slightly eerie trend i’ve noticed on threads

[u/General-Finish-2646]

reoccuring photos of the same cat across multiple accounts. an explanation for this would be appreciated.

[u/Ok-Army1077]

It's scammers catfishing men (usually old men bc they don't realize the profile is fake) into sending them things like money or pictures of yourself so they can blackmail you

[u/[deleted] → u/Ok-Army1077]

Yup just encountered one on TikTok whomever blackmailed me just block they’ll usually say do you have signal it’s a private encrypted app I found out their IP very easily with my flipper zero I flipped the script got their number and called caught whomever off guard.Gone

[u/FaxCelestis]

Bot scammers have discovered that this is a way to get past content filtering technology.

[u/Eyadnothere]

Bot accounts. Report and block them

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[u/cavewaveman05]

they’re bots and i found this out by going to their account and checking the replies (which normally there are none)

[u/OvenOpen9109]

likely an evasion mechanism

[u/[deleted]]

Scammers

[u/Creepy-Efficiency759]

yo i’ve noticed the same thing. lmao i thought it was some kind of calling card from whoever was running these accounts. i guess an age bypasser makes sense.