Police: Scammer impersonating bank employee uses Bitcoin ATM to steal nearly $60,000 from Sunrise victim

SUNRISE, Fla. β€” An 80-year-old man in Sunrise was the victim of a fraud that cost him and his family nearly $60,000, according to police.

After his son reported it to police, the victim told a police officer that he was on his computer when a pop-up window opened and he clicked on it.

β€œHe began receiving messages and phone calls from unknown numbers,” a police officer wrote after meeting with the victim on Oct. 6, according to a police report…

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