U.S. consumers lost nearly $250 million in 2024 to fraud involving Bitcoin ATMs, more than double the losses of the previous ...
The median loss to this scam, across all ages, is $10,000. In the first six months of 2024, Americans lost $65 million to Bitcoin ATM scams. The machines offer an easy way for people to get into ...
There has been a "massive" surge in the amount of money consumers have lost to scams involving Bitcoin ATM machines, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The amount of money lost has ...
Dave Lieber After last month’s Watchdog report on the Fort Worth woman conned into depositing $10,000 into a convenience store’s bitcoin ATM, several readers reached out wanting to learn more. They ...
Athena Bitcoin, the US-based fintech company operating Bitcoin ATM across the country, has rolled out a special Black Friday ...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Shortly after her husband died, an 82-year-old woman, still grieving, transferred $20,000 into her checking account to pay insurance bills. When she powered up her computer, though, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports. A Michigan native, she's a long-suffering Detroit sports fan ...