The "Françoise Meyers" Donation Scams

I got a post at a Facebook Francoise Bettencourt Meyers Foundation This was in 2023.

It's a free money. I replied. Through a basic check I got a donation for us$5 million. The page then says email Rita mason for her to process the money.
Eventually after I gave my ID etc .. I was to give the activation fee for us$650 TO A PRIVATE ACCOUNT OF A TURKEY BANK.
So because of this and that .. I cancelled the money. I didn't send the activation fee off course. Cause I have no money anyway.
Here in 2024 .. their Facebook page is still operating. And they respond very seriously at the comments from people.

Received this:

"Greetings to you
I'm Francis Cyril I was sent to meet Mrs Mary James for some help from Francoise Meyers thanks"

Greetings, they sent me this email, which they claim is a donation through the WHO by COVID-19 I find it strange for an amount of 500,000 USD I think it is a scam. Jose F.

"NIC Bank Plc
5 Willow Parade, Meadfield Road
Langley, SL3 8HN
United Kingdom
Direct Phone : 44-741 834 9657

Attention Our Esteemed Customer

This is NIC BANK PLC,The Official Bank Of WHO GRANT DEPARTMENT.We have receive your File Number regarding the Grant Amount Of 550,000 USD.

However,due to international rules for funds transfer greater than 100,000 USD ,we are mandated by our bank head office and other financial Monitory Authorities to opt for a procedure of issuing a debit card for a transit account that will be set up by you and the debit card will be posted to you.Kindly understand that the debit card will have a balance of 550,000 USD and a daily withdrawal limit of 20,000 USD (Because the debit card is a special debit card ).

Furthermore,you are advise to fill the bank account/ATM Issuing Application form that will enable us set up an online bank account for you which is needed in the process of issuing your SPECIAL DEBIT CARD.Kindly fill the form and send it back to us as soon as possible.

DEBIT CARD APPLICATION FORM

YOUR FULL NAME :

ADDRESS :

NEXT OF KIN :

PHONE NUMBER :

AGE :

CITY :

STATE :

OCCUPATION :

ANNUAL SALARY :


Your urgent reply will be appreciated.
Regards,

Dr David Owen
Officer/Director of Accounts Operations Office/wire transfer Department
Nationwide Bank Plc."

It is a scam.

How about this one:

"I am Mavis L. Wanczyk from Chicopee, Massachusetts, A 53-year old, mother of 3 children and 11 grand children. I worked as a patient care at Mercy Medical Center for 32 years. in Massachusetts. At August 23rd, I won the Powerball jackpot lottery of $758.7 million which makes me quit my job at once. I have been working at the patient care at Mercy Medical Center for over 32 years. So I feel this is a blessing to my life and my Family which enables me to quit my job and help my family and very less privilege/less fortunate around me as well.

I have been doing charity work for 15 years as I work at a Medical Center and I also play the lottery every week .I never had any large payout from my years of playing not knowing God has a purpose for me and my family. I have always prayed that God should help me and I was not surprised when I won my Lotto because I have always knew God has a plan for my life because I believe in the part of the Bible that says ask and you shall receive and consistently I have always asked for a miracle from God through prayers and I believe you do the same too. I also Prayed to God each day that if he make me a Winner anytime, am going to donate out to individual or any organization I don't even know.

So at this point my family and I have decided to donate $2,000,000.00 USD ( Two Million Dollars ) to Two(2) lucky individuals world wide as part of what we have promised God to do. Its a donation tagged to you and your family and also for you to help the less fortunate as well including the cancer patients etc. so if you are getting this mail from me it means you have been chosen by my family and I with the assistance from Power ball Lottery and Gaming (PLG) and Microsoft Corporation as a beneficiary.

Please you can know more about me on the lottery winnings by viewing the below website and see for yourself how God works."

It is another scam.

francoisemeyers0420-gmail.com is being used by the scammers.

