Because some scammers are stupid enough to believe that they'll get a certain amount of money (usually very large) from scambaiters. It's even more hilarious when they fail to catch on (after a long period of time) to the fact that they've been led on.
To be perfectly clear: Any images and data used for this process are never stored, used for AI training, used for marketing, or shared with anyone; the only piece of information that is communicated to the company requesting VPC is a βYesβ or βNoβ determination as to whether the person is over the age of 25.
I'd have a hard time coming up with a better lie than this.
Not "may", ARE.