Jonny Ebert, jonnyebertt@yahoo.com

[aquadress]

Hi there - my girlfriend has been chatting with a US millitary guy who's calling himself Jonny Ebert (spelling it with one t but on his email its with a double t). He's been chatting for a month or so now, not asked for money, but has just applied for leave, so the money thing was probably coming...We've tracked him through a Facebook profile where he seems to be calling himself Jonny Rellinger also.

[Myra]

http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2009/ ... ing-scams/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

cheryl says:
14 October 2010 at 5:31 am
i think im being scamm by the name of sgt jonny rellinger or ebertt ,i have several pics of him and hes son he seems like a really nice father so im not sure if it is him or someone else but he to ask me to applied for leave and want to marry me after lots of love letters ,so i did fill out forms and pay some money silly me,his email address is jonnyebertt@yahoo.com or he is on facebook as jonny rellinger

FB link
http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q ... 0688581068" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Ralph Warner]

This scam is becoming very common, the Scammer will suggest that they want to take leave so they can visit you but in order to take leave they will tell you that you need to apply for leave on their behalf and they will put you in touch with a superior officer to arrange the leave with you (The superior officer will in most cases be the same scammer, if not, it will be his accomplice, either way it will be part of the scam.)

The Person you are directed to will usually send some fake documents and forms for you to fill in and then tell you about a fee that needs to be paid.

This scam goes completely against how leave works in the US military, military leave is little different to most other companies, if an employee is entitled to leave they will apply for it themselves and there is no fee payable, further, the US Military will not allow another person to apply for leave on a soldier's behalf.

If your friend was to pay this fee, the next money request will most likely be in the form of a phone service to allow them to communicate.

The scammer will advise of a phone service (TS2 is one such type of service I have seen in these scams) where there is a one off fee that needs to be paid by the victim which will give the scammer a phone that has extended service areas and free calls which will allow them to talk on the phone.

Again, this is completely false, the US military goes to great lengths to ensure their personnell have access to be able to communicate with their family back home wherever possible, the length of calls and time spent on the phone may well be rationed but there will be access to be able to communicate with loved ones back home.

One more twist the scammer may take is to tell you that he has discovered a large sum of money and he will offer you a large portion of it to take delivery of it, this is much closer to the much older scam refering to Saddam's millions which once did not involve any romantic component, in order for the money to reach you a courier of some kind will need to be paid and this is where the scam victim comes in. Of course the millions the scammer mentions does not exists and any money sent to the "courier' will be lost and gone forever

Of course, scammers will vary their scams and add new twists, the main thing to remember here is that if anybody ever asks you to send them money, even if it seems like its a Soldier, it will be a scam and in this case here,there is absolutely no doubt.

Could you please direct your friend here and show her the information posted here and make sure she understands that it is a scam.

Tell her she needs to stop all communication completely, ignore the scammer, he is no soldier and doesn't deserve any explanation, just ignore him and he will move on eventually.

if she were to reply, anything she were to tell him may help him to be a better scammer so it is very important that she does not mention anything about knowing that its a scam

As always, if you have any questions please ask

Just adding, many soldiers post their pictures on social network sites for family and friends back home, scammers are aware of this and actively look for these pictures to steal as part of their scams. It is extremely unlikely that we will ever be able to find out actually who is in the picture, all we can tell you is that it is not the person writing to you

[aquadress]

Thank you for your replies - yes, she's knows its a scam. I'll direct her here to have a looksee.

[janex69]

John Albert

sgt.johnalbert@yahoo.com

http://www.hoverspot.com/profile.php?UserId=3302931" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
John
Male, 45 Years Old
From Ferris, TX


Junk mail
add me pls so we can know ourselfs better
sgt.johnalbert at yah oo dot com

Yahoo chat snippets
sgt.johnalbert: Am sure, a friend introduced me to the site, bcos he found a woman there
sgt.johnalbert: I need my a dream
sgt.johnalbert: and i need a woman to call my wife
sgt.johnalbert: am a military man
sgt.johnalbert: but presently in Afghanistan on assignment there
sgt.johnalbert: I can send u my pics but i will not more than one ortwo. bcos we are not allow to send
sgt.johnalbert: Its due the nature of my job. We dont disclose ourself, its dangerous
sgt.johnalbert: i like football
sgt.johnalbert: am arsenal fans <<<<<<<<<Dumbass Mugus may follow english soccer but never realise most Americans dont !!!

