Information on romance scams and scammers.
by jawpaul Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:57 am
Can someone please help me.

I believe ex-wife is currently the victim of one of these Romance Scammers.

A few weeks ago she commenced contact with the above guy, posing as a U.S. Army Sgt living in Afghanistan.

He claims to be born and raised in Texas, has an American father and an Australian Mum. Also he claims he has a degree in Nuclear Physics, but cannot type in English ??? His English is terrible and of primary school level, but definitely NOT a native English speaker.

My Ex-Wife is really falling for this guy, his emails make me feel unwell and almost vomit all over my keyboard.

Thank God I found you guys, as I searched a section of text from his email, and it had HEAPS of results.

He has asked her to send an email to his boss in the army, stating they are to be married, and he needs holidays to come to Australia to Marry her. They have only exchanged about 15 emails to date, so it is still a 'preventable' disaster. She refused to send the email, but what is next ?
([email protected])

Please help me :)

Who are these people, and what is their objective ???

How do we expose him to her, and make him go away ?

She has my 10 year old son living with her also, and I don't want this to effect him adversly either.

I have all his emails, and pictures (stolen no doubt) also.

Anticipationg your reply,

Paul
Last edited by jawpaul on Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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by Spindel2 Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:27 am
Hi
I am sorry your ex are about to being scammed .
Because thats what this is, a scam.
Its really good you found this site .
Their motivation is to scam people out of their money , to the last cent ....and even more sometimes.
He will , in the next step , ask her to pay for his leave from the army, and your ex is suppose to pay a lot for that .
And all this is a lie as you can read on other sites here .No one in the army has to pay for a leave.And the family can certainly not ask for a leave for a soldier.
Its almost impossible to expose them other than show their profile in here , they hide behind hidden IP`s and never show their true identity .All is false.Most probably it is an african young boy writing to her.
But these scmmers operate from different countries..Nigeria, Ghana, Malyasia etc
Its good if you can upload the mails, the headers of the mails too, so other women can be warned .and mailadresses that have been used and any other information to expose him here.
Dont think it will effect your kid, your ex is just loosing her money if she continue with this fake guy .
I guess the admin here will get back to you with more information.
by Spook Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:32 am
@ jawpaul

"Army Vacation" Scams are very frequent scams! No soldier needs to pay for his leave!

they are already discussed here on topic:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=23187&start=30

have a look at this to see what is in store for your ex if she continues to entertain this criminal!
Last edited by Spook on Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:58 am, edited 2 times in total.
by jawpaul Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:34 pm
Thanks for your reply. I will post his emails here now, but do not know how to upload his pics. I have many.
I found the REAL John Martin on an old inactive MYSPACE account. The real guy is still happily married, speaks perfect English, and his daughter in over 3 years old now. >> http://www.myspace.com/racefinger
by jawpaul Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:05 pm
## SCAM EMAILS ## FROM FAKE JOHN MARTIN to Australian Woman from Zoosk Dating Site


10 November 2012 19:12

Thanks so much ma'am,here are few things about me.
I'm Sgt John Martin,I am single but once married with one kid,i am a widow since few years ago but i still want more of kids someday.I was born in houston,,,Texas.I am a US army officer but currently in Afghanistan for a peace keeping.I'm hoping to have a lady of my own immediately i'm on vacation cos i like spending my holiday times in my mother country with my Daughter is Adelaide Austalia .My life is simple and some what complicated.I'm very communicative,easy going,outspoken,also a very Romantic type,love to cuddle with my woman,hold each other hands while walking,I'm trustworthy so far as people's tell me may be I'm just laid back,lol.I also tend to have a good heart with so much of love to give and to receive.God. I want her to feel that her relationship with me is truly a blessing from God and thus he would treat it as such taking time to nuture it as time passes. Less i forget ma'am,you look beautiful and it really motivate my feelings.
love always.
John

Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 12:31 AM

Hello
How are you doing?Im good and how is your family and work going?hope all is well with you over there.. I was surprised to your messages. That is so awesome.Guess why,because I never thought any lady would be interested in a man who is just trying to find love Online dating..well am new to all these online stuff i hope its work out..I'm Sgt John Martin and i will be 37 next birthday,single,widow,Half Australia,Half USA,my mom is from Australia while my Dad is from USA but now is late and my Mom relocated back to australia And i have a lovely kids called Jayden Martin shes my everything,I was born in houston,,,Texas and spend all my life in houston,,,Texas.i have a University Degree in Nuclear Effects Engineering from university of TX in Austin and Graduate of the Army War College located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.i lost my wife long ago thru auto crash that's terrible for me but i now get my life back on track and ready for serious relationship again...have been in the united state army for 15 years now and am in Afghanistan right now but will be coming back home soon.I totally believed we could be a good fit if it up to God almighty and our hearts too.I can't wait to hear from u soon and hope to get to know more about u too.well I pray u like what u see and let God do the rest.Tell me more about yourself...if you have some picture to send it to me.

