Description

I was selling a desk on Facebook Marketplace when I was messaged by someone who redirected me to her uncle to complete the purchase. He told me he was trying to pay through Zelle but could not send the payment without an email address. After I provided it, I received an email from “[email protected]” disguised to look like an official Zelle message. The email claimed that my Zelle account was “limited” because it was registered as a personal profile and instructed me to send $500 to “upgrade” to a business profile. It stated this $500 was a “refundable guarantor fee” and that once I sent it, my account would be credited with both the fee and the payment for the item I was selling. This message is fraudulent. Zelle does not require upgrade fees, guarantor payments, deposits, or any other payments in order to receive money. The email also attempted to create urgency and provided fabricated details to appear legitimate. This was an attempted scam, and I did not send any money.