Is this scam? Please help.

I had recently knew a man as Civil Engineer contract in Kabul Afghanistan camp. As most story, his wife dead, he had a son ..., recently because his term of work had been extended to 2017, so he did asked me to write a Leave Permit to his Commender so he can go home. This is the letter that the Commender had send to me. Please could someone help to tell me is this real or scam?!

UNITED STATES UGA NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION- NATO AND AFGHANISTAN PEACEKEEPING
KABUL BASE
THE US MILITARY INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL LEAVE


Attention: xxxxx

RE: FIRST a request sergeant: Dtt

This is required to confirm receipt of your request form on behalf of your fiance MCNguyen US troops on a peacekeeping mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, is under my command and military jurisdiction. I understand, through this application and previous discussions with him on his business and marriage proposal to you, and that it is the transition to marital agreement with you and talked so much on this issue and now seeks to enter into with you, to be his legal wife.

I must tell you, here it is an important mission of holding a deep position in the field of security and monitoring duties as one of our military intelligence here.

Accordingly, you should also note that this is not the time for its official release, but did not resist, he will be given a special holiday mainly on your explanation and full implementation of your true personality combined with his eagerness to look for this opportunity on vacation with a friend, to get in your country to get finalization for marriage with you.

I should also bring to your attention that the United States military authorities did not ask our troops to pay for their official leaves or holidays / vacation, nominated and approved by the military authorities, but in a situation where any member of the US Army on his or her own freedom actions and agreements with his or her fiance to apply or request emergency leave it must attract payment of fees according to the number of weeks or months, the duration of leave will be selected as available only for emergency reasons, at the request of troops on peacekeeping missions only.

It is very important that you understand this point very well, and other reasons, you have to pay and support each other, to give support to this office to allow the approval of your request to have his home only for married reasons.

We have the following maternity leave should be reviewed and approved for adoption by applicants who wish to come home to groom their peacekeeping missions and, as I offered you the opportunity to choose from the following holidays lasting from non-current payments connected to each leave duration
In the US, the military seek emergency leave to perform marital offer and promise the right to the following vacation / holiday emergency as described below, and should be used in accordance with the request, and any bad behavior will
not be tolerated:

FIRST HOLIDAY CATEGORIES:

(A) 5-week vacation DURATION.00USD: $1500
(B) 16-week leave of: $2400.00USD
(C) for seven months (MOON medical leave) Leave TERM: $4500.00USD

The above release time intervals are available for you to select and send the payment in accordance with the choice made for the groom, depending on your capabilities and the expected time that you will want him to spend with you.

Reasons for emergency payment request form is to assist US military power in the cost of spare parts and support troops coming to assume the responsibilities of any one going on emergency leave and should be considered a worthy and a way to ensure that our troops are protected and allowed to use them judiciously times the reasons they are used and paid.

It must be well understood for any applicant / bride and instructions made here must be dully followed by the payment of a fixed amount for each selection emergency leave, made in accordance with the rules and all the guidelines clearly stated on that document, in order to avoid a mistake or termination of approval.

NOTE: To pay for any choice of the duration of leave, applicants must be willing to pay all fees at one time or the beginning of two or three parts of "not less than 30% of the full charge for the duration of the leave options or choices made by the applicants,

Upon receipt of full payment for less than 7 days from the date of notification of the name of your fiance will be processed and included in a list of emergency leave to be extended to the applied emergency leave while you were waiting for his arrival to your country and marry you legally.

Your bride will be transferred only upon payment of the duration of the selected holiday or receipt of the payment of 50% of the total, or anything less than 30% of all depends on the choice made by the holiday duration, as indicated above in the categories in C.

For any choice you made of the aforementioned leave of, payment must be made in full within 7 days from the day the fee is fully or partially to have his name recorded on the list of holiday at the time and avoid mistakes or errors in the replacement costs as described above.

Thank you.
CAPTAIN . JOHN F CAMPBELL
United States INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL LEAVE
KABUL, Afghanistan peacekeeping BLOCK Office B.



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It is 100% a scam.

He is a thief. Everything he has told you is a lie.

Military members do not pay for leave. They earn free leave each year. Also only the member can request leave through his chain of command. His wife, mother, children nor internet girlfriend can do this. Also they would never have contact with his chain of command.

Military members have access to their money. They also do not pay for phones, internet, flights home or medical.

Military provides all meals.

Please stop all contact with the scammer. If you confront him he will continue to lie.

Post his fake name, rank and email address. This will help other women avoid his scam.

Also post the email address of the fake leave officer.

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.

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.

He is not in military, he is a Civil Engineer contract ?! Are they different in occupancy ?

He is implying that he is a member of NATO. NATO members are in the military.

fiance MCNguyen US troops on a peacekeeping mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, is under my command and military jurisdiction

The same applies.

Only you can apply for leave at your job and you do not pay for it.

It will take Red Cross action to leave an assignment or his term is up. Then he still does not pay for flights.

West African scammers with no knowledge on the Military and NATO make up these situations.

Stop all conversations with the scammer. If you confront him. He will continue to lie.

Post his fake name, rank and email address. This will help other women avoid his scam.

Also post the email address of the fake leave officer.

I should also bring to your attention that the United States military authorities did not ask our troops to pay for their official leaves or holidays / vacation, nominated and approved by the military authorities, but in a situation where any member of the US Army on his or her own freedom actions and agreements with his or her fiance to apply or request emergency leave it must attract payment of fees according to the number of weeks or months, the duration of leave will be selected as available only for emergency reasons, at the request of troops on peacekeeping missions only.

Same scam reported here on RS http://www.romancescam.com/forum/viewto ... 1&t=102391 Minor changes.