Constant Pain@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoIs someone falling for this crap?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down115
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageIs someone falling for this crap?lemmy.worldConstant Pain@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·14 hours agoMy uninformed guess is the person posting this is NOT the person in the picture. Most likely, it’s some weirdo’s bizarre roundabout way of harassing whoever’s picture this is.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·11 hours agoThat’s a totally different angle and I hate it. You need to be a special kind of jerk to post someone else’s picture in a spam message.
minus-squareshrugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoIf you think about it: have you ever gotten a picture of the spammer itself in an spam message
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·36 minutes agoYup. This is 100% the case. Either it’s a stolen image simply used for scamming, either it’s a harrasment technique.
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoThis makes sense to me because why else would they keep creating the same exact account on every instance and sending the exact same message?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up27·14 hours agoI never considered this, and I hope it’s not true.
minus-squareDanitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours agoIf you click ln the socials she shares, she is active there and seems to match the profile picture with the content she uploads.
My uninformed guess is the person posting this is NOT the person in the picture.
Most likely, it’s some weirdo’s bizarre roundabout way of harassing whoever’s picture this is.
That’s a totally different angle and I hate it. You need to be a special kind of jerk to post someone else’s picture in a spam message.
If you think about it: have you ever gotten a picture of the spammer itself in an spam message
Yup. This is 100% the case. Either it’s a stolen image simply used for scamming, either it’s a harrasment technique.
This makes sense to me because why else would they keep creating the same exact account on every instance and sending the exact same message?
I never considered this, and I hope it’s not true.
If you click ln the socials she shares, she is active there and seems to match the profile picture with the content she uploads.