Warning about armymail.com addresses

[Bubbles]

dreamangel, you do become a bit of a detective to keep from being scammed.

To post photos look here: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3219 The instructions are detailed and very clear.

You will probably not hear anything from the real Terry Wood". They are not involved and in most cases if their identity is being used, do not want to be involved and they are frustrated / angry that their information is being used in that way.

Some times the real person is deceased.

It is best to accept that it is a scammer and just drop trying to find the "real" person. Imagine if they are married or deceased how you will feel. Thank you for posting as it will help others too.

[Dotti]

I am reading the above post but can't seem to understand exactly what the poster is telling me - us to do with the photo's. Can someone please explain it better.?

You don't understand it because it actually doesn't make any sense.

That user signed up, dropped one post, and then never came back. It is most likely a spammer who intended to come back and edit a link in later.

To add to what Bubbles said, sometimes victims track down the real people, only to end up feeling even worse when the real person responds very negatively to their contact.

[VERY_SAD]

I have and want to give details of the '' monster'' who scammed me. He has just called me ......I did not answer , after yesterday cry out my pain till my heart almost stop of so much pain. I talked to many in this site who have helped me a lot. mY THANKS AGAIN.... My english is not good written I know : but his oh please!!!!!! I'm so devastated and angry with myself, and felll so sorry this soldier picture were used wihtout him knowing but to avoid more heart breaking I want to write here all he has said to me and email contacts so I can rest my soul and heart and to be able to move forward and help others. I FEEL so lost.......pain is the problem but I'm glad I can still think and use my brains.....thank you

[dreamangel]

Regarding the last post comment on my previous post...forgive me as I did not look at your posting name.
Here are my thoughts.

Yes, the soldier could be deceased or he could be married.

In either case I as a family member of the married soldier would want to know what was happening.

Can you imagine your husbands photo being put out all over the internet and bumping into someone one day and they make a remark about this wonderful soldier they met online and the wife says, oh who is he, and dang if it isn't her husband ( alive or deceased). What a devastating blow that would be to the wife. If he is alive can you imagine what would be going through that wifes mind? It could destroy their marriage. If he is should be deceased it could ruin memories that were to be kept and cherished. At that moment there stands a soldiers wife or widow who is thinking her husband was a cheater.

Yes, we are victims. the real soldier is a victim, and now his family is also a victim.

while many of us sit here and cry our hearts and eyes out, for one moment put yourself in the real soldiers families place , imagine the pain, anger, hurt, tears that wife or widow is feeling when she gets the news or when she see's or hears there are photo's of her husband posted on online dating sites.

This issue has tremendous impact on a lot of people not just those of us who have been scamed.

[VERY_SAD]

I have given him a rough time about providing me with a AKO. I also have told him if I find him to not be who he claims to be I will hunt him down and beat him. Of course I know its impossible for me to do but I can at least say it.
He says I'm a a civilian so I don't understand how things work...LOL...and I said, what I am is a smart woman with access to information! After that comment he disappeared.
I'd like to catch all the scamers posing as American Soldiers and beat them within a inch of their lives. I have visions of little Dot Headed men sitting around computers day and night in a room praying on woman in America.
The other thought is these toad stools are likely using the money that woman send to finance the war against our troops..... Shame on them.....I saybring our Troops home then Bomb them all and let God sort them out over there.

Thank you for the info you passed on to me. I will gladly send the pic's to you if you want to post them so others can be aware.

~D~

Been trough the same, hum scare him , I hust checked officila site of us army and they advice to do so...I'm confused very confused....what to do next ......I can say I'm a man ..and my photos were fake that I will play dirty like he did the '' monster'' what do I DO? EVERY TIME i see his messages I see the soldier on the photo ..... maybe I need to c'ause he still emails me and call me , texting.....still calls me love .....Be brave we ned to Gosd bless u

[dreamangel]

here is this mornings email from terry to me.....

