Captain Roy Anderson, U.S. Military, serving in Kabul

Several weeks ago, I was contacted by a Captain Roy Anderson, he states he is with the US Military, and serving in Kabul. We chatted for a bit and the about a week later, he tells me he is going on a dangerous mission, in Kabul that night...obviously, I was worried. I get another email, where he is professing his love and can't wait until we are together....the normal BS. Then and here it is.....Captain Roy Anderson tells me that he needs my cell phone number to give to a bank in London, called the Gatehouse Bank. He tells me to "tell no one, no third party about this conversation". He proceeds to tell me that he has to convert gold into money, and that he had taken 100,000 with him to Kabul, and he was sending $370,000 by a Red Cross Pilot who would deliver the money to the bank. The catch.....he needed my cell phone number, sent applications for this Gatehouse Bank, and wanted me to fill out the applications to open an account there. After I followed his careful instructions, he would make me beneficiary of all this money, and I was to send money to his mom who had a stroke, and his little girl. Hmmm....I'm thinking if his mom had a serious stroke, and she is the one taking care of his little girl....shouldn't the US Military give him leave of some sort to deal with it. Apparently this is his only family. He told me his wife died tragically in a car accident, however did not want to talk about it.

Even after I did my own investigation and realized it was a scam, even searching the Gatehouse Bank, etc.

I am seriously concerned.....that other women may actually set up a bank account in a foreign country for some Military personnel and it is not legit. I am outraged that whoever is behind all this is using his rank, and the fact that he is policing there, through the military. He even sent military training videos....and told me to watch the news.....of course he tells me about the mission, and sure enough it is on the news that two soldiers in Kabul were injured.

Luckily for me.....I am a skeptic and I feel it is important to let other women and people know that this is happening and as a matter of fact, after speaking with my lawyer, he has a case that he is proceeding with, which is identical to Captain Roy Andersons requests!

So, he stated at first he was from Florida, then I noticed his hometown was in Chicago. He lives in Kabul.

I don't know if there is any legitimacy to who he is or why he picked me out of all the women in the world, after knowing me for a short time, professing his love, etc., and really thought I was stupid enough to fill out the forms, send them in to this bank.....I thank God, I didn't do anything he asked. I may have found myself in some real trouble and not even be aware of it.\

I respect our MILITARY, I have the highest respect for OUR MILITARY, I can't believe our own Soldiers would do this.

He states he is Captain, Infantry, with the US Army. He states he is doing peace keeping missions in Kabul, training them to be police officers etc. He has a daughter, he has never told me her name, it was a picture of a little girl, and he had a mother. He also said a "Nanny" took care of them both. Never said where they were.

So I sent him an email and said, I would like to help.....I could send the money directly to your mother...and you can pay me back....but oh no.....he was insistent I fill out this forms and set up a bank account in my name.

PLEASE, WATCH OUT FOR HIM AND OTHERS THAT ARE DOING THE SAME THING. IT IS TRULY AN INSULT TO OUR MILITARY, TO HAVE THESE SCAMMERS OUT THERE. I pray there was no truth to what he was asking, however, you don't give $370,000 dollars to some woman you never met, talked to, or even know!

Please check into this and advise. I can forward all the emails etc he sent me, which outlines his specific instructions!

Thank you for helping me and warning others!

[AlanJones]

I can't believe our own Soldiers would do this.

They don't - only pathetic African scammers hiding behind the anonymity of email addresses and Internet cafes do this.

Please provide all the details that you can, such as the email addresses and photos that he uses and the actual emails that he has sent to you. These will be scripted and he will using the same ones on many women.

Also, if he gave you an actual bank website to go to, please give the details of that as well, as it will be fake and can be reported as fraudulent nd shut down.

What you are describing is textbook romance scammer. The man is not American, nor is he a soldier. He is a young man, almost certainly from one of a few African countries that are known for this particular scam approach. The scammer has simply copied photos and videos from the internet and used current news stories to help make his lies look more legitimate.

Hmmm....I'm thinking if his mom had a serious stroke, and she is the one taking care of his little girl....shouldn't the US Military give him leave of some sort to deal with it.

Of course you are right. But that wouldn't work with his story. The US military ensures that soldiers can take care of these things. They don't leave children or other family members stranded without assistance.

I don't know if there is any legitimacy to who he is

There is not.

or why he picked me out of all the women in the world, after knowing me for a short time, professing his love, etc.

The truth is he didn't pick you out of all the women in the world. He approached dozens (if not hundreds) of women in this same scam. In general these scammers consider any unmarried woman over 40 to be targets. (Some will target women under 40, but it is less common.)

needed my cell phone number,
Just to make sure that (a) you are a real victim and (b) he has a means to harass you and/or put more pressure on.

sent applications for this Gatehouse Bank, and wanted me to fill out the applications to open an account there.

Occasionally scammers are actually after a real bank account that they can use to launder money stolen from other accounts. More often than not, though, the bank forms and accounts are completely fake. The victim is instructed to wire money to open an account, only the money never actually goes to a bank, an an account is never opened--the wired money is simply picked up and kept by the scammers. Some of these scammers actually create fake bank websites to support their stories. That's why Alan asked you to post the site.

As Alan said, the more you post, the better it is for other potential victims.

There is a real Gatehouse Bank; its website is at gatehousebank.com. The scammer will probably tell you a variant of the name, pointing at a website he created (or more likely copied from a template being circulated among scammers). Please post the email (with full headers in case the domain is email-only) introducing the bank, as well as other script emails he sent, so that we can kill the site and so that other victims can recognize the scam.

Just want to also let you know, there is no mother, nanny or little girl, and if you were to speak with anyone else , it is just the same guy pretending, or another player in the scam....glad you figured out the scam before it was too late,