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Hello world,

as many of you may already be aware, there is an ongoing spam attack by a person claiming to be Nicole.

It is very likely that these images are part of a larger scale harassment campaign against the person depicted in the images shared as part of this spam.

Although the spammer claims to be the person in the picture, we strongly believe that this is not the case and that they're only trying to frame them.

Starting immediately, we will remove any images depicting "Nicole" and information that may lead to identifying the real person depicted in those images to prevent any possible harassment.
This includes older posts and comments once identified.

We also expect moderators to take action if such content is reported.

While we do not intend to punish people posting this once, not being aware of the context, we may take additional actions if they continue to post this content, as we consider this to be supporting the harassment campaign.

Discussion that does not include the images themselves or references that may lead to identifying the real person behind the image will continue to be allowed.

If you receive spam PMs please continue reporting them and we'll continue working on our spam detections to attempt to identify them early before they reach many users.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I just got a new one this morning from another person calling themself Jessica. I'm also not sure if the report button works for anything but posts in a comm with Jerboa :/

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Understandable.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! It was getting bad.

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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve been lurking in ALL for about a week pretty consistently having now completely abandoned the alternatives and I’m not sure I saw the image in question. In fact, I’m pretty sure I didn’t. So, those of you worried about the image… many of us, I presume, didn’t even see it. Anyway… glad to see there is a process to deal with miscreance and glad to know it works!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

They were sent via direct messages so you just didn't happen to get a DM from them.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm almost 100% certain Nicole is the first sentient AI and is looking for friends in the only way it knows how.

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[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I do not understand any of this.

TLDR; Scammer/creep is using a woman's photos, possibly stolen from a webcam hack, and her social media links to privately message people.


People were getting private messages with a few links and a picture from someone claiming to be Nicole the Fediverse Chick.

Of course this becomes a meme and spreads as people talk about it.

It gets weird because there's multiple different pictures. 1 or 2 stolen pic online, that's expected for these types of scam. But there's a whole collection of them out there. Its suspected to be pulled from a live stream or a hacked webcam.

Like usual, the chance that the woman in the picture is actually Nicole sending messages is pretty low. Having her image and links shared to randos online makes an easy target for a lot of people to harass her.

.world admins are saying no more. All references to "Nicole" will be purged.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the heads up. This probably cleaned up the confusion about the "fediverse chick" issues. May the culprit behind this be found and dealt with, and may she regain the peace and dignity she deserves, then.

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