are there any american troops in syria

hello been talking to this guy for week now seemed ok etc all his pics were in civies not in uniform etc an di live in england so when he said he was at raf alconbury in cambridgshire i was well chuffed i checked the base out and it is run by us air force now so thought ok seems ok he even told me he was waiting for his deployment letter to come from states as it would be his last deployment before he retires from military he is 48 got on good etc we were even going to meet next week cos i am only 1 hour from bas ehe was at then today get email from him his deployment letter has ccome and his unit are off to syria for 6 months today i spoke to him on msn while ago before he was going now from what i hear on tv news etc there is lot trouble in syria right now but i didnt think there was nato or us troops in syria at all when i asked him this he said yes there are some i need to know if there are any nato or us troops at all in syria would any body know cos im not sure if this guy is real or not right now his probably fake like all rest

Hey goldikova!

There are no American soldiers positioned in Syria. There aren't any NATO forces for that matter (http://www.voanews.com/english/news/mid ... 82888.html). You can read more about the conflict at wikipedia. In short it is tensions between the government and the people initiated by the wider Arab Spring. The extent of US involvement has been sanctions on the government, that is it. This man is a liar and I would be very cautious about further contact with him. goldikova can you please provide emails between you and this man? His email address and the headers too please. Make sure you remove ANY personal information before you do this. It's really, really important you remove any information about yourself. If you aren't confident you have removed these details then please PM the info to someone on the scamwarners team. We can give you a better idea about what to do then.

Welcome goldikova.

we were even going to meet next week cos i am only 1 hour from bas ehe was at then today get email from him his deployment letter has ccome and his unit are off to syria for 6 months

This is a very common scammer tactic because he's not who or where he's claiming to be. Their stories often involve sudden emergencies or changes of plans when there is a planned in-person meeting because they're only interested in continuing the online relationship as a guise to steal money.
If you post more information we can give you further advice.
Also, please see this topic about scammers impersonating military personnel: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=6527
and you may find this topic, "Are you in contact with a love scammer?" helpful as well: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3607