{"id":593732,"date":"2023-10-09T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/astrology-nft-project-lucky-star-currency-rugged-for-over-1m-certik\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:30:00","slug":"astrology-nft-project-lucky-star-currency-rugged-for-over-1m-certik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/astrology-nft-project-lucky-star-currency-rugged-for-over-1m-certik\/","title":{"rendered":"# Astrology NFT project \u2018Lucky Star Currency\u2019 rugged for over $1m &#8211; Certik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p itemprop=\"description\" class=\"post__lead\" data-v-3d3be88a> The deployer account for LSC drained over $1 million in tokens from the project, then sw<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed them to BUSD using PancakeSwap. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-3d3be88a>The astrology-themed NFT project Lucky Star Currency (LSC) has performed an exit scam for over $1 million, according to an October 9 report from blockchain security firm Certik. <\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s deployer account called the \u2018withdrawToken\u2019 function on both the NFTMerge and AdwardCenter contracts, removing over $1 million in LSC from them. These tokens were then swapped for Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin\u00a0and sent to another account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CertiKSkynetAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CertiKSkynetAlert<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We can confirm an exit scam on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstrAstrol75591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AstrAstrol75591<\/a> LSC token <\/p>\n<p>Bsc: 0x2b3559c3DBdB294cbb71f2B30a693F4C6be6132d<\/p>\n<p>EOA 0x9Ef withdrew LSC tokens from the AwardCenter contract. Tokens were then sold for $1.1m<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sy7vFfqhf5\">https:\/\/t.co\/sy7vFfqhf5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CertiKAlert\/status\/1711297215254159490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Lucky Star Currency is a project that focuses on NFTs and claims to be founded by astrologists. Its contracts include an Award Center and NFT Marketplace. It is marketed towards the Chinese crypto investment market. The team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstrAstrol75591\">promotes<\/a> the project on X (formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>) under the username @AstrAstrol75591. It also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/LSCNFT\">has<\/a> a Telegram channel. As of October 9, the project\u2019s website and user interface are offline.<\/p>\n<p>Before the alleged rug, Lucky Star Currency was heavily promoted on the Chinese <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> app Toutiao and Q&amp;A platform Zhihu.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 02:52 a.m. UTC, BNB Smart Chain address 0x9Ef72Ee68a7c841986A0C60e0FDbAE4e27446Deb <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bscscan.com\/tx\/0x67e0200a33004ca22f3df38a618389a77e35f8fe65d28d0527331a604b0a04a8\">removed<\/a> over 1.6 million LSC from the AwardCenter contract for Lucky Star Currency. In a second transaction, an additional 1.4 million LSC was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bscscan.com\/tx\/0xcdfa6e7c061d9cbebf41c36ee9b31bf29ebba3399b18c3c0f1984580c4275581\">drained<\/a> from the project\u2019s NFTMerge contract. After draining funds, the attacker <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bscscan.com\/tx\/0xca0ef4214ed18b846228358a0c1fa4c315bd03fb281385d8b186e8a506df958e\">swapped<\/a> them for over $1 million in BUSD via Pancake swap and then sent them to account 0x23f8c805306Bf27AB8bf3cEbEce4B778acfFd896. This account has been receiving BUSD from various sources for the past 82 days, implying that there may be more than one scam depositing funds to it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Certik, the contracts that were drained have been listed on Telegram as the project\u2019s official contracts.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-10\/b8c3a560-6272-4705-8f76-e45614a9baa4.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Admin Telegram post stating the official addresses for LSC contracts &#8216;NFTMerge&#8217; and &#8216;AwardCenter.&#8217; Source: Certik.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, blockchain data shows that the attacking account <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bscscan.com\/tx\/0x5b96fd70433ce41d370a907a85463d0242ea174f3bd271536077e90b51b905e1\">is<\/a> the deployer for the AwardCenter contract.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><strong>Chinese DeFi protocol WDZD Swap exploited for $1.1M: CertiK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company that promoted the project claimed to have an office in Shenzen City, China.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-10\/c9efc4ab-6a70-4838-8386-94e9dfd4920a.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lucky Star Currency office, Shenzhen, China. Source: Certik, Telegram<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rug-pulls from Chinese projects have become a recurring problem in the Web3 space. Running a centralized cryptocurrency exchange is illegal in the country.\u00a0Because of this, users who deposit to a Chinese protocol that has centralized elements may risk having their funds confiscated by police. <\/p>\n<p>Over $100 million were lost in July when the China-based Multichain protocol drained all of its users&#8217; funds into an attacker\u2019s account. The team alleges that police have arrested their CEO, but victims still search for answers as to what happened to their funds and how they can be reimbursed.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"defi_newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The astrology-themed NFT project Lucky Star Currency (LSC) has performed an exit scam for over $1 million, according to an October 9 report from blockchain security firm Certik. The project\u2019s deployer account called the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":593733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-10\/04a3039f-cc37-4728-92fc-307d00db6214.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74894,74868,74882,95118,4973,70934,71101],"class_list":["post-593732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-blockchain","tag-defi","tag-hacks","tag-nft","tag-china","tag-regulation","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}