Criminals impersonate Anglican Communion secretary general in gift card fraud

Posted May 31, 2019

[Anglican Communion News Service] Scam emails designed to look as though they have been sent by Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Josiah Idowu-Fearon have been used to acquire iTunes gift cards from unsuspecting recipients.

At least one recipient of the emails was taken in by the fraudsters and ended up £200 out of pocket. The scammers used a Gmail account. The victim who fell for the scam was targeted mere hours after the Anglican Communion Office informed Google that the email account was being used to commit fraud.

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