I met this guy on Finya.de (screenshots follow) and I definitely ignored the signs I at first saw. Girls, listen to your inner alert! If it sounds too good to be true, it IS too good to be true! Anyway, he uses the following data:
Name: Win Haggard
Rank: Sergeant 1st class
e-mail:
win_haggard1@aol.com
IP: 41.210.26.179
Skype: win.chris2
Yahoo:
winchris@yahoo.com
This was his background-story:
"Thank you so much for your messenge well my really name is Win and i am from German but i do live in Munster and my mom from German and my daddy from USA but i was born in German and I'm Soldier and work in the USA Army as a first class sargent of logistics and my work is all about movement and supply of things in the Army base here. at the moment i am stationed in Kabul Afghanistan for the past 12 month now, this is my second time here , anyway i guess i should be happy that soon i will be at home as i miss my country so much and cant wait for my homecoming and my retirement in the next 12 weeks i always Thank God for my life here and your prayers as well that is why I am looking for a partner and a lover and best friend who I can share the most intimate dreams with. A well rounded individual and a spiritual person and i really like how you talk with me so i hope that you have Skype name and email address so that we can been meet there to have a chat to know more about each other better okay"
Of course I asked myself why his english was a lot worse than mine... but (I think it's nothing new to anybody here) I decided to ignore that or probably I found some explanations... *sigh*
He's been using a couple of the pictures that are already posted here and here are the Screenshots of the profile he uses (still active!):
In his first few e-mails, he gave me the complete story (again):
"Hello Dear Its me Win
It was nice to talk to you on Finya and I guess it, and how are you today, hope by the grace of God, all is well with you sand me my sons, once again. the name of me Win and the name of my son Kelvin I'm single and share looking for a woman for the rest of my life with in good times and bad times, so please call if you do not mind. tell me about yourself and what you are looking for the dating site. this is a few photos of me for you to see who really your conversations with and I hope to please and if not mind. send it unto me a few photos of you in return for me to see who really I talk and tell me more about sooner rather to yourself and I will say to me. and I will. as now celebrating over. and with us as you later ren. thanks, hugs kisses.
I hope to hear from you soon
Win"
I asked him if he had copied parts of different mails together or why else the text was so mixed up. He ignored that and went on:
"Thank you so much for your email well.I really understand you I am 52yrs old single and my full name is Win Haggard but i lost my beloved she had an Accident but one son between us who called Kelvin and him is 15yrs old . I am from German in Munster but currently Stationed in Kabul the capital city of Afghanistan on a peace keeping mission .I am about 5'7ft tall and non smoking and do not do drugs and am a social drinker, i am a christian i have no sisters and brothers i was born alone i have lost my parent long time ago after the death of my parent i was adopted by a kind and caring honest woman who took very good care of me and was in the military boarding school and when i finish my schooling was called in the Army at the age of 25 at the age of 28 i went for my first mission in Iraq and when i was back home i met a special woman and was in love with her and had my son with her but unfortunate we got divorced and later she had a lorry accident which make her to loose her life. My son is in Sweden anytime i travel for working i leave him in the boarding school and make sure i pay every bill needed for him, life has been very hard for me but i have tried my best to fight it till now that i am on my own and have no families apart from my wonderful son who i only have . I am also a straight person my Heroes are Kenny Rogers,Don Williams,Dolly Parton because i enjoy the country music and most of all my son and i need a serious woman to make her also my hero i like sport so much football,racing,long walk,tennis,hand ball,hockey,basketball,ice hockey,skating and love listening to music like Jazz,Hip hop,old music,country music and Romantic songs like reading biography and Auto Biography and frictions and histories the kind of movie show i like to watch most is comedy and action film or nice American films. I am a loving caring man that loves to do things that please my partner. I love traveling, riding my motorcycles, gardening, swimming beach walking spending time with my son, photography, helping people, sharing a sunrise with someone special and ending the day with that same person watching the sunset.I am a very warm, extremely affectionate and very caring person, who is not afraid to either show or express, in many ways, those feelings. I am very energetic and love to be out of the house doing things, whether planned or spontaneous. With the right woman and a good bottle of wine, staying at home is just fine. I enjoy the casual beach life and all the activities it affords. Traveling is one of my passions and I take the time to do so sometime, My personality traits are: Romantic, loving, affectionate, purposeful, caring, considerate though I must admit, I do not like to go it alone. I like to share the experience with someone special. I do love to cook, yes, a guy that cooks, for that special person or small dinner parties. I am physically fit and look very young for my age. I am in good shape and plan on staying that way (it's a lifestyle thing). I have been successful in my past and i am comfortable. I have the "things" to make life comfortable but not the special woman i need to make it complete. I love children and still want to have a nice family with a special woman. I search for that special girl to make my "house" a "home", one filled with love and laughter. Ask me anything and i will tell you with complete honesty. A beautiful Lady (both physically and emotionally!) who is strong, self-assured, independent, intelligent, witty, who likes to talk, cuddle, hold my hand, and be pampered and treated like a queen! A Lady who wants to be with me and be my partner, my friend, my lover and my confidant! A Lady who is not afraid to say what she feels but also willing to agree to disagree - never go to bed angry. I don't judge myself people judge me but i think i am a good looking man seeking a woman of my own choice and moving on with her till eternity if she is ready for me no head games don't like head games she who seeks me find good love in me. I am not a player, and all things considered, I want a one on one relationship and truly seek a life partner. I will admit, I am still hopeful that I can find that woman. Could she be you?
