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

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The FBI reported that bitcoin ATM fraud increased in 2025, resulting in $333 million stolen from over 10,000 victims.

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 ...

TERRI PARKER WPBF 25 NEWS. ANOTHER CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM WARNING TONIGHT FOR THIS NEW YEAR. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY AMERICANS ARE BEING SCAMMED OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE RELEASED ...

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 ...

SALINA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Salina woman lost almost $10,000 after becoming a victim of an online bitcoin scam. Salina Police report that a 72-year-old woman received an email on Saturday which appeared ...

DISCOVERED. IT’S COSTING PEOPLE ALL ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS MILLIONS. AND I GET A PHONE CALL FROM TD BANK, WHICH HAS BEEN MY BANK FOR YEARS. 85 YEAR OLD JANICE PELTZ DIDN’T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT IT ...

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 ...