Scammers posing as Ledger, a hardware wallet manufacturer, are sending physical letters to crypto users instructing them to “validate” their wallets or risk losing access to funds, in the latest phishing attack to impact the industry.
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe shared a picture of the scam letter, which featured a QR code, presumably linked to a malicious phishing site. The letter was sent through the United States Postal Service (USPS), according to the executive.
“These are all scams do not fall for any of these,” Troy Lindsey wrote after receiving a copy of the phishing letter.
A copy of the scam Phishing letter. Source: Mike Belshe
Cointelegraph reached out to Ledger for comment but was unable to obtain a response by the time of publication.
This phishing attempt highlights the ever-evolving complexity and tactics of social engineering scams designed to steal crypto private keys, user