Fake Ledger pre-IPO & verification

[tabas]

I saw this fake Ledger Pre-IPO on Facebook. We're all aware that Ledger don't have this but for the sake of those that might end up seeing this type of ad from a fake claimant and page. The name of the page is Mmprotrust and they've got 10 followers only and there's no engagement yet on that page but I guess that there will be a few people that might be victimized by this fraud, still hopeful that it will be zero.



Everyone please remember that Ledger official is warning people to take note of these scam and phishing websites. They've always reminded to be careful of such. I've checked Ledger's official website and there's no such as pre IPO by them. The link that was attached on that ad and it was just to send them a message and no website. I can't see the ad on their page but this has appeared on my wall as sponsored ad and took a quick screenshot. And please, don't join any fishy white listing. I'm doing my action of reporting this.

Please also be mindful about Ledger's campaign against these fraudsters.

#StopTheScammers

ONGOING PHISHING CAMPAIGNS

[Yamane_Keto]

Thanks for informing us, I don't think someone who has bought a hardware wallet would be lazy and try to participate in such a scam instead of visiting the official website or contacting the support team.

Contact the support team with the link if that fake page link, they are a company and may be able to communicate with Facebook and close that page quickly instead of individual reports.

[Pmalek]

Yeah, there is surely no Ledger IPO, otherwise they would have advertised that all over the place. We all know that Ledger spends loads of money on marketing and advertisement, and this is not something you would have missed if it existed.

I don't think someone who has bought a hardware wallet would be lazy and try to participate in such a scam instead of visiting the official website or contacting the support team.

Don't rule out that possibility that quickly. Hardware wallets are equally appealing to beginners with a bit more money to spend as well as those who have been around longer. And we have already seen all sorts of scams that successfully targeted HW users: Phishing scams where they entered their seed words, receiving and sending money to fake devices, getting tricked by social engineering schemes like address poisoning, etc.

[tabas]

Thanks for informing us, I don't think someone who has bought a hardware wallet would be lazy and try to participate in such a scam instead of visiting the official website or contacting the support team.

We will never know, those that have bought hardware wallet from them can not be aware of such scam tactic. Like they've just bought it once and they never get any updates from them or they don't initiate to check what's with them. Because not everyone who owns a Ledger wallet are technically in-depth with these phishing and scam schemes.

Contact the support team with the link if that fake page link, they are a company and may be able to communicate with Facebook and close that page quickly instead of individual reports.

Yes, I've actually reported it already and Ledger's chat support responded to me as seen on this image below:

Yeah, there is surely no Ledger IPO, otherwise they would have advertised that all over the place. We all know that Ledger spends loads of money on marketing and advertisement, and this is not something you would have missed if it existed.

That's true and I think these scammers will never stop as Ledger is a big company and not just them will be targeted by these scammers. They might make endless fake pre IPO schemes and from Ledger, they'll just go with another known crypto company and awareness is really important into this matter.

[ScamViruS]

Scammers have been running this fake ad for a long time, this ad came to my attention earlier and I opened a thread about this scam. Facebook is now approving these ads which is very dangerous for crypto users who will fill this form and their personal information will be stolen. I myself have reported these ads as scams many times but still this ad appears in my newsfeed almost every day. So this means that those involved in this type of cybercrime are spending a lot of money to run this advertisement so that they can steal the personal information of their prospective crypto users.

[Warning] Crypto users' data is stolen in the name of Ledger IPO's whitelist..

[yhiaali3]

I'm curious to know how this works, are they making a fake Ledger wallet device similar to the original wallet, or are they modifying the official wallet and planting malware in it?

I don't have a ledger wallet but it looks like an official wallet!!! So I'm curious to know how they do it, plus it will help people avoid phishing sites by getting enough information about how they work.

[tabas]

Scammers have been running this fake ad for a long time, this ad came to my attention earlier and I opened a thread about this scam. Facebook is now approving these ads which is very dangerous for crypto users who will fill this form and their personal information will be stolen. I myself have reported these ads as scams many times but still this ad appears in my newsfeed almost every day. So this means that those involved in this type of cybercrime are spending a lot of money to run this advertisement so that they can steal the personal information of their prospective crypto users.

[Warning] Crypto users' data is stolen in the name of Ledger IPO's whitelist..

I've already reported it and it's true that they've been running ads for the long time and these platforms don't do anything against them. I still see it from time to time and the comments just gets some additional like 1-2 but it is probably from them as well.

I'm curious to know how this works, are they making a fake Ledger wallet device similar to the original wallet, or are they modifying the official wallet and planting malware in it?

Not really, it's about investing on them as if they're the real Ledger company. No device is involved but just like how we see with ICO, launchpad and stuff, that's what they're trying to do and not just with scamming people's money but also identities and info.

I don't have a ledger wallet but it looks like an official wallet!!! So I'm curious to know how they do it, plus it will help people avoid phishing sites by getting enough information about how they work.

