COO of RTFKT falls victim to NFT phishing scam, loses collection valued at $175,000+

Phishers target RTFKT COO, steal NFT collection worth $175,000+

The Chief Operating Officer of RTFKT, a crypto brand owned by Nike, had his NFT collection worth at least $175,000 stolen in a phishing scam.

According to Nikhil Gopalani, who is the COO and tweeted about the incident to the Clone X community, he was hacked by someone who used the same phone number as his Apple ID and sold all of his Clone X and other NFTs.

Hey Clone X community – I was hacked by a clever Phisher (same phone # as apple ID) & sold all my clone x / some other nfts… Obviously pretty upset and hurt by this and I havent really been able to move all day. Hope people who bought my clones love them (being positive)
— Nikhil Gopalani (@Nikgopalani) January 3, 2023

OpenSea activity shows that the thief used two wallets to transfer the NFTs out of Gopalani’s wallet, which included significant amounts of CloneX, RTFKT, Loot Pods, and Crypto Kicks NFTs.

The affected wallet now has a total asset value of $0.11 on Etherscan following the withdrawals. Gopalani expressed his upset and hurt over the loss, but said he hoped that those who bought his NFTs would love them.

The CTO of RTFKT stated that they would not be able to provide further details on the matter at this time due to legal reasons.

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