Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M
by rhaps0dy on Monday January 23, 2017 @02:55PM
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HN is not a hivemind though. Also Western Union could say "it's a scam, are you sure?" instead.
Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M
by bitJericho on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:58PM
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I'd bet they do already. The thing with people falling for scams is that they will refuse to the end of time to believe its a scam.
Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M
by ensignavenger on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:54PM
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I worked at a computer shop many years ago. We had a guy come in wanting us to help him send an email with his personal information (bank account, social security number, IIRC) to- a Nigerian scammer! We told him it was a scam, and he insisted it was not, he refused to listen to reason. I don't know if he ever found someone to help him or figured it out on his own or what came of it.
Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M
by jandrese on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:42PM
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The advantage of Bitcoin is that it's so difficult to use, especially for large volumes of money, that the people getting scammed can't make it work.
It's difficult to find someone both dumb enough to fall for a 419 scam, but smart enough to operate a bitcoin client and sign up for an exchange.
On one hand we want Bitcoin with no constraints on money transfers, on the other we want money transfer services to vet the recipient and allow or disallow the transaction.
Why do we desire homogeneity in service? Let the market offer a variety and we can choose the level of "transaction safety" we desire.