i think this is a scam- 03/03/2011-south africa

[bubbles50]

I have been chatting to this person by the name of Thomas Adams email [email protected]et. A few days ago he said he want me to request Vacation leave from the US Army because he is Afghanistan. I am not from America so I don't know anything about the military. I filled in the Vacation form requesting for his 12 weeks leave
But then I received a letter back to say that in order for him to get his leave I must pay 1500 in UD into an account via Western Union. I started getting this funny feeling in my gut. And send him an email to say I a
not by the means in anyway to pay this money and I will never have it.This is the address where the money must be sent to:
Name: Anderson Woods
City : London
Country : United Kingdom
He contacted me this evening to say that I must go to yahoo messenger at 10.00pm south african time and use this address: [email protected]. What do I do I am sure this is a scam from what I read here

[bubbles50]

[email protected] this is the address I got from him

<Moved from N&A and merged with this thread - Michael>

[GomerPyle]

He is a scammer without any doubt bubbles50.

American soldiers don't buy leave. If they're entitled to it, they get it free.

The US Army doesn't receive money using Western Union. Western Union can only receive money sent to private individuals. Any money you pay won't go to the Army it will go in to a scammer's pocket.

The scammer is also a fool because he has said that the money must be sent to London.

The scammer isn't in London or Afghanistan. He has told you where he is - South Africa. The location shown on the payment won't matter if the scammer gets the payment details from you.

Delete his mails and ignore him.

Anyone you meet online who asks you for money is a scammer.

[Michael]

Hi bubbles50, welcome to scamwarners.

You are completely correct, this is a classic military love scam. Thank you very much for posting his email adress. Can you also please post the emails that he sent you? That way it can be found by other people using search engines.

You also mentioned receiving an email from us-armyatwar.com, I am very interested in that one, could you post this as well, with a set of headers? This is an email domain that needs to be closed down, and in those headers lies the evidence I need. If you are unsure about what headers are or how to find them, just tell us which email provider you use and we'll explain it to you

Further, stop mailing to the scammer. Every mail, every word he has sent to you is a lie - it was all said with the intention of getting your money. Just ignore and delete all future emails, don't bother to read or respond them. Soon he will understand you're not falling for his scam and will move on.

[Dotti]

Welcome!

I'm glad you became suspicious before your scammer got too far.

As the others have already said, leave is not paid for. It is earned, like vacation - either the soldier is entitled to it, or he isn't.

But there is an even more important point to understand, and that is the basic structure of the US military. The US military is a very closed organization that handles everything internally. It is set up that way for a reason, and that is not going to change. If a soldier wants to use his leave time, he has to request it himself, by submitting an internal request that will be moved through the chain of command and either approved or denied. If a soldier needs access to anything, the request MUST come from him, and he is taught the request process from the very beginning. Civilians are not in a position to request ANYTHING on behalf of a soldier. Even legal spouses or family members cannot request leave for a soldier.

The simple rule is, if you are contact with someone who says he is the US military, and he asks you to make ANY request to the military, he is a scammer. Occasionally a scammer will try to claim that it is a "new" policy, but that is just another lie (and it also shows he doesn't understand the most basic principles of the military's operation, as these fake scammer policies completely violate those principles.)

[bubbles50]

This is the mail I got from a person called Col Susan Croakley:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Subject: Vacation Approval For Sgt Thomas Adams
To:


Attention:

The United State Army Vacation department have processed and confirmed all your provided information s and your Non-Military Personnel (Civilian) Vacation has been approved for Colonel Spencer Clark and also its our duty to give you proper information concerning the vacation the US Government booked and pay for every expenses concerning every Vacation for the top ranked army personnel including flight ticket reservation. This does not change for the Non-Military Personnel
(Civilian) Vacation also but there is a slight different in the procedure when converting to Non-Military Personnel (Civilian) Vacation. Conversation of a Non-Military Personnel (Civilian) Vacation is free but requires a 100% security assurance which will requires Civilian to meet up with the below requirements in order to continue with vacation bookings for Sgt Thomas Adams Non-Military Personnel (Civilian) Vacation plan.

SECURITY: US$1000
VACATION PROCESSING: US$ 300
CERTIFICATION APPROVAL: US$ 200
TOTAL: US$1500

Your are to Make the Payment of $1500USD to our United Nation office United Kingdom Vacation Board office and you are to use below information to send it via Western Union

Name: Anderson Woods
City : London
Country : United Kingdom


Kindly be notified that SECURITY
payment is a refundable fee which will be
automatically refunded back to you by the United State Army Vacation Board as soon
as the Military personnel ( Sgt Thomas Adams ) confirmed his safety on arrival
at the vacation venue. I attach copy of Guarantee letter that Payment is only been required for security and safety
assurance purpose only and would be refunded back.
Thanks for your cooperation.


Col. Susan Croakley

Department of the US Army
Vacation Division
U.S. Army Legal Services Agency
3rd Battalion, infantry, Regiment
Kabul Afghanistan.

