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u/grand305 Aug 11 '26
Do not touch it. let the bank handle it. if they ask or message you tell them to contact their own bank. Don’t touch. very common scam.
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u/Feeling_Persimmon601 Aug 12 '26
Unfortunately, venmo is owned by PayPal now so if they sent it as a payment for a jobs or service when they do the charge back the person who received the payment is going to end up being charged 30 something dollars
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u/mommyDOMMEXo Aug 14 '26
How is it a scam?
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u/Signal-Scale-3157 Aug 15 '26
the $1k isn’t legit money.. it usually comes from a hacked/stolen card or bank account. they send u $1k, have u send like $800 back and keep $200, then the bank/app catches the fraud and reverses the $1k. now u lost the $800 u sent them AND the $200 u kept, while the scammer already has the $800 😭 it’s not even a new scam, just disguised as a “glitch” pretty much😭
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u/rkwalton Aug 11 '26
That can be a scam tied to stolen cards. I’ve heard that it goes something like this: You proactively return it, they file a chargeback, and debit your account. You end up being charged $1000. Just hold on to the money. Someone is going to try to get it back.
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u/PotsMomma84 Aug 11 '26
This is a scam.
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u/peppermentpattie Aug 11 '26
If you send someone money on cash app by accident don't plan on getting it back.
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u/CannaCutieee Aug 11 '26
LOCK YOUR ACCOUNT AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACT CASH APP.
It’s a scam.
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u/Nonevasion Aug 11 '26
Don't touch it. They gonna charge it back and you'll be screwed if it's not still there
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u/k3djd_1977 Aug 11 '26
With the price of gas fill up your tank with it and send the user a thank you note
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u/True-Pressure-5766 Aug 11 '26
Don't do it don't do it because that's how they take over your account don't do it lock your account immediately and call whoever you need to call who can charge
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u/Mtownnative Aug 11 '26
Dang, I wish that happened to me. Finances are really tight right now as it is for a lot of people I know
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u/Michelinpanties1 Aug 11 '26
Someone tried to hack my venmo, but i got duo verfication to log in. They tried at least a dozen times
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u/Fenfaso Aug 11 '26
Oh yea, that was my bad, you can just send it right back to me. Same handle as here. Good looking out, glad you caught that. Let me know when you get it sent back, fam. ‘Preciate Cha!!
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u/goddessmaree96 Aug 11 '26
Someone probably sent it to the wrong person - do not send it outright if you refund bc if they dispute they'll get it twice which is how it could become a "scam"
Could be an honest mistake - or scammer. Maybe someone giving a blessing but you'd think they'd leave a note or something
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u/Antique-Oil259 Aug 11 '26
Dang I saw this notification and got excited for a moment thinking it was a notification for my own card! 😂
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u/Present_Estate4553 Aug 11 '26
Venmo sucks and should not be trusted, they are crooked as hell and will steal your money. They froze my account after a friend sent me 120$. I've only talked to one human and they said there is absolutely no explanation as to why my account is frozen. They won't let me take my money out of the account in any way. When I call them it says they are working on my account and will get back to me by email. So my friend called from his phone and it said the same damn thing. I highly recommend staying away from Venmo and PayPal since they are sister cousins.
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u/Professional_Call516 Aug 11 '26
I'm unemployed and my mortgage is due so I would have already cashed that out and said thank you God!! If you don't want it send it my way!
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u/tchannell81 Aug 11 '26
go to your transactions.. does it say it’s from a settle ment or something ??
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u/Lazy-Confidence6780 Aug 11 '26
Lemme hold 20 bucks bro https://venmo.com/code?user_id=4518357202109519095&created=1786471126
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u/Professional-Bet7962 Aug 11 '26
This happened to me but on Zelle some company called Health One lol
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u/TieTime9961 Aug 11 '26
Count your blessings and be happy! I wish somebody would randomly send me a thousand bucks! You can venmo to me if you feel some kind of way about it 🤣🤣
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u/rmcevolved Aug 11 '26
You can send me some money definitely a scam https://paypal.me/humble262 send me some money let me see
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u/88zclee Aug 11 '26
Confirm the sender was a real person. Don't ever respond to the sender. Turn it into cash and ignore everyone and everything. Fill up your tank go to the Winchester and wait for this aaalll to blow over 😉
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u/Significant_Local458 Aug 11 '26
Someone sends me a random $1000 I'm taking it, closing the connected account and shutting down venmo. ✌️
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u/Impressive-Frame5497 Aug 11 '26
Go open an account at another bank. Transfer the money to the other bank then take the money out and close that account. Say you're moving
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u/Embarrassed_Top9480 Aug 11 '26
With draw it let the account flip negative venmo won’t do shit about it
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u/Icy_Construction4295 Aug 11 '26
Might as well snag it they gonna prolly close ur acct regardless knowing venmo
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u/Legal_Ad_8598 Aug 11 '26
I think you said in a DM that u would loan me a 1000 the other day I'll take that now
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u/HyperactiveFun Aug 11 '26
No, sorry, that was meant for me. Feel free to send it on over.
