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PayPal Terminates Froste Account

PayPal Terminates Froste Account

A former 100 Thieves member, Froste raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Gamers Outreach, well exceeding his $50,000 target. PayPal, on the other hand, has shut everything down and blocked the streamer’s account, which he is contesting in court.

On a popular streaming platform called witch, charity streams and large donations go hand in hand. Every decently-sized creative who makes one has a member of their community put in thousands of dollars – the most are genuine, but a small percentage are fakes.

This starts to add up to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars flowing to groups in desperate need of money.

So when former 100 Thieves member Froste smashed his $50,000 fundraising target in only 72 hours on his 20-day charity subathon, he was laughing all the way to the bank for Gamers Outreach.

It took off from there, owing to the generosity of a single donor. Froste now has over $150,000 in his bank account thanks to a $95,000 contribution from a “kind benefactor.” Paypal, on the other hand, did not agree, and the creator’s account was permanently blocked for violating the company’s rules of service.

Froste was crushed with the said action by the company’s rule, and he planned to sue.

“Recently, some generous benefactor gave me a $95,000 gift. Why is my PayPal account suddenly blocked with $64,000 in it?”, he tweeted.

“If you do not hand me a private message by the end of the weekend, my lawyer will surely do”.

After getting a response from PayPal that did not revoke the ban, he urged them to “go f**k yourselves” and threatened to take them to court.

The current amount in Froste’s account has been frozen for 180 days to “minimize any possible risk of loss owing to disputes or chargebacks that may be conducted during that period.”

He will be allowed to withdraw money after 180 days, but he will no longer be able to acquire Paypal, which is crucial for streamers organizing large charity campaigns.

It’ll be interesting to see whether Froste actually takes the case to court.

For the time being, his subathon is doing well, with almost $100,000 donated for Gamers Outreach (minus the $95,000 gift) with two weeks to go.

 

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