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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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  3. closed my account by koolkao · · Score: 0, Redundant

    glad to be informed of this. Just close my account.

  4. Mod me redundant, but... by Whatsthiswhatsthis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In a show of support, I have closed my account. Not like there was any money in my account, but I did have 4 accounts tied to it. As a college student, I cannot afford for people like PayPal to dick me around. They didn't ever screw up and probably wouldn't. But I believe that customer support is more important than the service offered. I've worked in the banking industry and learned that people aren't loyal to their banks. Good luck PayPal: you have not yet realized "customers first, profits second," but, rather, you have taken up a "profits first, customers second" attitude. The latter attitude never becomes successful in the long run and will always come back to bite like a viper.

    Mod me redundant but...

  5. How much was lost? by httpamphibio.us · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Topic...

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  8. Re:Don't give them bank details by Huff · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Don't
    2. ???
    3 PROFIT!!!!!

    ok ok...... i'm sorry.... i got carried away