Sgt Martin

Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 1:07 AM

How are you doing and How was your day .i was very happy when i got your message and thank for it I am that easy going type,open minded and a good listener .I laugh a lot and try to make people around me all the time happy.My hobbies are too many but to mentioned a few; sports,watching movies, going for walks, playing with kids, listening to all types of music), making love at the beach, dancing in the dark etc. My favorite movies are romantic movies, eating habits: just about anything.My hair is brown which is one of my most attractive features. Like i told you earlier am a widow and i lost my wife long ago and i have a kid and i hope that's not a problem with you for now, I do smoke because of the weather here in Afghan but if you don't like it i can stop okay.I always make sure to share the little that I have with someone and Im also satisfied with whatever I 've. I love the idea of
loving someone and giving them all that I have to give. I am the man that can make you feel like you are the only woman in the room.mostly importantly i want to get married to a caring, down to earth, romantic,God fearing wife y soonest. the main thing is life that will
make me happy is to have a loving, passionately wife y and a happy family as well. am religiously indicted, God fearing , and believe Jesus died for us on the cross of Calvary and massive care is mandatory in every relationship and i really want that.so can you pls
tell me more about you too.we can adopt there is no big deal in that ,thanks i care so much

Hope To always hear from you and will you like to chat on the IM soon?

Sgt Martin

Hello
How are you today?Im good and you?Good to hear from you.. hope the distance between us is not a problem for now ..you know we have to serve our father land lol..It is really great to hear from you, and it really lifts my spirit to know that there is someone out there that
is willing to build a relationship with me,You seem very attractive and sound nice..to know better.it's has warm my heart and I am hoping to get to always hear from you.I hope this will take us to the next level and we could build a relationship that will last forever.Distance between us does not bother me .I would very much like to communicate with you more and more and give this a chance to work for us. Only God can foresee the future between us, and rightnow, I would think that it looks very good,it will be my pleasure to get to know more about you and answer the following love questions
openly and honestly with each other..
What do you do for a living?
You ever been married?
Do you have a kids?
What do you seek for in a relationship?
What are the basic qualities you seek for in a man?
Are you ready to start a serious relationship?
What do you do for fun?
What religion, if any, does your believe in?
How long have you been single?
What's being single like?

but asking all of those questions will definitely bring us a step forward and closer in getting know one another. I hope to hear back from you soon, I eagerly await for your reply.
Needed Love

Martin

Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:10 PM

Hello
Thanks for the lovely Answer..all i need is a woman who is willing to merge his soul with mine to result in what is called fate then later merge his heart with mine and that will be marriage.i told my mom little about you and she really want to get to meet you and also
chat with you and i hope the distance between us is not a problem with you for now as i will be coming back soon ..I adore you and I am opening my heart to you.Just need you to be easy with it.I feel so safe and secure in you.Can you be the woman of your word in your written,I hope you can.Since the question is reciprocal,my answers
are below here:
What do I do for a living? Am in the military conrently in afganistan
Have I ever been married? yes but i lost my wife long ago.
Do I have any children? Yes one ,
What do I seek in a relationship? I seek to have a long term
relationship with someone I love and we can grow old
together,honesty,understanding,sincerity,love and sharing,sharing the
good times and bad times together with no fear of what the world might
put upon us. I guess would come the balance that is missing in my
life, someone who can trust me and I can trust with feelings,
innermost secrets and desires in life.
What qualities do I seek in a Woman? Honesty,
faithfulness,caring, the ability to love me for who I am,not who you
want me to be
Am I ready to start a serious relationship?Yes I'm ready now...
What do I do for fun? I like to do a wide variety of things
for fun. I like to bowl, shoot pool, play golf,( none of which I'm
very good at, but I really enjoy them), I also like to get away,
maybe a weekend trip to the beach in the winter, or go to the
mountains, just relax and enjoy.
What religion do I practice? Im a christens...I do believe in God alot..

