Two Chicago-area women say scammers bilked them out of $3,500 each by conning them over the phone and then using the Zelle mobile-payment system to withdraw money from their Bank of America accounts.
“It’s really distressing,” one of the women, Nausheen Brooks, told TV station WLS. “You save your hard-earned money to just be taken away from you.”
Source: Zelle scammers bilk bank customers out of thousands — how to avoid them [updated] | Tom’s Guide
My Comments: This is pretty serious stuff.