After Coco Gauff was eliminated from the US Open semifinal against Elena Rybakina in three sets, she put up a heartbreaking message on her Instagram, and what followed was impersonation and not support. An account on X used her US Open images and copied that message to impersonate Gauff. The 22-year-old was quick to notice this and urged her fans and followers to report the account – that request was heard.
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Gauff’s fight against an online impersonator has ended with the account’s suspension. The “@CocoGauff448” profile, which spooked fans by using her US Open photos, was blocked from responding to Gauff’s posts days later, and then the account was taken down entirely from X.
“Report this account. lol impersonating me then blocking me from engaging with you. lol weird,” Gauff wrote on X, tagging the account directly. “@CocoGauff448 delete your account and stop scamming people.”
“And while we are here, I will never ask people to send me money,” she followed up with a broader warning to fans about the kind of scam these impersonation accounts typically run. “I have been told there are a lot of accounts scamming people pretending to be me. I am not on Telegram or would communicate with people on WhatsApp. Please DO NOT send money to ‘me’ because I promise it’s not me.”
Fans and followers took Gauff’s call to report the account seriously, and the pressure worked. X has since suspended the account completely, and the platform’s default message reads: “X suspends account that violates our rules.” One fan was celebrating the result right at Gauff.
“WE DID IT!!! JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED @cocogauff,” they wrote.
This is a developing story…