Researching my daily work, I stumble upon this unopened Instagram DM. I don’t like opening Instagram DMs, there are too many and many of them are usually promoting something fake. I find myself just opening it anyway “Transform your books or poetry into NFTs to earn one big fat cheque’ I look again, and ‘big fat cheque’ is still there. I ask how,  she immediately responds whether I’m new to crypto ; I tell her I’m not.

She goes on to send this link, I don’t like opening new links but I find myself opening it. If you’ve seen the Decentraland whitepaper, the link leads me to a PDF that looks exactly like the Decentraland whitepaper but the content is different. Only the design. I read and read, while at it, the madam asks whether I work in crypto. I tell her yes. All this time I’m wondering how she knows I’m into writing without knowing I’m into crypto. All the same. I continue with the PDF to find out for myself how fat one cheque can be. I go back and tell her I’m done reading, and search for that ‘sack of dollars’ emoji to show her I’m indeed in for the bag. What else I’m I doing in this life if not chasing after it anyway.

She goes on to break down the product she is working on. I’m all ears because I’m used to speaking to founders, marketers, clients who want me to break down their product whitepapers into easily readable blog posts for users and investors. This time I’m on the other end of the spectrum, a potential user. All my life researching, writing It never occurred to me to utilize any of the products I write about to make my life better. It’s not that my life is a living hell. I mean, these projects make money and they pay their writers too.

She says all you need to do is upload your eBook’s digital version here. She goes ahead and sends me a link to this well-designed digital NFT marketplace. I go ahead and fill in a few details, pasting my USDT (TRC-20) address always makes me happy. Whether it’s writing it on an invoice, on Telegram, anywhere - there is something subtly mind-blowing about pasting USDT addresses.  Like knowing anytime, your bag will fill a-little bit more. Madam Instagram goes ahead to request for my USDT (TRC-20) too and says I can get paid in crypto if I want.

She insists that I should also add my picture next to my marketplace profile. I tell her I have 5 eBooks already lying in my folder, and all of them are non-fiction rants about various blockchain developments. The smallest one is 50,000 words but it’s my favorite. So I go with another one. She says the big fat cheque can expand a little more to accommodate each of the four books. I nod and smile thinking to myself this cheque will not only be fat but obese too. I’m afraid to lose my 5 books of-course, it’s not that I sat down , summoned West African ‘Juju’ to make those books write themselves.

Something tells me this is not right, so I type back at her , ‘why should I trust you’ she types… I see typing for a while on the chat window,  she goes on typing; ‘Well because I’m trustworthy’ too short an answer for a century of typing I think’ Before I form a response for her, she continues to say she will transfer the first 5000 USDT after I upload the first book, but 1000 USDT for each. I think that’s better, it’s better than trusting the cadre of Forex Instagramers in my country. I continue uploading the first book, and after clicking the submit button, whoop - minting fees. This is normal I say, I’m almost connecting my Metamask when I notice 3.5 ETH gas fees. Jeez.

I go back , I type , I delete , I type and lastly say go F$$** yourself.

Another NFT Minting Fees Scam.

Protecting NFT Investments

Researching my daily work, I stumble upon this unopened Instagram DM. I don’t like opening Instagram DMs, there are too many and many of them are usually promoting something fake. I find myself just opening it anyway “Transform your books or poetry into NFTs to earn one big fat cheque’ I look again, and ‘big fat cheque’ is still there. I ask how,  she immediately responds whether I’m new to crypto ; I tell her I’m not.

She goes on to send this link, I don’t like opening new links but I find myself opening it. If you’ve seen the Decentraland whitepaper, the link leads me to a PDF that looks exactly like the Decentraland whitepaper but the content is different. Only the design. I read and read, while at it, the madam asks whether I work in crypto. I tell her yes. All this time I’m wondering how she knows I’m into writing without knowing I’m into crypto. All the same. I continue with the PDF to find out for myself how fat one cheque can be. I go back and tell her I’m done reading, and search for that ‘sack of dollars’ emoji to show her I’m indeed in for the bag. What else I’m I doing in this life if not chasing after it anyway.

She goes on to break down the product she is working on. I’m all ears because I’m used to speaking to founders, marketers, clients who want me to break down their product whitepapers into easily readable blog posts for users and investors. This time I’m on the other end of the spectrum, a potential user. All my life researching, writing It never occurred to me to utilize any of the products I write about to make my life better. It’s not that my life is a living hell. I mean, these projects make money and they pay their writers too.

She says all you need to do is upload your eBook’s digital version here. She goes ahead and sends me a link to this well-designed digital NFT marketplace. I go ahead and fill in a few details, pasting my USDT (TRC-20) address always makes me happy. Whether it’s writing it on an invoice, on Telegram, anywhere - there is something subtly mind-blowing about pasting USDT addresses.  Like knowing anytime, your bag will fill a-little bit more. Madam Instagram goes ahead to request for my USDT (TRC-20) too and says I can get paid in crypto if I want.

She insists that I should also add my picture next to my marketplace profile. I tell her I have 5 eBooks already lying in my folder, and all of them are non-fiction rants about various blockchain developments. The smallest one is 50,000 words but it’s my favorite. So I go with another one. She says the big fat cheque can expand a little more to accommodate each of the four books. I nod and smile thinking to myself this cheque will not only be fat but obese too. I’m afraid to lose my 5 books of-course, it’s not that I sat down , summoned West African ‘Juju’ to make those books write themselves.

Something tells me this is not right, so I type back at her , ‘why should I trust you’ she types… I see typing for a while on the chat window,  she goes on typing; ‘Well because I’m trustworthy’ too short an answer for a century of typing I think’ Before I form a response for her, she continues to say she will transfer the first 5000 USDT after I upload the first book, but 1000 USDT for each. I think that’s better, it’s better than trusting the cadre of Forex Instagramers in my country. I continue uploading the first book, and after clicking the submit button, whoop - minting fees. This is normal I say, I’m almost connecting my Metamask when I notice 3.5 ETH gas fees. Jeez.

I go back , I type , I delete , I type and lastly say go F$$** yourself.

Another NFT Minting Fees Scam.

Protecting NFT Investments