please tell me Im right!

I just found this webpage and am blown away!! I met a army man that is in iraq on a "secret undercover mission" on a dating website (matchdoctor) well he says hes a white, 46 year old who lives in houston texas. I have talked to him for about 2 weeks and now he says if I want to meet him I will have to email the army requesting his term leave at [email protected]. I just have a feeling this is leading to something bad. His name is Sgt kyle robinson. He keeps telling me not to talk about him to anyone cause he is undercover. I know this is all crap but why do I keep talking to him!!!

Hello and welcome to Scamwarners!

Yes this is a scam. Private citizens cannot request leave for soldiers. Soldiers do not pay for leave either. That is where it is going. When you email that address which by the way is just a free email address from mail.com you will be told to pay money so your soldier freind can have his leave. Everything he has told you is a lie. He is not from Texas but actually from west Africa. Please post his email address and some of his emails so others who search may avoid this scam.

He is just trying to steal your money so please stop all communications with him imeadiatly.

You can read more about these scams on the army's website here http://www.army.mil/article/36242/cid-w ... nce-scams/

I'm sorry you were targeted by this scammer but glad you found this site before loosing any money.

Justin

I can only quote Dotti our admin for an easy answer, Yes it is 110% scam. I am sorry you are conned.OR NOT CONNED IN THIS CASE. The "undercover" makes me laugh. Who does he think he is? James Bond or Audie Murphy! So damn undercover he uses internet and "tells people who he is", save he is a black lad sitting in an internet cafe in Lagos. I suggest not contact him again ,just vanish, which will cause grief as his dirty scheme collapses and he still has to pay the cafe fees. Don't tell him anything about fnding out and dont educate him, or mention this site because we want him to remain stupid and ignorant.

Postby Dotti on Thu Sep 01, 2011 6:31 pm

This guarantees that it is a scam.
There is NO situation in which you would be asked (or even allowed) to request leave for a real soldier, period. The only place this policy exists is in the imaginary scammer world. The scammer may claim that it is a new policy, or it is because of abuse, or some other story. That is not, and will never be the case, because it is actually against the basic premise behind the way the US military is structured. In the real world, soldiers have internal forms that they fill out, within the army, to request their own leave. They do not pay for leave, and they only get it if they have earned it. Who they plan to see while on leave is completely irrelevant. The person they are visiting does not fill out or sign anything at all.

We would love the email addressses sent, and the email headers with the email texts.

Thank you all for the replys, I new it wasnt right and I am so glad that I found your website. His email is [email protected] and he even gave me a phone number that he said was for the troops, it is +447024060988. I called it and he answered and let me tell you he did not sound american! he had a accent, when I asked him about it he said that he had been there for 4 years so had gotten a accent. He said the military had not given him leave in 4 years because he had no family. what a crock!!!!!

More bizarre scammer logic.
Leave is based on time served. It has nothing to do with whether you have a family or not.
44-70 phone numbers are redirect phone numbers typically used by scammers--they appear to be UK numbers, but in reality calls are forwarded to their cell phone in Africa or Malaysia.

ok, this is what I just received!!!!

My name is Gen. Raymond Odierno of the US Army. I will be put in-charge of the Transit processing of Sgt. Robinson Kyle by the Transit Department of the US Army. I promise to guide you through the process to the best of my ability.

You can now proceed with the transit application of ''Sgt. Robinson Kyle''.

You should also be aware that, during this transit process, you are going to remit some amount of money to our finance department. This will be return to you as soon as your Kyle's safe arrival is confirm. You are advise to fill and submit the attached money back guarantee form.

Once you provide us with this information you are no longer anonymous to us. (We) protect your privacy and we do not insist you to provide extra personal information than necessary.We as well wants to protect this form given to you ,it is the state property and should not be allowed to get out of your reach.

All information collected will not be used for any illegal activity. The information is what we are going to use in registration of your name with the Military Transit Department.

Regards.

NOTE: Protect all document that would be given to you in the course of this request transition.


GENERAL RAYMOND ODIERNO
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

The "General" is part of the scam too harvmania.

Regardless of the rank they say they have, asking for money to help a soldier get leave from the armed forces is NEVER the way it is done.

Don't even respond to the "General" or anyone else who claims to be helping the soldier. Scammers will do or say anything to get you to send money to them. We are working to keep victims and potential victims from sending money to scammers.

Good for you to post this information up. Will you please post the email address the "General" used to contact you so others can find this information. Thank you.