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.
You may think it could never happen to you or someone you love, but bitcoin ATM fraud is on the rise. Thieves often use urgent threats and fake documents to trick people into depositing cash into ...
A retired teacher says a Bitcoin scam took her life savings — and now she might lose her home. The warning she wants everyone to hear. 7’s Heather Walker has this exclusive investigation. Karla Kelley ...
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 ...
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 ...
PayPal is a convenient way to pay your friends, or for things you buy online, but now scammers are using it to trick you out of your money. The email appears to be from service@paypal.com. It uses the ...
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 ...
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 ...
DUNLAP, Tenn. — The Dunlap Police Department (DPD) is warning locals about a bitcoin scam. They say they had a report of a Bitcoin scam of individuals pretending to be a deputy from the Hamilton ...
Federal authorities say they have dismantled one of the largest crypto fraud operations in history, seizing roughly $15 billion in bitcoin tied to a sprawling "pig butchering" scheme. The case, ...