<div dir="ltr">All,<div><br><div>Please be aware of this phishing scheme.</div><div><br></div><div>Vic Elam, President, Board of Trustees</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">When the Earth, its products, its creatures become his concern, man is caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and live with humility and reverence. - William O. Douglas</div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Beth Casebolt</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:BCasebolt@uua.org">BCasebolt@uua.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM<br>Subject: [CER Presidents] New Phishing Attempts for Directory Information<br>To: CER Presidents <<a href="mailto:cerpresident@googlegroups.com">cerpresident@googlegroups.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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Please let your folks know that we have recently become aware of Phishing attempts to gain access to your online church directory (if you have one) or to gain information about members by posing as someone from the congregation.
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<div>They often come to members from a “board member” or a staff member asking them to send them information to update in the database. They are in fact from spoof accounts (you can tell if you scan over the email address and see what pops up). As you know
staff and board members are often listed on websites and so are easily found via a search. From there one would merely need to spoof the email to make it look like it was from one of those persons.</div>
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<div>In one case the phishing email asked for a copy of the directory.</div>
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<div>In any case, it is wise to let your members know that this isn’t how you would ask for information and before responding to any such email to please confirm the request from the person is presumably came from via a different method - call them, text them
or send them an email that is new and not a reply.</div>
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<div>If you have questions let us know.<br>
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<p style="font-family:ArialMT;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:15px"><strong style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(60,58,115)">Beth Casebolt, CRE</strong><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> :: </span></font><a href="https://www.uua.org/lgbtq/identity/personal-pronouns" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(69,76,153);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">she/her/hers</a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font><br>
<font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">CER Communications Consultant and Operations Manager </span></font><br>
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