Beware of Phone and Email Scams – DO NOT BUY GIFT CARDS FOR PAYMENTS

Unfortunately in this day and age, scammers are using social media to collect information to use against you.

What is worse is that they target church goers, by creating a phoney email addresses and sending emails out disguised as the pastor or staff asking for your help. 

Someone might ask you to pay for something by putting money on a gift card and then giving them the numbers on the back of the card. If they ask you to do this, they’re trying to scam you. No real business or government agency will ever insist you pay them with a gift card. Anyone who demands to be paid with a gift card is a scammer. Read on to learn more about gift card scams.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/gift-card-scams