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- Written by: Albert Brown
- Tue, 18 Jul 2023
- United States
The XRPL Labs team raises the alarm about a fake Xumm wallet Chrome extension that aims to steal users’ XRP tokens. Interest in the XRP Ledger native token is soaring as the asset recently gained regulatory clarity. As a result, scammers are making moves to loot market participants of their XRP holdings. Per a Tuesday update from […] The post XRP Ledger Wallet Xumm Issues Warning Over Fake Chrome Extension first appeared on The Crypto Basic.
XRP Ledger Wallet Xumm Issues Warning Over Fake Chrome Extension
The XRPL Labs team raises the alarm about a fake Xumm wallet Chrome extension that aims to steal users’ XRP tokens.
Interest in the XRP Ledger native token is soaring as the asset recently gained regulatory clarity. As a result, scammers are making moves to loot market participants of their XRP holdings.
Per a Tuesday update from the XRPL Labs team, scammers have deployed a fake Xumm wallet plugin on the Chrome Web Store. The aim is to use the fake web extension to obtain XRP users’ secret keys upon downloading the plugin and then steal their funds.
WARNING!
There is a *FAKE XUMM PLUGIN* in the Chrome Web Store.
It asks you to enter your secret & steals all your funds.
We *DO NOT OFFER* a browser plugin. We *WILL NEVER OFFER* a browser plugin. We keep your funds safe & encrypted on your own phone.
The Xumm Wallet team clarified that they do not offer browser plugins presently and do not intend to do so in the future. The team indicated that Xumm Wallet only exists as a mobile application, urging users to be vigilant of bad players.
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