Information on romance scams and scammers.
by crazydeutsch Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:46 am
I am in contact with a US ARMY soldier stationed in Afghanistan, supposedly.
The story is very complicated and will not mention everything here yet.

But just now i got a request to send an email to the following email address to help apply for emergency leave...

[email protected]

it sounds a little much fishy to me, since i think that the soldier him/herself needs to file any leave application.
FB profile of this person is
https://www.facebook.com/halona.goodwill

we communicate by emails and chat on FB... it sounds all very convincing and i want to be sure

the pictures there don't really match up... meaning being the same person...

i am not 100% sure that she really is a scammer, i tend to think or take that she is real..
but... please advise.
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by AlanJones Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:55 am
It is 100% definitely a scam and I can tell that just by looking at thze email address that you have been asked to write to.

usa.com is a free email address provider and the US military would not be using it - any official email from the US military (not that you are likely to get one) would come from a .mil domain.

Also, as you say, soldiers themselves organise leave - not random individuals that they are communicating with over the Internet.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
by jolly_roger Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:18 am
Hi cd. As you are now aware, you are not in communications with a military person and never have been. The scammer is simply telling you lies hoping to fleece some money from you. Service members organise their own leave and has nothing to do with family or friends. Your best course of action is to simply stop all forms of dialogue with the scammer.
by Smith Jones Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:43 am
Hi crazydeutsch, it can be really hard to accept that who you are talking to is a scammer. Their sole purpose is to make you believe they are real. As you see, there is evidence posted. Now you just have to make the choice to see. Yes, this person is a scammer. And that's not easy to deal with. I know. I'm a scam victim.
The hardest part is when that moment comes and you have a doubt. You seek out answers. You really want to find out no, this person I've been talking to is the real deal. But see, you were meant to come here to scamwarners and pose those questions. You needed us to tell you. And now the hard part starts.
Stop all communication. That is hard. They make it so fun. You feel so loved and cared for. Maybe for the first time in your life. I know. I had gotten to the point where I lived the sound of the Yahoo Messenger alert. You will miss it but it gets better.
The military scammers are out there in mass numbers right now. Our hearts go out to them because they're serving outer country, right? That makes it easier for you to believe they're an honorable person. They're not. Their money isn't tied up in some account elsewhere and they don't need to pay to leave or retire. But they will want your compassion to override any other sense. And that's when they have you.
Please let us know if we can help in any way to get away from your scammer and heal. I know the pain. Anger. Feelings of lonliness. Feeling stupid for not seeing.
But then again you did. And that's why you're here.

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