I want a woman who knows who she is because of her life experiences, be they good or bad and will not let those experiences interfere with a new relationship but make it better, from what was learned. One who can understand that all men are not the same and have a willingness to extend oneself beyond what they understand. Warmth and outward affection is a must and it should come easily and not be contrived. Passionate about life and their man would be a plus. You would be comfortable in dressing up or down and are adept a both. Being in good. You should be secure with who you are and have the ability to share a relationship and not be dominated by it. You should desire a relationship that will lead to MARRIAGE.
Well i will like to end here, hope you like reading my letter and cant wait to hear from you telling me about you also, am going to rest after then have some papers work to do again but i will soon come and check my email again because of you. By the way Ursula take good care of yourself. hope to read from you when am back.
I hope to hear from you soon
Win"
Then he started working on making me believe that I was the love of his life... blablabla... you all know that part. He was so extraordinary patient and finally I simply decided to let him persuade me. It felt so damn good! This guy was really good!
He even offered a webcamchat. Okay, the quality was very poor and there were these doubts: Hey, he seems to have gained a good amount of weight. Why is he black haired? A mustache? Good Lord! But he already had me in his pocket by that time, I have to assume.
I was able to take this schreenshot (dunno if it helps at all... but if we don't try, we cannot win, right?):
After he got me, he started to prepare me for the secret he wanted to tell me... made a big deal to get my word and I thought "oh my.... what comes next?" Then he sent this e-mail:
"How are you doing and your day? There is a secret i need to tell you and i would like you to keep it confidential, i wanted to tell you about it when i meet you in person but the circumstances has turned it around for me to tell you now.Over this period i have grown to love you and i believe i can trust you and i want you to keep this secret between us only.
i wanted to discuss with you. There is this prominent Gold merchant in Afghanistan second city of Kabul who is supporting this uprising against the government whom i rescued on one occasion that was the day i lost 2 of my soldiers, he was almost being assassinated by the government assassins. So after the rescue, he invited me to his palatial home where he led me to a store house full of boxes containing GOLD BARS and cash. Then he insisted that i take from the gold bars which i refused and he got angry and said because i saved his life and that of his family he really wants me to accept his gifts. Then he proceed and told his workers to carry 2 boxes to my car and gave me the combination to the boxes. So i thanked him and when i got to my office, i opened the boxes and discovered they contain 50Kilos of GOLD and cash of US DOLLARS amounting to $5,000 000(Five Million US DOLLARS) So that is what i wanted to tell you. This morning i was told one of my comrade invited Tony E Morgan the UN Diplomat to take his trunk box and deliver to Uk. I spoke with the Diplomat and ask him if he could collect my 2boxes and deliver it to you before my arrival because i was told i need to have a diplomatic license to enable me transfer boxes, which i don't have it. I want the boxes to leave Afghanistan so that people coming to my office will not start insinuating that i took bribe. Its because of the love i have for you and the fact that i want to settle down with you that is why i am confiding in telling you. I have never stolen before and i will not start now. I was only forced to receive this gifts. So i want you to trust me on this. So now i will start making arrangements for the box to leave Afghanistan so that it can be delivered to you.So now i want you to get back to me so that i can finalize with the UN delivery agent to get the boxes delivered to you for safe keeping before i come over,i will use the money to start a good investment so we will live together forever. I love you so much and i have already decided to spend the rest of my life with you.
Yours Win."
And then I made this stupid mistake:
Me: "Win. what the fu**???
You don't really want me to believe a single word!
Sounds like these stories we all heard from the nigeria-connection.
Would you please be so kind to say something???"
Win chris: "What makes you think am telling you stories
If you can't is better you tell me you can't. But you will not be there and be thinking am telling you something which is not true
If this stories will i be telling you now as am talking to you?"
Me: "Come on... these amounts are ridiculous! If you were in my shoes, could you easily handle that???"
Win chris: "With the true and the love i have for that is why am telling you"
And that was the story... more or less. He's still on Finya.de but doesn't read or answer my messages. I'm almost sure that it's only a question of time for him to delete this profile.
The real Major Haggard has my fullest compassion! For me, shame was over after only one week - he has to suffer this for years now!