Cryptocurrency investors have reportedly been defrauded after a scam alert was published on crypto firm, DeFi100.
The alleged fraud happened amid the market’s bearish run.
DeFi100, built on the Binance Smart Chain, is a decentralized finance protocol. On the company’s website, investors were told they have been scammed and nothing can be done about it.
“We scammed you guys, and you can’t do shit about it” was displayed on DeFi100.org website. According to Crypto Whale, about $32 million was lost by investors.
Crypto Whale stated that, “As the bull market fades, many projects will too! Expect a huge increase in exit scams over these next few months.
“Never invest in projects that are very new, with anonymous teams, made as memes, and have a lack of real utility. Stay safe everyone!” Crypto Whale wrote in a Twitter post.
Hours after, the scam alert was brought down by DeFi100.org, with another message displaying “404 sorry”, which is an error message for a website or post taken down.
In a damage control tweet, DeFi100 stated that it was hacked, “The website was hacked yesterday and the message was shown by the hackers. It has been taken down.”
The initial message displayed on DeFi’s website had indicated a ‘rug pull’, which is common in the cryptocurrency market. Rug pull is a scam move which involves crypto developers tricking individuals to invest into their digital assets, then run away with investors’ funds.
