Military Dating Scams

Military Romance Scams. 50,828 likes 173 talking about this. This page was created to warn facebook users about military romance scams and how the identities of our honorably serving soldiers are. Do your research. Much of the reason these scams are so successful is that people are willing to take these 'soldiers' at their word rather than researching. If a soldier is asking you to send him money for services, research the kind of services that military.

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Amongst the many dating website scams that the Male-Scammers.com team frequently hear about is one that is loosely based around a 'soldier' who is to shortly go on leave, however he requires a set fee to be paid prior to his leave approval. The scammer explains that this fee, along with other information, must be collected from a third party. When described like this it's quite clear that this is a questionable situation, however the ways in which such scammers confidence trick their victims is something else altogether. Here we explain in detail how this scam works so that you can avoid becoming a Military leave scam victim.

Why this scam works

Unfortunately the Military leave scam is frequently all too successful. There are a few potential reasons behind such a healthy success rate, with the first being that the 'Soldier' persona is one that instantly creates credence. It is a career that requires certain qualities from a person, such as integrity, honesty and an element of bravery. Secondary to this is the various documents that can be produced to add authenticity to the story; whilst each of these are, of course, forged, they can look all too real given the number of sources that they can draw from online in ensuring they resemble the real thing. Third is then the scammer themselves. These people are invariably professionals and as such are skilled in addressing any concerns the victim may have.

How this scam plays out

The military leave scam begins with a fake soldier contacting the victim and building up a relationship through a series of messages, live chats and perhaps even voice calls or web cam chats. Once the scammer believes that they have a level of trust and interest from their victim they will attempt to extract money, or information that will allow them access to the victim's money (e.g. their bank account). This involves the pretence that the soldier intends to visit, but in order to do so he needs the victim to send a fee for the leave to be processed. They ask their victims for information, which is then followed up with falsified documentation that victims are expected to fill out and return. The subsequent payment is then requested, usually through Western Union, MoneyGram or bank transfer.

Signs Of A Military Romance Scammer

Here's just one example of the correspondence that the Military scam may see the victim being sent.

'Attention Mrs Karin,

We have received the online Leave Request form you submitted on behalf of your Fiancé, St. Morgan Hendriks yesterday, hereby confirming that you have a relationship with him but we need you to agree to the Leave policy which will attract a refundable charges fee and further instructions for his Leave to be processed so he can start his Leave on Feb 1 and his Leave Bonus & all other benefits paid to him.

Hope to read from you promptly and sorry for any inconveniences, Thanks for your co-operation.

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Yours in Service
LEE COOPER'

The victim may also be required to talk to a 'superior officer' who is either the scammer himself or an accomplice. This can be used both to extract information as well as provide further believability to the story.
To add further weight to their story male scammers frequently produce fake or doctored documents. This may include an 'official' leave request form, some form of ID or it may simply be a standard email from a superior which reassures the victim that all is well and that this is common practice.

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If you feel you have been scammed by a person claiming to be a U.S. Soldier, contact the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Federal Trade Commission.

Army CID is warning anyone who is involved in online dating to proceed with caution when corresponding with persons claiming to be U.S. Soldiers currently serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria or elsewhere.

Army CID receives hundreds of allegations a month from victims who state they got involved in an online relationship with someone, on a legitimate dating website or other social media website, who claims to be a U.S. Soldier. The 'Soldier' then begins asking for money for various FALSE, service-related needs such as transportation costs, communication fees, marriage, processing and medical fees. Victims of these online scams have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars, with a very low possibility of recovery.

The U.S. Havre hookup apps. has established numerous task force organizations to deal with this growing epidemic; unfortunately, many times the people committing these scams are from African countries using untraceable email addresses, routing accounts through numerous locations around the world and utilizing pay per hour Internet cyber cafes, which often times maintain no accountability of use.

Read the Joint Service Sextortion Brochure for more information and see examples of fake documents used by scammers. Senior speed dating in south gate md.

You can also learn more about identity theft, romance scams, sextortion and online impostors at the U.S. Army's Social Media Resources site.

For more on these fraudulent acts, read the announcements released by Army CID:
U.S. Army CID Warn Citizens to Be Vigilant Against Internet, Digital Scammers
With National Spotlight on Internet Romance-Type Scams, Army CID Makes Additional Attempts to Warn Unsuspecting Victims
U.S. Army CID Pleads with Public, Warns Against Romance Scams
CID warns Army community about social media impersonation of Soldier accounts

• - DO NOT SEND MONEY! Be extremely suspicious if you are asked for money for transportation costs, communication fees or marriage processing and medical fees via Western Union.
• - If you do start an Internet-based relationship with someone, check them out, research what they are telling you with someone who would know, such as a current or former service member.
• - Be very suspicious if you never get to actually speak with the person on the phone or are told you cannot write or receive letters in the mail. Servicemen and women serving overseas will often have an APO or FPO mailing address. Internet or not, service members always appreciate a letter in the mail.
• - Many of the negative claims made about the military and the supposed lack of support and services provided to troops overseas are far from reality - check the facts.
• - Be very suspicious if you are asked to send money or ship property to a third party or company. Often times the company exists, but has no idea or is not a part of the scam.
• - Be very suspicious if the person you are corresponding with wants you to mail anything to an African country.
• - Be aware of common spelling, grammatical or language errors in the emails.
• - Be very suspicious of someone you have never met and who pledges their love at warp speed.

Saying they are on a peace keeping mission, looking for an honest woman, parents deceased, wife deceased, child being cared for by nanny or other guardian, profess their love almost immediately, refer to you as 'my love,' 'my darling' or any other affectionate term almost immediately, telling you they cannot wait to be with you, telling you they cannot talk on the phone or via webcam due to security reasons, or telling you they are sending you something (money, jewelry) through a diplomat. Finally, they claim to be a U.S. Army Soldier; however, their English and grammar do not match that of someone born and raised in the United States.

Here are answers to some of the most common types of scams:

• 1. Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.
• 2. No one is required to request leave on behalf of a Soldier.
• 3. A general officer will not correspond with you on behalf of a Soldier planning to take leave.
• 4. A general officer will not be a member of an internet dating site.
• 5. Soldiers are not charged money or taxes to secure communications or leave.
• 6. Soldiers do not need permission to get married.
• 7. Soldiers do not have to pay for early retirement.
• 8. Soldiers have medical insurance for themselves and their immediate family members (spouse and/or children), which pays for their medical costs when treated at health care facilities worldwide - family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.
• 9. Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.
• 10. Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.
• 11. Soldiers deployed to combat zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house their troops.
• 12. Deployed Soldiers do not find large sums of money and do not need your help to get that money out of the country.

Report the theft to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (FBI-NW3C Partnership). Online: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

Report the theft to the Federal Trade Commission. Your report helps law enforcement officials across the United States in their investigations. Online: http://www.ftc.gov/idtheft

By phone: 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY, 1-866-653-4261

By mail: Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580

Report the fraud to the Federal Trade Commission on Nigerian Scams. Email: spam@uce.gov.

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