Today I got a random Ledger Nano S in the mail. It arrived in an Amazon mailer.It had a random name on it "John W." (it has the full last name, but I probably shouldn't share it), and my actual street address. I don't recognize the name from anywhere. My street address is quite obscure, and would be difficult to "accidentally" use.I did open the package, guessing it may have been a gift from someone (something that I would recognize as such). No notes were in the mailer though, and it was a Ledger! Weird. I called Amazon to see if I could somehow get it to the right person. They informed me they couldn't even give me a return label, because they can't tell what the order number is with just the package. They told me it was probably a gift. The USPS tracking doesn't seem to tell much, (only looks as if it came straight from St Paul, MN, making it likely it was indeed FBA and direct from a fulfillment center).I am guessing it is an attempt to steal my crypto or hack my computer. My real name is tied to this account (I am a developer in the Stellar community, and want to be held personally accountable for my work), and it would be trivial to find my address. One might guess I have significant holdings due to my contributions and my job, but that's not true).I know the typical scam is to have it preconfigured. Nothing was written on the recovery paper though. I proceeded to plug the ledger in via a powered USB hub (not hooked into my computer). The Ledger fired up through the typical welcome/configure screens. I have not configured it.The skeptic in my refuses to plug this into my computer. Call me paranoid but beware of hardware of unknown origins. If anyone in the Minneapolis area wants to take a look, I'd be happy to chat. If Ledger wants to take a peek and have me send it to them, I'd be happy to do that too. If the mysterious "John" can come forward, I'd appreciate that as well :)Just something interesting to share and a word of caution!Pics or it didn't happen
Submitted May 04, 2019 at 04:58AM
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