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Prepaid cash services enabled ransomware before they were asking for cryptocurrency
by greggturkington 5y ago
Prepaid cash services enabled ransomware before they were asking for cryptocurrency
- ddtaylor 5y agoAny fungible good can be used this way, like regular cash, which is what's used for the vast majority of crime.
- nautilus12 5y agoBut there is a certain amount of law enforcement involvement with cash too. Fighting forged bills, tracing bills by serial number, etc.
- NullPrefix 5y agoTracing serial numbers on Bitcoin is way easier
- tkinom 5y agohttps://darknetdiaries.com/episode/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/ podcast #70 is a very good story on how someone use the prepaid cash on the dark side. All other stories on that podcast list are very interesting.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoAlso things that can easily be sold off for close to face value, like iTunes gift-cards. I think the IRS scammers still usually ask for something like that instead of cryptocurrency, because cryptocurrency is a bit too hard for their marks to figure out.