Case in point: there's this unlucky fella who learned the harsh reality. He hands over his phone to a lady, thinking he's just scoring her digits. Little did he know, she pulls a fast one and sends a cool $3,000 from his CashApp to herself. Ouch.
From Whiskey Riff:
One guy learned his lesson the hard way after a night of drinking in Nashville, detailing his experience in a post on the Nashville subreddit to warn others to make sure to keep their guard up.
The man says that on his way back to his hotel, he stopped to get a hot dog from a vendor outside of Jason Aldean’s bar when a lady approached him and “was trying to be extra friendly.”
She asked to see his phone so she could add herself to his contacts – which probably should have been a red flag, but hey, after you’ve spent all evening throwing back $12 Bud Lights at Tootsie’s, you’re probably not thinking straight.
He says that he kept a tight grip on his phone as he let her use the screen…but instead of adding her phone number, the woman actually opened his CashApp and sent herself $3,000 from his account, and then deleted the app from his phone.
Luckily the large transaction triggered a fraud alert so the transaction didn’t go through, but the man says that if the scammers weren’t so greedy and trying to transfer such a large amount, he probably would have been out the money.
Instead of handing your phone over to get someone's contact info, maybe opt for the old fashioned paper napkin next time.
