BULLETIN: Sam Pepper has exactly 24 hours to take down the video titled "KILLING BEST FRIEND PRANK" or he will incur the wrath of Anonymous. — TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessages) December 1, 2015

Anonymous have warned YouTube prankster Sam Pepper to take down a controversial prank video or ‘incur the wrath’ of the hacktivist group.

Sam Pepper, a Big Brother contestant turned YouTube star, joined Vine celebrities Sam and Colby for a prank involving the staged kidnapping of Sam and the faked murder of Colby.

Pepper was accused of crossing the line with the prank, though he said he was ‘shocked how everyone had taken it’ in an interview with Metro.co.uk.

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This video must be taken down. @SamPepper you have been warned. You have 24 hours or we will unleash fucking hell on you. — TheAnonMessage (@TheAnonMessages) December 1, 2015

Now Anonymous have joined the party and warned the YouTube star to take down the video.



‘You have 24 hours or we will unleash fucking hell on you,’ the group wrote from its Twitter account.

The hacktivist group accuse Pepper of ‘using violent abuse to garner subscribers’ and take aim at the YouTube community for ‘supporting this imbecile.’

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