Military consumers and romance scams

I note on Facebook these scammers will comment in online groups especially women oriented ones, requesting you send them a friend invite. Most of us are onto them and immediately block them. If you click on their profile it will show a photo of a service member who has been in the news and therefore their photo and some info about them is out there. The scammer uses this info to set up a Facebook profile page and even uses their name so they check out if you do a search. Don't fall for it. Even when you report it to FB they don't always take it down because they claim there is nothing that indicates it is fake. Just use your common sense and never send money to strangers. Never send what you would regret losing when you find out it was a scam just don't do it.

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Anyone been in touch with a woman named Julia Evans in the U.S. army/ airforce claiming to be about to retire and join you in the uk?

Is there scams with our military to get some South Sudan money from their government or some type of government money for our military send that money home to someone that’s not family. Like $ 100,000 dollars to send home.

I think this person I am talking to is not a US Army soldier can give me a email address so I can report him

I believe I'm being scam by someone on Google chat app trying to be a soilder and that's not rite at all

A woman claiming to be an Air Force woman emails me often, but every time I start a conversation with her she will say romantic things and if I follow her she immediately asks for money and says she’s been at a remote post and she is very hungry and needs money immediately. I have to admit I have sent her alittle but it she always wants more. I have confronted “her” about being a scammer but she swears up and down that she is legitimate. She has sent me photos of a beautiful blonde woman in uniform and I tell her if this is truly her, why doesn’t she look for a fine, handsome military man near her since I am mediocre, but she doesn’t give me a straight answer. I know she is a scammer but I kept wanting to believe. I think I am done with her now.

So I have a friend that had become friends with a military man and she fall for her charm and they fall in ig idk how gave her his info off his money to her promise her they well be married and the money will all be hers so she fell for it got the accounting to contact her to tell her what to download they told her what to send she sent a picture and her address because the accounting was telling her that she had nothing to worry about and then now that she has all this information about supposedly his account the accounting is telling her to pay $2,000 to them or to him the accounting if not they will send out FBI agent because I guess now she is in deep is what they're saying to her what advice would you be able to give me to stop this from happening or is there no way out?

This guy named General Jack O'Connor is retiring from the military said he was sent to Syria and is getting another award and five million dollars and wants the money sent to me by courier I don't think army retirees get five million dollars even bring a four star General is he a fake ?

I’ve been talking to this guy for over a month now and he claims to be a marine corp deployed in Yemen. He messaged me on TikTok where we started talking. We then started talking on Skype as per his request. He says he’s a single dad and claims to have 2 daughters that are being taken care of by a nanny while he away on deployment. He hasn’t out right asked me for money but suggested I send a care package to him. He gave me an email of his supposed colleagues wife to get information about sending the care package. Apparently she is the person who he uses to get care packages whenever she sends her husband a care package. I asked him if I could send the care package directly to him myself and he said no cause I’m not registered under his name and it is a long process that involves lots of paperwork to register me under his name. So the wife of the colleague indicated it costs about $1125 USD depending on weight and Kg to ship care packages. To me me that’s ridiculous and a very high amount. She suggested I give her a list of items for the care package and she would get it, put it in with her husband’s care package and we could split the shipping cost or I could get the items myself but I would have to pay the whole shipping cost for her to send it on my behalf. Idk 🤷‍♀️ it just seemed fishy to me cause I don’t feel comfortable sending a complete stranger money. The guy I’m talking to goes by the name Thomas Frank aka striker. He said he is retiring in the new as he claims that after being in active duty for 15-19 years he can retire. Idk if this is true and I don’t know if this guy is who he says he is or a scammer. He called me once and I heard his voice and he video chatted me once but it cut out due bad connection. I briefly seen him on video chat and he looked like the guy from his pictures so I’m really confused about this. My gut and intuition is telling me he’s not be truthful. What are your thoughts on this situation?

