Nicoled

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Hi, I'm Nicole! But you can call me the Fediverse Chick :D

For when you or others get nicoled.

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I guess it's the revenge of a stalker, haven't seen any scam yet (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org to c/nicole@feddit.org

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was inclined to believe it could be a pig-butchering scam, but your theory is just as plausible. One of the reasons I'll never post photos online.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If some kind of money based scam was going on, the perpetrator would be a criminal. This way, are they a criminal? Is impersonation with no financial gain or fraud a crime? It's like revenge porn but there's no porn. What wrongdoing is being committed under the law?

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It seems to depend on location, but from what I could find, impersonation does go against the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 which is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Unless the account owner is using a VPN, it's possible the instance administrators could see where the account owner is based via IP. If it is against the law where the account owner is based, the authorities could contact the account owner's ISP. Under certain conditions the ISP may tell the authorities exactly which address held that IP at a given time.