Bored monkey avatar collector loses $567,000 NFTs in direct swap scam

Non-fungible token (NFT) hacks are on the rise again, and this time the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collector has been scammed. Boring monkey holder named ‘s27’ missing gum monkey and matching spikes worth $567,000 after swapping NFTs on an exchange called ‘Swap.Kiwi’. This platform allows direct NFT swaps between collectors, with reduced transaction fees. BAYC NFT is owned by celebrities such as basketball icon Steve Curry, music artist Post Malone, and even American TV host Jimmy Fallon. The Twitter account ‘quit’, which tracks all the popular NFT monkey avatars,…

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