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Watch out for these email scams that supposedly offer you a charitable donation, or that claim to need your help in distributing money to charity.

Warren Buffett Donation (Email Scam Alert!)

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The message below (shown in yellow) is an example of a charity-donation scam. It claims to be from the American billionaire Warren Buffett, who says he wants to send you part of his fortune. Alas, “Warren Buffett” here is just a scammer (notice the email originates from India). If you make the mistake of replying to the message, the scammer will try to get your credit card or bank account information, and then instead of making a promised deposit, he will empty your account of whatever is in it.

The real Warren Buffett of course has nothing to do with this message. Scammers routinely use the names of famous people to make their scam messages sound legitimate. Don’t fall for the trap!

from: proyeknpk@pim.co.id
reply-to: warren.e.buffett001@gmail.com
date: Dec 22, 2020
subject: From Warren E. Buffett

Best regards! My name is Warren E. Buffett, an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. I am the world’s most successful investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. I firmly believe that I can give in life. I had an idea that never changed: I was supposed to use my wealth to help people, and I decided to donate two million five hundred thousand US dollars to randomly selected people around the world. After receiving this email, you should consider yourself a happy person. Your e-mail address was chosen randomly during the search online. Please contact me as soon as possible so that I know that your email address is valid. Contact for compensation claims by email: warren.e.buffett001@gmail.com

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Scam Alert! Mrs. Teresa Mpume, a Wealthy Widow

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The message below (shown in yellow) is a familiar type of scam message that checks a lot of the usual boxes. A wealthy widow (check) is dying from cancer (check). She needs your help to oversee her fortune (check) because her soon-to-be-orphaned child (check) is too young to manage it.

Unfortunately, “Teresa Mpume” doesn’t really exist. She (or he) is just a scammer trying to tug at your heartstrings, and then eventually empty out your bank account.

from: mrsteream40@gmail.com
date: Dec 22, 2020
subject: From Mrs.Teresa Mpume

From Mrs.Teresa Mpume
Email: venkanna@bsnl.in

My Dearest Beloved,

First, let me start by introducing myself. My name is Mrs. Teresa Mpume, a nationality of South Africa, I was working with Build Safe South Africa. You can view the profile of Build Safe South Africa at (www.buildsafe.co.za) and read about us. I am married to late Mr.Thulani Mpume and we were married for twenty years with a child. He died after an illness that lasted for four weeks. Please know this may come to you by surprise, i know that you do not know me, but i need your assistance hence i am writing to you as my will directed me, and it is my desire to go into this business / relationship with you.

When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of USD$15 .5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with Finance, Though i assisted him in getting this contract for this deposit signed. I am afraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate contracts awarded from Build Safe South Africa. This money is still with the bank. Recently my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to my cancer problem, though what disturbs me most is my stroke, Having to know my condition I want to invest this money into any profitable business of your choice, whatever interest/profit that will come out from this investment of your choice will be shared by both parties.

I have a child that will inherit this money but my son cannot carry out this work by himself, my son is just 15 year old now and growing up in Africa and handling this huge amount of money will certainly be a disaster for a fifteen year old, He is not mature yet. Hence this the reason for taking this bold decision in contacting you. I am not afraid of death as I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. I would like you to understand that my contact to you is by my own free will, and as soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Finance/bank. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the new beneficiary of this fund through my attorney. My happiness is that I will be living something worthy for my son whom I will be living behind. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for an individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as i stated here and i will like you to contact me immediately you receive this mail so that i will instruct the Finance/bank to! Transfer this fund into your account.

My Regards to your Family,
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Teresa Mpume
Use my private Email: mpumemrsteresa@gmail.com

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COVID Charity Scam from Mrs. Favour Unisa

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The message below (shown in yellow) is a typical example of a charity scam. Lots of new charity scam messages have gone into circulation since the COVID pandemic, but they all follow the same old pattern: the scammer has millions of dollars and wants you to help give it away to charity. If you respond, the scammer will try to get personal information from you (bank account numbers, for example), and then instead of sending you money to distribute, the scammer will empty your account of everything you have.

from: 2019faun@gmail.com
reply-to: 2019faun@gmail.com
date: Dec 7, 2020
subject: My COVID-19 charity donation.

