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.

Americans in 2024 lost nearly $250 million to scams that used Bitcoin ATMs 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 ...

A local victim breaks her silence to help others avoid an elaborate scheme.

The email looked like a surprise charge of nearly $500 from Best Buy, along with a customer service line to help with any questions. The man who answered the line quickly acknowledged the charge was a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Americans lost nearly $250 million to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2024 ©Image Credit: Unsplash / John Paul Cuvinar When 85-year-old Fran ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Recent FBI data shows an alarming fraud trend, involving ATMs that specialize in cryptocurrency transactions, like Bitcoin. Body camera footage out of Florida highlights the ...

Cybercriminals have quietly turned Android phones into remote controls for emptying bank accounts at cash machines, and the tactic is spreading fast enough that law enforcement and security ...

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 ...

The FBI reported that bitcoin ATM fraud increased in 2025, resulting in $333 million stolen from over 10,000 victims.

Just inside the front door of a Circle K convenience store, the district manager glared at a small kiosk. Yet another elderly victim had just fed thousands of dollars into the device after being ...

Bitcoin ATMs were supposed to make digital money as easy as grabbing cash from a corner machine. Instead, they have become one of the fastest growing tools for fraud, with the FBI now tying them to a ...

DISCOVERED. IT’S COSTING PEOPLE ALL ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS MILLIONS. AND I GET A PHONE CALL FROM TD BANK, WHICH HAS BEEN MY BANK FOR YEARS. 85 YEAR OLD JANICE PELTZ DIDN’T REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT IT ...