The famous lead vocalist of the heavy metal rock band Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, engaged in an NFT collection distribution that features many tokens; but, in turn, did not expect that it would be part of a scam. The website of the legendary vocalist, particularly a Discord channel, got malicious fake links used unto it and ended up stealing from people’s cryptocurrency wallets.
Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘CryptoBatz’ NFT: Beware of a Scam in Links
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GERRARDS CROSS, UNITED KINGDOM: British rock star Ozzy Osbourne gestures during a Thames Valley Police press conference in Gerrards Cross, Britain, 23 November 2004 after his house was broken into late 22 November.
According to a report by The Verge, an NFT platform made by Ozzy Osbourne and several partners became the focus of a scam and hacking that led to the theft of crypto assets. The main reason for this is its community Discord platform that contained the old link URL seen on their official Twitter post but changed to a different address.
Osbourne’s “CryptoBatz” platform initially contained the URL saying “discord.gg/cryptobatznft” but then changed the address into “discord.gg/cryptobatz.” The threat actors involved in this scam used the old URL and turned it into a phishing website that effectively led people to share their assets there and have their accounts wiped of their crypto balance and assets.
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