{"id":128250,"date":"2025-04-30T03:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128250"},"modified":"2025-04-30T03:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T03:27:51","slug":"ledger-scammers-are-sending-letters-to-steal-seed-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128250","title":{"rendered":"Ledger scammers are sending letters to steal seed phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsScammers are mailing physical letters to the owners of Ledger crypto hardware wallets asking them to validate their private seed phrases in a bid to access the wallets to clean them out.<br \/>\nIn an April 29 X post, tech commentator Jacob Canfield shared a scam letter sent to his home via post that appeared to be from Ledger claiming he needed to immediately perform a \u201ccritical security update\u201d on his device.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe letter, which uses Ledger\u2019s logo, business address, and a reference number to feign legitimacy, asks to scan a QR code and enter the wallet\u2019s private recovery phrase under the guise of validating the device.<br \/>\nThe letter threatens that \u201cfailure to complete this mandatory validation process may result in restricted access to your wallet and funds.\u201d<br \/>\nSource: Jacob CanfieldA seed phrase, or recovery phrase, is a string of up to 24 words that unlocks access to a crypto wallet. A scammer with the phrase can access and control the associated wallet to transfer its holdings elsewhere.<br \/>\nEarlier this month, the X account of a crypto hardware wallet reseller said it had also received multiple reports of Ledger users receiving a similar letter.<br \/>\nIn response to Canfield\u2019s post, Ledger said the letter is a scam and cautioned its device users to stay vigilant against phishing attempts.<br \/>\nRelated: Ledger wallet user reports 10 BTC loss \u2014 Community blames phishing<br \/>\n\u201cLedger will never call, DM [direct message], or ask for your 24-word recovery phrase. If someone does, it&#8217;s a scam,\u201d it added.<br \/>\n\u201cPlease don&#8217;t engage with accounts claiming to be Ledger employees or anyone offering to help recover funds.\u201d<br \/>\nUnclear whether connected to the Ledger\u2019s data leak<br \/>\nCanfield suggested that scammers were sending letters to Ledger customers whose data was leaked nearly five years ago.<br \/>\nIn July 2020, a hacker breached Ledger\u2019s database and dumped the personal information of more than 270,000 of its customers online, which included names, phone numbers and home addresses<br \/>\nThe following year, several Ledger users claimed to have been mailed fake Ledger devices that were tampered with and designed to install malware upon use, Bleeping Computer reported at the time.<br \/>\nMagazine: Your AI \u2018digital twin\u2019 can take meetings and comfort your loved ones<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ledger-scammers-send-letters-steal-recovery-seed-phrases?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsScammers are mailing physical letters to the owners of Ledger crypto hardware wallets asking them to validate their private seed phrases in a bid to access the wallets&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}