Beware of "Jeffrey Skoll Charity Donation" Scam

"From: Jenneke Olson <Jenneke0lson@hotmail.com>

Date: June 19, 2019 at 7:29:53 PM EDT

Subject: DONATION CLAIM PROCEDURES

Dear,

Congratulations to you and your Family once again on behalf of the Skoll Foundation. I wish to inform you that you have passed the verification and screening exercise. We decided to donate this funds to you with no expectation from you, the aim of this donation to you, is to help alleviate poverty and reduce the level of unemployment in the world through you. Everyone is gifted in his or her own way, we believe you know what to do with this funds that has been offered to you, in your own way try and reach out to the world and see if you can be able to help at least one soul if it is not too much to ask. We would advise that you invest into something that one or two persons can think about you and smile, been good is not to help everybody in the world, but it been able to share the little you have with others. We hope it will be put to good use for community, educational or business development Purpose for others to also benefit . We want your assurance that it will be put to good use the for people around you to benefit.

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your Claims Processing Form received. You should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of the receivers in the ongoing Skoll Foundation Donation by Jeffrey Stuart Skoll of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On behalf of Skoll Foundation, we wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the screening and Verification test and clarification exercise from our payment Office organized by the screening committee of Skoll Foundation. You are required to send your name, address and File trace number (SKF120812) to the bank as prove of claim. Below is the bank's contact information, ensure to contact the payout bank for your donation claims with below contact information.

Details of the Bank.

• Bank Name: Hill Offshore Finance Home.

• Department: Treasures & Security Deposit Bureau

• Contact Person: Martins Hester (Group risk and finance director)

• Contact Email: caredesk@pacbell.net

For quicker response contact (caredesk@pacbell.net). Please note that the agreement signed with the payout bank (Hill Offshore Finance Home) states that any beneficiary authorized to receive the Skoll Foundation donation will have to complete the process through the use of the Hill Offshore Finance Home telegraphic transfer (Bank to Bank wire transfer) system and he/she will have to open an online account with them. Upon your contact with the payout bank, you are required to open an online account where your donation will be wire-transferred into as soon as you open your online account with the payout bank. Also note that because of the agreement signed with the bank they will not be able to issue out a cashier's check to you, there is nothing to worry about as this is in your favor, because you can transfer the funds from your online account directly to your local account yourself directly from your home computer, in this regards We placed an insurance policy bond on the donated funds, the bank cannot deducted/temper with your funds until it is transferred in full to the online account you are to open with the bank.

Always keep us informed on your correspondence with the payout bank so we will know the level of compliance with them. God bless you and your entire household as you in turn be a blessing to the people around you.

Best Regards,

Jenneke Olson (Program Coordinator).

Skoll Foundation."

Here is another scam:

"From: Jenneke Olson <Jenneke0lson@hotmail.com>

Date: Thu., May 23 2019 at 18:22

Subject: DONATION CLAIMS PROCEDURES

Dear,

Congratulations to you and your family once again on behalf of the Skoll Foundation. I would like to inform you that you have passed the verification and selection exercise. We decided to donate these funds without any expectation, the objective of this donation is to help alleviate poverty and reduce the level of unemployment in the world through you. We are all talented in their own way, we believe that you know what to do with these funds that have been offered to you, in your own way, try to communicate with the world and see if you can help at least one. Soul if it's not too much to ask. We recommend that you invest in something that one or two people can think about you and smile about. Being good is not helping everyone in the world, but sharing what little you have with others. We hope it is of good use for community, educational or business development. Purpose so that others also benefit. We want your assurance that it will be used so that the people around you benefit.

This is to acknowledge receipt of your Complaint Processing Form received. He should consider himself extremely fortunate to have emerged as one of the recipients in the ongoing Skoll Foundation Donation by Jeffrey Stuart Skoll of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On behalf of the Skoll Foundation, we wish to formally announce that you have successfully passed the Verification and Verification test and the clarification exercise of our Payments Office organized by the selection committee of the Skoll Foundation. You must send your name, address and file tracking number (SKF120812) to the bank as proof of claim. Below is the bank's contact information, be sure to contact the payment bank for your donation claims with the contact information below.

Details of the bank.

• Name of the bank: Hill Offshore Finance Home.

