URGENT - IS Gary/King Pokemon's Instagram Account Hacked

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Check out his instagram account he has uploaded a story saying he is accepting crypto and is offering the Lugia 1st Ed 10 + Shining Zard 1st Ed 10 for 60k USD (Absolute steal).

I told him I got the funds ready (shown proof) - but first video call me prove it’s you on the account and show me a video of you with the cards (since it seems so good to be true) + I never do anything without writing no matter who it is! He has seen my message and stopped replying all of a sudden!

Need to know!!! Help!!! If it is you Gary, I don’t mean this in any disrespectful way my friend!

EDIT: It has been confirmed that Gary currently does not have access to his instagram account and somebody else is using it to scam!

EDIT 25/03/2021: Gary has successfully regained access to his instagram account @realkingpokemon and has made a video on his instagram providing us with an update.

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Yes.

https://instagram.com/p/CMkymZzljBl

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It’s not him, he’s confirmed hacked

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yup seemed too good to be true… I’m not going to send 60k usd based on an instagram chat via bitcoin when I can’t verify who is on the actual account

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Glad someone made this post. I texted Gary, hopefully the hackers don’t scam too many people. Really unfortunate this happened on his birthday. :slightly_frowning_face:

Also good eye to the E4 members who messaged me awhile ago and thought the posts were suspicious!

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Apparently a few people already sent money.

Can’t be reversed, one of the downfalls of Crypto (or upside if youre a scammer)

Rough

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Fk

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This is all quite scary and I imagine unfortunately quite a few people might suffer from this. Perhaps this could, going forward, lead to more thorough identity checks when doing deals via instagram now.

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Reminder that there are tons of hacked sites with compromised user data. There was a LinkedIn hack that exposed millions of usernames and passwords and that is just one notable one of many. Avoid using the same password across multiple sites

You can check if your email has been compromised. haveibeenpwned.com/

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Isn’t it possible to see how much was sent to a btc address? How much did the hacker get away with?

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On top of what @pkmnflyingmaster said above, my advice as a professional web developer would be to make sure you always use two-factor authentication and never use the same password more than once. I appreciate that both are annoying, but it almost completely protects you against stuff like this happening.

Also, just whilst I’m here, have your friends on Facebook ever posted something along the lines of:

*{friend} tagged me in this so now I have to do it!

  1. What was the first school you went to? Blah
  2. What was the name of your first pet? Blah
  3. What is your mother’s maiden name? Blah

{tagged friend} {tagged friend 2} {tagged friend 3} now you have to do it as well and tag 3 of your friends when you’re done!!
:joy::joy::joy::joy:*

This may seem innocent, but this is one of many ways malicious users get people to provide them with answers to the secret questions they may use on various websites. The tagging of friends serves as a way for those same malicious users to quickly jump between people who have also filled in their answers. If a website gives you a choice of questions as a way of identifying yourself or resetting your password, always pick something nobody would ever know the answer to and never share that answer with anyone else.

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1k so far

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According to Gary’s wife, they are trying extort money out of Gary to get the account back:

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Is there a way to notify Instagram? I remember when this happened to Rudy he had to find someone who worked for pokemon.

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Pretty unsuccessful then! Unless they were using multiple addresses

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can’t gary just call ig and get it resolved

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@lowpopping, way to be on top of it, man! Thank you for posting :blush:

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Let’s find these bastards boys. Nobody messes with the King.

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UPDATE: it’s not just Gary.

Apparently the same Bitcoin scam is happening to Pokemon_embassy
This seems like it might be some coordinated attack on accounts with high value cards.
be careful everyone and spread the word that this is going on.

I recall seeing a Bitcoin scam on YT livestreams where they said send me .1 bitcoin and I’ll send you .2 bitcoin back.

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Oh my gosh this sucks!! I really hope Gary can get his account back. Stay safe and avoid scams everyone!

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Thank you buddy no problem.

Oh I was so keen to get that deal done haha!

Too many Red Flags:

  1. Price too good to be true
  2. Instagram post accepting crypto
  3. Suddenly stopped responding when I asked to video call despite showing proof of funds
  4. Same picture on Instagram post reused in story