2 days later
sgt.johnalbert: CAN I KNOW U BETTER
sgt.johnalbert: My name is JOHN
sgt.johnalbert: YES I HAVE A SON
sgt.johnalbert: BUT I LOST MY WIFE 5 YEARS AGO
sgt.johnalbert: SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN ALONE
sgt.johnalbert: THEN I WAS DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN 2 YEARS AGO
sgt.johnalbert: MY SON IS STAYING WITH MY AUNT IN DALLAS
sgt.johnalbert: BUT I WANT TO PLAN HOW I WILL STAY WITH MY SON AFTER LEAVING HERE
sgt.johnalbert: I NEED TO SETTLE DOWN WITH
Then the Yoruba insults came!
sgt.johnalbert: ori e wan be
sgt.johnalbert: oleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
sgt.johnalbert: where u dey gay
sgt.johnalbert: i dey serve for sokoto <<<<<<< sokoto is in North-west Nigeria

Emails
94.246.127.16 NORWAY Opera-Mini.net <<< mobile phone access thats big in Nigeria! (google it)
SenderBase reputation score Neutral
Sender Category
Network Owner Opera Software ASA
Domain opera-mini.net
Date of first message seen from this address 2010-08-30
CIDR range 94.246.126.0/23
# of domains controlled by this network owner 5
Geography data
Country NG Is this Nigeria????
State unknown
City unknown
Postal code unknown

[janex69]

sgt.johnalbert@yahoo.com

Email search led to
http://www.tagged.com/profile.html?uid=5431077441" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
John A, 46
Dallas, TX

[Myra]

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pro ... 0585045311" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
John Albert
same pic as in first post
High School * Texas High School

http://www.myspace.com/538982082" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
* JOhn ALbert
* 46 / Male
* US
no pic

[canadian friend]

i to was almost scammed by the same guy i even have pictures of him

[bleep]

i to was almost scammed by the same guy i even have pictures of him

Yep Im another one!!! Scammer made me fall in love with him although I suspected something and didnt lose out financially. The imposter was going under the name of Msgt Brian Ebert email address brianebert_4@hotmail.com.

[bleep]

cheryl says:

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Hi Cheryl,
I too have been had hook line and sinker by this scum. He approached me by the name of Brian Ebert, same old story good father, so many love letters and poems and him asking me to marry him. I was sus on the money issue so I got intouch with a US Government Office so unlike you I didnt lose anything financially. The imposter is still trying to keep contact....

[Myra]

also uses brianebert_4@yahoo.com


http://pulse.yahoo.com/_N5CC3VBH5FKIIV2TC7KDD3HDPM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Brian Ebert, 47 - Male - Seneca, South Carolina
Member since: 09/24/2010

[bleep]

Removed complete quote of ^^ that post, yep, the one just there ^^ - Ralph


Yep he is defo the one he contacted me through Tata Dating on 24/09/2010 only thing the imposter made a big mistake...when he sent me a copy of the passport he put his date of birth as 04/07/1962 now Im no mathmatician but I think that makes him around 10 years younger than the 47 years he is claiming to be...
but my money is firmly in my pocket Oh I am so glad I dont put all my trust in men

[bleep]

Removed really long complete post by aquadress - Ralph
Hi there,
I too have had numerous photos of this imposter...although I think the one of him in the vehicle is not the same person as the other photos unless he has had botox and a trout pout....look at the mouth the lips are too full compared to the other pictures.
Thanks for confirming to me that this is a scam. I was falling for this person BIG TIME.
Bleep

[bleep]

alias Brian Ebert brianebert_4@hotmail.com
alias Brian Ebert brianebert_4@yahoo.com

[bleep]

Removed complete quote of Myra's post.
Please dont quote entire posts, if you wanted to reply to a small part of a post then quoting is quite ok but please, dont use the quote button un-necessarily, the reply button works fine in most cases - Ralph
Ive posted photos and letters from Brian Ebert on another site that Ralph was once involved with have a look they are probably similar to the ones you recieved. He is still hounding me and still proclaims he wants to marry me. Apparently he have left the army now....lie number 1,000,000