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    Home » News » 13+ Bored Apes Stolen As Yet Another BAYC Scam Rattles The Industry

    13+ Bored Apes Stolen As Yet Another BAYC Scam Rattles The Industry

    By VineetDecember 17, 2022Updated:February 1, 20233 Mins Read

    This year has been no kinder to Bored Ape owners, and the latest BAYC scam is yet another shocker for the industry. 14 Ape NFTs have fallen victim to a “gasless transaction” scam, including one NFT that has already been sold off. The total value of the NFTs range over $1 million. So let’s learn more about this type of scam and how to prevent it.

    a few of the bored ape NFTs that were scammed from the twitter user @_sevenseason_

    What Is The Latest Bored Ape Scam All About?

    On December 17th, industry builder @CirrusNFT exposed an over 1200 ETH scam on Twitter. NFT collector @_sevenseason_ saw all 14 of his prized Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs instantly stolen! Therefore, the total value of this Bored Ape scam is north of $1 million.

    The NFT trader thought they were signing a gasless transaction for a licensing deal with web3 social IP platform ‘The Unemployed’. An unknown figure named “Jason Brubeck” approached @_sevenseason_ asking him to accept the license contract. This scam was a result of a combination of two things. Firstly, a few loopholes in OpenSea contracts as well as a well played social engineering scam. Let’s learn more about this “gasless transaction” scam on OpenSea.

    What Is A Gasless Transaction Scam?

    This type of scam first appeared in February 2022, claiming a lot of high-profile targets and assets. It starts with a phishing link, getting users to connect their wallets to a “trustworthy” website. This is also the trickiest part of the scam, with heavy amounts of social engineering creating the illusion of trust. The second part of this scam is to get the user to sign a gasless transaction on their wallets. Most users make the mistake of thinking that no gas equals no transfers, but that is a wrong assumption.

    In a Twitter thread detailing gasless scams, Chimpers dev @cap10bad.ETH details that this step actually allows users to transfer NFTs to the scammers’ wallets for 0 ETH! In the thread, he also claims that though MetaMask has improved the readability of contracts, it still lacks behind. He further states “To avoid this scam: if the message is from Seaport and includes “OFFERER: YOUR WALLET”, this means you are creating a listing (of your NFT).” You may read the full thread here, to learn more about this type of scam.

    Moreover, OpenSea has taken no steps to close this loophole. Especially as thieves and scammers keep innovating to find new ways to exploit people. On the other hand, the Blur marketplace offers insurance by putting limits on how quickly items recently transferred can accept offers. Furthermore the wallet page that stole the NFTs “0x9335dA37d37BC5D46850EaEe48F8B9CCbE94D9a2” is now lost.

    As the situation currently stands, NFT Twitter is sending love and support to @_sevenseasons_. Furthermore, users are also trying to find ways to recover the lost BAYC digital collectibles. To keep your assets safe, check out our complete guide to NFT security with Ledger.

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    Vineet is a storyteller based in Mumbai. Having previously worked for various web2 organizations as a journalist, instructional designer, and event manager, he got into blockchain in early 2021. As a musician by passion, he fell in love with the digital megastructures building the future of art and creativity. He believes that web3 unlocks creativity at a higher level, and works towards onboarding music projects to the space.

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