The committee have become aware of a cluster of emails arriving in committee members and some group leaders mailboxes.
They all see to have been generated from valid but false email addresses and sent via an as yet unclear route to our email redirector.
The first email is very general to illicit a response from you which if you replied would of course contains your real email address but you are actually sending to some scammer created email address. Their reply then progresses on to asking to send an online gift card token for the hard working committee and a promise to refund your expenses. I'm not aware of anyone being gullible enough to fall for that sort of request. The actual messages as sent conformed to legitimate email structures.
Either do nothing, or block the senders email address and delete the scam message. Just be aware that a similar even could recur.
Thanks
Peter Rendell - website manager