Please contact me in my email ( unisafu2020@gmail.com )

Greetings to you my dear,

My name is Mrs. Favour Unisa I have a donation of (6.900.000.00 USD) MILLION for you. Please I will like you to get back to me if you will help on this donation to help the poor. I will give you more details on how you can help to invest this money to help the poor because of my poor health condition which I will let you know as soon as I hear from you. Reply for more details & information.

God bless you as I wait for your reply.

Your sister.

Mrs. Favour Unisa

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Mrs. Bahadur Reza Nobakhti (scam warning)

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The message below (shown in yellow) is an example of the “dying widow” scam. The sender claims to be a very wealthy person dying of cancer, with no heirs to give her fortune too. If you would just help distributing it to charity, you can have a generous cut — what could be better!

Alas, there’s really no wealthy widow and no fortune. There’s just a scammer who will string you along, get you to pay “transfer fees” and “bank charges,” and then disappear, never to be heard from again.

From: Bahadur Reza Nobakhti bahadur_1i@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, Jan 12, 5:32 PM
Subj: Hello my dear

Hello my dear

May peace of our almighty god be unto you

Greeting in the name of our almighty god i wish you and your family happy moments of life now and forever more amen.my name is mrs bahadur reza nobakhti ,69 yers old from dubia living in in abidjan, cote d´ivoire,please, i do not have formal relationship with you but because of my present predicament and circumstances i am made to contact you.i have been suffering from cancer and have a short life to leave.i have made up my mind to donate my inheritance of 3.5million usd to the less privileged please help me to fulfill my last wish,please contact me here.

[ reza_ba20@yahoo.com ]

Please contact me in my personal email .. [ reza_ba20@yahoo.com ]

I wait to hear from you

Thanks

Mrs bahadur reza nobakhti

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Mrs. Jovann Mafra (scam warning)

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The message below is an example of the “dying widow” scam. The scammer claims to be a very wealthy woman with no children, and she wants your help to distribute her fortune to charity after she dies. You can have a percentage of course. Alas, there really is no rich widow and no fortune: there is only a scammer trying to find a way to empty your wallet.

Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2016
From: h.me58@aol.fr
Subject: Dear good day friend,

Dear good day friend,

I greet you with the name in the name of the LORD Almighty the giver of every good thing. Good day and compliments of the seasons, I know it is true that this letter may come to you as a surprise. Nevertheless, I humbly ask you to give me your attention and hear me well., but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefull yas the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my futur eand continued existence. I am Mrs. Jovann Mafra widow of 58 years old suffering from long time illness. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of (23.5 Million Dollars) and I needed a very honest and God fearing who can withdraw this money then use the funds for Charity works. I WISH TO GIVE THIS FUNDS TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS. I found your email address from the internet after honest prayers to the LORD to bring me a helper and i decided to contact you if you may be willing and interested to handle these trust funds in good faith before anything happens to me.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this money to Churches, organizations or good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to use this money for Churches, Charity organizations, orphanages, widows and other people that are in need. l took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money . Moreover, my husband relatives are not close to me since I develop a Cancer problem and it had been their wish to see me dead in order to inherit his wealth since we have no Child. These people are not worthy of this inheritance. This is why I am taking this decision.

I want your urgent reply to me so that I will give you the deposit receipt which the COMPANY issued to me as next of kin for immediate transfer of the money to your account in your country, to start the good work of God, I am desperately in keen need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task, you must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our todays WORLD. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100% RISK FREE with full legal proof. Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Charity works kindly let me know immediately. I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. I want you to take 40 percent of the total money for your personal use while 60% of the money will go to charity.I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality and trust in this matter to accomplish my heart desire, as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. Any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my ill-health. Your urgently responses is needed through this email address: = ( mrs.jovannmafra@gmail.com )

Thanks and Remain blessed
Yours Sister in The Lord,
Mrs. Jovann Mafra.

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Qatar Foundation (scam alert)

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The message below is a typical example of a charity scam message, similar to the “You have won the lottery!” scams that many people are familiar with. Sad to say, the message isn’t from a real charity official, and you haven’t received a multi-million dollar donation.

