violate applicable law;
are fraudulent;
are made for a business or commercial purpose or that involve the purchase or sale of goods or services, with the exception of transactions expressly authorized by Venmo, for example, those conducted via (i) approved merchant websites or apps that are authorized by Venmo to display the Venmo button as a payment method or (ii) using the Venmo Debit Card at merchants that accept the Venmo Debit Card as a form of payment;
involve gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to casino games, sports betting, horse or greyhound racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes unless the operator has obtained prior approval from Venmo and the operator and customers are located exclusively in jurisdictions where such activities are permitted by law;
infringe any third party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy (including, without limitation, transactions that involve counterfeit goods);
involve tobacco products, prescription drugs and devices, drug paraphernalia, narcotics, steroids, certain controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety;
involve items that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity;
involve items that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime;
involve ammunition, firearms, firearm parts or accessories and any weapons or knives regulated under applicable law;
involve p*rnography, obscene material or otherwise objectionable content or activities;
are defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing;
are made for the purpose of earning rewards, perks, miles, points, etc. with your credit card, debit card, or bank account or are intended to test credit card behaviors or that Venmo, Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover reasonably believe to be an abuse of the credit card system or a violation of credit card association rules;
show the personal information of third parties in violation of applicable law;
support pyramid or ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other "get rich quick" schemes or certain multi-level marketing programs;
are associated with purchases of annuities or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card; and/or
are otherwise prohibited by, or would constitute a breach of, the Venmo User Agreement.
