What happened: I received an e-Mail to a fake Ripple airdrop today. The link in the e-Mail is leading to the following fake Ripple website.
Scammer Website: Virustotal-Lookup:Source: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/27cc7e9d330838a8f6174f06337aeb422866eefbc25a02347434155e76b65329/detection
Quoted fake Ripple airdrop e-Mail:Topic: Commencing the Incentive Initiative distribution
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:42:14 +0000 (UTC)
From: Ripple Insights <
noreply@library.site>
To:
xxxxxx@googlemail.com Boosting our liquidity to compensate for the economic downturn
As economies around the world are hit by the global crisis, Ripple is moving firmly towards economic recovery. With 2 earth shattering projects being put to water - the Community Incentive Plan and the Support Program, Ripple is starting to unlock XRP clusters previously reserved strictly for enterprise clients.
By making available over 5.12 Billion XRP, both campaigns are entirely focused on the users of RippleNet.
Users can enrol by whitelisting their address in preparation for the Community Incentive and Support Program. The first wave of XRP will be redistributed starting November 26 and will be aimed towards current holders - in personal addresses or exchanges.
Register
Thank you,
Team Ripple
Whois Lookup:Domain Name: ripple.com.so
Registry Domain ID: 129168-sonic
Registry WHOIS Server:: whois.nic.so
Registrar URL:
Updated Date: 2020-07-16T20:00:18.944Z
Creation Date: 2020-07-11T17:48:55.407Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-07-11T17:48:55.453Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-07-11T17:48:55.453Z
Registrar: Key-Systems
Source: https://whois.domaintools.com/ripple.com.soAdditional Notes: Don't fall for this scam. With the upcoming Spark (Flare) airdrop for Ripple holders we can expect comparable scam attempts in the future. Always double-check. Never enter your privat key! Better safe than sorry!