An unfortunate Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT holder has lost several NFTs, including a “bubble gum ape”, after being deceived by scammers.
User 0xQuit posted a post.detailsthat the victim named “s27” has lost BAYC #1584 and two Mutant Ape ( #13168 and #13169 ) to the scammers
BAYC #1584 is one of 119 bubble gum apes and containsRarity Score 111.99 out of 10,000 points based on Rarity Tools, which is pretty unusual.
Victims are tricked into swapping directly with scammers. Through a third-party service called swapkiwi, unlike traditional marketplaces like OpenSea, platforms like swapkiwi allow NFTs to be exchanged directly between collectors. This reduces transaction fees.
According to 0xQuit, the attacker took advantage of a way that swapkiwi would display a validated NFT. A check mark will appear within the image. This allows scammers to falsify this check by simply taking a picture of Bored Ape and editing the checkmark.
0xQuit says the check mark should appear outside the image. to prevent this kind of attack. And he added that if a collection is linked to an NFT’s contract address, it will be easier to verify if the NFT is real.
After the scammer got his picture, it sold the bubble gum ape for 98 ETH ($337,000), significantly lower than BAYC’s current floor price of 111 ETH ($382,000), and the two mutant ape stolen were both stolen. Sold at a lower price than the floor price as well.
swapkiwi has publisheddeclarationthat it is working to improve the platform to prevent it from happening in the future
Please be careful when swapping. Scammers photoshopped a verification badge into an NFT.
Always double check on either opensean or etherscan. We are working on the improvements.https://t.co/awyW70SyFh
— swapkiwi (@swapkiwi) April 5, 2022
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