🚨 ALERT 🚨 for all #FOSS projects out there which get donations via PayPal.
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ALERT for all #FOSS projects out there which get donations via PayPal. In the last 2 days we've gotten several donations (some as "purchase") ranging from 250 → 500 USD. Always same amount as USD (which was suspicious since we rarely get USD).
The trick of the cheaters: They will open a "Paypal Buyers protection" case and if you just send back the money rather than "cancelling" the real transaction, they will get the money twice...
Suggestion: Mark it as fraud and let Paypal resolve it.
@davx5app
Oh no! Poor Paypal!
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@BsCreativeLife @HeNeArXn It's sarcasm, from Top Gear
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@HeNeArXn @BsCreativeLife It's not, it's dismissing Paypal as 'oh no'
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From what you wrote, the receiver sends back the money and thus gains or loses no money – so why should i care for Paypal or scamers?
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@HeNeArXn
Ah, that makes sense, and it's damaging for the receiver.
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ALERT for all #FOSS projects out there which get donations via PayPal.
In the last 2 days we've gotten several donations (some as "purchase") ranging from 250 → 500 USD. Always same amount as USD (which was suspicious since we rarely get USD).
The trick of the cheaters: They will open a "Paypal Buyers protection" case and if you just send back the money rather than "cancelling" the real transaction, they will get the money twice...
Suggestion: Mark it as fraud and let Paypal resolve it.
Gawd, people suck.
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@davx5app
Oh no! Poor Paypal!
Anyway...Maybe delete this toot.
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Maybe delete this toot.
@0x0@BenAveling
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@BenAveling
Maybe read the thread.It's not PayPal getting defrauded here.
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@HeNeArXn @BsCreativeLife It's not, it's dismissing Paypal as 'oh no'
@syllopsium @HeNeArXn @BsCreativeLife if you think PayPal are the ones who get harmed by this scam, you do not understand how the scam works.
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@voidandcozy @davx5app refund scams are one of the classic scam patterns, they can be done on basically any platform using throwaway accounts and/or alternative payment channels like Steam gift cards and there is no easy method of preventing them outside of scam awareness for potential victims
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@aerofreak
I have to remember Paul. That's more fun.
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