<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3E1REu_0wDECpLN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3E1REu_0wDECpLN00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Dave Jensen</figcaption></figure><p>You work hard for your <a href="https://retro1025.com/phillip-anschutz-colorado-billionaire/">money</a>; criminals work hard to get that money. <a href="https://retro1025.com/colorado-hiking-safety-10-items/">Coloradans</a> need to be aware of a scam that make its way to them, and try to take thousands of your dollars.</p><p>Nobody likes getting fooled, especially when it comes to being tricked into faithfully handing over hard-earned money. Criminals don't give one "hoot" about you, your feelings, or your future. They care about getting your money, now.</p><p>These new ones involve something that not many are well-versed in; perhaps that why criminals are trying to use it.</p><h2>Colorado Authorities Warn of Bitcoin Scam in October of 2024</h2><p>Criminals prey on our fear of being in trouble with the law. I would agree that if you haven't done anything wrong, you shouldn't be worried, but it happens. That fear plays into the latest scam Colorado is seeing; as well as technology.</p><p>The Douglas County Sheriff's Office (DCSO) posted, in early October of 2024, about two situations involving Bitcoin and people being scammed. One person realized in time that it was a scam; the other did not, until it was too late.</p><p>In the first situation, the person was contacted by someone pretending to be with law enforcement saying that there was a warrant for that person's arrest; the person was supposed to put money into a Bitcoin machine to make the warrant go away.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0PkLFJ_0wDECpLN00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0PkLFJ_0wDECpLN00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>TSM/Dave Jensen</figcaption></figure><p>The second person's scam was a bit more involved as it was about an "investment;" in the end the person moved a lot of money out of their bank and deposited it into a Bitcoin ATM, to find that the investment was a con. That person lost several thousand dollars.</p><p>I have to agree with DCSO when they say,</p><blockquote><p>Make informed decisions, not based on pressure or emotions.</p></blockquote><h2>MORE Colorado &amp; Scams: The 10 Most Used Scams in Colorado</h2><p>By knowing what "<a href="https://retro1025.com/ixp/99/p/fort-collins-police-warn-of-rental-scams/">cons</a>" are being used the most, we can help ourselves, and family members from bearing the weight of embarrassment and drained bank accounts.</p><h2>Ranking States with Most Online Scams</h2><p>Here's a state-by-state look, using data available from the Federal Trade Commission (<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/">FTC</a>), ranking states by total amount of money lost to fraud.</p></div></body>

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Alert: New Scams in Colorado Focusing on Bitcoin Machines

You work hard for your money; criminals work hard to get that money. Coloradans need to be aware of a scam that make its way to them, and try to take thousands of your dollars. Nobody likes getting fooled, especially when it comes to being tricked into faithfully handing over...