NFT Owner created a fake “joke” bid of 100 WETH, forgets to cancel it, ends up buying his own NFT for 100 WETH.

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NFT Owner created a fake “joke” bid of 100 WETH, forgets to cancel it, ends up buying his own NFT for 100 WETH.

Quick summary :

  • @franklinisbored minted "stop-doing-fake-bids-its-honestly-lame-my-guy.eth" NFT.
  • He fake bid 100 ETH on it, to increase its value.
  • Another user bid the NFT for 1.9 ETH.
  • @franklinisbored then accepted the 1.9 ETH but forgot to cancel his own 100 ETH fake bid.
  • New owner then got the NFT then accepted the 100 ETH bid.
  • @franklinisbored lost his 100 ETH in the process.
  • He is now asking for the buyer to return his 100 ETH thru a letter.
  • He also sent back the 1.9 ETH to him.

The whole incident happened to a NFT called "stop-doing-fake-bids-its-honestly-lame-my-guy.eth"

Link to his tweet: https://twitter.com/franklinisbored/status/1549838025882042373?t=Z67YlnKsRgtluBXOlbBjGA&s=19

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