These people tried to scam me but the spelling and bad grammar gave them away. The final straw was the telephone call, which was an Eastern European on the line. I hung up. Peter

"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Date: December 8, 2019 at 12:03:05 AM PST
Subject: Re: Hello

Hello Beloved

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected. I got your email from a web log and felt Strongly to write to you. Earlier Introduced As I myself, I am Françoise Bettencourt Meyers daughter of the late Liliane Bettencourt. I am a French Citizen, 64 years old, and worth $ 42.3 Billion Dollars. You can confirm from aussi: http://www.forbes.com/profile/liliane-bettencourt. Because I inherited majority of my funds from my late mom who was also the richest woman in the world.


The intention of this email is to be of great blessing to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not-have the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia), therefore, I am doing this now. My late mother always advise me to help people all over the world, I am doing this to make sure his dream is completely realized.


I have handed all my wealth to my only son, there goal is share of it All which nobody is aware of. I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would be happy to cede it out to you. I would-have done this myself for my health goal reason and if I do it through my son, I am very sure he Will not help anyone with it. He Took me to short the last time I gave out money out of generosity. It is my Hope that you are able to receive this money and help others from it too.

10% of my worth I have been putting away in a private deposit for a long time now and It Has Reached an Amount of $ 30,500,000.00. I am Trying to cede this money in portions through the bank to have it I Deposited Many can have benefit from it because i do not really-have much to do with it. As I send this post to you, I am sending aussi to others too. I feel to churches, Orphanages, and Individuals, 10% to you and others Each To Whom I have contacts with already. I am doing all this because I want the dream of my late mom Lilian Bettencourt to be fully realized.

Now, all this Being Said, if you know you are ready to receive the funds $ 3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Kindly introduce yourself to me in details:

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Country

Then Will I give you a letter to receive your portion of the money from the bank. This is my personal money and Does not need Many formal procedures, Some Beneficiaries-have received theirs. My only terms Is That You be good to others too, that's all.

As I wait for your response, I wish you a wonderful day.

Faithfully,
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers"

Here is another scam.

"I received an initial notification through LinkedIn which stated only that I was entitled to a 3.5 M donation. I replied with only what is in the subject line and received the following email below. I found your email on google in researching to be certain this was a scam. Do with this as you will!

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Date: December 6, 2019 at 5:46:33 PM CST
Subject: Re: 3.5 Million?

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers"

Here is another scam.

I got the same one

I was contacted via email this yesterday, Nov. 7, 2019 by someone claiming to be the heir of the Bettencourt Meyers Estate. I am so appalled by these scammers online and on our phones as well trying to get our information to scam with. I wish that it would stop; we have enough problems just trying to survive from one day to the next!

I wish it were true due to the reasons I even am using the Internet to do business daily but, I don't need anymore headaches.

So, would you please beware that this is going on!

Sincerely,
Patricia Scott-Washington

I got this same one today. I did reply, but I told them that unless they brought the money to me and just handed it to me I wouldn't believe it. Then I deleted it. A little later I got another email telling me f*** you and to never send them that again.

There are a lot of cruel crooks around I received the same letters gave no money. Or bank info thanks to this site

The first letter from the scammer is enough to sound the alarm bells:
1) Madam Bettencourt Meyers has two sons, but the scammer writes "... my only son."
2) The written language is terrible and full of errors and random use of words starting with a capital letter.
3) The syntax tells me that the writer is from Africa, not France.
4) The scammer tells you that you will get 3.5 million USD, which is 10 % of 30.5 million USD. The math doesn't add up. And the currency in France is euro, not US dollar.

The second letter instructs you to contact NIC Bank PLC on an email address ending with nicbn.co.uk. This domain was registered on 26th October 2019. NIC Bank is based in Kenya and doesn't have any branches in Europe.

And the list goes on and on...

Here is another scam:
"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Date: October 23, 2019 at 6:59:32 PM EDT
Subject: Re: donation

Hello Beloved

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected. I got your email from a web log and felt Strongly to write to you. Earlier Introduced As I myself, I am Françoise Bettencourt Meyers daughter of the late Liliane Bettencourt. I am a French Citizen, 64 years old, and worth $ 42.3 Billion Dollars. You can confirm from aussi: http://www.forbes.com/profile/liliane-bettencourt. Because I inherited majority of my funds from my late mom who was also the richest woman in the world.


