The ex New York beauty queen who lost $2,000 to a pair of con-kids running a Zelle scam has helped cops identify the suspects — and brushed off the ridicule she’s faced since sharing the story.

Darla Miles has the latest details on a Zelle scam. NEW YORK -- A former Miss New York says two teens tricked her into sending them $2,000 using the digital payment app Zelle.

Siaca said she was sitting in the park minding her business when the interaction occurred. TikTok/@bri.nyc “I looked at my Zelle account and they sent themselves $2,000,” she said.

Christine Sloan is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, who covers New Jersey for CBS News New York. Sloan re-joined the station in January 2023. She also worked at CBS News New York from 2004 to 2016.

Recently, there has been an uptick in financial fraud, in New York City and nationally, via mobile payment apps like Venmo, Cash App and Zelle. People's bank accounts are being drained and ...

New York (CNN) — Americans instantly zip billions of dollars a day to each other on Zelle and other payment apps to do everything from pay the babysitter to split restaurant bills.

A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 29, 2022, Section B, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: Zelle Is Said to Be Planning Repayments on Scams.

The letter quoted a recent New York Times article that described customers’ struggles to be compensated by their banks after thieves used Zelle to siphon money from their accounts.

Written by Adam Palasciano for GOBankingRates -> Recently, there has been an uptick in financial fraud, in New York City and nationally, via mobile payment apps like Venmo, Cash App and Zelle.