QUANTICO, Va., Oct 18, 2011 -- Special agents from the U.S. Criminal Investigation Command are once again warning the American public, as well as citizens from other nations, to be extra vigilant and not to fall prey to Internet scams or impersonation fraud -- especially scams that promise true love, but only end up breaking hearts and bank accounts.
CID continues to receive hundreds of reports of various scams involving persons pretending to be U.S. Soldiers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to CID special agents.
The victims are most often unsuspecting women, 30 to 55 years old, who think they are romantically involved on the Internet with an American Soldier, when in fact they are being cyber-robbed by perpetrators thousands of miles away.
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We cannot stress enough that people need to stop sending money to persons they meet on the Internet and claim to be in the U.S. military, said Chris Grey, CID's spokesman. It is heartbreaking to hear these stories over and again of people who have sent thousands of dollars to someone they have never met and sometimes have never even spoken to on the phone.
The majority of the romance scams as they have been dubbed, are being perpetrated on social media dating-type websites where unsuspecting females are the main target.
The criminals are pretending to be U.S. servicemen, routinely serving in a combat zone. The perpetrators will often take the true rank and name of a U.S. Soldier who is honorably serving his country somewhere in the world, marry that up with some photographs of a Soldier off the Internet, and then build a false identity to begin prowling the Internet for victims.
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We have even seen instances where the Soldier was killed in action and the crooks have used that hero's identity to perpetrate their twisted scam, said CID Special Agent Russel Graves, who has been fielding the hundreds of calls and emails from victims for months.
The scams often involve carefully worded romantic requests for money from the victim to purchase special laptop computers, international telephones, military leave papers, and transportation fees to be used by the fictitious deployed Soldier so their false relationship can continue. The scams include asking the victim to send money, often thousands of dollars at a time, to a third party address.
We've even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to purchase leave papers from the , help pay for medical expenses from combat wounds received, or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone, said Grey.
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These scams are outright theft and are a grave misrepresentation of the U.S. and the tremendous amount of support programs and mechanisms that exist for Soldiers today, especially those serving overseas, said Grey.
CID is warning people once again to be very suspicious if they begin a relationship on the Internet with someone claiming to be an American Soldier and within a matter of weeks, the alleged Soldier is asking for money, as well as their hand in marriage.
These are not Soldiers. They are thieves. If someone asked you out on a first date and before they picked you up they asked you for $3, 000 to fix their car to come get you, many people would find that very suspicious and certainly would not give them the money. This is the same thing, except over the Internet. said Grey.
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The perpetrators often tell the victims that their units do not have telephones or they are not allowed to make calls or they need money to help keep the Internet running. They often say they are widowers and raising a young child on their own to pull on the heartstrings of their victims.
We've even seen where the crooks said that the won't allow the Soldier to access their personal bank accounts or credit cards, said Grey.
These perpetrators, often from other countries, most notably from West African countries, are good at what they do and quite familiar with American culture, but the claims about the and its regulations are ridiculous, said Grey.
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The reports that numerous very senior officers and enlisted Soldiers throughout the have had their identities stolen to be used in these scams.
To date there have been no reports to CID indicating any U.S. service members have suffered any financial loss as a result of these attacks. Photographs and actual names of U.S. service members have been the only thing used. On the contrary, the victims have lost thousands.
The U.S. has established numerous task force organizations to deal with this and other growing issues; however, the personnel committing these scams are often using untraceable email addresses on Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, etc., routing accounts through numerous locations around the world, and using pay-per-hour Internet cyber cafes, which often times maintain no accountability of use.
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The ability of law enforcement to identify these perpetrators is very limited, so CID officials said individuals must stay on the alert and be personally responsible to protect themselves.
Another critical issue is we don't want victims who do not report this crime walking away and thinking that a U.S. serviceman has ripped them off when in fact that serviceman is honorably serving his country and often not aware that his pictures or identity have been stolen, said Grey.
• DON'T EVER SEND MONEY! Be extremely suspicious if you are asked for money for transportation costs, communication fees or marriage processing and medical fees.
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• If you do start an internet-based relationship with someone, check them out, research what they are telling you with someone who would know, such as a current or former service member.
• Be very suspicious if you never get to actually speak with the person on the phone or are told you cannot write or receive letters in the mail. Servicemen and women serving overseas will often have an APO or FPO mailing address. Internet or not, service members always appreciate a letter in the mail.
• Many of the negative claims made about the military and the supposed lack of support and services provided to troops overseas are far from reality -- check the facts.
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