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Email scammers prey on COVID-19 generosity and fears to get money, gift cards

05/11/2020 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

  Reminder: Bishop Larry Silva will never email or otherwise contact you to ask that you buy and send him gift cards, money or gifts. Recent emails circulating to local Catholic churches, schools and diocesan employees are pretending to be the bishop or perhaps another church official. The phishing emails usually ask the recipient to […]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Bishop Silva, COVID-19, phishing, scams, spam

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