This looks like a difference of focal length from the camera being used. A wider angle for the images on the left than the right. See this article for examples of the difference.
The front vs back cameras on an iPhone have different focal lengths, which can explain a difference while still using the same phone.
A spoofed number only works going out, but if you respond, it would go to the real person instead (the same if you call the spoofed number back, you’d get the real person and not the spammer). Since this bot is responding to their replies, it can’t be a spoofed number.