(Stephenville, Tx) – The members of two Stephenville church congregations have been targeted by scammers posing as a fake pastor asking for gifts.

Stephenville Police Department put out a scam alert on social media saying they’ve received reports from some members of St. Brendan’s Catholic Church and Faith Lutheran Church, about getting text messages from someone posing as a Pastor.  Police say the victims were asked to buy gift cards for another church member and  then asked for the gift card number and pin number on the back of the card.

Stephenville Assistant Police Chief Jason Halsey tells the Empire Tribune, “…there is some sophistication to the scam because they know the name of the person they are texting.”  So far investigators say no one has fallen for the scam.