Recovering funds is usually impossible, but a popular crypto vendor is paying nearly $2M to victims.

Attorney General Dave Sunday has issued an alert that scammers are now using Bitcoin ATMs, or “BTMs,” as a means to gain access to your money. Scammers will target consumers with urgent messaging such ...

In June 2024, when Fran Bates entered a Fort Worth-area gas station, she thought the voice on the other end of the phone was from her bank, and she thought a machine where she was in the process of ...

A Raleigh woman says she was pulled into a complicated, detailed scam that used fear and trust to prey on her. Looking back, Pauline Miller said she can't believe what she did. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

There has been a "massive" surge in the amount of money consumers have lost to scams involving Bitcoin ATM machines, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The amount of money lost has ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield Police Department (SPD) is warning about an increase in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs. A press release from SPD says the scam typically targets elderly victims, who ...

No one — repeat, no one — needs to be so fearful that they're stuffing tens of thousands of dollars in a box and standing at home or in a parking lot waiting for a stranger to pick up the cash in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Call it a diabolical new twist on an old scam: ATM fraudsters are turning to bitcoin. Data the Federal Trade Commission provided ...

As interest in cryptocurrency increases in the United States, the number of ATMs which facilitate cryptocurrency transactions is as well. With that convenience in place, scammers have emerged. They ...

The voice belonged to a scammer, and experts believe the call was likely made from overseas. The machine was a bitcoin ATM kiosk-- one of more than 45,000 across the country. And on that summer day in ...