edit: it’s now a part of the spam as well:

  • PostiveNoise@kbin.melroy.org
    33·
    2 days ago

    oh no! What a shocking development. I hope everyone quickly sends The Fediverse Chick all of their money, so that she might be able to pay her tuition. It’s sad that she has unexpectedly fallen on hard times, but I’m sure if every one of us donates every last bit of money they have, things will be really great! /s

  • AllNewTypeFace
    19·
    2 days ago

    But is that the “real” Nicole, or a metascammer trying to piggyback on the scam?

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
    9·
    1 day ago

    I just got two asking for money from different accounts within 5 minutes! Also mine have the spaces that make it hard to read.

  • Novocirab@feddit.org
    22·
    2 days ago

    I suggest to message the instance admins & everyone who facilitates the blocking efforts, telling them the BTC / LTC addresses, so that they can quicly set up corresponding filters.

      • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Alright, I can confirm now.

        Source of that message (wallets hidden):

        {
    "content": {
        "body": "Hi everyone! Fediverse chick here. I’m in dire need of more money for my tuition! Please help me by donating anything you can to these bitcoin and litecoin addresses.\nBTC: XXX\nLTC: YYY\nThank you very much!",
        "m.mentions": {},
        "msgtype": "m.text"
    },
    "event_id": "$1df4L7zjBcr430gNpNoCsbv1MNw9I_WOQ78YsOpnWwo",
    "origin_server_ts": 1742307633042,
    "sender": "@beyorkisan:matrix.org",
    "type": "m.room.message",
    "unsigned": {
        "age": 525
    }
}
        • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          And (temporary, lasted about 1,5 h) topic of the Matrix room (wallets hidden):

          {
    "content": {
        "topic": "My dad just lost his job and I have no money for tuition next semester. Please help me raise money so I can keep going to school! Donate anything you can to these bitcoin and litecoin addresses <3\n\nBTC: ZZZ\nLTC: AAA\nThank you very much!"
    },
    "event_id": "$RSSO8R40tb5Bfeb89xCdSE7bYb_vfYpbo808rPckbjs",
    "origin_server_ts": 1742313397723,
    "sender": "@beyorkisan:matrix.org",
    "state_key": "",
    "type": "m.room.topic",
    "unsigned": {
        "age": 585,
        "prev_sender": "@beyorkisan:matrix.org",
        "replaces_state": "$0pG4D5cMOzSnw9hDpmprj1px0WVK0_SyT3IA42dNHjY"
    }
}
          • pivot_root@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 days ago

            Nicole isn’t real, but let’s assume she is.

            At age 29 and living in Canada where college is comparatively cheap, she can get a job or take out student loans. I have a couple of Canadian friends, and they’ve described the school situation like this:

            1. If you’re an international student, it’s as bad as over here in the US.
            2. If you’re going to a prestigious university, it’s still less than $10k CAD / year.
            3. If you’re not going to a run of the mill college, $20k CAD should more than cover a bachelor’s degree.
  • FQQD! @lemmy.ohaa.xyzM
    10·
    2 days ago

    Oh wow. So it is a pig butchering scam after all? It might still be a harassment campaign too, though.

  • ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    I’m worried for Nicole, the last message I got from her was so chopped up it looked like she was suffering from a neurological condition of some sort!

    • Shadow@lemmy.ca
      12·
      2 days ago

      Pretty sure that’s my fault. Her handler joined lemmy.ca, sent a bunch of test messages through and realized I was just filtering on the unicode they were using. They’ve had to resort to normal spaces to try and obscure the words.