Military love scamming is extremely popular among scammers. They often use stolen photos of real veterans or active US soldiers in uniform and use them to create illegal profiles for fake accounts. With the respective account you can contact single men and women in Germany and build trust and an apparently personal relationship.

Love scam process

Then the chat partner urgently needs money. There are many reasons for this - sometimes they can't access their bank account and need help getting back to the US, or want someone to hold a valuable package for them or pay for travel expenses for a visit.

The demands for money not only come from the now familiar person themselves, but also from notaries, commanding officers or other third parties. That seems more authentic. No matter what story is told to the victim, what they all have in common is that they believe it and transfer large sums of money. Sometimes all of your savings. Victims sometimes borrow money or take out loans in order to make further transfers. Often in the hope that the charming soldier will come to Germany to visit one day and that the loneliness will end.

Polish man cheated out of several thousand euros by Instagram fraudster

This is what happened to a 37-year-old Polish man from the island of Rügen who was contacted via Instagram by a supposed US soldier. After some time she wanted to send him a package. The contents – a large sum of cash and a deed from a house in Hawaii. She asked him to keep the package for her.

The problem was that the package got stuck in customs and a fee of 15,000 euros was due. The 37-year-old man borrowed money and transferred almost 7,000 euros to a foreign account. But that's not enough. Because he couldn't pay the entire customs fee, the supposed soldier suggested that he prostitute himself and thus earn the remaining amount.

The criminal police are now investigating fraud.

Police tips

In general, you should not transfer money or accept other demands from people you have never met or seen in person. There are a lot of scammers on the Internet in particular who want to make money off the good faith of those around them.

  • So always be suspicious and question facts critically.
  • Say “no” when online partners demand money.
  • Confide in family members or friends and, if in doubt, ask the police.

A scammer can often be identified as such through an internet search. To do this, simply enter the name of the internet acquaintance and the addition “Scammer” and/or use the online image search.

  • Under no circumstances should you accept the demands. Ignore these.
  • We also recommend backing up all chat histories, emails, etc. and filing a criminal complaint with the police.

You can also find detailed tips and information on the topic at: https://www.polizei-beratung.de/themen-und-tipps/betrug/scamming/

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