Scammers Are Draining Millions From Wyomingites Using Crypto ATMs
Millions of dollars are flowing out of Wyoming into the pockets of Nigerian princes and other foreign con artists through an unassuming portal that looks a bit like a bank ATM but isn’t.
The portals are crypto ATMs, which have popped up in communities across Wyoming. AARP estimates that the Cowboy State has 45 Crypto ATMs in various locations of Wyoming and counting. Eleven of those are in Cheyenne.
The machines can be used to buy cryptocurrency, as well as transfer cryptocurrency to other users around the world.
The machines themselves are legal devices, but they have been co-opted by criminals, who have found in them the ideal, virtual getaway car.
Once they’ve convinced their victims to stash their cash in a designated…
