I looked at the screenshots and saw that some were not send by “Nicole#” but by the username “prodajvodapavel@aggregatet.org”. A quick search for “prodajvodapavel” links to this Pinterest where some pictures are creepy.
The other result is this LinkedIn account. Under graduation, it’s noted “Bachelor Computer and Information Sciences et support” at the “Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University” in Ukraine. It could match with someone building a bot.
Then, another search with the name of the university and nicole returns this facebook post with a picture. The text translated with Deepl says “On December 19, 2024, the winners of the “Interesting Science Online” competition of the “Step to Science” project were awarded at the premises of the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University.”
By translating “Nicole” in Ukrainian and searching after the university name and the translation, I found this picture on Facebook.
It looks like a revenge if the woman in the facebook images is Nicole. She looks like the Nicole in the spam. It’s very creepy to do this.
Thank you for sharing. Let’s hope that this doesn’t turn out to be any worse than this. Although I’m not sure if the woman in the picture is the same, they might just look alike. Nicole is not a rare name after all.
lol nicoles been kidnapped and uploaded, shes trying to contact lemmy users to get out, the person holding her upload also happens to selfhost lemmy on the same server
It’s a rare name in Eastern Europe
Good sleuthing and thanks for sharing. I think we’d all like to learn the backstory.
LinkedIn and Facebook basically “paywalled” in that you have to have an account to view. Plus the data you’re trying to share can change over time. Why not post screenshots for posterity?
I swear if this turns into an arg…
too many clues
You’re already playing
Holy shit… Now that this has evolved into something more than a joke and has actual research, this is creepy AF…
Pictures of lips go in the “Lips” folder.
Where else would you put them? O)_(O
prodajvodapavel
This might be a coincidece, but it looks like Russian words “Prodaj, voda, pavel” “Sell, water, pavel”, and Pavel is a common Russian/Slavic male name…
I also thought Russian. Similar Russian Hit:
One that’s sort of similar, but less like our girl:
It was always speculated that the images were stolen or used in some malicious way and not sent from an actual Nicole as it is treated in the lighter commentary when they show up. That’s the bad part of the whole thing, otherwise it would be an amusing spam because of its predictability. At least they are normal pictures (webcam hacks I suppose) and haven’t gotten worse for her.
So just find out what Petro won the December 19, 2024, award for “Interesting Science Online” for.
That’ll probably relate to the messages.
