Per this post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiegopersonals/comments/sxlgqn/33_f4m_chulasd_looking_for_hung_and_chunky/
Mirror in case it's deleted: https://i.ibb.co/4NKhX2M/wanderlust778sandiegopersonals.jpg
This is a perfect example of a catfish that steals other people's pictures, edits them, and then creates a new username based off whatever names they think they can make via editing.
u/wanderlust778 is a recurring catfish/scammer in various r4r subreddits. He makes new usernames nearly weekly to try and trick guys in to sending dirty or otherwise compromising pictures, potentially for blackmail purposes.
In this instance, they are using a picture stolen from actual Redditor wanderlust887, with the original picture being found here:
Mirror: https://i.ibb.co/fCDbPg2/wanderlust887originalpost.png
Here are some of their other attempts in other r4r subreddits:
A mirror of their post in r4rtoronto:
https://i.ibb.co/PWvrBHs/wanderlust778r4rtoronto.jpg
A mirror of their post in phr4r:
https://i.ibb.co/Swck3zX/wanderlust778.jpg
So just because someone has a "verification" picture, either in their post, or sent to you, doesn't automatically mean they're real. Someone demanding that you send a face pic of yourself first (or otherwise implying they won't respond to you if you don't send a picture) should be a major red flag, as that is a common tactic that catfish/blackmailers do to try and gain leverage over you from the beginning.
For reference also see this post:
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