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Description

Callback phishing campaigns have been observed abusing Zelle services to send fraudulent payment requests with callback phishing contents.

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Created Feb 24th, 2025 • Last updated Sep 5th, 2025
Source
type.inbound
and length(attachments) == 0
and sender.email.domain.root_domain in ("zellepay.com")
and (
  // only seeing payment requests abused
  strings.ilike(body.html.display_text, "* requested*")
  // phone number in subject
  // the subject contains the seller's "name", attacks have been seen with the entire callback text in the seller's name
  or (
    regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                    '.*\+?([ilo0-9]{1}.)?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}?\)?.[ilo0-9]{3}.?[ilo0-9]{4}.*'
    )
    or regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                       '.*\+[ilo0-9]{1,3}[ilo0-9]{10}.*'
    )
    or // +12028001238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                 '.*[ilo0-9]{3}\.[ilo0-9]{3}\.[ilo0-9]{4}.*'
    )
    or // 202-800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                 '.*[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{4}.*'
    )
    or // (202) 800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                 '.*\([ilo0-9]{3}\)[\s-]+[ilo0-9]{3}[\s-]+[ilo0-9]{4}.*'
    )
    or // (202)-800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                 '.*\([ilo0-9]{3}\)-[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{4}.*'
    )
    or ( // 8123456789
      regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                      '.*8[ilo0-9]{9}.*'
      )
      and regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(subject.subject),
                          '\+[1li]'
      )
    )
  )
)
and (
  (
    // icontains a phone number within the memo section (wrapped in quotes)
    (
      regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                      '\".*\+?([ilo0-9]{1}.)?\(?[ilo0-9]{3}?\)?.[ilo0-9]{3}.?[ilo0-9]{4}.*\"'
      )
      or regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                         '\".*\+[ilo0-9]{1,3}[ilo0-9]{10}.*\"'
      )
      or // +12028001238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                 '\".*[ilo0-9]{3}\.[ilo0-9]{3}\.[ilo0-9]{4}.*\"'
      )
      or // 202-800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                 '\".*[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{4}.*\"'
      )
      or // (202) 800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                 '\".*\([ilo0-9]{3}\)\s[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{4}.*\"'
      )
      or // (202)-800-1238
 regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                 '\".*\([ilo0-9]{3}\)-[ilo0-9]{3}-[ilo0-9]{4}.*\"'
      )
      or ( // 8123456789
        regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text),
                        '\".*8[ilo0-9]{9}.*\"'
        )
        and regex.icontains(strings.replace_confusables(body.current_thread.text
                            ),
                            '\".*\+[1li].*\"'
        )
      )
    )
    and (
      (
        4 of (
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*you did not*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*is not for*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*done by you*"*'),
          regex.icontains(body.html.inner_text, "\".*didn\'t ma[kd]e this.*\""),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*Fruad Alert*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*Fraud Alert*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*fraudulent*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*Zelle*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*subscription*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*antivirus*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*order*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*support*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*sincerely apologize*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*receipt*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*invoice*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*Purchase*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*transaction*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*Market*Value*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*BTC*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*call*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*get in touch with our*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*quickly inform*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*quickly reach*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text,
                        '*"*detected unusual transactions*'
          ),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*without your authorization*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*cancel*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*renew*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*refund*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*+1*"*'),
          regex.icontains(body.html.inner_text, '\"help.{0,3}desk'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"* your funds*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"* your checking*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"* your saving*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*transfer*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*secure your account*"*'),
          strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*recover your *"*'),
        )
      )
      or regex.icontains(body.current_thread.text,
                         'note from.{0,50}(?:call|reach|contact|paypal)'
      )
      or any(ml.nlu_classifier(body.current_thread.text).intents,
             .name == "callback_scam"
      )
      or (
        // Unicode confusables words obfuscated in note
        regex.icontains(body.html.inner_text,
                        '\+𝟭|𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁|𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗸|𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱|𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀|𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹|𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹'
        )
      )
      or strings.ilike(body.html.inner_text, '*"*kindly*"*')
    )
  )
)
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