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12/19/2019
New Zelle fraud scheme ropes in Indeed job seeker as unwitting money mule
bobsullivan.net
Combine old-fashioned money-mule-job-listing fraud with Zelle fraud and there’s a big new headache that job seekers and bank consumers have to worry about. Ngoc Nguyen says she lost $999 this way recently, and an Indeed.com user was an unwitting accomplice to the crime. So far, Nguyen’s financial institution – Regions Bank — is not honoring the victim’s right to dispute the fraudulent transaction, so she’s currently out the money.
I’ve been writing about Zelle fraud for a long time (Here’s my Zelle emergency kit), but this new twist is troubling. Perhaps because bank fraud controls are starting to catch up with some fraudsters, in this case, the criminals involved a third party in the scheme. They used a job applicant’s cell phone number to send her the stolen money, then asked her to “return” it — but she sent it to a number the criminals controlled instead.
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