First, no one knows if the picture is someone connected or a stolen cam footage to use. So we don’t know any identity. Could be automated or could be individually sent out. More important is the question of restrictions of postings in some way. How would one do this before the first attempts by each new user profile? When they first started there were a few other names used, but for whatever reason (ease or maybe enjoying the attention now) Nicole has become the one seen, through various instances that would each have to set up their own ban.
As for what the point is, that could be asked of so many phishing and spam attempts. Often times they’re so bad that even if you wanted to, the links are incomplete or don’t make sense. Spam calls can be the same way. Usually letting them go to voicemail gets them to hang up before anything is left, but I’ve heard some live and recorded where it doesn’t even get through the spiel. What was the point? Maybe to establish a connection…or maybe just badly planned implementation.
Anyway, no one knows yet about Nicole, and honestly if it wasn’t just the single name and picture/info, it would all just be part of the constant spam that’s out there. Perhaps “they” hit on a formula to retain recognition, but now just don’t know what to do with it.
The spam is intentionally very bad. The first contact is very cheap, while scamming the person requires effort. They’re not targeting smart people. They’re not targeting average people. They’re targeting people who will fall for obviously bad spam. Those are worth the (costly) effort that starts at phase 2 and requires more attention.
First, no one knows if the picture is someone connected or a stolen cam footage to use. So we don’t know any identity. Could be automated or could be individually sent out. More important is the question of restrictions of postings in some way. How would one do this before the first attempts by each new user profile? When they first started there were a few other names used, but for whatever reason (ease or maybe enjoying the attention now) Nicole has become the one seen, through various instances that would each have to set up their own ban.
As for what the point is, that could be asked of so many phishing and spam attempts. Often times they’re so bad that even if you wanted to, the links are incomplete or don’t make sense. Spam calls can be the same way. Usually letting them go to voicemail gets them to hang up before anything is left, but I’ve heard some live and recorded where it doesn’t even get through the spiel. What was the point? Maybe to establish a connection…or maybe just badly planned implementation.
Anyway, no one knows yet about Nicole, and honestly if it wasn’t just the single name and picture/info, it would all just be part of the constant spam that’s out there. Perhaps “they” hit on a formula to retain recognition, but now just don’t know what to do with it.
The spam is intentionally very bad. The first contact is very cheap, while scamming the person requires effort. They’re not targeting smart people. They’re not targeting average people. They’re targeting people who will fall for obviously bad spam. Those are worth the (costly) effort that starts at phase 2 and requires more attention.
Yup. This is also why a lot of scammers will deliberately place typos into their phase 1’s.