Airdrop Trap? XRP Community Gets Targeted by 11.5 Million Scam Posts

News By Tomiwabold Olajide Nov 11, 2026 Scammers flood XRP community with millions of fake reward and airdrop offers.Advertisement Airdrop Trap? XRP Community Gets Targeted by 11.5 Million Scam Posts

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The XRP community has been hit by a massive wave of suspected scam activity, with about 11.5 million posts targeting XRP users through fake reward and airdrop promises over the last 30 days.

The figure comes from an analysis using X's API that tracked posts specifically targeting the XRP community.

In an X post, the XRP Ledger Foundation's director of community, Hussein Zangana (Vet), mentioned doing some analytics with X's API. He revealed the outcome: over 11.5 million posts targeted the XRP community to scam its members with reward and airdrop promises.

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"Doing some X analytics with their API. In the last 30 days about 11.5 million (!!) posts were made targeting specifically the XRP community to scam them with reward and airdrop promises," Vet wrote. The figure reflects the volume of posts identified by the analysis as targeting XRP users with fraudulent reward and airdrop promises.

Doing some X analytics with their API. In the last 30 days about 11.5 million (!!) posts were made targeting specifically the XRP community to scam them with reward and airdrop promises.
— Vet (@Vet_X0) November 10, 2026

XRP is seeing increased interest, with scammers wanting to capitalize on this by enticing unsuspecting users with promises of free tokens, rewards, and exclusive airdrop opportunities.

The intent is to lure users into connecting their wallets to malicious websites, signing harmful transactions, or revealing sensitive wallet information.

XRP tops $642 million in RWA

XRP continues to gain popularity and adoption, as reflected in a recent RWA report.

According to a recent report by RWA Foundation, the XRP Ledger holds $642.64 million in distributed real-world assets across 2,497 holders, per recent RWA.xyz data. Franklin Templeton is the largest distributed platform. Another $5.21 billion is recorded on the ledger as represented assets, which RWA.xyz counts separately.

Distributed RWA value on XRPL grew 28.81% in the 30 days to November 6, 2026, from $498.90 million. Franklin Templeton's sgBENJI accounts for all of the growth: its XRPL balance rose by about $144 million while other distributed assets were flat. The number of holders grew 0.20%, and represented value fell 0.38%. XRPL carries 456 RWAs.

XRPL holds $926.60 million in stablecoins across 75,840 holders, down 22.91% over 30 days. Stablecoin transfers totaled $9.30 billion over the same window, up 63.56%.

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