[Scam]: Phishing Ripple website then redirecting to fake giveaway

[TravelMug]

What happened: Fake Ripple website and giveaway

Website:

Code:

xn--riple-vo1b.com
https://riṗple.com/

Archive: https://archive.is/FzQNu

What makes this dangerous is that it's taking a the ripple.com domain and turn it into homograph attack, so very dangerous.

Whois Record for Riṗple.com
Domain Profile
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IANA ID: 1068
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Whois Server: whois.namecheap.com

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Dates    Created on 2020-11-02
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Updated on 0000-12-31    
 
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DNS2.NAMECHEAPHOSTING.COM (has 953,454 domains)

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[btc_angela]

Ok so criminals just got another method here, they replicate a ripple.com domain through cryllic attack, but then will present themselves with this kind of fake giveaway and there could be some that will think that this is legit enough and deposit some in hope that they will double their money. Clever trick, and thanks for the fair warning and we also wish that no one will be a victim here.

[Lorence.xD]

Ok so criminals just got another method here, they replicate a ripple.com domain through cryllic attack, but then will present themselves with this kind of fake giveaway and there could be some that will think that this is legit enough and deposit some in hope that they will double their money. Clever trick, and thanks for the fair warning and we also wish that no one will be a victim here.

Each day they are getting more crafty and cunning in finding ways to swindle people of their funds, hopefully on the other side of the spectrum, people fighting this problem is getting equally crafty and cunning too. The only problem left for us is to inform the masses about the rise of this schemes and hopefully it will reach the right person that might become the victim of this kind of schemes. Nice catch OP, I want to start looking for this kinds of website too but the problem is I am still saving to buy a better phone, I am still using a shitty relic.

[TalkStar]

Ok so criminals just got another method here, they replicate a ripple.com domain through cryllic attack, but then will present themselves with this kind of fake giveaway and there could be some that will think that this is legit enough and deposit some in hope that they will double their money. Clever trick, and thanks for the fair warning and we also wish that no one will be a victim here.

Its nothing new and they are running multiple websites like this. Even they are using the same frontend for most of their websites. Few month earlier XRP authority have requested youtube to remove all fake XRP giveaway related content from their platform and after that this scammers are changing their domain on a regular and keeping the trap active for cryoto users.

Here is more details about fake Ripple giveaways, https://eng.ambcrypto.com/another-xrp-giveaway-scam-goes-live-youtube-where-art-thou/

[TravelMug]

What happened: Ripple Fake Giveaway

Website:

Code:

https://xrp-reward.org/

Archived: https://archive.is/QX0Oc

Registrant Org    Maslov Anatoliy Zaharovich
Registrant Country    ru
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IANA ID: 463
URL: https://www.nic.ru/whois
Whois Server: https://www.nic.ru/whois

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Registrar Status    clientTransferProhibited, serverTransferProhibited
Dates    29 days old
Created on 2020-10-25
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NS4.NIC.RU (has 552,530 domains)
NS8.NIC.RU (has 552,530 domains)
   
 
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IP Address    195.24.68.9 - 2,369 other sites hosted on this server

https://whois.domaintools.com/xrp-reward.org

[tippytoes]

That's fast. When I checked the site it says now -




Also, that kind of giveaway I believe is an old scheme. I've seen that with btc and eth. And now, with XRP. Because XRP is really doing great in the market, we will see more of these phishing sites. I hope users will validate the legitimacy of the site before making any action from their end.

[TravelMug]

What happened: Another one of this fake XRP giveaway

Website:

Code:

https://ripple-xrp.me/

Archived: https://archive.is/onEM2

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Registrant Country    pa
Registrar    NameCheap, Inc.
IANA ID: 1068
URL: www.namecheap.com
Whois Server: whois.namecheap.com

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Dates    4 days old
Created on 2020-11-22
Expires on 2021-11-22
Updated on 2020-11-22    
 
Name Servers    DNS1.NAMECHEAPHOSTING.COM (has 971,665 domains)
DNS2.NAMECHEAPHOSTING.COM (has 971,665 domains)
   
 
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Again, be careful, XRP is making significant gains because of a news of a fork this coming December 12. So criminals are having a field day and taking advantage of this to trap noobs again to this scheme.