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  2. Bitcoin ATM scams are soaring — and older adults are ...

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    Call it a diabolical new twist on an old scam: ATM fraudsters are turning to bitcoin. Data the Federal Trade Commission provided to NBC News show the amount of money consumers have reported losing ...

  3. Bitcoin crypto fraudsters ordered to repay £24m - AOL

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    Bitcoin crypto fraudsters ordered to repay £24m. Emma Stanley - BBC News, Lancashire ... The scam made so much money that £5,000 in gift cards were handed out to people in the street and cars ...

  4. Bitcoin ATM fraud is soaring, FTC warns. Here's how the scams ...

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    In 2023, consumers reported $114 million in losses from scams involving BTMs — a nearly 900% increase over the preceding three years, the FTC said Tuesday in a report. Losses through June of ...

  5. Scammers use fake Jeremy Clarkson ad in Bitcoin scam - AOL

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    Fraudsters are using ads featuring a fake Jeremy Clarkson endorsement as part of a Bitcoin scam. Watchdogs are warning social media users about the ads, which urge people to invest in cryptocurrency.

  6. Cash, bitcoin, gold scams in metro Detroit send couriers ...

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    In July, another Northville Township woman in her 50s lost $50,000 in cash and another $50,000 in bitcoin in a scam that began with email phishing and a fake overpayment into a PayPal account.

  7. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: ĉ€çŒŞç›˜), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.

  8. How to Protect Yourself From Bitcoin ATM Scams - AOL

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    Bitcoin ATM scams are carried out in a variety of ways, but they often involve an unexpected phone call, message, or computer pop-up. Typically, the scammer will try to communicate through these ...

  9. Police: Beware of Bitcoin phone scam

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    The 67-year-old Cussewago Township woman contacted state police Monday at 6:13 p.m. claiming she had been told by an unidentified person to purchase more than $22,000 worth of Bitcoin.