Recently, some parishioners have been receiving emails purportedly from Fr. William, asking to purchase gift cards. If the target responds to the fake email or text, the sender will follow up with a request for some sort of monetary assistance, often for gift cards or iTune cards. Please know that neither Fr. William nor Fr. Bich, or any member of the staff will ever ask anyone for those types of favors. Please look carefully at the email address that generated the message; by including some familiar words, scammers make the address resemble a legitimate address, but it’s not the true address of the person supposedly sending the message. If you receive such a message from a person that you know, call the person to confirm and do not respond to the email or text; delete them immediately.
The FBI website address to file an online internet crime complaint is: https://wwwic3.gov