Rhino is a well-known name in professional wrestling, but with fame comes challenges, like fake accounts pretending to be him. In fact, Chris Jericho revealed that he was contacted by someone impersonating Rhino, as Jericho warned people to look out for such accounts.
While speaking to 101 WRIF, Chris Jericho revealed that he recently got a strange text from someone claiming to be Rhino. A month or two ago, he received a message that said, “Hey, it’s Rhino. How are you?” At first, Jericho didn’t think much of it and assumed Rhino might have just changed his number.
Then the person followed up asking for Adam Copeland’s phone number. That’s when Jericho realized something was off and suspected it was a scammer pretending to be Rhyno in an attempt to get contact details for other wrestlers.
Jericho ended up blocking the number and figured the real Rhino might not even know someone was impersonating him. He warned that someone out there is pretending to be Rhyno to collect phone numbers from wrestlers.
“Rhino—Rhino’s awesome. He’s a good guy as well. But we—uh, I just got a text from him the other day, I guess maybe a month or two ago. It’s like, ‘Hey, it’s Rhino. How are you?’ And I was kind of like, ‘Okay, whatever.’ Maybe he got a new number.
And then it’s like, ‘Hey, it’s Rhino. Um, I just wanted to give you a new number. Can you give me Adam Copeland’s number?’ And I’m realizing, ‘Oh, this is some kind of a scam.’ Like, someone’s pretending to be Rhino trying to get wrestlers’ numbers.
So I just blocked him. But yeah, I was like, why is—why is Rhino asking for Adam Copeland’s number? Like, okay, this is a scam. So I don’t even know if he knew about it. But Rhino, if you’re listening, someone’s impersonating you trying to get wrestlers’ phone numbers.”
This comes after we have previously reported that several fake Rhino accounts on Twitter have been trying to get phone numbers from professional wrestlers, but thankfully the social media platform took them down.
Chris Jericho’s run-in with a fake Rhino account is a clear reminder that wrestlers and fans need to be extra careful online. Regardless, fans hope such fake accounts never pretend to be Rhino again, as there is always the chance someone can get scammed and Rhino’s reputation could get damaged.
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