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Last week I emailed a rep from the Army and told them about my blog. They emailed me back with some great information. I am copying the email. This is good stuff. Be sure to read it and share it with everyone. How to report an imposter Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/?id=242798935802519 Answers to frequently asked questions: - 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 emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil - 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 themselves or 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. If you would like further help reporting a fraudulent social media account, please reply with a link to their profile, and it will be forwarded to the proper point of contact. For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles: This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: https://www.army.mil/article/61432/ CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers https://www.army.mil/article/180749 FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: https://www.army.mil/article/130861/?from=CUemail DOD warns troops, families to be cyber crime smart http://www.army.mil/article/145060/?from=CUemail Use caution with social networking https://www.army.mil/article/146684/?from=CUemail Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. http://www.army.mil/faq/ or visit http://www.cid.army.mil/. If someone would like to report a crime, is the victim of a crime, has information about a crime, or would like to speak with a CID Special Agent, contact the local CID Office or call 1-844-ARMY-CID (844-276-9243). You can also email CID at usarmy.belvoir.usacidc.mail.crime-tips@mail.mil. How to report a crime to Army CID: http://www.army.mil/article/140588/?from=cuemail http://www.cid.army.mil/reportacrime.html The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact the Criminal Investigation Division of the US Army. You may contact the Criminal Investigation Division at http://www.cid.army.mil/The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act website has a request form to obtain this information: https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/scra/scraHome.do Respectfully, www.Army.mil Web Team Contractor Digital Media Division Office of the Chief of Public Affairs

