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New Jersey issues report on unlicensed bitcoin machines

  • Many don’t comply with federal regulations
  • Scammers get victims to deposit money into them
  • Propose state licenses and some regulation

New study on how scammers also spend huge efforts contacting customer service centers to try and get access to accounts of others

  • Call volume up 42% at these call centers during virus
  • Record levels of fraud calls, especially in financial services and insurance industries
  • 5% of all calls fraudulent or suspicious
  • 80% of call centers say fraud a very serious issue

Competition Bureau in Canada settles with online travel agency over deceptive terms, fake online reviews; company to pay $5.8 million

Virus Benefit Theft

Full report here