My wife and I both received message requests on Signal from the same “person”. I assume this is some sort of scam but since it was the exact same name and profile image for me and my wife I wanted to see if anyone else has seen this so I can figure out how targeted this attack was. Thank you.

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      9 months ago

      I had a co-worker who was in a pig butchering scam for years. It’s devastating for the victims, and also for the scam callers who are often imprisoned and forced to make these calls against their will.

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      9 months ago

      There’s an asian woman in the picture? I was checking out that animated cloud face about to drive in the background.

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    9 months ago

    Yes.

    Cute woman tries to connect with me on social? Total scam. Lol

    Maybe they’re going down the alphabet sending requests? Or maybe it’s targeted. But I would think they would send a cute guy pic to a woman if so.