by FeelLikeaMoron
Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:04 am
Hi everyone,
I just got fooled, but fortunately didn't lose any money. Just my self respect......I signed up for the dating site allmilitarydating.com, thinking I would meet someone with some qualities you would expect from someone in the military. Well.....boy, did I get duped. I met a man almost right away after I put my profile page together called Andrew Haas. He claimed to be a marine deployed to a base in the Libyan desert, on the front lines. He did everything right! He was sweet, attentive, showered me with attention. He called me baby, sweetie, etc.....all the things I guess my newly divorced self was looking for. After about a week of contact he mentioned that if I sent him a phone we could talk all the time. I ignored the request, thinking...dude, I am not footing the bill for an expensive phone(he stated it had to be a quad band smart phone), and he dropped it. Another week of contact and the professions of love started. He had fallen in love with me, and honestly he seemed so great, I felt like I was falling for him despite my head telling me it was ridiculous. I sent him some pictures of me, almost daily. He however was unable to send pictures due to not being able to have equipment on the front line that can capture pictures or video, he said it was prohibited. So the only photo I had of him was the one from his profile page. End of week three of this 'relationship' came the big push.....he asked me to send money to replace his 'junk', as he was out of junk food and needed it to keep his energy up in the desert. I asked about care packages, and he said no, it had to be the money sent to the 'delivery' person that came to the desert. He then proceeded to give me a name "Jacob Jude" as the Western Union recipient located in Nigeria, and wanted me to send 480$(for junk food!). I laughed/panicked all at once. And knew right away it was a fraud. He still proclaimed his love for me and how he had no one else(he claimed his parents were dead, and no siblings)........I called him on it, and told him I wasn't sending any money and didn't hear back for hours(which was unusual...........my stupidity, if he was a real marine he would be working long hours and not be on the internet as much as he was....duh).....I reported him to the dating website and they pulled his acct as he had been linked to other scams.......FeelLikeaMoron
I just got fooled, but fortunately didn't lose any money. Just my self respect......I signed up for the dating site allmilitarydating.com, thinking I would meet someone with some qualities you would expect from someone in the military. Well.....boy, did I get duped. I met a man almost right away after I put my profile page together called Andrew Haas. He claimed to be a marine deployed to a base in the Libyan desert, on the front lines. He did everything right! He was sweet, attentive, showered me with attention. He called me baby, sweetie, etc.....all the things I guess my newly divorced self was looking for. After about a week of contact he mentioned that if I sent him a phone we could talk all the time. I ignored the request, thinking...dude, I am not footing the bill for an expensive phone(he stated it had to be a quad band smart phone), and he dropped it. Another week of contact and the professions of love started. He had fallen in love with me, and honestly he seemed so great, I felt like I was falling for him despite my head telling me it was ridiculous. I sent him some pictures of me, almost daily. He however was unable to send pictures due to not being able to have equipment on the front line that can capture pictures or video, he said it was prohibited. So the only photo I had of him was the one from his profile page. End of week three of this 'relationship' came the big push.....he asked me to send money to replace his 'junk', as he was out of junk food and needed it to keep his energy up in the desert. I asked about care packages, and he said no, it had to be the money sent to the 'delivery' person that came to the desert. He then proceeded to give me a name "Jacob Jude" as the Western Union recipient located in Nigeria, and wanted me to send 480$(for junk food!). I laughed/panicked all at once. And knew right away it was a fraud. He still proclaimed his love for me and how he had no one else(he claimed his parents were dead, and no siblings)........I called him on it, and told him I wasn't sending any money and didn't hear back for hours(which was unusual...........my stupidity, if he was a real marine he would be working long hours and not be on the internet as much as he was....duh).....I reported him to the dating website and they pulled his acct as he had been linked to other scams.......FeelLikeaMoron
