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CONFIRMED SCAM

Ripple XRP Live (fake)

https://youtube.com/@RippleXRPLive

CRITICAL risk
SOCIAL
16 reports

✓ Verified by GACS · gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b

Critical riskGACS Risk Score

Composite score from 6 signals below.

  • In GACS scam database+40
  • On active blacklist+30
  • Critical severity+15
  • 16 community reports+15
  • Active 145+ days+5
  • Confirmed by manual_curated+5
Why we flagged this
Reported by 16 usersActive 145dsocialmanual_curatedOn active blacklist

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GACS verdict: Do not engage

  • Listed on the GACS active blacklist (multi-source confirmed).
  • Severity classified as CRITICAL based on harm pattern.
  • 16 independent user reports on file.
  • Cross-referenced against external feed: manual_curated.
  • Tactic category: social.
First flagged May 28, 2026Last verified May 28, 2026How we score
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Case summary

Hijacked verified channel running deepfake Brad Garlinghouse XRP giveaway live. QR + claim site drains wallets.

Originally published on GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Verify the latest status of this report at https://gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b. Browse the full public scam registry, see live scam alerts, or report a scam. © GACS · Licensed CC BY 4.0 with attribution to gacs.app.

Pattern: Deepfake livestream scam

A hijacked or newly created video channel runs a looped, AI-altered clip of a well-known executive announcing a "corporate giveaway". An overlay shows a wallet address or QR code with the classic send-and-double promise. The stream carries a live badge and inflated viewer numbers to defeat the viewer's usual scepticism.

How to recognise it
  • The clip loops, and the audio never references anything happening today
  • Comments are disabled or heavily filtered
  • Channel name is close to, but not, the real company channel
  • The named executive has publicly stated they never run giveaways
Public references

Sources and method

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  • 16 community reports

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Identifiers flagged

  • Website
    https://youtube.com/@RippleXRPLive
  • Also known as
    ripplexrplive

Timeline

First reported
5/28/2026
Last activity
5/28/2026
Source
manual_curated
Status
Confirmed scam
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Case study

Ripple XRP Live (fake): what the reports show and how the scam works

Compiled from GACS registry data and community reports. Reviewed by GACS Editorial Review and the GACS Research Team · Published 9/17/2026

How this scam works

Social-account fraud: the account copies a real person or brand, builds credibility with followers and replies, then moves targets into direct messages where the ask is made.

What the reports say

16 reports submitted to GACS are attached to this entry. Hijacked verified channel running deepfake Brad Garlinghouse XRP giveaway live. QR + claim site drains wallets. Reporter identities are never published.

Timeline and infrastructure

GACS first recorded this entry on May 28, 2026.

Red flags in this case

  • A handle that is one character off the real one, or reuses a verified person's name and photo.
  • The conversation is moved to WhatsApp, Telegram or DM almost immediately.
  • Replies and followers that are mostly other new accounts posting the same praise.

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  3. Report it to your national fraud authority. In the United States that is the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov and the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov.
  4. Ignore anyone who contacts you offering to recover the money for a fee. Recovery fraud is the standard follow-up to this pattern.

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GACS. (2026). Ripple XRP Live (fake) — GACS scam report. GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Retrieved October 21, 2026, from https://gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b

MLA

"Ripple XRP Live (fake) — GACS scam report." GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety, GACS, 2026, https://gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b. Accessed October 21, 2026.

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GACS. "Ripple XRP Live (fake) — GACS scam report." GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Accessed October 21, 2026. https://gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b.

BibTeX
@misc{gacs_scam_ripple_xrp_live_fake_cc069b,
  author = {GACS},
  title = {Ripple XRP Live (fake) — GACS scam report},
  howpublished = {GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Accessed: October 21, 2026},
  url = {https://gacs.app/scam/ripple-xrp-live-fake-cc069b}
}

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