Scam Messages Promise Safe Hormuz Transit, Security Firm Warns

Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies whose ​vessels are stranded west of the waterway, Greek maritime risk management ‌firm MARISKS has warned. 

The U.S. has maintained its blockade of Iranian ports, while



Iran has lifted and then re-imposed its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly ​a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas passed ​before war broke out in the Middle East.

There was no immediate comment from Tehran. Hundreds of ​ships and about 20,000 seafarers remain stranded in the Gulf.