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Interesting article here: https://www.metro.us/why-online-scammer ... gift-card/

A well-meaning church congregation in Nebraska was duped out of money after receiving an email from their pastor requesting iTunes Gift Cards for a parishioner with cancer.

I've read of bulk emails being sent at random asking for payment that way, but here that scammer knew the email addresses of a church congregation. I wonder how?

Lads are much more technologically sophisticated than in the past. Phishing, spear phishing, and ATO (account take over) are fields that advance fee scammers have migrated towards, just as those actors have migrated to AFF (romance scams, especially) to use an established mule/money laundering system.