A Jackson man scammed out of $7,500 wasn’t as lucky as a 78-year-old Gillette woman at a local convenience store on Saturday who narrowly avoided being taken for $22,000 at a bitcoin ATM.

The man, 51, was at least the second person known to be scammed at the Bitcoin Depot ATM at a Loaf ’N Jug store in Jackson, the Jackson Hole News & Guide reports . A woman was scammed out of $18,000 in March.

In the case of the Gillette woman, she was stopped by a young man from depositing the large amount of cash into a Bitcoin Depot ATM at a local convenience store, the Gillette News Record reports .

Like a traditional ATM connected to a bank, a bitcoin ATMs are legal and allow people to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. They can use credit or debit cards to buy and sell bitcoin, and also can

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