I answer them all in fullness, and as honestly and truthfully as possible. I hope my answers to your questions are what you are looking for in a man. And I can't wait to hear back from you soon and i will be online trying to get on you at yahoo IM okay.
MUCH LOVE AND LOVE ALWAYS


Sweetie
thank you for your tender, heartfelt words you seem to to the
kind of woan I long for in my life. It is such a gift to converse with
someone that truly loves for the sake of loving. I can only imagine
the beauty, grace, and peace as I lread ur messages, God does not
want us to be alone but to love and be loved. Sometimes that is from
a distance and if we never do meet, but just correspond that is also
a gift. True love is patient, kind, not jealous and pure if it is of
God. My life has been littered with men that are just plain
controlling, manipulative and about themselves. I think We seem to
share some things in common which is good, and I also like the fact
that you are very affectionate, that to me is very special.well i will
love to tell u that i only need a woman that will never do anything to
hurt me i am a guy who treat a woman like the queen of my life,My lovely
parents told me I should never do anything to hurt a woman but i have
try to be honest with women but is like they take me like a fool so
i did not want to just say but right now i need a woman i could just
trust and she will trust me so that will could just have a long term
relationship together and have a lovely kids if possible and a happy home can;t
wait to see this in a relationship i just believe as soon as the man
and a woman is honest in a relationship everthing is going to be
alright try to understand my feeling about this..I'm tired of bein
single in my life..I need someone like you to be there for me,Love
me,Care for me,Never let me down.Supportive.Never try to hurt
me/Cheated on me or Hit me once...
With all this time we've had together
Can I share my worries with you?
But I hope you can understand
That I don't want to go too far
Without knowing just one answer
.. . . Can I trust you with my heart?
Yours truely
John


My daughter is 2 years old i should be coming to australia soon i m going to let you know,Afghanistan is too dangerous to stay that is all i will say for now thanks for accepting me i m going to send you more pictures


I m glad to meet you kiss and hug to your face

Hello How are you doing?
You need trust to love, but first you need to love in order to
trust.To love someone is to understand each other, to laugh together,
to smile with your heart and to trust one another. One important
thing is to let each other go if you can't do this.Love is like a
wonderful feeling of compassion and satisfaction. It should be given
respect and trust; and it should receive that love back.The best
proof of love is trust.True love is the greatest thing that you can experience; it can weather any storm. Loving, trusting and respecting
each other totally can bring you to true love and happiness It's hard
to love and hard to trust; but finding love and finding trust was a
gift from you to me.Relationships should never be taken for granted.
The choice of being with another life is an amazing thing. Trust,
loyalty and respect are a must for eternal happiness. No matter how
much you love someone if you don't have these ingredients you will
never succeed.To be in love means being patient but to be patient you
must trust him/her first.You can never find love through the eye or
ear, so you must trust the only thing that will never fade until you
die, your heart.Love is like trust, when you find your special
someone it is as if you're trusting them with your heart.Trust is what
you put in someone's hands. Faith is what you hold on to.Trust is what
makes everyone realize that you are always there for them. Faith is
what makes everyone realize that you are always there to help them in
case they need some help. Love makes not everyone, but the only one in
your life who is special, think that you are always there for him, to
be with him, to cherish him, to fulfill her dreams, to share with him
and most of all, to make her realize how much you really love
her.Distance doesn't matter if you really love the person,what
matters most is your honesty and trust for that relationship to work
out.Without romance, love gets dry. Without respect, love gets lost.
Without caring, love gets boring. Without honesty, love gets unhappy,
and without trust, love gets unstable.Love is a wonderful gift; trust
in it, believe in it, give it, and it will be returned to you to give
again and again.You can get advice from family, friends and
strangers, but the best advice comes from your heart; it never lies -
trust it.There may be many people that are trustworthy, but only a few
are worth trusting with your heart; choose wisely.To be trusted is a
greater compliment than to be loved. For you can love many, but
without trust you have nothing.The heart already knows what the mind
can only dream of. Trust your heart.Distance cannot, and will not
hurt a bond between two people that is based on mutual respect, trust,
commitment,and love.Jealousy is not a sign of true love; it's
insecurities that comes in the way, 'cause love has just one
important ingredient: Trust.Do you trust me?Love means never doubting
anything. It means trusting and being honest with each otherSomeone
can be as beautiful on the outside as they are on the inside, but when
he or she betrays your trust, they become the ugliest
person in the world.Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy.
It does not boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not
self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrong
doing. It does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It
always protects, trusts, hopes,perseveres.Love takes many things:
trust, hope, wishes, dreams, and everything you've got, even when you
know it's not going be enough.Love is not always fireworks and
shooting stars; sometimes it's a simple understanding and trust
between two people.Hope to read from you soon.

jOHN


Beloved thanks so much for loving me thanks so much for accepting me as you one and only baby i do think about you baby i hardly concentrate to my work all i think about is you, beloved you have brought some joy to my live you also you add smile to my face baby i cant wait to see you i will be more than glad if you can email my boss ask for special vacation on my behalf i think they will allow me to come to see you ,i just need to sleep next to you baby, i have suggestion on how to meet you soon i dont know if you can email the vacation department on my behalf introduce your self as my wife to be and you need to see me i hope they are going to let me come to you i really wanna be with you soon, here below is there email address ([email protected]) beloved i cant wait to sleep next to you feed me back as soon as you email them

