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Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘CryptoBatz’ NFT launch targeted by scammers
Ozzy Osbourne‘s launch of a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) was reportedly targeted by scammers who made use of a fake Discord server to defraud supporters of hundreds of dollars in cryptocurrency.The project, known as ‘CryptoBatz’, is a collection of 9,666 “digital bats” – a reference to Osbourne infamously biting the head off a bat during a concert in the early ’80s. The collection was previewed two weeks ago, with Osbourne himself describing the project as “fucking mental”, and a pre-sale for the NFTs opened in December through its official Discord server.As reported by The Verge, however, the ‘CryptoBatz’ launch was targeted by scammers after the project changed the URL of its Discord server.
