What happened
Animoca Brands issued a scam alert about a new ERC-20 token “Animoca Brands Metaverse” on Uniswap V2 that fraudulently claims to be associated with Animoca Brands and uses the symbol “Animoca”
The contract deployer added initial liquidity at:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x01eed379…4f8289
The contract deployer used his funds to buy fake Animoca tokens at multiple transactions. Finally, the liquidity was removed by the contract deployer at:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x1a7590ff…affa83
Case & protocol details
Classification
Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gaming / Metaverse / Gam
Protocol Type
Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract
Animoca
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report animocabrands.com
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