[bubbles50]

These are one of the mails he sent me:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Adams Thomas <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: LOVE YOU
To:

Below are the information you would be needing


Applicant Officer Name : Thomas Adams
Destination Address : Your House Address
Phone Number : 860-404-3349
Email Address : [email protected]
Kabul Bacth No:- 009/16770/UNAMIL
Vacation starting date:
Vacation ending date:

my love feel the date you want me to come to you and when want me to return back to the state



That all you would be needing and i need you to get back to
them as soon as possible i pray they grant me vacation
so we can get to meet in person

Regards

Yours husband to be

[bubbles50]

This was what he sent to me:


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Adams Thomas <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 7:08 PM
Subject: Diana need you my love
To: >



Hello my love


I am very happy to hear they approved my vacation i feel butterfly and i am also sad that the money will delay me here my love don't worry about the money the money is refundable as soon as i get to your place that is the USA ARMY rule and regulation they will pay you back your money OK i wish we are allow to send money out of here i don't know what to do right now i am sad and depressed that i am going to loss this opportunity of meeting you in person my love i have really work hard to get this vacation approved and i don't want to loss this i want you to try all your best for me my love i am afraid of losing you my love i want to meet with you to start a new life with you Diana need you most my love i love you with all my heart and soul...I love you more and more lots of kisses and hugs for you my love add me on yahoo messenger [email protected] so that we can talk better about this..i hope to read from you soon

Your husband to be Thomas

[bubbles50]

This I got back from this Col Susan Croakley:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: re:Request for Vacation
To:


Dear

In respect of US ARMY vacation Request kindly print and
fill the Vacation Forms attached via this email all the blank
blocks for the Details of the Resident Expectant ( Merle Mentor )and Name on it.
Please do not disclose any forms of this secure military form to any third party in other to avoid any
defense counter charges, or Military Rule's of Engagement within the US Military Defense Policy
and cancellation of the Vocational leave approval.

Hope to hear from you soonest..

Regards
Col. Susan Croakley

Department of the US Army
Vacation Division
U.S. Army Legal Services Agency
3rd Battalion, infantry, Regiment
Kabul Afghanistan.

[Michael]

Thank you very much for posting those mails. I would really like to get the headers of the mail from [email protected]. Do remove your email adress from the headers though. Again, if you are unsure about what headers are or how to find them tell us which provider you use and we'll explain

[bubbles50]

This was the last email I got from him and so far I have not received any other email:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Adams Thomas <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:40 AM
Subject: PLEASE DONT BREAK MY HEART
To:


My love you just make me cried after reading your email you called me scammer merle why did you call me scammer i want to know? i want you to know that i truly love you with all my heart and soul if i did not love you i will not be wasting my time here to write you everyday you make me feel unwanted why do you want to hurt my feeling i want you to know that i am not after your money or what i can gain from you my love for you is real i am not here to play head game with you i truly love you with all my heart please don't let people come between us i so much in love with you when i meet you thought i have already meet my soul mate you are my better half please don't doubt my love for you i promise i will never do anything to hurt you i want to spend the rest of my life with you i want to start a new with you and grow old with you my daughter need you most she always talk about you my love she need a motherly care trust and believe in me your man you promise never to hurt me i love you with all my heart and soul i will never do anything to hurt you or makes you regret of having me in your life...Please get back to me .......i love you so much God is my witness get back to me i love you more and more

your husband to be

[CJlabradorlover78]

Gosh I think I may have cornered the market. I have heard from 4 of these scammer soldiers all at one time. I think you need to beaware of the poor grammer and mispellings. I am engaged to one of them too. Oh well will be interesting to see what happens. I have never had any intention of sending money for him to come home.
Here are the names being used and the sites I picked them up from were Zorpia and Tagged.
Sgt. Major Richard E Smith out of Houston TX, Sgt. James Brian Thiago, Blue Angel Minnisota, Sgt.Wettebase Broadway NC, and Major Joe Butterfield. Sad fact is there is a Brittish Commander Richard E Smith and a Sgt. Joe Butterfield.

Out of three of these men I have had the request for money for a cell phone, leave home and the big money is on it way, cash and send Western Union. Ho hum,,, back to the drawing board looking for a real man.

[bubbles50]

The last email I sent to this sgt thomas adams was not received by him so its come back to me, but the funny story is that the following email comes up [email protected] and I have never sent anything to this person. So this is another email address he also uses

[Bubbles]

I am engaged to one of them too. Oh well will be interesting to see what happens. I have never had any intention of sending money for him to come home.

Welcome to ScamWarners CJlabradorlover78. We don't encourage continuing to contact scammers particularity when they have your real name and information whether it is from a dating site or just from email.

What you are doing is what is called scam baiting and we do not support it here. You can go to our sister site and learn how to be safe doing that. We want people to stay safe on the internet.

Out of three of these men I have had the request for money for a cell phone, leave home and the big money is on it way, cash and send Western Union. Ho hum,,, back to the drawing board looking for a real man.

Yes, that is what scammers try to do. Get you to send them something of value, especially cash sent via Western Union. I am glad that you are seeing through what they do to drain money from victims. Thank you for this additional information.

[CJlabradorlover78]

Thanks for the post, I am currently refusing to acknowledge any of them now that I found your site. I did want to mention I just received a fake money order through a second party that Wettebase wanted cashed. It has been turned into the US postal service. It is a good imitation but no watermark. Interesting it came from a man in Columbus Oh but was sent from Texas by Fedex. I contacted Tagged where I met Wettebase and told them my story and blocked him. Hopefully he will get the boot. The others I am just ignoring and they are starting to stop contacting me. Thank goodness. I used to work for the police and am a crack shot so should anything strange ever show up at my front door, I'm not too worried. I've had alot of training.

Wish I could get my computer to post those pictures for everyone. REally bummed out about Thiago. Was great till we hit the cell phone request......thank goodness this site is here to educate all of us. Thanks so much!