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Please tell me what you can about this email address. His name is Jackson Wing and is supposed to be in the Army and stationed in Afghanistan and is in love with me and will be retiring this month and going back to Indiana. Hasn't asked for money but did ask if I could send him a phone and/or a laptop so we could communicate while he is on patrol duty! I think he is a scammer - am I right?

You are absolutely correct. He is a scammer.

The US military provides the means for soldiers to communicate with loved ones back home. No real soldier would ever ask you to send a phone or laptop, or to subscribe to any satellite service. This scenario only exists in the world of African romance scammers.

In reality, ANYONE you meet online claiming to be a soldier in Afghanistan is going to be a scammer. Soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are not hanging out on dating sites. Most of them can't be, and even if they could, any normal soldier is missing his friends and family back home. A real soldier would be spending his limited available communication time talking to those loved ones, not trying to start relationships with strangers off the internet. Even if he claimed to have no family, he should still have friends back home.

I personally have dealt with hundreds of profiles and "soldiers in Afghanistan" on dating and social networking sites, and every single one of them has ultimately turned out to be a scammer.

I had a feeling he is a scammer. I have been doing lots of research on these people since I joined the dating site: Matchmaker.com. They seem to be coming out of the woodwork! He did tell me he has a son in the States who is staying with friends. Then he wrote and said he had fallen and was in the hospital and would I be able to help with his operation? After receiving that, I asked him if he was a scammer and he got upset! I kept telling NO and if he didn't stop asking, that I would stop chatting with him and he apologized and said he wouldn't ask me again! I will definitely stop all communications with him now! I am so glad I found this site! You guys/gals are doing a great job!!! Keep up the good work!!!

The US military has very strict rules regarding single parents. They are required to have a written and approved care plan. They can't just leave their child with friends--they have to legally assign custody to someone. Plus, the military does provide health care for dependents of soldiers, so a real soldier would not need assistance for his son's medical needs.

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