Cash App opened in woman's name leads to her arrest
Original title: This Woman's Living a CashApp Scam Nightmare
She spent three nights in a Pennsylvania jail on an Arkansas computer-fraud warrant over a $1,000 Marketplace payment.
Amanda Smith was arrested in upstate Pennsylvania in April on a warrant from Arkansas for computer fraud. A scammer used her Social Security number and date of birth to open a Cash App account she says she never used, then received $1,000 from a Facebook Marketplace seller. In her account, Cash App will not release information because she cannot prove she owns the account, and the case has lasted six months.
Unconfirmed: The account of the case and of Cash App's refusal is Smith's telling.
- Smith said she has never been to Arkansas and has never used Cash App.
- The scammer controlled the account that received the $1,000 payment.
- She was held three nights before learning why she had been arrested.
Impact: Identity used to open a Cash App account and take $1,000
- ATT&CK
- T1656 Impersonation
- Products
- Cash App
- Countries
- United States
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