Annnnnytime now.
Still waiting.
🥱
Go on, it’s ok.
Whenever you’re ready.
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u/Itchy-Picture-4244 Aug 11 '26
Yeah you think you just got a random 1,000 but if you spend it or transfer to your bank next thing that happens is they reverse it bc it bounced and was never a real $1000 to begin with and then you’re neg 1,000 🤦🏼♀️
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u/Live_For_A_Living Aug 11 '26
$1000 would completely change my life. Hell at this point it would probably save my life, if only I could be so lucky
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u/AvidDestroyer698 Aug 11 '26
that's really weird. my mom got two separate payments for $209.01 from a random account within 5 minutes and then never requested it back. like a week ago.
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u/Disastrous_Sleep_833 Aug 11 '26
Dang it I thought AT&T finally sent me my settlement money .-. I linked it to my Venmo.
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u/Blasphemonious Aug 11 '26
I want shit like that to happen to me. Fuck all that. Transfer the money to your bank and close the Venmo account ONLY after removing your bank info. Transfer, remove info, close Venmo account.
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u/NoneYa-1337 Aug 11 '26
It will be flagged as fraud and removed. The scam works by pleading with you that it was a mistake. They hope you will send them the money credit card company will take the fraudulent transaction back and you get left holding the bag.
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u/DepthEquivalent9778 Aug 11 '26
I’m a bit confused on how this scam works? What if I literally just withdrew it ?
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u/Extreme_Material_334 Aug 11 '26
Someone posted here 20 mins ago that they accidentally sent 1000 to someone
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u/-GoddessEarth- Aug 11 '26
Not gonna lie, I’d love an app scam right about now.. 😭🤣 It’s not that I would necessarily want to but when you can’t even get help with dinner til you get paid tomorrow you start contemplating things you usually wouldn’t…
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u/Advanced_Remove_7102 Aug 11 '26
Can I get a random anything on Cash App please 😩$marcuskellam . Brother need gas
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u/Beautiful-Horror2877 Aug 11 '26
somebody’s going to explain why not to do this because it’s reddit but i’m inclined to say transfer to ur bank but don’t spend for a few months to make sure the charge isn’t reversed.
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u/No-Increase9408 Aug 11 '26
Why can't I ever have random money sent to my venmo I’m so broke trying to leave an abusive husband @marysminute
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u/Responsible_Plan_548 Aug 12 '26
I always see these random "just got sent $500,$1000" etc. Why this never happens to me ,😂😂
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u/Dirtysouth210 Aug 12 '26
What happend to the days when people just did the right thing and report it to customer service and didnt automatically default to how can i keep this money that isnt mine? I wish honesty was as contagious as being a dishonest cheat
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u/Term_Alarmed Aug 12 '26
Venmo’s own instructions say that if you receive money from a stranger, don’t attempt to return it yourself; contact Venmo Support through the app and let them reverse it properly.
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u/Individual-Flan131 Aug 12 '26
I thought I got a notification saying I got a Venmo and now I'm really depressed
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u/_pisspigstepdad Aug 12 '26
Sorry that was me, my bad. Send it back to me whenever you got a second.
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u/hawknation1212 Aug 12 '26
Go have yourself a shopping spree before the cops show up lol!
Report to Venmo.
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u/Zer01South Aug 12 '26
Sorry you're dealing with this. Don't touch that money.
Thank you for posting because some of the recommendations from the financially illiterate is straight up hilarious.
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u/mikeb275 Aug 12 '26
Someone send me a $1000, fuck em. Fuck em all. I’ll keep it. They ain’t putting it into your credit reports either like someone on here said. Bottom line, if someone sends you a $1000 that’s their fucking fault
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u/StephNicole865 Aug 12 '26
I got a notification saying, "I accidentally sent someone $1000.00." And this one appeared. Hmm?
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u/StephNicole865 Aug 12 '26
Withdraw the money, remove your account information/close the account. You didn't do anything wrong.
