APE Rug Pull

Reported loss $94K
Rugpull

What happened

Quick Summary

APE token was rugpulled by the scammer, removing liquidity worth 96,421 USD from UniSwap pool in three transactions.

Details of the Exploit

APE is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On Jul 26, 2022, the scammer executed an exit scam by performing a rugpull on the APE token project. They removed liquidity from the UniSwap pool in three separate transactions, resulting in a total loss of 96,421 USD, which is equivalent to 53.36 WETH.

Block Data Reference

Deployer Address:

Address 0xAa54…1F11

Scammer Address:

Address 0xF969…Ac59

Liquidity Removal Transactions:

  1. Tx 0x9903…a951
  2. Tx 0xc303…1b7c
  3. Tx 0xfd92…2f4b

Protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract APE

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