Hackers keep trying new ways to loot money in crypto and fiat. This time, scammers hacked a Twitter account of the Indian Embassy in Oman to promote an XRP scam that requires users to click on a phishing link. In order to appear legitimate, the scammers replaced the account profile image with Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse.
Currently, the official Twitter account OmanEmbassy_Ind shows several tweets posted in which scammers are encouraging users to click on the link and sign up for a giveaway that did not exist in reality.
Notably, fake Garlinghouse announced a 100 million XRP giveaway to the community worth over $42 million per the current price of XRP. Additionally, fraudsters have been using XRP tags while interacting with users in the thread.
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It might be the same attacker who previously breached the Twitter account of the India-based CoinDCX crypto exchange and tried to trap users with similar fake giveaways of XRP. Fortunately, the crypto exchange got access to the account back as announced on September 20. India’s CoinDCX account has followers up to 230,000, while the Indian Embassy boasts 4,119 followers on Twitter as of now.
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