How can I protect my money on a cash app?

20 Oct 2020

There is no doubt that online applications help us a lot to reduce our efforts. But sometimes using these applications can be harmful to your privacy. Especially the banking and money transferring application. The cash app is commonly used in the United countries. The cash app settles millions of transactions successfully daily. Although, some people still become a victim of fraud or scams happening on this application. You are really not correct if you are thinking that the Cash app refund money if scammed. Yes, in rare cases they try hard and get successful to diagnose the account from which the scam was done. But to refund back the money is nearly an impossible task. So, in this blog, we will tell you about some tips to protect your money from getting scammed.

• Firstly, we would like to inform you that never share your personal or sensitive information with anyone. With sensitive information here we are talking about bank CVV, OTP, or password of any banking application. They can share your information with someone else or can use it for illegal means.
• Apart from this, the cash app accepts also suggests making payments to registered vendors or merchants only. Payments done on the cash app registered accounts are easy to detect. Where if you are making payment to a non-verified account then they can anytime deactivate their account after withdrawing the scammed money.
• Cash app executives also advise to not write or save their banking details and other information on email or paper.
• Make sure to double-check the number or email address before confirming payment from the cash app.
• Moreover, you can also activate high-level security on your account to get the notification for everything. For this, you can activate two-step authentication on your device.

Will Cash app refund money if scammed?

Generally, cash app payment is instant and cannot be reversible. The cash app can't refund the money once the payment gets settled into the receiver's account. Although there are some cases where a cash app has gone out of the box to help their customers. In this method, the cash app suggests their user register a legal complaint about fraud or scammed happen to them. After which the cash app team coordinates with the merchant and the legal authorities to provide you’re the refund.

I personally prefer to contact Cash app if I was scammed or hacked on the cash app. If you want to do the same then you can do it easily from a cash app mobile application by following the below steps.

• Open the cash app on your device and tap the profile icon on the home page.
• Scroll down the menu and go to the “Cash Support” option.
• Tap on the “Cash Support” option and then click on “Something Else”.
• Choose an appropriate issue from the list and tap again on the “Contact Support” option.

Moreover, you can also report a fraud on cash through the official website:

• Firstly, open the cash app website and scroll down on the login page.
• Click on the “Contact Support” option at the end of the page.
• Enter your email address and password to log in to your account.
• Select an issue you want to report.
• Again, click on the “Contact Support” option to submit the complaint.

The cash app team will look after your report and take the necessary action. They can also contact you to know your problem more accurately. you can ask them about other issues that you are facing with the cash app.