The last several years have seen a lot of prominent sports media figures get their Twitter (now X) accounts hacked. That included Fox Sports NASCAR analyst Clint Bowyer back in 2022, where someone tried to use his account in a scam based around PlayStation 5 consoles. Well, fast-forward a couple of years, and Bowyer has now been hacked again. This time, his account is trying to run a MacBook Pro scam, even offering to sign the computers:
Hello Twitter family ! I have a special promotion going on ! I have 10 MacBook Pro’s on sale for $600 each ! On top of that I will be signing every MacBook that is sold , also free shipping is included ! All proceeds will be going to charity! My DMs are opened ! pic.twitter.com/zxWrb2DNFj
— Clint Bowyer (@ClintBowyer) May 20, 2024
As Fox Sports’ Megan Englehart noted, that is very obviously not the real Bowyer, nor a real offer:
Okay, folks. Same song, different verse. @ClintBowyer has been hacked again. Please don’t DM his account nor send $$. https://t.co/tOxl6SEzBf
— Megan Englehart (@MeganFOXSports) May 20, 2024
Bowyer currently is busy calling races for Fox, not handling bulk sales of electronics. (And signed MacBooks? Really?) But hey, there always could be a career change down the road. He’d just have to work hard to insist that it really isn’t a scam this time after the 2022 incident and now this.
[Clint Bowyer on X/Twitter]
About Andrew Bucholtz
Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.