GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The FBI says people lost nearly $250 million to cryptocurrency ATM scams in 2024.

That’s more than double the previous year.

People are losing thousands of dollars a day at cryptocurrency machines through romance scams, impostor scams or financial scams.

An investigation by ABC’s Good Morning America showed a police lieutenant and a bystander helping a woman being scammed.

Fran Bates was loading tens of thousands of dollars of her life savings into a Bitcoin ATM when she was approached.

Lt. James Stewart: “Can I talk to you for a second?”

Woman: “Please, I have the bank on the phone.”

Lt. Stewart: “OK, let me talk to who you’re talking to.”

Woman: “And I’m in danger.”

Lt. Stewart: “OK, stop putting money in there.”

Caller: “This is the security team

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