Gabby Loses Rare NFT Bears in Phishing Scam, Seeks Help from NFT Community

TLDR Gabby, a Justin Bieber fan, falls victim to a phishing scam and loses her rare NFT bears. She tries to contact the hacker and seeks help from the NFT community, but her situation remains unresolved.

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00:00 Gabby, a huge Justin Bieber fan, took a risk and bought three NFT bears from Justin Bieber's collection, even though she didn't fully understand the concept of NFTs.
04:41 Gabby fell victim to a phishing scam and lost her rare NFT bears, which were sold by the hacker for a significant profit.
09:55 Gabby tried to contact the hacker who stole her NFT bears, but their account was already deleted, so she turned to the Discord where she got phished, but it was chaotic and she couldn't get help, so she reached out to the mods on Twitter and Instagram, and eventually spoke to one of them who couldn't undo the transaction but suggested reaching out to the in-betweeners team, and then she contacted one of the founders of the collection, Reed, who had a personal connection with Justin Bieber and was hoping their NFT project could be as successful as the board ape yacht club.
14:10 Reed, one of the founders of the in-betweeners NFT collection, acknowledged the high number of newcomers and the need for more education and hand-holding, but felt that the issue of people losing their NFTs was more systemic and couldn't be fully addressed by the discord community, leaving Gabby's situation unresolved.
18:54 The host needs Alex's help to execute a plan to send a message through an NFT as a calling card to the new owner of the Rainbow Chain Bears, but is hesitant because the artist who designs the calling card wouldn't receive any money if it becomes valuable.
23:34 The host and Alex create an NFT calling card using an eco-friendly blockchain called Polygon and send it to the wallet holding Gabby's rainbow chain bear, but they don't receive a response and the host starts to worry that the owner might think they're a hacker.
28:02 Joey, the owner of the rainbow chain bear, explains his fascination with NFTs and how they provide a unique form of wealth and credibility that cannot be faked.
32:34 Joey, the owner of the rainbow chain bear, is open to the idea of trading it for another NFT that could potentially be just as good of an investment.
37:15 Joey is impressed with the production of the audio NFT, but the song doesn't seem to be his style.
44:30 Joey decides not to trade the rainbow chain for the audio NFT because he doesn't see the underlying utility or value in it.

Gabby Loses Rare NFT Bears in Phishing Scam, Seeks Help from NFT Community

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