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Kanye West‘s threatening letter to Kim Kardashian accusing her of exploiting their kids is just a stunt designed to piss off Kim — one with zero legal bite … TMZ has learned.

Here’s the deal … on Friday, Ye’s purported lawyer, Kathy Johnson, supposedly sent Kim’s attorney, Laura Wasser, a cease and desist letter, “concerning the welfare and custody of Mr. West’s minor children: North West, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West.”

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But we spotted a bunch of red flags pointing to this being a phony correspondence, including the claim Johnson works for a JB Law Firm in Palma, Spain. We’ve found no record of any such firm in that town … there is one in the Canary Islands, but a website link for that firm doesn’t work, nor does the phone number.

Even if Ye had actually retained Ms. Johnson as his attorney, it would be an odd choice … unless she’s authorized to practice law in California, where he would have to wage the child custody battle with Kim.

A source with direct knowledge tells us Kim’s camp is also treating the purported letter as a stunt, and we’re told Wasser hasn’t received it.

We also contacted Kanye’s camp … and they tell us the letter is a “hoax” and Ye had nothing to do with it.

As you know, Kim and Kanye got divorced in 2021 after 7 years of marriage and 4 kids. As part of their divorce settlement, they have joint custody of the kids and Kanye pays $200K every month in child support.

The alleged cease and desist said Johnson is repping Kanye and his current wife, Bianca Censori … and it accused Kim of violating Ye’s parental rights in several ways. Of course, Bianca would have no legal rights if there were a real custody battle.

Just another clear sign of the hoax … which, we gotta admit, rooked us.