The con artist poses as the director of the hardware wallet manufacturer, and sends a physical letter to the encryption user, and there is a risk of “verifying” or losing access to the funds in the latest phishing attacks.
Bitgo CEO MIKE BELSHE has probably shared a fraudulent letter featuring QR code connected to malicious phishing sites. According to management, the letter was sent through the US mail service (USPS).
Troy Lindsey was written after receiving a copy of the phishing letter.
Cointelegraph contacted the ledger for the comment, but could not get a response at the time of publication.
This phishing attempt emphasizes the constantly evolving complexity and tactics of social engineering frauds that have been designed to steal personal key, user funds and other sensitive data of the victims.
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Coinbase and Crypto users hit a phishing attack in 2025.
In April 2025, $ 330 million was stolen by the elderly through phishing attacks.
OnChain security analysts “The two suspects of $ 330 million, including the Somalian Nina/Mo, who runs a call fraud in Camden in England, include the accomplice ‘W0RK’, which helps the site and helps the site.
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On May 15, Crypto Exchange Coinbase announced that the company’s fired customer service contractor later leaked user data to threats and attempted to ransom.
The frauders required a $ 20 million ransom that Coinbase refused to pay, and the stolen data included names, addresses, contact information, and other sensitive account data belonging to a small sub -set of coinbase customers.
According to EXCHANGE, access to personal keys, login credentials or coinbase prime accounts was not damaged during leaks.
Michael Arrington, the founder of Techcrunch, was very critical to exchange for security failures and argued that it would lead to physical violence against customers exposed to hacking.
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