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Coldcard scam letter in the mail

reddit-june-letter-report

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1ub35ej/coldcard_scam_letter_in_the_mail/

Organisation
r/Bitcoin
Evidence role
Community discussion
Published
2026-06-20
Source changes
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Copies held
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First-hand report with a photograph of the June 2026 physical letter impersonating Coinkite: post-quantum security-update pretext, 30 June 2026 deadline, personalised QR code, forged CEO signature. The poster asks whether Coinkite had a data breach, and a reply in Coinkite's name denies one, citing the 120-day address deletion. Located 3 Aug 2026; until then the letter was known here only through Coinkite's 24 June response (coinkite-paper-spam).

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  1. Earliest copy held Current
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    post: 1ub35ej
author: Constant-Number4020
created_utc: 1781978598
title: Coldcard scam letter in the mail
body:
Received this letter in the mail, supposedly from Coinkite (even though the envelope indicates a Michigan origination) begs the question... did Coinkite experience a data breach and now coldcard owners are being targeted? I know this has been going on with Ledger for years. Be careful out there friends!

comment: ossyi29
parent: t3_1ub35ej
author: [deleted]
created_utc: 1781978856
edited: false
body:
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comment: ossypui
parent: t1_ossyi29
author: Constant-Number4020
created_utc: 1781978921
edited: false
body:
Good point! I own both (ledger for shitcoins) so yes, i was likely in the ledger leak. 

Edit - but I've moved recently and this letter had my new address, so if there was a coinkite leak, it had to happen recently (bought my coldcard last fall) The ledger leak would not have my new address

comment: osszd6v
parent: t1_ossyi29
author: [deleted]
created_utc: 1781979110
edited: false
body:
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comment: osszgp0
parent: t3_1ub35ej
author: Hit4Help
created_utc: 1781979139
edited: false
body:
I had one like this for trezor land at an old address (and eventually passed to me), was sent from France and used nice quality paper.

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