by nearlymuggedoff
Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:11 pm
Then one day, I asked him if it wasnt possible for us to speak on the phone. He said that I needed to go through some kind of security to register my phone as soldiers weren't allowed to speak with anyone not cleared. He said I could apply by contacting this email. He would always have to go ask' Halverson' (his army friend) for this info. but I guess he had it to hand really. All part of the plot to make me beleive in him. Here is the phone enquiry email:
[b
To. [email protected]
Dear Sir
Please may I speak with Sergent John Donald.
My cellphone is registered in England- Number (0044) **** *** ***
Kind Regards
**** **************][/b]
Then a couple of days later I recieved this reply:
Madam we have various types of phone available to make calls to our soldier boys all you have to do is request for one and make payment as scheduled . Get back to us asap.
Thank you
So then I said to 'John' that I had no idea what they were talking about, and would I just have to pay for the phone call? (which I didnt mind doing). He said he didnt know. He said that perhaps I should write back to them and ask them what they mean. So I did. And got this reply:
Dear Subscriber. ,
Thank you vey much for your interest in our satellite phone services. In our offer we have got four satellite phones : Iridium 9505A, Iridium 9555, Thuraya SO-2510 and Thuraya SG-2520.
Iridium does not produce any color-screen models - they are concerned about reliablility and ruggedness of their handset more than on "eye-candy". Both Thuraya handsets on the other hand have color screens and other features similiar to those of modern cellphones.
Iridium 9505A is satellite phone works anywhere on Earth and provides reliable and high quality voice and data satellite service. Featuring handheld phones weighing less than one pound, global coverage is provided by 66 low-earth-orbiting satellites, which allows users to make and receive calls virtually anywhere in the world and send/receive text messages, all you need is a clear line of site to the sky. Cost of that phone is 1250USD + shipping.
Iridium 9555 is the latest evolution in well known, rugged and reliable Iridium satellite phones – and it works everywhere. Without exception. It is small but determined, sleek but industrial grade, easy to use but powerful. It is every bit as rugged as Iridium’s previous handsets - still resistant to water, dust and shock - but streamlined and packed with innovative new features. The Iridium 9555 is not only the smallest phone Iridium has ever made, it’s also the most powerful. With a significantly reduced footprint from the previous model, more hand-friendly form factor, and aerodynamic features such as an internally stowed antenna, this sleek handset is designed to easily go wherever you do. Cost of 9555 handset is $1690 USD + shipping.
Thuraya SO-2510 was released in November 2006. It has a colour screen and is claimed to be the smallest and lightest satellite phone in the world and uses the VxWorks operating system.
Price : 1050 USD + shipping
Thuraya SG-2520 is a dual-mode handset that also connects to GSM/GPRS services and is based on Windows CE. The device is slightly bigger than the SO-2510 but it also has a camera, GPS and support for SD Cards. The operating system is a rather customised version of Windows CE and is not at all like Windows Mobile. It has support for running Java J2ME applications only.Thuraya SIM cards will work in regular GSM phones and ordinary GSM SIM cards can be used on the satellite network as long as the GSM provider has a roaming agreement with Thuraya.
Price : 1400 USD + shipping.
Basic advantages of the Thuraya satellite telephony are, first of all:
* possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East
* possibility of accessing the Internet anywhere within a satellite network coverage, including the following seas: Red, Mediterranean, Arabian, North, Baltic, Dead, Caspian, and Black, as well as a part of the Indian Ocean
* satellite connectivity in one telephone
* posiibility of calling Inmarsat A/B/Mini/ Iridium networks
* prepaid cards
Prepaid Cards:
160 Units 75 minutes valid for 2 months costs - 197,33 USD
Thuraya ECO Countries - Europe
Albania France Lithuania Montenegro
Andorra Geogria Luxembourg Slovenia
Armenia Germany Macedonia Spain
Austria Gibraltar Malta Sweden
Azerbaijan Greece Moldova Switzerland
Belarus Hungary Monaco Tajikistan
Bosnia Herzegovina Iceland Netherlands Turkey
Bulgaria Ireland Norway Turkmenistan
Croatia Italy Poland Ukraine
Czech Republic Kazakhstan Portugal United Kingdom
Denmark Kyrgyzstan Romania Uzbekistan
Estonia Latvia Slovakia
Finland Liechtenstein Serbia
Thuraya ECO Countries - Africa
Burundi Guinea Mauritania Tunisia
Cameroon Guinea-Equatorial Morocco Somalia
Egypt Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Uganda
Eritrea Liberia Rwanda Zambia
Gambia Malawi Senegal Zimbabwe
Ghana Mali Sierra Leone
Thuraya ECO Countries - Asia
Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Oman Syria Iraq
If you have any further questions, please contact us again by replying to this email.
