Benzinga - There has been a recent surge in the launch of fraudulent meme coins by crypto scammers, blockchain experts have revealed.
Cointelegraph reported ZachXBT, an independent blockchain investigator, stated that a single wallet address launched 114 meme coin scams in the last 45 days alone.
Over the past 1.5 months one person has created 114 meme coin scams.The wallet address in question is 0x739c58807B99Cb274f6FD96B10194202b8EEfB47, and each time stolen funds are sent to the same deposit address.Each time stolen funds from the scam are sent to the exact same deposit address.
0x739c58807B99Cb274f6FD96B10194202b8EEfB47 pic.twitter.com/uwVAiG9WGG
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) April 26, 2023
While it is difficult to determine the total amount of money the alleged scammer has amassed, ZachXBT suggested the scammer had used multiple wallets to split up funds.
Meme coins are cryptocurrencies inspired by internet memes or jokes and typically lack serious utility or future use cases.
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In a related development, Twitter user CoinGurruu also identified another wallet address, 0xCc16D5E53C1890B2802d5441d23639CAc6cd646F, which has allegedly launched 2-5 meme coin rugs daily for almost two years straight.
This wallet has launched 2-5 memecoin rugs daily for almost 2 years straight:0xCc16D5E53C1890B2802d5441d23639CAc6cd646F
These devs have incredible hustle. Make sure you label it on Etherscan so you don't line their pockets with your money
Absolute insanity. pic.twitter.com/ffNQ4sTGls
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