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SCARS™ Scammer Gallery: Military Scammers #7552
Scammers Pretending To Be U.S. Military
We present a selection of Despicable Dating Scammers!
They steal our service men’s and women’s identities to scam you!
Remember these photos were stolen from real people!
Actually in a time of war, impersonating a combatant is punishable by death under International Law!
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- SCARS™ Scammer Gallery: Military Scammers #7552
- Scammers Pretending To Be U.S. Military
- We present a selection of Despicable Dating Scammers!
They steal our service men’s and women’s identities to scam you! - Are You Talking To Anyone Here?
- Tell us about your experiences with Romance Scammers in our Scams Discussion Forum on Facebook »
- Please be sure to report all scammers HERE or on www.Anyscam.com
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I was chatting with Asian guy claimed to be a major and deployed in Kabul Afghanistan. His parents died in a plane crash and ex-wife died in a car accident. His daughter is 12years old in a boarding school his name is Henry Lee, He told me that He loves me. After 3 weeks of chatting, he claimed he went on a mission and got injured, then he needed money to flight to the US. I suspected something was wrong and asked if he is a scamMer. He then said he doesn’t want the money as long as I stay with him, he will figure out ways to come home, and visit me to prove to me He is Henry Lee. After that he started to ask for nude pictures and I knew he wanted to use nude pictures to blackmail me. I am not stupid to send him nude pictures. I said I will stop talking to him and he accused me of hurting him badly.
After that I started using google image to search with his photos and search for him on the Facebook, I found so many accounts were open under different first name and all with his photos. Such as Charles Lee, Johnson Lee, Leo Lee etc. Now I am sure that he is definitely a scammer
The HE you refer to is NOT the person in the photos. The photos are just stolen and used by a team of scammers. You did well not to lose your control, but you should never have been talking to strangers online at all. They are almost all going to be scammers.
Actually here i am,am a Nigerian with the name Gift stephen Chukwuma..i never scammed anyone,but i once fell in love with a British lady,whom later blocked me,simply because i told her how much i loved her,it was genuine for me.but with the negativity about my country made her not to trust me,she thinks i wanted to scam her.but i bet i was misjudged.i told her all about me,even had a video call with her,just to prove to her how deep i loved her.
Unfortunately, this is the price that your country pays for allowing it to grow out of control. Are you living in Nigeria now?
Hi Chloe
This story is sounding alarmingly similar to one I’ve heard from a guy recently. Did ‘Chris Gulich’ send you photos? Did he ask you for money? Did he call you?? This guy has never asked for money but has called and sent photos. He even managed a brief video call once but I guess these guys can engineer anything. Can anyone enlighten me??
It should come as no surprise that a scammer is a liar. Nothing they tell you is the truth. Nothing.
Is there a way to check out the name on uniform.
I just had to face that I’m bring scsmmed. I am very hurt, really felt Love. Now on valentines very heart broken.
Once you accept that you are being scammed you need to turn away from the face and the scammer. The person in the photo is a victim too!
I was sent a direct messages on Twitter by a Military scammer, handsome guy, wife died, has a son, was looking for a companion. He bombarded me with a bunch of scripted love messages, I think some of the messages were poetry. I was in the military so I knew this could not be real, but went along. After a few days he asked me for iTunes cards he really needed them. I blocked him. The nerves to use military personnel pictures to scam people. I am so disgusted. I even told him I was in the Military and it did not phase him.
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If they give you a APO address does that mean they are real or fake?
It depends on the context. If they give it to you as their mailing address they can still be a scammer,
Ok so I have his APO address as his mail address he said. What do I look for to see if it’s real or fake. I thought all APO was real. Any information would help me please.
The simplest test of a scammer is 1) says he loves you, and 2) needs money
I have been talking to a man that says he’s over in Afghanastan and is in love after two weeks. He tried to get me to send him money to Ghana but I didn’t do he stopped asking and just keeps saying all he wants is my love. He goes by the screen name Bryan Alex on Facebook and talking on hanggout also is anyone else talked to him. I feel it’s a scam.
Yes, it is a scam. Stop talking to him. Report him and block him.
I was contacted by one Bernard Lee, 37 on a secret mission in Nigeria. Handsome young man who said he was in love, Love at first sight.I am 57. I blocked him when he said he wanted to marry me, I don’t know if anyone can love someone they have never met but I won’t even think about anyone so young.
I warned and educated many. But. it only got me in trouble. These people are ruthless. they have no soul. This is their only income, fleecing others. I appreciate this side, wished I known it before. Thank you.
Very welcome! Keep up the fight. If you are on Facebook, you might stop by and say hello. We Welcome volunteers!
