My son is in the army and has just met a girl who wants to get married. She has told him if they get marred she will inherit a million dollar's . I have told him this a scam. Any stories or advice or reasons this girl would want to marry a soldier would be helpful . He is stationed at Savanna Ga. Thank-you

Is she already a US citizen? Maybe she just wants health insurance or any other benefits he's getting through the military that a wife would be entitled to. Maybe she really is inheriting money but the terms of the will said she had to be married first. Although I doubt that. And I doubt that she'd be inheriting a million for sure. Or maybe she's pregnant and looking for someone to play daddy.

It seems weird if they just met and she's pushing for marriage. Is he seriously considering marrying her at this point?

Easy to latter garnish his pay for child support, for spouse support and more.

If not a citizen perhaps for citizenship

And others really just have a thing for men in uniform ( groupies)

If it were my son, I'd be telling him to ask for proof. There must be something in writing if there is that much money involved with her being married attached to it.

I would also tell him to tell her that he has promised himself that he will not get married until he has reached a certain age, say 27.

If he sticks to his guns and does a few simple things he will soon enough find out the truth.

It's very likely a scam.

My ex partner's son (who is in his 30's!) got caught up in something similar (over the internet) just recently. He was foolish enough to send her almost $1,000 for a plane ticket to Australia. Of course she didn't arrive.

She subsequently emailed to say that she'd inherited a large sum of money from a relative, and that's why she hadn't yet arrived, and then asked for his bank a/c details so that when she got the inheritance she could deposit it in his bank account.

Needless to say, at this point my ex got involved and convinced him to cut all communication.

Beware! They can be very convincing.

Scam, or lie, makes no difference, a strong warning is what's needed, or tie him up if he is that gullible.