US Army Romance

Hi, I´m Martha and i want to know, if i´m going into a scam.
I have contact with a soldier, who proclaims to be in service with the US-Army. We come closer to each other with every mail. But it makes me suspisious, that i shall apply for his leave, so we can meet. That´s why i´m now here and asking for help.
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How are you doing? Its so good so read from you. I am actually very new to the site and i stumbled on your profile that's why i decided to write you a short note. I never knew i was gonna get a reply from the site. I hope i would be able to communicate better with you and we can become good friends but first i must ask what your search is on Myspace. Here is a little about me. As you know my name is Roberts... i a widowed with a son named Rick. I work as a military personnel of the US army and i am currently on deployment in Afghanistan province. i am 49yrs old and i have been widowed now for 6yrs. Tell me a little about your self and if you don't mind me asking.. Are you married? Do you have kids. I will be patiently looking forward to read from you soon with some pictures of you.


Regards


F/Sgt.Roberts

I´m looking forward to your answer and will follow the instructions you gave at your mainsite. If it really is a scam, then i´m able to send you all mail and chat i restored, if you wish it.
Regards and thanx
Martha

I don't need to see the headers or the African English (and the English is African, not American) to know this is a scam.

that i shall apply for his leave, so we can meet

That's all I needed to know to tell you that this is a scam.

People from outside the US military CANNOT apply for leave for people in the military for any reason. This policy exists only in the minds of the scammers who invented it as a way to steal people's money. Sometimes scammers will tell you that it is a new policy. This is not true--in fact, it will never be policy, because it goes against the basic principles by which the US military operates.

The moment a "soldier" asks you to apply for leave for him, you can know for certain it is a scam.

I checked the headers on this one and it's originating in Nigeria - another confirmation that this is indeed a scam.

Thank you for helping me to find out. So i was right, as i got suspicious. I really appreciate your help. Should i leave the mailadresses here on this site to warn other people?
thxs
Martha

Hi martha!

Yes please do leave the scammers email address and any other contact information. This will help others that search find this site.

Justin

Hallo again!

Now I´ll add all contact-informations about this scammer:
Roberts Chris Millian
[email protected]
YM - ID: chris millian
mail for the leave request: [email protected]
I´ve also some pics but couldn´t manage with posting at this site. Despite, yoú already have his pics. I´ve found them at an other topic only some days ago. There he was using the name Sgt. Patterson.
By the way, thank you for this site. Now I know, how to use the tools to find out, if somebody tries to scam me. Great work, really.

Martha

PS. I could share the pics per e-mail, if you want!?