BUCKS CO., Pa. (WPVI) -- Crypto scammers are increasingly using what are called Bitcoin ATMS to carry out their cons. Bitcoin ATMs don't operate like a traditional ATM. Instead of withdrawing money, ...
Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, ...
LOCAL WOMAN WHO FELL FOR A SIMILAR SCAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MY OLDEST SON CALLING MY MOTHER, SAYING, MIMI, I’VE BEEN ARRESTED. THE $9,000 HIT JACQUELINE TOOK A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER ...
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 ...
Troy woman was told by the con artists that someone was sending her money to Poker.com. She doesn't gamble. One con artist pretended to be from Apple; another impersonated someone from her credit ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – For years, Better Call Behnken reports have warned about schemes targeting the elderly using fear, manipulation — and bitcoin machines. Now, two local state representatives have ...
Popular scams include using a counterfeit device to access the ATM vestibule and placing a false façade on the front of the ...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW)- Law enforcement, including agencies in Portage County, have been sued for doing what they say is protecting the community from scams involving Bitcoin Machines. Wisconsinites are ...
An Idaho gas station clerk has been hailed as a hero after she saved a group of women from getting scammed at a Bitcoin ATM in Boise, Idaho. While one of the appeals of cryptocurrency remains that it ...
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 ...