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Abiword's PayPal Donation Fund Robbed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the some-scum-can-walk dept.

SabberFlapper writes "According to this Announcement to the developer list of Abiword the Abiword fund was robbed. Dom Lachowicz writes: 'I'm duty bound to let you all know that the AbiWord Fund/Tip Jar has been robbed approximately three weeks ago. I'm telling you this now, rather than sooner, since I believed that Paypal would do something about my complaints during the interim, and that this would all be resolved quietly. Today, 23 days later, this does not look like it will happen. [..] I do however, recommend doing several things: 1) Writing to Paypal, in letter, email, or fax form alerting them to this travesty. 2) Calling Paypal on AbiWord's behalf. 3) Writing or calling your Congressman/woman, pointing out that Paypal is acting like a bank, but not operating under formal banking laws. 4) Boycotting Paypal because of these reasons, and the fact that their system is notoriously insecure, and encouraging others to do the same.'" Of all the groups to steal from -- AbiWord?

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  1. Screw Paypal. by rob-fu · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why I hide all of my money in a mattress.

    1. Re:Screw Paypal. by selderrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      found it !

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  2. Criminals and Honor by maniac1860 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Of all the groups to steal from -- AbiWord?
    Is he saying that criminals just rob people regardless of their political beliefs? I'm shocked. Shocked.
  3. Re:How was it done? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They create and distribute free software, it's a violation of the DMCA.

  4. Re:Don't give them bank details by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe somebody should write a PayPal HOWTO so people can avoiding making mistakes like that.

    Sure, no problem!

    PAYPAL HOWTO
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    (1) Don't.

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  5. Re:How was it done? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can you beat the crap out of the guy AND charge him with wire fraud ;) ?

  6. Re:Don't give them bank details by sporty · · Score: 5, Funny

    l11128 John Galt Boulevard

    Forgive me for asking.. but that name sounds familiar. Who is John Galt?

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    ping -f 255.255.255.255 # if only

  7. Re:Pay Pal is sleazy by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or instead of writing you a check, or getting a cashier's check, or getting a money order...

    "Hey honey, let's ignore tried and true banking principles that have been in place for years and are regulated by the government and let's use this new website that just opened up instead!" "Ok, sounds great!"

    [beep][beep][beep]Oh sorry, gotta run, my bullshit detector is going off...

  8. Re: Who is John Galt? by gcondon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't this be moderated +1, Ironic ?

  9. Re: Who is John Galt? by crawling_chaos · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, +1 Appropriate. After all the Objectivist motto is "I've got mine. Fuck the rest of you."

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    You can only drink 30 or 40 glasses of beer a day, no matter how rich you are.
    -- Colonel Adolphus Busch
  10. In other news... by ufotofu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Abisource competitor Microsoft finds extra cash for its political lobbying fund.