82岁的妇女为死去的丈夫感到悲伤，摔倒了比特币ATM骗局的猎物，损失了20,000美元

新士麦那海滩 - 丈夫去世后不久，一名仍在悲伤的82岁妇女将20,000美元转移到她的支票帐户中，以支付保险费。

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

来自新士麦那海滩的一名82岁妇女警告人们，一个比特币骗局欺骗了她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.

这名妇女要求不使用她的全名，因为骗子仍然在那里，她说，丈夫去世后不久，她将钱从他的帐户转移到支票帐户，以支付计算机出现故障时支付保险费。

It appeared she had been targeted by a scammer.

看来她是骗子的目标。

“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.”

“我去了我的计算机，当我打开所有这些红色垃圾或任何东西时，我都在上面。它说：“如果您有问题，请致电苹果，并给出一个数字。”

The woman called the number.

那个女人叫这个电话。

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

“他们回答说，他们说'只是关闭您的计算机，我们会照顾好它。'所以我关闭了电脑。”她说。

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.

一个小时后，1月29日晚上7:30左右，她再次打开了笔记本电脑，发现屏幕清晰。那时她的手机响了。一个声称来自华盛顿特区联邦调查局的人告诉她，十几名黑客闯入了她的支票帐户，并试图获得她20,000美元的余额。

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

“我惊慌失措。我打算支付保险账单，这是我支票帐户中大量金额的唯一原因。”

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

但是，伪造的联邦调查局特工有办法从数字盗贼那里挽救她的钱。

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.

欺诈者告诉芭芭拉（Barbara）早上第一件事去她的银行，撤回这笔钱并将其存入一台比特币机器，从中将其返回她的帐户，从而阻止黑客窃取现金。

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，骗子假装是一个名为芭芭拉的联邦特工，说避免怀疑，她应该告诉银行经理她需要大量现金，因为她付钱给工人修理房屋。

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

芭芭拉说：“我很慌张，我在哭，我在自己旁边。”

She went to the bank to get the money.

她去银行赚钱。

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）拿到了钱，然后骗子通过电话指示她，到达比特币机器所在的便利店。

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.

哭泣和惊慌失措的芭芭拉（Barbara）从她的家中开车八英里，到达了比特币机器所在的Sugar Mill Drive和Pioneer Trail上的BP加油站。

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

“他说转到这里，在这里左。”

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.

当她开车时，电话上的骗子告诉她冷静下来放松一下，以免发生事故。他一直向她保证，将20,000美元存入比特币机器是防止小偷获得它的安全方法。

“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.

“他将我带到加油站。他说去机器，你会在那里看到它。然后一步一步地告诉我如何使用机器。”一个泪流满面的芭芭拉回忆道。

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."

骗子指示芭芭拉不要与任何人交谈，而只是存入钱，“没事的，“我们将（钱）回到您的帐户中。”

“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.

芭芭拉说：“我以为我是在保护自己的钱，因为当我拿出钱时，我阻止了坏人得到这笔钱。”

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，一个心烦意乱的芭芭拉（Barbara），好像在梦中，她说，将一百美元的钞票滑入了机器中。

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

给机器喂了20,000美元后，她感到不适。

“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.

“我感到头晕。我觉得自己要昏倒了，所以我喝了一杯，去了我的车上，然后将空气放在上面。”新的士麦那海滩居民说。

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）说，她担心商店老板会打电话给警察，因为她没有为喝酒的钱付费，所以她回到了商店，给了收银员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）感到微弱和虚弱，“假FBI男子”尚未完成。他指示芭芭拉去埃奇沃特的另一家银行撤回10,000美元。在银行，员工意识到她已经拿走了20,000美元后，他们感到可疑。

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.

然后，呼叫者指示她去直通车，并获得5,000美元，银行员工听到了5,000美元。然后，他们告诉芭芭拉，经理希望她进入银行。经理对她没有好消息。

"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.

“银行经理对我说'你被骗了，我又歇斯底里了，”芭芭拉回忆起那一刻时哭了起来。

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."

根据联邦调查局的说法，芭芭拉（Barbara）等成千上万的受害者跌倒在线和涉及加密货币的电话骗局，其中包括比特币，“ 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

联邦调查局在9月的一份报告中说，2023年，美国至少有69,000名美国人