The "Françoise Meyers" Donation Scams

If you have received email messages similar to the one below, which claim Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is donating millions of dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide, please do not follow the instruction in it because it is an advance fee scam being sent by online scammers to potential victims. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, a French billionaire heiress and author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian relations, 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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The Françoise Meyers Donation Scams

The "Françoise Meyers" Donation Scam

From: Nancy McAllister <nmcallister1@bergen.edu>

Sent: Friday, November 2, 2018 9:12 AM

Subject: RE: GoodNews

You are a recipient of our donation funds,for more details,send reply to : meyer.francoise12@outlook.com

Persons who were tricked by "Françoise Meyers" donation email scam are asked to report it to the police. And, those who were instructed by the cybercriminals 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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January 31, 2024 at 3:07 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Suva, Central Division, Fiji

I got a post at a Facebook Francoise Bettencourt Meyers Foundation This was at 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 at 2024 .. their Facebook page is still operating. And they respond very seriously at the comments from people.

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December 5, 2022 at 6:29 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Eti Osa, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Received this:

"Greetings to you

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

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April 2, 2020 at 9:19 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

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."

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April 2, 2020 at 9:23 PM by
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info

It is a scam.

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February 26, 2020 at 3:40 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Morrow, Arkansas, United States

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."

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February 26, 2020 at 6:40 PM by
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info

It is another scam.

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February 13, 2020 at 8:45 PM by
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info

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

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January 24, 2020 at 3:27 AM by
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an anonymous user from: London, England, United Kingdom

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

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December 8, 2019 at 6:46 AM by
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"From: Françoise Bettencourt Meyers <lilianemy12@gmail.com>

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.

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December 6, 2019 at 7:17 PM by
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info

"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 <meyersfranco321@gmail.com>

Date: December 6, 2019 at 5:46:33 PM CST

Subject: Re: 3.5 Million?

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers"

Here is another scam.

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The "Françoise Meyers" Donation Scams