New Pain Productions
CREATOR
17 days ago
Project Update: WEEK THREE!
P.U.N.C.H. Buddies!
We are rolling in to week three and I received an unexpected email notification from Backerkit last night regarding fraudulent activity. We've had issues with scammers on Kickstarter before (boy, have we!) so I thought I'd paste the email here in case you've noticed any weird activity on the campaign.
<<My name is Dave and I'm with the Trust & Safety team at BackerKit.
We are rolling in to week three and I received an unexpected email notification from Backerkit last night regarding fraudulent activity. We've had issues with scammers on Kickstarter before (boy, have we!) so I thought I'd paste the email here in case you've noticed any weird activity on the campaign.
<<My name is Dave and I'm with the Trust & Safety team at BackerKit.
We are reaching out to let you know that we identified and removed two fraudulent accounts that posted malicious content on your project between 9:25 AM PDT and 11:15 AM PDT. We received reports from backers and creators regarding this activity, and will be replying to those backers to inform them of our team's response as well.
The content attempted to impersonate BackerKit staff and linked to fake verification websites that are not operated by BackerKit. We deleted the content from these accounts within the hour, cancelled any associated pledges, and flagged the associated information with our payment processors. The accounts have been removed and we are continuing to review for related activity. This type of activity does not indicate that any creator or backer accounts were compromised.
If you receive any questions from your backers, please remind them that BackerKit will never ask them to verify their account or payment details through an external link, and that official BackerKit communications always display a BackerKit staff badge. Any further suspicious activity or questions can always be reported to [email protected]
We apologize for the inconvenience.>>
We didn't notice any strange activity but it's possible that Tom Nguyen tried uploading nude pics to the campaign page so better safe than sorry.
Speaking of Tom, on Thursday at 8:00 PM EST this week, he, Rich Stahnke, Richard Miller and myself will be chatting with Kari Sanders for a special P.U.N.C.H. edition of "Kari's Crowdfunding Corner." Last time I checked, that's the entire P.U.N.C.H. #3 creative team!
We're looking forward to the chat and if you'd like to watch via youtube, throw some questions at us or just make fun of me, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/VeQJUT-Co0Y
In the meantime, keep sharing the project out. We've made great progress towards our first stretch goal. Getting there is half the fun, thanks to you guys!
More news soon!
Keith
We didn't notice any strange activity but it's possible that Tom Nguyen tried uploading nude pics to the campaign page so better safe than sorry.
Speaking of Tom, on Thursday at 8:00 PM EST this week, he, Rich Stahnke, Richard Miller and myself will be chatting with Kari Sanders for a special P.U.N.C.H. edition of "Kari's Crowdfunding Corner." Last time I checked, that's the entire P.U.N.C.H. #3 creative team!
We're looking forward to the chat and if you'd like to watch via youtube, throw some questions at us or just make fun of me, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/VeQJUT-Co0Y
In the meantime, keep sharing the project out. We've made great progress towards our first stretch goal. Getting there is half the fun, thanks to you guys!
More news soon!
Keith
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