How To Protect Yourself From NFT Scams

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Gary Vaynerchuk

Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 18.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

With @VeeFriends Series 2 right around the corner, there are MANY bad actors looking to scam people and steal their NFTs and money. Scammers are constantly trying to trick people into clicking fake websites (that look very real) through email, random DMs, and pretending to be GaryVee or VeeFriends staff. This is the most critical time to be extra vigilant and cautious with any links you may see. We will never email you or DM you about minting or public sale. All official links will always be communicated through the Official VeeFriends Discord #announcement channel and social channels. Always take the time to triple-check any URLs, and when in doubt just go directly to the VeeFriends Official Website (https://veefriends.com/), as this will be the landing page for all things VeeFriends including our new Series 2 collection.

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0:00.0	This is the Gary V. Audio Experience.
0:07.0	Please watch this video to not get scammed.
0:09.8	Hey everyone, we'll be covering common scams in the NFT space and how to protect
0:14.0	yourself.
0:15.0	Scammers are becoming more and more deceptive as more new people enter the NFT space.
0:19.4	One of the biggest things you can do to protect yourself is triple checking the URL of any
0:23.5	site that you're trying to reach.
0:25.0	You can minimize your risk of getting scammed by making sure that the URLs you're clicking
0:29.0	on are legit.
0:30.0	Please, please, please make sure you're on the actual URL.
0:33.8	The fake URL is tricking.
0:36.9	Tricking so many people.
0:38.4	That is the key.
0:39.8	Make sure you're on the right URL and when you click the contract, make sure you see what
0:43.0	it says it's getting access to.
0:45.6	Please be careful.
0:47.2	Many scam sites are made to look identical to the site that you're familiar with, but
0:51.5	the URL will be slightly different.
0:53.4	So check for extra letters, different site extensions, or similar looking characters.
0:58.7	One example is a scam happening within the ad section of Google search.
1:02.8	When users search VFriends on Google, the top of the search results is sometimes populated
1:08.2	by fake VFriends websites.
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