I think it’s likely to be a pig-butchering scam. Essentially, it’s a catfish who lulls people into a false sense of security using stolen photos, and once that has worked, they try to scam them. I’ve received 3 Nicole messages, each one with a different photo, and because the photos are blurry, along with TinEye and Google Reverse Image Search failing to detect them, I believe the photos are actually stills from a video, which would explain how they’ve evaded detection. It’s also possible the photos were just photos that got deleted long ago, and the catfish is using this to their advantage since deleted photos would not get detected.
On one of the Nicole accounts was a photo of a buttplug, and in that photo, an old white man was visible in the reflection. Once this was pointed out to “Nicole”, the photo was deleted. So whatever their intentions are, they surely can’t be good. Their accounts exist across instances, so it may be difficult to effectively block and ban them.
I think it’s likely to be a pig-butchering scam. Essentially, it’s a catfish who lulls people into a false sense of security using stolen photos, and once that has worked, they try to scam them. I’ve received 3 Nicole messages, each one with a different photo, and because the photos are blurry, along with TinEye and Google Reverse Image Search failing to detect them, I believe the photos are actually stills from a video, which would explain how they’ve evaded detection. It’s also possible the photos were just photos that got deleted long ago, and the catfish is using this to their advantage since deleted photos would not get detected.
On one of the Nicole accounts was a photo of a buttplug, and in that photo, an old white man was visible in the reflection. Once this was pointed out to “Nicole”, the photo was deleted. So whatever their intentions are, they surely can’t be good. Their accounts exist across instances, so it may be difficult to effectively block and ban them.