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PayPal Freezes Hurricane Relief Account
logan5 writes "SomethingAwful's forum denizens, on the call of site admin Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, raised over $20,000 dollars to be donated to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. This was done via a PayPal donation link, and PayPal has now frozen the account on a twofold basis: one, that there have been reports of "suspicious behavior" from the "buyers," and two, that no shipping records have been provided for the donations." Since so many users are asking for it, SomethingAwful has provided a link for those wishing to still make donations to the Red Cross in the meantime.
It is odd. You are telling US that Lowtax did all this stuff, but the article fails to mention where you told it to paypal. Did you get a receipt for the red cross? Did you show it to paypal? I mean, you tell us how you cant show them a shipping invoice. But what DO you show them? I mean, you have to know there are a ton of scammers out there, just taking in people's "Donations". Dont you think Paypal had some level of obligation to protect those who are giving to the relief effort? To make sure they aren't giving relief to "line my pockets"? You are pissed that your account is suspeneded. But you dont tell us what you have done to show paypal you ARENT scammers. Just having read your article, I dont see why I should think you arent a scammer. Give me a link to who you donated the money too. Have THEM show me that you did. Give that link to paypal. Then, give them a business day. THEN bitch and moan. Right now, all I hear is the bitching and moaning. Which, while popular on slashdot, isnt very helpful. To you, or the Hurrican Victims
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Going to stick with my standard reply to the clueless for this article: EAT A DICK! oh yeah, borrow a clue or two while you're at it.
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