Blocked for refusing to send a photo

I was inboxed by a woman 30 years my junior asking to be friends. I don't want to refuse anyone friendship so I accepted. She asked to talk on hangouts so I downloaded it to talk. Three days into the 'friendship' she asked me to send a photo. I wasn't comfortable with sending a young woman a photo of me so I asked her to wait a while. She immediately disappeared from chat and blocked me on SW.
I used to be on EP and made a couple of good friends there. Is this incarnation really so different?

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travelguy01 · 41-45, M

That’s one behavior pattern of a scammer. They try to collect photos of people, and then use them to setup other fake social media accounts to try and spear phish others. Eventually they will make up some sob story and ask for money.