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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To: Sandi Pattison: I had to chuckle at that one, yes he is really trying hard to convince you. However, that email ID is not legit Military ID either. It must end in .Mil and nothing else.
Grammer is a BIG thing to pay attention to. As I said in a previous post…the verbage is something to watch for. The scammer uses words and spells things differently. And please ladies…NEVER SEND MONEY! There is NOTHING that they should need money for! It’s the military for goodness sake! Everything is taken care of for these guys! I talked to my “military man” for 3 months and I am so sad and miss his BUT I have to keep reminding myself…IT WAS NOT REAL! The man in the photos was NOT REAL!
Add Desmond B. Cross as a scammer. He is posing as soldier in Kabul. His story: His fiance was killed in an auto mobile accident four years ago and father died in the 9/11 disaster. Loves me but never met me. Has six facebook accounts, has terrible grammar for someone who supposedly went to West Point Academy!
This is a new one..I haven’t come across before this guy sent me a marriage proposal..he used this email address:
army.miltopservice.com@mail.com
How can smart people get fooled so easily? Psychologists blame what they call the “halo effect.” It’s what happens when we notice something we like about a person—often it’s physical beauty—and then start imagining other positive qualities. It’s the reason good-looking people often are paid more than average-looking people, and it happens all the time in online dating. We see an attractive person, or read an interesting profile, and soon we are projecting onto that person who we are looking for, letting our guard down, ignoring red flags. Online scammers love the halo effect.
Amazing page about the Halo effect on scams victims…
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703834804576300973195520918.html
all the credits are .. belong to the cited site above
marivic pascua & dedra
Marivic:::> according to the site spokeo.com
this email address is invalid >> cmdhumphrey12@gmail .comhttp://www.spokeo.com/
Dedra::::> first rule use your intelligence over your heart. TOO good to be true, fairy tales are amazing on the big screen, but in real life it never happens, honest and decente people are hard to find.
For further informations I suggest
http://www.romancescam.com/album/
http://www.romancescam.com/forum/portal.php
Locate the real IP on the email message properties the address appears near the end of the message as received from: …
http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup
Also on OTHER Internet Browsers :::::> click on the photo of your scammer click on the right button at your mouse then it will appear among other options use Search This Image With Google and You will be redirected to the real owner of the pics OR similar but usually I can find the scammers.
So block them, apply email filters, remove them from your contact list, save the message logs, create a new email I know it brings lots of problems I know! Don’t be fooled, I know it is difficult to be alone, surrounded by Family and friends but for sure You don’t need to get involved in problems, all around the globe there are people losing lots of Money and full of suicidals because they lost Money, their senses, and when feelings are involved we usually don’t follow the proper steps.
Educated people cannot fall into scammers traps…
TO Marivic: As I posted before there is no fee for Leaves. Please read some of the posts I put up previously. His Commander would not have an email ID ending in .com. They all end in .Mil I do believe.
TO Lori: Yes, he just had not gotten around to it yet.
TO mpm: No need to receive anything regarding an inheritance. THIS IS ANOTHER APPROACH TO A SCAM. Be carefull with the last name WITT. He also uses Christian, and Christopher. Civilians NEVER pay for Military leaves and neither does the soldier. There is no fee for this. They earn time on the books and just request it from their CO. You have summed them up perfectly. No feelings, just cold hearted scumbags and will take from you until you are dead and can give no more.
TO Sandi Pattison: No…..has to end in .Mil. Not .com as I understood from MSG Robert McLaughiin. Pay close attention to his posts.
A .mil address ends in .mil not .com or anything else. Even milmilmil.com does not end in .mil, see?
There’s another idiot playing the game of ex army of USA and now working to secret service sorry but lol
Henry Repetto
repettohenry@yahoo.com here goes the email of the scammer
Thanks for the addy…I just add my profile on here and you will be my first contact wish i want it to be the last…i find your profile so special that i cant stop staring at it ..i try to find out whats so special about it but i couldn’t give a reason..