Well, now there is a new scam going on (I believe).I am still investigating.This has nothing to do with a dating site.My daughter and I are toying with the idea of possibly moving into a bigger place.We drove around and also checked craigslist. I am just going to copy the email and let you read it, then I’ll offer my thoughts and what I am doing about this. Thanks for your email, I personally own the house, I want my property to be well taken good care of, and there are some rules and regulation in which I do give out to tenant willing to rent my house so please don't disrespect my order, But if you are still capable of renting my house the rules and regulation goes this way, You must keep my house clean including the surrounding, you must know the way in which you use the stove so as to avoid fire outbreak,you must not disturb the neighbor. I decided to rent out the property due to my transfer to (Tennessee), with the World Forum Foundation's to promote an on-going global exchange of ideas on the delivery of quality services for young children in diverse settings, so we are renting it out since we need someone to take good care of the property on our absent. Don't be surprise if you find the home with another site and deference price, I have plan to rent it through Real estate before, but they are not serious simply because they have a lot of house to lease out And they added some money to the rent while there commission is not fair. Have this in mind you must know the kind of person that I'm nevertheless I am giving you this rules because of what corresponded between me and my last tenant. the keys and documents are with us here in (Tennessee). So I will need to ship them to you before you can occupy the house But you can drive by the house any time to take a look at the area and surrounding, You can also peek through the windows if you don't mind.For now we are looking for 3 or 4 years lease or rather lets us know how long you wish to stay. Attn : The rent are including the Utilities are intact such as: Dishwasher Dryer Electric Stove Fridge Washer Air Condition Sewage Trash All included in the monthly rent,as i am in a governmental programmer that sponsors my utilities on monthly basis etc. Please note that, we are a kind and honest family,that spent a lot on property that is available for rent, so in one accord,we are soliciting for your absolute maintenance of this house and want you to treat it as your own.We want you to keep it tidy all the time so that we shall be glad to see it whenever we are around on a visit. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION........... House Address: {957 Wilmington Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63111} Number of Bedrooms:2 Number of baths:1 Pets are welcome!!! Rent: $600 Refundable security Deposit:$600 Application Fee $ 70 Total move in: $1,270 ****RENT APPLICATION DETAILS**** Please if you are ready now to occupy the house kindly provide the information below for record purpose: Your Full Name? Home Phone ? Cell Phone Number ? Your Current Address : How old are you? Are you married? How many people will be living in the house? Do you have a pet? What type? Do you have a car? Occupation? Do you smoke? Do you Drink ? Do you work at Night ? What is your monthly income? Reference Contact Name and Address? When do you intend Moving in? private email : A copy of your ID When can you pay for your deposit to secure or move in? Notice : Call me or text me immediately you fill out the application Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that we can have it our file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you. Thanks and God bless you. William Flowers I guess since I’ve been doing the dating sites, my keen sense of something is not right is very high right. · First off, the language is terrible (1st red flag) · Secondly, why would I send a check for a place that I haven’t been inside or met with the owner. · As always, I look the house up on the City of St. Louis owner listings. Guess what, Williams Flowers doesn’t own the building. So I emailed the Alderwoman for this area and she responded back right away. Here is what she wrote: Let me see what I can find out about this from the Recorder of Deed's office. I do know these scams happen so you are smart to tread lightly. I am anxious to see what she finds out. Now this property wasn’t listed on Craigslist. I posted in the area where you can what you are looking for so he contacted me. Tonight when I got on Craigslist, the house was listed. But it only had 2 pictures. It was the house I saw pictures of. (And drove by on my lunch today). So I thought okay, move on. I emailed him back and said I live in the county and wanted to stay there. I didn’t zing him like I would a guy from the dating sites. Now – her comes another one: When I got home from work and looked at craigslist I saw a house that sounded good but didn’t have pictures. Which makes me suspicious. So emailed and asked for pictures. And now, here is this email: Good Evening, How are you and your family? I really hope i am not getting back to you very late about the house you want to rent, I had to leave Saint Louis, MO in a hurry due to my recent promotion and it involves me working out of the Saint Louis, MO My family and i just moved from Saint Louis, MO to IN, We intend selling the house if we find a Tenant that would be ready for a lease to own after a year in the house, if not, then we will continue with normal rentals. We have made the monthly rent significantly low and affordable as good faith for my happiness for my recent promotion. If you want more photos of the House, let us know. I am currently working as a counselor for the United States Aid for International Development (US-AID) here in IN. Please visit http://www.usaid.gov/, you can also support our mission.All we care about is someone to take very good care of it with passion of it being it's own. A colleague of mine introduced me to this internet site of advertisement when the formal reality company i gave the house to manage for me since am not in Saint Louis, MO but due to the high price they put on the house which make people not to rent the house from them so i have to withdraw the house from them and start doing the rental by my self. I want to be convinced you are capable enough to taking care of our property for us? We don't want it to be used anyhow,i want you to get back to me on how you will be taking care of the place or perhaps the experience you have in your previous places of living or lived.I want you to note that all utilities are included in the rent.I look forward to hearing from you so that i can forward you a rental application form if you are interested in renting our place. I guess by now you should eager to view the house because it is a lovely home. So far, we have seen a couple of interested families but we shall rent to the best tenant according to our choice. . The rent is $500 while the security deposit is also $500. The house is ready for move in.. YES UTILITIES INCLUDED AND LEASE IS 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR WITH OPTION OF LEASE TO OWN..The house is for rent now but would be really interested in a lease to own in the future..Here is the address to the house 4446 Itaska St, Saint Louis, MO 63116. You can go by and take a look at the house to know if you are Okay with before i send the rental application to you since i will not be there to tour the house with kindly take your time to look at the environment and the neighborhood of the house to know if you are Okay with the house. Here is the link of the interior pictures of the house, kindly click on it to view https://1drv.ms/f/s!Au5KZM6vS6QaZyQ5U41t8gZgoTw PROPERTY INFORMATION Price:$500 Deposit:$500 Pet Deposit: 200 per pet Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Pets: Yes Laundry: In Unit Single Family FEATURES Barbecue Area Ceiling Fan Fenced Yard Flooring: Carpet, Laminate Lawn Storage Unfinished basement View: City ADDITIONAL FEATURES Living room APPLIANCES INCLUDED Range / Oven Refrigerator ROOM TYPES Mud room CONSTRUCTION Exterior material: Vinyl Roof type: Asphalt Structure type: Cape cod OTHER Floor size: 732sqft Date Built: Built in 1912 Call or email for more inquiry when you check the house out. Nery R Vasquez Well right away I checked the ownership of the house and guess what? She doesn’t own it. So I emailed that alderwoman. I don’t expect to hear from her till next week. I haven’t responded back to the person who emailed me. I’m starting to feel like a scammer magnet. Not sure that’s the right way to phrase it. But I am seriously thinking about going into the detective business. Dating is hard enough now this? LOL!! You have to laugh. I know God has a plan for everyone. Maybe mine is to catch scammers. Tell the next the one comes along and I have another story to tell, have a great day!!!

So at the same time the Army guy is messaging me, I get the one below. But not from a guy from a "supposedly" little girl in Africa. Now this one is a first

So I'm at work this morning and I see a Google Hangout message. Now I'm not chatting with anyone and the ones I were, I've blocked. So I opened it up. Below is the conversation we had. I guess I was pretty harsh on this guy. But I don't recall having any conversation with him through POF though he said we did. I usually keep good notes on this. But the pictures looked familiar. Perhaps someone else used his pictures like in my previous post. Anyway, Below is the conversation.

