locating army personnel - Sgt Richard Nelson

Hello, I found another scammer with a bunch of pictures that I want to post. His current name on facebook is Richard Brook. He seems to have no fear at this time. he told me he lost his gun and it cost $4600. to buy one from a dealer

New name on FB SGT Richard Thomas. Also has managed to scam my sister in law out of $15,000. Supposedly lives in Texas, is currently in Afghanistan due to injury and adoption. I know this person is a scammer and she keeps sending money to a woman in Texas by the name of Connie (his representative).

Hello Jsmedley,
Sorry to hear about your sister. If possible, please post one to the emails asking tor money to be sent to Texas. Include the email addresses being used and any known telephone numbers.

I have been contacted on Facebook via friend request by a Steven Campbell. He claims to be a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. I have googled his images and found them on this site. He claims he is divorced and has an 8year old daughter in Miami Florida. He says he is currently on his final peace keeping mission in Iraq. He has professed his love for me and has tried very hard to take advantage of the fact that I am divorced and probably sees me as being vulnerable.
I am attaching some links to the photos he's using and just hope that he is stopped.
I'm reporting his profile to Facebook administration and blocking him.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 886&type=3

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=5714A0B2

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... 5914_n.jpg?
oh=3675b9cc99890828a42bead7a9428c45&oe=57188713

These pictures were stolen by a scammer to commit internet fraud. The real soldier in the photo's is not part of the scam. He and his family are also a victims. The real soldier does not want to be contacted about his photo's being used. He like all victims want to put their lives in peace.

Sgt Richard Nelson

I have several pictures of this man. He is calling himself Richard Wayne Breck age 38. Just had a birthday January 10th. We have been communicating for about 6 months. I have to say I am heartbroken. He never asked me for money only candies and cookies etc. He uses a cell phone 281-915-2440. Wanted me to send to him via his diplomat in Ganah Abdul. He has told me of rebels stealing their pictures and using them. He started out on fb. Then i had about 4 or 5 men with the same name trying to contact me with the same name. RICHARD BRECK. He texted me saying to just talk to him on this number that all the others were hackers. I wish I knew for sure this is indeed a hacker. I'm am just heartbroken over this. I have never heard of anything like this. It's so wrong for the soldier and his other victims us!..
[email protected]

It is 100% a scam.

Military members do not pay for leave. They earn free leave each year. Also only the member can request leave through his chain of command. His wife, mother, children nor internet girlfriend can do this. Also they would never have contact with his chain of command.

Military members have access to their money. They also do not pay for phones, internet or medical.

Please stop all contact with the scammer. If you confront him he will continue to lie.

Post his email address. This will help other women avoid his scam.

This is a warning from the Army about this scam.
http://www.army.mil/article/130861/Army ... nce_scams/

QUANTICO, Va. (July 30, 2014) -- Special Agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as CID, are once again warning internet users worldwide about cyber criminals involved in an online crime that CID has dubbed "the Romance Scam."

CID special agents continue to receive numerous reports from victims located around the world regarding various scams of persons impersonating U.S. Soldiers online. Victims are usually unsuspecting women, 30 to 55 years old, who believe they are romantically involved with an American Soldier, yet are being exploited and ultimately robbed, by perpetrators who strike from thousands of miles away.

"We cannot stress enough that people need to stop sending money to persons they meet on the internet and claim to be in the U.S. military," said Chris Grey, Army CID's spokesman.

"It is very troubling to hear these stories over and over again of people who have sent thousands of dollars to someone they have never met and sometimes have never even spoken to on the phone," Grey said.

The majority of the "romance scams," are being perpetrated on social media and dating-type websites where unsuspecting females are the main target.

The criminals are pretending to be U.S. servicemen, routinely serving in a combat zone. The perpetrators will often take the true rank and name of a U.S. Soldier who is honorably serving his country somewhere in the world, or has previously served and been honorably discharged, then marry that up with some photographs of a Soldier off the internet, and then build a false identity to begin prowling the internet for victims.

