Town of Danville, Indiana

Attention:

Our agency is issuing a critical warning to the community. Any request instructing you to deposit money into a Bitcoin ATM is a scam. This is true in every situation without exception. No legitimate business, bank, government agency, law enforcement agency, or private company will ever direct you to resolve a fee, account problem, payment issue, or overpayment by using a Bitcoin ATM. If you are contacted by phone, email, text message, or any other method and told to send money through a Bitcoin ATM, the correct response is to stop immediately. The instruction to use a Bitcoin ATM is the definitive sign of a scam.

Once money is deposited into a Bitcoin ATM, it is nearly impossible to recover and is often gone forever. While our agency will take every report seriously and will investigate each case, the likelihood of recovering funds is extremely low. Scammers rely on Bitcoin ATMs precisely because the transfer is instant and anonymous.
We urge every community member to spread this message.

Depositing money into a Bitcoin ATM is one hundred percent a scam every single time. If you receive any suspicious contact of this nature, report it to our agency immediately.

Individuals wanting more information can request an officer by calling the Henricks County Communications Center at 317-839-8700.