Kickstarter backers generally know to be wary of what projects they fund, but now campaign creators are learning that they need to be wary of just who's choosing to back them too. Reports that one Kickstarter backer had scammed a number of project creators began surfacing yesterday, and now Kickstarter says that it's identified a user who made malicious pledges to over 100 different campaigns. Under the apparent scam, the user is said to have waited for their rewards to ship out before disputing the credit card charge, allowing them to make off with both their money and their reward.
"Losing $1,000 will ruin me."
This type of chargeback scam — which takes advantage of the period where transferred money is still in limbo and can...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/8/5081806/kickstarter-alleged-chargeback-fraud-hits-over-100-campaigns
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