Information on romance scams and scammers.
#308582 by reyna Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:56 pm
hi i have been to a guy named Michael Hernandez in the army he says he is in africa and needs me to help with his leave he sent me a picture of the paper but it seemed weird to me. he says that he has a daughter and that his wife died in a horrible car accident like 3 years back and that is own his own and his daughter has a nanny and sometime leave with her grand paraents its funny how they say oh i cant talk or i have bad service and i need help with a itunes gift card to update my phone or send me money to get a new phone so i told him that who was he trying to play and that i wasnt falling for his scam he said he swears he isnt like that but i knew all along we been talking for months and met off badoo just be aware of they low lifes trying to scam hardworking honest people
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#308680 by RedAlert Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:41 am
Hi, I too was fooled by a man I met on a dating site, we were emailing each other for 5 days, then he asked me if I would help him get Leave from the army, so that he can come be with me, I said yes of course, then he said in order for him to get Leave I would have to pay a small token to the army about $500-$1000. Well as you could imagine alarm bells started ringing!! This was yesterday, I decided to investigate it and am very glad that I came across this scamwarners website. I am so grateful I didn't get scammed from him. I believe he is using a fake identity. He has still been emailing me but I have since ceased to email him back. Thanks scamwarners!!
#308699 by Tim Atem Mon Oct 10, 2016 6:03 am
Thank you for posting. Could you also post the leave request emails with your personal information removed? Be sure to include the email addresses and any phone numbers they're using. This will help warn others.

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#308715 by sheyyylah Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:26 am
Hi Im sheila From philippines im asking for an advice and help to let me know if this man is saying the truth. someone added me on Facebook named willison Lee, an US army force no.US/e4/6789KPM. as he said and now currently based on syria for peace keeping mission. he said he was badly shoot and broke his leg, he sent me pictures of it and i ask him to talk in skype to ensure if its true. he refuses because phones are not allowed inside the camp.he told me about his life story but i didnt really believe on him. but from time to time of our chat he told me he confess for love and marriage he ask me to help for his immediate discharge and message his General mario Cleff on this email. [email protected]. its ridiculous hes asking for a payment of 460$ on his documents. and send it tho this account info. RAKBANK NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER; FLORA Gosbert KAKWEZI AE260 ACCOUNT NUMBER 0572489138001 SWIFT CODE 40000 89138001 05724; NRAKAEAK ADDRESS; Hisn Fort roundabout, Bank Street, Rolla SHARJAH UAE. and now all of his thoughts are terrible i dont know if i would believe . I want to figure out if this man really exist. i think its a scam its been 3 weeks hes contacting me but i didn't send anything. please hElp me about this..thanks.
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#308716 by Tim Atem Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:29 am
Yes, it's a scam and it's all lies. Military do not pay for their discharge, or leave or medical or anything like that. Stop all communication with him and do not tell him you know he's a scammer. Just let him think you fell off the face of the planet and ignore any further emails from him.

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#308720 by sheyyylah Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:40 am
would you help me to figure out this man willison lee (FORCE NUMBER: US/e4/6789PKM) AND I want to ask is it really true tat when a soldier plead for early discharge the family will pay for it?
#308722 by sheyyylah Mon Oct 10, 2016 9:51 am
RedAlert wrote:Hi, I too was fooled by a man I met on a dating site, we were emailing each other for 5 days, then he asked me if I would help him get Leave from the army, so that he can come be with me, I said yes of course, then he said in order for him to get Leave I would have to pay a small token to the army about $500-$1000. Well as you could imagine alarm bells started ringing!! This was yesterday, I decided to investigate it and am very glad that I came across this scamwarners website. I am so grateful I didn't get scammed from him. I believe he is using a fake identity. He has still been emailing me but I have since ceased to email him back. Thanks scamwarners!!





its happen to me also now hes sending me photos of him inside te camp he said he is in abroken leg and ask me to help for ealr discharge
#308723 by sheyyylah Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:01 am
thank you for the information! thats why im asking here if oter people authorized to apply for immediate discharge of asoldier, coz i dont anything about us army ,and im not american.
#309561 by MARIA_ANALISA Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:31 am
Hi,
Im not sure if this is real happenng to me. Ive meet someone online as as what he said he is a us navy deploy in Uk, he want to visiy my county but to do that he ask me to send the leave of absence to [email protected]. i just read your story here that anymore from outside military cannot make a request on behalf. Secondly, how can i check if this person is legit UD Navy basr in UK. Please help me.
#309563 by Bryon Williams Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:35 am
It is 100% a scam.

The person you are in contact with is a scammer and he is playing all roles in this scam.

Please post your scammers name, email address and a couple of his initial emails to you.

Stop all contact with the thief. Do not confront him..

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#309567 by Bryon Williams Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:38 am
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.



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.

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