{"id":11163,"date":"2025-08-06T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=11163"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:03:12","slug":"beware-of-email-spoofing-phishing-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/beware-of-email-spoofing-phishing-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of \u2018email spoofing\/phishing\u2019 scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have received several recent reports about an email making the rounds using our AFM Local 47 logo which pretends to be from Local 47 staff with the subject line \u201cNew project open for bidding\u201d and containing a \u201cRequest for Project Proposals (RPP)\u201d in the body of the message. Please be aware that these messages are a common email spoofing\/phishing scam, and we encourage anyone who receives such a message <\/span><b>NOT TO CLICK <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any links, <\/span><b>NOT TO REPLY <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the email,<\/span><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to<\/span><b> DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should&nbsp;you have any questions about this matter, or if you receive a suspicious message that mentions AFM Local 47 in the future, please email&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:webmaster@afm47.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">webmaster@afm47.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have received several recent reports about an email making the rounds using our AFM Local 47 logo which pretends to be from Local 47 staff with the subject line \u201cNew project open for bidding\u201d and containing a \u201cRequest for Project Proposals (RPP)\u201d in the body of the message. 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