Alert: New Scams in Colorado Focusing on Bitcoin Machines
You work hard for your money; criminals work hard to get that money. Coloradans need to be aware of a scam that make its way to them, and try to take thousands of your dollars.
Nobody likes getting fooled, especially when it comes to being tricked into faithfully handing over hard-earned money. Criminals don't give one "hoot" about you, your feelings, or your future. They care about getting your money, now.
These new ones involve something that not many are well-versed in; perhaps that why criminals are trying to use it.
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Criminals prey on our fear of being in trouble with the law. I would agree that if you haven't done anything wrong, you shouldn't be worried, but it happens. That fear plays into the latest scam Colorado is seeing; as well as technology.
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) posted, in early October of 2024, about two situations involving Bitcoin and people being scammed. One person realized in time that it was a scam; the other did not, until it was too late.
In the first situation, the person was contacted by someone pretending to be with law enforcement saying that there was a warrant for that person's arrest; the person was supposed to put money into a Bitcoin machine to make the warrant go away.
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The second person's scam was a bit more involved as it was about an "investment;" in the end the person moved a lot of money out of their bank and deposited it into a Bitcoin ATM, to find that the investment was a con. That person lost several thousand dollars.
I have to agree with DCSO when they say,
Make informed decisions, not based on pressure or emotions.
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