I had forgotten those were a thing ever since I got off Tinder. Luckily I've always been too cynical to believe unsolicited messages from women lol
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Hey got the same one.
Is nicole cheating on me? q.q
She messaged me twice.
I'll make sure to say hi for you next time.
I can fix her
Let Me Solo Her
LMAO
What I dont understand is what is the purpose?
Creating a fake relationship and then extracting money from people for example by getting them to invest money into fake crypto trading places.
On I get that. Are ppl that dumb?
Yes, its mostly older people that are alone that fall for this type of scam.
My sister-in-law works for a bank and she had a 70yo customer that sent multiple thousands of euros to a guy she has never met. They told her its a scam, but she insisted to send the money anyways. Her family had to watch her sending away all of her life savings.
Yes, its mostly older people that are alone that fall for this type of scam.
I'd wager that's not the most represented demographic in the fediverse... and neckbeards tend to know better.
Even if its only 1 in 1000 that bites, its worth it for them. Average wage in many of the countries these scammers come from is probably like 50-200 euros, so getting someone to transfer you their savings can give you enough money to live from for years. Obviously, most of that money goes to the person operating the scam.
Obviously, most of that money goes to the person operating the scam.
And the scammers themselves are often forced labor.
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Yes. People get scammed for millions this way.
A newer scam does an end-around the normal sniff tests. They don't ask you to give htem money, they strike up a pretty genuine friendship, they have details that check out, so it feels like you've just made an actual friend. They'll talk to you for months. And then they'll mention that they've been making a lot of money on this cool new investment. Well you want to make a lot of money on an investment too, so you ask how, and they tell you how to download an app from the app store, which is supposed to be a safe place, and walk you through "investing" money in some crypto or whatever. Which of course is the payout.
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Well, it was only a matter of time till the bot got to me!
I am the horny lonely single in your area.
Yep, got it. Twice, actually, somebody's finger must have slipped.
It was kind of inevitable that fraudsters would figure out making a sockpuppet on here is easy.
She likes you!
Heh. Jokes on her, I'm poor.
Got it today! Thanks for the warning, not that I would bite lol.
Mee too... Well, it means the fediverse is getting popular!
Pron and spam... It means success!
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Time to let my troll off its leash.
I got the exact same message, twice, from two different accounts.
Congratulations on being irresistible to Polish girls from Toronto.
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DUDE I GOT THIS TOO😭😭
Hey I got this message, we are going to be going on a date soon. I just need to help her with some financials first, but I don’t see it as an issue.
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You can tell she’s not a real girl by the lack of cat ears
There zero– I repeat, –ZERO girls on the internet. There wasn't any, and there never will. You saw someone post a pic of themselves, and they were a girl? That's AI. Went on a videocall with a woman? That's heavy makeup (and AI). In fact, the term GIRL aactually means Guy In Real Life. Girls on the internet are actually goverment drones built to mess with MY feelings, and they will probably mess with yours, too. Be careful, they may be watching us right now… ARGH!!
I feel like I’ve been violently ripped back in time to 2011. This is glorious
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I got DM'd too!! Lessgoooo
The Fediverse Scamgirl!
Awkward Nerd Girls Want In Your DMs! They're not in your area, just online!
I almost made this same post and then decided I didn't care enough. This was my take on the same;
Also interesting that she has a different username literally everywhere and she's speaking English, "from" Toronto, on a Swedish Lemmy instance.
Did you check the livestream at Peertube? They recorded someone on a loop or something. Creepy.
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I got it too
Oh so it was a bot.
I've had a few random PMs from confused people that were just one offs and thought this was one of them. But that is verbatim the message I got from the account.
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Darn, and I was so sure that it was specifically me that these Polish chicks were interested in. I got two messages.
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