Email scams are everywhere and despite the best attempts to spam filter these messages, many still make it to our inboxes.
We wanted to make you aware of a recent scam email that everyone at the church office received and we fear many members may have received as well.
The bad actors were able to farm Pastor Katie’s image, email address and logo from our website so in the body of the email it appeared to be a legitimate message when in fact it wasn’t.
To verify whether an email is legitimate always check the sender’s From address in the header of the email. It may say Pastor Katie Estes but the email address after her name should always read kestes@firstpresgreenbay.org. This most recent scam we received had an originating email address of leadpastor19@icloud.com. That’s how you know it’s a scam.
Always check the originating email address before responding to or taking action on the message that you receive.
We may not be able to prevent the scams from happening but by being aware and diligent we’ll prevent bad actors from performing more bad acts where we’re concerned.
