The law requires warning signs on Bitcoin ATMs and provides a way for scam victims to get their money back from the ATM ...

Scammers impersonating Federal Trade Commission employees are calling consumers, claiming they owe money or face legal ...

San Antonio police are warning residents about Bitcoin ATM scams as the city moves to put fraud warnings directly in front of ...

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it's become a middleman's dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, ...

Q: What are these Bitcoin ATM scams targeting the elderly, so I can warn my parents? A: Bitcoin ATM scams are one of the fastest-growing ways criminals are stealing money, especially from older adults ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the last two years 156 victims lost $3 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in Clay County, Missouri In the last two years, victims in Clay County have lost $3 million to scammers who fabricate fees for ...

A different kind of ATM is setting up shop in your local convenience store. These machines look like traditional banking kiosks, but they allow customers to buy bitcoin in cash. Bitcoin ATMs, or BTMs, ...

An ordinance requiring that several businesses display warning posters regarding the fraud went into effect this week.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — For months, Better Call Behnken has investigated criminals using Bitcoin ATMs to trick elderly Floridians out of money. Now, new state legislation aimed at protecting consumers ...

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 ...