{"id":9477,"date":"2021-08-31T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2021-08-31T21:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:21:44","slug":"ctpc-imposter-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/2021\/08\/31\/ctpc-imposter-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"(Imposter Alert!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You know the commandments: \u2018Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, <strong>Do not defraud, <\/strong>Honor your father and mother.\u2019\u201d &#8211; Mark 10:19\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dear Website Visitor <\/strong>&#8211; it has come to our attention that since approximately August 28, 2021,  an imposter has been fraudulently contacting the public asking for money.  Please note that Charles Town Presbyterian Church (CTPC):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Does not engage in mass &#8220;telemarketing&#8221; or &#8220;robo calling&#8221; to solicit for money.<\/li><li>Has reported this &#8220;Charity\/Imposter Scam&#8221; to the FTC and we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/phone-scams\">suggest you report it too<\/a>.  Per that FTC site, this unwanted party is using a technique called &#8220;spoofing&#8221; or changing the Caller ID to be the Church&#8217;s phone number.<\/li><li>Encourages safe  church giving by  suggesting you read the FTC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/before-giving-to-charity\">Before Giving to a Charity<\/a>. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CTPC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/tax-exempt-status-documentation\/\">openly publishes<\/a> it&#8217;s registered charitable organization and tax deduction documentation, which is renewed each year to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you experience such a call, please <a href=\"https:\/\/reportfraud.ftc.gov\/\">report it immediately to the FTC<\/a> and\/or kindly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6\">let our office know<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the commandments: \u2018Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.\u2019\u201d &#8211; Mark 10:19\u00a0 Dear Website Visitor &#8211; it has come to our attention &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/2021\/08\/31\/ctpc-imposter-alert\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9485,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9477\/revisions\/9485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ctpres.org\/ctpressblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}