Interesting that it involves Zelle. I didnt even know what it was until last week when I had a scammer contact me via text trying to say they were from my bank and were asking if I made a $1000 Zelle purchase and to click link to verify charge (I did not click link; phone number and name on caller idea DID show my bank.
When I ignored the message, they called my phone within 10mins and were trying to get me to tell them my bank info so they could verify the charge. Knowing it was a scam, I told them that I would have to call them back in few mins and I would call at the number showing on my caller id. The person on line got pissy and asked, "Do you want my damn office number, too?!" then hung up.
I then reached out to my bank's fraud department to make them aware of attempt to scam me and to check the REAL recent charges on my account. This claimed Zelle charge was NOT one that was on there and was all good. However, 24 hours later and there were some very random charges ($. 76, $. 69, and some up to almost $300) that were NOT made by me.
Interesting that it involves Zelle. I didnt even know what it was until last week when I had a scammer contact me via text trying to say they were from my bank and were asking if I made a $1000 Zelle purchase and to click link to verify charge (I did not click link; phone number and name on caller idea DID show my bank.
When I ignored the message, they called my phone within 10mins and were trying to get me to tell them my bank info so they could verify the charge. Knowing it was a scam, I told them that I would have to call them back in few mins and I would call at the number showing on my caller id. The person on line got pissy and asked, "Do you want my damn office number, too?!" then hung up.
I then reached out to my bank's fraud department to make them aware of attempt to scam me and to check the REAL recent charges on my account. This claimed Zelle charge was NOT one that was on there and was all good. However, 24 hours later and there were some very random charges ($. 76, $. 69, and some up to almost $300) that were NOT made by me.