The Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation is warning of a scam in which the perpetrators place transparent bags with supposed Bitcoin paper wallets and an alleged deposit slip on sidewalks.

Bitcoin was supposed to cut out the middleman. Instead, it’s become a middleman’s dream for scammers. In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. A Kansas cashier stopped a 72-year-old woman from sending $22,800 into a Bitcoin machine after police ...

MASSACHUSETTS. MASSACHUSETTS COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE STATE OF MAINE. MAINE IS ALREADY CRACKING DOWN ON BITCOIN, ATM SCAMS AND GIVING VICTIMS SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF, WHILE A BILL THAT WOULD DO ...

A Trezor phishing ad and an actively exploited BTCPay Server flaw hit Bitcoin users within 24 hours. Here's what to do.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has filed a lawsuit against a cryptocurrency kiosk operator that the AG says facilitated cryptocurrency scams. According to the lawsuit, Bitcoin ...

SUDBURY — Posing as Sudbury Police Chief Scott Nix, a scammer on Monday nearly convinced a local woman to empty her bank account, instructing her to send him the money via bitcoin or she would go to ...

San Antonio police are warning residents about a rise in Bitcoin scams targeting victims across the city. According to the department, scammers often pose as representatives of government agencies, ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - A Bitcoin scam has left a Jackson County resident without tens of thousands of dollars, prompting the Pascagoula Police Department to open a full investigation. The case ...