Social-media impersonation scam spike
Raydium's assessment for RD-F-109 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Cat 6B signal (v1-deferred). Raydium faces a persistent, elevated social media impersonation environment: (1) Fake Raydium Airdrop sites (raydium-usa.xyz and others); (2) Fake 'Raydium Staking' websites; (3) Fake Raydium mobile apps on Apple App Store stealing recovery phrases (users reported $2,000+ losses, Solflare wallets emptied); (4) RAY token imitated by scam tokens; (5) Multiple phishing domains (raydiumn.icu, raydium-io.to, raydiumswap.site) registered late 2025. Yellow (not red) because: no specific spike event identified at assessment date — this is a chronic baseline condition rather than an acute escalation. PCRisk and PhishDestroy have multiple Raydium-specific entries. Signal requires social-media monitoring feed for production wiring.
Sources #
- URLScammed by Raydium App — Apple CommunityApple Community: Fake Raydium apps on App Store draining wallets via recovery phrase harvestingretrieved 2026-04-29
- Raydium Airdrop Scam — PCRiskPCRisk: Raydium Airdrop Scam removal guide — fake raydium-usa.xyz and similar domainsretrieved 2026-04-29
- Fake Raydium Staking Website Scam — PCRiskPCRisk: Fake Raydium Staking Website Scam removal guideretrieved 2026-04-29
Methodology #
Detect a sharp uptick in Discord/Telegram/X accounts impersonating the protocol team or announcing fake airdrops.
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