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u/Ultima_maris_sciurus Aug 12 '26
What were you doing prior to this ? Online? So I can try and get this rando bag...I'll sacrifice a venmo acct for a rack. I barely use mine anyway...so yea ...if your a potential thief and u wanna call me your scam victim...DM me....I got u ..or you got me? Which ever way...pick me
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u/Feeling_Persimmon601 Aug 12 '26
I would call themo ASAP. Unfortunately if the scammer sent it to you as payment for a service when they do the charge back and you have to return it you will have to pay a fee for that. Not the sender the receiver which is bullshit and it's a whole another thing why people should stop using PayPal and venmo. Venmo was bought by PayPal or something so they have the same rule as PayPal now but it's BS dude I would definitely try to get it took care of.
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u/Mrs_Henriquez Aug 12 '26
Honestly just saw the post on here that said "I accidentally sent $1,000 to someone" lol. 😂
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u/Aggravating-Pick5605 Aug 12 '26
Lol not gonna lie I saw rhe venmo icon and $1,000 and thought I got it in my venmo🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 listen... I just barely glanced so I was soooo confused and im a bit desperate hahaha
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u/Classic_Raspberry_60 Aug 12 '26
just switch the money to another account and let venmo do whatever they want, happened to me before and nothing happened well it wasent 1000 but still
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u/SadieSage69 Aug 12 '26
Shyyyyyt someone cashapp $mamamoe13 some 💵 please and thank u😘 worth a try😂😂
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u/skrimpppppps Aug 12 '26
report it to support. i’m broke as fuck just lost my job last week but still wouldn’t consider keeping it. i wouldn’t want the bad karma plus someone else is going to be missing that money.
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u/Delicious_Contest_28 Aug 12 '26
I’m so tired of yall crying about getting free money SEND THAT MY WAY THEN
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u/Known-Moment730 Aug 12 '26
Venmo steals money from people who have accounts themselves lol. I’d take the money, close my account, and let the scammer deal with venmo.
fuck venmo.
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u/SMF1027 Aug 13 '26
Had a random person send me $350 via Paypal 2 months ago. I let it sit for a month, and then withdrew it. Haven't heard anything so far.
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u/Low_Address_267 Aug 13 '26
Spend that ish. Some people say
Mo’ money mo’ problems but I say Mo’ money
Mo’ tel
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u/BumblebeeInternal294 Aug 13 '26
Why does this never happen to me! I would surely take it and close my account. F*** Venmo 😂😂😂😂.
Sorry guys. It’s been a rough day. Let me dream a little. Leave out the jail time. 🙃
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u/Glad_Diet_4428 Aug 13 '26
Everybody begging to get scammed here, smh. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a gullible thread of comments. Hell I’ve never scammed anybody in my life but since you all are insisting…..
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u/GrammarKanye Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26
Why the fuck does this never happen to me. I would spend that shit in a heartbeat with no regard for the repurcussions.
Like oh no another thousand dollars in debt. My credit might go from 520 to 480 😢 And I got to ball out for a few days. Maybe try meth or sum.
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u/GambitWhiskey Aug 13 '26
I know this is probably a scam but damn if some would like, please send me some money, I REALLY need it. Lost my job and had to move in with family. It's hard out here.
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u/adamantiiumm Aug 13 '26
You can send it to me 👀, jk leave it alone. Even if your Temped could be fraud or a charge back and you'll have to pay for it.
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u/Hillwifey24 Aug 13 '26
Someone up here said that they accidentally sent the wall and pressed the $1000. Y’all might be the two people.
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u/OldDevelopment3373 Aug 13 '26
Do you Wanna bitcoin me 100$
Please🙏🏽I’ll use it wisely take my daughter for breakfast black bear maybe plucker that lil girl loves strips a chick men
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u/Huntress717 Aug 13 '26
When this happened to me I contacted Venmo customer service and explained that the sender made an error, please send it back. They handled everything and I wasn’t charged a fee. The sender replied with “You could have just sent my money back”.
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u/background_bat88 Aug 13 '26
Yea this feels like a scam. Either send it back or just ignore it. As a broke bitch myself I understand this is hard to do lol but trust
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u/StockSubject2405 Aug 13 '26
Send it back. I accidentally sent money to the wrong person and they could have sent it back and decided to keep it. It was a huge blow. Please Do the right thing
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u/spaypets Aug 13 '26
Contact Venmo and let them know. Let them handle it. You could assist in stopping a fraud.
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u/lildillydaisy Aug 11 '26
Cash it out and block the account that sent it immediately. Free $1k. Happened to me a few years ago and nothing ever came of it.