by MNKate777
Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:27 pm
I was contacted on Twitter several months ago by an individual who said he "wanted to get to know me" claiming he is a serving in the US Army serving as part of the UN Peacekeeping Forces in Kabul, Afghanistan. He purports to be an only child, his wife died in childbirth and has a young son living in Florida. Both of his parents are dead as well. (How convenient). He has a gmail e-mail account and a cell phone with a Florida area code. He also claims to not have access to his money and has requested iTunes cards, so that he can chat with me, money to pay for his son's field trips, gift cards, and has now hit me up for $1,850 to purchase leave for him to come home to me for leave. I received an e-mail from a "UN Liaison officer" with a form to fill out and a request for payment. I immediately told him that that was a ridiculous amount of money and that I had always heard that you earn leave, not buy leave. And told him I wasn't going to pay it that he would have to send me the money, which prompted the story of a diplomat bringing me money as soon as I paid it to pay me back. He told me that UN Peacekeeping Forces have different rules from the Army. He literally has a very good answer for every question I ask. It's rather amazing. He has extensive photos of himself and his son. I think deep down I know he is a scammer, but he is incredibly convincing. He makes a point of texting me 2X a day religiously and chats for hours. Oh, and he claims I am his soulmate, has been lonely for years and wants to spend his life with me, even though I'm 20 years older than he is. We've only chatted on WhatsApp, no live phone calls or skye chats. Anybody else had this experience and how did you handle it?
