An Instagram model selling her virginity for 500 bitcoins is fake news? There is no truth to a report that a model on Instagram was selling off her virginity for 500 bitcoins.
Where did this fake news originate? Huzlers.com posted the fake news article reporting that an Instagram model agreed to sell her virginity for 500 bitcoins. You can read the fake news below.
A 31-year-old American Instagram model, going by the name Spicy Salt, Is selling her virginity for 500 bitcoins estimated to be worth over 8 million dollars, She hopes on selling her virginity soon and using her new found wealth to travel and buy fidget spinners for all her friends.
However, there is no truth to the above story, according to Hoax Alert. Their research found no record of any profile of this model on Instagram. Nor is there any model with the name “Spicy Salt”.
Additionally, the image of the woman used in the fake news article dates back to 2004, which was six years before Instagram was even launched. Hoax Alert noted that the image used in the fake news appears to be part of a series of photographs of someone’s girlfriend posing with his car.
This image among other photographs of the “model” were posted to a forum a long time ago and ended up being mocked and spread all over the internet. Finally, and most importantly, Huzlers styles itself as a “fauxtire” website and carries a disclaimer at the bottom of each page:
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