Emails have streamlined our world, no doubt, but sometimes they also can pose a problem. Recently, a number of residents have received emails asking for an immediate response which ultimately would take the form of “support” for the alleged sender. The “support” is (no surprise!) money, usually in the form of gift cards, which the recipient is told to purchase and forward to the sender’s address which, tellingly, is NOT the address of the supposed sender. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM! Residents should NOT respond with monetary support to anyone making an email request without confirming legitimacy by additional means. Unless you can be sure any request genuinely comes from whom it claims to be from, delete the questionable email. And, certainly, DO NOT send this unknown person any money.