Your Husband

Martin


Alright baby i care to meet you soon because you are always on my mind i want you to apply for special vacation because i love to meet you soon that is the reason why nevertheless we can still wait till when my boss will allow me to meet you in person as you are always on my mind how i wish i have a wing i fly down to tell you how much i love you kiss and hug


dont know when i will be coming because then dont use to tell us it might be next years ending


The very first time when i read from you my heart beat keep telling me you are the right person for me i will never let you go kiss and hug


Baby thanks for everything i really care to meet you
by Thingsthatmakeugohmm Sun Dec 16, 2012 1:41 am
Well I'm not sure what to say here but I felt I should post something. I was contacted by this same person through the Zooks Dating site on Dec 10, 2012. I have a few pictures but not sure how to load them. The email address that was given to me was [email protected]. After reading the other posts and reviewing the myspace page. His image on his yahoo messenger is a picture right off that persons myspace. Although I have not spoken to him much he stated he was 36, a widow and had a daughter named Jayden but execpt she was 8. Like I said i have a few pictures from his profile on Zooks, messages he wrote me (with some of the same weird choices of words for example "you look beautiful, it attracts me and motivate my feelings", ect seems to be a scam.
by ratt84 Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:43 am
Thanks so much ma'am,here are few things about me.
I'm Sgt John Martin,I am single but once married with one kid,i am a widow since few years ago but i still want more of kids someday.I was born in houston,,,Texas.I am a US army officer but currently in Afghanistan for a peace keeping.I'm hoping to have a lady of my own immediately i'm on vacation cos i like spending my holiday times in my great and beautiful country.My life is simple and somewhat complicated.I'm very communicative,easy going,outspoken,also a very Romantic type,love to cuddle with my woman,hold each other hands while walking,I'm trustworthy so far as people's tell me may be I'm just laid back,lol.I also tend to have a good heart with so much of love to give and to receive.God. I want her to feel that her relationship with me is truly a blessing from God and thus he would treat it as such taking time to nuture it as time passes. Less i forget ma'am,you look beautiful and it really motivate my feelings.
love always.
Sgt John Martin

Received: from [41.190.2.51]
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012
From: Sgt John Martin <[email protected]>
Lagos, Nigeria

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by smcave Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:14 pm
Someone is still scamming people on dating websites using the name Sgt John Martin and the pics included in the previous posts. However, the email address the scammer now uses is [email protected]. Beware! There is also someone using the same exact email content and the name Sgt David Bennett.
by ljackson Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:09 pm
He is at it again only me being an army brat picked out about 12 red flags in his message and is now using gmail as his email service. He also has ads on plenty of fish, zoosk, and tagged! All the pics he posts has pfc rank, they are acu and bdu uniforms mix and matched and not the current ones, plus there isn't and hasn't ever been a peace mission in Afganistan!

Thanks so much Pretty,here are few things about me.
I'm Sgt John Martin,I am single but once married with one kid,i am a
widow since few years ago but i still want more of kids someday and if
you can't have anymore it okay by me.I was born in houston,,,Texas.I
am a US army officer but currently in Afghanistan for a peace
keeping.I'm hoping to have a lady of my own immediately i'm on
vacation cos i like spending my holiday times in my great and
beautiful country.My life is simple and somewhat complicated.I'm very
communicative,easy going,outspoken,also a very Romantic type,love to
cuddle with my woman,hold each other hands while walking,I'm
trustworthy so far as people's tell me may be I'm just laid
back,lol.I also tend to have a good heart with so much of love to
give and to receive.God. I want her to feel that her relationship
with me is truly a blessing from God and thus he would treat it as
such taking time to nature it as time passes. Less i forget ma'am,you
look beautiful and it really motivate my feelings
Kiss n Hug
love always.
Sgt John Martin
by tracikay Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:32 pm
just wanted to let everyone know he is still doing it...i only talked to him for a few days and he was talking marriage and kids and wanting me to forward my work schedule to him so he could have his boss get a plane ticket for him right away..i knew something was up..way to good to be true so i found this site and what do you know he is a scammer..he also contacted me from the Zoosk dating site
the e-mail addresses that i have for him are
[email protected]
and [email protected]
This just happened as of last night..so stay away ladies..
by missy941 Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:34 pm
Well he is still at. I just got a Facebook request from him. He sent basically the same emails listed above. I found it rather odd someone that was suppose to be educated can not type or speak English. He already had 8 friends on Facebook and I sent each one of them a message telling them what I found on here. I hope they heed my warning. Thanks!
by Ameegirl74 Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:04 pm
He is still on zoosk dating website and still scamming women. Only he asked me to help with his daughters birthday and asked for money. I did not give him any. He is the lowest of the low. Please someone stop him before he ruins. Someone else's chance at happiness. I know I will not let him destroy mine, but he needs to be stopped and soon. :(

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