Social media star Haliey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” has called out a scammer who is using her name to make money.

welch became an online hit When asked about her sex life by YouTuber Tim & Dee TV. The duo asked her what makes a man go crazy in bed and she replied: “You should give them that hawk tuah and spit on that thing.”

The internet star has released her podcast since it went viral. Talk to Tuah; goods sold; And He founded his own animal foundation. He also threw out the first pitch in a game against the New York Mets and hit a home run. referenced in some way Saturday Night Live sketch.

He said he could no longer “stop people from using my name to commit fraud or lie” after someone at X (formerly known as excitement) said he was launching CEX, a type of cryptocurrency exchange platform.

news week He emailed a Welch spokeswoman for comment outside normal business hours on Tuesday.

X user @murtaza shared the following screenshot: “Hawk Tuah girl starts directly at CEX, we have over 70 KOL/Micro KOL among them.

“Presale Post: 10,000 USDT. Retweet the post about joining the Presale and comment on the main account’s post. Haliey Welch will comment on your Presale post. Core Team.”

According to this screenshot, the “Core Team” recruited influencers, also known as Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), to promote its presale. They claim that they will pay 10 thousand dollars to influencers who post about the pre-sale, retweet and comment on the posts on the main account. They also claim that Welch would engage with these posts to increase visibility and build credibility for the launch.

@murtaza captioned the post, “10 thousand dollars to tweet? Bro, I will pay @halieywelchx 1 million dollars to not start this cancer. Please.”

But Welch flagged it as fake by resharing the post and writing: “This is fake, I can’t stop people from scamming or lying using my name.” She followed this with a heartbroken emoji and a crying face emoji.

People took to the comments on Welch’s post to share their relief.

“Good to know Haliey, so glad you’re not launching coins,” one person wrote, while another added: “This is so sad. There are a lot of scammers out there. Your problem is not H’s fault.”

Although Welch isn’t making money through cryptocurrency, her financial situation has improved since it went viral. It was explained in detail in a column for news week.

“I made money. Let’s just say I don’t have to eat at Taco Bell anymore. But I still do. I take it every day and I have a great time. But being away from home for so long my grandma misses me,” she wrote in September.

“I plan to use this experience to do good and make Belfast, Tennessee proud,” Welch wrote of his hometown.

Viral star in October celebrated an impressive milestone after his podcast reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. He shared his reaction to its success on the podcast’s official account instagram The account opened the box of a silver plaque sent from YouTube.

“I’m just getting started!! ️” he wrote on his post.

In the clip, Welch is seen opening the box and pulling out a plaque that reads “Oh shit.” When the social media star was told what it was, she replied: “How do I get the gold?”

An unseen off-camera person responded: “That’s when you get to 1 million.” Welch promised as much: “We’ll get there at some point.”

At the time of this writing, his podcast had 187,000 subscribers on the video platform.