45, he has 10 year old daughter named Jane. He’s really great and he seems too good to be true. Well anyway we have been talking for a few months and I have a few pics. Is there a way to check to see if he’s real or not? I’m worried hes a scam before I actually fall anymore for this guy. The thing that worries me is he said he used to work for a company and they owe him money that he has to pay the tax on. He wanted to have the check sent to me and then me pay the tax. But I told him I wasn’t getting involved. Ithis is such a drama and I want to know if he’s real, also if he isn’t the real soldier needs to know someone is using his pictures. Any help would be great, before I go out of my mind!
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Anonn
@ Richard why are you here with this garbage this is a BLOG about military romance scammers please go fu** yourself with your rants a nd BS we dont care stupid ass TROLL!
E
Where can I send a picture of a soldier and his details , I want to know where the real soldier is please , it will give me piece of mind after I have been scam .
jenny
Yes this Colonel Monroy please get in contacted with me Silvia as i am interested as this Monroy told me he was a Colonal for the US Army and i have photo’s of this man and i wonder if he the same man that contacted you Silvia
Rosemarie Bower
I met a us soldier through Flirt, here in the UK.H is name was Sgt Micheal Pedersen [He wasn't the Michael Pedersen killed in 2003 as he did'nt ressemble him at all]He left an email for me saying he would like to chat as he was based in afghanistan and wanted to chat with someone.I tried to put him off as he said he was 46yrs old and 6ft tall and I asked him if he was having a laugh as I am 64yrs old and 4ft 9ins tall.I never heard off him then a couple of days later another e mail came saying he wanted to chat on yahoo so sent my yahoo mail address and thought nothing more about him as I was in a relationship with someone else at the time.This Sgt pedersen contacted me through yahoo a couple weeks later and we started chatting .All the time we were chatting his photo was there and really thought I was chatting to him. he told me was alone divorced from his wife for 5hlf yrs had no children and his mother died just before he was deployed to afghan. For over 2mnths this chat went on how he thought a lot of me and wanted to be part of my life . He then went on to say that he wanted to come on leave to see and meet me and told me to say that I was ill and needed him here to look after me this happened just after the new year. I must tell you I am a widow and my late husband never treated me or talked to me like this soldier did.I had already told him if he thinks I’m one of those rich widows he could think again as all my husband left was a mountain of debts which I was still paying off 7yrs after his death.Last week he asked to for £300 to help him get out of afghan then I knew it was’nt this soldier whose photo I was looking at I was chatting to it was someone in SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA.Please this soldier who I still have on my laptop can anyone help me find out who he is . He has a beautiful smile the name Pedersen is on the sleeve of his jacket and above the pocket. I typed in his name and this soldier is definitly not the Michael Pedersen killed in 2003.I must mention there is like a gold star above his name on his sleeve. The photo is of him sitting down and a little boy leaning on him wearing this soldier’s sunglasses . the caption used on the flirt site was “where are my sunglasses ….”. I don’t know if this photo was taken in IRAQ or AFGHANISTAN. I haven’t long in this world and would really like to know the fate of this soldier. his lovely smile is with me always and until I know what’s happened to him that smile will never fade and will always wonder if he is one of your fallen or alive and well .
sincerely yours
Mrs Rosemarie Bower .
Prestatyn, North Wales UK
rose
comigo esta acontecendo a mesma historia ele se chama henry jackson , e diz que o seu pai foi veterano na guerra do vietnan, disse que perdeu a namorada há 5 anos num acidente de carro e sempre manda email dizendo que quer se casar comigo e diz que esta morrendo de amor por mim,e agora inventou que tem muito dinheiro aplicado em banco de dubai e necessita retirar o dinheiro e precisa de mim ,me deu o email de um advogado em dubai para eu negociar a transferencia do dinheiro para minha conta , mas para isso o advogado precisa ativar a conta para fazer a transferencia… percebi logo que era golpistas e me enviou fotos de soldados e tbm usa muito o nome de Deus … então esse suposto advogado que com certeza é ele mesmo com outro email ,me disse que para ativar a conta é preciso fazer um deposito de 2000 dolares ou seja mais o menos uns 4 mil reais… mas eu sou muito desconfiada e não acredito em amor por internet…fiquem espertas porque eles usam fotos dos soldados americanos para fazer esses golpes..
Lisa Jones
Send me your emails and I have a pic for you to check out.
teresa
staff sgnt anderson young….real or scam…would love to know for sure.
teresa
UPDATE………just got someone who is in the know about computers to do a reverse ip address search and it came up,LAGOS in NIGERIA..when he had told me he was on tour of duty in pakistan….so to any women being contacted by mrandersonyoung@yahoo.com please be aware he is a scammer….luckily for me i felt insecure about him within 2wks of chattin and gave him nothing….i hope this helps others to do the same.
Becky
So my mom has been talking to Alvin McGarvey since July 2011 and today he asked her to send him $1600 to pay for his and Jim’s plane fare after having sent his son money for his “birthday”. I told her that it seemed very strange that the airport had lost all of his bags and documents so here we are looking him up. Thanks for all your help!
Anonn
@ becky tell your Mom it is a scam and this is a scammer tell her to tell him to get on cam and prove who he is for an hour or more webcam chat any excuses it is a scammer also tell her that they can prerecord video chats so tell her if he gets on cam to have him do something like touch his nose or stand or do something to make sure it is an interactive chat
US Military takes care of its own it has been said many times here they will not need your money for any reason Military members will NOT find you on any social network and ask you for money or for any type of assistance even money for a FAKE flight like this lying African is doing to your Mom if she sends the money she will either NEVER hear from this lying African or he will invent a new lie and beg for more money he is an African not a REAL Military Member Anonn
Grace Washington
I, was tagged by a soldier by the name of Donald Celestino stationed in Kabul Afghanistan on Jan 16 ’12. A few days later we traded email address but surprisingly one day I received a new email request from Donald Celestino telling me that his email was hacked.
