Dean Norris: Crypto Scam Victim or Crypto King? 🤯

So, you know that whole “Breaking Bad” thing? Yeah, well, turns out Walter White wasn’t the only one with a shady side hustle. Dean Norris, the actor who played the ever-so-serious Hank Schrader, found himself in a real-life crime drama recently, but instead of meth, it involved… crypto. 😳

It seems some particularly clever internet mischief-makers decided to take advantage of Norris’s wholesome image and make a quick buck off the good ol’ fashioned “pump and dump” scheme. They used a photoshopped picture of Norris holding a notepad that said “$DEAN” and a video of him supposedly announcing the launch of his own meme coin. Talk about a bad case of digital identity theft! 😬

The hackers, apparently believing that people would fall for anything with “Breaking Bad” attached to it, managed to convince some folks that Norris was actually a crypto mastermind in disguise. The $DEAN meme coin, fueled by this “celebrity” endorsement, reached a whopping $8.4 million market cap before the truth came out. Talk about a wild ride! 🎢

One of the most believable hackings/scams I’ve seen on here. They had a follow up tweet ready with a photoshopped notepad to “validate” it, had a cameo purchased of Dean Norris saying “Hey it’s me, Dean, it’s January 25th, I’m declaring, it’s real”
— Tyler (@CowboysIn4) January 26, 2025

Well, the jig was up when Norris finally got his account back and made a video to clear his name. He explained that he was hacked, called the whole thing a “crazy crypto sh*t,” and asked everyone to ignore “whatever that was.” But, of course, by that point, the damage was done. 😓

The $DEAN coin, after the news of Norris’s actual involvement broke, plummeted down to a paltry $57,000. The internet, with its uncanny ability to turn on a dime, decided that Dean Norris was not, in fact, the crypto kingpin they thought he was. Talk about a swift change of heart! 💀

In a separate post, Norris called out some Reddit users who accused him of profiting from the “pump and dump” scheme. He basically said, “Look, I don’t even know how to use Telegram, and I barely even use Twitter. This is all a load of hogwash!” Poor guy, just trying to live his life, and now he has to deal with crypto conspiracies on top of it all. 🙄

2025-01-27 11:43

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