by mandi66
Fri Aug 06, 2010 7:54 am
There are posts in other topic threads regarding this - have just been scammed by a guy calling himself Thomas Zendrosky ([email protected]). I've discovered from this and another similar forum that he also uses the name Dave Bruner and may also use Ray Odierno or Jack McCarthy.
I met him through MatchAffinity.com where he is registered at Thomboy61. I've posted his first email below and it is this unusual text that helped me discover the con. Please watch out for him - he very nearly got away with nearly £2,000 of mine. Luckily I spotted it just in time but have really been hurt by this too. I'm a widow and he's played on that and had me falling hook, line and sinker for his patter. He claims to be US Army in Afghanistan but retiring next year. He will always call you "honey" and bombard you with poems and song lyrics. He's really good at this - I don't normally get caught out !
Emails below:
Dear Mandi
First of all, I really like when women are polite and kind. In turn, I always try to be respectful to my partner and not take them for granted. It takes so little effort to show respect and gratitude and yet I find it will reward me many times over if I do. My favorite color is Blue, i like old blues and i like hanging around beach side, i like Rose flowers and im a bit romantic, if that don't scare you, i want the best of this relationship, i want someone that will love and care for me and make me the her better half.
Second, I'm very sorry if am too forward or blunt.
Back to more about me. am currently on contract with the US Military Special forces Army, and i have been into this over 20 years, right now am presently on deployment here in Afghanistan, Specialize with the Military Communications, New Equipment Training Officer-Team Lead Training, Training and system installations. CDMA Cellular Systems Instructor
I grew up in a small town in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, and as I stated earlier, was next to the youngest in a family of 3. We lived on a small land area, but my late dad worked for the State of Indiana USA, for income after retired from the Military. My late mom was a full time mom. We didn't have a lot of money, but we had a garden and cows so we were never hungry. Almost all of my ancestors were England except my great-grandmother on my mom's side was Irish. I Growing up, there were always lots of visitors to our house. My oldest brother is 15 years older than me. He died some year back; So many of the older kids were bringing their college friends home on the weekends for home cooked food. There are lots of good memories, but also some hard and sad ones. For instance, about 10 years ago, my brother called me to tell my sister who lives in England has a partial Stroke died. It was very, very hard. I can't say I've ever "accepted" that she's so ill. But we've all learned to go on with our lives which seems equally tragic. I really wanted the world to come to a standstill when brother died. We were the "Eagle Eye" of the family and were very close. His children have had to grow up knowing their father as a good man, now everybody is on different paths.
As stated earlier, I was married once . I lost my ex in an automobile accident a few years back which constituted a major sorrow to my heart and our only son has to be asked for settling down with her mother's family until I got retired with a good wife for us to spend the rest of our life together.
I hope we could talk better about this on IM....It seems am not feeling fine to write this again....But I want someone serious , caring and honest.
This has been a very long message and I apologize if it's boring. i will tell you more and more about me in my next email
I will be looking forward to your reply and Picture
Thomas.
Next:
My Sunshine, My Angel...
Mandi my sunshine, I can never explain the feeling I have had over this last week, it seems months, maybe it is because every moment i have spend with you Online has been filled with memories playing over and over in my mind, beautiful memories. The fear that clenches my stomach is beyond comprehension, to live another day with out you would not be living, you are now my breath, my pulse, you make me whole.
At night I am afraid to go to bed, though I am so weary from emotion. When I fall, I wake when it is still dark and try as I might to go back to sleep, I cling to my pillow and know that I must occupy my mind to keep from dying of pain. All the things I have seen, everything I have believed in, my instincts and knowledge guide me.
I fill my days with anything I can possibly do, I don't stop, as though I am running from the thoughts of you trying to bring my tears, my muscles are sore from exercise, no matter what I do, you are right in front of me, you are in every corner of my room.
Sweetheart, am promiseing you a lifetime of happiness and love. Come dance on the moon with me. You are all there is, I neither need nor want anything else at all. You are my heaven on earth and I need to live there with you ... I need to as well, I have two angels and I need to be with one of them which is you.
I am empty; fill me with passion for life once again ......
