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by MoodyBlues Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:07 pm
I have been chatting with someone online both in Yahoo and Tagged his Tagged name is Handy C and is Yahoo address is [email protected]
He said he is deployed to Afghanistan and after chatting with him for 2 days he said he wanted to phone chat with me but he wasnt allowed cell phones because of security reasons and I had to write to the military at this address and this is what he told me to say
Sir/Madam,

I will like to request for a phone hookup so that me and my fiance who is currently om active duty in Kandahar Afghanistan can discuss and make plans for the future,here is my fiance information Name Handy Cole,Location Kandahar Afghanistan,Rank Sergeant Major and you will provide them with your full name address,phone number,phone service provider and also ask them the cost of the service their email is [email protected]

I never sent the email, but told him I did, then I got a reply from the "military department" telling me I needed to send $350 US by Western Union to an address in Romania. I knew all along that he was a Scammer but I played him along. When I told him that I was onto him and that he would have to go sing for his money he told me I was a bloody liar and a Fool. ( I wonder who really is the Fool) I have reported him to Tagged and Yahoo but at the time of writing this email nothing has been done about him. I cannot attach his photo but am happy to forward them to anyone that requests them I Hope this is a warning to other people. These people need to be stopped.
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by MoodyBlues Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:15 pm
He is also on Facebook as Handy C
by Arnold Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:53 pm
Welcome to Scamwarners. I'm glad you didn't fall for it. We don't believe in closing scammers' free email accounts though. You've posted it here for potential victims to find with an Internet search so the longer it remains in use, the better. Close it, and it's easily replaced by one don't know about.

by MoodyBlues Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:33 pm
OMG here is another one, his email address is [email protected] and also [email protected] This one is how he wants to come visit me, and then told me about the lottery money he won. I had to add this John Ghatto who was with the lottery board and he told me how to claim my money and then I had to pay a release fee of $3000 and send to this address:
NAME....ALTHEA J BROWN
CITY.....KANSAS CITY
STATE.....MISSOURI
ZIP.......64134
country.... USA

He is waiting for me to send the Western Union details to him lol he is going to have a long wait. This man is also on Tagged probably scamming as well because thats where I first met him his Tagged ID is Dennis W
The two yahoo email addresses belong to the same person. This is becoming rather fun, stringing these poor pathetic people along. So obviously I knew it was a scam but people beware of these individuals.
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by Bubbles Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:34 pm
MoodyBlues, scammers infest every online site they can possibly find.

Thank you for posting this new information. As you know, scammers only want money from the people they contact. There is no relationship to be had.

If you want to mess around with scammers, learn to do it safely at our sister site www.419eater.com .

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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