US Soldier Scam

In most email programs, you can delete email addresses from your contact list. By doing this, the emails will not come through automatically. They will either go to your Spam Folder or straight to Trash. You can also set it so that certain email addresses go directly to Trash.

It depends on the email program you are using.

Certainly do as Justin said, ignore and delete any emails from this scammer. If you don't they WILL keep coming back to you for money will all kinds of excuses.

It is also important that you are aware that there are Recovery Scams in which the scammer tells you he will get your money back for you for a fee. Do not believe this lie. It is not possible, and all that will happen is you will lose any money you send. Read here: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3198

I am sorry you got scammed. Do stop all communication with the scammer.

MY SOLDIERS NAME IS MITCHEL [email protected],But hes put short in front of his e-mail or short behind his e-mail. Same story with me, my soldier was on ' ZOOSK' WHEN HE CONTACTED ME.He is 52yrs old,U.S ARMY SOLDIER,STATIONED OUT IN KHARTUAM, SUDAN.HIS WIFE DIED ON 9-11 IN A CAR ACCIDENT,TRYING TO GET AWAY.HE HAS A SON IN ENGLAND IN A BOARDING SCHOOL,HE'S 17,HIS NAME IS HACKNEY MITCHEL,WHO'S LOOKING 4 A MUM I FIRST CHATTED WITH HIM ON 9-15-2011.I CHATTED WITH HIM ON ZOOSK BUT SOON AFTER THAT HE DELETED HIS PROFILE.HE SOON STARTED TELLING ME HE LOVED ME,AND HE NO LONGER NEED TO B ON A DATING SITE,SO I GAVE E-MAIL ADDRESS AND DIFFERENT PASSWORDS FROM MY DIFFERENT DATING SITES.I THOUGHT WOW A MAN LIKE NO OTHER I STARTED TRUSTING HIM,LIKE A FOOL.WE TALKED EVERYDAY MORNING AND NIGHT,HE SENT ME THE SWEETEST LOVE LETTERS AND POEMS I HAVE EVER HEAR .THEN ONE NIGHT HE SAID I HAVE TO TELL MY SON ABOUT YOU,I SAID OK THEN THE NEXT THING I KNOW HIS SON STARTED CHATTING WITH ME, THEN HACKNEY WAS TELLING ME THAT HE WANTED 2 B IN MY FAMILY,WELL I SAID OK CAUSE HIS DAD AND I WAS GETTING ALONG LIKE NO OTHER MAN I KNEW WELL, WELL HE WAS TELLING ME HOW LONELY HE WAS AND I ASKED IF HE EVER HEARD OF A WII, HE SAID YES AND HE SAID MOM GET ME ONE , I THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE BUT FELT SORRY 4 HIM IN A BOARDING SCHOOL, I SAID YES . WELL THE NEXT DAY HE SENT A E-MAIL ASKING IF I WOULD B HIS MOM AGAIN FELT SORRY HE LOST HIS MOM ON 9-11 I SAID YES.WELL I TOLD HIM I WOULD GET THE WII AND A GAME HE WANTED OVER HERE AND SEND IT TO HIM HE SAID NO MOM,I CAN'T RECEIVE IT HERE ONLY MONEY AND IT WOULD COST ME 450.00USD 4 HIM 2 TURN 2 PDS BUT COULDN'T GIVE ME AN ADDRESS TOLD ME TO GET IT FROM HIS DAD SO I ASKED MITCHEL TOLD ME TO WESTERN UNION IT TO THIS ADDRESS AND LET HIM KNOW WHEN I DID .AS I WAS SITTING THERE AND THE MORE HE TALK THE DAD I GOT WEIRDER OF THEN IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT 4 HACKNEY THAT HAS PASSED ON 9-30-2011, A COUPLE OF DAYS B-4 .WELL I TOLD OK BUT IN THE MEAN WHILE I CALLED A FRIEND OF MINE AND WAS TELLING HER SHE SAID HE SOUNDS LIKE A GUY THAT TRIED TO SCAM HER SO SHE E-MAIL ME A LETTER AND PICS OF HIM NO I SAID SHE HAD A GUY THAT WAS A LIL MORE MEATY MY SOLDIER WAS A THIN GUY BUT THEN I TOLD HIM 2 CALL SAID HE COULDN'T HAD NO WAY 2.I NEEDED 2 SEND 250.00 AT FIRST ON A TS2? I SAID WHAT.SO THE NEXT DAY HE ASKED AGAIN I SAID OUR SON WANTED A WII OHHH OKAY HE SAID GET 4 HIM FIRST SEND THE MONEY 2 HIM WELL I PLAY ED HIM THAT I COULDN'T DO IT WELL HE ARGUED AND GOT OFF CHAT.NEXT DAY THE BOY AND DAD CHATTED WAITED THE MONEY TOLD DAD I WOULD WHEN I GOT A CHANCE THEY SAID OK,WELL THEN DAD WANTED CREDIT CARD INFO.I TOLD HIM IT GOT STOLEN FROM A FRIEND TO C HOW HE WOULD ACT HE GOT MAD WENT OFF OF CHAT AGAIN THEN I KNEW 4 SURE HE WAS A SCAMMER I TOLD HIM SO TO, BUT HE WANTED TO COME B WITH ME I SAID NO.HE WANTED SO BAD 4 ME TO SEND HIM MONEY.WELL I WAS ON YAHOO I SAW THAT THIS GIRL FOUR PAWS SAID IN A E-MAIL I READ THAT HE NEEDED A REAL JOB,AND HER FRIEND FROM CIA WAS INVESTAGATING HIM HE CHATTED WITH ME AFTER I SENT A CHAT TO HIM PLUS MESSAGED HIM AND HE SAID HIS SON TXTED A MESSAGE 2 HIM AS WELL,THEN I STARTED FINDING INFO ON HIM I STILL TALK TO HIM,BUT NOT IN A FEW DAYS SAID THEY WENT TO A NEIGHBOURING COUNTRY NOT HEARD FROM HIM IN 2 DAYS NOW SO SO MUCH ON US GETTING MARRIED LOL SON EVEN STOPPED CHATTING W/ME BUT I WAS HIS MOM L O L AND HE LOVED ME 2 IN ONLY A WEEK. BUT I SENT HIM MY HOME ADDRESS AND MY PHONE NUMBER.I DID TELL HIM AFTER HE ASKED 4 MONEY HE WANTED OFF OR JUST WENT OFF I SAVED ALL LETTERS CHATTS ZOOSK REQUEST PICS OF HIM AND HIS SON THEY R ALL DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I READ HERE DO U THINK HE WILL COME TO MY HOME ADDRESS?

I'm sorry you were scammed, by this jerk, but glad you realized before you sent any money.

He and his "son" are simply the same scammer playing both roles. I would not worry about him showing up at your doorstep. He is almost certainly in Africa or Malaysia and will almost certainly never be in the country, let alone in your area.

While this type of scammer may make physical threats, he essentially is a coward. He hides behind fake identities and completely false information. He does not put his neck out, or take risks that could expose him. Actually paying a visit to you would expose him and put him at much greater use of prosecution. It's a risk he is not going to take.

Posting the email address of the "son" would help, and it would also help others if you can post some of the emails he sent to you, under the fake soldier name and the "son's" name. Scammers often use the same letters, even after they change names, and having those letters posted can help someone else to identify a scammer later. Just remove any specific personal information about yourself, if there is any (though often when you review the emails, you discover that there is actually very little personal information).

Also, if your user name is your real name, i would strongly encourage changing it. Just give me a new username and I can do that for you.