{"id":23536,"date":"2025-04-30T13:22:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/fraudsters-target-ledger-users-with-fake-letters\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:22:40","slug":"fraudsters-target-ledger-users-with-fake-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/fraudsters-target-ledger-users-with-fake-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraudsters Target Ledger Users with Fake Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hardware crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger has confirmed reports of a fraudulent scheme to steal seed phrases using paper letters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You are correct, this is a scam. We appreciate your efforts to warn others. Please stay vigilant against phishing attempts. Scammers impersonating Ledger and Ledger representatives are unfortunately common. While we actively report and block scammers, we can&#8217;t control what\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ledger (@Ledger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ledger\/status\/1917209656973213746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Renowned trader Jacob Canfield highlighted the new scam. He showcased a notification received on what appeared to be official Ledger letterhead, which mentioned a &#8220;critical security update.&#8221; Device owners are urged to &#8220;verify their wallets using the recovery phrase,&#8221; which must be entered after scanning a QR code.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFailure to complete this mandatory verification process may result in restricted access to your wallet and funds,\u201d the letter warns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Canfield believes the fraudsters are using addresses from a leaked Ledger database for their phishing campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou are right, this is a scam,\u201d the official account of the manufacturer replied to his post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company emphasized that its employees never initiate contact with users and under no circumstances request the recovery phrase.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOnly fraudsters do this. Be cautious and protect your cryptocurrency,\u201d Ledger&#8217;s message states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in December 2024, scammers posing as the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ledger-users-targeted-by-phishing-emails-over-fake-data-breach\">sent<\/a> phishing email notifications to wallet owners about a service breach to obtain their seed phrases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hardware crypto wallet manufacturer Ledger has confirmed reports of a fraudulent scheme to steal seed phrases using paper letters. You are correct, this is a scam. We appreciate your efforts to warn others. Please stay vigilant against phishing attempts. Scammers impersonating Ledger and Ledger representatives are unfortunately common. While we actively report and block [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[961,1640,1246],"class_list":["post-23536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-hardware-wallets","tag-ledger","tag-scammers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"27","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}