Zelle users targeted with social engineering tricks

From helpnetsecurity.com

Cybercriminals have been leveraging social engineering techniques to impersonate the popular US-based digital payments network Zelle and steal money from unsuspecting victims, according to Avanan.

The phishing email

The spoofed email is cleverly crafted to look as legitimate as possible: it contains the Zelle logo, grammatically correct text, and an authentic link to the firm’s web page at the bottom of the email, in the “security and privacy” footer. However, it also includes a malicious shortened link.

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