1.0Scamfish - A Consumer Protection Publication - SocialCatfish.comhttps://socialcatfish.com/scamfishJenni Walkerhttps://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/author/jen-d/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9keg4O7OLK"><a href="https://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/venmo-scams/">Venmo Scams: When Receiving Payments Is Not Safe</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/venmo-scams/embed/#?secret=9keg4O7OLK" width="600" height="338" title="“Venmo Scams: When Receiving Payments Is Not Safe” — Scamfish - A Consumer Protection Publication - SocialCatfish.com" data-secret="9keg4O7OLK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/My-Post-13.jpg1200800According to the Wall Street Journal’s report, Venmo reported a loss of about $40 million in the first quarter of 2018 alone. Much of that loss, according to the documentation shown to WSJ (in the form of internal documents, is in the way of fraudulent payments.