Military scams are not easy to detect, which is why authorities and many crime fighting organizations are sending an alert. As statistics and media stories have shown, anyone can be a victim. Even Army investigators in the United States have released an alert and information on the matter to prevent victims from falling for this […]
Military scams have a long history. Back when there was no internet, scammers used to write physical letters to people claiming to be a soldier deployed far away and in some kind of hardship. Around that time, it was even harder for people to communicate with someone on the other side of the world, and […]
The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) receives hundreds of reports of victims of military scams every day. So does our investigation team. Online criminals claiming to be U.S. military service members serving in Afghanistan are all around the web luring their victims into a romance scam. No social network or online dating site is […]
Members of the U.S. Armed Forces are now the target of a new enemy: internet criminals. Military service members are being impacted by con-artists operating online in more ways than one. On one hand, scammers are increasingly creating fake profiles on online dating sites and social networking sites to scam unsuspecting victims. Such profiles often […]
Picture the life of a soldier in a mission overseas. It´s a bit of a cliché, but part of what we have learned from movies is to visualize soldiers as sad and lonely characters, seeking for love and always willing to help and give their lives for others. And, reality isn’t far from the perception. […]
