I had applied for the Synchrony Virgin Red card last month and got a letter in the mail saying it was rejected due to ‘high risk application source.’ I read on Reddit that this is basically IT rejecting the application and that there was no pull done on my credit report. I had applied for […]
This happened last month March 2025. This was a newer Paypal account that I had made. They first sent me $.01 I’m assuming to test to see if I had a Paypal account associated with that email/phone number. I’m 99% positive that they sent it to the phone number on file and not my email […]
I had heard about this scam about a month ago or so – basically a scammer will approach a UPS truck driver and show them the tracking number on their phone and then they’ll have a photoshopped ID with their name to match the package. If the UPS driver hands over the package, then the […]
Venmo used to have an unpublished (?) sending limit of $10K on a rolling 7 day basis. However, now after sending around $4.5K and trying to send another $1.7K, I get an error that says “We’ve paused your payments. We noticed more spending than usual, so we paused things to help keep your account secure.” […]
A few weeks ago, CLEAR ran their usual ‘sign up and get a $75 Uber voucher’ promo. In the past, people signed up their family, friends, cats and dogs. Well it seems CLEAR didn’t like that anymore and refunded us $124. We then assumed they’d still send us the $75 Uber voucher, but a day […]