My friend is talking to a 'soldier' online and he calls her . He says he is in Iraq, his # on call id is US?

Question

He says he is in Iraq but his cell phone is connected through a land line. this is why he says his number shows up as a landline in the United States. Im not sure how much of his story I believe, I am only poking around because his little game is about to break up a family and I think she deserves to know the truth. Then she can make an informed decision about where to go from here.

Answer 1

Yes if he's calling the states his number would come up as a number from the United States. They have a certain amount of lines that they use to make calls back to the United States. I know this because I was in the military and was overseas and would call back home I also have many friends overseas who call me all the time. So that part of his "little game" as you called it is true. If you really want to be sure call any branch of the military and ask them about calls coming from overseas back to the US, how and why do they come up with a US phone number. Something tells me no matter what the general public says you're still not going to be happy so go to the source (the military) and get your answer.

However what exactly is your question? I see you put a question mark after talking about his call being ID'd from the US but that's not exactly a question.

Answer 2

How old is your friend? If she is younger then 20 years old, she should not be dating a guy online. She definitely shouldn't meet up with this guy unless it's in a public place. I've met some pretty creepy people online over the past few years, that's why I quit chatting. The internet is getting more dangerous because online predators have easy access to the internet now days. I'm pretty sure that his story is untrue about the number being in the USA because of the whole land line thing because my cousin is stationed in Iraq like 3 of them and it's hard for them to call us everyday they can only call us a couple of times to tell us what supplies they need. I've done this before, but I can't really remember how there are ways to track people's ISP to find out their true location. If they have aim its the best for this, because you connect with them to transfer pictures, but when you click on run and type in command and type in net stat I think you can find their isp and then go to a site that helps you track people through ISP. You'll have to look up these ways online. Sorry I can't be much more of a help. Oh about the whole family breaking up thing, trust me it's not worth it to have family drama over an online boyfriend because I've been there done it and that guy was a total creep. I'm glad my parents didn't go for it because guys who date gurls online, it's because they're desperate most of the time.

Answer 3

He may actually be in Iraq. When my brother and dad were over there last year whenever they called the number on the caller ID always said state office and then the local base number. They are connected through the state office, or something like that. I'm not sure exactly how it worked, but it did show up as a local number.

Answer 4

It isn't up to you to "poke around" in the mess your friend is creating for herself. She is being very foolish, and she is jeopardizing her family for an "unknown".

"His little game?" It doesn't sound to me like your friend is "innocent", she's the one who is "cheating". Marriage is built on love and respect, she is showing neither to her husband. If she has children she obviously has little regard for their well being or she wouldn't be doing what she's doing.

The best thing you can do for your friend is show her that what she is doing is wrong. If her marriage is in trouble then she needs to spend her energy trying to fix it, not messing around with some "soldier" on line.

If her marriage is beyond help, then she should do whatever she needs to do to resolve things BEFORE she jumps into another relationship. Your friend is immature, selfish and dishonest.