US TRANSIT LEAVE REQUEST

FAKE FAKE FAKE Please if you recieve this email ladies PLEASE DO NOT REPLY JUST IGNORE

You are receiving this email in response to your leave
request for Major Hendon Thomas of the United States Army. This
process requires you to sign some documents out of which one is
attached to this email. You are to download the attached file, print
it, provide the required information, mark the check box below to
certify that the information provided is correct. Scan the completed
form and send it back via this email. After this is done, we can
proceed with the remaining process. Your swift response is being
awaited.

Yours faithfully,

Lt.Col Robert Gonzalez

Welcome Sandie,

I'm sorry to hear you too were a victim of these scammers, but I am glad that you realized before sending money for leave. As you can see, you are not alone. The US soldier/ fake leave scam format is very popular these days, mainly because it has been successful for these scammers.

These scammers often use scripts for their early emails, and they will continue to use the same scripts after they change names and email addresses. Could you post some of your scammer's early emails (remove your info), so that we can help to prevent others being scammed?

Hey Angel,

How are you doing? Miss you so much that I can't stop thinking about you..Honey, have you sent the leave request? Here are some pictures for you eyes only..Hope to read and chat with you soon.

Take good care of yourself for me.

Hen

here are a few emails so if you get any like this please dont fall for it!
Hello Sweetie,

Thanks for your mail...I'm always happy reading from you, its make me feel on top of the world that someone out there really care about me..You make me feel what I don't believe I can feel again in my life, I will say thank you for coming into my life for you make me feel safe, secure and want down here...I can't wait to tell this to you face and let the world how much you mean to me, I also looked at your picture all time, you're the best thing that has happened to me, I will use the rest of my life to tell you this..Miss you so much that I can't wait to see you in person to tell and show how I feel about you, hope that will happen soon.

Take good care of yourself for me,

Big hug and Kissesss,

Hen

I had conversation with Hendon this morning.... we discussed his leave......me full well knowing its a scam I was telling him i will NOT send money so I will paste the coversatiion just to show how persistant they are...so please I beg you please again do not fall victim to it

[email protected] said (7:47 AM):
Glad you're home now
what time is it there
Sandie says:

10:48 am
[email protected] said (7:48 AM):
ok
where u coming from?
Sandie says:
laundry ....groceries.....the gym
[email protected] said (7:50 AM):
OK love
I got your offline
Sandie says:
yes
[email protected] said (7:50 AM):
Honey, All I need from you is trust and faith now
Sandie says:
and i filled out the last form and got nothing back
and I have been researching and all i have found is people scammin
yanno what Hendon I think this would be a great thing for us but we do need to be honest
and I will be honest and upfront with you I will NOT send money if that is what is going to happen
[email protected] said (7:53 AM):
I'm honest with you honey
[email protected] said (7:54 AM):
Honey, how will I get home if you don't send money
Sandie says:
can u see where i am coming from?
[email protected] said (7:54 AM):
I understand you
Sandie says:
and how much am I suppose to send?
[email protected] said (7:55 AM):
I don't know for now for I was with him and he was asking how am going to get myself on air
Sandie says:
well im sure they provide it dont they?
[email protected] said (7:57 AM):
They with not for am requesting for leave
he's just helping me
[email protected] said (7:58 AM):
I am to do my part I had fill some form today
[email protected] said (8:00 AM):
Honey, How soon will you be able to when we know what to pay
Sandie says:
send me the forms and I will see
[email protected] said (8:01 AM):
Nothing in my mail
i filled it in his office
[email protected] said (8:05 AM):
he said I will be living before 20th of this month
I said he will get to you with flight money
Sandie says:
hmmmmm ok
[email protected] said (8:06 AM):
I will be able to see him as soon as am out for I will be able to get to my account
Sandie says:
ahhh u cant acces your account now?
[email protected] said (8:07 AM):
Honey, I can't wait to be with you
[email protected] said (8:08 AM):
yes honey
My account has been restricted beacuse my online banking as being hack
Sandie says:
ahhhhhhhhhh
[email protected] said (8:09 AM):
thats what am facing
Sandie says:
i see
[email protected] said (8:11 AM):
Love you so much and can't wait to be with you
Sandie says:
well Hendon I do need to get going and get some more things done
[email protected] said (8:12 AM):
Ok love
[email protected] said (8:12 AM):
Ok love
Love you with all I am
Let me know as soon as you get something from himok
ok
Sandie says:
oh I will
and about 1/2 hour after our conversation conveniently his col Lt emailed me with information for his leave I will paste that as well.

So that is what im facing and now its time to BLOCK AND DELETE him ,gawd I love this delete button...LOL

You are to come up with $4,160.96 USD. This money is meant to getMajor Hendon Thomas on a flight to you and back in February. The saidamount should be send through Western Union Money Transfer to the nameand address below and get back to us with the information needed toget the funds for the flight to be booked: Name: Michael MillerAddress:111 Buckingham Palace RoadCity: LondonPost Code: SW1W 0SRCountry: United Kingdom We urge you to come up with the said amount of money so there won't beany delays. Your swift response is being awaited. Note: Your phone number is not included in the form you filled, get that to us. Yours Faithfully,Lt. Colonel Robert Gonzalez

Just be CAREFUL Please

OMG thats whom I recieved the leave forms from the same lt grrrr

Please don't fill out the forms and just ignore anymore messages from whom ever you are talking to its a scam!!

