Information on romance scams and scammers.
by Awhai Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:12 pm
Hello there fellow readers,
First I'd like to say that an angel has been watching over me because I have been in contact with a guy who claims to be a capt in the us army for nearly 3 months now, we have been talking nearly everyday since we first made contact with each other being that I live in Australia our time zones are different of course as he has stated that he is based in Afghanistan.
Well he told me that he wanted to visit me in Australia and that he would need my help as this was my first ever online relationship I have been involved in I was captured by a guy who claimed he was interested in me. He told me that I needed to help him apply for his leave etc and that I would need to send through an email to "department in charges of vacation" and that to get his vacation approved a lot faster I was to state that I was his fiancée and we were to be married once he joined me in Australia, in the back of my mind I thought is this real or what but I had believed him because he sounded so sincere, I had followed his instructions and they had sent me through a US Defense Form leave application and a Money back guarantee form as well so I had filled them in and then sent them back that was fine, then came emails saying



In regards to your mail, I am pleased to inform you that Capt Tomas Clarke vacation will be approve soon, we had verified the Leave Request form and the Money-Back Guarantee form which you sent back to us,You will be advised to make the payment of $300 to one of our Finance agent in Georgia, so that Capt Tomas Clarke vacation process can be approve soon and you will have to make the payment through western union money transfer office, Right now our Finance agent incharges of receiving foreign transfer are out of Afghanistan, they are in Georgia now in Europe, once you make the transfer to our Finance agent in Republic of Georgia in Europe , you will have to send us all the details of the transaction via email, so that we can forward it to our Finance agent in Tbilisi Georgia Europe , so that they can confirm your transaction and we can be able to proceed in approving the vacation process of Capt Tomas Clarke , This is all the details of one of our Finance agent which you need when you are about making the transfer of the $300 through western union money transfer office.

NAME..........AJAYI SAMUEL OLUWATIMILEHIN
ADDRESS.....10 STATION SQUARE , TBILISI.
ZIP CODE....00995
CITY..........TBILISI
COUNTRY......GEORGIA .... EUROPE

As soon as you are done with the transaction you have to send us back the details of the transaction via email and you have to make the transfer to our Finance agent quickly, We protect your privacy. All information provided will not be used for any illegal activity.
Once again, thank you for contacting us.


Regards,
Col brad
Multi-National Corps – Afghanistan
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342



So I did just that

Thank you for using the Western Union® Money TransferSM Service.

Your money transfer has been approved and sent. The funds are now available for your Receiver to pick up.

____________________________________________________

TRANSACTION DETAILS:
____________________________________________________

Your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) is: 8747573107

Please use this number for any inquiries.

Date of Order: 08/10/2012
Amount Sent: AU $ 300,50
Money Transfer Fee: AU $ 43,00
Total Amount: AU $ 343,50
Authorization Code: 573400
Exchange rate* 1 AU $ = USD0.9983962

Local currency pay out = USD300,02

*Currency Exchange: Western Union®

Then the next one was


We are sorry for the late response, our Finance agent in Georgia have just contacted us 5 minute ago to notify us that he had just confirmed your transaction at the western union office in Georgia, we will approve the vacation process of Capt Tomas Clarke within 24 hours time and we will notify you on the date Capt Tomas Clarke we depart from Afghanistan to Australia , we will confirm the departure date of Capt Tomas Clarke within the next 24 hours time , once again thank you for contacting us.
Regards,

Col brad
Multi-National Corps – Afghanistan
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

Then the next one was

You will be advised to make the payment of $1500 to our Finance agent in Georgia , This will facilitate the payment for bringing another Army officer who has the same Skills and training with Capt Tomas Clarke , You will have to make this Payment through Western Union money transfer office, and you must have to make the payment quickly, Here are the details of our finance agent in Georgia .

NAME. AJAYI SAMUEL OLUWATIMILEHIN
ADDRESS. 10 STATION SQUARE , TBILISI.
ZIP CODE. 00995
CITY. TBILISI
COUNTRY. GEORGIA


As soon as you are done with the transaction you have to send us back the details of the transaction via email and you have to make the transfer to our Finance agent quickly, We protect your privacy. All information provided will not be used for any illegal activity.
Once again, thank you for contacting us.


