Alan Donohue - US Army

Hi,

its getting more and more in Germany of these scams too. Now I got a guy who is calling himself Alan Donohue. He is pretending to have an assignment for Kabul, Afghanistan. About his grade he's telling that he ought to be Sergeant 1st Class there.

About his privat life he's just telling the usual like being widowed, having 2 children living with his Granny, having lost his own parents through a car-accident, having 3 cars, owns a house, etc.

It all ended up in the usual way of the applicant to leave Kabul. For heavens sake I was warned through other guys before him and haven't sent money via Western Union.

For Germany he's using the mail address [email protected].

Thank you for posting this information Monika,

Can you post one or two of his early emails, and maybe the ones asking for money? These emails are often scripts that scammers will use again and again under different names, and sometimes it helps victims to realize they are being scammed when they see the exact same emails being sent under another name.

Images used by this scammer:

Scripts used by this scammer:

Am sorry for the late reply..i was so busy with work and also trying to get some things done.Its good to hear from you Here is a bit about me. I am a single father with a daughter and son Nora{7} and Adam{5} by name and they mean the world to me ...7 and 5 years of age.Am mixed...American-German..Mum is from Germany while dad is American..they are both late,miss them so much..I schooled in the UK..had a degree in Art works at the University of Leeds in England..I work with the US Army base presently in Afghanistan trying to resolve the war ,not an easy job though , i enjoy life, the outdoors and a great evening with a little wine and soft music!I love to laugh and will love to make you laugh too! lol ......x
Friends say I'm honest and caring and enjoy helping others reach their potential--as I strive to reach mine.I'm quite down to earth and never abusive--I don't believe in tearing down--only buildiing up a relationship. I don't try to collect women as trophies, etc.--but treat them as a lady ought to be treated. I'm not into sexual power plays--just open-minded exhibits of love. Whether it's holding your door, holding your hand or asking if I may kiss you good night...it's all a part of how I believe a woman ought to be treated.
By the same token--I believe a woman ought to treat a man with respect and not use him either I'm not some ego-centric jerk that demands a woman answer to his beck and call--I believe a woman should be her own person, just as I've been all my life.
I believe a woman should be attractive--not full of herself and have a humble heart (as I try to have as well).I definitely am interested in the physical--but I try to also look at the woman's mind and heart--and what's in both of them.
I'm an excellent communicator and I'm looking for that woman that I can open up to and share my deepest desires, fears, thoughts and feelings--as I hope she would be able to do with me and accept her as she is--as she accepts me.
So i think it will be fair if you also tell me a bit about you.
Will love to hear from you again
Alan

How are you?thanks for telling me more about yourself i think we have so much in common ..How do you find online dating?What do you think of it ? you sound so much like a kind woman with a good heart and i really appreciate that ..i will like you to know i am for real,bcos i don't have time for playing games around,bcos its very awwful when someone hurt another good feelings... Well, relationship can mean two things: 1) it can mean that we have a connection, which I think exists 2) relationship also means to be romantically and sexually involved and I think we aren't at that level. So, I think at this point, given the amount of time we have to e-mail one another, we definitely have a friendship forming based on some external and internal similarities that are developing into a relationship that will bring us a little closer with good intentions, and the potential exists for the relationship to evolve into something more significant.I've been in several rapports where I was not fully appreciated. In fact, many times I felt I was taken advantage of and that hurts. I'd like to meet someone who recognizes the little things I do for her and knows how to be appreciative. For instance, if I were to make breakfast in bed or draw a bath for my woman,she could thank me by giving me a hug or a kiss. Or perhaps sending me a card for no particular occasion just to tell me 'thank you.' I'm very appreciative of what people do for me and Ill reward them in my own little ways. To me, it's the little things that mean a great deal to me..is fun having you to chat with..Tell me How long have you been out of relationship?What do you seek in a Man? And what are the Qualities he must have.I really wanna know all about you.

I'll be looking forward to hear from you.

Remain Bless......

Love
Alan

Here is the letter from the "General" demanding fake fees for a so-called military leave. Also note the absolutely atrocious English in this letter--you would not see such terrible English from a real General in the US Army.

My name is General John Hertz,Commanding Officer of the US Army base camp in Kabul and also in charge of the Logistics department unit for Vocational Leave... I want you to know due to the military code and your Acquaintance Sgt Alan Nick Donohue, being a Sergeant of the US Army a fee is attached which I highly refundable with accredited bonuses when the leave application is been applied for..This is the US Army procedures to make you safe and secured we are making all necessary security check for our processing so please do understand.

The payment for this procedure is;Logistics and military set up,Confirmation accreditation process,Parameter schedule and provision of air space..which can be paid twice for easiness..When this is done,a quick transit agreement form will be sent to you.

Your payment should be made by Western Union Money transfer because it is fast and more reliable. The payment should also be made to the base secretary to the General's department in United States for easier processing due to your location..You can get more details from Miss Jamie Lowe,Secretary to the General...Contact: [email protected]

N.B .This is highly confidential and all documents should be safe kept
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.
BEST REGARDS,

GENERAL JOHN HERTZ
US ARMY 82ND SF BASE DIVISION
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

Hi,

just saw, that I wrote the wrong mail-address he has used with me. The correct mail-address he was writing from to me is [email protected].

It is just another warning more for me not to trust anyone, who is telling me after a few mails that he is loving me so much. Just to see that they are so crooked to use pictures with children is so sad. As if they believe that they got more chances with such pictures.

