Venmo Reviews

I'm really disappointed when people take advantage of me on a service like Venmo, and then Venmo doesn't help people get their money back. If a bank sent funds, I could count on getting that. I'm disappointed in Venmo.

I woke up this morning and when I checked my debit card transactions online, I noticed that I had two charges from VENMO. I have no idea who they are, and have never heard of them until now. They charged my card for a total of $1,478.21. I called my bank and reported the fraud, but I can only surmise that this company VENMO is stealing people's money and no one is doing anything about it. I wouldn't do business with this company if they paid me. Buyer beware when you interact with VENMO.

I used Venmo to sell a car, the person has my car and venmo deactivated my account and stated there will be no further contact. So I have no money, no car, and there is not ONE legitimate reason as to why or if I need to go and find authorities to get my car back. I am stuck in limbo with zero communication. I received a text message even yesterday as to how they love the car and are driving it. But because of Venmo I can't access my funds, without an explanation.

I sent money via Venmo to pay for e-tickets and when the scammer got my money, they removed their Venmo account and stopped emailing me. I contacted Venmo to do something but they said I shouldn't have done it. Really, that's your reply?! What BS! They didn't offer any help or solution. Horrible company that's made for scammers to exploit! I even tried to report the scammer account. They did nothing. Venmo is owned by Paypal yet they are useless. What kind of company doesn't try to document the scam or have some measure of security? I am so mad! They could have stopped it and yet did nothing. Don't use Venmo! They don't care about you.

My husband and I never heard of this awful company, until about three weeks ago when somehow my husband's debit card number was used to access our business account and steal more than a $1,000.00 dollars from us. I called our bank and informed them we didn't do the charges and don't let the charges go thru (they were in the hold stage), but they did anyway. That was equally upsetting. We received a letter from our bank saying, because it is a business account our dispute is not recognized under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, and they will have to investigate. As of today, some scum has OUR money! All because of this horrible company VENMO.

I have only used Venmo twice. The first time everything worked fine. Thought it was a great new application. The second time everything went wrong. I can't get into my account. It seems to be locked. I can't transfer the funds to my bank account. I need to access the funds and I'm not being told what the problem is, just being asked to contact customer service... what a joke!

I signed up for Venmo as a way to transfer money between my friends. I went on Letgo and tried to sell my GameStop card. This user thought he could scam me out of my card information by Venmo'ing me $10. I NEVER transferred the money to my bank, I even tried to return it. (Not an option on Venmo). I called repeatedly to get this charge off my account and no one ever responded, instead they froze my account. Never sending me any information that it was frozen. Yesterday I needed some friends to send me money and I tried to call Venmo again. The "customer service agent" (use that term lightly) told me to just open another account until I can get this account fixed. I did exactly as he suggested but when I tried to link my banking information I couldn't because it was linked to the previous account. So they froze this account as well.

I hope I can give 0 stars to this app! 2 months ago, I use Venmo. Send a model $1200 as shooting fee. After I sent money, the model Kimmy told me her Venmo account was locked and cannot receive money. So I just send money to her with another app. After 2-3 days, $1200 transfer to the model Kimmy Venmo account. But I already transferred money with another method, so what I need to do is to get money back. And I search online, it said there is a button can get money back, I look on the app and there is no button. When I contact customer service. The customer service told me they already finish the transaction. What I need to do is ask model unfreeze the account and send my money back.

I should have read the reviews before I used Venmo. I am a 44 year old woman. I don't Understand all the new technology but I am up for learning. While I was trying to figure out Venmo I was clicking buttons to see why everything did. It is not user friendly. I would pay for something and then have to cancel it because it was confusing. Then I realized that I sent it to an email that the other Orth didn't want me to use. They canceled it as did I. Next thing I knew my account was being frozen. They asked for ID to prove I wasn't scamming. After I sent the proof they terminated my account for no obvious reason. What a disappointing company.

I used Venmo for the first time. I was sent the money, but now have no access to it. Venmo cannot verify my account, even though their parent company, PayPal, already has. I received an email with instructions on how to re-enter my information. It does not work. I was told to enter another account. I only have one account. I feel as if this is fraud, as my money is not accessible. I have filed a complaint with the FCC.

I set up an account with Venmo to get paid by someone who was out of town for 2 weeks. After a couple of days of resolving a small issue with my phone number (that was accidentally transposed with another person's account and linked to that account) I finally got a notification that the money was transferred to me on Friday and that I would receive funds on Monday.

This application has problems. Your account can be frozen for no apparent reason. The funds are removed from your account and are not made available until the next business day. To remedy this you are required to send a government photo to their site. That is not safe. Do you want hackers to get to that information. Sure it's safe. Then when you complain it takes days to fix this. When you call they don't help. You have to wait in a queue. Easier to write checks. Why does the app take your funds and then decide to freeze your account? Not to help the customer. Very frustrating.

