[Elfsea] Hurricane scammers get more tricky by the minute. Beware of so-called church people on-line

[Robin Mitchell-Mabry]

I just got the following from an official Episcopal web-group:

 

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asked Benjamin Musoke-Lubega+, former Officer for Africa for TEC and 

now Grants Officer for Trinity Wallstreet, to check the authenticity 

of an appeal when someone else asked me about it last week.  Ben 

checked with the bishop whom the correspondent claims to be, and the 

real +Jackson Matovu said he had not sent the letter.

 

Today someone else asked me about the authenticity of a similar 

letter, and a couple of minutes later the scammer sent the appeal to 

me as well, mine with incredible claims to support gay people.

 

I replied that unless I receive confirmation of the person's identity, 

I will turn over the correspondence to the FBI and through them to 

Interpol.  Please save any appeal sent directly to you from this 

person, so that the FBI might have it as evidence.

 

Apparently the scammer is gleaning names and email addresses from many 

Episcopal sites.

 

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Be very, very careful. If in doubt, give it to the FBI; they already have
people checking these things out.

YIS

H.Ly.Robin de Shealladh

 

 

 

 

 

Robin Mitchell-Mabry

Sometimes God calms the storm 

and sometimes he allows the storm to rage and calms his child.

 

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