"Mikhail Fridman Donation" Scam Being Sent by Scammers

I recently received email by name of Mikhail Fridman. Should I respond or not

No, just delete it.

just got it from a Mail in Mexico, am playing along to see if they crack. So stupid...

Scammers are using info-web.com now to make it look "more official".Be aware! Do NOT respond.Delete it

George

"I Mikhail Fridman picked you for a $5,000,000 donation, Reply for more
details.

Regards,
Mikhail M. Fridman"

Using now mikhailfridman01-yeah.net

It would be very nice if he had truly sent this to me.

From: "Mr. Mikhail Fridman"
Date: 3/24/20 6:48 AM (GMT-08:00)
To:
Subject: Free Will Offer


I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable
Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response for further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman.

I received this email today, and I am posting it as a warning to others.

"Mr. Mikhail Fridman
8:14 AM (11 hours ago)

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response for further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

"LKHADIMI AHMED
Wed 1/29/2020 4:43 PM

I Mikhail Fridman picked you for $5,000,000 donation, for more details reply to maratvch.mfrdmn090778-gmail.com

Regards,
Mikhail M. Fridman"

Received this scam.

"Re:Accept? - -- I Mikhail Fridman picked you for $5000000 donation, Reply for more details."

Received this scam.

The person pretending to be Mikhael Fridman got in touch with me via email from MikhailFridmann-hotmail.com.

He offered me different amounts of money in exchange for a fee for opening an account at a bank where the money would be deposited.

Foolishly I transferred the money (950€) and didn't hear back from him or one of the bank employees.

When I followed up after a few weeks I was asked to transfer money again. This time to a different bank.

To cut a long story short. Stay away from this scammer.

Gee, did U actually fall for this ? So sorry for your loss....

Yes, A Mr. Mikhall Fridman contacted me again wanting to give me million s of dollars as a donation, with no strings attached. The wanted personal information, but he gave me no information about himself or his bank account. Just wanting my private information. The email addresses are: 1dimthinsch.gr and mikhailfridmanofficial -gmail.com on Wed. Nov. 6, 2019. WAtch out for this scammer.

I have received a notification in November 2018 "MMF/1797480/ALF/1820, contact person boyd.watson-c-resvbank.com phone 4420-32873434, picked for donation from Mikhail Maratovich Fridman," is this the scam. I do not know please notify me if it is so thank you.

Yes, it is a scam.

"From: Mikhail Fridman
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 11:56 PM
To: Recipients
Subject: Re: Respond for confirmation

Hello,

I Mikhail Fridman has selected you specially as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation, Just as I have declared on May 23, 2016 to give my fortune as charity.

Check the link below for confirmation:

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

Here is another scam.

"From: Mr Mikhail M. Fridman
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 1:56:35 AM
Subject: Charity Donation !!!

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries
for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mr Mikhail Fridman."

If you reply to the email, you will receive the answer as follows:

"Dear Friend,

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected, This is a life time opportunity and it's 100% legitimate. I quite understand you might be a bit skeptical about my message, So I decided to make it known to the world by publishing it on the news. However, I also made sure this is put on the internet for the world to see and to ease your skepticism. As such you do not need to worry about anything. Also you can see more about me: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Fridman

The intention of this email is to be of immense help to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and use the money judiciously over there in your country. I will employ 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 because that is the major reason I am donating this money to you.

I am trying to cede this money in portions through the help of the Bank I deposited it into. I decided to donate to charity and other individuals around the world in need, The Local Fire Department, The Red Cross, Haiti, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, Just about anyone who could benefit from this.

My children has been given the best gift from me, Giving them the option to create something on their own. They are quite young and could be endangered if given so much wealth as this.

As I send this message to you, I am also sending to other fortunate persons as well. I sent to churches, Orphanages, and individuals and to others whom I have contact with already. Now all this being said I would love to have a detailed information about you, Get to know who my beneficiary is and with this you will help me facilitate the disbursement process of the charity funds donation to you.

Full name:
Address:
Country:
Age:
S*x:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
Valid Identification (i.e either Driver's License/International Passport of yours) :"

Here is another scam:

"From: Mr Mikhail M. Fridman
Sent: 23 May 2019 22:31:59
Subject: Charity Gift !!!

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars, Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.Best Regards,Mikhail Fridman."

Here is another scam:

"Date: 23/05/2019, 17:05
From: "Mr Mikhail M. Fridman"

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars, Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,Mikhail Fridman.

