From time to time scammers send text messages or emails asking for urgent assistance, gift cards or money. This usually happens shortly after someone includes their phone number or email address in the bulletin as a point of contact for an event. Please ignore any texts or emails asking for immediate assistance or gift cards - please call the office if you are not sure. Looking at the phone number in the text message or the sender's email address can also confirm that it did not come from the parish or Fr. Francesco. This is an example of a text that someone received recently: