Cryptocurrency industry has achieved incredible growth in side areas such as both NFTs and metaverse, especially since 2021. This growth of cryptocurrencies and the popularity of NFTs has been thanks to the entry of world-famous stars into the industry.
Madonnaeven bought Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) his collection has now become the collection of world stars. After all the good news, the BAYC collection is now in bad shape.
Phishing Made Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
one of Taiwan’s most famous stars Jay Chou, fell victim to a phishing attack. This attack is famous star $550,000 It also led to the theft of his NFT worth . The scammer had the BAYC piece stolen, which was gifted to him by the famous Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Hwang.
In addition two MAYC and two doodles His NFT was also stolen. The theft was also shared on Instagram by Chou himself. The attack of Chou, one of the biggest stars of Asia, drew immediate reaction.
Chou initially thought it was an April 1st joke, but later realized that his NFT was officially taken from him. According to the information conveyed by Zachxbt, the fraudsters bought a blue-tick Twitter account and committed the fraud in question. The world-famous star, who clicked on the link from the blue ticked account, lost all his NFTs.
It is stated that OpenSea has stopped the sale of the NFT in question.