Hello honey , how are you doing , so sorry i had to leave you without a good bye yesterday ok.. it was due to the radar towers here . we had an explosion here along with the deadly desert storm here that turns our network bad . my love i read all you sent to me and all you have said about us , i just want you to know i am terry and i will never pretend to be who i am not . love is something thats constant and lives in the heart of two willing souls . i beleive you and me are meant to be together for real. i will never hurt you. you seems to take me as a begger and you dont seems to belive me despite all i have tried to explain and show you that i am me and that i am real . i want you to know i love you and nothing is ever going to change that from me . you have my heart with you and i want you to always keep this safe. some of us are merceneries and we work and go to special operations just as the US NAVY SEALS THAT GOT OSAMA DOWN ... they are all soldiers too but they have different training and ways of strategy. i want you in m life and never forget this . i will chat to you later. kissess and all my hugs to you and only you.

Terry..


MY REPLY to him.....
Good morning Terry.
It was nice to hear from you via email. I apologize if you feel like I am giving you a rough time but I am so aware that many unscrupulous
individuals out there are using photos of OUR Troops to con and scam American women out of money and items. There is promise of undying love, romance and lots of happiness and in the end those woman are being taken for a ride by lies and deceit.
These individuals use our Patriotism as a means to their personal end and it is so WRONG.
They leave behind a string of broken hearts, broken bank accounts, hurt, tears and much sorrow.
I am doing what I can to make sure that I am protected from this sort of act as well as trying to inform and protect others from these predators that pray on American woman.

The military has informed me that all our soldiers that are deployed are given a military email address that they can use to correspond with family and friends. Only REAL military personnel have these email addresses, no civilian or other entity can acquire one.
I have been instructed on how to reach you via your military email address and I have sent a email to it. When I get a reply from that email then I will know for certain that you are indeed who you claim you are and then this will all be settled and not brought up again and then WE can move forward into a serious relationship. Until I get that reply, unfortunately, I, will have to remain cautious.
While you are in the trenches there, I am in the trenches here fighting for our troops to not have their Identities stolen by con artists that
are sitting in Nigeria or some other place scaming woman out of their money and leaving a trail of tears and broken hearts behind.
Not only are these woman being used and hurt but the REAL soldiers reputation is being hurt along with his family.

So just realize that I am not only protecting myself and other woman and familes but I am also trying my best to protect the real Sgt. Major Terry Wood. If you are indeed him then you will be and should be proud of me and what I am trying to do.

When others set out to deceive, it effects those of us who are true.
Deb


Wonder what he will think and do when he reads my reply to him.
I did send a email to Terry.Wood@us.army.mil it has not come back as an unsendable email, address not found, so I will be interested in seeing what happens next with that. Foreigners have a very difficult time with the english language and its easy to spot in there sentence structure and grammar. The usage of the letter "S" seem to be a huge issue as well as "I".

Very Sad- hang in there. Pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then get pissed off about the whole thing. Don't beat yourself up. Get mad and get even by spreading the word about these bums.
I guess the thing that has saved me is that I was very cautious from the beginning, I was not going to let my heart get broken. I was skeptical and it has served me well.
I have been spreading the word on Facebook. I have provided this website link there I have also cautioned my friends to not put photo's of their soldiers on Face book or any other site because these people are stealing our soldiers id and lives.
Protect our troops overseas from those who wish to harm them and their familes. I have declared WAR on these scamers.

[Bubbles]

Wonder what he will think and do when he reads my reply to him.
I did send a email to Terry.Wood@us.army.mil it has not come back as an unsendable email, address not found, so I will be interested in seeing what happens next with that. Foreigners have a very difficult time with the english language and its easy to spot in there sentence structure and grammar. The usage of the letter "S" seem to be a huge issue as well as "I".

Hi dreamangel, to tell you the truth, the scammer (and yes, you are dealing with a scammer) will not care one bit what you write to him. He i9s looking for people he can scam. He is NOT looking for a relationship or even conversation. He wants MONEY.

