Overview
- David Schwartz, who posted Thursday, warned of a huge escalation in fake airdrops and giveaways targeting XRPL users.
- Scammers are impersonating Ripple leaders on Instagram and Telegram to push giveaways that ask people to send XRP or connect wallets.
- Attackers are sending unsolicited NFTs with hidden buy offers and using clone sites that request signatures, with one victim reporting a 6,000 XRP loss.
- The XRPL Foundation reinforced the warning and told users to avoid airdrops, giveaways, and supposed customer support outreach on X.
- Growing institutional use of the ledger has widened the attack surface, so users are urged to verify sources and never share seed phrases since transfers are rarely reversible.