Beware: the church has been alerted that a scammer is once again using Rev Gail’s name. He/she is texting or messaging fraudulent scam messages sent from fake email address (or even phone number) and using Rev Gail’s name (not her real contact info) .
The fraud / scam text message says somehting like: “Do you have time in your schedule? Let me know when you’re available. There is something I need you to do. I am going into a meeting now with limited phone calls, so please reply as email / text.”
Please don’t buy gift cards! The text/emals contact people and
ask them to quickly answer back, run an erand, and then buy gift cards: THIS IS FAKE, THEFT, FRAUD!
They’ll ask you to scratch off the back to reveal numbers, and then ask you to send pictures of back of cards with the gift card numbers, or to text the numbers to them, only by text or email.
**The church will not ask you to ‘secretly’ or quickly buy bulk supplies like this.**
The scammer may also use other FAKE email accounts or numbers. DO NOT BUY GIFT CARDS and then follow instructions to sceratch pff the back and send the numbers. They’re stealing fom you!
CALL Rev Gail on her cell if you have a question, and don’t follow any email/text/message instructions like this without speaking to Rev Gail personally first.
THIS IS NOT REV GAIL ASKING. They don’t have her phone number or email, they’re usng a fake account they’ve assigned to Rev Gail’s name to commit fraud. If you have ANY QUESTIONS about the validity of a request, call Rev Gail’s cell and speak ro Rev Gail in person!