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Well, in crypto there's still non-zero amounts of fraud if the merchant doesn't deliver their goods or if the sender executes double spend attacks. But theoretical double-spend attacks aside, almost all transactions require some minimal level trust between the merchant and the customer regardless of payment system. In this sense, Cryptocurrency doesn't prevent fraud completely but it does severely limit the extent and direction of fraud.



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