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In one case, the scam message appeared to come from one club officer to another.</div><p style="font-family: "Calibri Regular", Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""> </p><div style="font-family: "Calibri Regular", Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" class="">Please remember:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em class="">No legitimate organization will ever ask for payment in the form of gift cards.</em></div><p style="font-family: "Calibri Regular", Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" class=""> </p><div style="font-family: "Calibri Regular", Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;" class="">We also want to reassure you that we do not share your email address with third parties. 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