October 9, 2023, I received a friend request from a guy who said he was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army based in Syria on a peace mission & an interpreter. From his picture, I was intrigued by his rather handsome & trusting face. We corresponded through messenger for two weeks. His friendship soon turned romantic with his very impressive way with words. So easily I responded to how positively he portrayed himself with perfect penmanship, until he requested a small favor, when doubts entered my conscience. He wanted to send me his valuable boxes by a New York based courier truck to deliver the boxes to my home for safe keeping until he soon retired, moving to my city in the states. The date/time was scheduled while I was in touch with a man by the name of Tony, with a thick Spanish accent making the arrangements. During this process, my conscience kept haunting me, twice I blocked who I was led to believe was William. He soon returned under another name, then my second block, he came through text from Salt Lake City phone number where he said he was from. Part of me wanted to believe him, so I led him to believe I would follow through with the plan. Two hours before the boxes were to arrive at my door as COD at a cost of $3000 delivery charge I cancelled the delivery. William claimed he could not get access to his bank account & said he would pay me back (at my suggestion). The money would be paid after I unlocked the code number. Now my uncomfortable feeling grew even stronger as my feelings for him weakened & my suspicions grew stronger. So I called his delivery partner & messaged the scammer to let them both know that if the boxes are actually delivered, my local police would be there to meet them! Both responded with such a fear that made them scared and said they would not bother me anymore, goodbye forever. I blocked them & reported the scam. Since then, I discovered that William Atkin Armstrong is on the scam alert list and has been very busy catfishing others. He also has more than one facebook calling himself Steve Walter Armstrong in civilian clothes, claiming to be from 3 other states!?

I thank you for this information that really helps me out here before I become a scam victim here

I been chatting with a marine on google chat. He is currently in Syria and soon to retirement.
He is in his mid 30’s and has a daughter in the state whom being taken care of by a nanny. He told me he had a nasty divorce.
I seen photos of him and we video call once but I couldn’t hear him but see him. He heard me just fine.
I thought it was the service over at his end. He hardly speak much of his duty’s and had ask me about my financial. He is currently did ask me to be the person to make payments for a package. Unsure why the nanny can’t do so if she care for his daughter.
I got an email that is supposed to be the delivery service: SEAMLESS COURIER DELIVERY.
I am unsure if this is real company or a scam to get people money.
According to the email I had to send $1,850 asap but then I told him I don’t have that at this moment.
He told me to no rush yesterday and now this morning he is telling me they charge a fee of $10 if I don’t send the money.
Also the format has of the emails are way off and written oddly. I did inform that marine I am speaking to about it and he told me he will pay back.
Please let me know if this a scammer.

John Miller is ethier a military or posing to be one he's sending all my friends moneyrequest which isn't cool

I meet these two guys on a dating app
They said one is in th army the other is in the Air Force. Army guy name is Robert Johnson and is in Turkey in. Special mission. But only talk through Google chat.Air Force guy just got deployed and will be back in three weeks but is telling me his accounts here got blocked and can’t be access overseas and he needs money to buy his toiletries. He also gave me his user id and password to log into his bank account which was very weird. Hi calls me everyday and is the sweetest guy.

What should I do?

My sister began communicating with someone claiming to be in the military a few weeks ago. She hit it off pretty quickly and this person said that they were sending a package from Ukraine to the states because it had some things in there for his family as well as his life's savings ($70,000 in cash to be exact). His claim was he was going to send his money and things for his family because he couldn't keep that where they were because he's currently in Ukraine in the middle of war. He stated he paid $2,400 dollars to send it through carrier service and if my sister could please receive the package until he is deployed back home towards the end of the year. My sister agreed.

As of last week, this carrier service has been charging my sister money because supposedly USCIS was looking into the belongings of the package to make sure nothing was contraband. Because the box was being held under USCIS custody, she needed to pay $1,500/day the package was in their possession. The box was apparently released today and was on its way to our state when suddenly the carrier was pulled over by AK officers. The carrier attempted to call and email by sister claiming that he was being pulled over because they were searching the van and discovered the $70,000 in cash in the box. The box made them think someone was money laundering. So, my sister just went ahead and sent another $1,000 because that's what police wanted in order to release the package.

It all sounds extremely fraudulent. I am really concerned for my sister's wellbeing and her safety because she is being emailed and called by these people pressuring her to send more money. My sister truly believes this "military" person she is talking to is real and that he isn't running a scam on her; but my sister has gone as far as pawning all of her valuables just to get the first $3,000 to get the package out of USCIS possession...

What can I do to help my sister recover from this situation or investigate it?

A friend is getting scammed.. because a retiring general is asking for an account of 5500..

Has anyone heard from someone claiming to be Daren Claudio Johnson deployed in Japan