We have recently received a email from our processor stating that they have resolved their issues with Mastercard and that payment is now being accepted through checkout again. Please let us know if you experience any issues but everything should be back to normal. I do not believe it caused any headaches for most people and the few emails or calls we got we were able to rectify easily. Thanks to all our clients for understanding and letting us help you the way we have always done.

Regards,

Shawn

Hello Community,

It was brought to my attention that the processor we use ( 2checkout ) which handles all of our credit card processing is currently unable to process Mastercards at this time. This has been an ongoing issue for them in the last few weeks and they are working on getting it resolved.

This is what they have to say on the issue:

“Processing global payments for Sellers around the world continues to evolve in its complexity. 2Checkout processes your payments in partnership with many partner banks and companies, and we are constantly working to expand and improve those partnerships to offer the best experience to you and your Buyers.

Continuing difficulties with one of our global partners are currently preventing us from offering direct MasterCard processing services in your region. We are working hard to remedy this situation, and we will continue to keep you updated. At this time, we do not expect to be able to offer direct MasterCard processing services for at least the next 30 days. “

2Checkout has been a great partner of us and we will continue to use them because of the security and they are usually very reliable. We will continue to monitor the situation and if anyone needs to contact us because of this or any other payment issue please send us a email at support@hostbeaver.ca

Regards,

Shawn Appleton

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Just Thought i would throw this out there and let anyone else know. By no way is this is a new scam, but it’s always good to remind each other that people are out there all the time trying to gain access to our personal info

A couple days ago i awoke to check my phone emails during the night and there was one from PayPal saying “you’ve sent a payment” in the Title.

The body of the email looked exactly like PayPals message and it even had my email address. I got a little worried because it said i sent 120$.

Still trying to wake myself up i logged into PayPal (not from the email) to notice there was no such payment.

I looked closer at the email and the sender was pay pal but the address was ” security@onlineupdate.com ”

I then checked every LINK in the PayPal email and it “would” have taken me to a false website with a ip address as 203.121.112.138 which obviously Looks exactly like PayPals login but it’s not a PayPal site. I was surprised to see when i tested the link Mozilla Thunderbird actually recognized it as a scam site and let me know.

I’m pretty good at noticing scams/Phishing but these guys are getting pretty good. This is the first time i got a email saying i SENT money.. so that’s what really caught me off guard.

Just wanted to let people know be wary of emails such as this.. always better to login directly from the secured page rather then login from a link in a email.