Hello My name is Jeremy Washington, people know me as my tag in the FGC "DatBoyUchiha" , unfortunately I had to have this sent out because of a unexpected bind I am in , but if its something i have to do , as far as a choice, then ill put my pride down and see where it can get me to take care of my responsibilities. heres the story:

Today (on friday april 17,2026) I was helping out my roommate with a purchase to sell some clothes she needed, so i used my venmo to have them buyer send the money , but when the buyer sent me $45 dollars, the money did not clear , and the buyer showed a receipt of the email being sent the money , but it did not show up at all in my venmo account , so once I was told buy the buyer to check my email, I got an email regarding that , apparently the account the buy had was a 'business account' , "This payment has been withheld and filtered by our monitoring agents for further verification and has also been placed on “HOLD” as we noticed the status of your personal Venmo® account has restrictions on receiving a (Goods & Services) payments from a corporate account. The payment received from the recipient was issued from a corporate account and we cannot approve the transfer until compliance, to get this resolved immediately you are required to contact the sender of the payment to approve a secured payment of $500.00 USD to your Venmo® account to have your account verified for Tier 1 corporate account transactions to process this transaction afterwards your account will be funded with the sum of $545.00USD following the approval and refund of the secured payment to the recipient and confirmation by our withholding agents.

NOTE: The recipient has also been emailed regarding the “HOLD” on the transaction and approval of the secured payment. This Venmo® policy is implemented on all Venmo® business transactions for the safety of our customers"

so after I got this email, i called the number and was told that after the buyer sent the payment, my account would be expanded to a Business User which gave me access for more money in the account, which im like ok? Didnt think this was an issue regarding just getting $45 , but now I was told on MY END , "You are required to send us a screenshot of the $500.00 USD payment been sent to the Venmo Tag as proof so as to secure the additional payment"

The guy on the phone felt reassuring i would get reimbursed so , he said "As we are working on your account... you need to complete the refund with another payment method to be able to complete the transaction and get your account fully credited.. Cash app, apple pay, Zelle"

so i had my Zelle account , which this was the sad part of me sending $500 , just for a $45 deposit , why in the world would he need something like this ?! I kept arguing with him because it was frustrating me , while I was in the middle of my claims training, so this was taking up my evening time either way, I sent the money... BUT THEN, I got another email because he was telling me the money was in the "Venmo database" so thats why i couldnt see the money in that account. Apparently the verification failed when i sent the money from my zelle , because I didnt not "add it on the Memo (PERSONAL) when sending the $500.00 refund on Zelle" , so because of that , i had to send ANOTHER , he sends another email while im on the phone with him , "Because it rejecting while verifying…..

You need to Add to your Memo while sending (PERSONAL) to be able to verify and resolve the issues…..

The $500.00 you sent will be returned to your account together with the pending funds…..total ($1,045.00

You need to resend the $500.00 to buyer info and add the memo to be able to complete the verification and get your account back in total funds of $1,045.00.….

All the funds will be deposited back in your account immediately after the process……"

so ....sadly i sent another $500 , and while i was waiting for this to be deposited... this was the next email

*CERTIFICATION FORM FEE***

Hello Jeremy,

This is to inform you that we have received your payment of $500.00 USD for refund which has been approved, in order to get the full total $1,045.00 USD transferred into your Venmo account, you are hereby to pay the certificate form fee of $1,000.00 USD so that we can start the processing of the funds and you will be credited automatically , the certificate form fee represents the approval of your funds and also stands as insurance to your Business account, the money will be added to your pending fund and you will be credited with the sum of $2,045.00 USD.

DUE TO LIMIT ON ACCOUNT : you are hereby to use another payment method to complete the transaction….

** APPLE PAY. ***PAYPAL *** CASHAPP. ***ZELLE

Below Is The Instructions:

send us a screenshot of the $1,000.00 USD been sent to the using preferable method immediately.

IMPORTANT NOTE: YOUR FUNDS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND SECURED SO YOU ARE TO CARRY ON WITH THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN ABOVE FOR YOUR ACCOUNT TO BE FULLY CREDITED WITH THE TOTAL SUM OF $2,045.00 USD."

of course I was already very mad , and I knew now at that point I basically got scammed, so abruptly I was trying to get his info and tell him to send me my money back , but he was telling me that Venmo isnt a scam , Venmo isnt a scam , And Its protected by the security , or insured by the "FDIC" . at that point I already knew I basically got scammed out of $1000 , and sadly had to contact my bank , and informed that the scammer was going to call back tomorrow , but im not picking it up , and now on my bank it shows a pended amount of $1000 from the scammer , more than likely a check is going to bounce back , but im not $1000 out of my account , with part of that is my bills/rent.....

in closure Ive already changed my card and my passwords and everything to my bank account, the transactions are still "pending" but tomorrow im checking to see if the account has processed.

If anyone is willing to help in the amount I need to at least get back on track , especially before Combo Breaker 2026 , that would be very appreciated , again i didnt want to do this over a stupid scam that I got hit with , and Im very dumb for falling for such a probably easy tactic the scammer was doing... but i honestly have no other options i can think of at this time, before rent is due in the first week of May

anyways thanks for listening :/ - im on discord or twitter if you need to reach out to me @DatBoy_Uchiha