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by GabrielDeborah Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:17 am
Hi everyone,

I want to share this story with you what had happend to me.
I was on a datingsite and this man that called Hinself Curtis Scaparrotti mailed me.
I have waited for an day and finally send him my reply.
He told me that he is Lieutenant General Curtis . M Scaparrotti and he wanted the give some money because he suffers with cancer. I don't know if the real Genaral suffers with cancer but this what he told me. He said: Please don't be sorry for me because God has is purpose with it. The purpose of this was that he wanted to give me money to do the work of God.

I said well sir I am surprised why me? He answered me and told me because you are a God fearing woman and I want to make sure that My money would spend in the way God wants and to help the less privelige. I said well thank you I am honored. We had some e-mail contact and it stopped for about 2 weeks. But because he told me that he suffers from cancer I was worried and e-mail this fake Curtis Scaparrotti back. He told me that he was doing fine. And it was nice talking to me again.

He told me that was to give 500,000 dollars. And then I will get the rest later. To make a long story short this man was all of a sudden inlove with me. Now I am speaking for myself that Lietenant General Curtis Michael Scaparrotti is a hansome man especially when he was younger. But I still did'nt really trust that and play along with the scam artis. He told me that the docter said he have a survining achance of living while 2 day ago you were dying. I just listen and said Lord you knows best I do'nt knw what is going on but I don't trust this. Finally he told me that the diplomat would come to me and bring me tha parcel.

This diplomat that calls himself Maxwell Ibrahim called send me an e-mail that end uo in my spam. He told me check your e-mail and get back to me on the e-mail. After a couple of hours I found the mail in my spam and read the information in it. It said that I had to fill out these forms and send 500.00 dollars up front before I even could've have the money. Well I mailed that so called General and ask him what is going on. Why somebody asks me money if that is not the deal. He told me that he don't know what is going on and he will ask mister Ibrahim what this all about. I said you know what: I don't want this money because so much confusion for money and why can't he bring to my house as we had agreed? He could'nt answer me. Well I told him to never contact me again unless you could prove to me that you are Lieutenant General Curtis Scaparrotti.

The e-mail adresses that they have used are these: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. Before it could've come so far something told me check and see Is Curtis has facebook. And find so many accounts that I don't even know wich on he really uses and find out that this man is a well know man. I also read that people imperonated him and that were I get suspicious and carefull. I conftonted him and he told me that why he ask me to see on skype. He never showed up on our skype date because he he could,nt proof that he was Lieutenant General Curtis Michael Scaparrotti. I have checked these emailadresses and they were from Ghana. The real information I am only willing to give to the General I know for sure that he could find out right away who is behind is scam.

Please people becareful because if you don't know then you're really thinking that you are talking to that person.
Even in Holland these people making you a target. This my story and i hope it will help others not to buy a story about this man Curtis Scaparotti.

Becareful

Greetz Gabriel
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by ntplyin66 Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:43 pm
I was also scammed into thinking I was chatting with a SFC Thomas Hall US Army. He also said he was deployed. We chatted for a few days I thought it was odd that he had computer access everyday. I met him on a dating website. He claimed to be a single father. Told me all about himself. My guess is he scammed the real Thomas Hall by posing as a woman and was able to get him to send pictures.He sent me pictures of his daughter and himself and his father and himself. He kept asking me to send pictures. Told me he wanted pictures everyday. I did not send any.

