Alert: Scammers launched fake FTX 2.0 token with backdoors, peckshield says FTX scam
Since its price immediately rocketed in the FTX2/WETH pool, the scammers started sending tokens to top-tier centralized exchanges Binance , KuCoin and Huobi. Some investors into the pool might believe that this is an official airdrop by the FTX team.
Moreover, the token itself has built-in instruments that would allow it to trick its holders. For instance, its price can be manipulated arbitrarily.Also, some tech-savvy followers of PeckShield Twitter account noticed that the contract's design has at least one more dangerous feature: There is a function in the smart contract called 'Approve' that actually allow them to burn anyone's balance.
Needless to say, any sort of interaction with this token can be extremely dangerous for crypto users.As covered by U.Today previously, the FTX collapse has already been used by scammers to lure gulible investors. For instance, fraudsters announced a"compensation program" to promote the phishing campaign focused on the victims of the FTX drama.Yesterday, on Jan. 19, 2023, current FTX CEO John Ray III announced that the platform might be relaunched.
FTX exchange collapsed in November 2022; its CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of using investors' money for his trading firm, Alameda Research.
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