Misconfigured or poorly designed smart contracts can enable rug pull scams, where developers create fraudulent decentralized finance (DeFi) projects or tokens and then withdraw liquidity or funds abruptly, leaving investors with worthless assets.
Phishing (A) and SIM attacks (B) relate to social engineering and telecom fraud, respectively, and ransomware (D) is malware demanding payment. Rug pulls specifically exploit smart contract vulnerabilities.
The DFSA and AML thematic reviews on crypto highlight rug pull scams as a key operational and financial crime risk linked to smart contract vulnerabilities.
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