The Kiosk Only Takes the Cash
FBI complaints involving crypto kiosks reported over $388 million in losses in 2025. How a caller's script ends at a Bitcoin ATM.
Know the next one before it knows you.
This site publishes what people report: the phone numbers, links and handles that contacted them, what the scam asked for, and how much was lost. Search a string before you answer it. Every moderated report becomes a page, so the next person finds the warning in time.
How each scam actually works
Every scam runs on a method. Published, it stops working on everybody who has read it — so we catalogue the ones already known and work out the new ones while they are still spreading.
- Government impersonation
- Refund
The Refund That Came Back in a Box
A plea agreement estimates about $64 million in loss from roughly 2,000 cash packages sent to fake names. How a refund scam ends in a box.
- Fake software support
The Password Came From Them
Plea agreements say fake software support told an 82-year-old woman to buy about $250,000 in gold bars. Court records show who sent the courier to her door.
- Fake support call
Spending It Took a Crew
Prosecutors say a crew took $245 million in crypto from one man. Court records describe how stolen crypto became cash, club bills and cars in other names.
- Pig butchering
The Money Was Already Gone
Prosecutors traced one victim's crypto: gone within the hour, pooled with 19 other victims' money and Huione Pay coins. Where it went next.
- Loan identity theft
The Name on the Loan
A $290,795 PPP loan was made in the name of someone who never applied, an indictment says. How names end up on loans, and the mail to watch for.