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    4 hours ago

    Hello all! I’m Rose. Also a Fediverse chick. Unlike Nicole I don’t spam people. Also I’m not on Friendica (not many people are) and you probably shouldn’t add me as a friend on any Fedi platform because I’m a hella boring nerd.

  • fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    We’re engaged. Will be getting married as soon as my deposit check for half the expenses clears.

    • gramie@lemmy.ca
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      One of the giveaways for me was the complete ignorance of the Canadian post-secondary system.

      She said that she’s taking pre-health sciences at George Brown College. College in Canada means community college (which George Brown is). You take a course, typically 1-3 years, with a specific goal in mind.

      Also, Canadian universities do not offer pre-med or pre-health sciences tracks. You get a degree in chemistry, biology, or whatever, and apply for med school irrespective of the program you are in. One of my classmates was accepted into medical school straight out of chemical engineering. Someone else I know was finishing a degree in Spanish literature when he was accepted into medical school.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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      5 hours ago

      This makes sense to me because why else would they keep creating the same exact account on every instance and sending the exact same message?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      8 hours ago

      That’s a totally different angle and I hate it. You need to be a special kind of jerk to post someone else’s picture in a spam message.

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        If you think about it: have you ever gotten a picture of the spammer itself in an spam message

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      If you click ln the socials she shares, she is active there and seems to match the profile picture with the content she uploads.

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    11 hours ago

    When the cost to try something is virtually zero, you don’t have to try very hard. If only one in ten thousand people will fall for a scam, then millions of attempts will still get you thousands of successes.

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      9 hours ago

      Theres no millions to message though. Some of the accounts are the same people, just jumping servers to fine one that works for them.

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    9 hours ago

    I had seen posts like this circulating before so I tried to track them down:

    https://lemm.ee/post/57432653

    https://jlai.lu/post/16111085

    https://lemmy.cafe/post/14113013

    Some of these posts suggest they are using the pictures of someone else on purpose. Some say they’re a bot. I personally haven’t gotten these messages but I don’t get DM’s so that’s probably why. I’m pretty positive this is some kind of Honeypot scam. Either way I wouldn’t trust it.

  • loaf@sh.itjust.works
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    I’ve gotten this message on my mastodon account twice, from different instances/accounts. Blocked them all.