Scammers are increasingly using cryptocurrency ATMs to trick people into sending money. It’s a trend Troy police are actively ...
Elder financial abuse has been fueled by more convincing scams and sometimes artificial intelligence, which is why law ...
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 ...
No one − repeat, no one − needs to be so fearful that they're stuffing tens of thousands of dollars in a box and standing at home or in a parking lot waiting for a stranger to pick up the cash to ...
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shows that money lost to fraudulent bitcoin ATM scammers increased nearly tenfold between 2020 and 2023. Per the spotlight report published on Sept ...
Once a victim sends their money digitally, it’s hard for law enforcement to take action because scammers are often overseas. This is the number one scam seniors in Marathon County are facing.