Here are some more about me
Im an independent man born and raised in houston texas,i’m the only kid of the family.lost my mom right from kid and dad recently ..I had a happy childhood. My family had wealth, prestige, education
I work in the US allied forces as a special force agent..(secret detectives),have been in the service for 23 years now .. working with the secret service.Am not with the TA , but have pass through their training (Territorial Army) before i’m been given an invitation to join the secret service by my handler ..sorry don’t want to tell you much about that due to the security of our work ..but when we meet and i see you , then i can surely tell you more and all you want to know ..hope you understand . As a reservist am under the National Reserve: and a captain by rank. Have been to many part of the country over there on mission and on holiday , both in and out of the country … like Canada , and to Spain 18 months ago with a friend , plenty to go around…
Im presently on deployment here in Bulgaria presently assigned to the training camp we have at Novo Selo,
“Let me say that I am an Army reservist who has been called to active duty I volunteered to come, feeling it was my duty to use my skills to help bring peace to this world.I have been to Afgan and worked there as a Medical Assist i worked there on a peace keeping missison.Whether it be in mortal combat, or using my brain to help the people there create the conditions for peace. Thousands of innocents died there in Kabul where I was stationed. And for them, and all the survivors, I would have gladly lay down all im skilled for if I could make a difference, and save three, four, ten or a hundred. Mankind will not continue without sacrifice by some of us..Well working as a military man has was a hectic work there at the war zone ..
I just hope am out of here soon . so i can plan my life with the right woman. am an honest , caring , romantic and understanding man looking for an honest caring and romantic woman ready for a serious relationship on here a woman that won’t cheat on me.. have never tried this before this will be my first time ..
so what more will you like to know about me?
tell me more about you? baby tell me your experiences on the dating sites….your life, past relationship ,your background and things you feel i need to know about you ..what are your likes and dislikes ,do you drive ?what type of car do you drive…What work do you do for a living,do you own your apartment …what are you idea of a perfect dating…
try to send me more of your pics..
Cant wait to read from you
Henry
**small detail haven’t sent a single pic of me, and all of mine got watermark on the full pic. Don’t let your heart take the decisions for you, if it is too good it can’t he true;
***Scammers usually work as group of 10 guys, don’t confront, don’t tell them You know he is fake;
****They don’t love You! They only want Money, and never under any circumstance never send or receive Money!
Thanks Margaret..Would this be a official .mil address:
Militarymail@usa.com
A sergeant ronaldtriling gave me this one as his .mil just would like to know if it’s legit. Many thanks..sandi
I was apoproached by a Joe Cannon asking to be the receiver of an inheritance in London. I have also been approached by a Captain Mike Witt stationed in Afganistan. Had long email coinversations over a few months time before he started to ask for money and that I had to ask that he be granted leave since he was in Afganistan. These men have no conscience & their only interest is to bleed you dry & take your dignity away.
Special Ops and cannot give out APO address? FAKE! Hey I was special ops for over 20 years, there is nothing secret about our email or APO addresses.
To Margaret Rodgers: When I confronted my scammer he actually asked me “What did I take from you?” I replied “Nothing yet but that was next to come, right?” But he never threatened me. Such a shame… Jackass! All I can hope for is…KARMA!
hi i just want to as about this guy named sergeant fred hernandez he was assigned in libya right now and he is asking me to pay his leave and he gave me a his commander email:cmdhumphrey12@gmail .com could you please give me a confirmation about this guys as soon as posible thanks
TO DEDRA: No one needs anyone to speak on their behalf to receive an inheritance. This leads to another scam tactic. They have many methods and ways to scam you. He most likely is looking for all your personal information.
TO Rebecca and Others: Don’t make friends on Facebook with people you do not know. They do this to get access to your friends LIST so they can get new victims.
Has any one heard of a Sargeant Victor Herrington. He’s friending from Face Book and other on line chat groups. Is stationed in Tripoli Libya ?
TO Everyone: Two yrs ago on Jan.1, 2011 a scammer posted a name “Walter Bruston” and a picture of a soldier to my Facebook page and requested friendship. I lost $6000 and received a broken heart. To say the least, I was very naive. I made it my business to learn all I could about scammers, who they were and are, and how they operate.I just wanted everyone to know that after searching diligently for two years I found the true identity of the soldier just a few days ago. Out of respect for the family I won’t post his name but I found him on “Faces of the Fallen”. He died May 3, 2007, in combat in Baghdad, Iraq , a War Hero. I will never forget his face. God bless him and may he rest in peace with our Lord.
To Lisa: Sorry, I did post a warning awhile back that a new approach was asking for bank accounts to be opened and also accept money or goods from them. Don’t oblige.
To Ann: Leaves are not paid for. The Military earn leave. It’s time on their books.
To Heather: There is a scammer that uses the name “Chris”. He sometimes uses “Christian”, and or “Christopher”. He uses the last names of “Walsh”, and “Witt”. They will try and stick to the subject of money if they can. That’s why their with you. He says he does not care for money but that is all he speaks of – interesting, isn’t it ? They many times do not answer emails because you can get the ip number and trace them. Some don’t think you know this and will make the mistake of emailing. I love it when they do that.
to Sandy Pattison: No troops I heard of went to Nigeria. It is .mil and I can’t answer your question on the plane ticket to another country. Maybe MSG Robert McLaughlin could answer that one.