82歲的婦女為死去的丈夫感到悲傷，摔倒了比特幣ATM騙局的獵物，損失了20,000美元

新士麥那海灘 - 丈夫去世後不久，一名仍在悲傷的82歲婦女將20,000美元轉移到她的支票帳戶中，以支付保險費。

An 82-year-old woman from New Smyrna Beach is warning people about a Bitcoin scam that defrauded her out of $20,000.

來自新士麥那海灘的一名82歲婦女警告人們，一個比特幣騙局欺騙了她20,000美元。

The woman, who asked that her full name not be used because the scammers are still out there, said that shortly after her husband died, she was transferring money from his account to her checking account to pay insurance bills when her computer appeared to be malfunctioning.

這名婦女要求不使用她的全名，因為騙子仍然在那裡，她說，丈夫去世後不久，她將錢從他的帳戶轉移到支票帳戶，以支付計算機出現故障時支付保險費。

It appeared she had been targeted by a scammer.

看來她是騙子的目標。

“I went to my computer, and when I opened it up all this red trash, or whatever it was, was on it. It said ‘if you are having problems call Apple, and it gave a number.”

“我去了我的計算機，當我打開所有這些紅色垃圾或任何東西時，我都在上面。它說：“如果您有問題，請致電蘋果，並給出一個數字。”

The woman called the number.

那個女人叫這個電話。

“They answered and they said ‘Just close your computer and we'll take care of it.' So I closed the computer,” she recounted.

“他們回答說，他們說'只是關閉您的計算機，我們會照顧好它。'所以我關閉了電腦。”她說。

An hour later, around 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, she opened her laptop again and saw that the screen was clear. Right then her cell phone rang. A person claiming to be from the FBI in Washington, D.C., told her that a dozen hackers had broken into her checking account and were trying to get her $20,000 balance.

一個小時後，1月29日晚上7:30左右，她再次打開了筆記本電腦，發現屏幕清晰。那時她的手機響了。一個聲稱來自華盛頓特區聯邦調查局的人告訴她，十幾名黑客闖入了她的支票帳戶，並試圖獲得她20,000美元的餘額。

“I panicked. I was planning to pay insurance bills, and that's the only reason I had a large amount in my checking account.”

“我驚慌失措。我打算支付保險賬單，這是我支票帳戶中大量金額的唯一原因。”

However, the fake FBI agent had a way to rescue her money from the digital thieves.

但是，偽造的聯邦調查局特工有辦法從數字盜賊那裡挽救她的錢。

The fraudster told Barbara to go to her bank first thing in the morning, withdraw the money and deposit it into a Bitcoin machine from which it would be returned to her account thus preventing the hackers from stealing her cash.

欺詐者告訴芭芭拉（Barbara）早上第一件事去她的銀行，撤回這筆錢並將其存入一台比特幣機器，從中將其返回她的帳戶，從而阻止黑客竊取現金。

At 8:20 a.m. on Jan. 30, the scammer pretending to be a federal agent called Barbara saying to avoid suspicion, she should tell the bank manager that she needed a big sum of cash because she was paying workers to repair her home.

1月30日凌晨8:20，騙子假裝是一個名為芭芭拉的聯邦特工，說避免懷疑，她應該告訴銀行經理她需要大量現金，因為她付錢給工人修理房屋。

“I was panicked, I was crying, I was beside myself,” said Barbara.

芭芭拉說：“我很慌張，我在哭，我在自己旁邊。”

She went to the bank to get the money.

她去銀行賺錢。

Barbara got the money and the scammer then directed her via phone, to the convenience store where the Bitcoin machine was located.

芭芭拉（Barbara）拿到了錢，然後騙子通過電話指示她，到達比特幣機器所在的便利店。

A crying and panicked Barbara drove eight miles from her home to the BP gas station on Sugar Mill Drive and Pioneer Trail where the Bitcoin machine was located.

