CLOUD NFT Rug Pull

Reported loss $519K
Rugpull

What happened

The CLOUD NFT project on the Binance Smart Chain was hit by a rugpull, resulting in a loss of 518,870 $USD.

CLOUD NFT is a BEP721 token. The scammer used the token sale contract's privileged function recoverLostTokensExceptOurTokens() to withdraw funds in two transactions, totaling 518,870 $USD. The funds were then transferred to another externally owned address.

Subsequently, this EOA address swapped USDT for 1270 $BNB and transferred the funds through TornadoCash, while the remaining funds are still held at the address.

Scammer Address:

Address 0x8059…7928

Funds Holder:

Address 0x6176…ae52

Liquidity Drain Transactions:

Tx 0x9edb…7cfe

Tx 0x184c…ec95

Funds Moving Transaction Example:

Tx 0x9a97…86f7

Tornado Cash Transaction Example:

Tx 0x9061…0ae8

Protocol details

Classification NFT
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract CLOUDNFT

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