first: I have a profile on Google+ . You put a profile and you can post stuff and people can respond . It's not a dating site or anything of that nature. So I have my picture and the Schrodinger Equation as my profile picture. No mention of trans because it's irrelevant for the site. A few days ago this very handsome gentlemen whose profile say's he's a general in the army and he uses General in his name, messages me and and says he'd like to add me as a friend because he likes my profile and thinks I'm pretty( his words) so I say cool , a General way cool. So now we're talking all the time, which again is cool because he's a handsome military looking guy.# 1 problem is that I'd like to get to know him , but I curious if there is any way I can check to see if he's really a General. I've googled his name , but the only thing that comes up is the profile. on G+ #2: He seems to be really interested in me and I want to keep talking to him, But I'm pretty sure if not totally positive once the T word comes out he'll stop. I don't know what to do or how to handle this , I'm getting confused. For some reason he says I beautiful and I'm getting quite turned on . Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Try Googling his name or variations of it without the general. Use quotation marks around it when you do. If you can see his email address, Google that or search for it on Facebook.
Quote from: ftmax on April 19, 2015, 01:28:46 PM
Try Googling his name or variations of it without the general. Use quotation marks around it when you do. If you can see his email address, Google that or search for it on Facebook.
I tried Facebook and nothing , but I'll try without the General thanks
I'll weight far a while see how things go and get his email
Try a google search of his email address. You won't get definite answers about him, but it could help you find out what sites he frequents.
I just really want to know if he's a General
I might have to tell him I transgender a lot sooner then I wanted. He's widowed and he's looking for a serious relation and I'm starting to freak too much not knowing if he's real .
well, I've decided to tell him tonight I'm trans so I don't have to worry about this any more. I just can't hurt someone even though this is who I am and not trying to hurt anyone thanks for the help.
I hope this turns out not to be the case, but it's a common scam targeting women to impersonate a service person and act as if they're interested in dating us.
Quote from: suzifrommd on April 19, 2015, 04:36:49 PM
I hope this turns out not to be the case, but it's a common scam targeting women to impersonate a service person and act as if they're interested in dating us.
that's what I worried about it seemed to good to be true and it rapidly went fron saying hi to wanting a relationship.
Well, I just sent a email and told him I'm trans , we'll see what happens'
I think the T-bomb scared him away. Maybe the army can use the T-bomb to scare the solders away and prevent war.
Sorry to hear that. Personally I doubt he was a general, but you never know. If he doesn't want to continue talking because you're trans then unfortunately you are better off not talking with him.
Quote from: Ms Grace on April 19, 2015, 07:50:03 PM
Sorry to hear that. Personally I doubt he was a general, but you never know. If he doesn't want to continue talking because you're trans then unfortunately you are better off not talking with him.
that was a big problem for me . him being a General . I googled the list for army Generals and he was a no show.
Unfortunately, there are too many people making fake profiles and such to mess with people. I mean, its bad enough for there to be a tv show about it even.
If he was a General anything it was probably a "general idiot"...
Quote from: Ms Grace on April 19, 2015, 08:52:40 PM
If he was a General anything it was probably a "general idiot"...
I got suspicious because of the speed he went from Hi! to basically proposing and he told me he was part of a peace mission to Iraq , but every time on go on the internet he was there. It would of been nice if he introduced me to Hilary Clinton or The president. I could see going to a White House dinner in a formal evening dress.
He seems to have taken off like a scared rabbit. Before I told him every time I got on google + he'd pop up
Definitely sounds like a faker. You don't make it to O-7 or higher without doing something that would get you to show up in google results.
Quote from: Ms Grace on April 19, 2015, 08:52:40 PM
If he was a General anything it was probably a "general idiot"...
Lol! Made my day!
Quote from: suzifrommd on April 19, 2015, 04:36:49 PM
I hope this turns out not to be the case, but it's a common scam targeting women to impersonate a service person and act as if they're interested in dating us.
Yes. I suspect it. I sometimes get similar invitations in the internet or Facebook, but I always ignore them.
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I just got an email back from him and he says he doesn't care that I'm transgender, now I just have to find out if he's really a General
Since you've determined that he's not an active 4 or 5 star general in the US Army, you can try putting various combinations of abbreviations of the other general ranks (BG,MG, and LTG) and his last name into google and see what pops up. If you can find his location or command out through conversation, that would be even better. Just to double check, did he specify that he is an active general in the US Army and not some other country's army? Like Nigeria? ;)
Of course he doesn't care, it's a scam.
http://gazette.com/army-criminal-investigators-warn-of-romance-scammers-pretending-to-be-troops/article/1535661
https://www.facebook.com/MilitaryRomances
Quote from: DrummerGirl on April 20, 2015, 11:14:18 AM
Since you've determined that he's not an active 4 or 5 star general in the US Army, you can try putting various combinations of abbreviations of the other general ranks (BG,MG, and LTG) and his last name into google and see what pops up. If you can find his location or command out through conversation, that would be even better. Just to double check, did he specify that he is an active general in the US Army and not some other country's army? Like Nigeria? ;)
he's US , I think he's active
Have you searched for whatever email he gave you?
Quote from: ftmax on April 20, 2015, 02:29:35 PM
Have you searched for whatever email he gave you?
he uses G+ the google site . you use the site instead of email to contact people. It uses Gmail but doesn't show the address
Quote from: KarinMcD on April 20, 2015, 01:04:30 PM
Of course he doesn't care, it's a scam.
http://gazette.com/army-criminal-investigators-warn-of-romance-scammers-pretending-to-be-troops/article/1535661
https://www.facebook.com/MilitaryRomances
I'm not worried about losing money because I have none , but a false picture taken from a real soldier would not be good
Quote from: DrummerGirl on April 20, 2015, 11:14:18 AM
Since you've determined that he's not an active 4 or 5 star general in the US Army, you can try putting various combinations of abbreviations of the other general ranks (BG,MG, and LTG) and his last name into google and see what pops up. If you can find his location or command out through conversation, that would be even better. Just to double check, did he specify that he is an active general in the US Army and not some other country's army? Like Nigeria? ;)
I'll try the different combinations
I was searching through the pictures of active generals and guess who I found under a different name with just a little grayer hair.
thanks for the help in cracking this case
lesson learned
I've met a few generals in my day and they are very calculated in everything they do. They don't volunteer information. The very fact that he mentioned that he's a general makes me think he's not. If he were really a general, I'd expect the introduction to most likely not even include the fact that he's in the military. He'd probably mention that if an in person relationship were to start, but I'd also expect him to not tell you his rank unless you pried.