Gentlemen
I have been made aware that fraudsters have gained access to my Messenger address book and that some of the members have been targeted with one or more scams. Sometimes it is an invitation from me to join Messenger or in others it is a potential financial fraud involving an agency with the initials CDFA which they claim I have used and endorsed.
Please ask your members to ignore any invitations from me to join Messenger. These invitations simply connect your address book to the fraudsters. If anyone receives an invitation from CDFA to apply for a grant delete it at once. I have not used it nor received any money from it. This is old scam misusing an agency in America. The scam started in 2016 and at the time the agency said,
"If you have been contacted by someone claiming to be from CDFA or another government agency, be advised that this is a scam. The criminals may also use the identities of one of your friends to trick you into thinking they've received money and you can too. Some potential victims are targeted through Facebook Instant Messenger; others received text messages or phone calls.CDFA, a quasi-state agency which operates only within the State of New Hampshire, does not make financial awards to individuals anywhere in the country. Nor would we ask you to send us money for any reason."
Please make sure anyone with whom I have been in touch on Messenger, maybe about the 15 Para book, is aware that they might get or have already got one of these malicious approaches.
Many thanks
Alasdair