You know, you have to laugh. Just when I think nothing is going to happen, BANG! I get a "meet me" from POF admirer. LOL!! I will post the conversation below. I hope it's readable. As you read it, you will see errors in his stories. Especially when I call him on it several times and continues to go on. Now the funniest part about this is, these pictures have been used before by someone else who was in contact with me. LOL!!! I recognized the one picture right away. You gotta laugh. His pictures are below as well. LOL! Enjoy!

As I continue my search on the dating sites for that one special guy, and all I keep finding are these liars and guys posing as our military I guess some wonder why I continue to do this. I wonder that sometimes myself. But what started out as something to try and see what happens has turned in to something more for me. I feel like I am on a special journey. I want to get the word out to everyone (men included), not to fall for these liars and scammers online. Every couple of weeks I try to send my blog to different places online to advertise it. I want to get the word out. So that no one falls for these scammers. So I am asking you to share my blog with everyone you know. Send it to the masses!!! Get the word out. This blog has become a passion for me and one I plan to continue until Mr. Right comes along.

Well a few weeks ago, I got another live one online. This was claimed he was in the air force. Of course he is over in Syria on a peace keeping mission. Okay so here is first email to me. And I didn't change the size of the font. This is how he sent it to me. LOL!! "Thanks for the reply today Patsy ,like 've said to you am still new to this. I just came in from Another routine check here at the base station not quite long well it's evening time out here at the moment 8:33PM to be precise .You said you have tried several dating site but you haven't had much luck and you said there are alot of lairs , what are they lying about if you don't mind me asking and what has been your experience on the site ..Well here is more about me and my family background My late dad worked for the US Government for income. My late mom was a full time mom. We didn't have a lot of money, but we had a garden and cows so we were never hungry.Almost all of my ancestral were Italian except my great-grandmother on my mom's side was An Irish Growing up, there were always lots of visitors to our house. My oldest brother was 6 years older than me. He died some years back So many of the older kids were bringing their college friends home on the weekends for home cooked food. There are lots of good memories, Well i was born bred and grew up in Italy Spent part of my life also in Barrington Illinois, then to Maryland and later moved to Atherton , CA . But sold my house before my mission out of the states cause no one was going to take care of the house whilst am away ,buying a new home close to my special woman once am out of here .As you know am willing and ready to relocate any where in search of that special woman for me .What was it like growing up for you .Well been in the US Air force for 21 years and i was married for 18 years till the death of my late wife Have got 6 years to retire from the Air force .Well Am a father of one daughter who was 17 Years old last Christmas , stays with my late wife's mom in the states .Been 9 months have been away on this mission to Syria, how long do i have out here can't say that on here for now but i can't wait to be out of here . My Mission here entails tracking down terrorists and rescuing our Special Junior ranking Officer's when they are in trouble on Tactical mission sent em here in the war zone and training some men under my units ,giving close contact for close air supports ,flying fighter jets and also assigned for special tactical Squadrons to army special forces for special missions what are your likes and dislikes as for me i love camping dancing , cooking , fitness, playing golf , swimming , and love exploring other people's cultural background and heritage .Am also an Excellent cook with so many cooking talents and skills. I hate liars , cheats and dishonest people around me . Tell me yours . . What are your plans for the rest of today ?i love riding the American Quater Horse. Well i just attached another pictures of me in Uniform , i hope you won't tease me about em . I love dancing the ballet dance , salsa dance and ballroom dance.I count my self to be a romantic , passionate , affectionate and an honest kind of man with a good sense of humor.. what kind of personalty do you think you do have as a woman also .. So tell me more about your position in your job you do for a living , do you have people working under you , and do you enjoy doing this job of yours . Well enough for now waiting to read from you soon .Jack" And this was the second email I received: "Thanks for the short email and picture this evening , I will be waiting to read more from you extensively tomorrow . And if I may ask , have you ever been told you have gotten all it takes to tie a man to the sole of your feet as you are looking so gorgeous in your picture you sent to me right now . Waiting for your reply tomorrow . Answering other questions I 'd asked in my email last email to you . From Jack" In my email back to him I told him my story of all the lairs and men posing as military. Guess what? I never heard back from him. LOL!!!! What a shocker!! Below is the pictures he sent me. Notice the name on the name tags are blacked out. And it doesn't really look like the same person in the photos.

I found this tonight and wanted to share it. It has stories of women who actually sent money to these scammers. Read it and share it. http://www.military.com/spouse/relationships/can-you-spot-the-scammer.html REMEMBER: DON'T SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER MET OR DON'T KNOW!!!!

