FBI: ຕູ້ເອທີເອັມ crypto ຖືກໃຊ້ໃນການຫລອກລວງ

The FBI Miami Field Office warns about cryptocurrency investment schemes, saying that even crypto ATMs are used as payment methods by scammers. 

FBI and scams through crypto ATMs

ຢູ່​ໃນ ແຈ້ງການສາທາລະນະ, ການ FBI Miami Field Office in coordination with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), mentioned which are the cryptocurrency investment schemes used in scams, including also crypto ATMs. 

In this regard, here is what they said:

“ຜູ້​ເຄາະ​ຮ້າຍ​ຫຼາຍ​ຄົນ​ລາຍ​ງານ​ວ່າ​ຖືກ​ຊີ້​ນຳ​ໃຫ້​ໂອນ​ເງິນ​ໄປ​ບັນ​ຊີ​ຢູ່​ຕ່າງ​ປະ​ເທດ ຫຼື​ຊື້​ບັດ​ຈ່າຍ​ລ່ວງ​ໜ້າ​ເປັນ​ຈຳ​ນວນ​ຫຼວງ​ຫຼາຍ. ການໃຊ້ຕູ້ເອທີເອັມຂອງ cryptocurrency ແລະ cryptocurrency ຍັງເປັນວິທີການທີ່ພົ້ນເດັ່ນໃນການຈ່າຍເງິນ. ການສູນເສຍສ່ວນບຸກຄົນທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບໂຄງການເຫຼົ່ານີ້ຕັ້ງແຕ່ຫຼາຍສິບພັນຫາລ້ານໂດລາ.”

Basically, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Miami has warned that crypto ATMs are becoming a popular method used by fraudsters to receive funds from scammed victims.

FBI and crypto investment schemes: how do scammers operate?

The FBI has described how scammers generally act with their victims as being a repeating pattern. 

And indeed, most of the time, scammers pose as highly successful crypto traders, enticing victims to make supposed investments and providing fictitious returns to encourage further cryptocurrency investment. 

Usually, the means used to meet victims are social media or dating apps, places where scammers try to gain their trust and confidence. 

Once victims have been convinced to take action, they start making continuous deposits using crypto ATMs among other methods. 

Crypto ATMs: growth estimates

ລະດູຮ້ອນທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າແລະຕະຫລາດ ໄດ້​ປ່ອຍ​ອອກ​ມາ​ເມື່ອ​ an analysis that the crypto ATM market could grow at a compound rate of 59% from 2022 until 2027, ການ $472 million over the next five years.

The current value is estimated at a total of $46.4 million globally, but according to the report, this value is expected to increase. 

The assessment on the growth of the global crypto ATM market was based on four approaches: market development, market penetration, product development and diversification. 

The estimated industry growth projection is thus tenfold its total market value for the next five years. 

Scams involving pyramid and Ponzi schemes

In addition to the scamming schemes described by the FBI, there are also platforms that scam through Ponzi and Pyramid schemes, and these are continuing to grow. 

ໃນເລື່ອງນີ້, ທ ກົມປົກປ້ອງທາງດ້ານການເງິນ ແລະນະວັດຕະກໍາ (DFPI) ລັດຄາລິຟໍເນຍ ບໍ່ດົນມານີ້ ເປົ້າຫມາຍ 11 crypto companies because they are referred to as Ponzi and Pyramid schemes. 

These are companies that create HYIP platforms that are outright investment frauds, promising high returns at low risk and too much, while providing little or fake details about the team managing the investment.