I have had exactly the same thing from 2 soldiers. One supposedly stationed in Afghanistan and one in Germany. I just knew it was a scam the minute they said I had to request leave for them and I just knew there was going to be a request for money shortly afterwards. I knew they were full of it as well because of the way they were typing, you can tell that English is not their first language and the fact that they said they love me from the 2nd conversation we had and that they can't wait to be with me. What a load of rubbish, no normal bloke says that to you after 2 conversations. You might get an 'I like you' and that's it. It has been fun stringing them along though. The address I was given to write to was [email protected]. As I said I just knew it was all a scam, as if a real army email address would be at 'gmail'. Please, please, please, anyone reading this you have to be so careful and for goodness sake don't send a penny anywhere. Don't get into anything with anyone who says they are an American soldier stationed abroad.

Sorry to hear about your bout with the Army scam.
Its too bad that they have to use the US ARMY men that are out fighting for their country for the scam.
it just makes me sick to my stomach that someone can go to those lengths when there are proud men and women out there fighting to make our world safe......and there are scummy people doing that to them, making the ARMY look bad.

I hope they get caught and do time for the sad thing they are doing, and I hope that they have not scammed any lonely people.

Just becareful out there because the Army doesn't make any family or loved ones ask for a request for leave! and you are right they certainly don't use gmail, or hotmail or yahoo.

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!

Hi
I wish I had of found this site earlier, as I believe I have now been scammed. I have been in contact with a Sgt from US army in Afghanistan and he asked for payment for his flight to visit me, telling me that because I lived outside the US that the army personel has to pay for their own flight and that army personel have limited access to their accounts, and by filling out the leave request form with my details the admin office will refund me the money as soon as the Sgt notification of his safe arrival. I did find a US military site that did support the information about them having to arrange payment for their flights outside of the US, so I paid for the flight and admin costs. But then I was contacted to pay for stamp duty and transit fees, which I thought were outrageous. Which I am putting off paying. I got suspious and decided to research again, looking up the colonel's name and found he is retired now and linked to this site. They must be updating their information as he asked me to email directly to the colonel, the address being [email protected] and then later it changed to [email protected] when requesting for the stamp duty. The stamp duty request did come from a Lt Gen. Stultz C. Jack saying to arrange payment with Lt. Col. Robert Gonzalez. probably to the Westernunion office again. I have been asking questions about the things in his photos and his answers seem genuine. I guess I don't need to ask that I have been scammed. I was contacted by another army guy but he was using ghe email address that has been mentioned in the other posts. so I deleted him straight away, but he didn't ask for leave, just money for phone connection. I did ask this sgt about phone conversation and he did say it has to be requested and he would do that, and didn't mention about money!!! It would be nice if this guy was genuine, but I guess the email address gives him away. I thought I would tell you about it just incase they are getting clever with their email addresses. Thanks for listening

Welcome! I'm sorry you had such an ugly experience. An expert member will be with you shortly. In the meantime some thoughts:
The US Army takes care of their soldiers. They are given the opportunity to call their families and friends for free. Any leave has to be asked for by the soldiers and is awarded directly to them. Once the soldiers are ready to depart, the Army provides the transport back home for free, too.
Could you please tell us what website you were looking at?

I did find a US military site that did support the information about them having to arrange payment for their flights outside of the US, so I paid for the flight and admin costs.

Best wishes
Katharina

Hi Katherine,
I found it on nv.ngb.army.mil there is a document on this site. nv.ngb.army.mil./hro/agr/ArmyLeave.pdf and in chapter 8 it outlines the procedure for the overseas leave request. The things the Sgt as mentioned to me I have found in this document. I suppose if I found it, the scammers can too. How can if find out if this guy is for real, as he did give me his service number for when I requested the leave as his contact for staying in Australia. He also mentioned that he did fill in a request form first and what I had to fill in was for contact details for his stay in Australia and once I had paid for the stamp duty there would be more forms to fill in, and he would have to get a medical in Germany before coming. I guess they are getting better if this is a scam.
Regards J

How can if find out if this guy is for real

I had to fill in was for contact details for his stay in Australia and once I had paid for the stamp duty there would be more forms to fill in, and he would have to get a medical in Germany before coming.

There is no mechanism or requirement for service personnel going on leave that requires any third party civillian or otherwise to pay any kind of fee for anything. It is a scam, pure and simple; Any details of a serviceman that he has given to you may be a genuine person, or may be totally made up.

Walk away.

Thank you, I will. Its a shame how they use these service men and their photos. Do these guys ever find out they are being exploited.
Regards J