Bogus Email and Text Alert

BEWARE!

We have received numerous reports of people receiving fraudulent emails and texts from the FPC staff. As you no doubt know, there are thieves and imposters all over the internet. Please do not respond to any email or text that sends out bogus communication. Even when it looks like fpcdurango.org is in the return address, this (FPC owned) server name often is hijacked like this:
pastorbeaufpcdurango.org@gmail.com
Only staff members whose address ENDS WITH @fpcdurango.org are legitimate.
Currently, we only have these addresses:
  1. admin@fpcdurango.org
  2. AV@fpcdurango.org
  3. finance@fpcdurango.org
  4. j_welton@fpcdurango.org
  5. music@fpcdurango.org (NOT MONITORED)
  6. solar@fpcdurango.org (NOT MONITORED)
  7. youth@fpcdurango.org (NOT MONITORED)

Note from a close by Presbytery

We are seeing a new church scam here in Cascades, and want to share this word of warning with everyone. Scammers are contacting local church offices and requesting a copy of their church directory. They will use a story that they have been recent visitor or have been visiting occasionally with a partner, and are wanting a copy of the church directory to see who else they might know in the church.

If they are able to get a copy of the church directory, they then begin sending out spoof emails and text messages from a local number pretending to be the pastor or a fellow church member and asking for emergency assistance. This is becoming far more disruptive of an event for affected churches and their pastors than previous scams.

Our recommendation: DO NOT share church directories by email.