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LOS email scam - please read


 

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much thinner.


 

Thanks, what a bunch of scumbag shit which should be terminated without
extenuating circumstances.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much
thinner.







 

Another reason to loathe AI. Thanks for the warning, John.

Christine Kooi
Baton Rouge

-------- Original message --------
From: John Dillon <kisforkryptonite@...>
Date: 6/5/24 4:08 AM (GMT+01:00)
To: LABIRD NEW <[email protected]>
Subject: [labird] LOS email scam - please read

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much thinner.


 

The same thing is happening with Baton Rouge Audubon, verbatim, except with
my name instead of David's. Please ignore.

--Jane

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much
thinner.







 

I also received a text from the fake David Booth. The incorrect phone number alerted me. The message was something like Can I text you.
Roselie Overby

On Jun 5, 2024, at 3:10?AM, Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird@...> wrote:

?The same thing is happening with Baton Rouge Audubon, verbatim, except with
my name instead of David's. Please ignore.

--Jane

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io <kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails, please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much
thinner.










 

I have received several of those. I just Mark as phishing and delete.

On Wed, Jun 5, 2024, 6:59?AM Roselie via groups.io <rosebird49=
[email protected]> wrote:

I also received a text from the fake David Booth. The incorrect phone
number alerted me. The message was something like Can I text you.
Roselie Overby
On Jun 5, 2024, at 3:10?AM, Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird=
[email protected]> wrote:

?The same thing is happening with Baton Rouge Audubon, verbatim, except
with
my name instead of David's. Please ignore.

--Jane

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:08?PM John Dillon via groups.io
<kisforkryptonite=
[email protected]> wrote:

All,

Twice tonight I have received an email ¡°from David Booth¡± with the
following content:

Hi

How are you today? Mark Pethke is unfamiliar with Zelle or Venmo and
will
have a vendor payment which is due for today, if you have experience
with
either or have any of these payment platforms. Kindly let me know. This
payment is for Program Expense. Your assistance will be immensely
appreciated. I'll have the treasurer issue you a refund check as soon as
the payment is processed. Send me an email back in regard to this.

Thanks
David Booth

I called David, and he confirmed he did not send this. Appears to be an
AI generated phishing scam. PLEASE do NOT respond to such an email if
you
get one, even if it mentions specific names of LOS officers like Mark
and
David. If you have ANY questions about the authenticity of emails,
please
do not hesitate to contact us. LOS will be sending out a fundraising
request to all members soon, but the above email is a scam.

Thanks,
The real John Dillon, I assure you. If I were made by AI, I¡¯d be much
thinner.