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10/21/2019
How scammers use Zelle to drain your bank account
WPTV
A frightening bank scam now lets thieves get right into your checking account, and even savvy college educated people are falling for it.
All they need is:
- Your cell phone number,
- A bank account that is compatible with the Zelle money transfer system.
- You assuming that it's really your bank on the phone.
It just happened to one Middletown, Ohio man, who showed us how thieves can now con their way into getting thousands of dollars from your checking account.
Bank's fraud department shows up on phone
Damon Lander runs a university biology lab at Miami University's Middletown campus. As a university employee, he's not the type of person who would fall for a phone scam. Until this one.
"The other evening, I got a phone call from what I thought was Fifth Third Bank," he said.
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