HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Since News 19 first reported a scam through the mobile transfer app Zelle, dozens of viewers have called claiming that they too were scammed out of their hard-earned money.
One person who viewed the story Texas frantically called and said they were robbed out of $32,000. All were scammed out of thousands of dollars through the same money transfer app Zelle.
“News 19, I am reaching out to you all because I need your help,” said Tammy Martin.
Martin is pleading for an answer after seeing Katherine Bucy’s story of a single mother from Huntsville who claims Zelle scammed her out of thousands of dollars.
Bucy, who runs a nursing home, received a call from who she thought was her bank to alert her of a scam.
“He put me on hold and during that time three other text messages came through that another thousand dollars a pop were hitting the account,” said Martin.
Martin lost thousands of dollars through the call.
“Within not even a minute later my phone started ringing and comes up Wells Fargo bank,” said Lisa Lionette of Nevada.
Lionette thought she was receiving a call from Wells Fargo, a bank that she’s been with for over two decades, but it wasn’t. It was yet another scam.
“He said the only way to stop that from happening is for you to go in and put your…
