Corporal Andrew S. Mason
Complaint 144952 Details

I met this "soldier" on FB on 16 May2012 introducing himself as military man deployed in Afghanistan. We started chatting from then on'til this July-Aug.He said he was based in Fort Knox military base, Kentucky. He was so friendly and we become involved romantically althought we haven't seen each other in person. He told me that in June that he is going for a private leave from Kabul by 23 June this year and will go to Sydney and wanted to see me in person but he needed a lil' help. I tried to avoid him but he was persistent, telling me that I'm the only one whom he love. He gave me a name and all bank details of a secret military agent in WA, and I made an internet banking of AUD1000.00 to send through this person. He said he did not received it. Then he said he will just wait til I can figure out where I can get some money. I finally gave in and deposit another AUD1000.00. After few days, he asked some little amount for his Basic travel allowance of $590.00, so stupid, sent it to him by Western Union, WU warned me already aout scam of military men. He said, will be leaving by 20 July but stopover in London. He rang me up that he got stuck in London 'cause he cannot use his military card to get cash on which he promised me that he will pay as soon as he got out of Kabul. According to him, a coronel from UK military base offered him to stay at the base whom he met at the airport. He was a bit shy to call me. Of course, during this time,I fell in love with this guy, so I withdrew some of my money from my super fund, and sent him for his fare of another $1700.00 and some food allowance of $400.00. He said his commander, that was stationed in Kabul always organised his tickets whenever soldier go for leave, so I sent through another "secret military agent in SAudi Arabia" at Western Union again. We always chat in yahoo messenger from the very start of our relationship and he said, was not able to fly to Kentucky because he landed in a hospital in London in a private clinic because he fell ill. He said he paid advance of $250.00 (left over of the other amount I sent) upon admission but still needed to cover for the rest. I sent him through Western Union in Heathrow Airport another $500.00 and $450.00 for travel allowances. And he flew back to Kentucky. Next day, I sent email but no reply and finally, he replied that accusing me of thinking about him not wanting to reply. He also said to his email that he still want to see me and that he wanted to chat with me on yahoo but he lost his internet conndection as soon as he arrived in Fort Knox. The last time I received an email was 3 Aug.2012. Then I realised that I was scammed. I never mentioned these things to any member of my family or even any of my friends cause he told not to, he is shy that he was borrowing money from me. At that moment, I lost these money which I intended to pay for my bills and pocket money to go away, now got nothing.