John Kruk, the beloved Phillies legend and broadcast icon, had his X account hacked and the scammer posted a photo of a Toyota Tacoma with a caption saying he’s been “investing in crypto for a while now” and that it’s “been paying off.”
John Kruk even thanked his “coach” @JosephineTrades for the guidance and said he “seriously couldn’t have done this without her.”
John Kruk gets hacked by a Crypto scammer
John Kruk. Crypto investor. With a crypto coach named Josephine.
The man who looks like he just rolled out of a deer stand and into the broadcast booth every night is apparently day-trading Bitcoin under Josephine’s watchful eye.
Nobody in their right mind would believe that John Kruk has been investing in cryptocurrency. He is the last human being on earth who would have a crypto coach. I don’t even know what a crypto coach is, nor do I care so that tells me that John Kruk is the last human being on earth who would know what a crypto coach is.
Honestly, the least surprising part of this is Kruk’s account getting hacked. I’m surprised it took this long. You know his password was something like “phillies93” or “kruk1” or just the word “password” in all lowercase.
The man is 64 years old and has probably been using the same login credentials since he created the account in 2012. The hackers didn’t breach some sophisticated security system. They probably guessed it on the third try.
The Scam Itself Is Embarrassing
This really isn’t even embarrassing for John Kruk. I honestly think that it’s more embarrassing for the scammer. This is the best they could come up with?
A Toyota Tacoma and a crypto coach named Josephine? Where’s the creativity? Where’s the effort? If you’re going to hack a verified account with a significant following, at least make the scam believable.
At least pretend to know who the person is whose account you just stole.
You hacked John Kruk’s account. The man is a former MLB All-Star, a Phillies broadcast institution, and one of the most recognizable personalities in Philadelphia sports.
If you’re going to scam people using a celebrity’s account, at least make the fake purchase aspirational. Nobody is signing up for Josephine’s crypto coaching because John Kruk allegedly a Toyota Tacoma. Ridiculous.
The post had 8 likes and 643 views before it was presumably taken down. Eight likes. One retweet. Six hundred forty-three people saw it and eight of them either believed it, thought it was funny, or were bots. That’s a 1.2 percent engagement rate on a scam post. Josephine’s coaching isn’t paying off for the hackers either.
People Actually Fall for This Stuff Though
As ridiculous as this is, these scams work on someone. Every single day on Facebook, people fall for AI-generated posts from fake accounts pretending to be celebrities.
There are people right now who genuinely believe they are messaging Bryce Harper on WhatsApp and that the MVP of the National League has somehow fallen on hard financial times and needs a few thousand dollars to stay afloat.
The crypto scam industry has gotten lazy. The playbook hasn’t changed in years. Hack an account, post a photo of a car or a stack of cash, tag a fake trading coach, and wait for gullible people to click the link and send money.
It worked in 2021 when crypto was booming and everyone wanted to get rich quick. In 2026, after multiple crypto crashes, FTX collapsing, and every scam artist on the internet running the same play, you’d think people would recognize the pattern.
Then again, if someone sees a post from “John Kruk” thanking Josephine for helping him buy a Tacoma and thinks “I should definitely give Josephine my money,” maybe they deserve what happens next. Natural selection applies to financial decisions too.
Get John Kruk His Account Back
Someone at X needs to restore Kruk’s account immediately. We can’t have Josephine Trades running the John Kruk account while the Phillies heading into a weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Change your passwords, folks. Especially if your password is your last name followed by a year you remember. The hackers are coming for all of us and they’re bringing Josephine with them.
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