Could a pig butchering scam be more obvious

[grimjim]

New Facebook account, flagged as such by Meta. Images of a pretty Slavic woman, probably stolen as one has a shirt hanging in the background that suggests a male partner. Not generative AI at least, probably because they've figured out that body horror doesn't pull. No visible friends. Follows 2 random guys. Low effort on the social connectivity front. Left a comment with a claim that I was on their suggestion list and wondered if we had encountered each other. I'll give them this, though. At least they got their profile pronouns aligned with the presentation in the pictures.

Just the other week it was a similar friend request from an alleged East Asian woman.

I wonder if these accounts are partially AI-powered these days.

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[sabotabby]

I'm getting inundated, though weirdly, only on my real-name account.

[grimjim]

Having active public posts might be key. The worst case scenario is that they're using AI to summarize public posts to figure out how to approach the target.

[sabotabby]

They're doing a bad job, in that case!