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Men stole $24k from Pa. couple in Bitcoin scam, N.J. cops say

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Two New Jersey men were arrested after they scammed a Pennsylvania couple out of $24,000 by convincing them their bank account had been compromised, authorities said. The fraud began when the victims — a married couple in their 70s from North Lebanon — received a pop-up email that claimed to be from Microsoft, local police said in a statement. The email said the couple would need to provide personal bank account information and send money through a Bitcoin ATM in order to protect the rest of the money in their account, North Lebanon police said Wednesday. After the couple sent the money, the t…

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