I’d never realised such a thing could exist, but now you’ve mentioned it, I suppose it makes some kind of sick and perverse ‘sense’, if that means anything.
It isn’t the same as being trans, because it isn’t posing and it definitely isn’t about trying to trick or deceive women into accepting the toxic status quo that is the online dating world.
Besides, if you’re trans, you’re not actually ‘posing’, wherever you are on your transition journey.
I hope to see these creeps caught out and treated accordingly, because they will target anyone they deem to be vulnerable or easy prey.