Crime & Safety
Florida Boy Asks For Help, Takes $3.8K Through Venmo: Report
A woman from Orlando lent her phone to a young boy, who then used it to transfer money through the app, she says.
ORLANDO, FL — A woman from Orlando who was trying to help a young boy instead found a hefty sum leaving her bank account.
A boy approached Shannon Fraser, who was walking her dog in the Baldwin Park area over the weekend, asking to use her phone to contact his family. On Monday, she received a notification from the Venmo app that transfers of $2,000 and $1,800 were approved from her bank account, according to a report from NBC Orlando.
Fraser said the Venmo account the funds were transferred to was created 30 minutes before she ran into the boy, according to the report.
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Venmo replaced the funds in Fraser's account, but she will not have access to them until the company completes its investigation, according to the report.
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