Military scam

Hi. I met a young man by the name of Major Ronald Packer at a Christian dating site (not going to mention it!). Wow was he smooth in making me feel like I was the only one for him. He told me his fiance was killed in a car accident a year ago and that his parents were both deceased and he had thrown himself into his work since then. Should have known it happened too fast and it was a scam but he had me believing it was a gift from God!!! I am a fool!!! We met on a Saturday and by Monday he had me convinced I could help him get a leave of absence. He sent me an email address, [email protected] and told me to email them with the request that I was his fiance and I needed him home. I did it thinking it was for real and then I found a similiar request on here and the almost same response back about the request. DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!! Here is the response I got back from the email address:

Mon, March 28, 2011 6:57:50 PM*****Concerning you leave request for Maj Ronald Packer*****
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>View Contact
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Congratulations!
Your request has been processed and verified by our Leave Request Department. We are happy to tell you that Maj Ronald Packer would be granted leave. But first, there are some process that has to be taken before he could leave the NATO base. Attached with this email is a document you are to print out, Fill and email to us.
Also is the Policy and Instruction abiding all Family and friends requesting for an officer's leave.
Read the Instructions carefully and make a solemn signature as the Beneficiary.
You are adviced to do this as soon as possible as the department would not be liable for any delay caused.

Col. Jimmy Blain
Office Of The Commander of the 32th Infantry Division,
Leave Request Unit,
U.S Army
Kabul, Afghanistan

Welcome to ScamWarners whitehrl. You are not a fool for falling for the story this scammer has made up. They are very practiced at what they do. Thank you for telling your story so others can see what the scammers do and know the name they used.

Please feel free to contact my by PM if you have questions or need support. I am sorry that the scammer tricked you. You have started on the path to getting through this by posting here. My best to you.

Moderator Note:
This post was made by a greedy scumbag scammer. He is truly the lowest of the low, as he thought he could use scamwarners to convince his current victims that he is real, and by posting an email address, he was trying to get women who had already been scammed to email him. He was trying to pick up vulnerable new victims! He thought that by using a proxy he could escape detection. What he doesn't understand is that his English gives him away--the man who wrote this post is most definitely not from the United States. His phrasing and certain mistakes tell me beyond a doubt that he is African. The scammer's email address is [email protected]

hello thank you for this site...i am a military seargent and i am here to warn people on military scams...as i felt sober when i found out that my picture was stolen from my facebook account..it was used to scam with an email called sgt.bobbrown at yahoo.com to a filipino woman and i dont know how the scammer knew i was widowed and my wife died of cancer of the lungs anyway i then met a woman from belgium her name is sandra xxxxx her surname is best know to me she equally was scammed about 3000 euro from a guy called sgt emanuel wise be very careful of this guy ge is the smartest person i ever met how will a millitary general ask a girl friend to pay for leave and two leave is never paid for beware of scammers the generals email was [email protected] hahaha does general david use a free email the answer is no be very careful of scammers his email was (deleted since we don't know if the scammer is trying to attack the competition or cause problems for a victim), i added him up and he didnt know his captains name in the camp herat he said he was from and be very careful cos he phoned her and it was an english accent cos i heard it over the phone via skype he is a british scammer i guess and after she paid for his leave with little money then they told her to contact a fake email address called [email protected]..she was told that klm would send a rescue team to pick him up then she payed 3000 euro for his flight from afghanistan to iran and then from iran to amsterdam and finally from afghanistan to belgium then they were giving her excuses there she knew it was a scam but doesnt know where to report scams so i decided to help her so pls everyone here if you are contacted by someone who claims to be i military man in afghanistan just email me here and i wil gladly help here is my email <lying scumbag scammer email address deleted here - it is posted in the note above, to make sure any readers understand that it belongs to a scammer - dotti> thank you and beware of scammers

It just goes to show that there's no one more self-deluded than a scammer

.......he phoned her and it was an english accent cos i heard it over the phone via skype he is a british scammer

In my baiting endeavours I speak to many scammers by phone and being a Brit myself, I've never heard one that sounds like me.

I'm sure that the poster must be authentic from the way the writes 'cos' instead of 'because'.

I won't flatter him by calling him a simpleton.

No doubt this is a scammer going to lengths to prove he isn't a scammer. We don't like scammers using our forum this way and we don't tolerate it.

After finding this website, I wanted to write about my recent experience since I met Lt. Col. Jonathan Stern on 4/8/11 through a matchmaking website. At first we were chatting and exchanged just a couple emails, but then he told me about wanting to return to the states because he was on UN Peace Keeping mission in Iraq and had been there for quite some time. He told me that I would have to email his "General" Lloyd James Austin and request that he be allowed leave to come to the states so we could meet and discuss many things. (Both had yahoo emails.) He also informed me that I would have to pay for the transit processing but that the money would be returned to me in 5 days after his return. So, I emailed the "general" asking questions, and he immediately replied but not to answer my questions (one of which was how much money did it require) and sent me this "Money Back Guaranteed" form with the real General's name on it who is in Iraq, but with the signature of "Alex Cross" above his name. The form was very simplistic and when I pointed that out to Jonathan and the fact that no money was listed on it, he told me to email him again. So I did email the "general" again asking how much money and the reply was that it was $1250 and I would need to send it by Western Union only and a person's name and address was listed in the United Kingdom, not a US Military base address. Each thing was making me a bit suspicious and when I tried to tell Jonathan that I was very unsure about everything, he just kept insisting if I didn't have the whole $1250, how much did I have, how much did I have. I kept telling him I didn't have it so there was no more to discuss on that matter. When he kept insisting, I told him that I didn't even have $100, let alone $1000, his only reply was "OMG". When I explained that I tried to tell him I didn't have a lot of "free" throw around money and that I thought he was nice and sweet, and I wished him well on his search for "love", he only replied "ok". When I told him that I wished he had said something more than "ok" and that I wouldn't bother him again, he again replied "ok". So he quickly turned from sweet and kind, full of flowery words and nice pictures, to probably hunting for his next victim. After I reported his email address and his "generals" email address as spam. I also reported him to the matchmaking website and they answered me back, saying they have removed him from their website. I just wanted to report this incident also, since I see many others on the same subject on this website. It is a shame the great lengths some will go to in this world, it doesn't surprise me too much anymore. I am thankful for my suspicious mind, because I could tell something just didn't seem quite right, but he kept talking and talking.................and I only listened, no action on my part. Be careful!

