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Cyber Risks · Cisco Talos

A secondhand account of the worst possible timing for a scammer to strike

Summary: A Cisco Talos newsletter recounts a scam that hit the author's wife during a vacation diaper change: a text asked her to confirm a Zelle payment to an unknown recipient, and a call from the same number, claiming to be the bank, followed within a minute. Friends intervened after she put the call on speaker and flagged red flags, and she ended it before giving away significant information.

Bottom line: The attacker's timing was blind luck, yet it nearly worked - a reminder that a scam landing during a two-minute crisis can bypass the verification steps a target would normally take.

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Topics
Fraud & Scams
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