Military Leave - Possible Scan

Well I just met Sgt. Michael Pederson on Speeddate.com.
Says he is in the Army, single father of a little girl and no living family.
Been chatting for a few days now. Today it's how much he cares about me and how badly he
wants to find the love of his life. Warning bells going off as this is not typical guy talk.
Anyway today he says something about leave and only family and friends could request a leave for a soldier.
That didn't sound right to me so I started googling about military leave and found you guys. Thank goodness for you and this site, it saved me a lot of aggravation messing with this guy. I was getting uncomfortable with all the talk about love and commitment and family after only two days. Well I am sure it is a scam now.

I think I will play it out for a while, that way it will waste some of his time and maybe save someone else the aggravation. Any suggestions or warnings for me doing so? I definitely will not be sending any money, that's so untrue - charging a Military family to get to see their loved one.

Thank you.

I'm glad you realized it was a scam before you got in too deep. The "military leave" scam is becoming increasingly common, and unfortunately, many people have fallen victim to this scam.

The scammer version of the military world is nowhere near reality. Nobody can request leave for a soldier except the soldier himself--and of course there are no fees either. Any time you are talking to someone claiming to be in the military, and that person asks you to make ANY request to the military on their behalf, you can know that you are dealing with a scammer.

Playing with a scammer when you know he is a scammer is called baiting. Baiting should be done safely--with the scammer having no access to information about you. It is never a good idea to bait a scammer who has real information about you--he is a criminal, and while he is not going to fly to your country and show up on your doorstep, you don't need him getting angry and causing problems in your life. Just drop all contact with this scammer. Don't tell him what he did wrong or point out any mistakes--simply walk away.

If you are interested in more information about baiting scammers safely, you can visit our scambaiting site at 419eater.com .

Thank you for the information.
I think I will just walk-a-way as you suggested.
No reason for me to bait him, nothing I can do to him.

He does have my personal email but no other information other than that.

You have been a great help.

Thank you,