Call it a diabolical new twist on an old scam: ATM fraudsters are turning to bitcoin. Data the Federal Trade Commission provided to NBC News show the amount of money consumers have reported losing to ...

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it's become a middleman's dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, ...

Q: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? A: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from older adults ...

Question: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? Answer: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from ...

Instead of money orders or gift cards, people are now handing over their money to scammers through Bitcoin ATMs. Instead of money orders or gift cards, people are now handing over their money to ...

Financial scams take many forms: a prominent technology company purportedly warning you that your online account has been hijacked, or someone impersonating a bank executive claims there have been ...

In a nutshell: Cryptocurrency popularity continues to increase, and that means we're seeing more crypto-related crimes. The FBI has revealed that last year, Americans were tricked out of $333 million ...

The sister of one of my golfing buddies received a threatening call telling her a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She panicked and followed the caller’s instructions to deposit $5,500 in a ...

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 ...