Nicoled

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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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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Who is Nicole really? Who got messages from Nicole? Who is behind the messages? What is the resolution of Nicole's profile images? Do I really have to be a racist to join her server? This comment section's purpose is to collect all that information.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A decent quality photo isn't that big, even over dialup you can send a better one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For a pig butchering scam, a bad photo might actually make a lot of sense. If it looks like it might be a scam, only the most naive people will answer. That way, they can filter out anyone not in their target audience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they supposedly make deliberate spelling mistakes as well, to filter out the smart ones.