A Utah woman thought she paid a pro to help prepare her taxes. Instead, she says she nearly lost thousands of dollars to someone posing as a Venmo customer service representative.

The Tukwila Police Department is warning community members of a kidnapping scam. Over the past several ... He demanded my sister Venmo him money while on the phone. She could hear a man crying ...

Maybe, we should all just quit trying to be so darn friendly. Too many scams, after all, are built around the notion that many of us want to play nice and believe that most people are good souls.

And as scams become cleverer and more high-tech ... hoping you won’t think twice about paying. Venmo will alert you, however, if you’re sending money to someone you’ve never interacted ...

In late May, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued an alert to a "nationwide Venmo scam." Criminals can try to scam you into sending them money via a payment app – or they can steal it ...