Towelie Hack
What happened
Towelie (TOWELIE) token project was rugpulled by the deployer, removing liquidity worth 88,861 USD from the UniSwap pool, causing a loss of 54.72 ETH.
Towelie is an ERC20 token trading on UniSwap. On Aug 23, 2023, the deployer removed liquidity from the LP pool, resulting in an exit scam. The stolen funds were transferred to another EOA address and then distributed between multiple addresses.
Half of the stolen funds were transferred to ChangeNow, a quarter to Binance, and a quarter were left on different EOA addresses. The total loss from this exit scam is 88,861 USD, equivalent to 54.72 ETH.
Deployer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x9FAc5E13…C45488
Scammer Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x6b883c49…B445D3
Funds Holder Address as of September 4, 2023:
https://etherscan.io/address/0x55f03F60…AD9071
Liquidity Removal Transaction:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x007aef7e…44537f
Case & protocol details
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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