Former Fortnite professional Serpent is allegedly behind a $3.5 million memecoin fraud scheme using hacked social media accounts. An investigation by ZachXBT connected Serpent to wallet addresses involved in multiple high-profile account takeovers, including those of McDonald's, Usher, and Wiz Khalifa. Serpent claimed to be a cybersecurity analyst and founded the Sentinel threat mitigation system.
Wiz Khalifa's hacked X account was used to promote a fraudulent $WIZ memecoin, exploiting his fame to deceivingly attract potential investors.
Scammers hacked rapper Wiz Khalifa’s social media account to promote a fake meme coin called WIZ, using the platform pump.fun.
A hack of Wiz Khalifa's social media account was used to promote the "WIZ" memecoin, which saw an initial spike but soon crashed, causing substantial financial losses.
Wiz Khalifa's X account was hacked, promoting the fraudulent $WIZ memecoin, which quickly lost value.
Wiz Khalifa's X account got hacked to promote a fake memecoin "WIZ," which trades below $10,000.