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by sweepea1951 Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:10 am
Hi, Let me tell you my story. I am mature woman who considered myself very savvy when it came to scams, but I really got scammed royally. I have been unemployed for the last 7 months so I don't have a lot of money. I started talking to someone who calls Donald White (Dee) who claims to be a staff sargeant in the U.S. Army in Black Ops in Afghanistan. He sent me a message on the website Tagged.com and he said he was from Inman. SC. That intrigued me since I am originally from SC also. We started communicating through
Yahoo Messenger. Within about a week, he was talking about us talking on the phone. He was talking about these classified military phones. After I would pay the fee of $800 we could talk to our hearts content. I told him I couldn't afford it since I didn't have a job. So he dropped it. A few weeks later, miraculously, the price dropped to $550 for Christmas. The email below is what was sent:

Thank you for the enquiry, our service is to provide phoning and Satellite facilities for civilian and Military Personnel.
We specialize in providing global satellite access services. USA Classified Agents solutions have been implemented for United States Marine Corps (USMC), U.S.A Military , Australia Defense Force (ADF), Command of Polish Navy, Spec Military Formation GR OM, 1st Special Commando Regiment, Polish National Police, Polish National Headquarters of the State Fire Services, Border Guard (WAR), World Bank Group, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Halliburton Energy Services, KBR, General Dynamics Information Technology, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, US Naval Research Laboratory , ITT Corporation Aerospace20/ Communications Division, TechNet Holdings / EOIR Technologies, North Eastern Aeronautical Company (Neon ),costume Worldwide,D3 D2 Jorge Scientific Corporation, Erinys International, Aegis Iraq, Warsaw Stock Exchange, Polish State Railways PKP S.A., University of Warsaw, Reuters, TVP - Polish TV, TVN, Agora, PAP - Polish Press Agency, EuroZet, Nokia Siemens Networks , PTC Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, CenturyTel, P olkomtel, Michelin Poland, BMW - Bearish Motormen Werke, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, IBM - International Business Machines Corporation,2 0HP= Hewlett-Packard, Manitowoc Crane Group, Carrefour r, Colgate e-Palm o live, Co march, PBG S.A., Porches S.A., Management, NG2 - New Gate Group, LPP S.A., Big Star Limited, Bank BPH, PKO TFI S.A., Paging - Polish Petroleum and Gas Mining, Drill-Lab, MEGAGAZ S.A., SCHMIDT Holding, White Case, Sun Microsystems, PMM - Polish Medical Mission, UPS - United Parcel Service, Polish Medical Air Rescue and Sky Taxi.

Especially for USA Army ,USA Marine,USA Navy we ship VSAT equipment within 3-5 days

We also provide Thuraya Satellite Phones for the Military personnel.
Thuraya products give you the freedom of movement and the ability to stay connected in more than 110 countries in Europe, North, Central Africa and large parts of Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia . This means total coverage whether you are in a village, on a mountain or by the coast.

Basic advantages of the Satellite telephone we provide for the Military are:
Possibility of communicating freely in 110 countries in Europe, North and Central Africa, Asia, and Middle East Satellite and GSM connectivity in one telephone
Possibility of calling Immersed A/B/Mini/ Iridium networks

No prepaid cards needed
Free Thuraya - SG-2520 Handset - Satellite/GSM
Free unlimited calls for Military Personnel after the ($550.00) registration fee(s) have been remitted.

NOTE: (ALL EQUIPMENTS SUPPLIED FOR MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS OPERATE ONLY IN MILITARY FREQUENCY RANGES.)

In order to register for our phoning facility, you are advised to provide us with the information below:

YOUR INFORMATION:

- FULL NAME:
- HOME ADDRESS :
- PHONE NUMBER:
- PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER:

MILITARY PERSONEL'S INFORMATION:

- NAME :
- RANK :
- LOCATION (COUNTRY WHERE HE /SHE NEEDS THE SERVICE):

Once you provide us with the above information you are no longer anonymous to us. (We) protect your privacy. We do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary. All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity. The information is what we are going to use to register you with our service.