Here is another scam:

"Charity Gift
Wed 4/17/2019 6:24 PM
From: "Mr Mikhail M. Fridman" - vdress-fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
To: undisclosed-recipients:
--
My name is Mikhail Fridman, I am the 8th Richest Man in Russia, I like
to
donate $5.000.000,00 to you as part of my ungoing Charity Programme.
Respond for info / Claims."

Here is another scam:


"From: M. M. Fridman
Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2019 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Donation

--
I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response for further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

New contact form from scammers.


"Crawford Law Firm

The Crawford Law Firm,
P.C - Floral Park, NY
244-16 Jericho TurnpikeFloral Park,
NY 11001

I am Barrister Charles Crawford. A Partner at The Crawford Law Firm and a legal adviser to Mr. Mikhail Fridman who is the co-founder of Alfa-Group, a multinational Russian conglomerate.

My client Mr. Fridman has recently decided to give his wealth to individuals who are capable to use it to impact the world positively in areas of science and art.

I will employ you yo kindly go though the website below to read why Mr. Fridman is donating his wealth.

www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity

With this narative and with my relationship with him, I decided to seek your hand in partnership for mutual financial benefits. I want to input your name as one of the beneficiary of this donation and guide you through the claims process for a percentage of the donation that comes to you.

If you are interested in working with me, kindly send me an email with the following details. (i. Your full names as it appears on you identification papers. ii. Your full mailing address. iii. Your age and marital status. iv. Your occupation).

I wil be waiting to read from you soon.

Yours faithfully,
Barrister Charles Crawford.
Attorney AT Law.
1-201-354-8958."

Yesterday I received an email asking for personal information as Mikhail Fridman.
My younger sister unfortunately sent back the email with my personal information like full name , age , s*x , occupation , county, home address, phone number , and my international passport number . What can I do now? Am I in danger? How can they use my personal information?

What they will do is to contact you and attempt to use your information to convince you into sending them money or more information.

Here is another scam:

"From: Mr Mikhail M. Fridman
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:55 PM
Subject: Charity Gift !!!

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman"

The scammers are now using this email address: Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - mikmf-sbcglobal.com

The scammers are using this email address: Mikhail Maratovich Fridman - mikmf-hotmail.com

They are using this email address: MikhailMFridman0-hotmail.com

Here is another scam:

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Mr. Fridman's donation.
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:07:02 -0800
From: Crawford Law Firm
Reply-To: charlescrawford053-gmail.com
To: Recipients

The Crawford Law Firm, P.C - Floral Park, NY
244-16 Jericho TurnpikeFloral Park, NY 11001

I am Barrister Charles Crawford. A Partner at The Crawford Law Firm and a legal adviser to Mr. Mikhail Fridman who is the co-founder of Alfa-Group, a multinational Russian conglomerate.

My client Mr. Fridman has recently decided to donate his wealth to individuals who are capable to make positive change in the world.

Kindly go though this website to read why Mr. Fridman is donating his wealth.

www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity

With this narative and with my relationship with his bankers, I decided to seek your consent for your hand in partnership. I would input your name as one of the beneficiary of this donation and guide you through the claims process for a token.

If interested, kindly send me an email. (Do include your full names, address and telephone number).

Yours faithfully,
Barrister Charles Crawford.
Attorney AT Law.
1-201-354-8958.

Here is another scam:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:Greatest Offer
Date: 01/05/2019 12:13 am
From: "M. M. Fridman"
Reply-To: mikh.fridman-gmail.com

--
I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my
beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response for further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman.

Received via email:

"I received an email yesterday from someone claiming to be Mikhail M Fridman claiming he sent me a donation..so today they asked me to contact qnb bank in London via info-qnb-finances.com"

Here is another scam:

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Mr Mikhail M. Fridman
Date: Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 2:05 PM
Subject: Charity Gift !!!

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman.

Received this scam:

"I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

This is another:

"From: chihayam-mist.ocn.ne.jp

UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL WINNER NOTIFICATION LETTER
21 September, 2018

Dear Winner
Congratulations! You have been selected as a grand Prize winner
in the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Your fund is now deposited with EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED, a finance company,
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;
MR. ERIC PAUL
EQUITY INVESTMENT LIMITED,
132 BLACKBURN ROAD,
BOLTON BL7 9RP ENGLAND,
UK.
TEL: 00447452013799
EMAIL: ukclaims-onet.pl
Send the following by email to us to enable us process your prize:
1) Beneficiary's Full Names (First Name, Middle Name, Surname).
2) Reference Numbers.( EKS255125600304)
3) Award Prize (Amount) Won.( 1.2Million pounds)
4) Country of Residence, Physical and Postal Address.
5) Contact Mobile Telephone, Telephone & Fax Numbers.
6) Alternative contact email address
Remember, you must contact your claim agent immediately, if you do not contact then,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to MR. ERIC PAUL should be sent by email.

