The real one was subject of media articles in 2014, when she made history as being the first female Bradley commander leading her crew to "Top Gun" status during gunnery: https://www.army.mil/article/129597/1st ... nery_title.
The scammers abusing her stolen identity and pictures are located in Togo.
Type of messages sent to the victims:
Hi Dear,
My name is major, chrissy cook, From Orange, Connecticut, United States, I am US Army Special force at Ein al-Asad Us military base ,libya I pick interest on you. I will like to establish mutual friendship with you. I will introduce myself better and send you my pictures as soon as i receive your mail.(chrissycook20 @ g m a i l. c o m)
Regards,
major, chrissy cook,
or:
Hi,
I wish to seek for your assistance in a deal
that will be of mutual benefit for
the both of us from Camp Stanley,
Stationed in Uijeongbu, South Korea.
Please get back to me for more info.
Thank you for your time.
Sgt.Chrissy Cook
The email address chrissycook20@gmail.com is not the only one the fraudsters are using. There are also maj.chrissycook@gmail.com, chrissycook001@gmail.com and chrissycook2003@gmail.com.
Main stolen picture used in fraud:
After establishing the trust, the scammer pretend to send a parcel with a huge amount of money found during one of "her" missions against terrorists.
The parcel will be delivered with a courier company pretending to be Royalstar Global Services.
On the way to the destination, the parcel will be allegedly blocked and the victim will be asked to pay fees for receiving the parcel.