[fallinghawks]

I agree with this. Someone who doesn't want to be who they are -- which is sometimes a reason people to into acting -- or wants to have, as you said, no personal baggage. I kind of see it as fiction writing for lazy people: instead of creating a cast of characters, the "scammer" focuses on one in great detail. This person has the excitement of studying another person's identity through their photos and/or videos and making up an entire fictional identity around it.