Comedian Branden Miller aka @joanneprada became the victim of a hacker who took over his account and held it for ransom. Thankfully, Twitter restored his account.

This is Joanne. She's a liar and a scammer. She loves robbery AND fraud. She's a messy bitch who lives for drama. Please watch her signature video:

Instagram: @iambranden

In reality, "Joanne" is a character created by Branden Miller.

Joanne Prada, aka "Joanne the Scammer" is the alter ego of Branden Miller, a young comedian from Miami, Florida. As @joanneprada, Miller has created a hilarious and compelling character that has become wildly popular on Twitter. Joanne's iconic line, "I'm a messy bitch who lives for drama," has evolved into its own meme. Celebrities like Katy Perry are fans, and Black Chyna once tweeted a video of her impression of the meme.

The Joanne the Scammer character is absurdly hilarious. The boasting about "scamming" and committing nonsensical crimes like "wine forgery" in a terrible wig are simply wonderful.

In a weird twist of fate, on Sunday night Miller became the victim of an actual scammer who took over his Twitter account. Miller received an official-looking email that appeared to be from Twitter's verification team, claiming the company would verify his account if he confirmed some details. Believing the message to be legit, Miller provided those details, which the scammer used to commandeer his account.

Then, the scammer emailed Miller demanding $500 in ransom to unlock the account. Smartly, Miller never paid.

BuzzFeed News reached out to the real scammer, who did not reply. A rep for Twitter says that these kind of ransom schemes are not common.

Miller wasn’t easily scammed for money. He was adamant that he regain control of his Twitter account before sending any money.

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