Phishing emails disguised as greeting cards from Blue Mountain Cards are hitting Livingston inboxes, and they appear to come from Township Clerk Carolyn Mazzucco's official livingstonnj.org email address.

Livingston Township administrators issued an urgent warning on the township's official Facebook page on Monday, Aug. 24, telling residents not to click any links in the messages.

The emails are not from the township.

Administrators said the messages likely represent an effort to scam residents or compromise their digital assets, according to Patch.

The spoofed messages may not be limited to Mazzucco's name. The township's warning noted the scam "includes but may not be limited to" emails appearing to come from the clerk, suggesting other township officials' identities could also be used.

What to do if you receive one

Officials advised residents to move the emails to their spam folders and ignore them. Do not click any links inside the message.

Blue Mountain Cards is a real online greeting card service, but scammers have long exploited its name and format to disguise malicious links in phishing emails. The fraudulent messages can impersonate any legitimate sender.

A growing national problem

The Livingston scam fits a broader pattern. Federal Trade Commission data cited in a June 2026 report found that Americans lost $920 million to government impersonator scams in 2025, up from $789 million in 2024. Total losses to all imposter scams reached $3.5 billion that year.

How to report

The township's warning did not include a specific reporting mechanism. Residents who believe they have been targeted can contact the Livingston Police Department's non-emergency line at 973-992-3000 or file a complaint at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.