Scam or not

ATTENTION: <removed personal information - Tim>

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your leave application made on behalf of your Fiance SGT Ryan Watanabe, a U.S troop on peacekeeping mission here in Darfur Sudan under my command and military jurisdiction. I understand through this application and the previous discussions with him on his affairs and marriage proposal to you, and that he is to proceed for a marital arrangement with you and has so much talked on this matter. He seeks now to conclude with you to be his legal wife.
I must inform you here that, he is of an important mission holding a profound position in security and monitoring duties as one of our military intelligence here.

Accordingly, you should also note that this is not time for his official leave but not withstanding he will be granted an emergency leave basically on your explanations, and comprehensive introduction of your true personality coupled with his zeal to seek for this leave opportunity in other to get to your country to get a finalization's for marriage with you.

I must also bring to your notice that the United States military authority does not ask our troops to pay for their official leaves or holidays/vacations assigned and approved by the military authority but in a situation where any member of the US army on his or her own discretion's and agreement with his partner apply or request for an emergency leave it must involve a refundable payment of fees in line with the number of months leave duration will be chosen as available for only emergency reasons on request by troops on peace keeping mission only.
It is very important that you understand these points very well and the more reasons you must pay and support in other to give this office the support to give approval to your request to have him home.

We have the following leave duration to be considered and approved for accepted Applicants seeking for coming home of their partner on peace keeping mission and as I have offered you the chance to choose from the below leave duration's with non-negotiable refundable payments attached to each leave duration.

The United States military officers seeking for emergency leave to fulfill marital proposal and promises are entitled for the following leave/ emergency vacation options as stated below and must use it as requested and no misconduct is to be tolerated:

Below are the lists of military leave of absence available:


US ARMY MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE (V) Category:US MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE Price:$1,200 DOLLARS Description: The US Army Leave of Absence (v) enables US soldier gain leave of absence from all official duty for a period of 6 months while still eligible for receiving entitlement.

US ARMY MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE (VI) Category:US MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE Price:$2,220 DOLLARS Description: The US Army Leave of Absence (vi) enables US soldier gain leave of absence from all official duty for a period of one year {HONEYMOON} while still eligible for receiving entitlement.

US ARMY MILITARY PERMANENT LEAVE OF ABSENCE (VII) Category:US MILITARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE Price:$4,125 DOLLARS Description: The US Army Permanent Leave of Absence (vii) enables US soldier gain a permanent leave of absence {RETIREMENT} from all official duty while still eligible for receiving entitlement.


The above leave Duration are made available for you to choose and send payment according to the choice made for your partner depending on your capability and expected time that you will want him to spend with you.

The reasons of payment for emergency leave Application is to assist the US military authority in replacement expenses. The money you are ask to pay will be send back to you one’s your husband get to your home safe and this supporting of troops coming to take over duties from any one going on emergency leave and must be considered worthy and a way of ensuring that our troops are protected and allowed to judiciously make use of their times for reasons they are applied and paid for.This must be well understood for any applicant/partner, and instructions made here in must be duly followed with the refundable payment of the amount fixed on each emergency vacation choice made in accordance of the rules and all guidelines clearly stated on this memo to avoid mistake or termination of approval.

NOTE: For payment of any choice of leave duration, applicants are to choose to pay all fees at one time or in two or three instalments’ beginning with nothing less than 30% of the total charge for the leave duration option or choice made by applicants.

On the receipt of the full payment in less than 7 days of this notification the name of your partner will be processed and listed on the list of emergency leave to allow him to proceed on the applied emergency leave at the time you expected his arrival in your country and to get married to you legally.

For any choice you have made from the above leave duration, payment must be made in full within one week from today either in full or part of the fee to get his name fixed on the vacation list on time and to avoid mistakes or miscalculations in replacement expenses as explained above.

NOTE:Do get back us for negogiation and payment information and details for the payment.

THANKS FOR PATRONAGE
help pls .. Is this is scam or real? .

It is a scam. Military never pay for leave period - there's no such thing as unofficial leave. Only the military member can request leave, no one else.

What email addresses are they using?

[email protected] can you check pls .. If there is a real name ryan watanabe .. That is a military based on darfur sudan

As stated, it is a scam - we have no troops in Sudan. usa.com are FREE email addresses that would not be used in any official military.

This is a warning from the Army:

This is a warning from the Army about this scam.
http://www.army.mil/article/130861/Army ... nce_scams/

QUANTICO, Va. (July 30, 2014) -- Special Agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as CID, are once again warning internet users worldwide about cyber criminals involved in an online crime that CID has dubbed "the Romance Scam."

CID special agents continue to receive numerous reports from victims located around the world regarding various scams of persons impersonating U.S. Soldiers online. Victims are usually unsuspecting women, 30 to 55 years old, who believe they are romantically involved with an American Soldier, yet are being exploited and ultimately robbed, by perpetrators who strike from thousands of miles away.

"We cannot stress enough that people need to stop sending money to persons they meet on the internet and claim to be in the U.S. military," said Chris Grey, Army CID's spokesman.

"It is very troubling to hear these stories over and over again of people who have sent thousands of dollars to someone they have never met and sometimes have never even spoken to on the phone," Grey said.

