OK. Well, I don't know who the real guy is here sadly but there are other clues that this is a fake account.
He has added 4 posts only, one of which is one of those yucky schmaltzy flowers ones - I mean what guy would really post something like this? The genuine male accounts I follow just don't add posts like this.
The numbers of followers and following make me suspect fake - only 16 followers and he's following 161, many of which are middle-aged and older women.
His name - Williams Andy. It's the wrong way round and I am sure should he have messaged me he would have said his Christian name is Williams. Who has ever heard of Andy as a surname/family name?
I am going to add another screenshot here which is the biggest clue that this is a fake account operated by a scammer.
Take a good look at the photo and what do you see? The man wearing a Santa Claus hat in front of a Christmas tree. The photo says it was added 4 hours ago - when you hear that I took the screenshot at 8.03pm on 26 July and I am based in the UK you can work out that this account was added to Instagram at approximately 4pm on Sunday 26 July (UK time). So it is 5 months until Christmas this year and 7 months since Christmas 2019 - why on earth would anyone add this now unless it had a comment explaining a reason behind posting it. It doesn't. The comment showing is from a follower.
I think this is the biggest red flag that this account is fake. No real person tends to add Christmas images onto a new Instagram account created in July. A scammer would, however. They think that adding a Christmas shot makes it seem like the account has been around longer than it has which, in turn, makes it seem more genuine. But it doesn't. It's a big red flag for me and I hope that it will be for you too.
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