The intention of this email is to be of great blessing to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not-have the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia), therefore, I am doing this now. My late mother always advise me to help people all over the world, I am doing this to make sure his dream is completely realized.


I have handed all my wealth to my only son, there goal is share of it All which nobody is aware of. I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would be happy to cede it out to you. I would-have done this myself for my health goal reason and if I do it through my son, I am very sure he Will not help anyone with it. He Took me to short the last time I gave out money out of generosity. It is my Hope that you are able to receive this money and help others from it too.

10% of my worth I have been putting away in a private deposit for a long time now and It Has Reached an Amount of $ 30,500,000.00. I am Trying to cede this money in portions through the bank to have it I Deposited Many can have benefit from it because i do not really-have much to do with it. As I send this post to you, I am sending aussi to others too. I feel to churches, Orphanages, and Individuals, 10% to you and others Each To Whom I have contacts with already. I am doing all this because I want the dream of my late mom Lilian Bettencourt to be fully realized.

Now, all this Being Said, if you know you are ready to receive the funds $ 3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Kindly introduce yourself to me in details:

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Country

Then Will I give you a letter to receive your portion of the money from the bank. This is my personal money and Does not need Many formal procedures, Some Beneficiaries-have received theirs. My only terms Is That You be good to others too, that's all.

As I wait for your response, I wish you a wonderful day.

Faithfully,
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers"

I’m Luana and received this e-mail. Good to know it's a scam!

Here is another scam:
"From: de MONTCHENU Marie
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 5:29 PM
To: de MONTCHENU Marie
Subject: RE: FROM LINKEDIN

I have a donation of $3.5M for you

contact me with my email: lilianemy12-gmail.com for more explanation.

Sincerely,
Mrs Meyers."

"From: "W. Brian Altano"
Date: October 15, 2019 at 8:52:00 AM EDT
To: "W. Brian Altano"
Subject: RE: FROM LINKEDIN


I have a donation for you

contact me with my email: mysfrbt0098-gmail.com for more explanation.



Sincerely,
Mrs Meyers."

Here is another scam.

His name is kelvin Moore a UK diplomat for the Francios Meyers Bettencourt scam and Texas residents to deliver money in two sealed strong boxes, but he has to have your information first before delivering it, it's a setup

I called the police dept of the agent Kelvin Moore who is the agent of the moneys to be delivered on Francois Meyers Bettencourt scam and I reported it to killeen police dept of texas, he is in a few other state also.

it's to bad they scam poor folk, they ought to be paying us for letting us see their scams and tricking us for scamming our emails especially

kelvin Moore diplomat of the deliverer of these moneys of the Francis Meyers Bettencourt scams in killeen Texas, he calls himself an agent, it has been reported

I received an email saying I 've donated 3.5m, was this a scam?

Yes, it is a scam.

Here is another scam:
"NIC Bank Plc
5 Willow Parade, Meadfield Road
Langley, SL3 8HN
United Kingdom
Direct Phone : 44-741 834 9657

Attention Our Esteemed Customer

You are welcome to our bank and we hope to give you the best of our quality service. Do note that your amount deposited by Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is ready for transfer to your account so you are hereby required to co-operate with us to enable us give you a hitch free remittance of your donation funds of 3.5Million USD

However,due to international rules for funds transfer greater than 500,000 USD ,we are mandated by our bank head office and other financial Monitory Authorities to opt for a procedure of issuing a debit card for a transit account that will be set up by you online and the debit card will be posted to you.Kindly understand that the debit card will have a balance of 3.5Million USD and a daily withdrawal limit of 100,000 USD (Because the debit card is a special debit card ).

Furthermore,you are advise to fill the bank account/ATM Issuing Application form that will enable us set up an online bank account for you which is needed in the process of issuing your SPECIAL DEBIT CARD.Kindly fill the form and send it back to us as soon as possible.

