Americans lost $333M to bitcoin ATM scams in 2025. What to know about this fast-growing form of financial fraud and how to protect yourself

In 2025 alone, Americans lost more than $330 million to bitcoin ATM scams, according to FBI data, a sharp rise fueled by ...

Americans lost $333M to bitcoin ATM scams in 2025. Here's why they're surging, how they work and how to protect yourself

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

Bitcoin ATMs increasingly used by scammers to target victims, critics say

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 from her bank, and she thought a machine where she was in the process of ...
ConsumerAffairs

D.C. attorney general sues bitcoin ATM operator for enabling scams targeting seniors

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has filed suit against Athena Bitcoin, Inc., one of the nation’s largest operators of cryptocurrency ATMs, accusing the company of profiting from ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Bitcoin ATMs increasingly used by scammers to target victims, critics say

The voice belonged to a scammer, and experts believe the call was likely made from overseas. The machine was a bitcoin ATM kiosk-- one of more than 45,000 across the country. And on that summer day in ...