If you receive an email or text that APPEARS to be from Father Joseph Mary requesting money or the purchase of a gift card, rest assured this is a scam. Please be alert to the following:
- Calls, Emails, Texts, etc. asking for gift cards, funds, cash apps or money wires on behalf of the pastor, church staff, other parishioners, etc.
If you receive suspicious communications:
- Delete it. Don’t engage with the person on the other end.
- Try to reach the sender via a previously used or independently verified method of communication. For example:
- If someone says they are with the parish, call our office 434-295-7185 to confirm.
Please report all cybercrime to the FBI at www.ic3.gov/default.aspx.