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Nicoled

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Hi, I'm Nicole! But you can call me the Fediverse Chick :D

For when you or others get nicoled.

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we should at least notify them so they know what is happening

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[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I agree, if this comment is true, then this all might be more messed up than I thought. (I also thought it'd be "just" a romance scam)

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the possibility that this is someone being doxxed is something that’s bothered me as well. I’m not sure what the objective would be, to get the person pictured in trouble with their school/employer? Incite others to call and complain about them? The photos and details given aren’t particularly embarrassing or something that would whip up a mob, which is why most everyone is just confused about it. Maybe I’m missing something obvious.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some doxxers will share personal information in a way that looks innocuous even though their intentions are not good, since a portion of the definition of doxxing involves sharing that type of information with malicious intent. Perhap by repeatedly spamming the Fediverse they are hoping that people will unknowingly take their anger out on the person the accounts are impersonating by contacting her workplace.

[–] Kraiden@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

There's also still the possibility of it being blackmail. "Look, I've just shared this photo this time, but if you don't do what I say, next time I'll share more"

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Same. If this is the case then they seem particularly obsessive given the sheer number of accounts they've made along with their time spent spamming so many members. The workplace mentions could be a means of inviting harassment.

I feel weird for even having to bring this up but to add on to what you said, another member mentioned one of the Nicole accounts posting a picture of a buttplug, and in the reflection there was an old white man who was bald. When this was pointed out, the Nicole account in question deleted the picture.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

So nobody saved a copy of our only lead in this case? Don't servers keep deleted images stored for a while?

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The one I got, and blocked, had a gofundme in it.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just checked all the ones in my inbox, none of them had a GFM link. Did the GFM have similar details to the spam message?

[–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Haven't seen one with a GFM either, but it's likely that there are copycats by now.

That's right, you can't even trust that you have an original, certified Nicole™ spam message, Fedi is really going down the drain.

[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

So disappointed that cheap knock-offs are polluting the market. /s

[–] thepresentpast@lemm.ee 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm new to Lemmy. Can I get a quick summary?

Most likely, you will get the spam message yourself one of those days. Here's one recent example from my reports (reported by myself, lol):

Basically, this has been making the rounds for a while now, and it has become a meme - and a bit of a mystery - here on Lemmy.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Wow that would be crazy! I assumed "Nicole" is a fat neckbeard in a basement somewhere

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 24 points 2 days ago

I wish I did. Whenever I get a Nicole message it's been a different picture. I've ran all of them through several reverse image search engines but came up with nothing. There's a slight motion blur in the pictures so it's likely they're screenshots of various video calls, which would explain why the reverse image search engines couldn't find the original pictures. Some of the smarter catfish will use this method to evade detection.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 7 points 2 days ago

1-2 months ago? Mine DMs are gone now 😞

[–] amon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

bout a month or so as far as i can tell

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

The first DM I got was from the beginning of February, but it might have been happening a few days or a week earlier.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It might be an AI generated image. If it is, it’s really convincing.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If not for the fact they've used multiple pictures of presumably the same person, I would have guessed it could have been from www.thispersondoesnotexist.com

[–] amon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

i hope so or else how terrible would it be to the real Nicole!

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

What's the link/source of the photo? Any chance it could be one massive IP grabbing scheme?