Well, I sold a ticket to an event to a friend of mine and I wanted to just meet up with her and do a cash exchange. I'm low on funds. In fact at the moment I'm that broke and have no money but the money I was being paid for my ticket to an event I was no longer attending. Well, she forgets to get cash so she asked if she could Venmo it. I said sure but I have to go install and set it up. So I do, give her my Venmo info. She sends the money. Everything went smooth. Or so I thought. So I go to enter my bank info to get my money transferred. I get an error message that they don't support my bank and to please enter another bank account.

I set up account as I was told they don't charge fees like PayPal. Unfortunately, I used wrong email. I contacted them immediately because I couldn't change it. For FIVE DAYS they said they would cancel it - then they asked for a picture of my driver's license and still didn't change it. I finally went with PayPal - never had a problem - and I have still yet to hear from Venmo. HORRIBLE service.

Just set up Venmo because of a client request. She transferred funds last Monday (today is Friday). I received notification of this transfer. Today, I logged into my Venmo account and there the funds sit (finally transferred as of today - 5 days later). However, I still have no access to the funds. I had to REQUEST that the funds be put into my bank account. Which will now, not happen until next Tuesday. Recap - VENMO has managed to hold onto $500 dollars for 8 days that they have been able to collect interest on. What a creative racket!!! Will be closing account as soon as they have released MY money!

We attempted to pay our rent through Venmo with our VERIFIED account. They froze our account almost two weeks ago and despite jumping through all of their ridiculous hoops and sending requested re-verifying information THREE times, all we get are more emails requesting the same information we've already supplied. They still refuse to release the funds back to our card. Will be calling card company to cancel the charge and I've filed complaints with the BBB and the FTC. Awful!!

Just had a small commercial bank account that had unauthorized withdrawals through Venmo. Person listed was Steven **. Had $2350 withdrawn in two payments. Contacted the bank fraud department who was able to reverse the funds and put the money back in our account. ACH debits are instantaneous and I didn't see it as a pending payment - only after it was cleared.

Never heard of VENMO before a few days ago. Just retired and got my first Social Security check auto-deposited. The very next day, someone who had apparently got my checking account routing and account numbers made six separate transfers OUT of my account to someone named STEVEN ** totaling $2,030.00. I wrote to Venmo about this, and to their credit they responded quickly (I had already contacted Wells Fargo and taken appropriate steps). However the VENMO app allowed easy theft from my account, and I don't know how long it will be until I have access to my money again. From the articles I have now read, it's clear that the perpetrator picked VENMO because it's apparently got less safeguards against this sort of thing. I would never trust them with any sort of personal information.

I would never get or recommend a Venmo account; here's my experience: Noticed a fraudulent charge on banking account; called bank, informed them of fraudulent charge and to deactivate card. As Venmo was the point of transaction listed on banking statement I called to inform them of fraudulent charge & request they cancel transaction. Was informed that they could not reverse the charge even if I had placed it & with it being a fraudulent charge I should call my bank. So, they pretty much state that they don't validate their customers; which also means they cannot protect any financial data.

Funds were held for nearly TWO weeks, between verified users. Father transferred funds to my wife, for my bail. Transfer took nearly two weeks. Meanwhile, I'm sitting in jail. My impounded vehicle is accumulating costs... "Instantly transfer" they say? What a crock!! Avoid this service at all cost.

My wife recently had $1,950.00 unauthorized charged off her Venmo account. Sent to someone she doesn't know. We called in within 10 minutes to report the fraud to Venmo. We were told the system had flagged it for fraud anyhow but they can not refund it unless we upload ID and Credit card and that we had to contact bank and make a chargeback. We call BoA but they tell us they can't do a chargeback until charge completes because it's only processing. We call back to Venmo next morning about the 1950 since it was 90% of our account. They say both our account and the theirs are frozen until we verify ID. We again refuse because currently payment would be on hold and we want our money back not to complete charge. Again they refuse to refund and tell us to file a chargeback. But agree the payment is on hold so the thief did not get money.

I was locked out of my Venmo account on mobile 4-5 days ago, so I can't use the Venmo 24hr customer service chat. I was locked out not for any security reasons, but a technical bug that didn't allow me to send a verification code to my email (button was unclickable and greyed out). I could not resolve the issue by signing into venmo.com via my PC web browser either. Customer support took 2 days to send me an automated response notifying me that an agent will contact me in the future. 2 more days later, someone finally responds, totaling 4 days. I decided to close my Venmo account due to technical/support concerns, so I attempted to log into venmo.com on my PC web browser again, but I was met with another bug "JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data". I was completely locked out of my account now. I responded to the email to deactivate my account. Let's see how many days it will take to do this.

It's a money transfer service through PayPal that allows you to send money via mobile. You can link your debit card, bank account or credit card to your Venmo account. It is really easy and safe to use. The extra services that are include is linking your debit card to your Venmo account. You can also link your bank account. The other option is linking you credit card which there is a 3% fee with each transaction. The only additional fees is when you link your credit card to your Venmo account. Here you will be charged a 3% fee with every transaction that you make. The customer service at Venmo is great. They are there when you need and help you with any issues that may arise. They are very knowledgeable about their products so you have nothing to worry about.

