we should at least notify them so they know what is happening
I agree, if this comment is true, then this all might be more messed up than I thought. (I also thought it’d be “just” a romance scam)
Yeah, the possibility that this is someone being doxxed is something that’s bothered me as well. I’m not sure what the objective would be, to get the person pictured in trouble with their school/employer? Incite others to call and complain about them? The photos and details given aren’t particularly embarrassing or something that would whip up a mob, which is why most everyone is just confused about it. Maybe I’m missing something obvious.
I’m new to Lemmy. Can I get a quick summary?
Most likely, you will get the spam message yourself one of those days. Here’s one recent example from my reports (reported by myself, lol):
Basically, this has been making the rounds for a while now, and it has become a meme - and a bit of a mystery - here on Lemmy.
When did this all start?
bout a month or so as far as i can tell
1-2 months ago? Mine DMs are gone now 😞
The first DM I got was from the beginning of February, but it might have been happening a few days or a week earlier.
It might be an AI generated image. If it is, it’s really convincing.
If not for the fact they’ve used multiple pictures of presumably the same person, I would have guessed it could have been from www.thispersondoesnotexist.com
i hope so or else how terrible would it be to the real Nicole!
What’s the link/source of the photo? Any chance it could be one massive IP grabbing scheme?
