FaZe Banks calls out David Dobrik\u2019s \u201c$6M scam\u201d through Bored Bunny NFT promotion YouTube: FaZe Banks \/ David DobrikFaZe Banks responded to a call out aimed at David Dobrik for promoting an alleged $6 million NFT \u201cscam\u201d with Bored Bunny and revealed he turned down a similar offer after realizing it was a \u201cmistake.\u201d NFT scams are as old as NFTs themselves. FaZe Banks knows that better than anyone after seeing four members of his organization get punished for promoting a cryptocurrency, only to inflate its value and then dump it. It\u2019s no surprise then that he chimed in on a post from Twitter user Zachxbt, who investigates the connection between influencers and NFTs. In a recent post, Zachxbt called out YouTube star David Dobrik for promoting an alleged \u201c$6 million NFT scam.\u201d \u201cWelcome David Dobrik to the long list of influencers promoting scams,\u201d said Zachxbt on March 27. \u201c0.4 ETH -> 0.059 ETH within 90 days, and the team has disappeared with $6m.\u201d They also shared a clip of Dobrik promoting it. \u201cI wanted to get my feet a little more wet with some NFTs, Dobrik claimed in his promotional video. \u201cI kind of went to the tippy-top of the NFT world and check this out. I got a Bored Bunny! Not only is it a Bored Bunny, but it looks like me.\u201d \u201cIf you\u2019re young and naive just like my brother and want to get into NFTs, check out Bored Bunny. They have over 150,000 people in their Discord. It\u2019s like a giant group chat. So, if you\u2019re interested at all, start on their Instagram page.\u201d Welcome David Dobrik to the long list of influencers promoting scams. 0.4 eth -> 0.059 eth within 90 days & the team has disappeared with $6m. https:\/\/t.co\/1Of0hUw7XA pic.twitter.com\/33VOwxnJhz \u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) March 27, 2022 This post gained traction and eventually caught the eye of FaZe Banks, who revealed he also received an insane offer to promote it. While Dobrik went ahead, Banks ultimately decided against it after \u2018educating\u2019 himself and realizing it was a \u201cmistake.\u201d \u201cThey offered me \u2018$500k-$750k\u2019 upfront for a story post or follow,\u201d he said. He also posted a screenshot of a text conversation he had with someone apparently affiliated with them as evidence such an offer was indeed pitched. \u201cI think it\u2019s worth noting that I didn\u2019t make this mistake only because I\u2019ve taken the time to educate myself,\u201d Banks explained. \u201cA lot of these influencers take deals brought to them by their management [because they\u2019re] treated as a product campaign.\u201d They offered me \u201c$500k-$750k\u201d upfront for a story post\/ follow. I think it\u2019s worth noting that I didn\u2019t make this mistake only because I\u2019ve taken the time to educate myself. A lot of these influencers take deals brought to them by their management\/ treated as a product campaign. pic.twitter.com\/BEIezyblnF \u2014 FaZe Banks (@Banks) March 27, 2022 Bored Bunny has addressed concerns about their NFTs in the past. On February 18, they assured holders the floor price wasn\u2019t being manipulated and urged them to list NFTs at higher prices to avoid undermining value. They also revealed that they\u2019ve been legally pursuing the removal of defamatory statements and \u201cblatant lies\u201d about them and their NFTs on the internet. However, they\u2019ve remained silent on social media ever since. Meanwhile, Dobrik hasn\u2019t addressed the \u201cscam\u201d allegations at the time of writing. It\u2019s not the first time an influencer with a massive following has been accused of promoting NFT and crypto \u201cscams,\u201d and it\u2019s unlikely to be the last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FaZe Banks calls out David Dobrik\u2019s \u201c$6M scam\u201d through Bored Bunny NFT promotion YouTube: FaZe Banks \/ David DobrikFaZe Banks responded to a call out aimed at David Dobrik for promoting an alleged $6 million NFT \u201cscam\u201d with Bored Bunny and revealed he turned down a similar offer after realizing it was a \u201cmistake.\u201d NFT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}