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can anyone tell me if this is a real email ? [email protected] or another scam

It appears that this does not belong in the romance scam section but anyway I would call it fake but having more evidence is a good thing to have. What led you to believe that the email was fake? Did they send you an email if so could you post it. Also speaking of fake if you believe that you are in contact with a scammer the best route to take is silence don't contact them again.

It is indeed fake (and it does belong in the romance scam forum.)

The address alone tells me that you are being targeted by an African romance scammer posing as a (most likely American) soldier. Undoubtedly this "soldier" has declared his love for you and he says he wants to take leave to be with you. He has asked you to write to this (fake) leave department and request his leave. If the "leave department" hasn't demanded money yet, they are going to.

How do I know this? Because this is a textbook African scam format. This "asking for leave" policy only exists in the imaginations of the African scammers who invented it. Sometimes they try to tell you that it is a new policy, but anyone who understands how the military works knows that this will NEVER be policy.

In the real US (and UK) military, a soldier MUST request his own leave. Nobody from outside the military system can request leave for a scammer, not even his wife or parents. Leave is earned, just like vacation from a regular job. If a soldier has earned leave, and he wants to take it, he requests it. His superiors will either grant that leave or, if the timing is not acceptable, they will tell him he has to take it at a different time. There are NO fees associated with leave, and the military will take care of getting the soldier home if he is stationed overseas.

Please do post the name and email address this scammer is using, as well as some of the early emails he sent you (remove your information first) and the emails related to the fake "leave office." These emails are scripts that the scammer will use again and again, and posting them will help other victims to avoid being scammed.

It is best to cut off all contact with this scammer. Just stop answering his emails, and if you are in phone contact, don't take his calls. If you have been chatting with him, block him from your messenger.

It is also important to realize that he is not the man/woman in the photos he is using--he just stole those photos from the internet and saved them to his computer.

hi this is being used by someone saying they are an australian soldier yes it is about romance wants to come home from peace keeping can you tell me how to find out as have photos of family and where he comes from.

Same scam, new country. Even more bizarre is their choice of fake mail addresses. leavedepartment_us[email protected]
Scammer can't make up his mind what country he is pretending to be from. Even if there was a "leave office" that you applied to (and you don't for the Australian army either) you most certainly would NOT be applying to the US army for leave for an Australian soldier.

You are talking to an African scammer, not an Australian soldier.

consultant.com email addressees are free addresses, just like yahoo or gmail addresses. Anyone can open one. They are not used by any legitimate government agency, period.

have photos of family and where he comes from.

You have photos of an innocent person, completely unconnected to the scammer, whose only mistake was to publicly post his/her photos on Myspace, facebook, or some other site, not realizing that a scammer could come along and copy them for his own use.

Yes you are indeed in contact with a grubby scammer. Australian service personnel will never seek money so they can come home. The military looks after it's people which is something scammers don't understand. Some of our taxpayers dollars fund the military department because it's part of the government. As the other members have said the email address is just a silly bogus one the scam artist has given. The consultant .com address is like a free address anybody can use. (It's much like yahoo etcetera)