About 2 days later this person contacted me on yahoo and was talking about doing business in and would like me to send him $24,000.00 but i told him to call me and we can talk about it , he called couple hours later and from the time this idiot started to talk i knew he was an African and was using Donald Celestino pics as his own to scam people.
I would love to meet Donald Celestino if he is still existing. Please help me find him
Thanking you in advance
Rgds
Grace
Stephanie
I have been contacted by a Sgt. Brian Witt, 48yo, deployed to Afganistan, from San Diego CA, has 22yo son. He has not asked me for anything, and he seems like a nice guy. I have been reading all your posts and now I am wondering if maybe he is a scammer too? Anyone know anything? How do I find out. I have pictures too. My email is sle6962@yahoo.com. Thanks for your help.
Anonn
@ Stephanie this guy is a SCAMMER using a Fallen soldiers last Name I have read about this Many times google the Name it will probably send you back here tell him to get on webcam and prove to you who he is for an hour or more also tell him to scan and send you a copy f his Military ID and his State ID Card (Military ID will not be green nor will it say Military ID Card
If he asks you for ANY type of assistance he is a scammer
ask him to email you from his Military ID it should end in .mil anything past .mil is a SCAM
Ask him for his military mailing address and then google it
Military will NOT be in Nigeria nor Ghana There is NO Military Base in Nigeria NOT even a tent camp.
Wendy
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I’ve got a new one for everyone to be aware. RAYMOND TOMAX,, Special forces. don’t have his E-mail. He is so full of shit, by the third phone call, he was in love with me and couldn’t get me out of his mind. Of course, the end of the third phone call he is asking me to pay for some privacy phone $410.00. If he wants to hear my lovey voice to can pay for it himself. I don’t know how many times I told him he was crazy, don’t even know each other. I didn’t realize this scamming was so common. I wish we could stop this so vulnerable hard working women don’t lose their money or their heart.
Stephanie
I did what others have suggested on this site and asked Sgt. Brian Witt to email me via his military email address and here are my emails. He is a scammer ladies, please beware. I have also sent the emails to the dating site…large friends.com to have him removed from there.
From: Brian Witt
To: sle6962@yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:53 AM
Subject: RE: Something on my mind?
Hello Stephanie,
Thanks for your email and i want you to know that you have asked a good question and i want you to know that the add is right but we only email the Department Of Defense with this. Its as simple as that and you havent asked for anything much.
Brian.
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 03:04:04 -0500
> Subject: Something on my mind?
> From: sle6962@yahoo.com
> To: silvermoon13@live.com
>
> Hi Brian, I woke up out of a dead sleep thinking about this. So I guess I am going to ask. When I heard the news report on my local station last night, I felt sorry for the woman/women who this has happened to, but it doesn’t pertain to me. Heck you haven’t asked me for anything. So I let it go.
>
> Well, now waking up thinking about it, I thought I would ask anyway, no big deal really and I didn’t think you would mind giving it to me. The report said to ask the gentleman in service for his military email address to show he was a real soldier. So, if you would please email through your military email I can get this off my mind. I didn’t think you would mind me asking. Thanks a lot. Talk to you soon. Kisses. Be safe and God bless you and your men. Stephanie
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless smartphone
Stephanie
I would like to send in his photo to you also, but I don’t kow where to send it. If someone would get back to me that would be great. My email is sle6962@yahoo.com. Thank you.
Dawn
I met this man on a dating website called Badoo..his name is David Watkins says he lives in california, has a 15 yr old son and lost his wife to cancer 6 yrs ago. Is a General in the army..when i saw the pics he sent me i could see his name on the uniform..but i noticed the corporal badge on his hat..i called him on it..and he said that the pics were taken before he went to afgan..and that hes been there non stop for two yrs..hasnt been home. His mom is swedish and dad is american..that they met when they both were in UNISEF. He only get on his gmail name of watkinsd9@gmail.com . Hes been writing non stop about how much he loves me and im his one and only. I offered to send him a care package..like most people do..well he gives me a Ghana address to send it to another man that will give it to him direcetly. Then tonite he asked me if i could recieve a package from him caring 2.5 million dollars in american money even sent me a photo of what this box would look like. Im like a ok this doesnt seem right. He says hes going to hire a diplomat to deliver it too me.. ok im sorry but ive sent care packages to soliders before and i didnt have to send it to africa…if anyone has ran into this man David Watkins..please tell me..ive done a google search even a military search online in the state of california and i found nothing on his man… your help would be nice because ive not given him any information yet..and i have not sent the care package either.
Thanks
Dawn
Terry
can you please check on John William Ramos for me and send me any pictures you have, he is kabul and I need to know if he is real
Vegas
Hello everyone. I believe I am being scammed as we speak. Thank goodness for this website. His name is Steve Goslowsky Captain of US Army deployed in Afghanistan on the war region for past 9 months. His email is stevegoslowsky@yahoo.com He also has fallen in love with me and promising me everything after finding me on facebook . Wants me to write a letter to the US Army asking for a release. He sent me an example letter and a bogus email to the US Army as well… I have a few pictures he has sent me . I have tried to google his name and I find nothing. Also , too many red flags. I believe he is using stolen pictures after some research i have been doing.. If anyone else is in contact with him and thinks its a scam. please contact me and I can send pics.
Thanks