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• 1. soldier of fortune  |  November 18th, 2008 at 7:03 am

  i guess everyone who let’s themselves to be fooled in this way, deserves what they got. just my 2c.

• 2. Connie S  |  December 31st, 2008 at 5:50 pm

  Im very much aware of these scumbags!!!! There are many of them here on dating websites. That soldier in uniform with a gun on his arms, wearing a commoplage pants, no shirt showing his muscles, yeahhhhh!!!! I heard from him too, and I told him to send me a picture close up on my website. I also told him to give me a number to call him. When I spoke to him he sounded like a Nigerian man, and when I checked the phone number, it was a prepaid phone from Nigeria. Hello out there, Americans are not stupid as you all think we are!!!!!! On my profile, I stated, I prefer to date white men. But when I spoke to this dude, he sounded like a Nigerian with a ver hard accent.

• 3. Ginty  |  January 20th, 2009 at 7:35 pm

  Help…..nearly fell for this and got as far as giving my phone number and address to a company called Ts2 Satellite Provider but somehting made me stop sending the $600 asked for.

  Luckily i did a search and found this blog but now worried that i have given personal details….can anyone get back to me about any problems/risks i may now be likely to have

  Ta

• 4. Shimrit  |  January 20th, 2009 at 9:23 pm

  Hi Ginty, I’m glad you found this blog on time. Sounds like you have good instincts that stopped you from wasting your money! As long as you only gave them your phone number and address, there’s not much they can do with that, I am not an expert on fraud, but I think they’d need more than that to steal your identity and the scam they’re running seems to be different than that sort of thing anyway. They might try to contact you in another guise (on the phone, for example) to get more details out of you, so just be extra careful for a while about giving out any personal details. If someone phones you and says they are from your bank or credit card company, for example, tell them you will ring them back and phone your company to confirm (get their number from the company’s website, obviously, not the suspected scammer!) I hope that helps.

• 5. Ginty  |  January 22nd, 2009 at 6:05 pm

  Hi Shimrit, thank you so much for getting back to me and putting my mind at ease..how glad am I to have found your blog!
  Just for your info…the site i was on was single50s and they have removed him for being a scammer. I did express my concerns that they didn’t let members know of this danger apart from a message saying ‘this account deactivated for your protection’ when i tried to go into his message to get details to send to them. Anyway that is the system they work on but will pass on my thoughts!
  Once again thank you so much and keep up the good work!!

• 6. Shimrit  |  January 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 am

  Sites don’t like to admit they have scammers dating there in the first place, because they think it might put people off dating there. The sad fact is, even sites with really good moderating teams will have some scammers slip through the net. I think it’s horrible that some people would try to take advantage of those who are looking for love like that. The only thing you can do is keep your wits about you and just drop anyone who starts trying to fleece you for money after a few weeks, or even months! Good luck and I hope you don’t come across such nasty people again!

• 7. chris  |  July 7th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

  i can’t understand how people still fall for these scams i run a dating site myunibar.com and i try to remove as many scammers as possible but some webmasters leave them to make their sites look bigger than than they are we all need to pull together and put a stop to these people.

• 8. Debbie Curtis  |  August 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

  I was chating to a soldier online who contacted me through Uniform dating and He samed so nice. Talked for hours through Yahoo. Then I asked if I could contact him by phone and he gave me an email address which I sent an email with all my details on and got an email back from TS2 Satalite Provider World Union saying I would have to pay £588.00 to talk to this soldier US one. I didn’t do it and he just took the huff. Called me heartless and that I didn’t care was blaming me for not paying that money. I think I was right not to pay the money wasn’t I? Someone tell me I was right please. He seemed so nice at the start lots of nice things he said to me then he chanced. Totally devistated!!!

• 9. Shimrit  |  August 20th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

  Hi Debbie,

  Apparently this is a common scam. The fact that the guy turned on you when you wouldn’t pay is a bad sign. Even if it weren’t a proper scam, the guy’s obviously a loser. You did well not to pay!

• 10. Diana  |  October 29th, 2009 at 5:31 am

  Met a Sgt. Jeff Miller online and when we chatted online came out asking me to pay $450 to register with the army so that I could talk to him. Then he wanted me to send $1500 so that he could ask for some sort of leave to come to the states for six to seven weeks. Anyone know this Sgt.? I never sent him anything and he swears up and down that he is not a scammer. Any comments?