DEBIT CARD APPLICATION FORM

YOUR FULL NAME :
ADDRESS :
NEXT OF KIN :
PHONE NUMBER :
AGE :
CITY :
STATE :
OCCUPATION :
ANNUAL SALARY :

Your urgent reply will be appreciated.
Regards,

Dr David Owen
Officer/Director of Accounts Operations Office/wire transfer Department
Nationwide Bank Plc.
. . ."

yes, I received an email, was I scammed, of 3. 5 mil or is this a truthful fact

"From: ARRONDEAU Christine
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 2:06:23 PM
To: ARRONDEAU Christine
Subject: RE:FYI LINKEDIN

I have a donation of $3.5M for you
contact me with my email: meyersfranc204-gmail.com for more explanation.

Sincerely ,
Mrs Meyers."

Here is another scam.

"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers - mysfrbt0098-gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 5:09 PM
Subject: Re:

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected. I got your email from a web log and felt Strongly to write to you. Earlier Introduced As I myself, I am Françoise Bettencourt Meyers daughter of the late Liliane Bettencourt. I am a French Citizen, 64 years old, and worth $ 42.3 Billion Dollars. You can confirm from aussi: http://www.forbes.com/profile/liliane-bettencourt. Because I inherited majority of my funds from my late mom who was also the richest woman in the world.


The intention of this email is to be of great blessing to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not-have the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia), therefore, I am doing this now. My late mother always advise me to help people all over the world, I am doing this to make sure his dream is completely realized.


I have handed all my wealth to my only son, there goal is share of it All which nobody is aware of. I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would be happy to cede it out to you. I would-have done this myself for my health goal reason and if I do it through my son, I am very sure he Will not help anyone with it. He Took me to short the last time I gave out money out of generosity. It is my Hope that you are able to receive this money and help others from it too.

10% of my worth I have been putting away in a private deposit for a long time now and It Has Reached an Amount of $ 30,500,000.00. I am Trying to cede this money in portions through the bank to have it I Deposited Many can have benefit from it because i do not really-have much to do with it. As I send this post to you, I am sending aussi to others too. I feel to churches, Orphanages, and Individuals, 10% to you and others Each To Whom I have contacts with already. I am doing all this because I want the dream of my late mom Lilian Bettencourt to be fully realized.

Now, all this Being Said, if you know you are ready to receive the funds $ 3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Kindly introduce yourself to me in details:

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Country

Then Will I give you a letter to receive your portion of the money from the bank. This is my personal money and Does not need Many formal procedures, Some Beneficiaries-have received theirs. My only terms Is That You be good to others too, that's all.

As I wait for your response, I wish you a wonderful day.

Faithfully,
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers"

Here is another scam.

I got the same letter on the same date, but I did not send money... God help us...

"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2019 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re:

Hello

How are you doing? I have already issued a letter of authority to my finance firm regarding us appointing you as our beneficiary and you are now the sole and sole beneficiary to this fund totaling $3,500,000.00 USD for you and your family. As i told you in my previous email, I said we prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because I saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. sometimes it will be difficult for me to be on the Internet and send messages to you but do send me messages any time and my prayer and blessings is with you and also as soon as the funds get to you please let me know.

The contact details and email of our finance firm is below and you have to contact them immediately via email "info-nicbk.co.uk" you can also reach the bank via phone as i have already issued the authority to them and they will be expecting to hear from you so that they can arrange on how the funds will be transferred to your personal account. You have to provide them with every assistance the bank will need to effect the transfer to enable the funds released to you without delay. I want you to contact the finance firm stating only my deposit File No: Reference: NWB/JH2012/28392/US and your full name..... for easy trace of my file.

Below is the bank contact details :

Bank Name: NIC BANK PLC
Contact Person: Dr David Owen
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Accounts Operations Office
DIRECT LINE: 44-741 834 9657
Email: info-nicbk.co.uk"

Here is another scam.

RAMANUJAN, Kumar
Thu 8/8/2019 10:14 PM
A donation was made to you by Mrs. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers Contact ( fbettencourt07-gmail.com ) For More details ...

scam will never stop, they keep going. BE SAFE

I have received a letter like this and am suppose to give my full name and phone number and agent diplomat Kelvin Moore is to call and set up a way to meet with me on Monday, July 29 2019. I am so glad I looked this up thank you

"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 8:18:30 AM
Subject: Re: Donation.

