{"id":564793,"date":"2020-11-29T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T09:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=564793"},"modified":"2020-11-29T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T09:29:18","slug":"xrp-army-hit-by-new-scam-promising-community-incentives-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/xrp-army-hit-by-new-scam-promising-community-incentives-support\/","title":{"rendered":"XRP Army Hit By New Scam Promising Community Incentives &amp; Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick take:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The XRP army has been targetted once again by scammers<\/li>\n<li>As with previous XRP scams, they promise community incentives and support for XRP holders<\/li>\n<li>The scammers are attempting to dupe XRP holders using Ripple-like websites and emails<\/li>\n<li>Ripple has requested XRP holders to be on the lookout for such fraudsters<\/li>\n<li>Ripple has not endorsed any XRP giveaway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fraudsters are once again <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/xrp-army-hit-by-another-elaborate-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">targetting the XRP community<\/a> through an elaborate scam that promises incentives and support for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/xrp-ledger-new-account-activations-hit-1-year-highs-of-4224-per-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XRP holders<\/a>. According to the team at Ripple, the scammers are using a domain and email that tricks recipients into believing the giveaway is from the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Beware of the latest giveaway scam: there is a fake email and fraudulent website circulating offering \u201cCommunity Incentive Programs\u201d or \u201cXRP Incentive Plans.\u201d Neither Ripple, nor any executive of our company, has offered\u2014or ever will offer\u2014free giveaways of digital assets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The team has further provided the following screenshot highlighting the fake website with an additional &#8216;.so&#8217; which is not easy to detect.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-564794\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-770x385.jpg 770w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-532x266.jpg 532w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-240x120.jpg 240w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ripple-Scam-Nov-29th-717x359.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><\/a>Ripple CEO: Hackers are Using IDN Homograph Attacks<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/ripple-ceo-speed-cost-scalability-make-xrp-useful-for-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CEO of Ripple<\/a>, Brad Garlinghouse also explained to investors that hackers were using &#8216;IDN homograph attacks&#8217; to trick their victims. These types of attacks involve the use of look-alike domains such as the one above of <em>ripple.com.so.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, hackers can play around with the letters of the alphabet and numbers to cause visual confusion. For example, RippIe.com with a capital &#8216;i&#8217; rather than the letter &#8216;l&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good morning to everyone besides scammers defrauding people with fake XRP giveaways. Hackers are using IDN homograph attacks (e.g. capital I instead of lowercase l in ripple. com, etc) and these websites can stay up for months (despite reporting them) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VdAp8BJc3W\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/VdAp8BJc3W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o3IRooNrzL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/o3IRooNrzL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgarlinghouse\/status\/1332764024425988096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">November 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ripple is Not Carrying Out Any Giveaway<\/h2>\n<p>In conclusion, the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/ripple-joins-global-coalition-to-push-payment-network-interoperability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ripple<\/a> has explained that the company is not carrying out any XRP giveaway. They have also provided a link (below) for XRP investors to learn how to spot scams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Any XRP giveaway is not endorsed by, affiliated with, maintained, authorized, or sponsored by our company [Ripple]. For tips on how to spot <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#scams<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, check out our blog here: <\/span><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" title=\"https:\/\/on.ripple.com\/3gADMQj\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lpGSBqPHAF?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-focusable=\"true\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-hiw28u r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">https:\/\/<\/span>on.ripple.com\/3gADMQj<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick take: The XRP army has been targetted once again by scammers As with previous XRP scams, they promise community incentives and support for XRP holders The scammers are attempting to dupe XRP holders using Ripple-like websites and emails Ripple has requested XRP holders to be on the lookout for such fraudsters Ripple has not endorsed any XRP giveaway Fraudsters are once again targetting the XRP community through an elaborate scam that promises incentives and support for XRP holders. 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