https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/bbb-warns-face….
BBB explained a possible scam buyer will quickly contact you after you put a pricey piece on the marketplace and will likely say they want to pay by using a peer-to-peer payment app.
Even though the tracker mentioned Zelle, BBB said the scam could also work with CashApp, Venmo, or another similar service.
After getting the payment, BBB reports you would get an email supposedly from a payment service like Zelle.
BBB explained the email would say the buyer allegedly paid with a Zelle “business account” and you would need to upgrade your account to business status to accept the transfer.
To be able to do this, the buyer would apparently need to send you another $300 – which BBB warns they would be happy to do as long as you refund them after.
“I received an email from zelle@bankconfirmedpayment.com explaining that the funds were waiting, but the buyer had to send an additional $300 in order to upgrade my account because the transaction was over $600, and I would need a business account,” explained a recent scam victim.
BBB reports the scammer then “sent” the extra funds and included screenshots of their Zelle app with the money deducted from their account. After that, they pressured the victim to pay.
The victim said they realized the scammer never sent the money after the refund. By then, the scammer had disappeared.