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Pretty good idea and forward thinking by the Japanese police. I feel like cryptocurrency promises many more scams like this if it ever becomes mainstream. Imag
by ALittleLight 6y ago
Pretty good idea and forward thinking by the Japanese police.
I feel like cryptocurrency promises many more scams like this if it ever becomes mainstream. Imagine how profitable scammers in the future could be, mass autodialing worldwide, GPT and text to voice filling out details of a script, asking for transfers in cryptocurrency. At least with this scam the scammers are often physically vulnerable when they go to pick up the money.
- ryanlol 6y agoIt’s probably never the scammers picking up the money. They’d just hire someone to act as a mule.
- ALittleLight 6y agoThe mule knows how to get in contact with the scammer, or what bank account to deposit into, etc. It's a thread that may lead back to the scammer.