{"id":562341,"date":"2020-06-30T18:48:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=562341"},"modified":"2020-06-30T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:48:33","slug":"xrp-army-hit-by-another-elaborate-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/xrp-army-hit-by-another-elaborate-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Army Hit By Yet Another Elaborate Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scammers are targetting the XRP community with a convincing email promising rewards through staking.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The promises go further with another email promising a share of 5 Million XRP to be unlocked by Ripple.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both emails are part of an elaborate scam to lure investors into parting with their hard-earned XRP.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new scam is targeting the XRP community. Perpetrators of the scam are attempting to steal investors&#8217; XRP by using convincing emails impersonating the Ripple company and advertising a false event dubbed &#8216;Introducing Proof-of-Keys Ownership and Staking Event&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the alerts and shares on Twitter regarding the scam, the fraudulent emails were sent out on the 26th of June. The perpetrators are using an email address of &#8216;ripple@avana.asia&#8217;. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haydentiff\/status\/1236829399649042433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">former XRP investor<\/a> Tiffany Hayden, the emails look legitimate and sometimes can bypass the junk filters in one&#8217;s personal inbox.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0fSCAM ALERT<br \/>This email made it past my junk filter and looks legit but it\u2019s not. Somebody just messaged me because they\u2019ve been scammed. Delete this email and don\u2019t click on the link. Please RT. \ud83d\ude4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24XRP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$XRP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRPCommunity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#XRPCommunity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFrEVCbrMb\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hFrEVCbrMb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\ude83\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude8f\ud835\ude8f\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude97\ud835\udea2 \ud835\ude77\ud835\ude8a\ud835\udea2\ud835\ude8d\ud835\ude8e\ud835\ude97 (@haydentiff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haydentiff\/status\/1276641101869350923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Promises of XRP Staking With Rewards<\/h2>\n<p>Furthermore, the allure of the scam is that it promises rewards for staking XRP. However, the XRP ledger does not support staking. This fact has been highlighted in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haydentiff\/status\/1276677961127788544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">an additional Tweet<\/a> by Tiffany Hayden explaining that someone has already fallen for the trap and sent almost 100,000 XRP.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I don&#8217;t know if more than one address was given out for this scam, but somebody sent almost 100k <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">$XRP<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> to this one under the guise of &#8220;staking.&#8221; (As a reminder, there is no staking with <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#XRP<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. Also remember that everybody wants to steal from you.) rNUqDtwHfqemNymY1dsXnNJ9vAaktregRZ<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>The Scam Emails Are Evolving<\/h2>\n<p>The emails by the same scammers seem to be evolving. Another email promised financial quantitative easing for the XRP community hard hit by the crypto market downturn. This email promises a share of over 5 Million <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/category\/news\/latest-ripple-xrp-news\/\">XRP<\/a> that will be unlocked by Ripple in a bid to cushion the XRP community from the effects the remittance coin losing value in the crypto markets. Below is a screenshot of the fake email <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onyx_1200\/status\/1277675773453713409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">shared by @Onyx_1200<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-562343\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-770x1667.jpg 770w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-240x520.jpg 240w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email-717x1552.jpg 717w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Fake-Ripple-Email.jpg 887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Ripple&#8217;s Response to The Continual Emergence of XRP Scams<\/h2>\n<p>In response to the exponential increment of XRP scams targetting the community, the team at Ripple has pinned the following message on its Twitter page advising investors and traders to be on high alert.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019ve noticed an uptick in fraudulent communications claiming to be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Ripple<\/a> or members of the Ripple leadership team offering giveaways, particularly around <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SwellbyRipple?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SwellbyRipple<\/a>. Be on alert &#8211; these are fraudulent and are not official accounts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qVZhgVwmcN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/qVZhgVwmcN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ripple (@Ripple) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple\/status\/1192622389613355009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Ripple has requested the XRP community to be more vigilant and watch out for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/scammers-targeting-the-xrp-community-become-more-sophisticated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the following tricks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using company logos<\/li>\n<li>Impersonating management on social media by using their profile pics and using usernames that are similar<\/li>\n<li>Offering giveaways by using bots to reply to top social media posts on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Sending private messages on Telegram and Twitter<\/li>\n<li>and Other psychological tricks to fool potential victims<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, XRP hodlers should do their due diligence and confirm such offers by visiting the company&#8217;s main website and other social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In brief: Scammers are targetting the XRP community with a convincing email promising rewards through staking.\u00a0 The promises go further with another email promising a share of 5 Million XRP to be unlocked by Ripple. Both emails are part of an elaborate scam to lure investors into parting with their hard-earned XRP. A new scam is targeting the XRP community. Perpetrators of the scam are attempting to steal investors&#8217; XRP by using convincing emails impersonating the Ripple company and advertising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":562345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4656,828],"tags":[84,6957],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}