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 ...

Bitcoin, the digital currency and virtual payment system, has grown increasingly popular in recent years. The top cryptocurrency token holders have made billions of dollars off the digital asset.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...