Spoofed Emails and Private Messages

Please be aware of an email scam going around with Fr. Tom’s name on it. Here it is:

Reverend Thomas Pers <parishoffice@bogus.com>
Is your schedule a little open? I have a request I would like you to execute for me. I will be expecting to hear from you.

Blessings!
Rev. Thomas Pers.
Pastor

If you were to reply there would be a request to purchase gift cards.

For your information all our real parish email addresses end with: @iccwhb.org or @iccwhb.com

None of our priests, nor any staff member, will ever privately email, send private messages/texts, or make phone calls to parishioners or other members of the community to ask for money, gift cards, or any other thing. If you receive such a message, it is definitely fake. Always double check with the church office during regular office hours! It can always wait until then.

There will never be an emergency that will require any parishioner or community member to wire money (via Western Union, or Venmo) or immediately buy any kind of gift cards.

If you have any questions, please call the church at 631-288-1423 or visit our Parish Donation page.

Originally published in 2021