Brothers, today I want to expose a scam more insidious than an exchange running away—hackers forge Ledger Live to steal your mnemonic phrase, and even your hardware wallet can be emptied! My brother Old Wang, a veteran in the crypto world for 15 years, was robbed of 62 ETH worth $200,000 in just 3 minutes after clicking on the 'Ledger official website' ad on Google. Now he is depressed.
Old Wang searches for Ledger downloads, and the first result is a fake official website domain labeled with 'advertisement': legder-live.com, missing a 't', and the page looks exactly the same as the real one! This is like going to a bank counter, only to find the teller is a robber in disguise!
After downloading a fake app, a pop-up prompts that an old version of the wallet is detected, asking for the mnemonic phrase to migrate assets. Old Wang thought, 'Regular operations require entering the mnemonic phrase,' but as soon as he finished entering it, his phone received a Binance withdrawal notification, and the money was gone.
Hackers use Old Wang's mnemonic phrase to generate a new address, transfer ETH to a mixer, and it can't be traced back on-chain! The hardware wallet prevents hot wallet attacks but falls victim to human weaknesses.
Late-stage lazy patients never manually enter the official website, relying entirely on search engine recommendations.
Panic users tremble when they see security alerts and rush to upgrade.
Hardware wallet believers think that buying a cold wallet is absolutely safe; taking a photo of the mnemonic phrase and storing it on the phone.
That string of mnemonic phrases is 100 times more important than your bank card password! Once leaked, even if you weld the hardware wallet shut in a safe, hackers can still steal your coins remotely.
Three life-saving tips, a tested and effective theft prevention guide.
Always access ledger.com through your official bookmarks; do not trust any advertisement/email links.
Never lose your mnemonic phrase under any circumstances! Upgrade/migrate using only the physical buttons on the device.
Enable Ledger's 'Dual Verification' feature for Transaction Signing; transfers require confirmation from both device and phone.
A blood and tears case: another fan used these three tips to successfully identify a fake app pop-up, infuriating the hacker who then used his address to execute 100 cursing transactions...
