Does a military man need you to pay for his leave?

Friday 26 October 2018

The short answer to the question about paying for military leave is no, never.  This is a sure fire way of knowing that you are being scammed.  Military personnel never have to pay to get leave.  They accrue leave just like civilians do in their occupations.  This link here takes you to a useful page on leave for those serving in the US Military services.  It will tell you how they accrue leave, when leave can be taken and different types of leave allowed. You will notice that there is no section for payments made for leave because no military person ever has to pay to get leave.  They earn it just like we do in our daily jobs.

What follows is a typical scammers demand for a woman to pay to get him leave from the army. Please note that the email address is not right. What is used is a generic email address that is readily available to anyone.  It is as just like setting up a new gmail or email address with any provider of email facilities.  On searching the United Nations website, there is no way to email them anyway.  You fill out a contact us form.  The United Nations would not be in charge of sorting out the military leave of US military personnel - it would be down to the service itself.

Here are the photographs of the email sent.  Please read and notice just how badly written it is grammatically, poor spelling, poor use of English.  Ask yourself this - would the UN really send out such a poorly spelt email in their name?  The answer is of course not.  Oh and the UN do not have offices in the Yemen either.  The closest it is based is in Nairobi, Kenya.  And the other thing that is totally laughable about this email is that the person masquerading as US army soldier can't spell the rank he is meant to hold.

It goes without saying course that I didn't send this information at all and no payment was sent either. This was the point I unmasked the scammer and got him reported and blocked on Instagram and Hangouts.

Please never send any personal details like those asked for in this email.  You are leaving yourself open for being defrauded, being impersonated in official documents, having fake accounts of yourself made for illegal purposes.  All from a scammer asking you to pay for something that you NEVER need to pay for.

You know that if a man is messaging you on Instagram or on any other social media, gaming or dating platform online and he asks you for money for anything including military leave, you know instantly that it is a scammer.