SCAM?????

Its the same story as so many others.... an Army man in Afghanistan widowed with a small child who lives in America with his mother. I have fallen for this kind man. He is very smart, affectionate, ect... He recently told me that his mother and child are visiting in Nigeria and his daughter needs her appendix out. He stated that they will not do it without $800.00. I have dealt with insurance issues before and asked him why his Tricare will not cover this... she is the dependant of an active duty military man???? He stated he has the money in the US but since his mother is in Nigeria she can't get it. Can I please loan it to him until he gets home in December. Stated he has no access to his documents or anything?? Please help me... I don't think a hospital or doctor in Nigeria would let a child suffer without being given money since she has insurance? Please I hope I am wrong.. PS i am broke and don't have $800.....he asked me to try for a loan and I said sorry my credit is shot.. He said God will save his child that she may die and wants to continue the friendship?? So confused

He is a scammer, plain and simple.

American soldiers DO have access to their money, and you are correct in thinking that the US military does help soldiers in emergencies. In addition, there are American embassies in Nigeria that also help American citizens in emergencies. His fake scenario is simply not possible.

He is not an American soldier, but a young Nigerian scammer. The best thing you can do is cut off all contact with this scammer, and post his information here, including the name and email address, along with some of the emails he sent you, to alert others.

Thats whats weird... He never would give me an email address... He would usually post through facebook... He just keeps saying his daughter is going to die but I did notice on his text that he had very broken english for a man from St. Louis like the wording was different. He also said he can not have a cell phone in Afghanistan due to security issues?? So he would message me from facebook. He has army pictures and everything

More lies.

The US military does in fact give soldiers the opportunity to speak to their loved ones. In addition, in the extremely rare situation in which someone was in an area so secure that they can't talk on the phone, they would not be allowed to use facebook.

Some scammers do keep their scams on facebook messaging rather than move to email, as it prevents them being detected by their IP.

Please post a link to his facebook profile, and if you can copy and paste his early messages to you into posts here, it will help others, as he will almost certainly use the same scripts over again.

I will when I am not on my work computer because access is denied here to facebook.... His name is Sherod Brown and he comes across very charming. Army sergant but he cant tell you anything about what he does and he cant have a cell phone and I am just so sad about all this because I beleived him. He also knew I was broke why scam a broke girl??

Scammers do not care who you are as long as it appears you will send them money. They have been known to get victims to borrow money from friends, family or banks.

Scammers only have dollar signs in their eyes. They see you as a cash machine. They don't care about you at all and they only use lines that make it seem like they care about you and want to know you. They just want to know your money.

Don't tell him you know this, just drop contact with him. Drop him as a friend on Facebook and move on. Staying in contact will just keep pressure on you to send him money.

Thanks so much..... I have learned if he seems too good to be true than he is too good to be true.... haha but I lied he thinks the money is on the way )) Its not ))) When I tried to end everything of course he said he was honest man with my love as his interest. The language doesn't sound like a man from America at all. And since his daughter needed this money for her appendix she must be really bad because he has been waiting a week already hahahahahahah )

This just gets better and better....... now he said he needs me to open a bank account in my name for his military check to come here because he can't get it there?????? Still too top secret to get mail?? I just laugh and i am very glad i see whats really going on because some poor women do not.