Tokenized Tweets
Cool new scam artists should be aware of. Any rando can now turn your tweet and by extension, your artwork into an NFT by tagging this account @/tokenizedtweets
Block this guy pic.twitter.com/JeHXwcoYFV
— RJ Palmer @ Anime Expo F42 (@arvalis) March 9, 2021
The biggest fear any artist could have is having their work stolen, and as we’ve previously observed, it can happen in the world of NFTs. Most times, an artists work is minted right under their nose, but a Twitter account was in the business of minting tweets instead of artwork. The Twitter account “tokenizedtweets” was peddling an NFT con where the account owner would mint NFTs from artist tweets, with their work being caught as collateral damage. Artist RJ Palmer brought the scam to light with a screenshot of his own tweet falling prey to tokenizedtweets, which has since been suspended from Twitter.
