rosewilly2222@gmail.com (Basic Travel Allowance Scam)

[Luminous]

Starts out like this, and I have seen this exact same text in romance scam emails from males to females. (I am male).

Am Sgt.Rose,1st Battalion,
121st Infantry of Georgia's 48th Brigade Combat Team, presently and
currently stationed here at FOB Salerno Camp in Khowst Afghanistan as
part of the troops still remaining to complete the later part of the
war plan. My military education includes the United States Military
Academy (U.S.M.A) at West Point, New York (Class of 1989) Infantry
Officer Basic and Advanced courses, Armed Forces Staff College, and a
U.S. Army War College

(Rank of Sergeant when "she" graduated from West Point?

After a series of short, meaningless emails, "she" falls madly, deeply in love with me and sends this request with the old Basic Travel Allowance scam:

I got another mail from Royal dutch airline saying I have to come with BTA (basic Travelling allowance) before I can board. I forwarded you the mail already.

Here is that email:

Dear MISS Rose Williams,

Welcome on board. This comes to you as a confirmation towards your flight booking to Thailand.

We are bringing to your notice as an American citizen leaving for vacation to Thailand, you are mandated to display a substantial BTA ( basic Travelling allowance ) .
Considering the Cost of living in the Thailand which is 78.56% higher than in the United States.

The American customs, under the united states travelling policy would request you display a minimum amount of USD 950, this certifies that you would be leaving the United States with enough funds towards your upkeep, for the duration of 6 days or more you would be staying overseas.
The customs would demand you display to them this minimum amount, before you would be allowed to leave the United States.

Its a strict policy.

Note that the fake itinerary "she" sent me was on Cathay Pacific, not KLM. lol

And "she" says:

I don't know that something like that will occur and I don't have enough money right now so you will have to assist me on this part. The money will not be spent it's just for me to board so you can have it back once I arrived.

Wow, does anyone actually get scammed on something so poorly done as this?

[Big Al]

If the scammer couldn't make money using it. They wouldn't use it. The answer is yes.

[SlapHappy]

Luminous,

Do you want to get educated on scams? Start here:

How the scams work & Instructional videos viewtopic.php?f=11&t=24589

Forum rules and frequently asked questions. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19

[Luminous]

Luminous,

Do you want to get educated on scams? Start here:

How the scams work & Instructional videos viewtopic.php?f=11&t=24589

Forum rules and frequently asked questions. viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19

Thank you, SlapHappy, but no, I do not need to be educated on scams. If you read through my post, I think you can see that it is obviously a scam. I posted this here as exposed and to include the email address should one of their other intended victims decide to search for it.

[firefly]

Thank you for your report, Luminous.