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Scammers Posing as Mississippi Pastor on CashApp Steal Hundreds of Dollars in Gifts

August 31, 2022 by Staff

Congregants at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, thought they were sending CashApp gifts to their pastor, Bartholomew Orr, for his birthday. Unfortunately, their gifts were going to someone posing as the pastor, using his picture and an almost identical user handle. 

“It’s sad that people not only use me but even just the church to defraud individuals,” Orr told FOX13. 

Orr said that he and his church make “a big deal” about birthdays. In fact, he tries to call every member of his sizable congregation on theirs. So when his birthday came in June, some of his congregants sought to honor him with a gift via CashApp. 

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