Beware. I am glad that I was informed by the news that these kinds of chats may be a new scam tactic, especially when someone we do not know well messages us for the first time. As you can see, this account hasn’t replied to anything, giving me the impression that this is indeed a scam tactic.
Loneliness. Sometimes people just want to talk to other people and they’ll take it in any form which opens them up to being vulnerable to scams.