IVY Hack

TOTAL LOST $1.8M
Medium Rugpull

What happened

YVI token rugpull exit scam occurred on Oct 16, 2023, with liquidity removal and 234,361 USD worth of tokens sold, resulting in a total loss of 1,820,319 USD.

YVI is a BEP20 token trading on PancakeSwap. On Oct 16, 2023, the Deployer renounced ownership after creating the contract. The scammer then removed liquidity from the LP pool and sold tokens in sixteen transactions worth 234,361 USD.

The stolen funds were transferred to other addresses and converted from BSC-USD to USDT, resulting in a total loss of 1,820,319 USD.

Deployer Address:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x00B3aa7E…534B23

Scammer Addresses:

https://bscscan.com/address/0x5c30d0a9…3de64b

https://bscscan.com/address/0xee5797EC…523cC5

Liquidity Removal Transaction:

https://bscscan.com/tx/0x86761605…6d60ec

Stolen Funds Holder (USDT):

https://bscscan.com/address/0xcE97bEb4…89c40a

Case & protocol details

Classification Token
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract IVY
Official Website ivendpay.com
Protocol Twitter/X @ivpay_io

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