The FBI cautions cryptocurrency crooks are eager to pounce on your wallet. Con artists adore cryptocurrency because it is difficult for victims to recover stolen funds.
From bell ringers collecting for charity with kettles to passing the plate at church, this is a time of year many charities depend on your generosity to help fund their good works.
Special agents in the bureau’s Baltimore field office discuss the fast-moving landscape of digital financial crime, what they’re doing about it and how prospective targets can help.
The FBI says over 90,000 elderly people in America were scammed out of $1.7 billion in 2021, a precipitous increase in elderly fraud from the previous year.