Recovering funds is usually impossible, but a popular crypto vendor is paying nearly $2M to victims.

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 ...

A Frisco woman says she was tricked into depositing more than $32,000 into a bitcoin ATM machine after scammers convinced her she was protecting her money from hackers. Susan Mayfield, 76, said that ...

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 ATM fraud hit $333 million in losses in 2025, the FBI said. Over 10,000 people have fallen victim to bitcoin ATM scams, with older adults being the most affected. Bitcoin ATM fraud losses have ...

Bollywood superstar Shilpa Shetty's businessman husband Raj Kundra gets embroiled in a Bitcoin scam. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), the country's law enforcement and economic intelligence agency, ...

The department has seen a worrying trend in relation to a phone scam that proposes the use of Bitcoin to pay a warrant. They posted an alert on Thursday. “A warrant can be paid by posting bond, but ...

UK authorities could keep $6.4 billion in seized Bitcoin profits instead of compensating fraud victims at the current value, sparking a debate over asset recovery ethics. United Kingdom officials are ...

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – A Chippewa Trail resident was defrauded of about $165,000 through a phone-bitcoin scam. The resident told police Nov. 5 that someone named AJ, claiming that he was with ...