NFT whale “Pranksy” faked by Banksy prank almost 100 ETH, OpenSea “sits without benefit” 2.5% bid

After standard artist Banksy’s web site was hacked to advertise a faux NFT public sale, NFT collector Pransky was defrauded of 97.67 ethers price $ 341,500.

However, almost all the cash was refunded.

Yesterday (August 31), Pransky noticed an NFT public sale on the OpenSea market on the Banksy official web site. Although Pranksy expressed doubts concerning the authenticity of the token, he determined to take part within the public sale and elevated the bid from 87 ethers ($ 304,500) to almost 100 ethers.

It seems to be hosted on https://t.co/J8U3TmR3gE? So may very well be actual, one to observe over the following 3 days

– Pranksy (@pranksy) August 31, 2021

“It seems to be hosted on Banksy.de. So possibly the appropriate factor, one thing to keep watch over for the following three days. “

The bid was accepted, however after a hyperlink to the OpenSea public sale was faraway from Banksy’s web site, NFT traders started to worry the itemizing could be a rip-off. Just an hour after sharing the public sale on Twitter, Pranksy posted:

“Yes, my bid of 100 Ether was accepted for Banksy NFT on Opensea. The hyperlink has been faraway from his web site, so it may very well be a really elaborate joke, I assume time will inform! “

The perpetrator returned 97.69 ethers to Pranksy a number of hours later. Pranksy believes he acquired his refund after figuring out the hacker and following him on Twitter.

“The refund really surprised me. I think the press coverage of the hack and the fact that I found the hacker and followed him on Twitter may have led him to do it.”

A Banksy spokesperson stated:

“The artist Banksy did not create NFT artwork. Any Banksy NFT public sale is under no circumstances affiliated with Banksy. “

Twitter person “Cryptochild” feedback on the drama Note that OpenSea was the one winner, bagging not less than 2.5% of Pransky’s huge bid.

“A courageous step. All good issues got here to an finish and Opensea was the winner with 2.5% of the bid. “

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