think my friend may be involved with a scammer

helo my friend has been talking to this soldier us army in kabul on yahoo for last month now i di tell he rto be careful and ask him questions etc he says is at camp phoenix is a sgt she asked him to give he rhis army email and army number as i told her to he said he would later tonight when he speaks to her i saw her speaking to him he has good english and knows all the american words etc also i got he rto ask him a question maybe a scammer may not know it was what happens in camp phoenix on a friday every week and straight away he said the bazzar which is correct he didnt hestitate he jsut said it i so want him to be real for her and he seens a nic eguy but and this is the but he uses his friend laptop which is fine cos i read a lot of soldier sborrow each otheres laptops if they take them with them he says he is waiting for his new laptop to arrive which his friend ordered for him drom states what i want to know is can soldiers order laptoips and can thay be sent from states to afganistan coz of security etc he told he rhe has paid half of it and she said to him isnt there computer son camp cos camp phoenix is a big base and has alot of amenities so it must hav ecomputers for soldiers to use he said they is only a few and peopl ecue up to use them who knows so this is what frightens me about him is he asked her to pay the £200 to pay for it so he got email address of guy in states who deals with it from his soldier friend who sednt the first 2 payments to them by money gram so sh emailed thi sguy and she showe dme the email i checked ip said lagos nigeria i went nuts get rid him etc scammer but she told him and she wrote back to the guy and got email back saying he was sent to nigeria on work all seems strange to me and he said he sends laptops to soldier sin iraq and afganistan all the time i told he rdo not send any money till i get advise what want to know is can soldiers get laptops from states etc the soldiers email she got ip wasnt nigeria it traced back to new york states i dont know what to say to her now any advise please

Whether a computer can be shipped is irrelevant, as there is absolutely NO DOUBT. This is a scammer.

No legitimate soldier will ask for money, period.
Soldiers can access their money. They have bank accounts, and almost all of them will have credit cards too. They do not have to have money sent to them by moneygram or Western Union. Soldiers get free room and board, and they are paid for their service. There is absolutely NO reason a soldier would be asking for money from a person he has never met, period.

thank you for reply dotti ye si did think this to i will tell her he is a scammer and to delete all contact with him seems some may now be using laptops as a new method get money who knows well he isnt getting any from her i knew it my instincts were right ill get her to read this to what you said
thank you

If she would like, she can post some of the emails he sent her here (just without her info) and we can show her some of the other signs that make it clear he is a scammer.

It's less common, but he actually isn't the first scammer to use the laptop approach. There are actually quite a few other scammers who have used "I need a laptop/cellphone/satellite connection" or "I can't afford to pay for my internet, so unless you help me I can't talk to you any more" as a means to get cash and/or expensive electronics.