Scammers are used to people telling them off and cutting them off. They keep after it for the few people who will send them money. By staying in contact with him, you risk a couple of things.
1. You risk educating him and helping him to become a better scammer and thereby taking more money from more people.
2. You risk him saying something that will convince you to send him money which he will use to continue his scamming ways.
3. You are giving people on this site false hope that something can work out with a scammer. The truth is scammers are criminals and con artists. They only want money and they do not care about anyone else.


I also disagree with your assessment regarding looking up the real soldier. We have had victims whose identity has been stolen come by. They plead with members here to stop communicating with them. It only makes it worse for them.

See, once your photos and identity have been put on the internet, there is NOTHING you can do to get them removed. Scammers steal from each other and some times sell identities to be used by other scammers. Contacting the real person does not ease their mind.

The best thing YOU can do is stop communicating with this and every other scammer. Warn your friends and family about scammers. Protect your online information by either not posting it or making it so that only people you know in real life can see your information.

[armysoldiersprincess]

I've been talking/emailing with a guy who is US Army Sgt Jackson Philip his email is jac.phil@yahoo.com and I met him on www.Badoo.com a dating website since March 2012! He asked me some questions are you married do you have any kids and I told him no I don't have kids nor I never married. I then asked him the same questions are you married do you have any kids he told me never been married nor don't have any kids. One of his Comrades told him about Badoo the dating site and so he joined it in March same as I did but i was on the site first.. He's never been on any social sites like facebook or any dating website.. Then he asked me lets chat on yahoo messenger so we did that and we started to chat with each other on there and he was so happy and so was I.

[armysoldiersprincess]

From Jackson Phil <jac.phil@yahoo.com>
To: < Removed > Mike Wilson
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:33pm
Subject: Love you always

When I am with you, I feel alive. You bring to me a happiness that no one else ever could. You bring to me a love I have never known before. I could not imagine what my life would be like without you. You have touched my heart in ways no one could ever comprehend. I love being with you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to tell you that the love I have for you is undying. It is a love that is strong and enduring and will stand the test of time..... I will always look for that day to come for me to kneel in front and ask you to marry me...

Love always,

Jackson

[Bubbles]

It is best to drop communication when you realize you are dealing with a scammer. They have your personal information and can make life difficult for you if they choose to. All they want is money from you.

[GabrielDeborah]

Hi everyone,

I want to share this story with you what had happend to me.
I was on a datingsite and this man that called Hinself Curtis Scaparrotti mailed me.
I have waited for an day and finally send him my reply.
He told me that he is Lieutenant General Curtis . M Scaparrotti and he wanted the give some money because he suffers with cancer. I don't know if the real Genaral suffers with cancer but this what he told me. He said: Please don't be sorry for me because God has is purpose with it. The purpose of this was that he wanted to give me money to do the work of God.

I said well sir I am surprised why me? He answered me and told me because you are a God fearing woman and I want to make sure that My money would spend in the way God wants and to help the less privelige. I said well thank you I am honored. We had some e-mail contact and it stopped for about 2 weeks. But because he told me that he suffers from cancer I was worried and e-mail this fake Curtis Scaparrotti back. He told me that he was doing fine. And it was nice talking to me again.

He told me that was to give 500,000 dollars. And then I will get the rest later. To make a long story short this man was all of a sudden inlove with me. Now I am speaking for myself that Lietenant General Curtis Michael Scaparrotti is a hansome man especially when he was younger. But I still did'nt really trust that and play along with the scam artis. He told me that the docter said he have a survining achance of living while 2 day ago you were dying. I just listen and said Lord you knows best I do'nt knw what is going on but I don't trust this. Finally he told me that the diplomat would come to me and bring me tha parcel.

