I've been writing about the military dating scams for far too long. Far too long. I've recently decided to stop just talking about it and actually get involved. I have a little extra time on my hands since I'm alone in this here garage for a few months.

So, I've started to converse with these morons. Interestingly, they're starting to disappear. It's amazing what happens when you challenge them. The key is to stick to one of just three questions to assure yourself that the person you're talking to is a fraud:

1. What is your AKO?
2. What unit are you in?
3. Send me a picture of you holding a sign with a heart around my name (for the ladies).

That first question is the kicker. I asked one guy to tell me his AKO and he sent me his first name. I asked him what that was and he said his user name. Ladies and gentlemen, that's not an AKO user name. The unit one is fun if you know anything about the military, but if you're not in the military do some research if he answers that. It's not hard to figure out if the unit he claims to be in is actually deployed (as most of the these scammers claim to be).

One such guy I've been messing with lately scams women by the name of "Jakson Adams," a Soldier who doesn't exist by the way. I traced his IP back to Africa and asked him about that.

Hello CJ,
I still defend my self and you don,t know anything about me. stop saying what you don,t know and don,t think you can put me to fear. I am who i am as i stated, and stop talking rubbish. You said i should,t contact the ladies again and i think you must come and get me rather than wasting your time over where you are. I reply this mail to you because i wanted you to come traced me.

Grammar is a major indicator of a scam. Very few Soldiers type as bad as EVERY SINGLE one of these scammers does. So, I asked two simple questions: What is your AKO and what do you do in the Army? His response? "I don,t have time for you." That was cut and paste by the way, comma and all. I explained to him that if he didn't answer these simple questions that the good "Jakson Adams" would be exposed as a fake. He didn't seem to care much.

Tell everyone that am fake. I don,t have time to prove my self to you. If i do what will i gain by wasting my time to prove who i am. I have a lot to do and please tell everyone that am fake because that is your job. try and contact [name deleted to protect victims] to send you my picture so you can past it at all the dating site including my name. i think that will make sense, don,t write to me anymore because i will not reply. i have giving you the go ahead and do what ever.

Well, "Jakson Adams" did provide some pictures that he most likely got from elsewhere on the internet. I'll publish those at the end of this post, but first my continued pressing into who this dude is.

You will just change your name to another fake Soldiers name. You just wasted more time not telling me what unit you are in. The picture you sent Trish is not you, it is a REAL Soldier. Someone worthy to wear the uniform. Someone who isn't a criminal panty waste who doesn't get scared from his own shadow like you are. Why is your email coming from Africa if you're an American? Can you explain that to me? That seems weird!! Oh wait, you AREN'T an American.

When you change names, I will find you again and post that name. You will change again and I will post it. I will continue to hound you because I now have your IP address and find you wherever you go! Maybe you should just start finding real ways to make money by actually working for a change. You can start by cleaning up elephant poop.

Hehe, I said elephant poop. He didn't like it, either.

You are a fool to tell me to start cleaning up elephant poop. I can see you don,t have anything better to do. Just write back to me and let me know the kind of job you will like to do. I said this because you are always on you computer doing nothing and i suggest you need a job. waiting

Well, you know me. I'm not one to leave a good scammer waiting. He has a lot of women to get to and no time to be waiting around on me.

Me: I'm in the army, unlike you.
"Jakson Adams": So you think i don,t know who is written to me? I do and just pretend i don,t know.
Me: Yeah, you're a great pretender. Like when you pretend to be a soldier.

For some reason, I haven't heard from him since. The same goes for "Christain Browning" that I was talking with for a LONG time on Yahoo Messenger who also "didn,t have time for me" when I continued to press for his AKO. He has oddly disappeared from Yahoo as well. Here are the photos of "Jakson Adams" being circulated among various women.

Now, "Jakson," if you're a real Soldier, I challenge you to leave a comment to this post and prove me wrong. I'd hold my breath, but I'm not ready to beat the crap out of Murtha's hellbound soul just yet.

Now as for the photos, a dead giveaway that they've been stolen from another person's blog or Facebook page is the size of the images. Typically, they won't be bigger than about 130kb, the size that most Facebook photos are edited to. If you the REAL Soldiers in these photos, please have them contact me.