Rapper 50 Cent recently claimed that he was hacked by a nefarious cryptocurrency schemer who ended up making millions of dollars in the process.
The musician, whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, wrote about the pump-and-dump incident on Instagram Friday. The scammer used the rapper's X account to promote a crypto token called $GUNIT – a reference to G-Unit, a hip-hop group that 50 Cent was previously part of.
The scammer posted this message on Friday: "$GUNIT for winners only…" – which led an unknown number of users to buy the coin.
The "Candy Shop" rapper's X account was later locked. As of Saturday afternoon, the social media account is still down – along with the rapper's personal website.
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The musician, whose legal name is Curtis James Jackson III, wrote about the pump-and-dump incident on Instagram Friday. The scammer used the rapper's X account to promote a crypto token called $GUNIT – a reference to G-Unit, a hip-hop group that 50 Cent was previously part of.
The scammer posted this message on Friday: "$GUNIT for winners only…" – which led an unknown number of users to buy the coin.
The "Candy Shop" rapper's X account was later locked. As of Saturday afternoon, the social media account is still down – along with the rapper's personal website.
50 Cent's X account hacked by culprit who made millions in cryptocurrency scheme
Rapper 50 Cent wrote on Friday that his X account was hacked into by a criminal who promoted a crypto token called $GUNIT, as part of a $3 million pump-and-dump scheme.
50 Cent Says Hacker Made $300 Million in 30 Minutes Using His Account for Crypto Scheme: 'I Have No Association With This'
The G-Unit boss says his Twitter and Thisis50.com were both hacked.
50 Cent claims hacker made $300 million using his account for crypto scheme
“My Twitter & Thisis 50.com was hacked,” the rapper, 48, wrote on his Instagram late Friday.
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