2026-09-27 10:56 UTC
🚨 ALERT 🚨 for all #FOSS projects out there which get donations via PayPal.
In the last 2 days we've gotten several donations (some as "purchase") ranging from 250 → 500 USD. Always same amount as USD (which was suspicious since we rarely get USD).
The trick of the cheaters: They will open a "Paypal Buyers protection" case and if you just send back the money rather than "cancelling" the real transaction, they will get the money twice...
Suggestion: Mark it as fraud and let Paypal resolve it.
Replies (3)
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@cafechatnoir@mastodon.social 2026-09-27 14:03
@davx5app@fosstodon.org Gawd, people suck.
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@aerofreak@hessen.social 2026-09-27 16:39
@davx5app@fosstodon.org A well-known trick on marketplaces as well. PayPaul (that's how many language experts pronounce it here in Germany 🫣) doesn't care, anyway. #FOSS
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@voidandcozy@social.voidandcozy.com 2026-09-28 05:19
@davx5app@fosstodon.org PayPal needs to investigate this. That is horrible.