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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023.

Bitcoin ATMs are typically located in convenience stores, gas stations, and other busy areas, but instead of dispensing cash like the traditional ATMs they resemble, they allow you to buy and sell cryptocurrency.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve never used one, why don’t they just like, have a camera to scan a qr code of your crypto wallet on your phone, and send it to that address directly? Anyway I don’t think it can be worse than having to take a picture that includes your face, handwritten message, id, and have to retake it 20 times because the exchange won’t accept it if it is slightly blurry, plus linking a bank account etc., needing to copy a private key and send another transaction seems like it would be way less annoying and creepy, even if the tradeoff of crazy high fees makes it not worth it for most people.