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RE: I got $5,000 Scammed Last Night - Problems with the Modern Banking System by Charlie Shrem
It happens all the time these days unfortunately. I suspect if we all switch to crypto it will reduce the risk but the criminals will find some way to use that too.
right now, there's a pretty popular windows virus that watches your clipboard, and every time it sees a bitcoin address there, it generates one with the same first-few and last few letters, then replaces it in your clipboard, so when you paste the btc address youre trying to send money to, instead you paste on that looks the same on quick check but is actually controlled by the bad guy.
Wow that is scary.
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No problem.
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It won't reduce the risk too much. The real issue is that, since there isn't a mediary like Visa, you won't have a recourse for fraud. So, if someone steals the money, you're screwed. It's like cash, except potentially way more exposed since there aren't physical and geographical constraints to the usage.
True.