Got Nicole'd twice, last time ~a hour ago.
My guess is that the scammer is simply hitting random Fediverse people, with no meaningful pattern besides "some post/comment activity".
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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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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Hey y'all, I know this theory might be a stretch, but remember that this could be someone using someone's name/face without their permission to harass them or frame them or something. Please just keep that in mind as you dig.
It probably is, it looks like a frame grab from a webcam video.
With what appears to be a bong in shot. I can't imagine someone using such an unflattering photo if they were using their own face.
Eh, it's more than likely a pig-butchering scam.
The groups that do these are rather unsophisticated and mostly don't speak english. It would make sense that their poor internet connections only have low quality photos and this is likely just one of many scams with equally-bad photos.
A decent quality photo isn't that big, even over dialup you can send a better one.
Yeah, but when they're dealing with possibly hundreds of these fake profiles they probably just go for the lowest quality they can get away with.
Even something like storage costs can add up pretty quickly in a 3rd world country.
This exactly tbh
https://www.fortinos.ca/en/store-locator/details/0055 this seems to be the page for the store listed in the Matrix server description. The Matrix description really makes this seem like someone is doxxing her tbh.
I think is a funny meme and everything but I feel uncomfortable with people sharing her pictures. I doubt the real person on the pictures gave concent to this.
Topic from the Matrix room:
I work at ***, *** ** **, Woodbridge, ON L4L 1A7, Canada. Come say hi sometime!
I work in the *** section, so just ask for Nicole!
Does somebody live nearby?
This is textbook internet harassment if this is a real place someone works, this is not good.
Seems like the "scam" may be a harassment campaign?
She is most likely the victim of a stalker who’s trying to get her harassed and possibly fired
This is creepy as hell.
So update, topic was removed.
I've had three, all identical messages, all from different usernames and accounts. I haven't followed any of the links.
Everyone who got a Nicole message: Please get in touch here, you all might have something in common.
Received it after leaving a comment in gonewild. Prime hunting grounds for lonely guys I guess. Was my second comment ever and my first was way earlier therefore I'm sure that it was the gonewild comment that triggered the bot to send me the message.
I suspect what we have in common is that we all use Lemmy or Mastodon
Of course, but people who aren't active seem to get fewer spam. But they might just don't post it, because they are inactive.
i got a message yesterday, and havent been very active for a few weeks now
If the user isn't active, the spammers have less chance 9f getting their username
Woahhh, this checks out!
Nice try Zuckerberg
I got one, and I saw it being referenced somewhere else on some post, so I decided to search Nicole and found this community and your message then. Any idea what this means? What's going on haha
I only got one after I mentioned somewhere that I hadn't gotten one yet. It wasn't immediately after, but close enough to make me suspicious.
What user was it from and when?
Has anyone received any kind of response from Nicole? Or unsolicited contact from anyone, anywhere else after being Nicole'd?
I'm Nicole.
We all are Nicole on this blessed day.
Speak for yourself.
got hit twice. my only guess is I argue with Russian/Chinese bots
Idk, the Fediverse feels like it's a niche. Too much effort to scam small number of people.
Also, does anyone got reply from "Nicole" after the initial DM?
I got nicoled twice.
There is some variation in a college/university name:
- George Brown College
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Extra photos:
- https://friendica.world/profile/removed/photos
- https://anonsys.net/profile/removed/photos
Maybe we can get rainbolt involved?