"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams

Li Ka-Shing Foundation Donation Scams

If you have received email messages similar to the one below, which claim Li Ka-Shing is donating millions of dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide, is a scam being sent by cyber criminals to potential victims. Sir Li Ka-Shing, a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist is not randomly giving away millions to selected individuals, therefore, recipients of email messages which claim otherwise are asked to delete them.

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A Sample of the "Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scam

From Li Ka Shing Foundation www.@star.ocn.ne.jp
Date: Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:36 PM
Subject: Donation of USD$1,200.000.00 from Li Ka Shing!

Hi,

My name is Li Ka-shing, a philanthropist and the founder of Cheung Kong Holdings and Li Ka Shing Foundation, I am the Chairman of the Board of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings, the world's largest operator of container terminals and the world's largest health and beauty retailer. We offer support to children through innovative education initiatives. Our core focus is to encourage enterprise through education, training and building the right skills today so our young people can become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. I believed strongly in 'giving while living.' I had one idea that never changed in my mind - that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to give USD$1,200.000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid.

Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Li_Ka-shing or you can Google me ( Li Ka-shing).

Regards,

Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE,
Founder Cheung Kong Holdings
Email : foundercheungkongholdiings@yahoo.com
http://www.lksf.org/
likashingfoundations

Donation of USD$1,200.000.00 from Li Ka Shing!

The fraudulent email is being sent by scammers to trick potential victims into responding to the same email message. Once the potential victims respond, they will be asked to send their personal information. They will subsequently be asked to send money which the scammers will claim is for taxes, processing or delivery fee. The potential victims may also be tricked into visiting a phishing website disguised as a Li Ka-Shing Foundation website, where their personal and financial information will be collected and sent to cybercriminals.

Persons who were tricked by "Li Ka-Shing Foundation" donation email scam are asked to report it to the police. And, those who were instructed by the cyber criminals to use their credit cards to make payments for their so-called donation are asked to contact their banks for help.

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Jan 26, 2020 at 8:12 PM by
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"From: Mrs Rose Adam Date: Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 12:23 AM Subject: Reply To: Recipients Mr. Li Ka Shing picked you for a $5,000,000M donation Email For more details" Here is another scam.

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Feb 8, 2020 at 12:22 PM by
"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams
an anonymous user from: Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

Got same one today

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Oct 31, 2019 at 8:15 AM by
"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams
an anonymous user from: Auckland, New Zealand

HI, I received an email supposedly from LI Ka Shing; how do I forward it to you?

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Oct 31, 2019 at 9:24 AM by
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Send it to info@onlinethreatalerts.com

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Jul 4, 2019 at 3:20 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

"Thank you for confirming the validity of your email address and also accepting this grant. My foundation {LI KA SHING Foundation} technically is responsible for awarding grant/donation but I have always wanted to make a personal donation to random individuals in any part of the world and that is why I have decided to give {$1,900,000 USD}. It gives me great joy finally being able to make this donation to you, let's make the world a better place by giving and solving each others problem, all people have the right to opportunity, equity and dignity.
To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds valued at One Million Nine Hundred United States Dollars {$1,900,000 USD} which have been donated solely to you, please send me the below information before proceeding with remitting the sum of One Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars {$1,900,000 USD} to you. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously. I ask you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can and see the joy and happiness of giving.
Do make sure you provide me with your complete information below so I forward it to my selected payout bank for disbursement.
Here's then one I recived.
Full Name:
Age/S*x:
Occupation:
Country/City:
Home Address:
Mobile Number:
Identification Prove.
Write three Motive to be accomplished with the Money:
I am trusting you to make good use of this money.Thank you for accepting this offer, I am indeed grateful. I anticipate your earliest response. Read about my charities { http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka-shing#Charities }
Regards,
Sir. LI KA-SHING.
Founder Cheung Kong Holdings
http://www.lksf.org/"
Received this scam.

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Mar 22, 2019 at 11:19 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Got this in my email:
"Dear Friend,
Thank you for confirming the validity of your email address and also accepting this grant. I Mr George Soros Hungarian -American business magnate, investor and philanthropist,) technically is responsible for awarding grant/donation but I have always wanted to make a personal donation to random individuals in any part of the world and that is why I have decided to give [$5.000,000.00] to you secretly with the support of my open society foundation .
It gives me great joy finally being able to make this donation to you, let's make the world a better place by giving and solving each others problem, all people have the right to opportunity, equity and dignity."

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Dec 6, 2018 at 4:20 PM by
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Here is another scam: "From: Cheung Kong Holdings Subject: Re: Your Donation / Complement of the Season Date: December 6, 2018 at 12:33:11 PM PST Thank you for confirming the validity of your email address and also accepting this grant. We know this message maybe a surprise to you but do kindly accept our gift and donation as a kind gesture from our ongoing good will project 2020 and. Our Foundation is truly committed to “giving while living,” We just recently organized and launched our internet donation program as this will enable us reach out to more people outside the shores of Asian /Europe so they too can benefit from the fortune of Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, and our foundation as a whole. Many other major philanthropists look primarily to support large institutions and not individuals which is absolutely wrong thus we are changing such with this program. The launch of this internet/mobile donation program came up so as to avoid unsolicited pleas for donations and to avoid the idea of people feeling indebted to him/us. To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds valued at One Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars [$1,200,000 USD] which have been donated solely to you, please provide the below information. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously. I ask you to do what you can to alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can and see the joy and happiness of giving. Do make sure you reconfirm me with your complete information below so I forward it to my selected payout bank for disbursement. Full Name: Contact Address: Occupation: Mobile Number: I am trusting you to make good use of this money. Thank you for accepting this offer, I am indeed grateful. I anticipate your earliest response. I am of sound mind and body; the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Signed, Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, Founder Cheung Kong Holdings"

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Nov 28, 2018 at 3:13 PM by
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Here is another scam: "From: Cheung Kong Holdings Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 1:23 AM Subject: Complement of the Season/ Donation Hi, My name is Li Ka-shing, a philanthropist and the founder of Cheung Kong Holdings and Li Ka Shing Foundation, I am the Chairman of the Board of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings, the world's largest operator of container terminals and the world's largest health and beauty retailer. I believed strongly in giving while living. I had one idea that never changed in my mind that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to give USD$1,200.000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to randomly selected individuals worldwide. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so I know your email address is valid. You can Google me ( Li Ka-shing). Regards, Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, Founder Cheung Kong Holdings"

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Nov 28, 2018 at 2:38 PM by
"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams
an anonymous user from: Fairfield, California, United States

I too received an email exactly like the one above just a couple days ago which I will be forwarding to the online threat email above. The internet is a tremendous resource with unlimited potential, unfortunately there are criminals and scammers that use it to commit crimes and illegal activities.
With any luck these people will end up in prison.
California
United States of America

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Jul 20, 2018 at 7:35 PM by
"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams
an anonymous user from: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

I was just recently contacted via email by this foundation as well, 07/19. I am all about getting justice and imprisoning these cyber scammers who scam innocent people out of their hard earned money and get their hopes up...

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Apr 24, 2018 at 3:17 PM by
"Li Ka-Shing Foundation" Donation Scams
an anonymous user from: São Bento do Sapucaí, São Paulo, Brazil

Got an email from:
alzimpfoundation9@citromail.hu

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