If anyone could answer, where did Nicole the Fediverse Chick come from?
Just got a message from her and I'm feeling pretty special! (I'm kidding!)
No, but seriously. Internet detectives, if you're out there — Where did she come from? Does anyone know where these messages first appeared?
Next time I’ll ask her if she’s the daughter of the Nigerian prince.
I don't know but when I checked their profile they had zero posts and zero comments which I have zero trust in so I blocked them
I suspect Nicole is a similar sort of operation to Aidana the pretty lady dentist from Kazakhstan, only aimed at people who’d be more sceptical. So instead of stealing images from a fitness influencer, they got some from a more average-looking young woman and made up a story. If it’s like Aidana, there’s a guy somewhere (probably in the hinterland of Russia or elsewhere in the former USSR) whose day job is to string the people who reply along, lead them into believing they have a relationship with this lady, make sure they’re absolutely sure this isn’t a scam, and then pig-butchering them for all they’re worth.
Or who's to say that "Nicole" even exists?
https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
too many different photos of clearly the same person.
it's easier to grab a photo from a random omegle stream (when it still existed)
I wasnt even aware you could dm people on here until people started complaining about nicole
Beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes.
Toronto, IIRC
It's probably a bot. I've seen Musk scam bots under posts about Musk. Fedi is big enough that scammers are in
This makes the most sense, yes.
she claims to be from Toronto, but we don't not if true or even if that's someone else sharing her pictures, Lemmy is not that popular, so could be possible to impersonate and run unnoticed
I got a message from Nicole too, would like to know where it came from
I'm also rather curious about this...