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What sort of account activity of yours was suspicious to them, do you think?
by pgwhalen 3y ago
What sort of account activity of yours was suspicious to them, do you think?
- chrisbolt 3y agoHere’s an example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33410044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33410044 Seems that Venmo thinks they should be enforcing sanctions against Cuban restaurants in the US.
- matthewgrossman 3y agoI could also believe that something dumb my friend or I said was flagged by their systems. Unfortunately they won't talk to me, let me explain any transactions, or give any hints about which transaction caused the ban ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I've never had any warnings either; straight to permabanned. Salt in the wounds was watching John Mulaney's bit on venmo[1] the next week [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpDvCu8yYI
- matthewgrossman 3y agoMy theory (which I included in my emails) was that I was receiving funds from people I hadn't transacted with before. For my wedding, I had requested money for a "housing fund", and many friends/cousins/parents'-friends/etc were gifting via venmo