There’s a remarkable new report from the CNN Investigates team about how crypto ATMs, devices that may be at your corner ...
Overview: Scammers use phone calls and messages to trick people into Bitcoin ATM transfers.Once money is sent as ...
Last month, Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb sued Athena Bitcoin, saying the company’s own data shows 93% ...
The FBI says scams perpetrated using bitcoin ATMs cost Americans nearly $250 million in 2024, more than double the sum from the previous year. And AARP is warning its 38 million members that bitcoin ...
Minnesota cities are starting to regulate or outright ban the machines, which charge hefty and opaque fees, as fraudsters ...
A Barcelona gang rammed a Bitcoin ATM thinking it held digital gold — all they got was metal, wires, and a masterclass in ...
Last month, Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb sued Athena Bitcoin, saying the company’s own data shows 93% ...
Durham resident Pamela Mangum is one of the victims. She lost more than $70,000 in a Bitcoin ATM scam. She first spoke to ...
A CBC News investigation revealed that cryptocurrency machines — which operate legally in Canada — have become the main ...
Crystal Reale of Bucks County said she was lured to a Bitcoin ATM scam. It happened this past July when she received a call from a man who identified himself as a Bucks County officer. "Telling me ...
Crypto scams tied to Bitcoin ATMs are on the rise. Here’s how scammers trick victims and what lawmakers are doing about it.
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 ...