PayPal Freezes Hurricane Relief Account 635
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.
??? revealed (Score:5, Funny)
2) collect donations for disaster relief
3) SIEZE MONEY
4) Profit!
Remember people, PayPal is not a bank!
Hmm.. (Score:5, Funny)
I loathe your wretched, vile, disgusting, bloated waste of a company with every last fibre of my body. You're a grotesque, swollen parasite whose existence hinges solely on the lack of competition.
Yes, definitely a little anger showing through.
Seriously, don't use PayPal for important stuff. I haven't read their terms lately (it's like, what, 30 pages long), but I wouldn't be surprised if they can shut him down because of his "offensive" web site, or because he used copyrighted screen shots on his page, or because he mocked and disparaged PayPal, or left the dash out of his zip+4 code, or pretty much anything else that they feel like.
PayPal isn't a bank, so it's not perfectly safe (Score:5, Funny)
Someone enterprising enough could probably come up with a good online payment system that isn't fraught with fraud. I could possibly not have to re-enable my account every other day when PayPal's automated fraud detection system finds something amiss with my account. I'd switch in a heartbeat.
Hopefully those poor people in New Orleans can get the money and supplies they need to rebuild. It's a sick tragedy what's going on down there. I've been through hurricanes before, but I've never seen anything as bad as this in a non-Third World country.
Re:PayPal isn't a bank, so it's not perfectly safe (Score:5, Funny)
(Back on topic) I heard Americare is a very good charity to donate to in times of disaster.
Re:PayPal isn't a bank, so it's not perfectly safe (Score:3, Funny)
I've never heard of that term before (phished), so I looked it up on Google. I'm one unhappy camper...
Looks like I have a little bit of business to take care of. Why doesn't my virus scanner catch these things?
Re:PayPal isn't a bank, so it's not perfectly safe (Score:5, Funny)
"Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well."
Apparently Jesus couldn't save you from an elementary phishing scam. Might want to call up the Big Guy and check on your coverage.
Something Awful Flybynight newbie (Score:2, Funny)
1. Spend years developing a following for a humor site.
2. Wait like a spider for a national disaster (I think effects the actual SA servers)
3. Create a relief fund and your loyal patrons donate money.
4. ???????
5. Paypal profit.
Ok, so a sudden $20k boost in a account should really really send up flags. However SA is not a porn site created last week. Where is their brains?????
Re:PayPal Is Like The Mob (Score:3, Funny)
Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've been here a long fuckin time, and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee, I want it filled six times.
These ladies aren't starvin to death. They make minimum wage. When I worked for minimum wage, I wasn't lucky enough to have a job that society deemed tipworthy.
Hey, I'm very sorry that the government taxes their tips. That's fucked up. But that ain't my fault. it would appear that waitresses are just one of the many groups the government fucks in the ass on a regular basis. You show me a paper says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it. Put it to a vote, I'll vote for it. But what I won't do is play ball. And this non-college bullshit you're telling me, I got two words for that: "Learn to fuckin type." Cause if you're expecting me to help out with the rent, you're in for a big fuckin surprise.
Re:PayPal Is Like The Mob (Score:3, Funny)
And you know this to be an absolute fact how, exactly?
oh jeez. you weren't joking. (Score:2, Funny)
You've been had by identity thieves. You should contact Paypal's customer service department [12.345.67.89] immediately.
Re:EBay's Phone Number (Score:4, Funny)
Re:PayPal isn't a bank, so it's not perfectly safe (Score:3, Funny)