Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam

Adrian and Gillian are not sending email messages to individuals around the world requesting their personal information or money in order to receive a donation from them. Therefore, online users who have received email messages like the one below, claiming they have been selected to receive millions of dollars from the lottery jackpot winners, are asked to delete them. This is because the email messages are fakes being sent by online scammers, who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information.

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Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam

Once the online scammers have received their potential victims' information, they will use it to contact the same potential victims and attempt to scam them. The scammers will then ask their potential victims to send them money in order to collect their so-called donation. But, if the money is sent, the scammers will take it and disappear, leaving the victims broke and depressed. The scammers will also sell their potential victims' information to other scammers, so the same victims will be contacted multiple times.

Remember, once you asked to send personal information or money in order to receive a donation via an unsolicited email message, it is an online scammer attempting to rob you.

The "Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation" Donation Scam

Adrian and Gillian Bayford - British winners of 148 million British pounds

Adrian & Gillian Bayford Foundation®

Dear Sir / Madam,

You have been selected to handle this charity project from the British winners of 148 million British pounds Adrian and Gillian Bayford, they have voluntarily decided to donate the sum of Two Million British Pounds ( £ 2,000,000.00 ) to you as part of our own charity project to improve the lot of 5 unknown lucky individuals all over the world plus close friends and family.

Your e-mail address was submitted to us by Google © Management Team and we have short-listed you out as one of the lucky recipients with code number ( UKGO1008 ) as a winner and all you have to do is to forward this very email to the attorney in charge. Advocate Paul-line Allen with your lucky recipients code number (UKGO1008 ) via contact details below for details to the payout bank for fund disbursement.

Advocate Paul-line Allen contact details.

Email: advocatpaullineallen@gmx.fr

Phone/SMS : +33 753 119 932

http:// www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19254228

Good luck to you and your entire family,

From Adrian and Gillian Bayford

Email: daukfoundation@gmail.com

Foundation for Charity and the Homeless Worldwide

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April 16, 2022 at 8:51 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Paya Lebar, Singapore, Singapore

I have been msg last yrs and now we start again the money is 6,8000.000.00usd and I need to send my Passport ID and bank account to send the money

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July 23, 2021 at 11:06 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Dhaka District, Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

This is another scam. Please remain careful

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August 9, 2019 at 12:06 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Kingston, Jamaica

"From: Mrs Moore Tia <jack@star.com>

Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2019 11:59 AM

To: Recipients <jack@star.com>

Subject: Reply

Mr. Bayford picked you for a $2.5,M donation Email For more details"

Here is another scam.

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June 27, 2019 at 7:29 PM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

"From: Adrian Bayford <adrianbfords@myemail.com>

Date: June 25, 2019 at 8:54:25 AM EDT

To: Undisclosed recipients:;

Subject: Contact me on (adrianbford@yahoo.com.hk) For More Info.

Reply-To: <adrianbford@yahoo.com.hk>

Gillian and I won Jackpot on the 10/08/2012, And we did lots of charity donation before we divorced,

After our separation, I continued with the charity works and also did some investment on real estate business.

To fulfill my promise on giving to others in need i decided to continue with this charity work.

am donating $2,000,000 each to 5 lucky people this Month and you are One of the lucky recipients.

Contact me on (adrianbford@yahoo.com.hk) For More Info.

Congratulations

Adrian Bayford."

Here is another scam.

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June 27, 2019 at 7:00 PM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

"Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 4:43 PM

Cheerful Giver Group Cheerful Giver Group <graceclaimoffice@gmail.com>

Thu 6/13/2019 3:34 PM

Dear,

I received your email about Mr Adrian and Gillian Bayford success and now they want to share some of their fortune with the world.

This is good and we thank them and you for contacting us with this golden opportunity to share in their wealth at this time 2019.

What make this session different from all the other times I was email with the same letter a few years ago and received nothing from such a firm? As a church we do not wish to be fool or misguided by others who are seeking to hurt other with promises which we hate."

Here is another scam.

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March 17, 2019 at 1:18 PM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
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Here is another scam:

- - - - - - -

From: Adrian Bayford <adrian1bayford@gmail.com>

Date: 12 March 2019 at 09:46:07 SAST

Subject: Re: Received sms

Hello,

Thanks for writing back, am very happy to hear from you because I believe this is a life time opportunity for you and your family, and we hope that you use this money wisely and judiciously. We had to make sure our interview was on the internet for the world to see and to definitely prove to you that you are in the right hands.We plan to take care of the needs of our immediate family members and make you a millionaire because we believe in making others comfortable and happy like us.

We were very excited when we knew about our winnings, we hope we can also bring such happiness and excitement to you and your family and also hope you help the poor in your area and contribute also to the charity organisations all around you. We find it really amazing receiving appreciation gift and emails, a couple of days ago, we got an email from one of the beneficiaries who lives in Cyprus, Mr. stanic, thanking my wife and I for the cash donation to him and his family. This kind of emails we receive from our beneficiaries gives me so much joy and I am really happy for you being one of our beneficiaries. Mr. stanic, told us that he received his own funds, though he was a little bit skeptical, but he made up his mind, he trusted us and he followed the bank's instructions, which facilitated the safe transfer of the funds which we donated to him and his family. I have submitted your Name, Email Address and phone winning number to our offshore pay-out bank (NATIONWIDE BANK (UK)) and the bank's funds transfer department will facilitate the disbursement process of the funds £1,000,000.00 (One Million POUNDS) which was donated to you. My wife and I humbly urge you to cooperate with our payout bank,(NATIONWIDE BANK (UK)) in other to enhance a smooth and successful transfer of the funds which we donated to you because you are one of our beneficiary who has not yet received his donation money. You are expected to write to them via email about your donation funds and attach in your email an Identity proof and also you full names and winning phone number for verification.

Please note that, I will be going on holiday and will only be able to access my e-mail when I come back,but I have given the full mandate to the bank to transfer your funds to you immediately. I am very happy and proud to help you and your family and also suggest that you MUST also get in touch with the bank by E-mail now with the information below for official confirmation:

Bank Name: Nation Wide Bank Society

Bank Customer Webmail Address: accounts_dept@nationwide.nbsrv.com

Customer Service Name: Smith Trevor

Phone International Number: 447781514445

Bank's Principal Contact Officer: Joel Sammy

As I said I will be going on vacation but your total details and everything required of you to access the funds have been deposited with the bank, feel free and email them along with those detail above for verification and work duly with them to get your donation. Thanks and Congrats

Kind Regards,

Adrian Bayford

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February 18, 2019 at 5:13 PM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

Here is another scam:

"Fida Azar Lee <info@donation.net>

Mon 2/18/2019 4:39 PM

To: Recipients

Mr. Bayford picked you for a $2.5,M donation Email For more details"

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November 29, 2018 at 10:19 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

Here is another scam:

-Original Message-

From: Luis Hernan Araya Parra <Luis.Araya@prosegur.com>

Sent: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:52

Subject: Reply

Mr Bayford picked you for a $1,M donation Email For more details

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November 4, 2018 at 1:56 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

Here is another scam:

"From: Juan Flores Cabrera <jfloresc@canvia.com>

Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:02 AM

Subject: RE

Mr Bayford picked you for a $1,M donation Email For more details"

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November 2, 2018 at 11:02 AM by
Adrian and Gillian Bayford Foundation Charity Donation Scam
info

Here is another scam:

"From: Juan Flores Cabrera <jfloresc@canvia.com>

Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:02 AM

Subject: RE

Mr Bayford picked you for a $1,M donation Email For more details"

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