The $30,000 Zelle Scam
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Zelle has exploded in popularity as a fast, convenient way to send and receive money. But the story of a couple who was scammed out of a pool shows there are problems with safety on the platform.
Guest: Devin Friedman, journalist and senior correspondent for GQ magazine.
You can read Devin’s piece here.
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| 0:48.3 | Do you think of yourself as like the kind of guy who has a pool? |
| 0:53.1 | Like, are you a pool guy? |
| 0:54.9 | No, no, I am really not. |
| 0:57.2 | I mean, I always wanted a pool like when I was a kid, I would just, you know, fantasize |
| 1:02.2 | about like what it would be like if I had a pool. |
| 1:05.3 | But I don't identify with having a pool. |
| 1:08.6 | It seems like something other people do. |
| 1:13.0 | That's Devon Friedman. |
| 1:14.0 | He's a writer and editor. |
| 1:15.5 | Someone I've worked with in the past. |
| 1:18.0 | And I would probably not describe Devon as a pool guy either. |
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