Hackers reportedly stole $5.3billion from fans in 2025 by impersonating Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish and more

https://www.nme.com/news/music/hackers-reportedly-stole-5-3billion-from-fans-in-2025-by-impersonating-taylor-swift-sabrina-carpenter-billie-eilish-and-more-3918418

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  1. Those aren’t hackers; they are called con artists.

  2. Why are so many people convinced billionaires and millionaire artists would need their money??

  3. “This is Lady Gaga and I was seeing if you could buy me some visa gift cards..”

  4. My Grandmother had a “celebrity” message her on Facebook. She asked for help and I went over and of course it was a scammer. I took full screenshots, wrote out a report, showed them asking for money and the link to pay them.

    Facebook replied it doesn’t violate their community standards. Appealed the full amount of times allowed, same response every time. Facebook literally enables this and fully knows what it happening. Its a real shame.

    Meanwhile I posted once that someone I know was being bullied and my account got flagged and paused. What an absolute joke of moderation.

  5. I love how the majority of “hacking” is literally just social engineering

  6. I have a 35 year old male co-worker and this dude is a diehard Swifty. I would not be surprised…

  7. Say what you will, but I personally helped Brad Pitt pay his hospital bill. We gon kiss soon.

  8. Is it hacking when you just say “hi I’m Sabrina give me money?”

  9. Lmao only a swiftie would fall for a scam that a literal billionaire needs more money

  10. How does “the incredibly famous millionaire needs my money” not an enormous red flag?

    Do famous people generate a response in peoples brains that causes folks to just hand them money without a moments reflection?

  11. Even chance that most of those con artists pretending to be Taylor Swift selling garbage branded products… are actually Taylor Swift’s management doing the selling.

  12. So it wasn’t Taylor Swift that emailed me directly and asked for pics of my genitalia? 

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