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Maybe by absurd it means the number of prohibited businesses? Otherwise it just looks Stripe does not to be involved with shady/spammy businesses.
by kpapke 13y ago
Maybe by absurd it means the number of prohibited businesses? Otherwise it just looks Stripe does not to be involved with shady/spammy businesses.
- twistedpair 13y agoI'm not sure these are that spammy: * personal computer technical support * travel agencies * hair-extensions What all of them is the ability to be a scam, but any business can scam you. Surprised fortune tellers aren't on there.
- miles-myredis 13y agoIt is.
- throwit1979 13y agoSurprised fortune tellers aren't on there They are. #27
- notatoad 13y agoPersonal tech support would be a high-chargeback environment with very little way to defend against fraud allegations. Travel agencies sell a product that is to be delivered in a foreign country, which is a scammer's favourite promise. And hair extensions... I guess that must be a high scam market, but I don't know why. Being at the end of the list, I assume it was added after experiencing a lot of issues with that type of business.
- guan 13y agoTravel agencies also sell a product that’s often delivered much later, when the agency or a supplier (hotel, airline, etc.) may no longer exist. This increases the risk of chargebacks.
- ansible 13y ago* personal computer technical support * Is this possibly related to the fake Anti-Virus warning popups and the companies that make them?
- alan-crowe 13y agoI thought that those bogus phone calls about "We have detected that your computer has a virus ..." end up directing you to a website to pay to down load some kind of anti-virus software. In which case the "personal computer technical support" business does have a big problem with its spammy end.