Owwww yay! The Fedi Chick found this account as well! πŸ˜‚ That's another block for "her" from another account... Such an annoying "person". I keep wondering if anyone is so gullable to engage with "her" in the spam "she" keeps sending out.... It's just a lot of blocking and that's it... Until they make a new account and try again... Ah well... All hail the Fedi chick πŸ₯ haha!
in reply to John - 🎞️ Film Nerd 🎞️

Well, it was my first block on this account... πŸ˜‚ I no longer have insta, and I had my account locked for many years, so that blocked off some of the weirdos.
I have to admit, I don't get that much spam (I am probably not "important" enough, and the admins of the instances are doing good jobs), but the chick πŸ₯ has found me on most of my accounts now. πŸ˜‚
Enjoy the insta babes πŸ˜‚ Hahaha!
in reply to π“‚€ Cynni πŸ’œ

@pixy in case you're not aware - wandering.shop/@proprietor/114…


PSA for my friends …

And those of you who have been encountering β€œNicole, but you can call me Fediverse Chick …”

aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/wha…

β€œPig Butchering” is an exponentially growing scam model, being carried out by trafficked people. It rolls a whole psych warfare + romance + free crypto money scam together with some sort of grandpa-scam entree, and they’re in for a long game.

Mastodon Admins are trying to get rid of β€œNicole”, but its a hydra.

DO NOT ENGAGE.


in reply to π“‚€ Cynni πŸ’œ

@pixy I suspect the fediverse inhabitants are considered a soft touch.

On Mastodon, I see people asking for handouts all the time. Over and over again, and they're constantly boosted. Some are likely legit, but I doubt most are.

There's a filmmaker who's sole contribution is asking for money to finish this film or that. Every post. Never replies to comments. At least not publically. They have thousands of followers.

Someone here has undoubtedly fallen for Nicole, and any sisters that maybe in the process of being born.

in reply to skribe

Ow yeah. I've seen the same people asking for help a lot and they always need these huge amounts...
I asked for help too, when my dog was ill and I struggled with the vet bills. And I felt ashamed of asking financial help. And I thought I asked a lot! But when I see the numbers of money that some folks keep asking for, the bit I asked, it fades in the sun like it's nothing...
But then, I did share the vet bills that I paid with the money that I got donated. I was honest and definitely not scamming (although I guess everyone would say that they're not scamming... πŸ˜‰). And I felt miserable for needing to ask help.

But yeah, I think you're right! Seeing how many people tried to help me with Arwen... I guess that folks on Fedi will try to help as much as they can, so it makes it easier to scam them... πŸ˜”

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