People
who
still
use
NBA
Top
Shot
were
the
primary
targets
of
a
scam
tweet
posted
to
ESPN
reporter
Adrian
Wojnarowski’s
account
on
X
Saturday
evening
at
about
6:30PM
ET.
The
tweet
referred
to
NBA
Top
Shot
as
a
“popular”
NFT
platform,
despite
the
fact
that
current
activity
levels
are
a
tiny
fraction
of
what
we
saw
during
its
peak,
and
falsely
claimed
a
“free
NFT
pack
is
available
to
all
customers.”
The
tweet
linked
visitors
to
a
scam
version
of
the
NBA
Top
Shot
website
(the
link
went
to
a
.org
address
instead
of
the
official
site’s
.com
URL)
that
could
attempt
to
drain
assets
from
people
who
give
it
access
to
their
crypto
wallets.
About
a
half
hour
later,
the
official
Top
Shot
account
posted,
saying,
“There
is
NO
Free
Airdrop
happening
on
NBA
Top
Shot
at
this
time,
Please
be
careful
and
always
double
check
links.”
The
post
was
eventually
pulled
from
Wojnarowski’s
account
after
being
live
for
nearly
an
hour.
Because
of
his
reputation
for
breaking
news
tweets,
many
NBA
fans
have
alerts
turned
on
for
his
posts
and
could
have
had
account
information
stolen
if
they
clicked
the
fraudulent
link.
A
number
of
high-profile
Twitter
/
X
accounts
continue
to
get
compromised.
Wojnarowski’s
recent
NBA
news
posts
have
also
been
syndicated
on
Threads,
however
that
account
was
not
used
for
the
scam.
However,
the
latest
NBA
Top
Shot
stats
from
tracking
site
Cryptoslam.io
only
show
about
8,100
unique
sellers
and
5,550
unique
buyers
for
the
month
of
January,
down
from
the
peak
of
more
than
399,000
buyers
in
March
2021,
so
it’s
doubtful
there
are
very
many
people
left
using
it
to
get
scammed
by
this
kind
of
post.
(Originally posted by Richard Lawler)
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