State Police have issued a warning for people to watch out for scams involving peer-to-peer payment apps such as Zelle, Venmo, and CashApp, and they say to be especially vigilant about a scam using Zelle, a popular service offered by many legitimate financial institutions.
In the Zelle scheme, the scammer sends a text claiming to be from a bank’s fraud department advising the victim that a suspicious payment was made from their account and asking the victim to verify the transfer. If the victim returns the text, they get a phone call asking for their account’s username to “verify their identity”, and for additional information. The caller tricks the victim into resetting the account’s password, giving the fraudster access to empty the account in only minutes.
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