Phony ripping off soldiers near Fort Sill
Someone dropped off a link on our Facebook page about a fellow pretending to be a soldier in the area of Fort Sill, Oklahoma to scam troops. His story changes. Sometimes he’s a transient soldier who needs money for gas or a taxi to the Fort Sill Welcome Center or he needs money to get his truck out of the impound lot;
On two occasions he has mentioned winning a jackpot at the casino, but needs the victim to pay the taxes. He will usually keep this going for three to four days before the service member catches on that he will not be paying the money back.
Even his rank changes depending on who he is talking to at the time, so that he out-ranks his target.
Police say his victims are always service members, none have been civilians.
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The man always promises to pay back the money, mentioning that his wife is not yet in the area and that she will send the victim money via Western Union.
Of course, it’s an old story. I’m sure we can all tell tales of being ripped off by civilians while we were trying to be helpful;
The description provided by police is a black male, approximately 37 years of age, 5’8” and 150 pounds. He has very short cut hair with a receded hairline, brown hair and brown eyes. His first name is Willie
Please be advised and watch out for this individual as the man’s cover story is not true; he is not in the military and has not been in quite some time.
Category: Crime
I see a blanket party on the horizon.
Fricken thieves should all have a blanket party with baseball bats.
First again??
Are all you guys hungover from a tough Friday night?
Seems like Frankie Cee, Jonn and I are the only guys awake this morning, lol. 😉
Nah,I’ve been up since 5AM, but I was watering the sunflowers.
lol
Like I said in another thread, I’m four hours behind you guys so it’s not my fault.
I was up at 2 EDT, which sucks!
I wasn’t even in bed yet.
LIRight, Roger That Sir! Forget bar soap in a sock and cut right to the baseball bats.
Sir?
All I see around here is an old left-handed Irishman that drinks beer with his right hand. 🙂 how screwed up is that??
Enjoy your weekend, Sparks!
Sounds like a male form of Gutermuth.
Transient? Best way to deal with that; Ask him what Unit he’s going to. Offer to call their Staff Duty desk, and let them know they have an inbound Soldier that requires their assistance. He’ll either be very happy for the help, or he’ll get the hell out of dodge.
As far as casino winnings? Unless you escort him to the casino to finalize everything, why would you think you’d see your money again? Human kindness? You’re more likely to find a unicorn.
After 30 years in the military, I’ve only had one person who outranked me ask for money, and he was, in fact, the giant POS that you would have expected him to be. For a multitude of reasons, seniors don’t ask juniors for anything tangible.
Closest I ever came to a senior asking me for anything was on CQ duty one night when the CQ asked if I had a dollar to trade since the vending machine wasn’t taking his. I was pretty lucky, I guess. In my 3 year term, the leaders I had seemed to have integrity for the most part.
Blanket party my azz. Sounds like Willie needs to be taken out to one of the ranges, shot thru the brain pan, and dumped in a shell hole. covered with dirt, and have a tank run back and forth over the spot for a couple of hours. Willie be runn’n his hustle on the wrong folks.
You’re right. Forgive my “liberal” suggestion for a blanket party. Yours is a better plan, Roger.
That may be the first time in my life that I’ve written “liberal” as a description for myself. Kind of contradictory and frankly, repugnant.
Willie, huh? Was he EVER in the service at all? That’s the real question which no one seems to be asking.
Find this butt nugget and put his feet to the fire, peeps! He’s just a ripoff artist looking for gullible victims.
I got bilked out of half my paycheck by an actual soldier. The SOB was going on leave and needed some money. He seemed okay and I had known him for months. He went on leave all right. The SOB ETS’ed! He was from Joisey.
WOW ? He musta told a big one. I know, it’s happened to me?
Jersey. Enough said, lol.
Crazy I went to basic at Sill back when it was a boys school. It takes some balls to pull off something like this. It’s only a matter of time before Karma checks their ass.
Sooner or later (hopefully sooner) his luck will run out when he tries to con the wrong troop and he’ll get the payback he deserves!
Someone find out if a SGM Norvell is still at Sill and let him know of Willie. Trust me, Willie will want to get away from that angry senior NCO faster without the benefit of a rocket strapped to his ass.
Willie = applicant to All Points Logistics Marketing Department.