Scammers Drain $68,000,000,000 From 15,100,000 Americans in 2025, According to Gallup Survey

The post Texas Residents Lost $56.8M to Crypto ATM Scams in One Year appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Texas residents lost $56.8M to crypto ATM scams over the past twelve months. Around 1,200 Texas victims fell for the scams, averaging a loss of $47,000 each. Scammers pose as officials and tell victims to convert cash at crypto ATMs fast. More than a thousand Texas residents have collectively lost $56.8 million to cryptocurrency ATM scams over the past twelve months, according to new data highlighting a fast-growing fraud problem that is hitting ordinary people across the state. How the Scam Works The scheme follows a consistent pattern. Fraudsters contact victims by phone, posing as government officials, law enforcement agents, or corporate employees. The caller tells the target they are in serious legal trouble, owe an outstanding debt, or that their bank account has been compromised and needs to be protected immediately. Once the victim is alarmed and compliant, the scammer inst

A Gallup survey reveals that millions of Americans were targeted by scammers last year, ultimately leading to tens of billions of dollars in losses. In the United States of Scams: The Financial and Emotional Fallout report, Gallup says that about 6% of US adults, or about 15.1 million Americans, lost money to scammers last year. […] The post Scammers Drain $68,000,000,000 From 15,100,000 Americans in 2025, According to Gallup Survey appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

The post Ethereum phishing scam drains nearly $1 million from crypto wallet appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. A crypto user has lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that gave scammers access to drain almost the entire wallet balance, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in phishing losses recorded this year. Summary A crypto user lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that allowed scammers to drain the wallet. Phishing scams caused $723 million in losses across 248 incidents in 2025 as approval based attacks continued targeting crypto users. The latest theft follows another multimillion dollar onchain loss, highlighting separate risks from phishing approvals and flawed transaction routing. According to blockchain security platform Scam Sniffer, the victim lost 999,999 Tether (USDT) in an Ethereum phishing token approval scam on Wednesday after signing a malicious approval request. On-chain data showed the attac

A crypto user has lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that gave scammers access to drain almost the entire wallet balance, adding to hundreds of millions of dollars in phishing losses recorded this year. According to…

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Residents in one part of Washington state have lost more than $673,000 to scams in just three days. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says an 84-year-old victim lost $420,000 after scammers impersonating Microsoft and the FTC convinced the person to buy gold and hand it over. Another person lost $50,000 via a phishing email that […] The post Washington State Residents Lose $673,500 to Sophisticated Bank Scams in Three Days appeared first on The Daily Hodl.