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Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE ON HERE AS THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE US ARMY.

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This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: http://www.army.mil/article/61432/

Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.
Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.
Soldiers do not need permission to get married.
Soldiers do not have to pay for early retirement.
Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.
Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.
Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.
Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house their troops.
Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.
Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.
We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.
For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

http://www.army.mil/article/42718/

http://www.army.mil/article/36242/cid-warns-of-internet-romance-scams/

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

It's good info, next victim. Thumbs up

Our sticky topic at SWs includes a link to the Army info. SoldiersPerspective also has some good info. See a link at the bottom of the topic about this type of scam at ScamWarners: http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6528

Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

^^^I did not realize you already had it on SW. I just posted it there also.

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:02 pm

No harm--some things are best reiterated from time to time.

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:11 am

I am a veteran myself and I make it my personal pleasure to work over these scumbags taking advantage of fellow vets, their families, or pretending to be one of my brothers in uniform. Please PM me any and all active military-type scammer emails. These are tastier than any prime rib ever!!! Evil or Very Mad

Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

^^^Thee should be plenty of them in Surplus and on Scamwarners! They are typically the trunk box or dater types.

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