Videos about Frauds and Scams

Crypto exchanges handle billions of dollars in transactions every day, most legitimate. But they also profit from the billions in illicit funds that criminals move across their platforms each year.

If you had money stolen in a scam, you may have questions about who gets the $15B currently in possession of the U.S. government? Erin West shares an update to help you set expectations.

ABC News’s Jay O’Brien investigates Bitcoin ATMs, the cash-to-crypto machines increasingly used by scammers to collect hundreds of millions of dollars each year from Americans.

ABC News | Operation Shamrock’s Erin West visited one of the scam compounds implicated in the DOJ seizure of $15B from a cyber fraud operation.

Scammers are convincing people to feed millions of dollars into crypto ATMs. Watch as a scammer tries to steal thousands from a CNN reporter.

John Oliver discusses a popular internet scam and why it’s easier to fall for it than you might think. (NSFW language)

60 Minutes Australia | Transnational crime bosses use human trafficking to amass a 120,000-strong workforce forced to con westerners out of their money.

PBS NewsHour | “Pig butchering” scams have cost victims at least $75 billion in four years. It's not just the targets who are being harmed. The people doing the scams are often victims of human trafficking.

Investigate TV | Arizona authorities are warning residents about a new wave of scams using Bitcoin ATM that have already cost victims millions of dollars.

Vermont’s WCAX news team interviews Michele Ilich-Daubas, an organized crime expert and contributor to Operation Shamrock, about cryptocurrency crimes.

9NEWS | A woman who impersonated a federal agent and convinced a couple to buy $20,000 worth of gift cards admits to the scam.