I will take the risk, as I really need to know if I am the victim of a scammer impersonating military personnel.
I searched the net and found your site by chance early this morning and started having lots of doubts.
Please find here below the details I have at my disposal about this US soldier:
Name: Jeesus Sanchez; Division: 101 airborne Artillery; Military rank: E6; Phone No: +995 555 29 17 41; email address
[email protected].
He also gave me his UNIT email address:
[email protected].
I met this US soldier on a dating site at the beginning of August 2017. He asked me for my phone number to better communicate via Whatsapp. He first told me he was in the Netherlands. He talked about meeting after only a few days’ chat and said: “if we are to meet it will be on rest and recreational leave of 45 days and I am scared I can’t use my card to purchase the ticket. Maybe if we like each other then we can proceed to leave application then you can cover the leave and ticket part and when you come to pick me at the airport you will have the refund” but I refused.
He then informed me he had been deployed to IRAQ. He added that he liked me (we had exchanged photos and I was fond of him too) and would like to keep on texting with me and having calls and video calls with me but that it had to be on a SECURE MILITARY LINE, that it is wasn’t a must but that a secure line would be a lot safer for him.
He said he was not allowed to use WHATSAPP or HIS MILITARY ADDRESS because “if they find out I am on here then I am going to end up in trouble”. He also said that SKYPE was not permitted because “they blocked video call on Middle East soil after a soldier was shot in the head while on video call with his family”. He also told me he may not receive my LETTERS, if I wrote.
He gave me the LINK of a satellite communication company
http://www.ts2.pl to have a look at. First, he told me the cost for a secure military line was 650 euros for unlimited use. I got suspicious about his request, we argued, I said I didn’t believe him but then he found some sentimental and tearful way to convince me. Later on, he said the price was lower (530 euros) and we could go half half. I finally accepted. He asked me to send an email to his unit to tell them "I was on secure line with him" and I signed the message (name and surname).
I was a little bit surprised by the email ending (usa.com) though and told him. As far as I knew, all US military emails ended in .mil. He replied I was not trusting him again.
I was then told to send my part (285 euros) to MR. DAVID HORTON – TBLISI GEORGIA (Russia), he gave me the IBAN code of LIBERTY BANK, 74 ilia Chavchavadze Avenue. He said I had to send the money to the GEORGIA NATO BASE, because he was first deployed there and there we could find the secretary taking care of secure lines. He asked me to use AZIMO.COM to transfer the money.
I effected the payment through AZIMO.COM, but fortunately I used a prepaid card. The site first rejected the transfer because they do not accept prepaid cards but then processed the payment and debited my card by mistake. AZIMO.COM wrote to my bank to confirm that they will never get the money and that the funds will be unfreezed in about 1/2 weeks (so I am waiting to be refunded…hopefully).
As AZIMO.COM only accepts bank transfers, he asked me to submit the funds quickly as he had little data left on whatsapp. Yesterday he told me he pawned his watch to be ready to pay his part because he had no access to his account in the Middle East. I was about to transfer the amount this morning but, after reading lots of posts on your site, I found an excuse.
I have not stopped texting him as he might think that I am not trusting him again and get suspicious. He showed me photos of him with his son, he showed me photos of him wearing his uniform and his surname and military rank are well visible. I am so confused and disappointed and still hope he is not fooling me… Thank you very much for your help and support.
