This is not first time scammers have hacked the accounts of famous and influential people to perpetuate a scam. People should learn to stop doing anything a celebrity tells them to do.
The problem is that even as SEC of United States X account was hacked, some people still do not know how X accounts are vulnerable to hack. We do hear like one or two of X user account hack almost every week but I am very surprised that the scammers are still using such scam to pack huge amount of money as people are still being fools of the scam. Any offer from celebrities, an organization X account (just like how Cadano X account was hacked recently), I just avoid such offers. 
Topic: Drake’s X Account Promotes Fake ANITA Meme Token. (Read 32 times)
This is not first time scammers have hacked the accounts of famous and influential people to perpetuate a scam. People should learn to stop doing anything a celebrity tells them to do. It's crazy the number of people who fell for this scam in the short period the account was hacked, even people who never bought crypto before in their life but are Drake fans would fall victim just because they want to feel some sort of connection with the artiste.
Hip-hop icon Drake’s X account faced a cyber intrusion on Saturday, with the hacker using the platform to advertise a Solana-based meme coin called “$ANITA.”
Drake’s X Account Used in $ANITA Meme Coin Scam: $4.9M in Fake Hype
Aubrey Drake Graham, the Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter widely known as Drake, encountered a breach of his X account over the weekend. The attacker seized the opportunity to pitch the newly minted meme coin to Drake’s 39 million followers on the platform. Dubbed $ANITA, the coin draws inspiration from Drake’s Anita Max Wynn Tour, tying its name to Drake’s recent ventures.
The rapper’s X account posted a message from the Anita X account claiming the coin was created by “Drake and Stake.” Stake refers to the cryptocurrency betting platform Drake partnered with back in 2022. Initially, the coin saw a quick spike in value before crashing just as fast, once people realized neither Drake nor Stake were actually connected to the $ANITA token.
Despite the fallout, the token still managed to generate $4.9 million in trading volume and over 7,000 buy orders. By Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, $ANITA’s market cap had dropped to a paltry $12,000. The posts on Drake’s X account were taken down after onchain detectives like Zachxbt and others revealed the posts were likely fraudulent, calling out $ANITA as a scam. Drake’s situation isn’t unique—his is just the latest in a string of celebrity hacks this year, where compromised X accounts are used to hype up newly launched meme coins.
Famous X accounts belonging to Hulk Hogan, 50 Cent, Doja Cat, and Caitlyn Jenner have also been breached to promote questionable meme coins. These incidents, including Drake’s hack, reflect an ongoing pattern where hackers hijack celebrity accounts to lend credibility to shady schemes, often causing temporary price spikes for the coins they push.
Source.
https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-cons-strike-again-as-drakes-x-account-promotes-fake-anita-meme-token/
Scammers usually hack celebrities social media account's for things like this however not all promotions of fake coins that are done by celebrities are as a result of hacking there social media account some are done on purpose because they have been paid by those fake coins creators that is why it is always advise to disregard there information account new coins.
Some Nigeria celebrities has been been involved in such act before some even create there own fake crypto coin with there name for example Davido coin, this coin was created by davido some time ago he invested huge amount of money on it he had the highest number of that coin and promoted it on his social media account's and his fans rushed and started accumulating it the coin started having value and growing in price and that was when Davido sold all the coin in his position and made huge amount of profit some people who so quick too made profit the rest lost there money because the coin lost it value.
Drake’s X Account Used in $ANITA Meme Coin Scam: $4.9M in Fake Hype
Aubrey Drake Graham, the Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter widely known as Drake, encountered a breach of his X account over the weekend. The attacker seized the opportunity to pitch the newly minted meme coin to Drake’s 39 million followers on the platform. Dubbed $ANITA, the coin draws inspiration from Drake’s Anita Max Wynn Tour, tying its name to Drake’s recent ventures.
The rapper’s X account posted a message from the Anita X account claiming the coin was created by “Drake and Stake.” Stake refers to the cryptocurrency betting platform Drake partnered with back in 2022. Initially, the coin saw a quick spike in value before crashing just as fast, once people realized neither Drake nor Stake were actually connected to the $ANITA token.
Despite the fallout, the token still managed to generate $4.9 million in trading volume and over 7,000 buy orders. By Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, $ANITA’s market cap had dropped to a paltry $12,000. The posts on Drake’s X account were taken down after onchain detectives like Zachxbt and others revealed the posts were likely fraudulent, calling out $ANITA as a scam. Drake’s situation isn’t unique—his is just the latest in a string of celebrity hacks this year, where compromised X accounts are used to hype up newly launched meme coins.
Famous X accounts belonging to Hulk Hogan, 50 Cent, Doja Cat, and Caitlyn Jenner have also been breached to promote questionable meme coins. These incidents, including Drake’s hack, reflect an ongoing pattern where hackers hijack celebrity accounts to lend credibility to shady schemes, often causing temporary price spikes for the coins they push.
Source.
https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-cons-strike-again-as-drakes-x-account-promotes-fake-anita-meme-token/
Scammers usually hack celebrities social media account's for things like this however not all promotions of fake coins that are done by celebrities are as a result of hacking there social media account some are done on purpose because they have been paid by those fake coins creators that is why it is always advise to disregard there information account new coins.
Some Nigeria celebrities has been been involved in such act before some even create there own fake crypto coin with there name for example Davido coin, this coin was created by davido some time ago he invested huge amount of money on it he had the highest number of that coin and promoted it on his social media account's and his fans rushed and started accumulating it the coin started having value and growing in price and that was when Davido sold all the coin in his position and made huge amount of profit some people who so quick too made profit the rest lost there money because the coin lost it value.
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