Discord Evidence
This scam was identified with use of multiple discord accounts. Each has corresponding information of scams, whereas one current active account was connected to multiple wallet interactions.
This scam has a fairly consistent approach and use of terms in the messaging such as using phrases "scammers go away dont even try" when posting the image for trade. At the time of the investigation one account was live which allowed us to capture significant information about associated with the account.
Disclaimer: Please note that this article contains screenshots that may include individuals that may have been victims of a scam. Unless an account is explicitly identified and called out with detail, no assumptions should be made as the evidence is presented simply to link accounts and information for the investigation.
Discord Usernames and IDs
JoeyJO#3851 - Initial Reported Scammer
ssssssbbbb
Hard-Fish#5786
MadvillainNFT#8372
Miguel912#4407 - Cats Mod (Discord ID: 408411032659165186)
JoeyJO Scams
The initial reported event started in early January of 2023 with JoeyJO#3851 scamming a user in a trade of a Wise Whale (FP 28.99 at the time) for a fake Claynosaur. The person had the wallet and screen shots of some of the interaction, which are shown below.
Below is part of the initial trade conversation with JoeyJO. After several back and forth chats JoeyJO asks for a phone call to talk through the trade. It was reported that JoeyJO may have either a Spanish or French accent.
We can see after the initial P2P trade is made that JoeyJO has executed the scam and then decides to block all further chat with the user.
The trade of Wise Whales #1171 was made on January 9, 2023 to wallet 6N9XRXBgFxkX4NRQ8z3N2Ki7aS5N2ajpKsyEBUUuT6Y2 and sold shortly after on Magic Eden for 26 Sol.
The Degen Ape Example
JoeyJO was also found offering up several other Fake NFT Scam offers across several discords. The Degen Ape #2543 was being offered up for trade in Simpl3r discord on September 18, 2022.
The primary owner of the real Degen Ape #2543 as shown in the below Solscan image is wallet 6N9XRXBgFxkX4NRQ8z3N2Ki7aS5N2ajpKsyEBUUuT6Y2. This wallet received the NFT on February 6, 2022 from wallet 7QH8FjZ79rPXAEiXXRAZ94eWFD5FtJ6Z69N7b2cYXpYm. The real Degen Ape #2543 NFT was in possession of the 6N9X.. wallet until September 17th, 2022 when it was transferred to 2CYZXerTejPsTg6x3Z2yWp5yvN4gKnVD9u9aSC6TguE7 one day before the trade was offered.
The Stoned Ape Example
Stoned Ape #4100 was being offered up for trade in HeavenLand's discord on February 2, 2022 as shown in teh image below. On the same day the Fake Stoned Ape #4100 token below with the same image and name was minted with the 6N9x... scammer wallet.
Token: 7NAyyR3dXBXXshFqsaff1TbGvsE9v2ytGZCZ3kCqWitV
Update Authority: 6N9XRXBgFxkX4NRQ8z3N2Ki7aS5N2ajpKsyEBUUuT6Y2
The DuelBot Example
This DuelBot #1089 was offered up for trade in MetaTattoo's discord and was linked to JoeyJO's 6N9X.. wallet used during the scam. The real DuelBot #1089 was in possession of wallet 6N9X... on December 19, 2022 23:20:15 +UTC and then a fake DuelBot #1089 was minted shortly after by the same 6N9X... wallet on December 19, 2022 23:28:12 +UTC.
Token: HGEfxh1D5HdeQnouqcH7AZocipuYQq9oDdsjmMa8rh4C
Update Authority: 6N9XRXBgFxkX4NRQ8z3N2Ki7aS5N2ajpKsyEBUUuT6Y2
The same day JoeyJO offered a similar trade in the Underground Society discord too.
The real DuelBot #1089 was sold on December 30, 2022 for 63 Sol. This was associated with the seller "ssssssbbbb" discord account.
The ssssssbbbb account also had the fake DuelBot #1089 NFT token.
The Alternate ssssssbbbb Account
With evidence showing the fake Duelbot and real Duelbot as the same discord owner, it can be coorelated with Matrica profile. The ssssssbbbb is linked to two wallets on Matrica where the figure below shows a real and fake Jelly Rascals #1696 NFTs too.
Wallet: 2CYZXerTejPsTg6x3Z2yWp5yvN4gKnVD9u9aSC6TguE7
Wallet: 6N9XRXBgFxkX4NRQ8z3N2Ki7aS5N2ajpKsyEBUUuT6Y2
Hard-Fish Scams
We can also see Hard-Fish linked to the 6n9X... wallet in The Fracture discord. Hard-Fish was called out in April of 2022 as a scammer. He was referenced with a picture of DeGod #6248. We also see from the text that this person was mentioned having a "French accent from Montreal". Hard-Fish was working on a trade of DeGod #6248 as early as November 19, 2022 and we can see the terminology used is similar to that of JoeyJo using terms like "scammers go away dont even try".
In terms of DeGod #6248 we know that a fake DeGod was minted by wallet 7dPR... on November 29, 2021.
Token: 8GRZJpa26h2iNtGb522K8gnjmcg5sd8vUNQMXPS4N3Et
Update Authority: 7dPRvuauPDSYTMCSA2rFmvh9Tpf5YV7MuMaGjSCWRzJg
The real DeGod #6248 was in the possession of 6N9X... wallet and sold on Feb 17, 2022 for 21 sol on AlphaArt.
The same Hard-Fish tried again in the SolGods discord on June 2, 2022.
MadvillainNFT Scams
Here is a link to the wallet of the MadvillianNFT user name.
We can also see MadvillainNFT is linked to the 6n9X... wallet in X (Twitter). MadvillainNFT was called out on November 20, 2021 as a scammer. He was referenced with a picture of the same DeGod #6248 as Hard-Fish. MadvillianNFT was mentioned trying to scam with SolWabbits #511.
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