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phenry17 OP t1_ivb78gm wrote

Reply to comment by WitcheryWoo 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

Thank you for sharing your story! Scammers will stop at nothing and people are very gullible when it comes to situations like this. They assume your guard is down by making a human error, compelling you to do the “right” thing and give them it back. Manipulation tactics.

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WitcheryWoo t1_ivcac7w wrote

I should have mentioned that when this happened i did contact support and asked them to reverse the transactions but they wouldn’t/couldn’t do that.

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WitcheryWoo t1_ivcawei wrote

Also whenever i tell people about this I usually say i got reverse-scammed on venmo hahaha

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phenry17 OP t1_ivcbrr0 wrote

I may have to use that moving forward lol, we will see lol

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