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PayPal Denies Twitch Troll $50,000 Worth In Refunds (ubergizmo.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the better-luck-next-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Trolling is commonplace on the internet. On Twitch, one of the many ways people troll Twitch streamers is by making donations, only to get a refund from PayPal at the very last minute, thus tricking streamers into thinking they've been given large sums of money. A troll by the name of iNexus_Ninja has been doing exactly this. However, when he tried to go to PayPal to refund the charges, PayPal decided to deny his request which ultimately left the troll $50,000 in debt. Twitch streamers apparently fought against his request for a refund and won. Meanwhile, Russia is paying state-sponsored trolls, elevating the troll to the level of professional propagandists.

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  1. Re:Well known fact; by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    PayPal may suck, but they redeemed themselves with this action.

    LOL @ iNexus_Ninja.

  2. Number 23 by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Giving PayPal access to $50,000 of your funds: Priceless.

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  3. This is what probably did it by slashmydots · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If only they had some sort of video evidence of his actual donation live and in realtime...and full HD 60FPS. OH WAIT.

  4. Re:What the hell is Twitch? by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 5, Funny

    But when you see a commercial on TV about product XX you've never heard of, you don't wonder "why are they talking about XX", right?

    Because they can't do XXX on TV?

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  5. Re:Well known fact; by Guspaz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > WTF? How the fuck is this even a troll.

    Because he didn't do it right away, he'd wait until the streamers had spent the money, and then try to issue the refund with PayPal, which would then cause PayPal to charge the streamer back for the money. In essence, he was putting the streamers in debt.

    Really, he ought to go to jail for that, but at least in this case he got stiffed.