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If PayPal Can Mistake Good People for Scammers, Anyone Can 
PayPal, with 2,000 staff and 50 PhD engineers, thought it was the best at spotting scams. But their system was making a big mistake: it was 
rejecting many good applicants who later proved they were genuine customers.A small start-up showed them a simple trick:
Good people leave digital footprints 
. Fraudsters hide 
.If someone had no trace on the internet at all
, that was the red flag 
.When tested on 100,000 transactions, the results were clear:
Completed in 3 days
17% more accurate than PayPal
Revealed that thousands of people PayPal had turned away were actually trustworthy customers
The idea was so powerful that PayPal bought the start-up for $169 million 
. The lesson? Even the biggest companies can get it wrong. Scammers are tricky — and sometimes the good people suffer, too. That’s why staying alert matters for everyone.
Stay sharp, stay safe. 
