Sgt Collin Handy/Sgt Brian Watkins one and same

I was in what i thought was a relationship with a man named MarkHandy. He was a very charming man. I fell in love with the thought that we one day would be together. He asked me for money for a phone so that we could talk. I told him that i would do it all online and he told me his sister inlaw Paula Gatza 630-413-0781 would handle it for us. I sent her the money and he called me two weeks later. Wow his voice did not match his pictures .I asked him again where was he from he said new york. Then he emailed me and told me he needed my help to get home. I was not willing to help him. He then told me that his little girl needed him. I told him i would try and help him. I called his sister and asked her if she would be able to help and she said yes. I called back the next day and she said she had been robed. Lol i then stopped myself from talking to him. Then one day i got a email from him saying he was sorry and i would no longer hear from him. I asked why and he told me that he was sorry for hurting me and never wanted to get his self in so deep. He then told me he was named Tobi. I asked him for a picture of him. I told him i need one of him holding my name on paper. I still have not gotten that yet. I still talk to hime to get all the information i can. I will update very soon... this person needs to be stopped ....

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"sexysassykt" Ladies
I have been scammed by this same person; however, I have sent money to him. I won't say how much, but I've seen the light. He told me that both his parents were dead, his little girl's mother was shot and died in his arms. He said that his daughter Valerie was being raised by his grandmother over in the UK. He's told me that he's to receive an inheritance once he gets married. He said that he was sent from California to Nigeria to train soldiers and that he would only be gone for 30 days. Those 30 days have now turned into a year and he wants me to send him more money in order to get back home. I thought things were suspicious but like you all said, he's a smooth talker and I fell for it. I knew deep down that the military doesn't send their soldiers off unprepared. He's fooled me for the last time. He's being going by the name Handy Oluwole Williams with me for the past year. He's got accomplices working with him. I have some of these very pics that he sent to me. I sent him pics of myself and now I regretting that I sent them. Like one other female said she asked to view him on webcam and he says the computer doesn't have a cam and truthfully I should have known better than to believe it. He's asked me to send money for him to purchase a cell phone, a computer and a few other items. He just recently contacted me again wanting to know if I was going to send him the money to come home and I told him that I was not sending anymore money to him. He told me that he was hurt during the fight with the bakara harim and he needed money to buy supplies to take care of his wounds and I know that the Army has supplies to take care of wounded soldiers. He's even said that his last girlfriend wrote hot checks on his account and that he doesn't receive his paycheck direct deposit that the Army is holding his check until he returns from Nigeria, then he said he's going to have his check sent to me in order for me too hold it until he gets home. I'm so glad that I decided to do more research on him from the advice of my daughter. I have lost a lot of money that I know I won't ever see again but it is what it is and we definitely have to put a stop to his scams. By the way, I met him on tagged and as we began to talk, he deleted his profile and then wanted me to delete mine but I didn't delete it.

I am the latest vitcim of this person!! He gave me the name of Anthony Handy. He approached me on a dating site and was quick to want to chat on yahoo messanger and he deleted his dating site profile. This is the exact message he sent me on Nov. 13, 2012

My name is Anthony Handy. I was born on the 2nd of August, 1965 at Baptist Hospital of Miami. I started A & A Children Academy at 6 and later on continued from Calvary Baptist Church Schools. I was very playful at school and it affected my academic works. I joined the Military academy at the age of 16. I was in the boarding school so my parents visit me once in a while. I didn't spend much time at home. My mom was a head teacher and dad was in the medical field.
I fought in the Gulf war in 1990 to 1991. The gulf war was fought to liberate Kuwait from autocratic rule of the late Saddam. I had a pretty bad experience.
I am an E-6 Staff Sergeant (SSG). I also act as a platoon sergeant in the absence of the Sergeant First Class. I am the leader of my squad. I am a noncommission officer and I work in the junior management of the military. I am currently stationed in Kabul , the capital of Afghanistan. My first mission to Iraq was in 2003. My mission ended in 2005. When back to the States, I found out that my ex betrayed my love by going in for another man. She cost me a lost. She misused my properties so I paid her off. I was in love with her with all my heart but she let me down. I was with her for 14 years.
My daughter lives with my friend. I have full custody of her. I do not want to pay my ex any amount of money again.I will be getting her to stay with me when i come home soon. I was married only once. I am now looking for another woman to involve myself with. . Actually, we are not allowed to communicate with outsiders because of security reasons but I need a woman for myself. A woman that will be there for me and I will be there for her too. I will not be able to call you because we are not allowed to communicate with outsiders on phone. Everything is monitored.
My relationship with my ex was like this. I loved her with all my heart. In fact it is true. I wasn't thinking she can do such a thing. I helped her in her work, support her family, spending much time with her as much as I could. Going with her to the beaches, the movies and a lot of interesting places just trying to make her the happiest woman in life. I know she is regretting it by now. Her parents once called me and were apologizing for her but I already made my mind. I don't know why she drew away from me. Maybe, she can't control her sexual desire. I do not get angry. It happens once in a while but I know how to control myself. In the army, if you can't control your anger, you gonna end up fighting all the time.I am concluding this letter here but remember this am serious about my words
Have a good day.

