Has anyone ever had someone want to move to snap and just wants tons of pictures not naked but just tons of selfies? Do you think it’s a scam?

TLDR

Someone on Reddit asked why a person they met wanted to move their chat over to Snapchat and then demanded a flood of selfies - not nudes, just constant pictures. I've seen this exact pattern a hundred times, and yeah, my money is firmly on it being a setup.

Why would someone want hundreds of selfies if they're not even asking for nudes?

This is the part that confuses people, because the obvious scam is "send nudes, then I'll threaten you." But the selfie-collector version has its own logic. When someone pushes hard to move platforms - off the original site or app and onto Snapchat especially - they're usually after one of three things. Either they're farming your photos to build a fake profile (catfishing real people with your face), they're collecting images to use as material later whether that's extortion, fake "evidence," or a fake account of you, or they're softening you up. The "just selfies, nothing weird" framing is deliberately disarming. It feels harmless, so people comply, and then you've handed a stranger a whole archive of your face, your room, your car, your daily routine.

The platform move itself is the biggest red flag. Legit people don't care where you chat. Scammers push Snapchat because it's less moderated, feels more "personal," and disappearing messages make people think whatever happens there can't be traced. It can be screenshotted. It always can.

How do you tell the difference between a lonely flirt and a scammer?

Honestly, the tells are almost the same on paid original platforms and free social ones, but scammers cluster where verification is weakest. Watch for: urgency ("move to Snap now so we don't lose each other"), a life story that's too polished, a camera roll of perfect photos that never quite match the conversation, and any request that escalates in volume - more pics, more often, longer streaks. A real connection doesn't have a quota.

If someone genuinely wants pictures, they're happy to trade. If they dodge showing their own face, refuse a quick video call, or melt down when you say no, that's your answer. And it's worth saying: if what you actually want is real live interaction with a real person you can see responding in real time, a live cam setup beats a mystery Snapchat contact every time - xlovecam is a solid pick for that, because you verify the performer exists in front of you, which is the one thing a Snap scammer can never do.

So is it a scam, and what should you actually do?

Nine times out of ten, yes - or at minimum, a dead end that costs you time and photos. My rule is simple: no platform moves in week one, no photo dumps to someone who won't show their face, and no guilt-tripping compliance. If it's real, it'll survive a video call.

What's your experience been? Has anyone gotten a flood-of-selfies request that turned out to be legitimate? And how do you politely shut down a platform-move push without killing a conversation that might otherwise be genuine?