He started telling me about a website that he was doing charity work for. Wanted me to trust him and support him in what he wanted to achieve. He said he felt he could trust me and that he wanted to come home (San Diego, CA) on leave but I would have to help him financially. Sorry, we are a military family. My daughter's boyfriend is in the Navy has been for five years and currently deployed and I was a Marine wife. Difficult to make a call and even harder to send email. Oh ad we know that leave is not sold and cannot be bought by a civilian helping a charity. I asked him to take a photo with a paper that had my name on it and send it to me. I wanted to see him in uniform with the same name on the uniform as in the pictures. He asked why and i tol dhim that I wanted to see who I was chattign with. He right away started to try guilt trip me and told me it was difficult. Yet one of the pictures he sent to me he claimed he had just taken while out on patrol. This picture was of a soldier named Hall, but in Afghanistan everyone wears chest shield, helmet and all the other protective gear especially on patrol. The picture was of a soldier in fatigues in a car.This person is using dififerent emails. I blocked one so he sent me an email from a different email address. [email protected] and [email protected]. Be AWARE!!! I would like to post the pictures but not sure how.
by Bubbles Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:48 am
Welcome to ScamWarners ntplyin66. It is great that you saw through the lies. Thank you for posting this scammer's information.

Instructions for posting photos are in the link in my signature line. Please make certain to deface the photos so other scammers cannot use them from here.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

Rest in Peace 24 June 2015.

Gone, but never forgotten.
by dharleymom Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:58 pm
boy this is sad i figured this guy out in like 5 min when his english got bad.... he used Capt Johnson Bennett as his name. but since i have been pulled in before by other people claiming to be us military i asked 2 questions.....why are you giving me your personal information if you are military and what the weather was like there in Nashville....luckily i didnt give him to personal of information...see i was a military brat i have a whole family of retired veterans and once i said 'how dare you impersonate someone from my military you better watch out before my military finds you' he never said another word and yes there was a picture of a man who looked like he was on a base but who knows....women becareful...do not give them anything.
by LJAB Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:09 pm
can you please advise if this is a fake mail address or real

[email protected]

i have been given bank account details, name, acc no, sort code to transfer funds
by Mike Wilson Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:49 pm
Hello LJAB and welcome to scamwarners,

The email address [email protected] is being used by a scammer. Mail.com email adresses are free and anyone can signup for one.

No military service in the world would use a free email service for official business.

It is ALWAYS a scam
If the pet seller or shipper asks for money to be sent via Western Union, Money Gram, any brand of gift card. Walmart To Walmart , Zelle , PayPal friends and family option, or mentions Cameroon
by notright2 Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:37 pm
He had a laptop slent to me. He goes by the name of George Miller. He claims to be in the army over seas. Here is just one of many letters he has sent to me. Thank you very much for your email and am very glad you will be MAILING my computer tomorrow cause I will be receiving it as soon as i get to Accra so that we can continue with our conversations until i found a suitable flight to meet you in the state before we check in for the room.Honey i have been thinking about you all day and night cause you have totally captured my heart and there is nothing to do without thinking about you.Darling you are the woman chosen from heaven and i will always love and adore you in my heart forever.I will be looking forward to receive the tracking number as soon as you send the package to me.

THank you,
George.
by Dotti Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:25 pm
If you have not done so already, do NOT send the laptop. Instead, contact the company it came from to have it returned.

The laptop will be stolen, either purchased with stolen credit card information, or scammed out of an innocent seller online using fake payments. Either way, eventually the sender of the laptop will discover they have not actually received payment, and the trail will lead straight to you. If you forward the laptop, you will be an accomplice to a crime.

If you have already forwarded the laptop, the safest thing to do to protect yourself is to contact the police and report what happened. Be prepared to show the emails you received, to show that you were not aware of what was going on.

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by feelstupid Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:29 am
Hi!!
I'm a Norwegian girl who has been defrauded through Badoo, I was contacted by a very sweet and caring person named Ian Trevor.
He was a soldier in Afganistan. He want me to apply for a leave from Afganistan so we could meat me,and be together and have a good life. I have 3 children, and he said that he love children...and my children was his.
He had no family, he lost his mom and dad, and that he was the only child. He have a aunt and uncle, but because of his father, he had no contact with them.
Shortly afterwards, I received email that I had to contact his Commander Lt Col Robert Gonzalez and apply for leave for him. He was so nice to me, and wright lovley emails every day...He said I should say that I was his wife to be.This is the email:
GOOD DAY

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY AND HOW IS YOUR FAMIILY?. I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL AND ATTACHED THIS EMAIL IS A FORM YOU ARE TO PRINT IT OUT AND FILL IT AND THEN SEND US A COPY OF THE ONE YOU HAVE PRINTED.

