Is this a scam?

[ccezar78]

Hello I received a friend request on Instagram from a person called @dalton_raymond3 saying that is a military on Iraq in a mission bla, bla, bla.
His telephone number is +1 681-238-1203. I not believe in any word and thought that the account is very suspicious. Had anyone know him or can tell me how to identify a scam profile?

[AlanJones]

The fact that he claims to be US military on deployment yet is hitting up random profiles on Instagram is enough to say with 100% certainty that he is a scammer. If he was real, he would be spending what little free time he has talking to his real friends and family, not random people on the Internet.

[ccezar78]

Actually this is caught my attention because he is all the time on internet, I don't reply but he is insisting. And I thought that someone deployment would have all this time free. Why people do that?
Thanks a lot