Yep, what is true for the U.S. Army isn't necessarily true for other branches of the U.S. military.
If you are in doubt about a person's alleged military credentials, then talk to a military recruiter who is in the same branch of the military.

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You don't understand my point.
You should google military romance scams.


I fully understand your point. Perhaps I wasn't clear in what I was saying. I'm well aware that the scammers are using the military to perpetrate their scams, but occasionally they will claim to be deployed to places where we don't "officially" have anyone. No real military personnel will claim to be there for security reasons. That's a point I overlooked in my first comment listing red flags to watch for. Your point and mine were different, but you reminded me of a point I missed earlier, which is why I quoted yours.

Thanks for the heads up... Its a big help to everyone new in dating sites.

Just to be clear i am not looking for military guys. I just keep getting messages from them and yes alot of them seem fake. I had one guy ask for money and he got blocked.

lol you can spot them easily. One messaged and said he was military and that they hired a nanny to take care of his girl full time because of his work. My response... wow...even the president doesn't get that treatment.

I always thought military recruiters were the biggest liars on the planet??

Only if they think they can get you to sign that contract!

Seriously, my recruiter did not lie to me at all, but many "tactically omit" certain things.

ummm... his kids gets get bodyguards for life...

Hi wonder women! I'm sorry what exactly do you mean by saying " if they said they are serving in Africa to end up the conversation??

That means exactly that. The scammers are often from Nigeria or another west African country. The American military doesn't have any "known" operations in Africa at this time. If someone claims to be serving in an area where the general public is not aware of a mission, that person is either lying or violating the security of themselves, their unit, and their mission.

Doesn't matter where they are serving. My point is: NEVER send money to people you haven't met in person. If a soldier you'��re "dating" online asks you for money for ANY reason, it's a SCAM.
Google how to spot a romance scammer.

Google search by image is highly effective for identifying photos used by scammers, especially when using the Chrome browser as you can just right click on the image and select 'Search Google for this image'.

Military scammers also are usually widowers with small child. I had one guy tell me would be deployed for 2 yrs. And this was in the last month. lol. I told him he was lying and he disappeared.

You're right

They steal pictures, generally of white, affluent looking males and sexy young females.
The male scammers pretend to be financially well off and usually widowed with children (to inspire a woman's compassion and empathy). Female scammers are usually young, sexy and needy.

Be wary if someone you a��re chatting to asks to start emailing you directly, rather than through the site.

Its not jst the military guys that are fake, a lot of them claim to be engineers too and they all have a child and a wife who died, they use Yahoo because they are called yahoo boys, note that they are all Christians and God fearing... What a joke, one of the best way to know them is they don't say " I am John Smith, instead they say "Am John Smith." Poor english yet they claim to be either from UK or USA. And they can use any number in the world because they use Roaming phones, easy.

Wonderwomen, that happened to me. This why asked me for my email , apparently it was easier for him to communicate. I ignored him and hi dissappear. . People say that I'm picky! I don't see myselfas a picky person. Is just that if I don't feel the chemistry why keep talking to that person.

Due to the fact we have a long running thread on this type of problem we are locking this one down please use the link below..

http://mingle2.com/topic/423253


We have a report system please use it to report all scammers. We ask that members use the system and not the forums for these matters.. If you look to the bottom right of your e-mail you will see Report this user click on that and follow the instructions. Those reports go straight to Admin to check out...

We work really hard to keep the scammers out but they still slip in.. Report Report any that you feel are scammers. Does not matter if they turn out not to be.....Better safe then sorry..

Never go off the site with those that request it within the first few e-mails.. We have free e-mails here no reason too..

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