Wild claims as Instagram influencer Pamela Silinda’s account gets hacked

Pamela Silinda claims her controversial Instagram post was the result of a hacking incident, sparking a debate over the authenticity of her message. Picture: Instagram

Pamela Silinda claims her controversial Instagram post was the result of a hacking incident, sparking a debate over the authenticity of her message. Picture: Instagram

Published Oct 14, 2024

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Instagram influencer Pamela Silinda has sparked outrage after a troubling post appeared on her Instagram Story early Monday morning.

The now-deleted message detailed her alleged struggles with a promiscuous lifestyle and her alleged recent positive HIV diagnosis.

The message read: “I'm so tired of this life. I ruined my life trying to live a soft life. Sleeping with men for money. Selling myself, all for what?? I disappointed my parents I couldn't even finish school.

“My life is ruined Now l just tested positive for HIV and I don't know what | will do but please to every young girl out there it's not worth it”

Pamela Silinda's shocking Instagram post sparks social media controversy. Picture: Twitter

Shortly after the post, Silinda returned to Instagram, to clarify the situation, revealing she had been hacked.

“Yoh guys I'm so sorry someone hacked my instagram and wrote things, worse I was sleeping till someone woke me up and showed me.Im so shocked.”

Shortly after the post, Silinda returned to Instagram, to clarify the situation. Picture: Twitter

Users expressed a mix of shock and scepticism regarding Silinda's claims.

@BBK29_ stated, “Nothing was hacked... She chose to be patriotic and from now on, we shall stay away South Africa will be a great country if it was led by honest people like her, who do the right thing”.

Conversely, @SibusisoMabuyaa questioned the validity of her hacking claim, saying, “People who says their accounts are hacked after they've posted something, can someone balance me how does that happen? l've had Facebook and Twitter since 2011, l've never experienced that”.

— Sbu 🇿🇦🇵🇸 (@SibusisoMabuyaa) October 14, 2024

Another user, @Makhanya, suggested Silinda was merely regretting her actions, “She's regrets the path she chose and after realising it isn't worth sleeping with men for money,she decided to vent about it on social media when she was drunk and reflecting. Then when she was sober she woke up and claimed she was "hacked" - we've seen this movie before”

Further criticism came from @mundufrance, who remarked, “Why apologise for something you didn't do? We take what we read and consider it to be true. What she wrote after we vehemently reject! She was in a moment when she wrote it and came to her senses of what she did and tried to polish it. It wont work!”

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