# AFP's name misused in virus-carrying spam emails

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/05/19/afp039s-name-misused-viruscarrying-spam-emails/
- Published: 2005-05-19T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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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