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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The community should also be burned to the ground. If it still exists.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[email protected] could be what he means. The comm was locked after the gore picture was spammed.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Was just about to delete the comment that had screenshots in it but I see that was already removed (I've also deleted it off of my profile too, and deleted comments that contain links to threads which include the photos). I'm not entirely well versed on the Lemmy software, but is there any way for the Fediverse to block or potentially identify the person behind the "Nicole" accounts via IP/browser/automated systems or something?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I figured it was a phishing scheme, but harassment campaign also makes sense. Good to know

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I question if it is even harassment since there was no contact info beyond the sender in the messages I got with this pic. There was no identifying info, etc. It seemed like someone just sent me a random photo and it was very bizarre.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I got one on dullsters.net I hope it's not some kind of vulnerability.

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