It would seem in an attempt to keep fraud off Paypal, the Hackers for Charity (and Johnny himself) have been put in quite a pickle. While out in Kenya helping fight off the world’s problems, Paypal has gone ahead and frozen his account because of some paperwork issues. I agree that security and fraud protection are paramount for an organization such as Paypal; however, their poor response time and awful support system have left something to be desired.
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In one of my recent HFC emails, I read the following:
“This month, I thought that it would be fun to partner up with Hackers
for Charity in order to raise money for the people of Uganda. The
Academy has offered to donate $1 to Hackers for Charity for every user
that registers for a free account at www.theacademy.ca for the entire
month of November. If you’re a registered user already please forward
this email or post it on a blog. Anything you can do to spread the
word would be greatly appreciated. Let’s try to make a substantial
donation to charity this month. Thanks everybody!”
As this seems like a good cause, I thought I’d repost it here. You don’t even have to be active, just register.
Enjoy!