{"id":593926,"date":"2026-04-08T18:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593926\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:17","slug":"cardi-b-threatens-credit-card-thieves-after-85k-fraud-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593926\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B threatens credit card thieves after $85k fraud spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardi B does not play when it comes to her career or her money. So when she recently became the victim of credit card fraud, the rapper came out swinging.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner didn\u2019t hold back in an <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamcardib\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram Live video<\/a> on Tuesday, revealing to her followers that four people used her credit card and went on a $US60,000 ($85,000) shopping spree within the span of one hour.<\/p>\n<p>In her four-minute rant, Cardi \u2013 real name Belcalis Alm\u00e1nzar \u2013 said that her American Express credit card went missing about two weeks ago but she only started receiving notifications about suspicious transactions this week. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/57143c607db74feee7c6c86bb5b74888\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Cardi B sends unhinged message to credit card thieves\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know I don\u2019t play about my money, right?\u201d she began in the lengthy clip. \u201cSo my credit, my AMEX, is connected to my phone. B***h, every single time that something is purchased with my AMEX, I get a notification like a n***a is texting me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could be ordering porn and me and my accountant is gonna get a notification that I purchased porn from my credit card,\u201d she added. \u201cThat\u2019s how much I don\u2019t play about my money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first red flag came through her phone, alerting her that $US40,000 ($57,000) was spent at upmarket US department store Saks Fifth Avenue. <\/p>\n<p>After initially thinking it was one of her assistants buying things on her behalf while she\u2019s currently away on tour, Cardi then realised something was wrong when she got another alert 35 minutes later \u2013 this time from Apple for a $US20,000 ($28,000) purchase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome weird sh*t was happening,\u201d she said. \u201cBefore I even called my accountant, my accountant called me \u2018cause [they] also get a notification \u2026 As soon we saw it was some funny activity going on, we completely cut off the credit card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut guess what, f***ers? We called those stores \u2026 Let me tell y\u2019all motherf***ers something. Y\u2019all going to jail, we got clear pictures of you motherf***ers trying to get money out of a Chase [ATM].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The furious star explained that the group attempted to withdraw cash from various Chase bank ATMs with her card, which wouldn\u2019t have worked anyway since her card doesn\u2019t allow ATM withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>The Bodak Yellow rapper then proceeded to describe the culprits to her 164 million Instagram followers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all look Arab and y\u2019all look Dominican,\u201d she claimed in her video. \u201cOne of you is bald-headed with a very thick beard. One of y\u2019all look like y\u2019all ain\u2019t got early twenties with curly black hair. One of y\u2019all got a grey silver jacket and you got a stomach. And one of y\u2019all is short and bald with a beard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardi said if she came across the thieves\u2019 home address before police do, she would not hesitate to handle the situation herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re lucky that I don\u2019t got your address,\u201d she threatened. \u201cBecause if I get your address before these people that got these people that\u2019s doing the investigation on y\u2019all, if I get the address before them, I\u2019m gonna get them beat up. Word to my mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardi B does not play when it comes to her career or her money. 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