This diplomat that calls himself Maxwell Ibrahim called send me an e-mail that end uo in my spam. He told me check your e-mail and get back to me on the e-mail. After a couple of hours I found the mail in my spam and read the information in it. It said that I had to fill out these forms and send 500.00 dollars up front before I even could've have the money. Well I mailed that so called General and ask him what is going on. Why somebody asks me money if that is not the deal. He told me that he don't know what is going on and he will ask mister Ibrahim what this all about. I said you know what: I don't want this money because so much confusion for money and why can't he bring to my house as we had agreed? He could'nt answer me. Well I told him to never contact me again unless you could prove to me that you are Lieutenant General Curtis Scaparrotti.

The e-mail adresses that they have used are these: curtis.scap@hotmail.com, curtis.scap@yahoo.com and maxwellibrahim893@yahoo.com. Before it could've come so far something told me check and see Is Curtis has facebook. And find so many accounts that I don't even know wich on he really uses and find out that this man is a well know man. I also read that people imperonated him and that were I get suspicious and carefull. I conftonted him and he told me that why he ask me to see on skype. He never showed up on our skype date because he he could,nt proof that he was Lieutenant General Curtis Michael Scaparrotti. I have checked these emailadresses and they were from Ghana. The real information I am only willing to give to the General I know for sure that he could find out right away who is behind is scam.

Please people becareful because if you don't know then you're really thinking that you are talking to that person.
Even in Holland these people making you a target. This my story and i hope it will help others not to buy a story about this man Curtis Scaparotti.

Becareful

Greetz Gabriel

[ntplyin66]

I was also scammed into thinking I was chatting with a SFC Thomas Hall US Army. He also said he was deployed. We chatted for a few days I thought it was odd that he had computer access everyday. I met him on a dating website. He claimed to be a single father. Told me all about himself. My guess is he scammed the real Thomas Hall by posing as a woman and was able to get him to send pictures.He sent me pictures of his daughter and himself and his father and himself. He kept asking me to send pictures. Told me he wanted pictures everyday. I did not send any.

He started telling me about a website that he was doing charity work for. Wanted me to trust him and support him in what he wanted to achieve. He said he felt he could trust me and that he wanted to come home (San Diego, CA) on leave but I would have to help him financially. Sorry, we are a military family. My daughter's boyfriend is in the Navy has been for five years and currently deployed and I was a Marine wife. Difficult to make a call and even harder to send email. Oh ad we know that leave is not sold and cannot be bought by a civilian helping a charity. I asked him to take a photo with a paper that had my name on it and send it to me. I wanted to see him in uniform with the same name on the uniform as in the pictures. He asked why and i tol dhim that I wanted to see who I was chattign with. He right away started to try guilt trip me and told me it was difficult. Yet one of the pictures he sent to me he claimed he had just taken while out on patrol. This picture was of a soldier named Hall, but in Afghanistan everyone wears chest shield, helmet and all the other protective gear especially on patrol. The picture was of a soldier in fatigues in a car.This person is using dififerent emails. I blocked one so he sent me an email from a different email address. thomashall192@yahoo.com and thomaswall70@yahoo.com. Be AWARE!!! I would like to post the pictures but not sure how.

[Bubbles]

Welcome to ScamWarners ntplyin66. It is great that you saw through the lies. Thank you for posting this scammer's information.

Instructions for posting photos are in the link in my signature line. Please make certain to deface the photos so other scammers cannot use them from here.

[dharleymom]

boy this is sad i figured this guy out in like 5 min when his english got bad.... he used Capt Johnson Bennett as his name. but since i have been pulled in before by other people claiming to be us military i asked 2 questions.....why are you giving me your personal information if you are military and what the weather was like there in Nashville....luckily i didnt give him to personal of information...see i was a military brat i have a whole family of retired veterans and once i said 'how dare you impersonate someone from my military you better watch out before my military finds you' he never said another word and yes there was a picture of a man who looked like he was on a base but who knows....women becareful...do not give them anything.

[LJAB]

can you please advise if this is a fake mail address or real

u.s.army-leave.dept@mail.com

i have been given bank account details, name, acc no, sort code to transfer funds