In some, fraudsters impersonate Venmo customer support; in others, they request money with a fake link. In all, bad actors aim to steal something from you, whether money, personal information or both.

Alternatively, fake sellers may ask you to make a payment ... Landlords or employers request Venmo transactions upfront Sadly, there are plenty of schemes that prey on jobseekers.

Digital payment apps like Zelle, Venmo, Cash App and PayPal make sending money to others a breeze. Scammers know this, which ...

Payment apps make it so much easier to share expenses with people. But that leaves us with a lot of difficult questions.

Unfortunately, you can’t cancel or reverse a completed Venmo payment if you’ve sent the funds to the wrong person. The best you can do is request that the person return the money. To do this ...

Again, we can’t be certain that these are their actual accounts, but setting up a fake Venmo account isn’t as easy as creating a fake profile on Twitter or Instagram, since it has to be linked ...

7. Once this is tapped, the payment will turn gray and display the message, "You canceled this request." When you click back to your Venmo homepage, or open the app again, the payment will have ...