Driving back, all Jacquelyn Halushka could think about was how weird it was to be feeding five $100 bills into a bitcoin ATM at a liquor store. She had never been to the Star Market on a winding, ...

Bitcoin, the digital currency and virtual payment system, has grown increasingly popular in recent years. The top cryptocurrency token holders have made billions of dollars off the digital asset.

KIRKWOOD, Mo. – Police warn the community of a recent surge in Bitcoin ATM scams targeting Kirkwood residents. The Kirkwood Police Department says it has received several reports of scammers ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report about increasing fraud at bitcoin ATMs. These ATMs allow people to turn their cash into crypto, but they’ve become a tool for scammers to ...

Grand Prairie, Texas — Joseph Buentello, 80, was cruising through retirement when he received a call erroneously claiming his son was in jail. "I was scared, I hit the panic button and I let my panic ...

The US now has more than 45,000 Bitcoin ATMs where people can insert cash (or scan a crypto wallet QR code) to buy Bitcoin and have ...

Bitcoin ATM scammers successfully targeted senior citizens last year, walking away with $110 million in schemes that often start out with a “concerned” customer service phone call. Victims reported ...

The sister of one of my golfing buddies received a threatening call telling her a warrant had been issued for her arrest. She panicked and followed the caller’s instructions to deposit $5,500 in a ...

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 to ...

The bitcoin ATM scam has a handful of key features: Imposters, a fake reason for why you need to withdraw cash, instructions on where to drive to find that ATM and QR codes.