Hello

How are you doing? I have already issued a letter of authority to my finance firm regarding us appointing you as our beneficiary and you are now the sole and sole beneficiary to this fund totaling $3,500,000.00 USD for you and your family. As i told you in my previous email, I said we prayed and searched over the internet for assistance because I saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. sometimes it will be difficult for me to be on the Internet and send messages to you but do send me messages any time and my prayer and blessings is with you and also as soon as the funds get to you please let me know.

The contact details and email of our finance firm is below and you have to contact them immediately via email "infofundstransferdpt-nationwdb.co.uk" you can also reach the bank via phone as i have already issued the authority to them and they will be expecting to hear from you so that they can arrange on how the funds will be transferred to your personal account. You have to provide them with every assistance the bank will need to effect the transfer to enable the funds released to you without delay. I want you to contact the finance firm stating only my deposit File No: Reference: NWB/JH2012/28392/US and your full name..... for easy trace of my file.

Below is the bank contact details :

Bank Name: NATIONWIDE BANK PLC
Contact Person: Mr. ANDREA PERLEZ
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Accounts Operations Office
DIRECT LINE: 44-117-325-6456
Email: nationswidebank.customertransferdpt42-mail.com"

Here is another scam.

I received the same email

"From: Rawat, Vandana
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2019, 01:01:41 AM PDT
Subject: Re

A donation was made to you by Mrs. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers Contact ( fbettencourt07-gmail.com ) For More details ..."

Here is another scam.

Here is another scam:

-------- Original message --------
From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers
Date: 6/5/19 16:10 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: $3.5M

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected. I got your email from a web log and felt Strongly to write to you. Earlier Introduced As I myself, I am Françoise Bettencourt Meyers daughter of the late Liliane Bettencourt. I am a French Citizen, 64 years old, and worth $ 42.3 Billion Dollars. You can confirm from aussi: http://www.forbes.com/profile/liliane-bettencourt. Because I inherited majority of my funds from my late mom who was also the richest woman in the world.

The intention of this email is to be of great blessing to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. I might not-have the liberty of time due to my ailment (Dementia), therefore, I am doing this now. My late mother always advise me to help people all over the world, I am doing this to make sure his dream is completely realized.

I have handed all my wealth to my only son, there goal is share of it All which nobody is aware of. I have been putting it away for this purpose since a long time now. I would be happy to cede it out to you. I would-have done this myself for my health goal reason and if I do it through my son, I am very sure he Will not help anyone with it. He Took me to short the last time I gave out money out of generosity. It is my Hope that you are able to receive this money and help others from it too.

10% of my worth I have been putting away in a private deposit for a long time now and It Has Reached an Amount of $ 30,500,000.00. I am Trying to cede this money in portions through the bank to have it I Deposited Many can have benefit from it because i do not really-have much to do with it. As I send this post to you, I am sending aussi to others too. I feel to churches, Orphanages, and Individuals, 10% to you and others Each To Whom I have contacts with already. I am doing all this because I want the dream of my late mom Lilian Bettencourt to be fully realized.

Now, all this Being Said, if you know you are ready to receive the funds $ 3,500,000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Kindly introduce yourself to me in details:

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Age:
Occupation:
Phone Number:
Country

Then Will I give you a letter to receive your portion of the money from the bank. This is my personal money and Does not need Many formal procedures, Some Beneficiaries-have received theirs. My only terms Is That You be good to others too, that's all.

As I wait for your response, I wish you a wonderful day.

Faithfully,
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

I got this one too...

Here is another scam:

"From: Kimberly Callahan
Date: April 19, 2019 at 6:00:16 PM MDT
To: Kimberly Callahan
Subject: RE: Gift

A gift was made to you by Mrs. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, contact (franc.bettencourtmeyers-gmail.com) for more info."

I have just had one of these.

Sender Dan Hoffman

Address for reply

frabettenmeyers53-gmail.com