I wouldn't expect any member in the forum to fall for such. Though not so direct, the red warning on top of the message should be somehow enough to make any member aware of the possibility of getting scammed.
About your invalid image. The link you used is of the album,
https://imgur.com/a/UcCrQuH
and not of an individual image, To get the link of an individual image, right click on it and then click on copy image address. You will get the following link with an extension of ".mpg" or ".png"
https://talkimg.com/images/2023/05/14/blob7fa0a9738cc21668.png
Result.
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F05%2F14%2Fblob7fa0a9738cc21668.png&t=665&c=_nSV6yKuDCvpqw)