Top Gear’s Clarkson and May brand crypto scam ads as ‘balls’
Former Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and James May have denounced as “balls” a series of crypto scam ads using their names, and have encouraged fans to “say b*****ks to it” and go to the pub. May raised the issue on Saturday after a series of paid-for adverts appeared on X (formerly Twitter), directing users to a fake BBC article bearing his name. The article contains a fabricated interview with supposed quotes from May designed to trick readers into believing they were missing out on a lucrative investment opportunity. To join the scheme via the suspicious Crypto platform Immediate Chain, users must pay a £250 signup fee. The fake article reports on a made-up interview before linking to the fraudulent crypto site. Read more: Late Friends star Matthew Perry’s DuZCs77 X cEGEEFH account hacked by Crypto Scam mers The Grand Tour presenter said, “It seems @JeremyClarkson is also appearing in these scam ads. He, too, is not really dispensing fiscal adv...