Scammers are all the time making an attempt to come back up on a fast buck at others’ expense, and it seems like varied folks have been swindled out of their hard-earned cash by imposters posing as members of Kash Doll‘s workforce.
Specifically, con artists have scammed make-up artists and hair stylists into sending over cash beneath the premise of reimbursement and attending to work with the “For Everybody” rapper.
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One Makeup Artist Speaks Up: “Once I Sent The Money, I Never Heard From Them”
One skilled going by Poundd Cakee says he’s among the many individuals who have been scammed. He not too long ago shared his aspect of the story with Justin Carter for TSR Investigates.
According to the make-up artist, somebody posing as Jazmin Re’Nae — Kash Doll’s good friend — reached out to him. Under the premise of Poundd Cakee flying to L.A. for work, the scammers obtained him to pay tons of of {dollars}.
“It was just like, ‘Can you send $400, and we’ll reimburse you? It’s for your flight.’ Once I sent the money, I never heard from them again.”
Kash Doll & Jazmin Re’Nae Acknowledge The Situation: “We Have To Do Something About This”
In the wake of the scams, Kash Doll spoke on how the crooks “keep doing it,” prompting folks to “be really upset” with the rapper.
“I started getting DMs and getting messages on Facebook. And I’m going viral on Facebook — people thinking I scammed them.”
Jazmin Re’nae, the particular person the scammer poses as, additionally declared, “We have to do something about this.”
In reality, Jazmin mentioned the matter “tarnished” her fame to the extent that she couldn’t rent a Florida-based non-public chef. He was cautious of the chance being a rip-off, which she known as “disheartening.”
“This is tarnishing my abilities to book someone that I want to book.”
Ultimately, Kash Doll apologized whereas noting that the matter “has nothing to do with [her]” and hoping for the scammer to “go to jail.”
“From the bottom of my heart, anybody that got scammed, I’m sorry that that happened to you. But it has nothing to do with me. And the person that is scamming, I hope you go to jail.”
Kash Doll additionally famous that she normally solely messages folks from her official social media pages.
As far as what folks can do to guard their coin, lawyer Justin Miller says frequent sense is essential.
“If Kash Doll’s people needed you to do something, which could happen, but if they need you to do something and they’re going to pay you for it, there should be no reason they’re asking you for money upfront.”
Check out the complete episode down under.
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