• 11. Karen  |  November 12th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

  Hi Diana,
  I think this may be the same person I was talking to.
  He said his name was Sgt. Mark Miller and that he was serving in Samarra,Iraq. Told me his wife died in childbirth 3 yrs ago! He wanted me to pay £225 to register with the army, just like you. I checked out his IP address from his emails, and found out it was actually a man called Enyi Abajue from Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. When I confronted him, he tried to convince me I was wrong, I asked him to send me some more photos of himself but he turned nasty and disappeared! He had been so wonderful to me at first, I’m just so glad I checked his IP!!

• 12. Suspicious  |  November 13th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

  Can someone please explain how to check an IP address & can this address also be fictitious? Thanks

  The Soldier from Iraq with Dead Wife, only child and dead parents too - seemed quite sad, but now seems like just a common scam - no money sent, but did ask for it - what a shame!! Seemed so nice too!!

• 13. Heidi  |  January 20th, 2010 at 7:28 pm

  Hi,

  There is another scammer out there calling himself SFC Philip Miller. Claims to be an American soldier in Iraq. Was fortuate to smell a rat. When I didnt come up with the money he tried becoming abusive, then dissappeared! His IP address shows him mailing from Ghana.
  Heidi

• 14. Sally-Ann  |  January 23rd, 2010 at 4:23 pm

  I joined friendsreunited dating and a guy called Salvatore Derosa contacted me same jargon, dead wife young son living in the UK for 4 years (perfect english) father in nursing home in sicily. He then tells me he is working in Iraq but things are horrible there he has no money because his account has been hacked and he has lost £25000. He did not ask for money but tells me his son and the nanny are running out of money and that he is worried. I offered to fly the son to my home in Lanzarote and take care of him .. that scuppered him. Then he contacted me again and asked for £20 to be paid into an account in the Ukrain, my suspicions were confirmed and I blocked him, but then I decided tio have a bit of fun and see how far he would take this. Aparently he is now being held by militants and they are demanding money he has no one to help hm and I am heartless for not helping him and he trusted me and loved me and now he was heartbroken by my lack of trust. I took the p155 a bit then told him I was broke and could not pay my mortgage I had no food and electric I didnt know where to turn.. strange how he dissapeared ! I might string him along some more while I check up his IP address but I am not sure how to check it out. his email address is saldr09@live.co.uk at the moment he thinks he has me onside again … oops silly man .. but what a shame I wonder who the man in his photos is he is a real hunk lol

• 15. Dyan  |  January 24th, 2010 at 8:42 pm

  Ts2 line scam/military dating scam

  This scam(er) uses many different names.
  Jeffery Perez Connell
  Perez Connell,
  Jeffery Connell
  Connell Perez
  Connell Jeffery
  Ricky Gibbs, Ricky D. Gibbs..Says he a 1 star general but can’t’ tell me that a one star general is a Brigadier General)

  What these guys don’t know is that is that I have been talking to them via different yahoo emails. All because my cousin got suspicious of some solider Jeffery Perez Connell. Colonel to be exact.
  She asked if I could check him out. ( military brother who could use AKO) All of these guys have the same story, have the same kid named Ryan who is either 15 or 16 and live in Texas with his Grandmother. He is widowed. The pictures he send are of the same man. He says he is a peacekeeper. Which is usually done by the UN not the US military or so I am told.
  He starts out, the spelling is okay, but then it’s okay baby.. I love you baby… baby baby, baby and when you ask if they know your name they say, of course I do baby. Yeah okay! Needless to say he is vague.
  He will ask you to install a Ts2 line so he can talk you. However he does show up in the mobile available.
  So he does have a cell but will tell you that he it’s not safe for him to call you on it. (but it’s safe to Text to me on?) He might tell you that the money will be refunded. I putting this on as many scam sights as I can, with hopes of alerting woman who might be vulnerable to this scam!

