Quick Facts About Zyan Cabrera: Real Age, Personal Details, and Is She Really A 'Pinay Gold Medalist'?

If you have been anywhere near Facebook or Telegram this past week, chances are you have seen her face. Zyan Cabrera, tagged in dozens of viral posts as a 'Pinay gold medalist,' has become one of the most searched names online since the 2026 Winter Olympics kicked off in Milano Cortina on 6 February. The posts promise leaked footage and scandal. They deliver neither.

Cabrera is not an athlete. She has never competed in any sporting event. She is a young Filipino content creator whose likeness was stolen by scammers running a phishing operation timed to ride the wave of Olympic search traffic.

Who Zyan Cabrera Actually Is

Based on available online profiles, Cabrera is a young woman from Manila. Some sources list her date of birth as 12 April 2007, making her 18. She posts under the username Jerriel Cry4zee across TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram, sharing dance clips, emotional videos, and casual trend content, according to Aptikons.

She has a Facebook page with tens of thousands of likes but no public profile beyond social media. No athletic record. No connection to any sporting federation. The 'gold medalist' label was fabricated entirely to bait clicks.

How The 'Gold Medalist' Phishing Scam Works

The posts began flooding feeds in early February, right as the Milano Cortina Games opened. Cybersecurity experts identified the campaign as SEO poisoning - a tactic where scammers attach trending keywords to provocative thumbnails, exploiting the surge in Olympic-related searches to push malicious content past spam filters, LatestLY reported.

The pattern is consistent. A post appears with a split image. One side shows an innocent clip of Cabrera dancing, pulled from her public TikTok. The other shows a blurred, explicit image of an unrelated couple. Captions tease a 'viral scandal' or 'leaked MMS.' A shortened link promises the full video.

There is no video. Clicking redirects users to a fake Facebook login screen, asking for credentials to 'verify age' or 'continue watching.' Once entered, those details go straight to the attackers. Some versions prompt a download disguised as a video player, which installs malware, according to Khabarxp.

Compromised accounts then repost the links to contacts, making the scam look legitimate.

A Broader Pattern Targeting Asian Influencers

Cabrera is far from the only victim. Cybersecurity analysts have linked the campaign to a wider trend targeting South and Southeast Asian influencers. Similar scams previously exploited the names of Malaysian creator Alina Amir and Bangladeshi influencer Arohi Mim using identical tactics - provocative thumbnails, fabricated timestamps, and phishing links, per LatestLY.

The playbook never changes. Hijack a real person's face. Attach a scandalous claim. Ride a trending keyword. Harvest credentials from anyone curious enough to click.

The explicit images paired with Cabrera's name are either from unrelated adult content or AI-generated fakes, Aptikons revealed. Her own clips - the dance videos and casual posts - were stolen and repurposed without her knowledge or consent.

What To Do If You Spot These Posts

Do not click the links. Do not share the posts, even to warn others, because sharing still spreads the malicious URL. Report the content on whichever platform you see it. If a friend posted one of these links, message them privately. Their account has very likely been compromised.

Cabrera has not issued a public statement about the misuse of her name. Nothing connects her to the posts, the links, or the operation behind them. She is an ordinary young creator who became collateral damage in a scheme built to exploit Olympic fever and basic human curiosity.

The 2026 Winter Olympics run until 22 February. These scams will keep circulating at least until the closing ceremony, and likely well beyond it.