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Evan Moore

Zelle users have been scammed out of thousands. How to avoid being targeted on money apps

Money transfer apps are a convenient way to send and receive money, but scammers can use them to steal your funds.

Bank of America customers earlier this month filed a class-action lawsuit against the bank claiming its use of Zelle comes with a high risk of fraud, The Charlotte Observer reported.

In October, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a report that found there were more than 190,000 cases of scams reported from January 2021-June 2022 among four of the banks that partly own Zelle.

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