Subject: Qatar Foundation Donation
From: Qatar Foundation invoicing@divisionsinc.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:43:36 -0700

Dear Recipient,

You have been selected to receive €950,000.00 Euro, from Qatar Foundation donation award. Kindly reply to the below e-mail for more details.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Rashid Al-Naimi.
Contact e-mail: qfdonationdpt@126.com
Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Foundation Endowment.

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Susanne Klatten Charity Foundation (scam alert)

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The message below, which was certainly sent randomly to thousands of people around the world, claims to be from a charitable organization that has a donation for you. In fact, it’s a standard example of a “charity scam” message. The sender is not from a charity — he’s just a scammer trying to pick your pocket by means of the old “advance fee fraud” technique.

Subject: *RE: Deposit|Charitable Gesture
From: Susanne Klatten sk@news.tchibo.de
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016
Reply-To: susannecharityfoundation@aol.de

Hello Sir/Madam,

Your 3.7 million USD deposit from Susanne Klatten 50M Philanthropic Donation is ready.
Contact: susannecharityfoundation@aol.de

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Barrister Campbell Chen (scam alert)

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This is a typical charity scam message, supposed sent from an international lawyer’s office (a common scammer strategy). In reality, it was probably sent from a cheap Internet cafe in a third world country — there is no charity and no lawyer. There’s just a scammer trying to pick your pocket.

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016
Subject: CHARITY BOND
From: “Barr Campbell Chen” campbellchen@gmail.com
Reply-To: campbellchen@kcchambers.biz

Barrister Campbell Chen ESQ
KC Chambers U.K
36 Balls Pond Rd,
London N1 4AU,
United Kingdom
(44)07031961688

Attn:

As Legal director of Kc Chambers U.K and also the legal solicitor to Lloyds Bank, I want to cordially informed that a ST. Vincent Charity Trust Fund Bond of 76,000,000 USD deposited with Lloyds Bank has been released to your name and to enable these bonds be liquidated to cash and 70% allocated for charity distribution to the needy while you take 30% for your charitable committment.

You are required to provide your full details with a copy of your International Passport or Driver’s License and the filled affidavit form to this email adress: campbellchen@kcchambers.biz to process the legal endorsements to release of the cash to you.

Get back to me urgently, so the litigation process for the release can take place immediately.

Best Regards,

Barrister Campbell Chen ESQ

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Susanne Hanne Ursula Klatten (scam warning)

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This is an example of a typical charity scam message. The scammer pretends to be offering you a charitable donation, but like all other advance fee fraudsters, she’s really just trying to pick your pocket.

Subject: Charity give out
From: Susanne Hanne Ursula Klatten info@messanger.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Reply-To: susannehanneursulaklatten@aol.com

Dear Recipient
Am making charitable donation of $ 50 M to 13 People as my philanthropic gesture to the world. Interested individuals should contact me with these Code DON/CH2016′.

Email:susannehanneursulaklatten@aol.com

Susanne Hanne Ursula Klatten

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Angela Maxwell Donation Scam

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The message below is an example of an increasingly common type of scam. It claims to come from a real lottery winner who wants to donate part of her fortune to you. What could be better? Alas, the message isn’t from a real lottery winner — it’s just from a scammer trying to pick your pocket.

Subject: Donation For You
From: wsc@mutucertification.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016
Reply-To: richard2478@myself.com

Beloved family of Mr. Howhannes Sarkisjan . Angela Maxwell has donated the sum of Eight hundred thousand euro (800,000.00 euro) to you from part of their lucky life-changing Jackpot of 53 Million from Euro-millions Lottery. please see our interview by visiting the web page below; View link:
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/life-changing/winner-euromillions-maxwell
Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google Management Team and you received this email because we have listed you as one of the lucky millionaires, Kindly send us the below details so that we can direct our Bank to effect a valid Bank Draft in your name to your operational bank account in your country.
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Full Name:
Country:
Age:
Occupation:
Sex:
Mobile/Tel:
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I………………….hereby Declare that the above information is true and binding on me. If at any time it is discovered that I have given false information, I will forfeit my rights to my donation. View link:
https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/life-changing/winner-euromillions-maxwell

Thank you and accept our hearty congratulations!

Warm Regards,
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Angela Maxwell
Email: richangel@myself.com

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