So today I was contacted by a man names Kelly Jaskson. (Yes that is how he spelled it. First red flag right there). We exchanged a few messages through POF then he wanted my email so I gave it to him. He sent me more pictures at my request. And now his long sad story in his email to me: Thanks for your contact on the site. I am also impress to have such kind of communication with you and i can see that we both have met on fate and i am taking this opportunity to tell you a brief about my life as we are both behind the screen trying to know more about each other .... . I would be glad if you send me more pictures of yourself. I'm Kelly born and raised in Panama City,FL on 30 June, 1959. I am a divorced I went to Catholic high school and college in Florida. Am the son of the late commander of Air Force in Florida and mom a Canadian woman who was a University Teacher . I studied politics , economics at Florida College , before working with NATO in the U.S Army as an Engineer I was also in possession of Doctorate degree in engineering, to be specific in chemicals, thus getting to the pedigrees of Ammunition of the military service. When i finished my degree in military college , I was employed to work with NATO whiles i was in the age of 26 years and i have work with NATO all my life. I am currently in Damascus, Syria making sure absolute peace is restored to the minimal so that the citizens would have their fundamental rights and freedom to the fullest. I am of Major in terms of rank, and solely virtue in Mechanical Engineering. I have been to Syria since 2014 as I was in Iraq 2008 and been transfer to Damascus in Scorpion Camp on my last mission. In my early life i met a Canadian woman who was staying in Tarpon Springs Florida and also work as a nurse in Florida. We get married and live a fruitful life . In our marriage it was the best i could imagine because my late wife was so kindhearted , loving and a caring woman of heart . When i went on mission working, I then had a letter from her that she can no more be with me as she has now plan to start a new relationship with another man and sent me a divorce letter. I then return back to the States and we both had our divorced. After our divorced in the court she sign a form for me to pay Alimony each I'm the only son of my late parent.All my life have been my work and willing to locate a new life. A life of joy and happiness to start a new friendship with someone serious who has all the good characters in life and see where it's goes. I have lost all my siblings, Aunties, Nephews, Niece, Grandfather, Grandmother, Uncles, I'm seeking of a serious woman of heart besides she will understand me, I want to find a woman who can share her friendship with me. It's been a long story about my past living and have learned many things out of life. This is a short note to inform you about my sad life and would be glad if you also tell me a little more about your life , family and work. Sincerely, Kelly.. These are the pictures he sent me. I am trying to get the screen shots from the Google hangout conversation we had so hang on for that. Not even sure it's the same guy. LOL!!!!

So out of the blue yesterday I get an email from Paul Skroch (One of the latest liars). He sends me an email telling me to click on the link to view more photos he took. Now ladies (and guys) you know never to click on a link from someone you don’t know. I work in IT so I definitely know that. So here is another tip: DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS IN EMAILS FROM GUY/GALS YOU DON’T KNOW. Anyway I blocked him from emailing me. Normally I do that and I forgot this time. Well he is blocked now. Another tip, after you find out someone isn't who they say they are, BLOCK THEM. Block them in your email and your phone (if you text). Happy Saturday!!!!!

Okay, so I have a suggestion if you are on the site Plenty of Fish (POF). Okay there is a meet me feature. When you click yes it sends a message to the person picture you clicked it on. Please read the profile first before clicking yes. I had 2 guys this week click the meet me button and didn’t view my profile. So I viewed theirs and responded back. So I checked the next day. They read my message, looked at my profile and the nothing. LOL!! It’s a good thing I don’t take it personally. I am going to review some tips I gave in my earlier blogs and add some more. These are my opinion only. 1. Guys: Post better pictures of yourselves. You are trying to show the girls what a great guy you are so show it. SMILE!! Now keep your shirts on. Yeah you have a nice body but leave a little mystery there. And don’t post pictures of you with old girlfriends or who look like they could be an old girlfriend or wife. (If they aren’t, state who they are in the picture). Smiles!! And don’t post pictures of your kids. It’s nice to see you with them but in this day and age don’t do it. And post several pictures of yourself. Most importantly, SMILE!!! 2. Ladies: If you get their full name, google them. Be a detective. Do your research or as much as you can. 3. Guys and gals: Never give out bank account information or wire money or send anything to someone you don’t know!! They are a scammer if they ask you for stuff and you’ve never met them. 4. If all they want to do is text or email, don’t waste your time. Chances are they aren't even from your city.

Okay, so I had a friend suggest that I post pictures of they guys who I found out were scammers. I don't have them all but this is what I had saved. PLEASE NOTE: These pictures are stolen by the scammers to use and these guys aren't the bad guys.