Love you always,
Thomas
I've stopped contact and will be reporting him to MatchAffinity - I know that will warn him off and possibly give him an advantage in that he will have to change his tactics, but if it only saves one more woman from this heartache, it's worth it.
Mandi
I met him through MatchAffinity.com where he is registered at Thomboy61. I've posted his first email below and it is this unusual text that helped me discover the con. Please watch out for him - he very nearly got away with nearly £2,000 of mine. Luckily I spotted it just in time but have really been hurt by this too. I'm a widow and he's played on that and had me falling hook, line and sinker for his patter. He claims to be US Army in Afghanistan but retiring next year. He will always call you "honey" and bombard you with poems and song lyrics. He's really good at this - I don't normally get caught out !
Emails below:
Dear Mandi
First of all, I really like when women are polite and kind. In turn, I always try to be respectful to my partner and not take them for granted. It takes so little effort to show respect and gratitude and yet I find it will reward me many times over if I do. My favorite color is Blue, i like old blues and i like hanging around beach side, i like Rose flowers and im a bit romantic, if that don't scare you, i want the best of this relationship, i want someone that will love and care for me and make me the her better half.
Second, I'm very sorry if am too forward or blunt.
Back to more about me. am currently on contract with the US Military Special forces Army, and i have been into this over 20 years, right now am presently on deployment here in Afghanistan, Specialize with the Military Communications, New Equipment Training Officer-Team Lead Training, Training and system installations. CDMA Cellular Systems Instructor
I grew up in a small town in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, and as I stated earlier, was next to the youngest in a family of 3. We lived on a small land area, but my late dad worked for the State of Indiana USA, for income after retired from the Military. My late mom was a full time mom. We didn't have a lot of money, but we had a garden and cows so we were never hungry. Almost all of my ancestors were England except my great-grandmother on my mom's side was Irish. I Growing up, there were always lots of visitors to our house. My oldest brother is 15 years older than me. He died some year back; So many of the older kids were bringing their college friends home on the weekends for home cooked food. There are lots of good memories, but also some hard and sad ones. For instance, about 10 years ago, my brother called me to tell my sister who lives in England has a partial Stroke died. It was very, very hard. I can't say I've ever "accepted" that she's so ill. But we've all learned to go on with our lives which seems equally tragic. I really wanted the world to come to a standstill when brother died. We were the "Eagle Eye" of the family and were very close. His children have had to grow up knowing their father as a good man, now everybody is on different paths.
As stated earlier, I was married once . I lost my ex in an automobile accident a few years back which constituted a major sorrow to my heart and our only son has to be asked for settling down with her mother's family until I got retired with a good wife for us to spend the rest of our life together.
I hope we could talk better about this on IM....It seems am not feeling fine to write this again....But I want someone serious , caring and honest.
This has been a very long message and I apologize if it's boring. i will tell you more and more about me in my next email
I will be looking forward to your reply and Picture
Thomas.
Next:
My Sunshine, My Angel...
Mandi my sunshine, I can never explain the feeling I have had over this last week, it seems months, maybe it is because every moment i have spend with you Online has been filled with memories playing over and over in my mind, beautiful memories. The fear that clenches my stomach is beyond comprehension, to live another day with out you would not be living, you are now my breath, my pulse, you make me whole.
At night I am afraid to go to bed, though I am so weary from emotion. When I fall, I wake when it is still dark and try as I might to go back to sleep, I cling to my pillow and know that I must occupy my mind to keep from dying of pain. All the things I have seen, everything I have believed in, my instincts and knowledge guide me.
I fill my days with anything I can possibly do, I don't stop, as though I am running from the thoughts of you trying to bring my tears, my muscles are sore from exercise, no matter what I do, you are right in front of me, you are in every corner of my room.
Sweetheart, am promiseing you a lifetime of happiness and love. Come dance on the moon with me. You are all there is, I neither need nor want anything else at all. You are my heaven on earth and I need to live there with you ... I need to as well, I have two angels and I need to be with one of them which is you.
I am empty; fill me with passion for life once again ......
Love you always,
Thomas
I've stopped contact and will be reporting him to MatchAffinity - I know that will warn him off and possibly give him an advantage in that he will have to change his tactics, but if it only saves one more woman from this heartache, it's worth it.
Mandi
