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Hello world,

as many of you may already be aware, there is an ongoing spam attack by a person claiming to be Nicole.

It is very likely that these images are part of an larger scale harassment campaign against the person depicted in the images shared as part of this spam.

Although the spammer claims to be the person in the picture, we strongly believe that this is not the case and that they're only trying to frame them.

Starting immediately, we will remove any images depicting "Nicole" and information that may lead to identifying the real person depicted in those images to prevent any possible harassment.
This includes older posts and comments once identified.

We also expect moderators to take action if such content is reported.

While we do not intend to punish people posting this once, not being aware of the context, we may take additional actions if they continue to post this content, as we consider this to be supporting the harassment campaign.

Discussion that does not include the images themselves or references that may lead to identifying the real person behind the image will continue to be allowed.

If you receive spam PMs please continue reporting them and we'll continue working on our spam detections to attempt to identify them early before they reach many users.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ (my instance doesn't have a hammer and sickle so this will do)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw some disturbing pics of someone posing as Nicole. Reported it for gore, spam, Nicole.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I assumed it was something like a pig butchering crypto scam.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nobody on a nerd-site like Lemmy is ever falling for it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Damn, I never thought about it this way. Wow. I always took it as a funny thing not thinking of the person in the photo being an actual person who could very well be harassed. Thank you for bringing this to light. Whoever thought of this is a good human being. <3

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! It was getting bad.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About damn time. The joke has run it's course a long time a ago and if these posts are victimizing an individual they most definitely need to be stopped.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I broke up with her for this reason.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

She ghosted me. Never replied to any attempts at communication. I'm done.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I do not understand any of this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

TLDR; Scammer/creep is using a woman's photos, possibly stolen from a webcam hack, and her social media links to privately message people.


People were getting private messages with a few links and a picture from someone claiming to be Nicole the Fediverse Chick.

Of course this becomes a meme and spreads as people talk about it.

It gets weird because there's multiple different pictures. 1 or 2 stolen pic online, that's expected for these types of scam. But there's a whole collection of them out there. Its suspected to be pulled from a live stream or a hacked webcam.

Like usual, the chance that the woman in the picture is actually Nicole sending messages is pretty low. Having her image and links shared to randos online makes an easy target for a lot of people to harass her.

.world admins are saying no more. All references to "Nicole" will be purged.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

For a long time someone has been spamming Lemmy users with a private message including a picture introducing herself as the "fediverse chick" and plugging socials

But what if that's not the person at all

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Echoing everyone else in that it seemed kind of funny at first but that it has just turned weirder.

I think it's a good call. I will report if I receive any messages.

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