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Online “friend” asking for photos of my garden

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Stormwet · 25/02/2024 23:45

So a guy started following me on instagram about two months ago and DMed me three weeks ago complimenting my artwork which I post on there. He told me he lives in my area. We have been talking on there since then and he seems pleasant. On Friday we got talking about gardening and how mild the winter has been and I mentioned my bulbs were up early this year. He then asked for photos of my flowers which I find a little strange. Hasn’t he ever seen a few daffodils and crocuses before? I sent him a zoomed in photo of the daffodils and then yesterday he asked if I could send a photo of all the bulbs in a full garden photo. I’m not comfortable with him seeing my whole garden as I’m concerned he only wants to see the garden so he can see the background streets and find out where I live.

Am I being too anxious or is this a proper cause for concern?

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SoundTheSirens · 26/02/2024 16:27

Send him some pics from displays here, OP, with a suitably modest message about how you're a bit disappointed that it's not as good as previous years:

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Stopmotion24 · 26/02/2024 17:26

Maybe you could send him a photo of a man in your garden? Or just tell him that you’d rather not send him a photo of your whole garden or just ignore the request, if he doesn’t understand or insists then probably best to stop the communication.

MushMonster · 26/02/2024 17:30

Just do not send the puc. And block if needed.

FictionalCharacter · 26/02/2024 18:20

Yanbu. You have no idea who he is.

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