I sent my son emergency gas money. I didn’t have a message on it. I sent the money via “friends and family”. I’ve been a verified user with a PP debit card for 15 years and never had this issue until I got a Venmo card. My housekeeper only accepts cash or Venmo and I never have cash on me. I got the Venmo card about 3 months ago and that’s when this started. Another thing is I sent the money by e-check so there were no fees. When I send him money via PayPal using my debit or credit card I have yet to receive this message. I wonder if it could be either of these things. Scammers have likely cost PayPal a lot of money due to refunds. They’ve now had the money on hold for 5 days and said they are holding it until Friday. That would be a total of 7 business days.
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