Regards,
USA CAPS.
Technology satellite provider
Copyright by USA Classified Agents@ Technologies. All Rights Reserved.

So I paid the money and we look forward to talking on our private phones!!! so the next email I get is they need more money (from both of us).

ATTN:

Kindly ignore the early messages sent to you and we sincerely apologize for that mistake. The messages was ment for one of our reputable subscriber whose area are very diffcult to establish due to low level of HM Degree and Ultra High Frequency Signal Reception.

With the reference to your application been forwarded to our SAT Telecom's Office, your application has been approved under the Military Hi-Tech Code MBKCPTS#90786USCAPS.

However, it has been detected that your location has been a major problem to the installation department since your location has low level of HM Degree and Ultra High Frequency Signal Reception. This is why our technicians have NOT been able to deploy equipments to your location for over the stipulated 48 hrs.

Please note that your Registration fee(s) have already been used to purchase necessary VSAT cables, Chips and also to secure Notary Permit from US Military Legal Defense to commence and seal this installation on US MIL Inter-connectivity between the both parties.

To conclude this, a notification message has been sent to the concerned officer CPO SCOT GRAVES of the intelligence Unit of the US ARMY Military Base. Afghanistan. Rank level E-8, to prepare to do more on expenses to secure an upgrade equipment for successful US CAPS. VSAT connection by applying for a Non-Refundable expenses while in services to the Department of SF Telecom's Database Financial Dome.

Therefore SSGT. DONALD WHITE DEE will be required to pay a sum of ($2,135:00 USD) to the Afghanistan US CAPS. Phoning Service to secure him a Oscilloscope Aerial for Ultra-Frequency Reception.

However, you <removed- dotti> are required to remit the sum of ($1,160:00 USD) through Western Union/Money Gram for the immediate Installation of the Ultra High Frequency Reception Aerial Hosted by USCAPS Satellite Technology.

Remember all these aforementioned payment are set to be refundable to both parties as soon as Officer CPO CURTIS GRAVES applies for a Refundable expenses while in service to the DEPARTMENT OF SF TELECOM'S DATABASE FINANCIAL DOME as soon as he visit States soon.

We will be expecting your Money Gram/Western Union details to commence prompt purchase and deployment and Installation to location. Here is the information of the available payment officer via money gram and western union:

MONEY GRAM PAYMENT INFORMATION/WESTERN UNION PAYMENT INFORMATION:


Name : Janice Cooper
City: Inman
State: SC
Zipcode: 29349
Please provide us with the payment information as soon as payment is done, for prompt payment firmation and processing.
Regards,
USCAPS.
Technology satellite provider
Copyright by USA MIL@ Technologies. All Rights Reserved. ©2011

So, here comes Don's commander (Cmdr Clifford) to the rescue. Don says he has no money and no one to get money from his bank account in SC. So the commander pays %2000 and they ask me to pay the remaining balance of $135 plus my portion. I took money out of retirement to pay this plus the fees for sending the Moneygram which ended up costing me $1405.
I sent a few more emails because neither of us were getting these so called phones. I cancel the order and ask for all my money back. They have started ignoring my emails and no responses are forthcoming. In the meantime, Don seems to be losing interest!!!! There's more to this story but I am getting tired now.
I'm sure there is nothing I can do now to get my almost $2000 back. But it feels good to get this down in writing. Thank you for listening.
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by cutelilly Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:51 am
Hi sweepea1951,

thank you for posting this information, it may save other people from being scammed. Sorry you were scammed.

sweepea1951 wrote:"I'm sure there is nothing I can do now to get my almost $2000 back. But it feels good to get this down in writing. Thank you for listening."


Unfortunately, you are pretty right. You can report to the police, but most probably scammers are operating from other jurisdictions, and with fake data. Be extra suspicious should you receive in future mails from someone posing as law enforcement agent (e.g. FBI, EFCC, etc.) willing to help you to retrieve your money, they may be operating a money recovery scam.

sweepea1951 wrote:However, you <removed - dotti> are required to remit the sum of ($1,160:00 USD) through Western Union/Money Gram for the immediate Installation of the Ultra High Frequency Reception Aerial Hosted by USCAPS Satellite Technology.


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