Florida Boy Asks For Help, Takes $3.8K Through Venmo: Report

Orlando FL

16 February, 2022

1:21 PM

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ORLANDO, FL — A woman from Orlando who was trying to help a young boy instead found a hefty sum leaving her bank account. A boy approached Shannon Fraser, who was walking her dog in the Baldwin Park area over the weekend, asking to use her phone to contact his family. On Monday, she received a notification from the Venmo app that transfers of $2,000 and $1,800 were approved from her bank account, according to a report from NBC Orlando. Fraser said the Venmo account the funds were transferred to was created 30 minutes before she ran into the boy, according to the report. Venmo replaced the funds in Fraser's account, but she will not have access to them until the company completes its investigation, according to the report.