Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, ...

Law enforcement authorities are proactively seeking out and closing Bitcoin ATMs that are frequently involved in extortion and scams. Update (Sept. 9, 2:45 pm UTC): This article has been updated to ...

A Mesa senior lost thousands of dollars to a scammer, but Arizona's new cryptocurrency fraud prevention law is helping her ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s how the grift works like clockwork. Scammers call pretending to be government officials, bank representatives, or even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said fraudsters in 2025 bilked Americans out of more than $333 million with ruses perpetrated ...

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, ...

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 ...

PEORIA, AZ — Arizona is looking to crack down on Bitcoin ATM scams, something that has been becoming more and more popular among scammers each year. House Bill 2387, introduced by state representative ...

Popular scams include using a counterfeit device to access the ATM vestibule and placing a false façade on the front of the ...