Information on romance scams and scammers.
by monicamari Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:01 am
Just two weeks ago, one US army Sgt Bobby MArtins sent me a mail through my Facebook account. To make the story short, he managed to manipulate me by telling all LOVE words. But yesterday, I recieved a mail from the US military telling me about his TRANSIT LEAVE in which I have to pay first 5500 US dollars because Sgt. Bobby Martins made me as his beneficiary. Instantly I know that this person is fake because he never showed his face to me or even heard his voice. Only 4 pieces of pictures he just sent to me to see him because as a miiltary based in IRAQ, they are not allowed to use phones or chat with cam. As a military men, I have asked him if he has any SERIAL NUMBER which he answered wrong. According to him he dont have a serial number becuase he is a Sageant, is it true? Anyway this is a big lesson for me, thanks God i did not believe in every words he said. ALways be careful everyone.
Below is the letter they sent to me.

Hello Madam

Madam you are receiving this... to notify you that your fiance Sgt Bobby Martins has made you to be his next of kin..in our military rock Ross..which means you are all we are going to be paying for,,even his remtech money and the beneficiary..all you just have to do is to send us your account info so that we could be able to send all this money of your fiance to you,,and we need two of your passport picture...but make sure this account is empty account,,,,so after we could be able to send all this money to you,,,And together of all the money we are paying for your fiance is nine fifty thousand dollars..... [950,000usd]..which we are paying to you cause you are his next of kin

but the processing of this... include some charges which is.... five thousand five hundred dollars.. [5,500usd]..this money meant for the new replacement of your fiance and for the processing...cause you have some processing to get done and lawyer involve too,,so madam we urge you to pay this 5,500usd for us to start this processing as soon as possible,,after you got paid we can now grant your fiance transit leave,,, and you have to pay this payment through western union.... after this your fiance transit leave and all is going to be granted....

here is the our admin agent info you are going to pay for through western union

Name...ms kim beechum
Country,,USA
Address...376 sawmill river rd 665 elms ford
Zip code...10523
City...new york


Good Day Madam



Yours faithfully
Lt.col Gonzalez
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by GomerPyle Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:09 am
Welcome to Scamwarners monicamari

All American service men and women have ID numbers. I did some research as I am not American and US military service numbers are different to UK ones, and I won't say what the difference is otherwise scammers will read this forum and they'll be able to adjust their lies, but they do have them.

That's what they have stamped on their 'dog tags' along with their name and rank.

The scammer isn't American, isn't in the army and isn't very clever. :D

Non-EU citizens should go here to find out about obtaining a visa to work as an au pair in the UK
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/doineedvisa/
Whenever payment is requested by Western Union you're dealing with a scammer
by monicamari Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:05 pm
yeah thats true. Actually I was raised by a military father and my brother is also a military so he cant fool me. Anyway when I had a letter from a certain Col. Gonzales asking for a money, i know that this is one of that scams.
by Bubbles Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:09 am
monicamari, it is great that you brought this subject up, thank you.

Did this scammer use an email address to contact you? If so please post that email address for others to find and be warned about this scam.

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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