In Florida retirement communities, strangers on the phone are scaring seniors straight into Bitcoin kiosks. Families say the scam calls, packed with fake urgency and official-sounding threats, are ...

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.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Weisman writes about white-collar crime. A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicates a 1,000 % increase in ...

A woman was told by the con artists that someone was sending her money to Poker.com. She doesn't gamble. One con artist pretended to be from Apple; another impersonated someone from her credit union.

Based on FBI data, the threat of scam-related losses involving cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks has been growing with 10,956 complaints filed and $246.7 million in stolen money reported in 2024. Critics ...