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.