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

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 Mesa senior lost thousands of dollars to a scammer, but Arizona's new cryptocurrency fraud prevention law is helping her ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warns that scammers are using Bitcoin ATMs to defraud Michiganders. The Office of the Attorney General says Bitcoin ATM scams targeting ...

Grand Prairie, Texas — Joseph Buentello, 80, was cruising through retirement when he received a call erroneously claiming his son was in jail. "I was scared, I hit the panic button and I let my panic ...

FILE- PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 09: A Hermes Bitcoin ATM stands next to a traditional ATM in a gas station on December 9, 2024 in Pasadena, California. The price of BitCoin has skyrocketed ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WBNG) -- Attorney General Dave Sunday said scammers now use Bitcoin ATMs, or “BTMs,” to scam people. Officials said scammers target consumers with urgent messaging, such as “protect your ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Attorney General Dave Sunday has issued an alert that scammers are now using Bitcoin ATMs, or "BTMs," as a way to gain access to money. Scammers will target consumers with urgent ...

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 ...