Phishing scams - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:58:18 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Phishing scams - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope's Singapore visit https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/01/church-warning-over-whatsapp-phishing-scams-related-to-popes-singapore-visit/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 05:55:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=172630 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has reminded those keen on attending Pope Francis' mass in Singapore that WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps will not be used in general ticketing or balloting processes. A statement on its website on June 23 said it had received reports of Catholics having their WhatsApp accounts taken over Read more

Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope's Singapore visit... Read more]]> The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore has reminded those keen on attending Pope Francis' mass in Singapore that WhatsApp or other instant messaging apps will not be used in general ticketing or balloting processes.

A statement on its website on June 23 said it had received reports of Catholics having their WhatsApp accounts taken over by scammers who claimed to be helping them with the papal mass ticket registration process.

Pope Francis will visit Singapore from Sept 11 to 13 and will celebrate mass on Sept 12.

More than 40,000 tickets will be available to the public in the online ballot, open to anyone in Singapore with a valid account on the myCatholicSG portal.

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Church warning over WhatsApp phishing scams related to Pope's Singapore visit]]> 172630 Apolstolic Nuncio caught phishing scam https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/05/23/cbcp-warns-against-phishing-scams-impersonating-as-nuncio/ Mon, 23 May 2022 07:51:50 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=147249 The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines warned the public on Thursday against phishing scams involving the impersonation of the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila. According to the CBCP Secretariat, the scammers would impersonate Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, using an e-mail. Msgr. Bernardo Pantin, CBCP Secretary General, said the scam targets those Read more

Apolstolic Nuncio caught phishing scam... Read more]]> The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines warned the public on Thursday against phishing scams involving the impersonation of the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila.

According to the CBCP Secretariat, the scammers would impersonate Archbishop Charles Brown, Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, using an e-mail.

Msgr. Bernardo Pantin, CBCP Secretary General, said the scam targets those using Yahoo Mail by asking them to enter their login details to receive a "confidential message".

"It is a phishing attempt to get their (yahoo mail) account details," Pantin said in a letter to dioceses.

To avoid being victimized by phishing scams, the country's Anti-Money Laundering Council have repeatedly advised the public not to reply to suspicious e-mails.

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