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…
AND / or their telephone number…
To read specific details about about one incident, read CJ’s post “The New Military Dating Scam”.
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hi
gina g
i know of justin kime yes i wasnearly fooled by him too told me his life sent me flowers then the phone link came up but something made me suspicious so i followed my instincts and found your comment on him then i asked him and he gave me the excuse that he wasn’t going online nomore as someone had pinched his ID this made me worse so i investigated more and found a lady from the US he had promised to marry her and set up home but again asked for this phone link and some money for early leave i told her everything i knew and told her to look on this site luckily i think with your help i saved her from loosing her money and dignity the email you had was different to mine but the same as the lady in the US i think this site is great there are so many names on here ring bells for me and my friends kimejustin200@yahoo.com was his other address.he told me he was in camp victory baghdad iraq with army number 1989.
also i want to know if anyone as heard of a sgt Anthony (TONY)Bright as i think he is doing the same he is in iraq too
Hi all,
I already told you here about a Sergeant Victor Haggard. I had minor doubts about the authenticity of his identity but as most of us on this blog I was pleased by the idea so at the beginning I was even pushing myself not to be too suspicious. But after a friend sent me the link to this blog, I started to have serious doubts and pretended that I sent money to the supposedly son of the that fake Victor Haggard. I found how to trace his IP address and obviously he was not in Baghdad, but in Ghana. On the last chat I had with him, I confronted him and told him what I knew about him. At first he was denying it and even got angry. But since I talked frankly to him, he finally ended up admitting that yes he is a guy 22 years old, living in Ghana, and he had taken the picture of his supposedly son from internet and he didn’t even know him and the other pictures he had gotten them from Facebook!!! He admitted I wasn’t his first victim and that actually he has gotten money from others. I am quite sure they are a network to do this and probably they are well organized. I guess they read these blogs too, so they will find workarounds for even IP addresses and so on. So please do not trust at all these stories. I know you are touched and have feelings for the guy you see in the picture, but the person you are dealing with is not HIM!!!! I doubt in the army they have access or the authorization to go on dating sites and find some random girl and talk about their military life to them.
Sincerely,
Kath
Hi
we have been using a website exactly like this in the uk and we have all encountered the same scammers you talk about on here the one i dealt with was called jerry moore supposed colonel in afghanistan. The alarm bells were going with him sometimes and then were really activated when he asked for money. We have been continually posting comments about our experiences the same as on here, i have had to deal with this man continually still trying to make contact and with different aliases. I contact the dating sites if i am at all suspicious and they are very good at checking and once confirmed they chuck them off the sites. We have been talking to us wives whose husbands images have been taken and used for the scam which is awful. This jerry moore told me had done defense millitary intelligence training i do beleive he might be ex army as he was almost hypnotic the way he reaches into your mind and he uses mirror imaging tactics too so he has had some kind of training. Everytime i come accross entries about this you just realise what a major problem it is at the moment and the more we talk and warn others and get them off the sites the better.
Bert LeBel
I had a guy who called himself SSG James Pendleton, bet its d same guy. he talked to me in Imesh and sed he is a widowed, one son who is living in d states. He did ask me to pay for his vacation but I refused. Infact there is a picture of him in the soldiers perspective.
this is my email add if you wanna me to e mail u the pics. thejazzie206@yahoo.co.uk
Gina ….. all
Ask them what MWR means this is Moral Welfare and recreation in the military – they play pool and pinball there if they can’t tell you what it means they are fake …
Lynne
All.
Facts:
US Military do not have problems in this day and age with communications or banking. These Guys are likely to be african men getting off on hookng you and taking advantage. Don’t do it girls! It hurts but
it will cripple you long term. Be strong and be clever!
Love you all – If you need a friend email me!
Lynne
There were several military men on match.com last august, some very high-profile. All wanted matches within fifty miles of bromley in Kent. Does anyone know whether these men were genuine ? Any reason why these American men would want to meet women in Kent. If they were “scammers” why would they use photos of well-known military figures. I’m just curious really.
Gina G
Forgot to add for sGT Justin Kime, victory base in Baghdad, Iraq, has anyone had dealings with yahoo address as sgt1justinkim@yahoo.com
Hi
I am not sure if I am being scammed, met Us army soldier online through myspace. Name Sgt Justin Kime, based in Iraq. I have done checks suggested on the yahoo full headers, I am none the owser, but dont want to fall in the wrong hands with promises of sweet nothings. Has anyone come across this person at all. Desperately need to know if real or fake.
hi. my auntie has been chatting to someone claiming to be in the us army. at the minute i not sure of rank. his name is james murray, has anyone else been chatting to this guy if so send me more details please. also if ya can people can you email me instead of getting back to me on here. my email address is marriedmike@live.co.uk many thanks really hope to hear from you soon. ohhh also (james murray) claims to have a son called jeffery.
This man who say to be Steve Ruddock sent me 1 picture with gala uniform, 1 picture i think at home, 1 picture with a white shirt, 1 pic with military uniform seated with a notebook on the legs and earphone. Handsome, blue/green eyes. I have been chatting on MSN, the address is steve_rudd@live.com, from 6th june, till today 12th june at 21h. He says he is retiring in 3 weeks, and he will come to Rome to stay with me…. He says that he is divorced and that he has a son of 17 years old living in a military academy. And a lot of stories….The English is not so good, but i thought that it was american. Now i think he is not english, not american. I think that the pictures were stolen to a true military. I can send them if you like. I have already advice the web italian police. Good luck , take care, if you want other information i will send to you. Daniela
To Dianna
I have had emails and pictures from Capt Richard Hannett. Infact he has even rang my home number and does have a US accent. His diplomat is of course stuck in Ghana and on his way to Australia when he receives a payment from me for 6000 aus dollars. I would like the man in the picture to know this is happening. I wonder if it is the same as your pictures. I still have this man chatting on line at present.
