The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published a report that cryptocurrency ATMs are becoming the new favorite of scammers.
According to a report presented by the FBI recently, fraudsters have been seizing the assets of their victims through cryptocurrency ATMs, especially recently. But these scam methods are a cyber attack rather than as a method to be emotionally possessed covers. The scammers sometimes deal with the victims they set as the target. an emotional closeness providing and sometimes approach as a friend they attribute the end of the job to cryptocurrencies.
The fraudsters, who demand economic aid from the victims, whose trust they have gained in the process, demand the said aid with cryptocurrencies. Fraudsters, who allow their victims to withdraw money, especially through crypto money ATMs, rather than bank transfers or known money transfers, thus, a great deal of money. security and untraceability is getting.
FBI officials, who called for public awareness against the fraud method in question, made the following points in their statements on the subject:
Many victims report being directed to make wire transfers to overseas accounts or purchase large amounts of prepaid cards. Cryptocurrency transfers and the use of cryptocurrency ATMs are also increasingly becoming a preferred method of fraud. Individual losses associated with these plans range from tens of thousands to millions of dollars.