Comment by Vlad-V2-Vladimir on 25/02/2022 at 13:25 UTC

262 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

View submission: Scammers have sunk even lower. How absolutely disgusting.

Even if this was real, how would you even change that bitcoin into valid currency to use as food if the banks are shut down?

I know that these scams are meant to be this ridiculous to target the gullible who’d ignore those mistakes, but at least try to make it partially believable so you can scam someone who hasn’t already gone broke because of other scams.

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Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 16:27 UTC*

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Comment by NotAHost at 25/02/2022 at 16:52 UTC

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From the business perspective... if I were a business, and the banks are shutdown and my country is about to be taken over, I would rather take any foreign money that has a more stable future than the local currency. So I would take USD or bitcoin alongside Ukrainian hryvnia. I'd just calculate the exchange rate so that I know how much to charge the customer, for any of the foreign currencies. It's not like I can't convert it to cash in the future when things stabilize.

Of course, two stipulations: You need to have enough hryvnia in the event someone doesn't take bitcoin/usd/etc., and you probably want to have internet (which is seeing disruption). I have to assume you could find *someone* that would give you hryvnia for bitcoin/usd though.

Comment by [deleted] at 25/02/2022 at 18:08 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I've heard IRS scammers asking for Apple Gift cards.

Comment by alexh934 at 25/02/2022 at 16:41 UTC

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There are plenty of P2P services for Bitcoin. Failed economic states (Nigeria, Argentina, Venezula, etc.) in particular have thriving P2P markets to exchange various currency for Bitcoin.