Two Hours in a Zoom Call with a Fake Forbes Reporter

posted  27 Nov 2023
Photo - Two Hours in a Zoom Call with a Fake Forbes Reporter
A Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT owner, nicknamed Crumz, narrowly avoided a scam orchestrated by an impostor posing as Forbes editor Robert LaFanco. The scammer approached Crumz for a supposed interview about BAYC.
During the Zoom call, the impostor urged Crumz to click a button to allow access to record the interview. Later, he was bizarrely asked to fetch a banana for a themed NFT photo.

Suspecting foul play, Crumz stayed vigilant at his computer, apprehensive that the fraudsters aimed to gain remote access and potentially pilfer his digital assets.