PANews reported on April 30 that according to Cointelegraph, an offline phishing scam targeting Ledger hardware wallet users has recently appeared. Scammers ask victims to verify their mnemonics through postal letters. On April 29, technology commentator Jacob Canfield exposed a fake "Ledger Security Update Notification" letter on the X platform, which contained a QR code with a brand logo, inducing users to enter a 24-word recovery phrase. Ledger officials immediately responded and emphasized: "We will never ask for mnemonics in any way."
The scam may be related to the Ledger user data leak in July 2020, when the names, phone numbers and addresses of more than 270,000 users were made public by hackers. In 2021, there were reports that some users received fake hardware wallets with pre-installed malware. Experts remind: Any request for mnemonics is a scam, and physical isolation is the core security advantage of hardware wallets.
