Phishing E-mails

   SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION

      Chapter 76 - South Florida 

          “The Green Berets”

 

 

March 16, 2026

Hello Members and Friends of the Association,

Message from the SFA. You guys know better than to buy gift cards and hand over money without direct verification.

Despite the unfortunate wording of this message that looks suspiciously like someone is passing the blame, use it as a ‘head’s up.’

 

There have been several instances of “phishing” emails sent to Special Forces Association Members purporting to be from the Association or a National Board Officer.  Typically these emails ask the recipient to perform a financial task such as buying gift cards or transferring money.  Rest assured that these emails do not originate from inside SFA or our systems and do not indicate a compromise of our systems.  They result when an individual’s email is compromised and bad actors use the information to create an email that looks legitimate.    Emails from the SFA will only come from the following email addresses / domains: mailer@mail2.clubexpress.com: Club Express hosts Teamhouse for the SFA, mailing to all members or a group within SFA come from this mail server sfanbo.org: This is the domain name for the SFA National Board of Officers. This would be preceded by an NBO position name such as “President” or “Secretary” specialforcesassociation.org: Similar to sfanbo.org above The first step to recognizing this scam is to check the email address.  These emails often, but not always, contain misspellings and other grammatical errors.   No Officer or Employee of the SFA will ask a Member to buy gift cards or make any financial transactions via an email.  If in doubt, call the individual that purportedly sent the email to verify.  If you are not able to reach the individual, you can contact National HQ at (910) 485-5433.  You may also see these attacks targeting you in relation to an account such as power or utilities, banks or other services. To keep yourself safe, when in doubt call the company directly to verify. Unfortunately, criminals will continue to attempt such scams.  Education, awareness, and verification is the best way to stay safe online.

 

 

Joe Pruett on behalf of

Ed Pijuan

President

 

Chapter 76 Facebook Site: https://www.facebook.com/SFA-South-Florida-Chapter-76-111343950710574/

 

Chapter Blog is located at http://SFACH76.Blogspot.com/

 

Special Forces Association Online Teamhouse https://teamhousespecialforcesassociation.org

 

Please update your email address to prevent interruptions

 

ED PIJUAN

PRESIDENT

 

ROGER KIDDER

VICE PRESIDENT

 

ED BELLO

2^nd VICE PRESIDENT & WEBMASTER

 

AL HERNANDEZ

SECRETARY

 

JASON PSALTIDES

SECRETARY

 

JIM TRICE

TREASURER

 

TOM HOUSE

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

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DAN POIRIER

CHAPTER 76 BLOGGER

 

JOE PRUETT

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