Here’s What Happens When You Talk to NFT Scammers on Twitter
They were trying to cash in on the recent OpenSea attack
Last weekend OpenSea users lost NFTs worth millions in what appears to be a phishing attack. The $13 billion tech company kept users updated about the situation via their official Twitter accounts, but impostors kept popping up in the replies, taking advantage of the panic and confusion to scam worried users. Curious about the scams they were running, I responded to some of them, asking what I needed to do to keep my NFTs secure.
The responses I got were all variants on a common theme. The scammers first asked what kind of wallet I was using — I told them MetaMask, though I don’t have a wallet or any NFTs at all. Next, they asked me to follow various links and provide information to “secure” my wallet. In reality, presumably whatever they wanted me to do would transfer my (imaginary) funds to them.
One scammer told me that following the links and completing the instructions would allow me to “have [my] Metamask wallet node rectified.” Another said that going to their link would “get [my] wallet encrypted and prevent it from any form of hacking” — a dream come true for any concerned user. Finally, a third told me the link would “restore [my] network” and “flush out any unsigned connections.”
