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Is there some history? Who is Nicole?
You haven't gotten one of those?
The Fediverse's first big spam campaign, sending DMs on Mastodon, Lemmy and I think others with messages begining "Hi I'm Nicole, you can call me the Fediverse Chick..."
I forget which instance it's on but you can find a community out there called "Nicoled" for more details. My best guess is it's a pig butchering scam, others have suggested it's a straightforward 419 (especially since it started soliciting crypto) or a harassment campaign against the girl in the photos, or an attempt at account de-anonymization...don't click any links, don't look at any photos, don't interact, don't send it any money, don't drink the water, don't even read this comment. Hey, what did I just say?! You read it, didn't you? Great, now what are we going to do?
Nope, I did not and even though I am a fairly active lurker, I only read about it after my question here. I guess that makes me lucky.
It's a spammer / scammer who messages a lot of people on the fediverse. Also known as "the fediverse chick". Check !nicole@feddit.org if you want to dive in.
They use a bunch of instances. Not sure why they're being so obvious about it by using the same username everywhere, must just be someone out for the lulz. I'm not even convinced it's the same person, probably a bunch of people meming around at this point.
So, you’re saying there’s a chance…
nooo my fediverse girlfriend 😢
I've been stealing all her PMs from y'all.
I usually say it's for spam removal, but really it's because I wanna keep her to myself.
Power tripping girlfriend stealing bâtard.
Nicole is a well known spammer, they spammed DMs to many people here saying their name was Nicole and to meet them in various social spaces. They made hundreds of alt accounts on many many instances.
Isn't that the "Fediverse chick"?
!nicole@feddit.org