Its happened to me on Agnostic. A nephew, a sister. It's a scam. They use small i's -Nigerian scammer.

Got this on Zoosk this morning. A really good looking woman, supposedly, wrote this, but she was far away. Either a fake account or her profile was hijacked:

"Hello,
How are you doing and how was your Night? my friend who is not into internet dating site saw your profile through mine and have been giving me sleepless night about getting in touch with you... Please here is her email (kim4433b@gmail.com). Email her so you two can get to know more about each other…You can view some of her pictures via this link… [myrecentpictureszoosk.weebly.com]

Thanks
DK is online right now! Chat with her."

100% scam. Note the broken, awkward English. The profile supposed be from someone from a woman from Minnesota

If you felt like having fun, you could set up a new, free e-mail account on hotmail for example. Then send him the e-mail address and see what happens. I bet it wouldn't be long before the scam developed into asking for your bank details or spinning a bad-luck tale, etc. That's when you play along until you get tired of it all and send a "Dear John" message, then close the account!

I wouldnt have answered.

Cyrano DiBergerac?

His profile was deleted after I reported him. Ha ha!

To quote the scammer, my job is done.

WTF? Are there really people out there that fall for this shit?

Can you say Cyrano de Bergerac? i concur with your assessment.

Scam. Phishing. Ignore!

Not worth the electrons, to respond. You're just writing to a call center.

Yes, a scam.

"Hi, I'm Jeff's wingman. Care to hear what a wonderful man he is? Trust me, you'll just luuuuuv him!"

YES

Definitely a scam. If I had his profile I would block him as I suggest you do to stop this kind of behavior.

How pathetic!

Total scam.
WAY too easy to check out his claims.
Active military are not prohibited from using dating sites.

They count on women being so desperate and so needy, that they'll jump at
any guy who expresses interest.
That is so obviously NOT you.
You were also much nicer in your reply than I would have been, if I even
replied at all.

If it happened on this site, you might want to let everyone know who it was
who contacted you with this bullshit.
At least forward the person's name to Admin for investigation.
Everyone should know who this is, if they're on this site.

I have had several of those plus ones from women that are similar. It's a scam to get you to contact someone off the site. What happened to your doctor friend?

I would just say Thank you but no Thanks and add the website address maybe they will get the pic no need to say anymore than that in my opinion. If you do your realizing to much info about your self.

And another chapter is added to "Tales of the Litterate Hiker"....

Maybe the man doing the writing is secretly and madly in love with you, but afraid to declare himself because he has a really big nose. This makes him horribly self-conscious, despite being an accomplished playwrite and perhaps the best swordsman in all France ...

Ugh, yeah it is a scam as are many of the fake military accounts that are set up. I received 2 scams from POF website in less than a month and reported them both. I quickly left that website. The most scams are on the free sites as these people can set up numerous accounts with fake photos at no cost to them.

You put far too much effort into that reply. Next time, a simple "piss off" will do or just delete it. Better still, copy/paste Pralina's response and send that.

This morning I reported and blocked him.

To quote the scammer, my job is done.

I am surprised you spent that much effort to respond. Definitely a scammer.

Another form of catfishing.

this is not worthy of an honest reply .
This is a Dragon category reply :

" I am flattered and excited to get in touch w your friend! Unfortunately I will not be able to communicate w him via email . The captain of our spaceship is very strict about communication rules w the Earth occupants . For now , only telepathy is permitted . I hope he is ok w that ?
I am excited ! Thank u !
One more question : what size head u think your friend has ? Big , small , large ?? I am particularly interested on scalp structure and durability .
Send me his name , and no worries. I WILL FIND U ALL.
Hugs ,
It#43