I think I have been scammed..need your help

Ok..I just lost $1700 to a military scam by a guy posing as Captain Kenneth Westmoreland...at [email protected] He is stationed in Afghanistan. He is a romance scammer I believe. Got me when I am the most vulnerable. I sent him money to come to USA for a leave but he was a no show. He had to return to Afghanistan. How convenient! I knew then I was being scammed... He is wanting more money for Stamp duties and Attorney Fees so that he can access his personal savings account. I think what through me off at first is that he sent photos of himself with the name "Westmoreland" on his army shirt so I think this is a real army guy that this scammer is posing. I would like to get in touch with the real Army Westmoreland to let him know that someone is impersonating him.

This is the address he used to ask for leave [email protected] (note the .com...I didn't want to believe that I was getting scammed)
In any case, this is what he sent me. I found almost same letter on this site. Thanks for that.



RE:KENNETH WESTMORELAND

MA,

I read your mail and I am using this medium to
inform you that KENNETH WESTMORELAND' FIDELITY
Stock cash worth to the tune of $1,806,234.45
from the company Stock House Offshore account
which are going to be transfer into any choice
of your Bank account in your name as the fiancee]surety.
More so, i want this to be done and treated as
urgent because in some days now i will be
traveling from Malaysia to Channel Island working on Her
Royal Majesty FUNDS also coming from USA to the
Guernsey Private Banking, Channel Island and
along with your consignment which you would be
permitted to purchase a Power Of Attorney with
USA Stamp Duty been signed by a Notary Officer
before the said amount could be duly Transferred In
to your choice of BANK ACCOUNT.
The Attorney Permit would enhance your approval
and a cordial appointment with our
organization to have a seating with the Bank
Manager in charge of Fidelity Investment
Company to prepare for the transferring of the
money.
Herewith the email is the Cost for the Attorney
Permit and stamp Duty fees to be remitted to the company.

ATTORNEY PERMIT:---------------------------2500.00usd
STAMP DUTY:--------------------------------1000.35usd

TOTAL:-------------------------------------3500.35usd

As soon as you acknowledge the receipt
of the mail , I shall forward to you the
details account to use in payment of the Duty
Charge and the Attorney Permit to commence
smooth transfer of the Stock shares. But remember those certificates has been converted
to cash and they are all on transit for
dispatch on CASH REMITTANCE FLOATING SYSTEM
[CRFS.]

NOTE:REPLY IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN SEND YOU
DETAIL OF OUR SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF FINANCIAL
TRANSFER.

REGARDS

BRUCE WILLIAMS

Can someone access whether [email protected] ...... IP address perhaps, location, etc. Who is this guy?

If you are interested I can post conversations from our chats. He uses "Am going to come back" not "I am..."

Welcome to ScamWarners cob519 and thank you for posting this information. To get to the headers, the message must have come directly from that email account. If you have received email from [email protected], follow the link in my signature line and it will tell you how to find headers with your email provider.

@cob519
sorry to hear that you got scammed
I know this guy from MYB
he provided the email addy you mentioned and wanted to add me as friend
up to now I never bothered to write him
but due to your post I sent him a message

myyearbook
uid 33192066

Kenneth Westmoreland
48, Male
Boston, Massachusetts

Hello thanks for the message,I was wondering why it took you so long to message me,is everything okay? Are you willing to chat on instant messaging?

Received: from [93.186.31.81]
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012
From: Kenneth Westmoreland <[email protected]>

Hostname: 93-186-31-81.rdns.blackberry.net
ISP: Research In Motion UK Limited

Thanks so much for the info. This site really helped.

Kenneth has been emailing me and I have spoken with authorities unless you have saved his emails and you can prove he made you a promise it is not a crime, as you gave him a "GIFT" however if he promised you something that is a whole different story, also it is a crime to impersonate a US Military Offical, contact your local FBI and The Military Police, you may go your local agency. I knew after several emails he would ask for money, I didn't send it. I wouldn't!! The military doesnt accept letters like that it must be extinuating circumstances and even then it doesn't happen. Ladies beware Kenneth is still out there. When I asked him about what I saw on this page he claimed someone hacked into his account so he opened a new one here it is [email protected] also the US military doesn't use .Com

Hi

Ive also just been scammed by a Sgt B Harring usinf the following on Yahoo sgt.harring. The worst is I have a military ID card and photos sent by him. I though a few times it was a scam I used google maps and the address given was around a base camp and huge army offices.

I got taken for a bit more than you did pity I was ready to be happy this has just made me more acid to anyone in the future.

[email protected]
http://www.myyearbook.com/members/39134181

boby harring
41, Male
Last Login 4 hours ago
New York, New York

http://www.tagged.com/profile.html?uid=6740839990

Boby H
Age: 43
New York, NY
Tagline: am a very caring man and love to be around people . i really need who can help me to have the rest of my life with and will always make me happy
Member Since: November 20, 2011
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Ethnicity: Caucasian/White
Religion: Christian
Orientation: Straight

name on uniform is Harrison

OMG just scammed by the same person how stupid can a person be it just makes me so mad. I got taken well and truly I still have all the mails and some more photos that he is sending different to the ones that are posted.

Shiela i suggest you call the local CID in your state if you were given an address to a camp he actually may be in the Army and that is a crime, I spoke with them last week.

We have another profile we are checking just now aside from the one given here. This one claims he is the genuine article. We have got no positive proof either way as yet.
http://www.tagged.com/profile/html?uid=5382752170
!! Bob H !! Ty N?????? ?? N/B

If anyone sees my photos on another profile, please let me know. I am still getting stupid people calling me a scammer, even though I have been here for years and have a VIP. Scammers don't last long on here. Some of my friends have thankfully came to my defense. I don't make nasty comments, so if you get one from a fake profile with my picture, please ask me first before you assume it was me. Thanks.

who are you to call me a scammer? I have been on here for years. Who is the person who has my photos? or are you the type of person who sees them on a profile and think the original profile is the scammer?

The name on pictures should be Harrington but scammer doesn't know this name. As for contacting military or anyone else this won't help because the scammer is a liar in Africa. The police etc in US or anywhere else will do nothing because it doesn't involve an amount of money to justify the expense. The best you can do is publish all fake papers and ID cards and letters here on SW for others to find. Block and avoid all further contacts and move on. I am sure in future you will never send money to anyone on internet ever again. If everyone was aware of that rule this site would not exist and there would be no victims.