I just came across a post on “A Soldier’s Perspective” discussing a rather disgusting and disturbing trend that has guys posing as soldiers on Internet dating sites. Here’s the quote from CJ’s:
The latest trend involves trolling internet dating sites and convincing women that they are honorable Soldiers who have fallen in love and would do anything to communicate with the object of their affection. But, because they are deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, they need you to sign up for an expensive telecommunications service like “Military TELEX” in order to make that happen. They profess unending love as their motivator and, unfortunately, many women have fallen for it.
The BIG red flag here is that the guy is asking for money. NEVER fall for that con.
If you come across anyone on a dating site who is asking you for money, regardless of the reason; block them immediately from further contact and then report them to the internet dating service.
You can also check out who is really behind their email address…
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To read specific details about about one incident, read CJ’s post “The New Military Dating Scam”.
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MATCH.com is full of FAKES. I deleted my profile and explained to them that their site is FAKE and I wouldn’t recommended to anyone. Watch out for Lavalife as well. If a man sends you an email FIRST saying how beautiful you are and goes on with a very long email i.e. I have a dog, my wife died, I’m in the army, I’m looking for my soul mate and gives an email address to communicate through msn or other IM sites exclusively. Report him as a Scammer right away. Don’t even try to engage the conversation. A pretender tried this twice on me on different sites. I caught on the second time as he used the same dribble without even communicating with him I reported the scammer right away. You all take care of yourselves.
mary:
Subject: Sgt. Toni Jackson (Thorne)
sure.. this joker sent me pics…. email me at jaymes1010@hotmail.com and i’ll send them to you if you like
jay
To KIM BARTON
Greetings from new zealand Did you know you can report him to the FBI We can from New Zealand You can contact them I filled in a IC3 as you live in the States You have also the FTC
i couldnt believe it mr raymond barcinas is still contacting me through fb on my phone after i blocked him and reported him to facebook nearly had a heart attack when he said about my changed profile picture wondered how he knew about it when blocked and took him off played along with him but he aint getting any money out me now i didnt know how 2 track him through ip address not got a clue but sent the emails 2 someone else see if they could do it for me so hopefully they will find out where he is and i can let people on here and maybe help some other poor woman in same situiation but hopefully one day someone will have the powers to stop them in their tracks for good not heard from him since last nite 18th may hopefully he wont get to me again thank god but if i find anything more out about his ip address i will be posting it on here stay safe all us woman need to stick together 🙂
To Paciently, in regards to Barry Roger, live in Innisfil (Ontario) CANADA, Contratis in Malaysia in this month of May(2011 YES THIS GUY A FAKE. Sometimes I felt I was talking to another person. To EVERYONE ON THIS POST he says OK alot. He even sent me an email on another dating site under another name and he has the same MO. Wants you to remove yourself from the site, wants you to tell him if you’ve dated other men. He also uses tears, Oh I’m going to cry uses that alot and the wife is dead. Careful about people who try to get to you by emotions. If you use words like Insomnia or Compliments he didn’t have a clue what they meant. Frankly I don’t know what planet he’s from.
@ JAY
Thank you for that Jay, I wander if we might be able to share photo’s, did he send you photo’s at all?
Hello I met a marine (apparently) on Match.com he has done all of the above, although I did not fall for him wanting money….so I am wondering has anyone heard of Kenneth Stut. I did google him and he has a myspace acct. I strung him along and finally caught him because he said he had no phone service and now I got an email from him that he replied to with his blackberry wireless. I am wondering how do I turn him in? thanks for you your help.
Has anyone come across the name: Sgt Brent Stewart, 45, widowed, single dad, posted in Kandahar, Afghanistan. it was the name being used in a TS2 phone scam, he asked me to send $350.00, so we can talk all the time. I didn’t it was unsettling that he asked in the first place. I did some looking around and came across an article online and asked him about it…he got upset and asked why I didn’t want to do this for “us”, would have been nice if he was real. oh well…life goes on. Lesson learned…always do research and if it doesn’t appear, feel right…it probably isn’t.
This happen to me recently, someone that I added to be my friend cause he likes nascar, asked me to help him pay his cable bill. I block his dumbass, What the heck do I look like an atm!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARY from April 10, 2011:
the same guy tried to scam me.. but i’m a gay man in canada… i got the same story about a soldier in afghanistan… his dad was sick in london. blah blah….
