For months, Better Call Behnken has investigated criminals using Bitcoin ATMs to trick elderly Floridians out of money. Now, ...

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 department has received multiple complaints about scammers spoofing sheriff's office phone numbers and using real deputy ...

A Bitcoin ATM giant that once flooded the nation with machines has filed for bankruptcy after strict state regulations — including in California — kneecapped its business model. Bitcoin Depot ...

That unassuming kiosk in your local grocery store is a portal to fraud, regulators warn.

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 ...

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, ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated using bitcoin ATM machines, a marked uptick over previous years as the ...

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 cryptocurrency, and they're increasingly showing up in grocery ...

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 ...