On Nov. 9, Pokimane tweeted that she had almost been blackmailed as part of a scam meant to exploit content creators. She emphasized that the story was an especially important lesson for smaller creators, who might not have as many resources to help them if they ended up falling for the trick. Pokimane elaborated on the incident in a TikTok, telling viewers that ordeal began after she’d gotten an email from the clothing brand Neiwai. Neiwai wasn’t the problem, as Pokimane enjoys its loungewear and wears it regularly, and what happened next wasn’t an issue, either. Neiwai heard that Pokimane liked its goods and quickly emailed her offering a PR package. All it needed, the email said, was the streamer’s measurements so it could send her the correct size. Then, things took a turn for the weird.
After looking at the email more closely, Pokimane realized that the instructions actually asked that she photograph herself nude taking her own measurements and upload those pictures for the team. Needless to say, that sounded suspicious to Pokimane, and she declined.
“No company is going to ask you to send you a photo of your yiddies,” she laughed. “That’s when I realized that this whole time I’d been speaking to a scammer.” After she became suspicious, Pokimane began searching through her emails with the alleged company and discovered that the email addresses had been edited to appear official, but they were actually from a Hotmail account – not the official…