The majority of the "romance scams," are being perpetrated on social media and dating-type websites where unsuspecting females are the main target.

The criminals are pretending to be U.S. servicemen, routinely serving in a combat zone. The perpetrators will often take the true rank and name of a U.S. Soldier who is honorably serving his country somewhere in the world, or has previously served and been honorably discharged, then marry that up with some photographs of a Soldier off the internet, and then build a false identity to begin prowling the internet for victims.

The scams often involve carefully worded romantic requests for money from the victim to purchase special laptop computers, international telephones, military leave papers, and transportation fees to be used by the fictitious "deployed Soldier" so their false relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address.

Once victims are hooked, the criminals continue their ruse.

"We've even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to purchase "leave papers" from the Army, help pay for medical expenses from combat wounds or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone," said Grey.

These scams are outright theft and are a grave misrepresentation of the U.S. Army and the tremendous amount of support programs and mechanisms that exist for Soldiers today, especially those serving overseas, said Grey.

Along with the romance-type scams, CID has been receiving complaints from citizens worldwide that they have been the victims of other types of scams -- once again where a cyber crook is impersonating a U.S. service member. One version usually involves the sale of a vehicle; where the service member claims to be living overseas and has to quickly sell their vehicle because they are being sent to another duty station. After sending bogus information regarding the vehicle, the seller requests the buyer do a wire transfer to a third party to complete the purchase. When in reality, the entire exchange is a ruse for the crook to get the wire transfer and leave the buyer high and dry, with no vehicle.

Army CID continues to warn people to be very suspicious if they begin a relationship on the internet with someone claiming to be an American Soldier and within a matter of weeks, the alleged Soldier is asking for money, as well as discussing marriage.

The majority of these scams have a distinct pattern to them, explained Grey.

The perpetrators often tell the victims that their units do not have telephones or they are not allowed to make calls or they need money to "help keep the Army internet running." They often say they are widowers and raising a young child on their own to pull on the heartstrings of their victims.

"We've even seen where the criminals said that the Army won't allow the Soldier to access their personal bank accounts or credit cards," said Grey.

All lies, according to CID officials.

"These perpetrators, often from other countries, most notably from West African countries, are good at what they do and quite familiar with American culture, but the claims about the Army and its regulations are ridiculous," said Grey.

The Army reports that numerous very senior officers and enlisted Soldiers throughout the Army have had their identities stolen to be used in these scams.

To date, there have been no reports to Army CID indicating any U.S. service members have suffered any financial loss as a result of these attacks. Photographs and actual names of U.S. service members have been the only thing utilized. On the contrary, the victims have lost thousands.

One victim revealed that she had sent more than $60,000 to the scammer. Another victim from Great Britain told CID officials that over the course of a year, she had sent more than $75,000 to the con artists.

"The criminals are preying on the emotions and patriotism of their victims," added Grey.

The U.S. has established numerous task force organizations to deal with this and other growing issues; unfortunately, the people committing these scams are using untraceable email addresses on Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., routing accounts through numerous locations around the world, and utilizing pay-per-hour Internet cyber cafes, which often times maintain no accountability of use. The ability of law enforcement to identify these perpetrators is very limited, so individuals must stay on the alert and be personally responsible to protect themselves.

"Another critical issue is we don't want victims who do not report this crime walking away and thinking that a U.S. serviceman has ripped them off when in fact that serviceman is honorably serving his country and often not even aware that his pictures or identity have been stolen," said Grey.

What to look for:

DON'T EVER SEND MONEY! Be extremely suspicious if you are asked for money for transportation costs, communication fees or marriage processing and medical fees.

Carefully check out the stories you are being told. If it sounds suspicious, there is a reason, it's routinely false -- trust your instincts.

If you do start an internet-based relationship with someone, check them out, research what they are telling you with someone who would know, such as a current or former service member.

Be very suspicious if you never get to actually speak with the person on the phone or are told you cannot write or receive letters in the mail. Servicemen and women serving overseas will often have an APO or FPO mailing address. Internet or not, service members always appreciate a letter in the mail.

Military members have an email address that end in ".mil." If the person you are speaking with cannot sent you at least one email from a ".mil" (that will be the very LAST part of the address and nothing after), then there is a high probability they are not in the military.

Many of the negative claims made about the military and the supposed lack of support and services provided to troops overseas are far from reality -- check the facts.

Be very suspicious if you are asked to send money or ship property to a third party or company. Often times the company exists, but has no idea or is not a part of the scam.

Be aware of common spelling, grammatical or language errors in the emails.

Be cognizant of foreign and regional accents that do not match the person's story.

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Report the theft to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (FBI-NW3C Partnership) at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx.

Bangledash shipping agents: http://www.gso.gov.bd/index.php/portal/index/706


Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission at http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft.

Your report helps law enforcement officials across the United States in their investigations.

Report the theft by phone at 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY, 1-866-653-4261.

Report the theft by mail at the following address:

Identity Theft Clearinghouse
Federal Trade Commission
Washington, DC 20580

Report the fraud by email to the Federal Trade Commission on Nigerian Scams via at [email protected].

For more information on CID, visit http://www.cid.army.mil.