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On top of top of pc86's reasoning, a lot of small payment methods like this get abused for credit card fraud. Get a list of a thousand CC numbers from somewhere
by squeaky-clean 10y ago
On top of top of pc86's reasoning, a lot of small payment methods like this get abused for credit card fraud. Get a list of a thousand CC numbers from somewhere shady, and test them all out on small $1 donations like this. If it succeeds, the card is valid and the owner likely won't notice anytime soon. Eventually, when they do cancel the card and order chargebacks, the company has to pay a large flat fee to refund that $1. This is also why a lot of OSS projects don't have donation options.