Regards,
Col brad
Multi-National Corps – Afghanistan
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

I didn't have the money to make the full payment so I did however manage to get them to be lenient and allow me to pay for half of it and that " Capt Tomas Clarke" would pay for the remaining balance when he arrived here in Australia

So this I did


We are glad to read from you, due to your request, we have concluded in giving you and Capt Tomas Clarke the privilege to make half of the payment and Capt Tomas Clarke will pay up the remaining charges as soon as he arrive Australia, we are giving you this privilege due to the Good reputation of Capt Tomas Clarke in the US Army, you must have to make half of the charges which is 750$ sent to our finance agent in Georgia latest on the 18th of October, hope you still have the details of our Finance agent in Georgia which you need when you are about to make the 750$ transfer, Once again, thank you for contacting us.

Thank you for using the Western Union® Money TransferSM Service.

Your money transfer has been approved and sent. The funds are now available for your Receiver to pick up.

____________________________________________________

TRANSACTION DETAILS:
____________________________________________________

Your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) is: 9389104839

Please use this number for any inquiries.

Date of Order: 17/10/2012
Amount Sent: AU $ 740,00
Money Transfer Fee: AU $ 60,00
Total Amount: AU $ 800,00
Authorization Code: 331437
Exchange rate* 1 AU $ = USD1.0138328

Local currency pay out = USD750,24

So I thought that was it but then I got this

We have just contacted the US Army Head Quarter in united state towards the vacation allowance 0f twenty thousands dollars ($20000) which Capt Tomas Clarke will cash out same day he arrive Australia, we were notify to DHL the file and document of Capt Tomas Clarke to united state quickly, so that they can approve the vacation allowance of Capt Tomas Clarke during this process you will have to make the payment of $550 to our finance agent in Georgia , this will facilitate the payment for DHL in of the document of Capt Tomas Clarke to the Army Head Quarter in united state, so that Capt Tomas Clarke vacation allowance can be issue out in cheque quickly and can be DHL back to us in Afghanistan and you have to make the payment quickly to our finance agent in Georgia , so that we can secured the document of Capt Tomas Clarke to the US Army Head Quarter quickly, you will have to make this payment through western union money transfer office and you must have to make this payment quickly to our finance agent in Georgia , Hope you still have the details of our finance agent in Georgia.
As soon as you are done with the transaction you have to send us back the details

And again I did this


Thank you for using the Western Union® Money TransferSM Service.

Your money transfer has been approved and sent. The funds are now available for your Receiver to pick up.

____________________________________________________

TRANSACTION DETAILS:
____________________________________________________

Your Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) is: 4207199730

Please use this number for any inquiries.

Date of Order: 25/10/2012
Amount Sent: AU $ 543,54
Money Transfer Fee: AU $ 50,00
Total Amount: AU $ 593,54
Authorization Code: 507412
Exchange rate* 1 AU $ = USD1.0118788

Local currency pay out = USD550,00

You would think I would have stopped and checked this all out after the first payment made but he assured me that he would give me all I spent when he arrived in Australia because he would have access to his cash.

Then I got another one

We advise you to read this mail carefully and if you have any inquire, you are free to get back to us, because We have just contacted the US Army Head Quarter in united state towards the flight ticket for Capt Tomas Clarke to Australia, because the US Army head Quarter is incharges of the flight ticket for Capt Tomas Clarke, we have just been informed from the US Army head Quarter that Capt Tomas Clarke flight ticket charges is $5000 due to all the transit which Capt Tomas Clarke will experience before arriving Australia, because there is no direct flight from Afghanistan to Australia, we must have to secured all the transit from one country to another before Capt Tomas Clarke arrive Australia and we have to secured his flight and insurance and we must have to secured a safe and special flight for Capt Tomas Clarke due to his occupation as a US Army, the $5000 will facilitate the payment for the 2 way return ticket for Capt Tomas Clarke and all the transit charges , because we have to secured all the transit for Capt Tomas Clarke, because there is no direct flight from Afghanistan to Australia, you must have to make the payment of $5000 quickly to our finance agent in Georgia , so that we can secured the 2 way flight ticket of Capt Tomas Clarke to Australia, because you are Capt Tomas Clarke fiancees and you are responsible for His vacation, so you must have to send $5000 quickly to our finance agent in Georgia quickly so that we can secured the flight of Capt Tomas Clarke, the $5000 is the last charges for you to pay towards Capt Tomas Clarke arriving at your place in Australia.
As soon as you are done with the transaction you have to send us back the details of the transaction via email and you have to make the transfer to our Finance agent quickly, We protect your privacy. All information provided will not be used for any illegal activity.