He did ask me to send his 12 year old daughter "Lucy" a gift to Ghana where she was staying with his friend because he was deployed and wanted nothing to do with his Ex wife but I did not send anything. He then again asked me to send her a gift for Christmas like an I-phone and items of that sort. I told him I had no funds for that expensive stuff and then convinced me to purchase grocery items for her and the friend would pick them up at a store in Ghana. I stupidly did so in the amount of $56! He then asked me to purchase a phone and send to Ghana where he would leave on Jan 14th, originally Dec. 26th to pick her up and then head back to the states- of course here in Texas to see me! Once I told him that I couldn't send him a phone he then acted like I was the one not wanting to let our relationship grow as we would have no communication when he was in Ghana. I called him out on his scam!! He has not contacted me again. This person really needs to be stopped and he has soooo many victims! I looked him up on facebook and he has 12 accounts that I know of! He has the name of Anthony Handy, Anthony Brian Handy, Anthony Jim Handy are the ones that I know of.

I do have pictures that he sent me but I do not see how to post on here.

You can post them at http://scamwarners.com/; that's where the previously posted photos are.

Ok, guys,...add "Brian James" to the list....all of the stories are just about the same in more instances than one....I would really love to put an end to this as well....We just have to keep the information going. I just now saw where to post pictures....I will post my "Brian James"....I think emotionally, this may help knowing that these pics are associated with scam artists and we cannot attach anything emotional to them!

Dear Ladies,

I'm the latest victim of this scam. Like the post from Rette on Nov 9, 2012, I met who is now claiming to be SSG Mark Lewin, we met on a free dating website and I started talking to him about Nov 15th 2012 and he is still currently emailing me which I will stop after today. He has a sister name Sophia and her phone number is 773-466-7427. His daughters name is Karyn and he first told me she was 13, now he is saying she is 8 yrs old. He is now telling me he was born in the states, but raised in the UK, went to Queens College in the UK He spent most of his life in the UK, but also Portugal which he can speak Portuguese fluently. His father left when he was 4 yrs old and his mother just died in a fatal car accident 5 yrs ago. He came back to the states when he was 25 and joined military school where he has been in for 18 yrs and to retire in 2 yrs to focus on family.
He told me that his sister is taking care of his daughter in Chicago while he is on a special peace keeping mission in Libya and that he has been there since March of 2012, is supposed to return April 2013. He did the same thing, telling me how much we have in common. Asked lots of questions and told me his likes, dislikes. I was skeptical in the beginning and told him that I was almost scammed by another guy which I met on a differnt dating website. He claimed to feel bad and said he was for real and was falling in love with me. RED FLAGG girls, now that this has been my second experience with a scammer, please don't believe anyone that you actually haven't met yet and says you are destined to be together because that isn't how it works in the real world. I had signed up for an account on yahoo so we could instant message each other and this is where I figured he wasn't for real as he said he got into trouble over there by helping a young boy who was being humiliated by some bad guys and he tried to help him, but in the process he got attacted and lost his gun. He said he would be suspended from the military if he didn't come up with $700.00 to buy a new gun and he only had $100 on him and his sister could only lend him $200 so I informed him I was not in a postion to help him, so he asked me to text or call the number I listed above which was his sisters number wanting me to tell her to get in touch with him as she hadn't responded to his emails. I told him to give me her email address and he said just text or call her, but I didn't because I know there are phone scams out there and I didn't want him to know any of my information as I never disclosed my last name or phone no. or even where I live, so never give any guy that info. I'm still playing along as I told him I didn't get in touch with his sister, but he probably heard from her by now. My latest email was this morning which he gave me this name of SSG Mark Lewin. He is asking now for my information which I won't give him. I too have family in the military, one which works at the Pentagon so I know how things work in the military. He hasn't come out an asked me for the money but he used the phone number as his ploy which I know isn't real. I wish I could find a payphone to try to call the number just to see what is on the other end, but payphones are pretty much non existant now. His is using an email as burrelmark00@yahoo dot com. with me anyways.
These guys need to be brought to justice as it's absolutely disgusting they are using soldiers names to get money out of innocent woman. Thank you for posting the pictures of him as the last picture of him standing in from of the truck is the same one he posted on the dating website I was on, he even has the same shirt on.

Be careful ladies, they are out there in force and this being my 2nd experience with a scammer, I don't want this to happen to you.

Made burrel00@yahoo dot com into [email protected] which the bots and searchers can find. Of course its all rubbish. What would any western force be doing in Libya? Certainly not peace keeping which is a scammer favourite. Soldiers don't lose their personal weapons! If push becomes shove they use it. Actually in My Army you would get an official enquiry and if needs a Court Martial. It is the worst thing you can do unless in certain circumstances. You wouldn't have to pay for it as a "get out of jail free" card. We used to attach the weapon irretrievably to our bodies so it can't be stolen and get used on you instead. I also used to carry a 9mm "pocket" deterrent as well but then I was a Corps soldier and a rifle wasn't always expedient.

