AFP's name misused in virus-carrying spam emails
Howard Lake | 19 May 2005 | News
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) is warning its members that spam emails containing a virus in an attachment are circulating with the afpnet.org extension. It points out that it has not sent them, and suggests they are being sent “by scam artists in hopes of obtaining credit card information, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data”.
The US-based AFP advises its members to update anti-virus software, and not to respond to “requests that seem to come from AFP that directs members to a web-based page to update information on credit cards, Social Security numbers, etc.” It adds that “AFP doesn’t collect that information via email!”
Charities and nonprofits have for some time now not only received virus-ridden emails but have been targeted by fraudsters who spoof their email addresses.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.