Complaint Review: Nikki Nicole Means

Nikki Nicole tricked someone who had the vision of starting a magazine into thinking she could take it to the next level. She took part ownership of the magazine and the title of "publisher” claiming to have 15 years of experience in this industry naming dropping every chance she got regarding who she worked for. Names like Ebony magazine, Essence, Vogue etc. As it turns out, she has no formal education whatsoever. After doing some digging, the editor and chief of the publication started reading through her articles and discovered she had stolen almost 40 articles of original content from other media outlets online. Upon confronting Nikki, she became hostile and defensive with a mild admission of guilt while trying to justify her actions. She claimed to have had thousands in money to pass along to the magazine from businesses who she said wanted to purchase ad space.

None of which we ever saw. She never treated the clients well, often being short and rude. Upon, her termination, we discovered that she was still using the magazine name and email to steal writers using our verbiage. Hacked emails to see when interviews were scheduled then sent google invites to those candidates tricking them into believing they are interviewing with us and then push them to working with her. All her acts have been fraudulent and illegal. Reading through company emails IS illegal. We also discovered that she scammed parents out of money by starting something call the "brown girls tour” which was a fail. She also scammed someone else out of money to start a magazine a few years ago. Run from her the moment you met her. She is a fast talker hoping to distract you from reality. Will boss you around, use your money and then disappear. She will ruin your reputation