The scams often involve carefully worded romantic requests for money from the victim to purchase special laptop computers, international telephones, military leave papers, and transportation fees to be used by the fictitious "deployed Soldier" so their false relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address.

Once victims are hooked, the criminals continue their ruse.

"We've even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to purchase "leave papers" from the Army, help pay for medical expenses from combat wounds or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone," said Grey.

These scams are outright theft and are a grave misrepresentation of the U.S. Army and the tremendous amount of support programs and mechanisms that exist for Soldiers today, especially those serving overseas, said Grey.

Along with the romance-type scams, CID has been receiving complaints from citizens worldwide that they have been the victims of other types of scams -- once again where a cyber crook is impersonating a U.S. service member. One version usually involves the sale of a vehicle; where the service member claims to be living overseas and has to quickly sell their vehicle because they are being sent to another duty station. After sending bogus information regarding the vehicle, the seller requests the buyer do a wire transfer to a third party to complete the purchase. When in reality, the entire exchange is a ruse for the crook to get the wire transfer and leave the buyer high and dry, with no vehicle.

Army CID continues to warn people 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 discussing marriage.

The majority of these scams have a distinct pattern to them, explained Grey.

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." They often say they are widowers and raising a young child on their own to pull on the heartstrings of their victims.

"We've even seen where the criminals said that the Army won't allow the Soldier to access their personal bank accounts or credit cards," said Grey.

All lies, according to CID officials.

"These perpetrators, often from other countries, most notably from West African countries, are good at what they do and quite familiar with American culture, but the claims about the Army and its regulations are ridiculous," said Grey.

The Army reports that numerous very senior officers and enlisted Soldiers throughout the Army have had their identities stolen to be used in these scams.

To date, there have been no reports to Army CID indicating any U.S. service members have suffered any financial loss as a result of these attacks. Photographs and actual names of U.S. service members have been the only thing utilized. On the contrary, the victims have lost thousands.

One victim revealed that she had sent more than $60,000 to the scammer. Another victim from Great Britain told CID officials that over the course of a year, she had sent more than $75,000 to the con artists.

"The criminals are preying on the emotions and patriotism of their victims," added Grey.

The U.S. has established numerous task force organizations to deal with this and other growing issues; unfortunately, the people committing these scams are using untraceable email addresses on Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., routing accounts through numerous locations around the world, and utilizing pay-per-hour Internet cyber cafes, which often times maintain no accountability of use. The ability of law enforcement to identify these perpetrators is very limited, so individuals must stay on the alert and be personally responsible to protect themselves.

"Another critical issue is we don't want victims who do not report this crime walking away and thinking that a U.S. serviceman has ripped them off when in fact that serviceman is honorably serving his country and often not even aware that his pictures or identity have been stolen," said Grey.

What to look for:

DON'T EVER SEND MONEY! Be extremely suspicious if you are asked for money for transportation costs, communication fees or marriage processing and medical fees.

Carefully check out the stories you are being told. If it sounds suspicious, there is a reason, it's routinely false -- trust your instincts.

If you do start an internet-based relationship with someone, check them out, research what they are telling you with someone who would know, such as a current or former service member.

Be very suspicious if you never get to actually speak with the person on the phone or are told you cannot write or receive letters in the mail. Servicemen and women serving overseas will often have an APO or FPO mailing address. Internet or not, service members always appreciate a letter in the mail.

Military members have an email address that end in ".mil." If the person you are speaking with cannot sent you at least one email from a ".mil" (that will be the very LAST part of the address and nothing after), then there is a high probability they are not in the military.

Many of the negative claims made about the military and the supposed lack of support and services provided to troops overseas are far from reality -- check the facts.

Be very suspicious if you are asked to send money or ship property to a third party or company. Often times the company exists, but has no idea or is not a part of the scam.

Be aware of common spelling, grammatical or language errors in the emails.

Be cognizant of foreign and regional accents that do not match the person's story.

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Report the theft to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (FBI-NW3C Partnership) at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx.

Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission at http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft.

Your report helps law enforcement officials across the United States in their investigations.

Report the theft by phone at 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY, 1-866-653-4261.

