Victims are being preyed on and instead of sending gift cards - are now being directed to pay scammers using Bitcoin kiosks.

Bitcoin ATMs were supposed to make digital money as easy as grabbing cash from a corner machine. Instead, they have become one of the fastest growing tools for fraud, with the FBI now tying them to a ...

Federal authorities say Americans lost a record $333 million in bitcoin ATM scams over the last year, topping 2024's total of $247 million. The post Americans lost more than $330 million on bitcoin ...

A retired teacher says a Bitcoin scam took her life savings — and now she might lose her home. The warning she wants everyone to hear. 7’s Heather Walker has this exclusive investigation. Karla Kelley ...

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 ...

Bitcoin ATMs are used to steal money. Using some phishing email, a phone call or even a fake AI audio, targets are persuaded to send money using a Bitcoin ATM to the recipient's wallet address because ...

ROCHE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SCAM FOR YEARS. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS IT HAS SEIZED ABOUT $15 BILLION WORTH OF BITCOIN HELD BY A MAN WHO OVERSAW A MASSIVE PIG BUTCHERING FRAUD OPERATION ...

A divorced investor’s tragic loss reveals how emotional manipulation, combined with AI technology, has weaponized crypto scams into a billion-dollar crime. A recently divorced Bitcoin investor lost ...