Victims are being preyed on and instead of sending gift cards - are now being directed to pay scammers using Bitcoin kiosks.
NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- An ITEAM investigation in collaboration with ABC News is exposing scams involving Bitcoin ATMs - kiosks that are popping up across North Carolina and throughout the country.
An elderly couple was swindled out of their $1.3 million retirement fund by scammers pretending to be representatives from ...
Federal authorities have recently seized $15 billion in bitcoin tied to an alleged ‘pig butchering’ scam that exploited trafficked workers, marking a significant crackdown on international crypto ...
Some Grubhub users have received a tempting email offer from the food delivery service: Send $1,000 in bitcoin to a specified wallet, and get 10 times that amount back. Unfortunately, this is very ...
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Did you know that there are more than 30 cryptocurrency ATMS in Columbus? While the use of cryptocurrency remains at an all time high, scammers are using it to swindle victims ...
Two Massachusetts women recently lost a combined $6,700 to a "missed jury duty" phone scam that utilized Bitcoin ATMs, Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott said. According to the sheriff, there's ...
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 ...
The U.S. government is seeking to seize a massive 127,271 bitcoin (≈$14B) linked to a scam run by Chinese national Chen Zhi and his Cambodia-based criminal network. The U.S. government is moving to ...