593 ETH was the total value of the NFTs stolen from the collector. Most of the NFTs were from the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection.
A New York artist and non-expendable token (NFT) collector named Toddkramer fell victim to a scam that cost him the temporary loss of at least 16 tokens belonging to the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection which cost more than $ 2 million.
The collector got hacked by an alleged phishing attack or data fishing. He reportedly clicked on a phishing contract simulating an original NFT decentralized application (dApp), where he was permitted to spend tokens on his behalf.
At least 16 NFTs got extracted from three different collections, including eight from the Bored Ape Yacht Club, seven from the Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and a Clonex NFT. The total value of the assets stolen from this collector reached 593 ethers (ETH), the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.
The situation became popular because most of the stolen NFTs belonged to the BAYC, with a value of 497 ETH. The following report highlighted 79.1 ETH and 17 ETH, respectively.
Digital Distress
Toddkramer shared a bit of his experience and anguish when he observed his missing NFTs. A brief message on Twitter showed the beginning of his concern. He said he got hacked. All his apes are gone. He expressed that the criminals just sold them and asked for help through Twitter.
Later, the user alerted that the scammer was begging on his behalf, which means that the criminal managed to use his identity. He wrote that there is a scammer who even uses his name.
The Apes Got Frozen
On the other hand, reports explain that the thief tried to sell the parts on the NFT OpenSea marketplace. The app froze the assets, and they may get returned to Toddkramer.
The affected user pointed out on Twitter that all apes are frozen and said he was waiting for the OpenSea team to enter the account and recognized he must use a hardware wallet. The affected user expressed that he never noticed troll accounts lurking in the network. He said kindness prevails, and the community is too friendly.
Scams related to NFTs have become increasingly common, something that is due to the growth that these assets have had this last year, supported, in general, by play-to-earn games.
Various media outlets recently reported a massive scam perpetrated by the developer named “Evolved Apes.” The person in charge escaped with 798 ethers.
Earlier, a fake NFT artist stole USD 140,000 with a project based in Solana, where more than 2,000 people got found to be victims of a criminal who escaped with a large amount, a form of scam known as carpet pulls or rug pulls. This initiative to scam grew significantly this year, and thanks to that, USD 2.8 billion got stolen in total from users’ wallets.
By. Jenson Nuñez