This doesn't have anything to do with Sgt. Collin Handy/Sgt. Brian Watkins...I did a search for the phone number that someone that i met on a dating website, gave me and this site came up. You guessed it the number is 773-466-7427. His name is Dave Darby. He is in the Army, and stationed in Kabul. He doesn't know the time difference, between here and there. (gets upset when I ask him about the time) He also told me that they are planning on sending him to Syria. He can't give me an address to write to him, because it is a top secret mission. I have been very suspicious after he started writing to me. He also asked me to delete my profile on the dating website, because he did and now he just lives for me everyday. There are a lot of similarities, even though the names are different. He told me his wife died of cancer, and that he has no children. He wants to marry me, talks a lot about God, and he has brought us together...blah, blah, blah. He has a sister named Sophia, who lives in Chicago, and he has told her about me. She wants me to call her tonight. I know that is not gonna happen. I knew this guy was not legit from the beginning. I have emailed him a story that i found about Dave Darby, he said he was gonna tell his Commandant Officer. (lol) someone was impersonating him. when i ask him what he does all day, he is just making his report. that is all he ever does. lol....this whole thing is so unbelievable. Beware of this guy...sounds like he is real shady. he hasn't asked for money yet...from all of the posts on here. i am sure it is just a matter of time.

I see Shell, Dave Darby is off to Syria is he? Looks like he would be going alone then. I can tell it must be Top Secret because he tells everyone about it including you, a stranger on the Internet. He got his profile deleted for scamming and not because of you. He will have made a fresh one almost immediately. Don't tell him anything more. Just vanish and leave him totally confused. You'll probably hear from him again pretending to be someone else, so don't educate him.

Well ladies I am the latest victim in the scam, however it has been 3 days since me and mr.alexander handy have been talking, he showed me pics of him by his truck, working out, sitting on some steps,holding a gun, dressed in his uniform with a hat on covering most of his eye,and two pics of his daughter sitting on his lap. says his daughter lives in canada with his wifes mom and that his ex wife hurt them so bad that the courts keep her away from him and his daughter.today is march 3rd i have been talking to him since march 1st and decided to research the a&a academy that he went to and this scam site popped up, thank God for it. Well ladies I don't know about yall but I wish I could really meet that sexy man in that pic because I need a soldier.

because I need a soldier.

Just be aware that if you are in contact with someone on a dating site who says they are a soldier it is almost certainly a scam and if they ask you for money it is definitely one, if a soldier needs emergency financial assistance they will go see their superiors.

tried to scam me but fortunately i was not falling for it. this guy here with the exact same pics found me on facebook, not sure how as my settings are private. he goes by leonard handy on fb and yahoo, i have been chatting with him for about 2 weeks now.. i knew there was something up because of his messages they were way too deep for me.. and confessing his love after only talking a short period of time. he told me that both parents were dead and that his mother's daughter died of kidney cancer, while he was in stationed in Iraq his grandmother was looking after his daughter. i told him that i was interested in talking on the phone with him and so he looked into getting that going and came today with this messageGood morning gorgeous... Just got into camp....How have you been though? Hope your week was rather productive....Gorgeous, i made inquiries into how to get my mobile up and running again with the Tech department we've got here in camp as I've not used the mobile in ages.. It's a Satellite Mobile actually.. They recommended i have the phone upgrade to the latest so as to aid utility and all.. Which i did. Just got the new one which of course came with charges on my Military VServe Card.. The mobile is kind of different from a regular phone and it's routed for outgoing calls only.. So I'll be the one who'll be reaching out to you.. It's got periodical charges also.. It's like a calling card which entails rates and all.. Like 300 USD for 150 calling minutes.. I thought i should explain all this to you as i really really want us to correspond on phone. Get to know each other even more.. But there's a little downer my lady.. The balance on my VServe is insufficient for the periodical charges for the mobile and i won't be able to load it up until am back home. So i was thinking maybe you can cover the costs for the periodicals.. So we'll get a chance to talk.. Let me know your thoughts gorgeous..So that we can sort it out today... Am really hoping you say yes gorgeous..Which will enable me get back to the department ASAP, so that we can talk throughout and take our relationship to the next level...Would really love to spend time with you. Let me know my lady.. Am gonna go grab my toys for clean up and check back later.. Missed you.. Kisses.
Leo xoxo.. this is the message that he sent me.. i knew something was up with this man so i decided to google his name and thanks to google i came across this site.. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT>. this this is horrible and i feel for the women that have fallen for this man.. ladies please be careful when online dating.. if any man is confessing his love after a very short period that right there should be a red flag to all!.. i have confronted this man and he is still trying to lie saying someone hacked his account.. ... please catch this man soon..

Hi Ladies,
This jerk had me going too!! His name is Mark L Brown on facebook (the L is for Lewin). Met him on a Christian dating site. We talked about 2 months. He said how much he loved me very soon into our conversing which was a red flag to me. He did'nt ask for money though. He's a charmer. BEWARE!!!!