• Department: Treasures & Security Deposit Bureau.

• Contact person: Martins Hester (director of risks and finances of the Group)

• Contact email: caredesk@pacbell.net

For a faster response, contact (caredesk@pacbell.net). Please note that the agreement signed with the bank of payments (Hill Offshore Finance Home) establishes that any beneficiary authorized to receive the donation from the Skoll Foundation will have to complete the process through the use of the telegraphic transfer of Hill Offshore Finance Home (transfer banking). ) system and he / she will have to open an account online with them. After your contact with the bank of payments, you must open an online account to which your donation will be transferred by transfer as soon as you open your account online with the bank of payments. Also keep in mind that, due to the agreement signed with the bank, they will not be able to issue you a cashier's check, there is nothing to worry about since this is in your favor, since you can transfer funds from your online account directly to your Local account yourself directly from your home computer, in this sense we place an insurance policy voucher in the donated funds, the bank can not deduct / moderate your funds until it is fully transferred to the online account you wish to open with the bank.

Always keep us informed about your correspondence with the payment bank so we can know the level of compliance with them. God bless you and your whole family, as, in turn, be a blessing to the people around you.

Sincerely,

Jenneke Olson (Program Coordinator).

Skoll Foundation."

OMIGOSH!!! I received a very short and sweet two-liner from Philippa Thomas: that I have an award. I should email Jenneke Olson (privately....really! that already made me suspicious)...

Here is another scam:

"From: Jenneke Olson <Jenneke0lson@hotmail.com>

Sent: Friday, April 12, 2019 11:24:55 PM

Cc: juliavisser123@gmail.com

Subject: Re: Email

Dear Recipient,

Management of the Skoll Foundation wish to duly notify you that you have been short-listed/adjudge by the Board of Trustees as One of the final recipients of gross sum of $2,000.000.00 Grant/Donation to you for fostering cultural understanding “empower women “and "provide vital disaster relief" and your personal and business development in your society. We do not want you to be bothered as to why you have been contacted for this and its genuineness, as We have done so from a pure motive. We would want you to get an insight of Mr Jeffrey Skoll, The Founder and Chairman of Skoll Foundation,

You can read more about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Skoll

Jeffrey Skoll - Wikipedia

Jeffrey Stuart Skoll, OC (born January 16, 1965) is a Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer.He was the first employee and subsequently first president of eBay, eventually using the wealth this gave him to become a philanthropist, particularly through the Skoll Foundation, and his media company Participant Media.He founded an investment firm, Capricorn Investment Group ...

en.wikipedia.org

His intention regarding this donation is to be of immense blessing to people. This grant is done once in every year, He has decided to give out the total sum of $50 Million to 25 individuals.

His Net-Worth is over 4.2 Billion Dollars This you can also read on forbes: https://www.forbes.com/profile/jeff-skoll/

These specific Donations/Grants were awarded to shortlisted/adjusted international recipients worldwide; in different categories for their personal business Development. Furthermore, the objective is to make a notable change in the standard of living of People all around the Universe and the grant/donation was carried out by based on the random selection exercise of Internet websites and Millions of supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the short-listed/adjusted international recipients to receive the award sum of $2,000.000.00 as Charity donations/aid from the Skoll Foundation and his Private Bank in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament.(Note that all Beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 Internet websites (Church's, Schools, Hospitals and other organizations) or a shop’s cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from).

Each Recipients will receive up to $ 2,000,000 from the ceded amount of $50 M.If you know you will be able to handle what it will take to get this donation funds, Kindly respond and confirm readiness to participate by formally introducing yourself in details,

Name:

Address:

Cellphone or Telephone:

Occupation:

Nationality:

Country:

We await for your details to do further. Stay bless.

Warmest congratulations!!!

Best Regards,

Jenneke Olson (Program Coordinator).

Skoll Foundation."

Is this fake?

"A donation of $3.7M USD was made to you by SKOLL FOUNDATION. Contact (skollfoundation@aol.com <mailto:skollfoundation@aol.com> ) for more info.

Regards

Patrice Berger"

I received the exact message as the one posted above. There was also a link which elaborated how Mr. Skoll was, indeed, giving away his fortune. None of the examples of his giving were to individuals, only organizations. Beware, indeed.