Zelle scammers steal thousands of dollars from Maryland woman | FOX 5 DC

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[MrRinoth]

The bank will not call …😂😂😂 but scammers will

[havasugal]

I don't even answer my phone if they are not in my Contacts I block sometime 6x a day.

[jennysantiago]

I actually love those calls. I keep them on the phone playing stupid until they get tired and hang up. My best friend kept a criminal for 6 hours; the dude was waiting for a 3, 000 dollar deposit. Lol 😆

[drinkwatereatmelons]

If you listen carefully to what a scammer say, there are words that doesn't add up. The scammer said " it was caught in time, send the $ back to u to reverse the transaction." Caught in time means the transaction was unsuccessful. Why would she send $ "back" to herself (that was never withdrawn) to reverse a transaction that was.... "caught in time"🤔

[laknicks]

Some people just ask to be scammed, send the money back to herself? I mean come on how stupid can you be?

[ShawnaThomasparrots]

I am So Sick Of Scammer’s, I am Tired of People Stealing From Other’s, Praying For All Of Us Who Have To Deal With All This 🙏

[VHick]

Never give anyone money for anything. no one will want money online for anything...always go in person first.

[sanjoseful]

I always ask them” which city you are calling from” then I ask them next “ what time it is over there right now”, it takes them 1 minute to answer because they have to google search, lol 😂

[savysimon]

Your banks will never call. Just remember that

[RajSachdeva]

Dont answer chat or calls if it is related to money. Always call your bank separately if u are worried.

[ithinkigottalent]

Bless her heart ❤️ she's gullible. My banks have NEVER called me, even when there was an issue.

[michaellauletti]

My heart felt sorry to this lady and other people who been scammed

[jaysalazar]

That’s why I never have online banking accounts, only cash!

[SpaceRanger]

That's why your bank with Navy Federal and not a bank that doesn't give a crap about you..fyi do not answer any txt or phone calls.Go into the bank

[smsfte]

They didn’t fully explain how the scam works. If she sent $3, 500 back to herself, how did the scammers get it?

[southsac]

Law enforcement can’t do a darn thing . They can’t trace these scammers nor find them . You fall for the bait, your done . Period . Welcome to the new era .

[rosej]

Wells Fargo is pretty much saying "We're not giving you back your money. You should have known better and called the bank first before transferring funds"

[jennyr]

Wow I get text messages like that all the time I'm glad I didn't respond it these scammers are pitiful theses banks are giving third parties access to people's account if you don't opt out when opening your account I would file a civil suit against them they should have a better system set up for protection of people's money

[Thomas-gqtv]

Why people still fall for this scammers

[SUN-itrf]

NEVER give any information to some guy over the phone. For $3500, I would have driven to the bank. These scammers are actually waiting for Lazy people ! This lady learnt an expensive lesson. 🙏🏼🙏🏼