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by Brybry 364 days ago
https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/jasper-county-d...

Looks like scam callers allegedly direct people to use the machines to facilitate transactions that cannot be reversed.

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Okay, but the ATM is not complicit in the crime. To blame the ATM would be like blaming the bank for allowing the sale of a car that facilitated a heist.
The correct analogy is if a bank is used to facilitate wire fraud, and they absolutely do have to reverse fraudulent payments, even if they're just a middle-man that unknowingly facilitated the fraud, even if they did their due diligence.

“But crypto!” is irrelevant; don't engage in providing high-risk services without looking into what the risks actually are and who is legally responsible for absorbing them.