Someone randomly venmoed me $250. The description was “catch this crook”. They commented to refund them. Confused due to scams like this. What do I do?unlikely-contender t1_ivbmxey wrote
Reply to comment by RandomStranger79 in Someone randomly venmoed me $250. The description was “catch this crook”. They commented to refund them. Confused due to scams like this. What do I do? by phenry17
Why can't the recipient cancel the first transaction instead of having to make a second one to send the money back?
Neverendingwebinar t1_ivboxet wrote
Because then they don't get the refund that they keep after canceling the first.
unlikely-contender t1_ivbpcwr wrote
Yes I get the scam. I'm saying that venmo should offer the option to block/cancel incoming transaction as a way to deal with this kind of scam.
xmgm33 t1_ivbvnht wrote
They should but they don’t. I think it’s weird.
albyssa t1_ivcgcm2 wrote
I think they do actually, or at least Cash App does and it would make sense that Venmo would also. Once my mom tried to send me $500 and accidentally sent it to the wrong account. We had to jump through a few hoops with Cash App customer service, but she was able to cancel it and get the money back.
Sobar1 t1_ivcx1gj wrote
Dam ur lucky…! I did that once & i was not able to get it back it wasn’t 500$ thank the lord.!! This was a few yrs ago tho
RandomStranger79 t1_ivbqoa8 wrote
I don't think the app is set up that way. Anyone can send you money any time for any reason and you aren't prompted to accept or deny any transaction.
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