I CALL THESE PEOPLE ” PSYCHOLOGICAL RAPISTS”. iT MAKES ME SAD WHEN I SEE THESE PEOPLE REPORTED ON FACEBOOK, AND THEY SHOW UP ON MY google +, people recommended list with a friend listed in common… What these criminals don’t get, is their spiels don’t work on all of us. Now that the military spiel seems to be slowing down, they just post a name or pic and many communities. Or setting up a business page. It seems like the criminals have more rights than we do. We have to have proof. You write about something, you have to help yourself first before you can help others. Left Google and other social sides. Had too many fake profiles set up on me, This will not end until all men and women wake up. One more comment, the smartest once correspond the longest time. They even fleeced women in nursing homes and senior communities. Like to help, but lost my effectiveness.
corresponded WITH A ” SCAM HEATER FROM Europe”. CHECKED HER OUT. iT TURNED OUT SHE IS A HE, WITH African CONNECTIONS. bE CAREFUL.
I wished I known about this side before. Please, don’t do what I did. I became immune to their manipulations, and showed them how the game is played. One of them broke into my desk top computer, and implanted viruses. Don’t make them angry, just block and report. Amazingly, a simple search revealed, on google+ that they all have profiles up. no posts just female followers. I have no evidence , ” they not breaking any community rules.” . NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS , THEY CAN FIND OUT EVERYTHING ABOUT ONE.
Has any one been talking to a special ops Chris Gulich met him on Tinder.
I have been contacted by a guy going by this name. He is claiming that he is in Afghanistan on deployment with the Canadian army. I already knew it was a scam as soon as he insisted on email correspondence.
I just met a guy using the same name, “special ops” deployed in Iraq he says. Sent me pics and stuff. Met through dating app.
I am currently talking to said Chris Gulich now. Special ops in Baghdad his ex girl friend Jessica stole from him. Both parents have passed away little sister was adapted he ran away from New Jersey to Canada where a man found him and raised him. It was a red flag from the start but I play along with it just to test them out lol.
All you are doing Cloe is helping the scammer develop better communications skills for next time. Scammers are professional criminals and not toys.
If you run across Ryan Leon or Ryan Leon Jeffery, he is a scammer from hell using Military photos for his profile. Run as fast as you can.
Do you think this is an effective way to report him? In a comment?
I too was very deeply in love with mine as well he was supposedly in the military as well he was in the army and he also told me he had a 10 year old son but I have since found out that was a lie the supposedly son belonged to a friend of mine and she never even told me what was going on she since has spoken up because she knew what was going on the whole time but she did not speak up until she knew I knew what was gong now she is claiming to be a victim in all of this but he texted me at 11:30pm telling me he was sending me some luggage that would have gold bars in them and money and a few odds and ends as well but I wanted no part of them so when he left the texting room I left him a Dear John letter letting him know I knew what he was and that it was over between us I told him the lying alone is horrific he lied and used me and I too am still in love with him but its completely heart breaking to me I have cried so much because not only did he toke things from me that can never be replace but I am also dying and he would had taken everything from me if I had not stood up to him like I said if he would have taken a dying woman’s things with out blinking a eye this is how cold hearted they are and make no mistake they have no feeling for anyone
please wake up before its too late before its too hard to turn back
Have anyone came across this name Lenihan Donald Clark he claims to be in the Air Force says he’s a Sergeant Major and does police patrol He’s a widow and has two daughters say his wife die a couple years ago of cancer He claims to be in Syria he asking for money and iTunes cards he goes by Donald and he 48 years old I have a lot of pictures and videos of him working out in the gym he has these account Facebook Hangouts Instagram
Brian Molton. I love.de. 37 from Houston, Texas. Actually in Syria for deployment.
I have been chatting with someone from Houston Texas, deployed in Syria . I am wondering if it is the same one? He said he is 47
Alexander Reardon, Deployed to Australia. Tinder
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I sent a man some iTunes cards money to buy a phone omg I now see his picture on the military scammers shame wall what is wrong with people who scam innocent people on line
I too was asked by a military scanner for an iTunes card as he was running low on credit! He declared his love for me, sent me love messages within 12 hours of sending me a friend request on facebook! A handsome fellow and I fell for him hook, line and sinker! I had my suspicion as soon as he asked me, so I immediately severed connection! This has harmed July 2018!
I have been texting and chatting with this gentleman since Nov. 2016. I’ve grown to care and love him as well. But, with all due respect he mention that he lost his wife and his brother as well. He said, he needed some money for the released of the Inheritance. I, of course I explained to him I am not greedy for his money and that I will help. One day, I decided to check scammers and with my surprise,, I was shocked to see many of his photo’s in Military uniforms with a different last names. I was hurt to believe in him as he says, he is who he is in the picture on fb. As we were texting I showed him a photo of him in uniform, he asked where I got the pic? Yet, from the tone of his voice he raised his tone with anger. Explaining to him I don’t appreciate anything from him when he is asking for my help. I am so naive and gullible to fall on this trap. He has promised me happiness, love and anything any one would like to have in life. I received e-mails from the bank but, I am reluctant to sending more money. I wanted to know if his pictures has being used by scammers. I do love and care for him. Was he ever in the military? I don’t want to lose him if he is telling me the truth. We do a lot of texting and chatting almost every day.
You know you are being played. He is a scammer. Are you going to stop?