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These new cases have prompted a new scam alert from the Better Business Bureau about the issue. She called it, downloaded the app she was told to download and then watched as her account was drained of her last dollar. The woman searched the number for Cash App customer service and got the scam line instead. In that case, thieves preyed on a teacher out of Fort Worth, Texas, who’d found a fraudulent charge posted to her account. He then drained it of thousands of dollars.Īnother Cash App user was recently scammed out of her last $166 by a similar scheme, too. The man on the other end of the line had the woman download an app that gave him remote access to her account. In fact, Cash App doesn’t have a phone number for customer support. The only problem is it wasn’t Cash App’s number - it was a scammer preying on unsuspecting Cash App users. Out of an abundance of caution, the woman searched online and found Cash App’s toll-free number, which she called to find out what was wrong. If you aren’t familiar, Cash App is a p2p app that lets you send or receive payments, much like Venmo or PayPal. The problems began when a Phoenix woman received an alert that something was wrong with her Cash App account. One recent example involves a woman who found herself homeless after her account was drained.

The problem is there are tons of ways to steal money through digital wallets and websites - and some of them can drain your bank account within seconds. Since then, similar scams have been uncovered - and people are continuing to lose money because they aren’t aware of the issues.