PayPal is a convenient way to pay your friends, or for things you buy online, but now scammers are using it to trick you out of your money. The email appears to be from service@paypal.com. It uses the ...

The Howard County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a phone scam involving demands for Bitcoin payments.

Several Northeast Ohio police departments are warning residents about a hacker posing as a law enforcement officer.

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – No, a law enforcement agency will not ask you to pay a fine through Bitcoin, gift cards, or any other money transferring service. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office ...

Maui police have been made aware of a scam involving text messages that claim unauthorized charges have been made to the victim’s account. The messages often include a phone number to call to “resolve ...

The winter months bring worry to authorities — because the number of scams you’re susceptible to increases.  Recently, ...

In 2026, the FBI has raised a critical alarm about the soaring rates of Bitcoin ATM fraud, warning that Americans lost at least $333 million to cryptocurrency ATM scams in 2025 alone. This significant ...

The department has seen a worrying trend in relation to a phone scam that proposes the use of Bitcoin to pay a warrant. They posted an alert on Thursday. “A warrant can be paid by posting bond, but ...

FILE- PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 09: A Hermes Bitcoin ATM stands next to a traditional ATM in a gas station on December 9, 2024 in Pasadena, California. The price of BitCoin has skyrocketed ...

A Dundee woman lost a jaw-dropping $9,500 to a smooth-talking fraudster who didn’t just pretend to be a cop—he convinced her ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - “We’re hearing about people plugging thousands of dollars into these machines and losing it all,” Michael Gavigan of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions said.

LOCAL WOMAN WHO FELL FOR A SIMILAR SCAM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE MY OLDEST SON CALLING MY MOTHER, SAYING, MIMI, I’VE BEEN ARRESTED. THE $9,000 HIT JACQUELINE TOOK A FEW YEARS AGO AFTER ...