When Your Last $166 Vanishes: ‘Fast Fraud’ Surges on Payment Apps

When Your Last $166 Vanishes: ‘Fast Fraud’ Surges on Payment Apps

The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesVaccine TrackerDetailed Images of the CoronavirusAnswers to Your QuestionsCharee Mobley, a middle school teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, was a fraud victim recently on Cash App.Credit...Jake Dockins for The New York TimesSkip to contentSkip to site indexPeople are getting defrauded as they turn to Square's Cash App and PayPal's Venmo to do more online banking in the pandemic.Charee Mobley, a middle school teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, was a fraud victim recently on Cash App.Credit...Jake Dockins for The New York TimesBy Nathaniel PopperOct. 11, 2020, 3:24 p.m. ETCharee Mobley, who teaches middle school in Fort Worth, Texas, had just $166 to get herself and her 17-year-old daughter through the last two weeks of August.But that money disappeared when Ms. Mobley, 37, ran into an issue