I have a simple rule when someone new sends a friend request, particularly someone that I share no other friends with.
I ask them to tell me why they sent me such a request, or how they know me. Sometimes it makes for interesting new friends. Sometimes they are just Nigerian scammers.
…. and sometimes they are people like Varun Tripathy.
Figured those sort of losers are at least good for a laugh.
It’s endlessly entertaining.