{"id":6701,"date":"2019-04-02T09:23:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/?p=6701"},"modified":"2019-04-02T09:23:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:23:53","slug":"email-scammers-now-texting-as-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmarylancaster.org\/2018\/email-scammers-now-texting-as-priests\/","title":{"rendered":"Email scammers now texting as priests&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8ufs5\" data-offset-key=\"7oh8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7oh8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7oh8-0-0\">During the past few months there were a series of phony e-mails being sent to Catholic&#8217;s from alleged priests of the Diocese \u2013 including a phony one from Bishop Campbell \u2013 requesting funds to purchase iTunes and other gift cards for alleged charitable reasons.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8ufs5\" data-offset-key=\"cu930-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cu930-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cu930-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8ufs5\" data-offset-key=\"dvd1f-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dvd1f-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dvd1f-0-0\">Now there is a new scam \u2013 using text messages to convey similar requests. 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Eilerman will not ask parishioners via email or text message for money\/gift cards for any corporal works.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past few months there were a series of phony e-mails being sent to Catholic&#8217;s from alleged priests of the Diocese \u2013 including a phony one from Bishop Campbell \u2013 requesting funds to purchase iTunes and other gift cards for alleged charitable reasons. \u00a0 Now there is a new scam \u2013 using text messages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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