Additional social posts showed her riding the subway with the stolen bin.
"It turned out the check was a fraud." Ester Jung, a college student in Orange County, said she lost nearly $3,000 in a rental, money transfer scam through the "Zelle" app.
A Chase Bank customer in California suddenly received a stack of mail with 70 Chase bank credit cards, issued to 70 complete strangers, all on her credit card account.
"He said, 'Sure, it's 6-6-6!' I said, 'You've got to be kidding me, you're giving me the sign of the devil?"' said a California woman who demanded the employee ID of the "bank employee" who turned out to be a scammer.
The scammers are able to "spoof" the caller ID of the bank, and even use the names of real bank employees.
A Texas doctor was attempting to open an account and deposit a $16,000 check when employees denied her service and claimed the check was fake, according to her lawsuit.