Dear Dotti, Monika,
thanks god that i found this web-page here in time!
this guy found me in www.freenet.de - so this way of scamming reached germany as well.
his name in freenet was also Alan Donohue, but later he told me his name is Alan Jordan Dehall, Sgt. 1st Class with the US army, on a military Tour in Kabul, which will last until july. Widowed, two kids (Adam6 and Nora8) living with his Granny (89 years old) in Hamm. He owns a house in Hamburg, two cars. and he also owns a house in california, which he inherited from his dad. both parents died already. I fell for him very quickly because he just filled all my needs. at the end he wanted me to apply for his vocational leave, which will then be 12 weeks and he wanted to spend those 12 weeks with me. I made the application for him, they sent me forms to fill in which looked quite official. As i had never dealt with the army, i trusted it was true. but then they wanted me to pay his travel charges, admin fees etc, mounting to 1500 eur, which i should send via western union. first they gave me an address in the states (stephanie wright) then they changed plans and gave me an address in nigeria. this was the point it got suspicious to me and i started to investigate. when i found this web-page here i hardly believed what i saw. he sent me same e-mails in the beginning published here earlier and also same pics. even some more.
we communicated via yahoo messi and e-mail [email protected]
the leave application should be sent to [email protected]
this way of cheating innocent people and playing around with their hearts and emotions is so mean! i can hardly believe. i hope that this keeps other girls from harm...
persephone
thanks again that i found scamwarners.

Hi, Sgt. Alan Dehall got me. He pretty much told me the same That I have read on your posts. At this moment he is waiting for me to send the money via, western union. Which I am not. I have been talking to him for 9 months. And had actually mentioned the money 2 months ago. His mess up was calling me and having to talk loud because of background noise. And that sure was not a scottish accent!!! So thats when i did some investigating. I could not beleive it! My heart over powered common sense. I need to know who to notify, or who I turn him into.....The attorney general? Homeland Security? The Army? This isn't right. I am hanging him on until I find out who to tell.... Who is in the pic then? Does anyone know? He even had a little girl call me two days before thanksgiving? He's just not right. Please help me if you can....Heidi

Welcome to ScamWarners, hohrazda. I'm very sorry to hear that you have been a victim to this scammer. I'm glad your instinct made you do some searching before you parted with money, even though I understand the emotional damage he likely inflicted is bad enough to deal with.

You can report this crime to the FBI internet crime center, IC3, here: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
Unfortunately, there probably isn't much they will be able to do because the scammer is hiding behind the anonymity of the internet. It is still good to report it, however.

Please stop all contact with the scammer. Continuing to correspond with him won't really yield any benefit. Be aware that confronting him isn't useful as he will just continue to lie and try to steal from you. Please do not alert him to the information here. If he becomes aware of it, he will simply start using new names and information that is not indexed on anti scam sites. He'll also learn the warning signs so learn to become a better scammer to avoid detection.

We don't know who the real person in the picture is. Scammers steal photos from online and use them for their scams. Every picture posted here is an innocent person who has had their photos used by scammers.

Thank you for taking the time to post and tell us your experience. Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Hi

OMG I see this guy has appeared under another name, this is the same guy who i posted under the name of Alexander Steve Jordan..
A man of many disguises....

Simple rule Eva1003

Anyone you meet online who asks you for money is a scammer, and you can take some comfort from the fact that spending so much time on you, he must have felt sure he'd get paid, so you can be sure that he's hurting too, but his pain is richly deserved.

he is still a member in german freenet.de. after i kicked him out underhis nick alandonohue he is now using the nick soulmatefinder1970. and now he lives in stuttgart. ts.
and he already knows these posts under scamwarners.com
he confronted me with it after i had posted my report.

hi
please can someone help me in regards to this person who is calling himself Alexandra jorden my sister started talking to him has he said he was going to move over to the uk in december planning to marry in the april 2012 and he states hes divorced with 2 small childeren and he states he has a teenaged adopted son living in ghana is this the same person you are all talking about has i really need to know has my sister is soon to be married to him and i dont want to see her hurt has she has just lost her husband
many thanks

I'm guessing he claims to be either American or British, and he asked her to send money or items to the "son" in Ghana.

I can't tell you if it is the same scammer, but I can tell you that based on the little bit you said already, chances are greater than 95% that it is a scammer.

Yes they had asked for xbox, wii, psp and mobile phone. plus 800 at 45.00 week uk money. pls as any one got picture of him and his kids before my sister marriage him next year.

That tells me for certain it is a standard romance scam.

He is not real. There will be no marriage.

The person writing to her is a young African from Ghana, and everything he has told her is a lie. I am assuming he sent her photos of an white man. He will make excuses and stories--accidents will happen, or he will get arrested or robbed, or sick, or something will happen to one or more of his children--whatever the story is, he will not be able to come see her unless she sends him money. He will continue to come up with reasons for her to send money for as long as she sends it--but he cannot come to see her, as he is not the person in the photos he has sent her. The photos he is using are simply copied from the internet. He has absolutely no connection to the real person, and he can never meet her in person because he looks nothing like that person.

If you can post some of the emails he sent her, we can point out some more information. You can also search for the photos he sent her on google, tineye, and scamdigger.com. They may have been used in scams before.

If you can convince her to read some of our information on romance scammers, it may help her to understand. The more information we have on this particular scammer, the better we can help you.