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

Yep, that’s a scam. I’ve received almost identical messages from a couple different guys on other sites. You actually responded with a lot more explanation than was warranted, imo.

Methinks definitely a scam and also that you dedicated too much time and effort with a reply that should have been short and to the point, like: F*CK OFF @SSHOLE!!!

Antenna alert is my immediate feeling. This screams scam to me, so I think you did the right thing....albeit in much more detail than I would have deemed necessary.

the man has no friend. he would be writing on his own behalf; the idea is to lure you offsite so he can scam you without being censured by the site. you did the right thing, gave the right answer.

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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 ...

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

I don't have much to add except as a vet, these stolen Valor people will stoop to any level to scam and try to separate you from your money. you did good.

I would be wary, but I have written one lady on a dating site on behalf of a friend. He could not contact her directly because he was two years over the age limit she set.

All i did was send her a brief note explaining the situation and asking her to please check his profile (link provided, of course).

She ended up contacting him and they became friends.

On the other hand, if he doesn't have a profile, I'd probably recommend exactly what you did.

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.

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.

Yes, almost certainly a scam. You are too polite, I would not have wasted any time on him. Just block and go.

If it's real, his friend's reasoning is pretty sad. I've never had someone ask for me, even as a "military man." I would just recommend you don't judge us all by the profession. Most active military and veterans are anti-war.

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!

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

This morning I reported and blocked him.

To quote the scammer, my job is done.

probably scam.

It's a scam. In the last 3 years I have seen this multiple times. There are people from third world countries who get paid to gather data. This is probably what is happening.
Another note. One of their favorite covers is to pretend to be military. Americans are presumed to be very supportive of those in the service.

Maybe the military man is a bit shy, or brain damaged from all the saluting. I can remember as a shy teenager being told "my friend fancies you" several times

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

To quote the scammer, my job is done.

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!"

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?

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.

Another form of catfishing.

That is pinging all the scam verbage. lol.