When a chargeback is filed, the recipient of the funds is notified and a freeze for the amount of the transaction in question is placed on their account. Primarily, the feature is a fraud prevention tool for stolen cards or for transactions that fall through, but can also be abused. However, according to a video assembled by YouTuber LiveStreamFails, iNexus_Ninja didn’t appear to intend to follow through on the massive donations he instead planned to get the cash back by filing chargeback requests with PayPal.Ĭhargebacks are essentially refunds a buyer (or in this case, a donor) asks their credit card company to remove a charge.
The cash came in sizable chunks, hundreds of dollars at a time, eventually amassing up to several thousand dollars delivered through PayPal into the coffers of each streamer.įor Twitch streamers who primarily live off of monthly subscriptions and donations provided by their viewers, this sudden influx of cash can have a considerable impact on their daily operations, even if it’s just a one-time gift.
The cash came from an apparently generous Twitch user named iNexus_Ninja, who bestowed about $50,000 in total to four popular streamers: NoSleepTV, Sodapoppin, Dizzykitten, and LegendaryLea. According to a YouTube video making the rounds, a prankster had the tables turned when PayPal denied his refund requests, leaving him on the hook for $50,000 in donations. One of the cruelest pranks a person can pull on a Twitch streamer is to dangle a huge donation only to cancel it later, demanding a refund through Paypal.
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