By now I didn't have the money to do this so I got depressed being that the guy who had promised god that would make me the happiest lady on earth and would buy me all that I wanted etc would not come now because I could not make this payment anyway I gave up and said that I was not capable of doing this so to terminate the process I had already done etc well I received a email saying that his commander had loaned him money of $4000 so I would only need to come up with $1000
That's when I received this email


We are glad to read from you, we understand your situation and your request have been granted due to the Good reputation of your fiancée , our Finance agent will receive the payment as soon as you make the transfer of 1000$ by tomorrow on Saturday and we will fix a flight for your fiancée instantly so that he can depart from Afghanistan to Australia on Sunday and we will send you the flight details of the flight as soon as we fix it up, so that you can know the actual time of your fiancée departure and arrival ,once again, thank you for contacting us. That was the Saturday just gone 10th November 2012

Well last night was Sunday the 11th November 2012 I had the money to send through and was just waiting for Monday to go to the western union branch to do it wel I had a been browsing online etc and I had read some of western unions FAQ etc and it had brought up this page so I thought I would have a look at it wel to my surprise I had come across the army scammers etc wel I got nosey and there it was all that I had gone through was there and it has made me so hurt but I know it's my own fault for trusting a man so easily as I had I have always been too trusting and always get hurt to easy

Bt never again and I am so thank ful to the ANGEL hat has watched me suffer long enough because even though I had lost out on all the money I had sent through at least I didn't make the this last mistake of sending through this payment of $1000

The email address I thought was the " department in charges" is

[email protected]

And the so called Capt Tomas Clarke is

[email protected]

So once again thank you to this site.......
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by began steele Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:22 am
Please post as much as you can, I am sorry you lost money. All the so called forms and people were fake and the scammer was playing several parts. Soldiers never pay for leave and have access to their wages. They get more than you or I do. Cut all contact with scammer and tell him nothing. You may get messages telling you money can be returned but that's another scam. Email expecting or suggesting money transfers are always a scam and there are no exceptions to this rule. The language used in the mails is typically African/Nigerian. Take a look at them and note all the mistakes. I won't give a scammer English lessons here since we want him to carry on using it.
Any website profile links and profile details are helpful.
See here. viewforum.php?f=13&start=1350
http://www.facebook.com/tomas.clarke.188
He is here listed by email address.
viewtopic.php?f=13&p=121815
clarkerod7002
clarkerod72
http://www.datehookup.com/Photo-269010225-20588014.htm
Please note the pictures used show a British Army soldier.
Last edited by began steele on Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:42 am, edited 5 times in total.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~~ George Orwell.
by ratt84 Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:32 am
facebook.com/tomas.clarke.188
Tomas Clarke
Captain at United States Army
Went to Texas Christian Academy
Lives in Merry Point, Virginia
Widowed

About Tomas
Am nice and friendly

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by ratt84 Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:35 am
person.com
tomck1
Tomas clarke
45 y.o.
Asheville
United States

meetme.com
tomas clarke
44, Male
T'bilisi Municipality, Georgia :shock:

that's where his proxy comes from :lol:
by Awhai Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:42 am
Wow that's him alright well the scammer posing to be this person omg I can not believe it but I thank you coz now I can recover from all this as this is the first time I have ever online dated so I never thought about scammers thank you
by began steele Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:41 am
See my edits above.
http://www.interpals.net/kris001
I am a fun loving person. I am a very caring and sensitive person, I am a level headed, down to earth person who is totally devoted to the one I love. I tend to be shy at first, but I will open up quickly with the right person. I am confident, calm, and happy. An introvert by nature, I am quiet, structured, and organized. i think i'm a pretty easy going person. I love to be shown affection and don't have any problem whatsoever showing the right person lots of of it, i always say if its better to give than to recieve. I think that i have a pretty "strange" sense of humor at times. i look at it this way i'd rather make a joke than to sit around and dwell on things i can't do much of anything about. I literally despise people who put on or lie about things and think they can get away with it where i'm concerned. I consider myself a sensitive, kind, and gentle person who enjoys being with people. I like going to the movies, listening to music, taking long walks on the beach. Favorite activities are going to the movies,taking walks the beach, being healthy. Most of all I love to be romantic for that special someone.

http://www.datanta.com/user-view_user-632522.html Lookingheart
http://badoo.com/01223781014/ Rita. female 32 Miami, Florida.
http://www.matchdoctor.com/profile_Andy009.html Deleted ?
http://jmatch.com/member/profile.php?pr ... es_num=68&
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=24669 and note scammer uses email addresses as profile names
[email protected]
[email protected]
I am sorry this scammer is inexhaustable.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. ~~ George Orwell.

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