Venmo is a fast and easy way to send money to people electronically. It allows you to request for payment from your friends or pay them back for things that they have covered for you. Once you decide to request or pay someone, you have to post about what the transaction is for. If you receive payment from a friend, the money will go towards your Venmo balance where you can decide to have it deposited in your account, or keep it part of your Venmo account to send to other friends when paying them back. Its services are excellent and unlike anything I have ever used or seen. It is extremely innovative and takes away the issue of having to get someone the exact cash that you owe them. Its services are very easy to understand as well.

Various options are available to use where there is at least one option for every situation that a person could possibly be in and usually 2-3 options for the most common financial situation. I'm not too familiar with the "extra" services that are offered. I never have looked into them because I never needed any other services more than what was readily available. I put satisfied because I'm not sure of the fees. I was never charged fees. The free service that I used I was happy with the fees obviously since there weren't any. I never needed to contact the customer service department so I can't comment or rate their service properly.

I always transfers to my bank acct or my kids. It is an easy set up and simple to use. Just makes it easier to pay or get paid right at home right to your acct. Click that you want to get your money from it and then you choose where you would like it to go and it is in your bank by next day. I use it to transfer money to my kids and when they pay some back to go back in acct for them to use for further dates. It is simple to use right to your bank. I have had not any extra fees like Western Union and MoneyGram does. You get or send the exact amount that is needed. So it cost less in the long run. I have not personally had to call customer service for anything at all. We have never had any issues that requires to speak to anyone and I am so glad for that.

Was very easy to use and very quick to send and receive money. Locations were convenient and fees were very fair compared to other companies fees. There were many different extra services to choose from although I did not choose any on this occasion as there were none that fit my needs. The additional fees and services seemed fair, although I did not add on any extra services at the time of my transaction. The options were wide and the fees very reasonable. I did not have a whole lot of interaction with the customer service staff but the interactions I did have were pleasant enough and I did not have any issues.

They offer a lot of options for security and to transfer money quickly. They also offer ways to be able to protect your money and I am actually impressed with it more than PayPal. The service is pretty outstanding. The quality of their product is pretty good. I do not trust many online pay programs but this one I do. It makes it easier and sufficient to send bills. One area I am not satisfied with... I do not like the fees they charge. They could lower them a bit. That is the only downfall to this service. The customer service answers my questions and also lets me know if there's a problem. If I need to check a payment, they are quick to answer me and provide me with useful feedback.

Easy way to SEND or receive money! Cheap fees and easy to use. Quick services! I sent money with next day shipping and it arrived on time. I used the money next day to send money to my mother. It arrived on time and without any issues! I had no problems and low fees made it easy to send money. There were low fees. I think it was @2.95 to send money next day which is not bad at all. I thought it sent fast and a great speed. No additional fees.

Venmo is a digital money transfer that works instantly drawing funds from your Venmo account or your bank or debit card. I'd recommend to anybody who doesn't have time to deal with money transfers. Digital peer-to-peer payments is the way to go and Venmo is an offshoot of PayPal who's been doing it for years; it charges 3% for a credit card use as it takes time to process. Additional fees is only 3% per peer-to-peer transaction; for instance, if you order a couple of pizzas it won't be as much as a single slice. As a PayPal subsidiary, it works hard at customer service since other digital wallets are coming on board fast as in Square; customer reviews are great so far on Venmo for customer service.

It's similar to Paypal but safer in a sense in terms of transferring money. You have all the options of Western Union such as transfer, deposit, and withdrawal. It's not very widely known like paypal is but those of you who have given it a chance will come to love it just as much if not more than paypal. Like most banks do they charge a small fee for transfers to accounts that aren't within the U.S, it's just a security deposit in a sense to keep your funds safe. Their customer service is 10x better than paypal. They actually take the time to contact you back in regards to your inquiry and issues in a timely manner.

It was okay, would be better if it is easier to understand. It is not very convenient. Many people have never heard of it. Please make it more known. Needs to be available in more areas. Nothing extra was available and the flexibility was not what I expected. Need more options and more user-friendly. Would be nice if there was available help if needed. There should not be any fees associated with these transactions, it is already hard enough to make the payments without added fees. It should be a free service to many or people who qualify. Customer service reps are rude and uncaring. They should be sympathetic to your situation and problems. They should act and sound like they enjoy their job and be more friendly, maybe ask how your day is or something nice.

This was easy to use and I had a few options on the way I would want to transfer money to the receiver. Its secure and safe as well. I would recommend this method to anyone. The services are easy, safe and secure. The customer service is always helpful as well. I have never had any problems when I use this service. The fees are not bad at all. They are low in my opinion so most all others charge a fee as well. This one seems to be the lowest I think. The customer service is outstanding. They are always ready to help. They are very friendly no matter what you may need. They will help you as long as you need it.

Very slow and could have been a lot faster. Really didn't like it. Needs to be a lot better and faster to use. Would not use it again at this time. Their services are good. I wish they was a lot better. I may or may not try them again. It just depends how I'm feeling at the time about it. I don't having to pay additional fees for services. They need to make them free for the customers especially with direct deposit and etc. Their customer service isn't the best in the world. They act like they don't want to talk to you or help you when you call them.