A fraudulent website designed to impersonate Adirei HaTorah and solicit donations has been shut down after community members and cybersecurity professionals identified the scam, Adirei Hatorah announced.
Adirei HaTorah said it became aware Wednesday of a targeted attempt to direct donors to a fake website that closely resembled its official online donation platform. It immediately launched a response involving cybersecurity experts and law enforcement authorities.
The fraudulent website has since been disabled and the payment processor involved froze the scammer’s account, preventing further activity.
Adirei Hatorah emphasized that, based on the investigation so far, there is no indication that the attacker gained access to Adirei HaTorah’s financial systems, donor database, or any financial information belonging to donors.
Officials said the breach appears to have been limited to certain names, email addresses, and phone numbers, which were allegedly used to distribute fraudulent emails and text messages directing recipients to the fake website.
As a precaution, Adirei HaTorah reminded supporters that all official text messages from the organization will come only from the phone numbers 848-261-8251 or 732-800-1524. The organization also said official emails will clearly identify Adirei HaTorah as the sender and will be distributed only through authorized communication channels.
Donors are being urged to verify that they are using Adirei HaTorah’s official website, AdireiHatorah.com, before making contributions.
The organization also advised anyone who receives suspicious emails, text messages, donation requests, or website links claiming to be from Adirei HaTorah not to engage with them and to report them immediately.