• 16. Austriaone  |  January 28th, 2010 at 9:20 pm

  well i met a guy on a dating site as well. he said he is a soldier in iraq. We connected easily and got along very well. then he told me that he would be finished with his contract with the army soon so he wants to start a new life. i liked him from the beginning. then he called me - and i was sooo disappointed or shocked cause he didnt sound american AT ALL more like african or asian. i told him that i am really doubting his story and dont believe this cause his accent is not american at all - he is probably one of them trying to get money out of women…. anyways after that conversation he sent me about 20 pictures of this soldier named JOHN TODD inclusive the picture of his passport card. anyways i felt that i did him wrong and apologized and actually fell in love with him. He was supposed to come here today since he finished his contract by yesterday. this morning i got a call from a woman . she said she is from the customs in kuala lumpur (malaysia) and that mr. todd is being held there cause he is having a huge amount of money with him, which he did not declare. anyways he needs to be bailed out with 4.950 USD and i should send it through western union. i said nooo way - then she said i could also transfer it through my bank - she sent me an email with her account datas and asked me to send the payslip. i did not and i will not - but i think that this is too bad. i called the malaysian embassy - and they told me that i should not send any money - cause thats not the way that cases are handled. but thats really too bad…. but i realized that i should listen to my feelings cause they told me from the beginning that he is not what he is pretending to be….

• 17. sharon  |  February 2nd, 2010 at 11:12 pm

  with reference to usa soldier scam. Has anyone had contact from one calling himself Capt Chris Johnson, living in the uk, everything ive read here sounds so familiar. widower, wife died in childbirth etc etc But I was wise enough not to be taken in by it.

• 18. Miki  |  February 19th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

  Has anyone had a Phil Adams. Claims to be in the military. Needs a laptop with a webcam so he can communicate with me; however he is able to spend hours online chatting with me. Didn’t send the laptop as I was suspecious. Tells me he loves me constantly. I plan on playing along only to see what his next requests will be. I hate jerks like this.

• 19. michaela  |  February 22nd, 2010 at 6:48 am

  hello i have been talking to someone in the us army and i need to know how i know if its really him?

• 20. Lorna Danylchuk  |  February 23rd, 2010 at 8:41 pm

  OMG, do I ever feel stupid! Salvatore Derosa and I were online for over 2 weeks, mostly same stories as above. But never once was I asked for money, he just went away.

  Oh that is so sad, he was so attentive in his emails and IM’s

• 21. Lorna Danylchuk  |  February 23rd, 2010 at 8:56 pm

  Anyone got some ideas on how we can put a stop to this. I have been blogging for the past 2 months about online dating and I believe I will be moving a bit in another direction on my blog for awhile in hopes that these people are exposed.

• 22. Lorna Danylchuk  |  February 24th, 2010 at 1:38 am

  Is there anyway to get ahold of Sally Ann #14 post here. We have the exact same story exempt my guy was living in Canada, but in Iraq blah de blah our online started the 28th of Jan 2010. I wonder if Sally Ann kept her emails, I did and I am posting them on my blog to warn others, it only means he will change his story but it is a start.

• 23. Sue  |  March 5th, 2010 at 9:29 pm

  Trying to figure something out. I’ve been talking to a guy for a few months and he’s now supposedly shipping out to baghdad. We’ve talked every day via yahoo messenger, and he’s told me he’s applied for the TS2 phone but I would have to make a payment of $500US to activate it. Said he was taking the rest from his monthly allowances. I need to know asap if this is for real. Is there some way of me finding out if he’s for real or not?

• 24. Shimrit  |  March 7th, 2010 at 5:54 pm

  Sue, I’m sorry to tell you this, but this sounds like a classic scam, so chances are this guy is trying to con you. Your best bet is to contact the site you met him on, tell them this and ask for advice. If his account is still on the dating site, the moderators should be able to tell whether he fits the pattern of a known scammer. They may not admit to this being the case, though. Which site are you on?

• 25. Sally-Ann  |  March 9th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

  Hi Lorna I do have his emails and photis if you want them. He also gave me a UK mobile number which went straight to answer phone when I tried it but I dont have the number anymore.
  He told me he had a father in a nursing home and his in laws lived in New Zealand. He did not ask for money from me first time either and regularly dissapeared and then came back so he is likely to turn up again. What alerted me was the bank account details were in Poland the first time he only asked for £200 and the second time he got greedier asking for £1000. Friends reunited have blocked his profile so he can see himself but he cannot contact members or be seen by members. If you want me to send the emails and photos let me know.

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