Be Aware of Phishing Scam
This morning I received a note from a friend and longtime state officer asking me to pay a vendor on behalf of the club. The note gave a simple excuse that he was busy and a bill was late and that I’d be paid back immediately. The phishing e-mail was very high quality, in good English and quite casual. Something I half believed might be real. Within 10 minutes I had placed direct calls to that person to confirm that it was a phishing scam(i.e. not a real request) and did what I could to broadcast out the scam to head off anyone falling for this.
Please everyone be extra cautious with all communications you receive asking for any type of financial transaction. The best thing you can do in all circumstances is to take no direct action back to the requester, ignore, or independently verify all correspondences by contacting that person. In my case I called them directly to confirm what I suspected.
I am aware that other clubs have been phished in a similar fashion. So far I am not aware of any major financial loss anywhere. Be careful, it’s a jungle out there…