Rapper 50 Cent not too long ago claimed that he was hacked by a nefarious cryptocurrency schemer who ended up making hundreds of thousands of {dollars} within the course of.
The musician, whose authorized identify is Curtis James Jackson III, wrote in regards to the pump-and-dump incident on Instagram Friday. The scammer used the rapper’s X account to advertise a crypto token referred to as $GUNIT – a reference to G-Unit, a hip-hop group that 50 Cent was beforehand a part of.
The scammer posted this message on Friday: “$GUNIT for winners solely…” – which led an unknown variety of customers to purchase the coin.
The “Candy Shop” rapper’s X account was later locked. As of Saturday afternoon, the social media account remains to be down – together with the rapper’s private web site.
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“My Twitter & Thisis 50.com was hacked I’ve no affiliation with this Crypto,” 50 Cent wrote on Instagram. “Twitter labored shortly to lock my account again down.”
“Who ever did this made $3,000,000 in half-hour.”
The Instagram put up by 50 Cent accrued greater than 57,000 likes as of Saturday afternoon and prompted tons of of social media customers to remark.
“First time hesitating saved me… cos I used to be about to go all in,” one particular person wrote.
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“Whoever purchased it with out doing any analysis deserves their cash stolen,” a special person stated.
Different commentators had been amused by the state of affairs, taking the chance to reference rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ recent legal issues.
“It was Diddy!!! He must pay authorized charges,” one particular person joked.
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“Diddy is it you?” one other wrote.