Finally a way to keep your anonymity, while letting collectors know you can be trusted. We encrypt and store contact info, to protect against rug pulls.
#CertiKStatsAlert 🚨
~$1.76 Billion in #web3 losses for 2022 YTD.
2022 has been a busy year for hackers & scammers w/ exit scams leading May for total losses at ~$21M (highest of the year).
Combined major incidents come in at ~$78M lost to exploits, hacks & scams in May ’22.
Today we’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with Asset Reality (@asset_reality) to give victims of cryptocurrency scams a chance at recovering funds that have been stolen.
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Once again showing that the scammers are much more organized than the legit actors. If anyone would like to join our team and help us get funding, we are developing ways to combat this behavior! #NFTCommunity#rugpull#scam#nft
1/ With all of the NFT Discord hacks over the past few months I thought it would be beneficial to map out one of the groups doing them
Currently $3.9m (1355 ETH) sits in their main wallets which are highlighted below
This number doesn’t include what has already been cashed out
Another great play-by-play showing how a slight change in a URL can convince people to click a button that does the opposite of what they think. #Phishing links for #Web3…
There's a new scam going around that tries playing off of your fear in order to trick you into signing away your valuable assets. Expect these to become more popular in the future. This is how it works 1/🧵
Another example of someone gaming the system (in this case, taking advantage of another site's UI) to fake an image and convince someone to give up valuable assets. This is the reason why we are developing a third-party standard that can be trusted and verified.
Today, bored ape holder "s27" lost their bubble gum ape and matching mutants ($567k at current floors) in an instant. This is a thread on how it happened, and how to prevent something similar from happening to you. 1/🧵
How to survive in the NFT space:
Don't blindly click links.
Don't share your screen.
Don't grant approvals when connecting your wallet.
Don't share your private key or seed phrase.
Don't install unknown apps.
Be cautious in everything you do and you won't get burned.
The more bad actors that cause problems in crypto, the more it will get the attention of legislators - causing a knee-jerk reaction stifling the entire industry: https://t.co/l0f5mfIfOB
Now we are at it: the ruggers/scammers of Billionaire Dogs Club were Guillaume Rassemi and Laurent Correia (who has over 3M followers on his IG account). Also living in Dubai and of course driving in fancy cars as you do.
1/ Here’s a summary on the NFT slow rug @BoredBunnyNFT & a breakdown where the $21.1m (6339 ETH) actually went as well as their ties to other NFT rugs.
Floyd Mayweather, David Dobrik, DJ Khaled, French Montana, Jake Paul, Chantel Jeffries, & more were paid to promote the project
ATTN ALL SCAMMERS: If you are located outside the US, you can and will be held accountable for your fraud schemes by the US gov't as long as there is 1 US citizen who is a victim. Have fun and good luck 🤣🤣🤣
ATTN ALL SCAMMERS: If you are located outside the US, you can and will be held accountable for your fraud schemes by the US gov't as long as there is 1 US citizen who is a victim. Have fun and good luck 🤣🤣🤣
I fully support projects being run by pseudonymous founders. However I do not support such individuals launching projects that collect vast sums of money if said identities have not existed for at least six months to a year. Reputation is earned, not assumed.
Today, two 20 year olds who rug pulled for at least $1.1 million with "Frosties" were charged for wire fraud and related crimes. A 🧵
First, disclosures: I am not a criminal lawyer and I have never practiced criminal law. Nothing here should be construed as legal advice.