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Coria-Cáceres diocese warns of phone scam using cloned voices
The Coria-Cáceres diocese in Spain has warned of a phone scam targeting associations and diocesan departments.
Callers pretend to be the bishop or the vicar general and use cloned voices to sound familiar to the people they contact.
They may ask for a donation or claim they received money to pass on, then request bank or personal details.
The diocese says church officials will not make these requests by phone, email or social media.
People who suspected the calls contacted the diocese, which says this helped it file a complaint and warn the public.
The advice is to end suspicious calls, make no transfers and share no personal or bank details.
To check a communication, people can call 927245250 or use the diocese’s official website contact form.
The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres has warned of phone scams impersonating the bishop or the vicar general with cloned voices.
The calls have targeted associations and delegations, and may also have reached other institutions or public administrations.
Callers seek donations or claim they have received money to transfer, then ask for bank and personal details.
The diocese says its clergy will never make such requests by phone, email or social media.
It advises people to end suspicious calls and verify communications through the diocese.
- Who
- Scammers are impersonating the bishop or the vicar general of the Diocese of Coria-Cáceres.
- What
- They use cloned voices in calls to seek donations or bank and personal details.
- When
- The diocese reported detecting the attempts in its notice published on 13 October 2026.
- Where
- Calls have targeted associations and delegations in the diocese’s area; other institutions or public administrations may also have been contacted.
- Why
- The callers seek donations or personal and bank details, sometimes by claiming they will transfer money.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
People who suspected the calls contacted the Bishopric of Coria-Cáceres.
The diocese formalised a complaint and informed the public about the scam.
COPE published the diocese’s warning about the phone scam.
- Targeted groups
- Associations and delegations
- Impersonated figures
- The bishop or the vicar general
- Verification phone
- 927245250
- Official website
- www.diocesiscoriacaceres.es
What people are saying
Neither the vicars, nor the bishop himself, nor any priest will ever make requests of this kind by telephone, email or social media.
Sources
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