The intriguing thing is why they choose soldiers rather than other occupation like a scientist, a model, a businessman or a doctor which could theorically attract a wider range of victims?
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This is just a guess. But I would assume it has to do with attracting victims with low self esteem and self worth. Maybe they are more relatable to the victims and it might seem more realistic then a doctor, who the victim might not believe could really be interested in them, and a veteran is more like to need money then a doctor, which is generally what the scammers are after.
As well, Soldiers are often know to have many if their own issues, and could be seen as a victim who isn’t to blame for their current circumstances, and that might work better to pull on the heart strings of the victims.
My reasoning is these guys who pass as soldiers on social media and dating apps to scam women are not very intelligent. As far as I know soldiers are not so well paid to the point that most women would be willing to marry them because they are rich. Is that right or am I missing things?
I’ve had someone from an oil rig and some business man. But most are from the military. I had one call himself Dr. Corona and he was a military doctor 😂
They need to have a career that explains why they are not available to actually meet in person, and also why they aren’t dating locally, and why they’re lonely. So any position where they could plausibly be deployed overseas is good (being overseas also gives you reasons for needing cash). Also, it will help the scam if they can find someone with a lot of existing sympathy and respect for someone in the military (which is definitely a thing) . And it’s a broad enough type of employment that you wouldn’t need to fake too much job knowledge.
Soldiers can be suddenly deployed far away. This gives scammers an easy excuse when they need to avoid meeting, or even communicating with, their victims.
Just a theory here… scientists, doctors or businessmen could easily be verified online with a name search. Members of the military don’t have “employee-based” websites.
For instance, you couldn’t look up at navy.mil to see if Joe schmoe was a sailor on a ship, but you could check with the AMA to see the credentials of Dr. Joe Schmoe.
Because the scammer has to have a plausible explanation for why they can’t meet up in person and why they might randomly “lose” the ability to communicate with the victim. Being a deployed soldier fits the bill.
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