Tag Archive: #phishing

SCAM Alert (Again)

Posted on August 13, 2024
Unscrupulous email SCAMMERS are at it again. Fake emails posing as Father Arthur are circulating to some of our parishioners. They are coming from a Gmail account (remember Father does NOT use Gmail). They ask if you have time to [read more...]

E-Mail SCAM Alert: Reminder

Posted on April 3, 2024
Waysiders beware. E-mail scam attempts from unscrupulous individuals posing as Father Arthur are continuous. They generally ask for you to respond to a request of some kind, and then ask for personal information, passwords, or donations — often in the [read more...]

SCAM Alert (Again)

Posted on February 5, 2024
Heads up on yet another e-mail phishing attempt by unscrupulous individuals posing, not as our pastor this time, but as Father Gilbert.  As is always the case (so far), it came from a Gmail account (NEITHER Father Gilbert nor Father [read more...]

SCAM Alert

Posted on January 25, 2024
Heads up on yet another e-mail phishing attempt by unscrupulous individuals posing as our pastor.  It came from a Gmail account (remember Father doesn’t use a Gmail account) and reads… Are you free? I have a primary request more like [read more...]

Friendly Reminder: Beware of Email Scams

Posted on December 1, 2023
A friendly reminder Waysiders… Email scams increase this time of year. The most common are phishing attempts by unscrupulous individuals posing as Father Arthur asking you to reply by email. All seem to come from gmail. Father Arthur does NOT [read more...]

Reminder About Email SCAMers

Posted on March 28, 2023
Just a heads up Waysiders… the email SCAMers are at it again. Emails from factitious Gmail accounts posing as Father Arthur and Father Gilbert, asking for you to engage with them in some way, have been sent to some parishioners. [read more...]

Email SCAM Alert (Again)

Posted on January 31, 2022
Heads up Waysiders… There has been yet another e-mail SCAM attempt from an unscrupulous individual or group posing as Father Marat, using a FAKE Gmail address. Do NOT respond to this email. Just hit DELETE. Always remember… Father Arthur does [read more...]

Beware: Another eMail SCAM attempt

Posted on January 1, 2022
Happy New Year OLW Parishioners. Just a friendly “Heads up”… Yet another email phishing SCAM attempt has been made — falsely — in the name of our Pastor. The email appears to be coming from: Pastor, Father Arthur Marat <onlinegivingchurch2@gmail.com> It [read more...]

Email SCAM Alert (Again)

Posted on October 14, 2021
Heads up Waysiders. The email scammers are at it again. If you received an email, supposedly from Father Arthur using “blessingsparish@gmail.com” (or any Gmail address), please just hit DELETE. The SCAM email reported by an OLW parishioner this morning read… [read more...]

Another Email SCAM: Beware

Posted on May 6, 2021
It was just brought to our attention that there has been yet another email SCAM attempt launched on some of our flock. As has been the case with previous attempts, the email appears to be sent from Fr. Marat, looking [read more...]