Report the theft by mail at the following address:

Identity Theft Clearinghouse
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC 20580

Report the fraud by email to the Federal Trade Commission on Nigerian Scams via at [email protected].

For more information on CID, visit http://www.cid.army.mil.

My name is xxxxxxxxx, I was talking to this person that was going by Richard Mark Weston at the time, he said he was on a peace keeping mission in Iraq, he supposed son and mother in law from his widowed wife, I have multiple adresses and phone numbers, Ssn numbers they sent me, even sent me roses, I seen story's on here were he is now saying he has a little girl and the dead wife is me, please contact me via Facebook with images, I think this sicko is using my photos and my girls photos, he is still trying to contact me and is under the impression I'm going to send him money, the full name of the person part of the scam that has a id and can pick up money is Jennifer Lawson, he is claiming he has a son named James blond haired blur eyed, calling him james, the location Name: Jennifer Lawson Country:Ghana Code:00233 City: Tamale. Money gram transfer. I have plenty of images and information,

I have been scammed by a person using the same pictures, except he calls himself Sgt. Richard Oliver Jude. Yes, I have lost money, but at least it has stopped. He contacted me on the Seal of Honor site on Facebook. In fact, I was also contacted by another scammer on that FB page. I always take the time to post my condolences of the fallen soldiers. This is also how these scammers fish for potential victims. We started our conversation in November. It progressed to the point to where he asked me to email this email for the military, so I can request replacement for him. I did not know at the time that a civilian cannot ask for replacement. Only the soldier can. The email is [email protected]. He said he put me on the military contact list and also as a beneficiary, so I was like a wife to him. I wasn't looking for love at all. I just have a soft heart and always want to help whenever I can. However, when they asked me for $2050.00 in fees to accomplish this, I knew this could not be right. So I looked at some sites and found where others are or have gone through the same thing. He always wants to talk on messenger; however, I told him I was done with this garbage and he should read my email. In my email I told him I wanted to believe him, but in order to do that, he must provide the following to me. 1) an official email from the .mil address 2) a copy of his ID card 3) The name of his deceased wife and the date of her death 4) His address here in the states (said he was from Texas, but has LSU t-shirts and clothing in his pics) and 5) a real time picture of him with a sign that has my name and the date today. Needless to say, I never heard back from him. I took his broken English for the fact that he said he was an orphan since 14, his parents died in a crash. He joined the Marines when he could. He met his wife when he was 18, the love of his life. She then also died from illness. He has a daughter...single dad. The nanny takes care of her. In fact, the nanny adopted him when he was orphaned. She is a good woman, so he says. His mother was English, so was his wife. I thought that is why his expressions were very English, and his penchant for broken English was maybe because he didn't have much schooling. I assumed wrong on all that, of course. We did become friends on Facebook. One thing that I am glad I did early on in Facebook, is that my friends are visible only to me. The other thing is I do not divulge my location. I put LaLamusa as my location. Also, I just deleted my previous employment. I also deactivated my account for a few days as well as change my profile picture. Besides that, he did delete his facebook account early on in our "relationship". I did save many of the emails as well as the messenger chats. Also, he kept changing his email address. I just checked them all and none are active. I also checked the IP address for a lot of his emails. Indeed, one did show UK/England. This is why his conversation was more "English" in response, rather than American. Things like "hun" and "my mum". The foods like London Broil and Brunswick stew. No American man would know those, I think. He bilked me out of $2000. Yes, it is a lot for me, but in the end it's only money, and I am rid of him. Pretty sure it is a Nigerian scam. Said he was deployed to W. Africa/Nigeria, Borno region. Now I believe there are not US troops in Nigeria? Oh, and if that were not enough. I received 2 emails...supposedly from the FBI or International organization warning me that there is no such person as Richard Oliver Jude and this is a Nigerian scam. The thing is, their spelling and grammar was also very bad. So I never responded. I mean, they knew that I had been sending him money and still was "chating" (their spelling on messenger. I just ended everything and shut down my messenger as well. I want to simplify my life, not complicate it with all this cloak and dagger stuff! I am writing this in hopes that it may help others who find themselves in the same situation. Yes, it is heartbreaking, and it is like grieving for someone who has died. Because one forms emotional attachments to this person. It almost becomes like an addiction. It is good to go cold turkey, stop, and let go. Time will take care of all wounds. The thing I feel so badly about is this. These soldiers put their lives on the line...and they have their pictures stolen by evil persons who use it for scamming and fraud purposes. This is so sad. God bless our servicemen and much respect to them for having to put up will all of this! I am going to attach a picture that has not been seen anywhere. In fact...I have several more. I will work on them...especially where a little girl is shown in a few of them (will block her face), etc. I will post at a later time. Here is one of him that I re-sized and marked as fake. Thank you for your time and your ears.

