*** Phishing is pronounced just like "fishing". It is all about tricking people into responding in order to gain access to an individual's computer thus enabling them to get all kinds of information (passwords, financial, etc.) - or to get you to send them money or gift cards. How do they do that? By sending you an email that appears to be from someone you know.
Heads Up!
We have once again had reports that someone is doing nefarious things with our email accounts – most notably Fr. Jim’s. It is the same person, changing the extension to his/her email account, asking for a favor and trying to get you to respond. When you respond they will likely ask for money, or to join some promotion/program, or to get you to purchase some gift cards to help someone in great need.
Note: Please know, we will NEVER send you anything like that. St. Ignatius Church and no staff member will ever approach you in this individual fashion. DO NOT RESPOND. Unfortunately, there is not a whole lot we can do about this other than warn you as the person keeps changing portions of the email address they are sending from.
Here’s what to pay attention to: The email may appear that it is from a St. Ignatius staff member but pay close attention…the address won't be a true St. Ignatius email address. It will likely have the staff member's correct name (most notably Fr. Jim’s), but the rest of it will have some additive that is not correct (the current one is: pastormall28@gmail.com – but they will keep changing).
Ours: Legitimate St. Ignatius email addresses will have the staff member's name followed by @st-ignatius.net (i.e.johnodean@st-ignatius.net).
Do: Notify us when you get one. We can then know the current email being used and notify the authorities.
All to say – do not respond to these emails.
Note: If you did happen to respond, as a couple of parishioners have, it would be wise to immediately change your email password.
Sincerely,
