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If you are receiving emails from Father Boddie, he didn't send it to you!
The most recent fake emails are from a bogus Yahoo account. Father Boddie does not have a Yahoo account.
Father Boddie does not send emails to parishioners and he would never ask you for money, gifts or game cards. If he wants to speak to you, he will call you. If he really needed something he would call his secretary.
If you get an email from ANYONE asking you to buy anything, or get something free, it is probably a FAKE. If you get one from friends or family, CALL THEM directly before answering the email or spending money. You need to tell your friends and family that you will never send them an email or text asking for money. If you really need something, you will call them. They should do the same.
NEVER RESPOND TO THESE EMAILS, especially if the email appears to be from your bank, JEA, or other company you do business with. These companies do not send emails asking for anything. They may send you a bill if you are asking for on-line billing, but you must always go to their website to pay it, not via clicking a button in the email.
The most common email is "respond immediately to re-active your account, or click here so we don't close your acount." Always CALL THEM directly using the number from the back of your credit/debit card, you last bill or statement, if you are not sure. DO NOT RESPOND TO THE EMAIL or TEXT. If you respond, you will be hacked or scammed.
If you got a phishing email, forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov and to the Anti-Phishing Working Group at reportphishing@apwg.org
If you got a phishing text message, forward it to SPAM (7726)
If you want to Report the phishing attack to the FTC: ftc.gov/complaint -