JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase) will soon start blocking Zelle payments to social media contacts to combat a significant rise in online scams utilizing the service for fraud.

JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase) is about to implement new restrictions on Zelle payments to combat a sharp increase in scams exploiting the digital payment service.

"If you are sending a Zelle payment from your Chase account that is identified as originating from contact through social media, we may, in our discretion, delay, decline, or block that payment," according to a revised Zelle service agreement first spotted by BleepingComputer.

Scams on Zelle, the digital payments app, have apparently gotten so widespread that Chase Bank is moving to block users from sending payments to social media contacts. Chase updated its user policy, indicating it may block these sorts of payments.