We offer following Iridium Prepaid Cards:
75 minutes valid for 2 months costs - 155 USD
200 minutes valid for 6 months costs - 500 USD
500 minutes valid for 12 months costs - 800 USD
3000 minutes valid for 24 months costs - 3520 USD
5000 minutes valid for 24 months costs - 5000 USD
* Calls to landlines worldwide depend on the Prepaid card : 0.8USD - 2.00 USD
* Calls to other Iridium phones or voice mail: 0.4 USD - 1 USD
* Sending SMS messages: 0.33 USD
Call charges are :
0.99 to Iridium,
1.49 to band 1
4.99 "band 2" *
8.00 "catch all" **
SMS - 0.49
We have a payment plan via our medium through western union/ money gram .
In other to register for our phoning facility, you are advice to
provide us with the information below;
YOUR INFORMATION:
- FULL NAME:
- HOME ADDRESS:
- PHONE NUMBER:
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION:
-NAME:
-RANK:
-LOCATION ( COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):
Thank you
Obviously, I told him that I was now way going to pay that much money to speak to him and how disgusted I was at how the US government treaded their soldiers and their families. And all 'John' would say is that he couldnt beleive it and he understood I couldnt afford it and never mind we would have to wait till we met................I still didnt suspect a scam, even then.........................
[b
To. [email protected]
Dear Sir
Please may I speak with Sergent John Donald.
My cellphone is registered in England- Number (0044) **** *** ***
Kind Regards
**** **************][/b]
Then a couple of days later I recieved this reply:
Madam we have various types of phone available to make calls to our soldier boys all you have to do is request for one and make payment as scheduled . Get back to us asap.
Thank you
So then I said to 'John' that I had no idea what they were talking about, and would I just have to pay for the phone call? (which I didnt mind doing). He said he didnt know. He said that perhaps I should write back to them and ask them what they mean. So I did. And got this reply:
Dear Subscriber. ,
Thank you vey much for your interest in our satellite phone services. In our offer we have got four satellite phones : Iridium 9505A, Iridium 9555, Thuraya SO-2510 and Thuraya SG-2520.
Iridium does not produce any color-screen models - they are concerned about reliablility and ruggedness of their handset more than on "eye-candy". Both Thuraya handsets on the other hand have color screens and other features similiar to those of modern cellphones.
Iridium 9505A is satellite phone works anywhere on Earth and provides reliable and high quality voice and data satellite service. Featuring handheld phones weighing less than one pound, global coverage is provided by 66 low-earth-orbiting satellites, which allows users to make and receive calls virtually anywhere in the world and send/receive text messages, all you need is a clear line of site to the sky. Cost of that phone is 1250USD + shipping.
Iridium 9555 is the latest evolution in well known, rugged and reliable Iridium satellite phones – and it works everywhere. Without exception. It is small but determined, sleek but industrial grade, easy to use but powerful. It is every bit as rugged as Iridium’s previous handsets - still resistant to water, dust and shock - but streamlined and packed with innovative new features. The Iridium 9555 is not only the smallest phone Iridium has ever made, it’s also the most powerful. With a significantly reduced footprint from the previous model, more hand-friendly form factor, and aerodynamic features such as an internally stowed antenna, this sleek handset is designed to easily go wherever you do. Cost of 9555 handset is $1690 USD + shipping.