哭泣和驚慌失措的芭芭拉（Barbara）從她的家中開車八英里，到達了比特幣機器所在的Sugar Mill Drive和Pioneer Trail上的BP加油站。

“He said turn here, make a left here.”

“他說轉到這裡，在這里左。”

As she drove, the scammer on the telephone told her to calm down and relax so she would not get into an accident. He kept reassuring her that depositing the $20,000 in the Bitcoin machine was the safe way to keep the thieves from getting it.

當她開車時，電話上的騙子告訴她冷靜下來放鬆一下，以免發生事故。他一直向她保證，將20,000美元存入比特幣機器是防止小偷獲得它的安全方法。

“He directed me to the gas station. He said go to the machine, you will see it there. And then step by step he told me how to use the machine,” a tearful Barbara recalled.

“他將我帶到加油站。他說去機器，你會在那裡看到它。然後一步一步地告訴我如何使用機器。”一個淚流滿面的芭芭拉回憶道。

The scammer instructed Barbara not to talk to anybody and to just deposit the money, that “it will be alright, and "We'll get it (money) right back into your account."

騙子指示芭芭拉不要與任何人交談，而只是存入錢，“沒事的，“我們將（錢）回到您的帳戶中。”

“I thought I was protecting my money because when I took the money out I was preventing the bad guys from getting it,” Barbara said, breaking down again.

芭芭拉說：“我以為我是在保護自己的錢，因為當我拿出錢時，我阻止了壞人得到這筆錢。”

At the gas station, a distraught Barbara, as if in a dream she said, slipped hundred dollar bills into the machine.

在加油站，一個心煩意亂的芭芭拉（Barbara），好像在夢中，她說，將一百美元的鈔票滑入了機器中。

She felt ill after she fed the machine $20,000.

給機器餵了20,000美元後，她感到不適。

“I felt dizzy. I felt like I was going to pass out, so I got a drink and went to my car, and put the air on,” the New Smyrna Beach resident said.

“我感到頭暈。我覺得自己要昏倒了，所以我喝了一杯，去了我的車上，然後將空氣放在上面。”新的士麥那海灘居民說。

Barbara said she was worried that the store owner would call the police because she didn't pay for what she was drinking, so she went back into the store and gave the cashier $5.

芭芭拉（Barbara）說，她擔心商店老闆會打電話給警察，因為她沒有為喝酒的錢付費，所以她回到了商店，給了收銀員5美元。

But even as Barbara felt faint and weak, the "fake FBI man" was not done yet. He directed Barbara to go to another bank in Edgewater to withdraw $10,000 more. At the bank, employees got suspicious after they realized she had already taken out $20,000.

但是，即使芭芭拉（Barbara）感到微弱和虛弱，“假FBI男子”尚未完成。他指示芭芭拉去埃奇沃特的另一家銀行撤回10,000美元。在銀行，員工意識到她已經拿走了20,000美元後，他們感到可疑。

The caller then directed her to go to the drive-thru and get $5,000, which a bank employee overheard. They then told Barbara that a manager wanted her to come inside the bank. The manager did not have good news for her.

然後，呼叫者指示她去直通車，並獲得5,000美元，銀行員工聽到了5,000美元。然後，他們告訴芭芭拉，經理希望她進入銀行。經理對她沒有好消息。

"The bank manager said to me 'You have been scammed, and I went hysterical again," Barbara said breaking into tears as she recalled the moment.

“銀行經理對我說'你被騙了，我又歇斯底里了，”芭芭拉回憶起那一刻時哭了起來。

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, thousands of victims like Barbara fell to online and telephone scams involving cryptocurrency that include Bitcoin, "ether crypto" or "tether crypto."

根據聯邦調查局的說法，芭芭拉（Barbara）等成千上萬的受害者跌倒在線和涉及加密貨幣的電話騙局，其中包括比特幣，“ Ether Crypto”或“ Tether Crypto”。

In a September report, the FBI said that in 2023 at least 69,000 Americans across the United States were

聯邦調查局在9月的一份報告中說，2023年，美國至少有69,000名美國人