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The modern-day version of the chain letter is a Venmo scam. A scammer could assure you that if you send $100 today to a Venmo account, then by next week, you’ll have $1,000 back.
Venmo is an American mobile payment service founded in 2009 and owned by PayPal since 2013. Venmo is aimed at users who wish to split their bills. Account holders can transfer funds to others via a mobile phone app; both the sender and receiver must live in the United States.
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• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Simple, safe and just about everywhere, Venmo now boasts more than 83 million active users, according to Moneyzine. Of this large group, more than one in three are between 18 and 29 years old....
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.
Venmo has made transferring cash more convenient than ever, but some scammers are using the app to steal your money. The post 6 Common Venmo Scams to Watch Out For appeared first on Reader's Digest.
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