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		2drew3 on Feb 19, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stripe: Bitcoin Purse.io provides 25% discounts to shop on Amazon with bitcoin. Pretty incredible - discount comes from liquidating Amazon gift cards ($15b in circulation).

etchalon on Feb 19, 2015 | [–]

It mostly comes from people buying Amazon gift cards with stolen credit cards.

I wouldn't get anywhere near that site.

davidgerard on Feb 21, 2015 | [–]

Yes, it turns out that blatant fraud saves money. The site is a stolen credit card launderer.

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