Yes, it looks like the official one because they've just grabbed the photo from the official website so be careful when you're going to buy your own Ledger wallet. Just go to the official website.

[Pmalek]

I'm curious to know how this works, are they making a fake Ledger wallet device similar to the original wallet, or are they modifying the official wallet and planting malware in it?

It's neither the first nor the second. The scammers are pretending that Ledger has started selling their stock to the general public. An IPO is an Initial Public Offering. It's when a stock gets listed on the stock market and investors get a chance to purchase it. The idea is to trick people into sending them money in exchange for the ownership of Ledger stocks. Obviously, there are no Ledger stocks, and investors would just be filling some scammer's pockets.

[dansus021]

Well no doubt company like ledger has things like this I just open their website and said
"Phishing websites shutdown last month: 101
Social networks : 226 = 216 Twitter, 6 telegram, 3 facebook, 1 Linkedin
Latest update: March 22th, 2023" - https://www.ledger.com/phishing-campaigns-status

Look what a crazy things last month alone phising website reach 101 meaning there is still people who trust scammer and fall from it.

[tabas]

Well no doubt company like ledger has things like this I just open their website and said
"Phishing websites shutdown last month: 101
Social networks : 226 = 216 Twitter, 6 telegram, 3 facebook, 1 Linkedin
Latest update: March 22th, 2023" - https://www.ledger.com/phishing-campaigns-status

Look what a crazy things last month alone phising website reach 101 meaning there is still people who trust scammer and fall from it.

Yeah, these are crazy numbers and that's no longer surprising to them because they're anticipating that the numbers will just keep on increasing as day passes by.
It's becoming just usual day to them dealing with these scammers and phishing links that are popping everywhere on the web. And that's why these campaigns and drives and awareness that they're raising and even from the forum from members that are raising awareness of these phishing links do help. But it won't be a battle that's over because it's hard to eradicate these scammers because they'll just copy another popular crypto company for their scamming tricks.

[tabas]

I don't think I need to make a new thread(or do I need to make a new one for this?), but this is also related to a fake Ledger thing. It's an email that makes me want to verify my Ledger because there's a breach. And I think that this is a common scam/phishing attempt that everyone has probably received. The email sender is obviously not official, and the email itself, but it looks like one. So, this is a warning to everyone who's quite new to it and everyone who might be in shock or panic upon receiving one. Please don't enter your recovery phrases to these random emails and links that they're attaching, protect your assets!

[albon]

I don't think I need to make a new thread(or do I need to make a new one for this?), but this is also related to a fake Ledger thing. It's an email that makes me want to verify my Ledger because there's a breach. And I think that this is a common scam/phishing attempt that everyone has probably received. The email sender is obviously not official, and the email itself, but it looks like one. So, this is a warning to everyone who's quite new to it and everyone who might be in shock or panic upon receiving one. Please don't enter your recovery phrases to these random emails and links that they're attaching, protect your assets!

There is no need to create a new topic; you can update this topic with any phishing attempts you have encountered related to the Ledger wallet. The message is very professionally written, so it is the responsibility of each person to verify the sender's email address. . There is no such thing as verifying recovery phrases, this is just a cheap attempt to steal users’ original seed phrases.

It is better not to open any links from the email, and we should never trust blindly always verify. Scammers send such messages to create panic and push victims to act without thinking. They may even include a deadline to pressure recipients into taking immediate action. So, please stay cautious. Thank you, OP!

[tabas]

I don't think I need to make a new thread(or do I need to make a new one for this?), but this is also related to a fake Ledger thing. It's an email that makes me want to verify my Ledger because there's a breach. And I think that this is a common scam/phishing attempt that everyone has probably received. The email sender is obviously not official, and the email itself, but it looks like one. So, this is a warning to everyone who's quite new to it and everyone who might be in shock or panic upon receiving one. Please don't enter your recovery phrases to these random emails and links that they're attaching, protect your assets!

There is no need to create a new topic; you can update this topic with any phishing attempts you have encountered related to the Ledger wallet.

Yes, thanks for clarifying so I think that I did the right thing of just adding it here with the former scam and phishing attempts of these cons.

The message is very professionally written, so it is the responsibility of each person to verify the sender's email address. . There is no such thing as verifying recovery phrases, this is just a cheap attempt to steal users’ original seed phrases.

It is better not to open any links from the email, and we should never trust blindly always verify. Scammers send such messages to create panic and push victims to act without thinking. They may even include a deadline to pressure recipients into taking immediate action. So, please stay cautious.

It's sad that we know that this is a fake one but I cannot imagine, how many are going to fall for this especially the new ones and those that have just potentially bought their hardware wallet from Ledger. They're playing with their victims feeling and want to give anxiety and so they would oblige for their own downfall.

Thank you, OP!

You're welcome.