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Cryptocurrency

Dated alerts about requests to move money through cryptocurrency, with the safer next step and the published source for each one.

  1. Onlinefincen.gov

    A New Online Contact Steering You Toward Crypto? Slow Down

    An online relationship gradually turns into pressure to move money into a cryptocurrency 'investment.' Here is why federal investigators are describing this pattern now.

    Arrives by a new relationship that started online

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  2. Kansascftc.gov

    Told to Pay Someone Through a Crypto ATM? Stop and Check First

    Impersonators posing as banks, courts, or government agencies are directing people to pay them through cryptocurrency ATMs. Here is why that instruction itself is the clearest sign of a scam.

    Arrives by a phone call directing you to a cash machine

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