Ticket Scam Involving Hacked Email Account and Zelle App

Hi, TD friends. I found out today that I am the victim of a scam involving LSU football tickets.

A couple weeks ago, I reached out, via email, to a fellow LSU fan (and good guy) I had last seen and spoken with during the 2016 or 2017 season. I agreed, over email, with a person I thought was him and a person purporting to be his daughter "Denise", to buy several of his tickets to the remaining home games for approx. $2,200. I sent the funds to "Denise" via the Zelle app. Apparently his email account had been hacked (unbeknownst to him), and the person claiming to be his daughter "Denise" is some fraudster. For her Zelle account, "Denise" is using the cell phone number of a legit lady in Lewisville, TX and a bogus gmail address.

Long story short, I (1) got burned, (2) should have been more careful and (3) learned an expensive lesson.

Moral of the story is to be careful when sending money via Zelle to persons you don't know personally. It is apparently quite easy to set up a Zelle account using someone else's cell phone number and a bogus email address. I am working with my bank (Chase) to see if there is anything they can do to determine the account where my money was sent.

I would not want this to happen to any of my TD friends.