Ladies,
Beware, Lt Col George Patterson is back on facebook, with a picture, he’s a Nigerian scammer. Look him up at georgepa01@live.com
Has anybody out there heard of SGT CHARLES LECAIN he is supposed to be serving with the 12th Infantry &2nd Battalion in Afgan i met him 6mth ago on the kissingate site he he tells me he is divorced and has a 11 year old son called Tom he lives in GA , He asked me to provide cash for a pager i didnt then he wanted to come to the UK on leave i paid £1.000 for a Transit grant to a US Diplomats bank acc still he hasnt been on leave now im being asked for £5.000 for his Benefit fund as hes alive he cannot claim it …. now i smell a rat i contacted the US army benefits dept who tell me its a scam ive contacted the dating site he is STILL active on 3 accounts but they arent bothered , my local police are acting on it and have asked me to keep talking to him as long as poss as we talk daily it hard he send me flowers every 2 wks via interflora , balloons and chcos , he tells me he loves me and we will get married at christmas when he finishes deployment , he says he was in the UK last October in London ,I REALLY FELL FOR HIM and in my heart hoped he was real i have lots of photos he looks very young for his age 46 his email is sgt.charlesleacain@googlemail he also mentions a SGT SIMON ROBERTS and a LT.HANK COLINS CHARLES mobile number is 07404112223 please let me know if u think u know him i know i have lost £1.000 to these scammers but am now worried as they know everything about me
Tracy
Hi ladies, similar story happened to me on lavalife. A Srgt named Victor Haggard with several pictures, divorced, living in NY but currently in Baghdad and a touching story about his dead parents. Good lord I didn’t give any personal details or send any money that he needed for his supposedly adoptive son in Ghana!!! I just feel as bad for these american soldiers whose photos are used like this.
Ladies,
I would like to thank you for the work you’ve done to protect the honor ad reputation of our men and women in uniform. I also would like to add one more name to the list that a long-time frined of mine was almost taken by. However, she is one smart fish, and figured it out as soon as the ts2 thing came up, lol. The gentleman is going by the name of SSG. Robert Pendleton. She had asked me awhat I thought, and the rank red-flagged it for me right away. A Staff Sergeant’s abbrev is SSGT. Thanks again for your vigilance. Keep those imposters at bay, and keep the good name of our hard working and fighting military honorable!!!
V/r,
Bertrand P. LeBel, EO1(SCW), USN Seabees(ret.)
Hi Terry,
You sound very upset by all this and i would love to help you and your sister, have you checked his IP address, maybe if you know his email address you could speak to this person yourself and ask if he is been honest and let him know that you know of all the scams there are, and if his IP address turns out to be from Ghana or Nigeria or even Sunnydale cal, you could confront him with than information, your sister probably won’t like you much for it but she’ll be grateful in the long run. please let me know if you need any help. my email k-finn@hotmail.co.uk
hi Rosie, i would be very interested to knw if the Johnson you are talking to is the same one that tried to scam me, i would love to see the pictures you have of him if you could send them to me at k-finn@hotmail.co.uk i would be grateful thanks
JM – I have posted some pics of Steve/James/Mark Ruddock on the web site a soldier’sperspective wall of shame – you can google it and then you will see all the pictures of the soldiers who are also victims of these scams. The real Ruddock has been found and we have told him that his pictures are being used in these scams.
Message for JM – my email address is sdmagee@hotmail.com. Email me and I’ll send you the pics I have of Steve Ruddock.
Hey has anyone heard of a Rogan Witt (rogan.witt@yahoo.com) saying again that he is a E-6 Staff Sergeant in the army and currently based at Iraq. Same old story, but hasnt asked me for money yet. I have questioned him numerous times about stuff but he keeps telling me that he loves me LOL…. anyway am interested if anyone has had any contact with him and would appreciate it if you could email me.Thanks
thanks Ange, yes Mr Miller is such a smooth talker isnt he. He is actually talking to one of my friends as well and has been for about 5 weeks so he has been pretty busy.
Hi, I’m Annatjie.
Does anyone know an irwin kelly supposedly from Kabul. He met me on date basis late February and we chatted on yahoo im etc until about 2 weeks ago because he wants $640 for SAT connection.
I have given him nothing but found that I had to send the money through western union and the address goes to an Isaac Maris Faloye in Saraj, United Arabic Emirits.
Women, watch your hearts. Those wonderful poems comes off google and other websites. Irwin Kelly e-mails in the name of irwin4kelly@yahoo.com and I’m telling you, what a looker these photographs show to be.
Please don’t send any money to anyone unless you have met them personally. When the word money pops up and it a lengthy discussion say about 3 hours long on the same boring thing “money” you can really know this is something to get you to pay. No matter how handsome he is, follow your gut. I put up with him for another month.
Now it’s hard to forget him. It seems so real, but there is someone else on the other side.
Annatjie
i have been resently sammed by a staff seargent patrick brownlow in iraq,has enybody heard of himor experenced eny thing about him,i must say he was very good sent me photes which was very convinceing all about the army,he came from usa in pa,i wud love to here if eny one has been in contact with himm
I am wondering if anyone can find out if this person is scamming me.
“wentz Kelly” major_kwentz at yahoo.com
he also sent me email using what he said is his military email account
“kelly lingo” sgt.klingo at armymail.com
and he is going by the name Kelly Magill Lingo
any help would be appreciated
thank you