Thuraya SO-2510 was released in November 2006. It has a colour screen and is claimed to be the smallest and lightest satellite phone in the world and uses the VxWorks operating system.
Price : 1050 USD + shipping
Thuraya SG-2520 is a dual-mode handset that also connects to GSM/GPRS services and is based on Windows CE. The device is slightly bigger than the SO-2510 but it also has a camera, GPS and support for SD Cards. The operating system is a rather customised version of Windows CE and is not at all like Windows Mobile. It has support for running Java J2ME applications only.Thuraya SIM cards will work in regular GSM phones and ordinary GSM SIM cards can be used on the satellite network as long as the GSM provider has a roaming agreement with Thuraya.
Price : 1400 USD + shipping.
Basic advantages of the Thuraya satellite telephony are, first of all:
* possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East
* possibility of accessing the Internet anywhere within a satellite network coverage, including the following seas: Red, Mediterranean, Arabian, North, Baltic, Dead, Caspian, and Black, as well as a part of the Indian Ocean
* satellite connectivity in one telephone
* posiibility of calling Inmarsat A/B/Mini/ Iridium networks
* prepaid cards
Prepaid Cards:
160 Units 75 minutes valid for 2 months costs - 197,33 USD
Thuraya ECO Countries - Europe
Albania France Lithuania Montenegro
Andorra Geogria Luxembourg Slovenia
Armenia Germany Macedonia Spain
Austria Gibraltar Malta Sweden
Azerbaijan Greece Moldova Switzerland
Belarus Hungary Monaco Tajikistan
Bosnia Herzegovina Iceland Netherlands Turkey
Bulgaria Ireland Norway Turkmenistan
Croatia Italy Poland Ukraine
Czech Republic Kazakhstan Portugal United Kingdom
Denmark Kyrgyzstan Romania Uzbekistan
Estonia Latvia Slovakia
Finland Liechtenstein Serbia
Thuraya ECO Countries - Africa
Burundi Guinea Mauritania Tunisia
Cameroon Guinea-Equatorial Morocco Somalia
Egypt Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Uganda
Eritrea Liberia Rwanda Zambia
Gambia Malawi Senegal Zimbabwe
Ghana Mali Sierra Leone
Thuraya ECO Countries - Asia
Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Oman Syria Iraq
If you have any further questions, please contact us again by replying to this email.
We offer following Iridium Prepaid Cards:
75 minutes valid for 2 months costs - 155 USD
200 minutes valid for 6 months costs - 500 USD
500 minutes valid for 12 months costs - 800 USD
3000 minutes valid for 24 months costs - 3520 USD
5000 minutes valid for 24 months costs - 5000 USD
* Calls to landlines worldwide depend on the Prepaid card : 0.8USD - 2.00 USD
* Calls to other Iridium phones or voice mail: 0.4 USD - 1 USD
* Sending SMS messages: 0.33 USD
Call charges are :
0.99 to Iridium,
1.49 to band 1
4.99 "band 2" *
8.00 "catch all" **
SMS - 0.49
We have a payment plan via our medium through western union/ money gram .
In other to register for our phoning facility, you are advice to
provide us with the information below;
YOUR INFORMATION:
- FULL NAME:
- HOME ADDRESS:
- PHONE NUMBER:
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:
MILITARY PERSONNEL INFORMATION:
-NAME:
-RANK:
-LOCATION ( COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):
Thank you
Obviously, I told him that I was now way going to pay that much money to speak to him and how disgusted I was at how the US government treaded their soldiers and their families. And all 'John' would say is that he couldnt beleive it and he understood I couldnt afford it and never mind we would have to wait till we met................I still didnt suspect a scam, even then.........................
From the International code directory I think the caller is from Nepal!!?? 
). I've only recently found out scams like this existed and your insight was very interesting. It's so shameful people try to take advantage of women seeking companionship like this. About your mobile phone number: just simply ignore any calls you suspect may be from this person. He will only spend time and money to contact you if he still thinks he can scam you. Ignoring his calls is the best way to get him to leave you alone. Totally cut off all contact. 
