XRPL Devs Sound Alarm: Scammers Are Dropping Fake NFT 'Passes' Like Bad Mixtapes

On February 28, 2026, XRPL builder and Xaman founder Wietse Wind dropped a crucial PSA, warning that scammers are spamming XRP wallets with fraudulent NFTs dressed up as exclusive "passes." The grift is a classic copy-paste job: lift a legit NFT from a real wallet, mint a cheap knockoff from a fresh scam address, and then shotgun unsolicited offers to anyone with a balance, hoping someone bites.

Wind’s tweet left zero room for interpretation, cutting through the noise like a hot wallet through a memecoin presale: “We are NOT sending ‘passes’ or $NFTs! These are sent by SCAMMERS!! Do not engage, do not accept, CANCEL their offer.” He also called out a phishing site using a fake Xaman domain, dangling the carrot of a "closed beta" access that’s about as real as a rug-puller’s roadmap.

The lesson for XRP degens is straightforward: always check the artist or project’s verified address before interacting, because on XRPL, fake support accounts are the scammer's favorite blunt instrument. Remember, real support won’t ask for your seed phrase, won’t make you sign a tx to "verify" your wallet, and definitely won’t slide into your DMs—that’s just poor form and a one-way ticket to a zero-balance future.

Wind’s essential security checklist reads like a degen's survival guide:

• Don’t touch anything that smells even slightly off.
• Ignore all unsolicited offers—they’re not airdrops, they’re anchor drops.
• Use only official, in-app support channels.
• Guard your secrets (seed phrase, private key) like the last bag in a bear market.
• Never sign a transaction that promises the moon; it usually delivers the void.

Shifting gears to the builder side, the XRPL devnet is scheduled for a complete factory reset on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. This wipe will clear the slate entirely, deleting all devnet ledger data—accounts, transactions, balances, settings, offers, AMMs, escrows, and every other digital artifact, giving devs a fresh, if empty, playground.

On the regulatory front, the market is watching the March 1 deadline for settling reward provisions under the Clarity Act. Some analysts are betting that the impending devnet reset, rather than any legislative fine print, could be the main narrative driver and potential price catalyst as we roll into March.