EMAIL SCAM ALERT

Please be aware that we have received reports in the parish office that there is an email circulating from

pastor.messiahnfm@gmail.com

which supposedly is coming from Pastor Rich. In the email, the sender is asking for the recipient to go to their nearest store and purchase $200 in Steam Gift Cards which are for a friend of the sender who is in the hospital for cancer treatments to be able to download music, videos, and computer games to help with their recovery.

The email is NOT from Pastor Rich. If you receive an email from this email address DO NOT OPEN IT, it is a phishing scam. Immediately mark the message as spam and report it to your email provider as a phishing scam. Then send a quick note to the parish office that you received one of the phony emails.

No one in the parish office: Pastor Rich, John, Scott or anyone on Council or staff will ever ask you to go to the store to purchase gift cards and email the card and pin#.

Unfortunately, our public presence on the internet provides the scammers the ability to obtain enough information to be convincing. All of us need to be extra careful to avoid falling victim to these types of scams. If you have been a victim of the email scam by sending gift cards, please contact the parish office and we can assist you in finding out what steps you can take to report the crime.