TONI JACKSON THORNE
this guy messaged me on gay.com….
guy tried to get me to pay his dad’s medical bills in london. i punched his name in “toni jackson” and i found your post. he had asked me to send him money … but not to him in afghanistan, but to his associate in hong kong….. he even phoned me a couple of times but definitely didn’t have a british or american accent. now he says i’m paranoid and stupid and lost out on the best person ever haha. whatever. he is a total scammer.
well looks like ive had a scam raymond barcinas as known on fb steven ray barci pity no one told me as i only found out sunday the 15th may lost a lot of money but cant believe people actually do these kind of things 2 innocent woman out there me included what an idiot one of many i think but ive learned my lesson the very hard way so any information anyone has about him i would be gratefull for it to give to the police i know i will never get my money back but i feel if i try and do something maybe some lucky lady will escape my pain im going through any help will do thanks ladys and guys
I even put a main copy of his Emai. I think it may be important. I certainly did not send money, but even to me it seemed serious:
From: jefferyhumprey@yahoo.com
To:Sent: Elena
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 4:17 PM
Subject: RE: Jeffline
You will have to send email to the company and introduce yourself to the company as my girlfriend that you ill need to connect with your boyfriend in Afghanistan and you send the company this information so they can use it to locate me in Afghanistan.
militaryphonnet@washington.usa.com
CPT.JEFFERY HUMPREY
E8 ARMY CAMP
VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN.
You only need to send mail to the telephone company email address above and you should get response from them in less than 24hrs if you do the right thing. So how was your nite? did you have a nice dream? , I cant wait to hear your voice on phone. Remember, do the right thing, you only need to send mail to the company email address to make inquiry about the process of communicating on phone.
I ask information about one possible scammer:
Barry Roger, live in Innisfil (Ontario) CANADA, Contratis in Malaysia in this mounth of May(2011), also he can use it:
robertwhite@hotmail.fr
& jet_white@hotmail.fr
PLEASE IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HIM TELL ME FAST.
Oh dear Capt Stanley Cliff made a mistake he contacted me using Bob Jernkings E mail = could this be Bob/Robert Jenkins? looks like he has moved onto another alais – I have got fed up listening to all his declarations of love and copied the details of the phone scam to him and told him I wasnt that stupid and guess what I havent heard from him now for approx a week Oh dear he wasted so much time on me, 6 months and all he got was 4 pairs of boxers!!!
I meant “You’re Dutch?” My English is better than that I just type too fast and have autocorrect on. Keep scamming the scammers, I love how this thread went from “I got shafted” to “He is getting his!”
eefje,
Your Dutch? How cool is that!!! That explains the language nuances. Anyway the only way I can trace photos is if there is something identifiable in them, like military patches and nametags. For other photos you are sent, check out their properties and then you can see what camera they were shot with, their original resolution, etc. Ones stolen off the web will be very small pictures. Cameras today can shoot 5MB photos, have the guy send one of those!
His Email: jefferyhumprey@yahoo.com
Dear ladies, dear friends in misfortune!
Never trust a man who asks for money!
A man can not love a woman who he has never seen!!!!!
I am a femme fatale. I know well the psychology of men: a man who loves you wants you all to give, not take away! Remember that! I wish you all happiness!
Announce several dangerous Email:
1.sincereman03@hotmail.com ((very primitive)
2. Jeffery Humprey” (very dangerous!)
asks you to confirm that you are his girlfriend:
militaryphonnet@washington.usa.com
Requests money for phone calls:
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How can I tell if a Sergeant Frank Smith is who he says he is? On facebook, he sent me a message, said he was serving in Iraq, but from the USA. He had lost his wife, looking for a companion. The photos were all small – hmmm, why?? – and I asked which batallion he was serving in in Iraq. Suddenly, almost conveniently, he goes offline!! The pictures were all different and now he has changed his profile pic! Completely different appearance again! How can I tell if he is legitimate or not?
