JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The U.S. Secret Service is launching a marketing campaign in Florida to warn individuals about bitcoin ATMs.

State regulation enforcement and federal brokers teamed as much as put up indicators at dozens of Bitcoin ATMs throughout the state. An investigator mentioned at a regulation enforcement briefing, “I might simply go in and say, ‘hey secret service, we’re going to place this up both in your Bitcoin ATM or is there one other location you need us to place it so that individuals can see it?’”

Whereas the machines are authorized, brokers say con males are utilizing scare ways to persuade individuals to maneuver their cash to digital accounts.

“All of the retailers that we’ve been with have been very cooperative, they’re prepared to place these up as a result of they perceive the scams that’s been occurring they usually wish to work with regulation enforcement,” Agent Matthew Roberts mentioned.

In 2023, the Federal Commerce Fee estimates Individuals misplaced greater than $1 billion in schemes involving cryptocurrency transactions.

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The U.S. Secret Service has already run comparable door-to-door poster campaigns at companies in Washington D.C. and Tennessee.