It just goes to show that there's no one more self-deluded than a scammer

.......he phoned her and it was an english accent cos i heard it over the phone via skype he is a british scammer

In my baiting endeavours I speak to many scammers by phone and being a Brit myself, I've never heard one that sounds like me.

I'm sure that the poster must be authentic from the way the writes 'cos' instead of 'because'.

I won't flatter him by calling him a simpleton.

Hello, I am Sandra and i want to warn you that that sgt sidney Jenkins as from africa i have traced his ip he is from Lagos Nigeria and i a Hacker

I think you intended to say, Sandra123, that Sgt Sidney Jenkins is a 'hacker' and some scammers do attempt to obtain the password to your mailbox by pretending that you must disclose it to them. Obviously you should be very suspicious of a request for any password to be sent to anyone by e-mail. Inevitably it's someone trying to view or inspect your mailbox, and is an illegal activity.

I think you intended to say, Sandra123, that Sgt Sidney Jenkins is a 'hacker' and some scammers do attempt to obtain the password to your mailbox by pretending that you must disclose it to them. Obviously you should be very suspicious of a request for any password to be sent to anyone by e-mail. Inevitably it's someone trying to view or inspect your mailbox, and is an illegal activity.

Hello, I was very surprised when i read the story from the man Sidney Jenkins ( thats the person i met on a mingle2 dating site), we went to chat on yahoo and i told him the story about the Emmanuel Wise from who i was realy scammed from. The story and the e mail adresses he has told you are the ones i told him about what he left out is that i gave everything to the american embassy in Brussels of Belgium where i am from. I did check his IP adress when he mailed me ( sgt Jenkins Sidney i mean ) as i wanted to be sure i was not wasting any time on some one to date and it was from Lagos in Nigeria, probably a internet cafe. He told me go on [email protected] and i will tell you why. He is a young person of 24 and is learning how to hack and has stolen the pics of a military man on facebook at least that is what he told me. So you can imagine i was realy surprised he has the balls and the brains to put a story on your site. I have deleted and blocked everything of them and i hope i never hear from them again. When you go on facebook he is on there to and on the mingle2 site his id is sgtsidneylallen with a army pic from some one else i geuss.....

Each thing was making me a bit suspicious and when I tried to tell Jonathan that I was very unsure about everything, he just kept insisting if I didn't have the whole $1250, how much did I have, how much did I have. I kept telling him I didn't have it so there was no more to discuss on that matter. When he kept insisting, I told him that I didn't even have $100, let alone $1000, his only reply was "OMG".

Yes, they will "negotiate" and take any and all of the money a victim will send them. He would have loved to have gotten the $1250 from you, but would take a dollar if you would have send it.

When I told him that I wished he had said something more than "ok" and that I wouldn't bother him again, he again replied "ok". So he quickly turned from sweet and kind, full of flowery words and nice pictures, to probably hunting for his next victim.

Exactly, he only wants money., so when you made it clear you weren't going to send money, he was off to his next victim.

I am thankful for my suspicious mind, because I could tell something just didn't seem quite right, but he kept talking and talking.................and I only listened, no action on my part. Be careful!

It is good that you did listen to that part of you that was suspicious. Thank you for posting this warning and advice for others to find. We are glad to have you as a member here.

After finding this website, I wanted to write about my recent experience since I met Lt. Col. Jonathan Stern on 4/8/11 through a matchmaking website.

I'm really pleased you didn't lose any money to this scammer. It would also be helpful if you could post here his email address and his first couple of emails to you, so that if people google it, they will find your post and this site.

Hi, in response I am posting the email address of my matchmaking scammer.

His name was Jonathan Stern, claiming to 51, in the military and born in Ireland. His email is [email protected].

His supposed commander was James Lloyd Austin and his email that was given was usarmy.jamesaustin.yahoo.com.

I only have one email from him remaining.

This seems like a wonderful site, I only wish I had looked for this scam by google before I broke contact with him, so I could have had better ammunition for him.

Thanks!

It is great news teenysox that you quit talking to the scammer. Please do not tell him how you know he is a scammer. That educates him and he learns how to hide better or be more tricky.

Just leave him wondering. Posting his information here is the best revenge against him.

Thanks Bubbles........I even just thought tonight I should report him to YAHOO also at least. I figure when I broke contact that would leave him hanging enough, now probably wondering why he can't find anymore "love" matches .

it should be a cautionary tale. Never give out personal information to anyone over the internet, unless you know them in real life and never believe that a member of the United States military would happen upon a stranger and ask them to break the law.