Match.com: A supposed “Cpt Guy Maness” of match.com-deployed claims to be from TN, deployed from Ft. Devens, to Afghanistan. Claims he has been there for the past 10 months; he will be home 28 Aug. Claims dob is 26 Aug-51yoa this summer. His name on match: goldeneraman Very handsome photo; sent two more….name and rank was faded-tampered/deleted off of photo. I had suspicion, but continued to engage with our daily, loving email conversations, waiting to see if he would ask me for money or item needed. Sure enough, last two emails, he loves me-but can’t IM since Blackberry crashed….I reminded him I was not a wealthy woman, and asked why not contact provider, as well as asked him questions about computers supplied…I also pressed further for addresses. I did find a Cpt. Guy Maness on the internet-handsome, MARRIED man – family – church family. Photos of him differ from match and attached photos sent to me. I hope the “real” Cpt is aware of this, so shameful that those who serve our country are having their names, info. and photos used….I haven’t come across the photos I received. I am glad to have found sites such as this; I hope more people become aware of this horrible scam.
Is there a place to post the photos I received? This may help others who have been contacted-and received same photos. Would be nice if the man in the 3 photos knew his image was being used.
oh yes, the email address he used: guymaness_army@rocketmail.com and guymaness@yahoo.com
Nora
I LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO CONFIRM THIS GUY IS A FAKE……THIS IS GOING ON SINCE FEBRUARY, AND HE IS SO CHARMING AND DECLARES HIS UNDYING LOVE FOR ME AND THEN ASKS FOR MONEY, AS A LOAN OF COURSE, THAT HE WILL GIVE ME WHEN HE LEAVES KABUL
MY EMAIL IS SPUT69@AIL.COM I HAVE TWO NAMES THAT HE USES IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME AN ANSWER I WILL SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT YOU KNOW HOW STRESSFUL THIS CAN BE….ONLY HONEST PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP ME, PLEASE
HELP PLEASE HE USES BRUMBDR8@AOL.COM BRUMBAR46@YAHOO.COM
CAPTAIN PEDRO IVAN MENDEZ MAY 12, 2011
I ALSO NEED HELP I DONT KNOW HOW TO LOOK UP THE IP ADDRESS
MY STORY IS SIMILAR TO ALL THE ONES I READ……VERY SIMILAR
THIS MAN CLAIMS HE NEEDS MY BANK ACCT NUMBER SO THAT HE CAN SEND MONEY TO ME SO THAT I CAN SEND IT TO HIS DAUGHTER IN TH UK I BELEIVE HE IS FOR REAL
BRUMBAR46@YAHOO.COM BRUMBDR8@AOL.COM
CAPTAIN PEDRO IVAN MENDEZ SPECIAL OPS KABUL AFGHANISTAN
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP CONFIRM THIS GUY IS A SCAMMER
I have been asked by a Capt Stanley Cliff – Dept Triage Nurse, MOS NO MILI07/AFGHANISTAN 09/MOS69 to send a parcel of some underwear to a “Military Picker” Pamala Lindsay, 19-1190 Hilliard Street, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada This I did .. I have been talking to him for about 6 months now and reading all above I am now concerned that he may be a scammer as he is now talking about me subscribing to a military satellite phone ..he sent me e mail address to contact them ..well I did and it started at £200. for a months use I told him I could not afford ..he left it for a couple of weeks but he has just been back online saying that they will do it for £100. I know this is a con does anyone else know of this man.
There is a scammer Command sgt David Bruner on the go with mew e mail address
sgt.maj.davidbruner@live.com He has stolen pics and info of REAL sgt major
He is listed on Wayn.com twice now
He removed his wayn when he contacted me
HOWEVER
IT IS first living in Magnolia USA no pic aged 44
second wayn living in Ibadan Nigeria aged 56 and HAS pic
You can see by going to http://www.wayn.com/profiles/Majdavid
When he contacted me It was Evansville Indiana aged 58
He tried to scam me to pay for his leaving the Army a sum of 26000 USD That would be paid back at the airport when he arrived and an army ooficer with the cash
He also wanted me to pay 250 USD to speak to me by satellite because he cant speak by phone for security reasons He said he is in Somalia posted there but goeds back to Iraq Another scammer with his orchestrated litany of lies
He said his e mail is secret and cant be traced Latest IP I have is
65 55 90 100
He said i was his dearest friend little does he know Im his bitter enemy with a crocodile smile on my face
anyone heard of Colonel Frank Roberts…. spent 7 weeks with his sweet words but luckily any Colonel that asks for help with his special package going missing someone is Africa isnt who he says he is ..hope no-one else falls for him…