Victims are being preyed on and instead of sending gift cards - are now being directed to pay scammers using Bitcoin kiosks.
NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- An ITEAM investigation in collaboration with ABC News is exposing scams involving Bitcoin ATMs - kiosks that are popping up across North Carolina and throughout the country.
An elderly couple was swindled out of their $1.3 million retirement fund by scammers pretending to be representatives from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The elaborate scam involved Bitcoin ATMs ...
South Korean prosecutors lost $48 million in seized Bitcoin to a phishing scam during a routine inspection. Recovery is considered difficult.
Federal authorities have recently seized $15 billion in bitcoin tied to an alleged ‘pig butchering’ scam that exploited trafficked workers, marking a significant crackdown on international crypto ...
Some Grubhub users have received a tempting email offer from the food delivery service: Send $1,000 in bitcoin to a specified wallet, and get 10 times that amount back. Unfortunately, this is very ...
Federal agents have quietly pulled off one of the largest financial seizures in American history, taking control of roughly 15 billion dollars in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" ...
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 ...