BAYC Investor Reportedly Escapes Losing NFTs to Fake Forbes Journalists
While Crumz was too excited at the beginning to question the interviewers about not turning on their cameras, the investor noticed several other red flags during the interview. In a tweet, Crumz, the pseudonymous Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) owner, detailed his experience with the scammers and how they attempted to steal their NFTs by requesting a banana during the interview. A non-fungible token (NFT) collector has narrowly escaped losing his assets to fake Forbes journalists during a supposed Zoom interview.
Crumz revealed that a scammer pretending to be Robert LaFranco, an editor for the American business magazine and media company, reached out to him, requesting an interview as Forbes was writing an article about BAYC. The supposed editor wanted Crumz to talk about his experience in the club. Unfortunately, Crumz failed to discover that the X account that contacted him differed from LaFranco’s original one, even though they looked up the editor’s name. While they were a bit surprised at the company’s move, the BAYC owner cooperated with the scammer and fixed a date for the interview. The bad actor failed to show up for the first call, citing a family emergency, but suggested that the interview be postponed to November 26.
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