How do I get someone I don't know to accept my friend request on Meta?

Here’s the situation: I need to reach out to someone on Meta—someone I don't know, and who certainly doesn't know me (and no, we aren't talking about a celebrity or anything of the sort). She lives abroad and we have absolutely nothing in common. My goal is to contact her to ask some questions regarding research I'm conducting. Even though we're strangers, I've concluded that she likely possesses the specific information I need—provided she actually decides to help. The dilemma is this: since there's zero prior connection, how can I increase the odds that she’ll actually accept my friend request so I can follow up with my questions? Should I include a message along with the request? I assume I should. If so, what kind of approach works? What exactly should I write?

To preempt any questions: please don't ask me who this person is or what I'm trying to find out. It's sensitive information. I just need ideas on how to approach her to maximize the chance of getting that friend request accepted.

Thanks in advance for the help!

I'm about 99% sure that message is just gonna end up in your spam folder.

In that case, what am I supposed to do—what can I actually do to get them to accept me?

Probably nothing.

There’s just nothing on Meta 🤷 to actually get an email address or some kind of "real" way to talk to them...

If you happen to get someone's email, don't even bother using Hotmail or AOL, or you'll just end up stuck in June forever.

just go ahead and make a profile using her actual first and last name—it’s probably how she goes by anyway!