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Kickstarter scammer backed over 100 projects

article published on 10 November, 2013

Kickstarter has confirmed it has permanently banned one backer who made malicious donations to over 100 different campaigns. The user would pay, wait until the reward or product was shipped and then dispute the credit card charge, scamming the product maker and the credit card companies. Chargeback scams like this have been around forever online, and in smaller iterations on Kickstarter, ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		10. November 2013 @ 20:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This P.O.S. should get lynched!
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zxe
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_ 		11. November 2013 @ 06:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Where theres is money, there be a scammer, they see a cash cow
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b854th2
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_ 		16. November 2013 @ 00:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hmmmmm.....this scam sounds awfully familiar. I remember something very, very similiar. What was it????

Ah, that's it. It was when Sony decided to sell people a product, PS3 with other O/S, then later on tell them go f&*k off! If you want to use your PS3 in any meaningful way, you will let us uninstall this.

The only difference here is this guy may find himself in serious trouble and Sony, keeps on shafting.
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