Westlake警察局報告說，俄亥俄州地區的比特幣ATM騙局增加

Westlake警方報告說，俄亥俄州地區的比特幣ATM騙局的威脅增加，並指出罪犯現在針對居民。

Westlake police in Ohio are reporting a rise in the menace of Bitcoin ATM scams in the state, adding that criminals have begun targeting local residents.

俄亥俄州的韋斯特萊克警察局報告說，該州的比特幣ATM騙局的威脅正在增加，並補充說罪犯已經開始針對當地居民。

In its report, the police mentioned that a couple was saved by a bank manager from Chase Bank, preventing them from being scammed out of $17,000. According to reports, the couple entered the bank to withdraw $17,000 which was meant for what they thought was a warrant from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office. However, the bank manager realized that the move was out of character and informed the police of the development.

警方在其報告中提到，一對夫婦是由Chase Bank的一位銀行經理救出的，阻止了他們被騙取17,000美元。據報導，這對夫婦進入銀行撤回了17,000美元，這是為了他們認為是庫亞霍加縣警長辦公室的逮捕令。但是，銀行經理意識到這一舉動是不可能的，並向警察告知了該發展。

The Westlake police mentioned that while the couple were being saved from the scam, two residents involved in two different incidents were not so lucky. According to Captain Jerry Vogel of the Westlake Police Department, the clerk at the bank did a very nice job calling their attention to the transaction. “The customer did figure out they were going to be scammed if they took this money out and put it in a buy gift card or put it into a crypto ATM, they were going to lose this money forever,” Captain Vogel said.

西湖警方提到，雖然這對夫婦從騙局中得救了，但兩名涉及兩起不同事件的居民並不那麼幸運。據西湖警察局的傑里·沃格爾（Jerry Vogel）上尉說，銀行的店員的工作非常出色，他們注意交易。 Vogel上尉說：“如果客戶將這筆錢拿出並將其放入購買卡或將其放入加密貨幣ATM中，他們將被騙取，他們將永遠損失這筆錢。”

The captain mentioned that the subjects who usually target older people with these scams and that they usually come up with different stories to get the victims interested.

船長提到，通常以這些騙局為目標的受試者，他們通常會提出不同的故事來使受害者感興趣。

“Maybe it’s the Social Security Administration. Maybe it’s Microsoft indicating that you have a virus, a terrible virus, on your computer, and you need to jump through these hoops to get rid of the virus,” Captain Vogel said. But he stressed that most of these things are just scare tactics, noting that their perfect victims are the older population because they get a little more scared than other age ranges in the population.

“也許是社會保障局。也許是微軟表示您在計算機上有病毒，可怕的病毒，您需要跳過這些箍以擺脫病毒，” Vogel上尉說。但是他強調，其中大多數只是嚇人的策略，並指出他們的完美受害者是老年人，因為他們比人口中的其他年齡範圍更害怕。

In the second case, the victim wanted to solve an issue about a device and input a search string to find the number of Microsoft support on Google. After getting a response from the search engine, she clicked on the first entry in the search without scrutinizing it. Instead of getting through to Microsoft support, she was calling a scammer in what is known as “search engine poisoning.”

在第二種情況下，受害者想解決有關設備的問題並輸入搜索字符串，以在Google上找到Microsoft支持的數量。從搜索引擎獲得響應後，她單擊了搜索中的第一個條目，而無需仔細檢查。她沒有獲得微軟的支持，而是在被稱為“搜索引擎中毒”中稱為騙子。

In this case, the victim was asked to withdraw $40,000 to protect her account from being emptied. The fake Microsoft call center employee told her that she had a virus on her computer which was obtained from child porn from China and an illegal drug website from the same place. She was told that these websites were going to withdraw the money unless she did it by herself.

在這種情況下，要求受害人撤回40,000美元以保護其帳戶免於被清空。假的微軟呼叫中心的員工告訴她，她的計算機上有病毒，該病毒是從中國的兒童色情片獲得的，並從同一地方獲得了非法藥物網站。她被告知，除非她自己做，否則這些網站將撤回這筆錢。

According to the Westlake police report, the victim went to a gas station that had a Bitcoin ATM and deposited $20,000. A clerk at the station noticed what was going on and tried to stop her but it was too late. Fortunately, she still had the other $20,000 with her.

根據西湖警方的報告，受害人去了一個擁有比特幣ATM並存入20,000美元的加油站。車站的一個店員注意到發生了什麼事，試圖阻止她，但為時已晚。幸運的是，她還有其他20,000美元。

According to cyber analyst Alex Hamerstone, most of these scams start with a typical sense of urgency. He mentioned that scammers usually make it look like they are trying to help the victim evade a hack or an attack before they strike. “If someone’s calling you out of the blue, demanding money, threatening you, and it has to do with Bitcoin, it’s going to be a scam,” Hamerstone said.

根據網絡分析師亞歷克斯·哈默斯通（Alex Hamerstone）的說法，這些騙局大多數從典型的緊迫感開始。他提到騙子通常會使他們看起來像是在試圖幫助受害者在襲擊之前逃避攻擊或攻擊。 Hamerstone說：“如果有人叫您藍色，索要錢，威脅您，這與比特幣有關，那將是一個騙局。”

He added that the police will never call anybody before they initiate an arrest, meaning that if the police are going to arrest anyone, they will come to their location to effect the arrest. “There are very few absolutes in the world, but 100% the IRS will never take your tax bill. They’ll never take your tax payment using gift cards,” he added.

他補充說，警察在逮捕逮捕之前永遠不會打電話給任何人，這意味著，如果警察要逮捕任何人，他們將來到他們的位置進行逮捕。他補充說：“世界上絕對的絕對數量很少，但是美國國稅局（IRS）永遠不會收取您的稅單。他們永遠不會使用禮品卡接受您的稅款。”

In another incident that occurred in Westlake, the police mentioned that a victim was asked to deposit $5,500 into a Bitcoin ATM at Sam’s convenience store after receiving a call from the Social Security Administration. According to reports, the owner has promised to remove the machine within the next month.

在西湖（Westlake）發生的另一起事件中，警方提到受害者被要求在接到社會保障局的電話後，將5,500美元存入山姆便利店的比特幣ATM。據報導，所有者已承諾在下個月內卸下機器。

“I just advise you to be very wary of anything that directs you to buy gift cards or put cash into an ATM,” Captain Vogel said. He also added that most of all transactions that have to do with crypto ATMs always end up being scams.

沃格爾上尉說：“我只是建議您對任何指導您購買禮品卡或將現金投入ATM的事物保持警惕。”他還補充說，與加密貨幣ATM有關的所有交易中的大多數總是最終都是騙局。