Subj : Square/Round Dance News
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Jun 13 2021 18:13:24

  Re: Square/Round Dance News
  By: Daryl Stout to All on Sun Jun 13 2021 05:10 pm

 >   There is an email scam making the rounds, with the addressee name
 > of Ted and Tonia...for Ted and Tonia Hofmeister, current president
 > of the Arkansas State Square Dance Federation. The fraudulent email,
 > from GMail, starts with "president", then has numbers after it.
 > 
 >   THIS IS A SCAM, and NOT from Ted or Tonia!! The person will try
 > to get you to purchase a large amount of iTunes cards ($500), and
 > send them the info on the cards, and promising reimbursement. Others
 > have verified that they have received a similar email, and that it's
 > a scam!!
 > 
 >   Ted and Tonia's email are listed in The Modern Square, and on the
 > ASSDF website at https://www.arkansassquaredance.com -- and they would
 > never send out an email like this.
 > 
 >   If you receive a scam as noted above...delete it, and put the address
 > in your spam filter to block it. Any email asking you to buy something
 > for them, or saying you've won a lottery, etc., is fraudulent from the
 > word GO.
 > 
 >   As for The Modern Square, I'm planning to release the July, 2021
 > issue (e-Edition) on Tuesday, July 15...and send the print edition
 > to the printer. I'm still waiting on the stragglers on the various
 > club reports...and at present, I have no photos for this month's
 > e-Edition. I've had trouble with Facebook lately, so I can't just
 > go to a club's page and grab pictures.
 > 
 >   ASSDF Member Clubs who have info or photos should email them to
 > assdfmodernsquare at gmail dot com
 > 
 > Daryl Stout, Editor, Webmaster, Circulation Chairman, ASSDF

This scam sounds crazy bad. So they want you to purchase 500 bucks in iTune
cards over email? Really? And then give them the card info? WHat do they
promise in return?

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