Online Romance Scam Targets Women and Makes US Soldiers Look Bad in the Process
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EL PASO – An online scam is taking aim at “lonely women” and making U.S. soldiers look bad in the process.
The U.S. Army says the scammers use the pictures and names of soldiers serving overseas on dating websites and start relationships with women.
The scammers then explain in order to continue the online relationship, because they say they are serving overseas, they need money for “special laptops.”
“We’ve even seen instances where the perpetrators are asking the victims for money to “purchase leave papers” from the Army or help pay for their flight home so they can leave the war zone,” An Army spokesman said.
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