It's just convenient. It is not paypal, it is not meant for paying rent or purchasing things. You are about to be scammed, and if you continue interacting with the scammer, then they will likely find another way to scam you because you don't understand how scams work.Nothing is safe for Craigslist except an in person, cash transaction, or an in person trade.If you take the advice of both Craigslist (cash in person) and Venmo (friends and family only), this is a super-mega bad idea and also a huge scam red flag.Craigslist told you to deal in cash. This usually only happens to me on very small transactions when I am in a rush, because I don't double check. if i'm selling something on venmo can I get the money taken back out?Venmo is for friends and family ONLY. The person in charge of rent will usually send a request out for rent with about a week left in the month and then the other people pay. Join our community, read the PF Wiki, and get on top of your finances!Press J to jump to the feed. It is meant for transferring money between two parties who know each other. Someone can easily cancel a transaction or mark it fraudulent weeks after the fact and venmo will pull the money straight out of your bank account. If this person is someone you trust and you are the one sending money it should be fine but if you are receiving money especially rent i would not trust it. I've used it as a way to pay rent, $1,300 a month to my landlord, in addition to sharing a dinner check or paying back a friend, etc. I'm not sure if this is exactly the right place, but I am wondering how safe Venmo is for protecting users. A common scam is to have Venmo reverse the charge after the goods have swapped hands. Venmo is no protection. It makes it very easy to pay all the bills. made it super easy and there were no charges!

i use it all the time with friends too and i've never had an issue.I've used venmo with roommates for around 4 years now. They terms of service say you can use it for commercial transactions and they wont honor any sales that go through venmoSounds good. It is not yours, but there is no safe way to return it to a stranger, so wait for the stranger to claw it back.
level 1 Just with larger transactions be attentive and make sure you are going through the request.Venmo did add two factor in 2015 which is great, so you don't have to worry about someone getting a hold of your phone and sending themselves a ton of money. There is a reason for that. I previously had my bank transfer money to his bank on a certain day, but at the end of the month utilities and other spending would get everything messed up. Why do you think those rules don't apply here?My friend was ripped off for $3,000 on Venmo.
!venmo's terms of service do not allow it to be made for commercial transactions.

Venmo and Zelle are fairly easy to get hacked and even some very computer security literate and finance literate people are getting hit. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Either pay through Facebook or use Paypal Goods and Services. Venmo is not your ally (nor is any money transfer service I am aware of) in a situation where you pay a roommate your share of the rent/utilities/etc and they then don't in return go and remit that to the landlord, et al. Venmo allows you to reverse transactions weeks afterwards by just declaring them fraudulent, they dont verify and just reverse the transaction and pull the money out of your account even if it will overdraft your account. I used to collect rent on a 3 bedroom in greater Boston area so for a while I was collecting and moving a lot of money using venmo and never once had an issue.Not ideal unless they've made big strides in the past year or two. If you know of or encounter a scam, this is the place to let people know about it. The scammers have picked up Venmo as their new hunting ground.Venmo was designed specifically for small transactions between close friends and family only, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castOnline, offline, email, or postal. Both clauses are satisfied in my case.Venmo is safe/ you are protected in the sense you are transferring money to a person you mean to transfer it to. Nothing wrong with notifying Venmo that they are welcome to reverse that transfer, but you should not send the funds back since if the transfer is later found to be fraudulent, Venmo will take it back, leaving you out 1,000. If that is a concern.I also use venmo for roughly 1200-1500 worth of money transactions a month. If you have fallen for a scam, you can post your experience here to warn others.Press J to jump to the feed. Venmo is not your ally (nor is any money transfer service I am aware of) in a situation where you pay a roommate your share of the rent/utilities/etc and they then don't in return go and remit that to the landlord, et al. My tenant pays the full amount of rent each month using Venmo and has for the past two years without issue as well.I would be careful with this, you have not been burned yet but you could be if your tenant is an asshole. It is no different than writing them a check for such expenses and they go blow it on hookers and booze or whatever else. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. However this just simply requires paying attention. If you take the advice of both Craigslist (cash in person) and Venmo (friends and family only), this is a super-mega bad idea and also a huge scam red flag. Do you transfer in amounts that large?Paypal owns venmo. He moves out at the end of the month and so I wanted to try to keep an eye out in case anything sketchy occurs.I use Venmo on a fairly regular basis and have never had any issues. Unless there are blatant reasons that it has security flaws.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castLearn about budgeting, saving, getting out of debt, credit, investing, and retirement planning.

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