Apparently I am having problems with the URL's for posting pictures. Can I have someone assist me with this. Believe it or not, I did follow the "how to post pictures" instruction. Sorry... MK

[AlanJones]

I've fixed the image tabs in your first post. You are adding an extra image tag. You should just be able to take what scamwarners gives you and paste it into a post here.

Can you also post the email address and name that the fake soldier is using and also samples of some of the messages that he has sent you.

Yes, I will do this later. I will gather all the email addresses, as well as I have about 5 more pictures that do not show up on scammers, but that are definitely him. I will have to block out his daughter's faces in them first. I sure hope this soldier can one day be free from these nefarious acts.

Goes by the name Richard Oliver Jude. Shows Russia, where he says he is on a peacekeeping mission. Then suddenly deployed to West Africa. I fell for it...sigh I will find his email addresses used and some of his emails. I also screen captured some of the messenger chats. Do you want those as well?

Did my image post?

Here are some of the email addresses used by this fake soldier, Richard Oliver Jude. Also his Messenger ID's. I am also copy and pasting the email for his replacement from the bogus [email protected]


Email addresses used:
[email protected] (This was his last email used)
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
And Yahoo Messenger names used:
sgt_richard.oliejd
sgt_richardpk

Letter from bogus [email protected] for replacement for Richard Oliver Jude

Attention,

We receive a request for an R@R Replacement on behalf of Richard Oliver Jude, we already began the processing of the Replacement and we have contacted Richard about it and he has confirmed that he knows you.

Meanwhile, we will need to make a proper verification between the both of you to know exactly if you are truly close and related as you have stated and the one way to do this is stated below.

Verification of your address is in progress.

Therefore, there is an ISAF number for every soldier which is a confidential number for every soldier on deployment so you are to request this number from Richard and which is the final step of verification, if it what we have from you match what we have in record then the approval will take place.

However, the leave request will incur some paper work, procurement and Logistic fees to hand the Lieutenant a liberty Pass for him to leave the camp ASAP.

Below are the charges for paper work and logistics which must be paid before the Replacement will finally approve.

Below are the stated charges

Paper Work Fee : 600USD
Logistic fee: 450 USD
Procurement Fee: 1000 USD
Total 2,050USD

Meanwhile the Replacement is in process and been verified so we request you to make the payment of the above name fee in care of The US.Army to the Logistic Commander in charge of of the Replacement request.

Therefore payment can be made via,

Bank Transfer, Flit Cash,Money Gram,Western Union Money Transfer. Due to poor economic issues the payment should be made via Money Gram Transfer which is the best and safest way to make the payment due to your location and the Logistic Commander’s Location as we could not establish a direct link for transfer with the banks available so preferable Money Gram is the best required.

Therefore payment of the above stated fee are to be sent to the Logistic commander who will process and handle the logistic Replacement of the Soldier, after you have sent the fee reply this email with the transfer information as stated below.
C/O

Name: Lisa Taylor
City: Athens
State: Alabama
Postal code 33615
Country: USA

Note: Please After payment you are to scan the copy of the receipt and send us a copy of the file or reply this email with the following information.

Senders name:

Senders Address:

Ref NUMBER:

Secret text:

Secret Answer:

ISAF NUMBER:

NOTE: I found this Lisa Taylor via [Removed AJ]. I was so tempted to call her, but I did not. Is she part of this mix?