TO APPLY FOR A LEAVE PASS YOU SHOULD WELL KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND GUILDLINES I GIVE YOU AND NOBODY ELSE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS STRICTLY MILIRARY POLICY THAT HAS BEEN WRITEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BRITISH INTELIGENCE UNDER THE SECTION 345 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FOR SECURITY REASONS AND AS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

APPLYING FOR A LEAVE PASS WILL ATTRACT A FEE OF $2,000 WHICH SHOULD BE PAID BY YOU. THIS FEE WILL BE USED TO RUN THE PROCESSING OF THE LEAVE DOCUMENT AND WILL ALSO BE SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF THE BRITISH/UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE.

YOU ARE TO READ THIS MESSAGE CAREFULLY AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE SENDING THE MONEY SO I CAN GIVE YOU DETAILS ON HOW TO SEND.


I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL.

REGARDS
LIUTENATE CORNEL ROBERT GONZALE
As stupid as I am, I pay this. I pay I paid through Western Union. To persons in Nigeria, the names are:OSAZEE JOHN, Mr Anderson Smith,Mr Barry Douglas,Osazee Momodu, security guard Doghor Gordon Onome.I have lost a lot of money. And he still ask for money. But I have not paid any now, because I saw this side, so I have block him from my email, phone ans msn.
Here is some off the persons who I have been in contact whit, because of all that have happen to him..
Barrister Osazee Momodu Chambers/office: [email protected]
Doctor Tim Omo: [email protected]
And Ian Trevor`s email address is : [email protected] and [email protected]
by feelstupid Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:22 am
rosalill wrote:Hello
The Army-homepage tells us how we can check out if the soldier is a real one by his e-mail. Try to send a mail to [email protected] If it comes back to you with "unknown address", you have got your answer :twisted: If you get a real reply from a living person, ask if he is the one you are chatting/mailing with. I have tried thet, and it works. They are so aware of this scamming-problem, so they will take this sereously. One of "my" scammers was a real person.....
Let put some sand into their machinery
rosalill

ps: would it help tracing them if I were online with one of them and you tried to find his place? ts.



I try to send to [email protected], and the answer was that the following recipient failed permanetly.
by feelstupid Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:30 am
HI!!

I try to send to [email protected], and the answer was that the following recipient failed permanetly.
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected
by began steele Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:21 am
I am sorry FS .I won't call you that name as you are not, you are a victim. I am sorry you lost money to a criminal. They played with decency and trust because that is all the filthy sh**ts know. You are not the first and won't be the last but at least we have the details to warn others.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~~ George Orwell.
by Bailey Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:44 pm
Hi am new to this but morgaine story sounds familiar have been in touch with a us army spc and he has asked me to,apply for his leave as usarmy are not allowing leave atm and will only allow it via request from family etc I was then sent 3 forms requesting me to agree to leave omg what do I do he is with 75th rangers reg in afghan please any help, as i've been reeled right in by him I think.
by Bailey Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:48 pm
Hi there new to all this but what about the email u.s.army-leave.dept.com as been requested to contact these about leave fo a man I been chatting to. Please let me know x
by Mike Wilson Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:29 pm
Hello Bailey and welcome to scamwarners.
Your instincts are correct as this is a scam. No one outside of the miltary can apply for laeve.

Please post the email the ask for you to apply for leave.

It is ALWAYS a scam
If the pet seller or shipper asks for money to be sent via Western Union, Money Gram, any brand of gift card. Walmart To Walmart , Zelle , PayPal friends and family option, or mentions Cameroon

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