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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

I've received four messages. My guess is it's either a pig-butchering scam or a covert doxxing attempt, and the incessant spam is a means of baiting people to unknowingly take their anger out on the real Nicole by contacting her workplace/address. I didn't click on the link for the chatroom named "hell" but I did copy and paste the link into Internet Archive, saved the webpage, and only got an error page in return.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago

That bitch. I thought we were exclusive.

I'm low-key convinced that this is either:

  1. A spam vulnerability test for various instances/communities. (With good or bad intentions.)
  2. A doxxing attempt. (Some links lead to addresses.)

If the latter, I hope we can reverse the negativity by creating a GoFundMe for her or something.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I almost feel bad that Nicole hasn’t messaged me

[–] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago
[–] charonn0@startrek.website 22 points 1 day ago

Many people, apparently: !nicole@feddit.org

[–] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

A lot of people did. Like almost everyone knows it's a scam and people have been shitposting it and forming a cult

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes frequently.

It’s annoying. But not as bad as the stupid community that keeps posting screenshots of it and spreading it further.

[–] gruhuken@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think people are just goofing off and having fun with it man

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not fun being spammed with spam.

[–] Inf_V@kbin.earth 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you can block the community

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did, and than memes started doing it too.

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Do you know the origin of the word meme?

[–] Inf_V@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TastySoup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Haha I think she's here to greet people to the fediverse! She was wearing a different shirt when she messaged me!

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

But still the same bong peeking into shot. In every photo.

[–] MrNesser@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes we are making it a meme

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and her invitations are a trap designed to steal from you.

Would be neat if automated daters came in men. Alas, they always come in women.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dunno about that, honestly. The images are clearly screenshots of a webcam, and the matrix seems to dox someone's workplace. I think it could be a harassment campaign.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

True. Boy have I witnessed a lot of that before. Sadly the people around these parts are none the wiser, which I knew even before I could relate to Nicole, supposing this is the case.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I did a week ago. Blocked the account. Got a new one today but the messages was surprisingly “censored”, so just blocked that account as well.

Just give it no attention. Block and move on, the person isn’t worth any attention.

[–] Resurectra@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Got my first one today!

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I have three of them in my inbox atm