Garage sales & Facebook Marketplace are common places to sell things you don’t want or need. Scammers are using fake emails to get money from your cash app.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Garage sales and Facebook Marketplace – both are common places to sell things you no longer want or need. It used to be cash-only, but with Cash App, Venmo, Zelle, and others, you can be paid instantly if both buyer and seller use the same app.
“They said they wanted to purchase the table set through Zelle and have their son come pick it up. I prefer to use Cash App because I’m familiar with that, but with Zelle, I wasn’t as familiar,” said Airreia.
She ended up signing up and registering for a Zelle account. She got the email and she shared it with the buyer so they could pay for the table.
That’s when the emails started coming. The first one had the Zelle logo, the return address claims it’s from zelleonlinepayments@gmail.com (which may look somewhat official, but it’s not) and the email tells her she needs to upgrade to a business account and pay the buyer money for some reason.
The second email includes the Zelle logo and a bank logo.
It confirms her account was upgraded and another required payment is required.
…