MR. ERIC PAUL"

Received this:

"Mavis L Wanczyk

Oct 13 at 10:41 PM

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman.

Have a look on this e-mail :

"Dear Friend,

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected, This is a life time opportunity and it's 100% legitimate. I quite understand you might be a bit skeptical about my message, So I decided to make it known to the world by publishing it on the news. However, I also made sure this is put on the internet for the world to see and to ease your skepticism. As such you do not need to worry about anything. Also you can see more about me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mikhail_Fridman

The intention of this email is to be of immense help to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and use the money judiciously over there in your country. I will employ 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 because that is the major reason I am donating this money to you.

...

Full name:
Address:
Country:
Age:
S*x:
Phone Number:
Occupation:

As soon as I receive the above details from you, Then I will give you a letter to receive your portion of the money from the bank. This is my personal money and does not need much formal procedures, Some beneficiaries have received theirs. My only term remains being good to others too, that's all.

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

Best Regards,
Mikhail M. Fridman."

Here is another scam:

"From: Mr Mikhail M. Fridman
Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 05:01
Subject: Charity Gift !!!

--
I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,
Check the link below for confirmation:

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,Mikhail Fridman.I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars,

Check the link below for confirmation:

I await your earliest response.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

"Mikhail Fridman"

This scam was sent to me.

"RE. MF Mikhail Fridman I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation of $5 Million Dollars, Check the link below for confirmation: https://www.rt.com/business/343781-mikhail-fridman-will-charity/

I await your earliest response. Best Regards,

f"

Here is another scam:

"From: M. M. Fridman
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Grant -> Reply To mikh.fridman-gmail.com

I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation, just as I have declared on 23rd of May 2016 to give my fortune to charity.

Check the link below for confirmation:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russias-second-wealthiest-man-mikhail-fridman-plans-leaving-14-2bn-fortune-charity-1561604

Reply as soon as possible with further directives. My private email is: mikh.fridman-gmail.com

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

"I, Mikhail Fridman have selected you specifically as one of my beneficiaries for my Charitable Donation, just as I have declared on 23rd of May 2016 to give my fortune to charity.

Check the link below for confirmation:

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russias-second-wealthiest-man-mikhail-fridman-plans-leaving-14-2bn-fortune-charity-1561604

Reply as soon as possible with further directives. My private email is: tmason9w4r-gmail.com"


I DID NOT CLICK ON THE LINK IN THE EMAIL BUT DID IN A GOOGLE SEARCH. AM I OK? I DID NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFO AT ALL.

ALSO, I CANT HELP BUT WONDER IF THEY ARE GETTING TARGETS BASED ON GOOGLE SEARCHES. I RECEIVED THIS AFTER RESEARCHING ALZHEIMER'S AND I NOTICED THAT IS ONE OF THE CLAIMED CHARITIES.

Best Regards,
Mikhail.

You are ok. The scammers' aim is to trick you into sending them money.

Today at 6:37 pm I received such email from the address below:

batiba-incaper.es.gov.br


I suggest whoever got your article copy using a government sending address should be investigated and even though I took Russian in high school fifty years ago I doubt I could possibly give gov.br website such message and request you to do so,

Sincerely

Michael (Paralegal on linkedin.com)

Here is another scam:

"Re: Grant
M. M. Fridman
Today, 8:55 PM

I Mikhail Fridman. has selected you specially as one of my beneficiaries
for my Charitable Donation, Just as I have declared on May 23, 2016 to give
my fortune as charity.

Reply as soon as possible with further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Mikhail M. Fridman
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018, 5:16:22 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Donation

Hello Friend,

I appreciate you for writing back as I have expected, This is a life time opportunity and it's 100% legitimate. I quite understand you might be a bit skeptical about my message, So I decided to make it known to the world by publishing it on the news. However, I also made sure this is put on the internet for the world to see and to ease your skepticism. As such you do not need to worry about anything. Also you can see more about me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mikhail_Fridman

The intention of this email is to be of immense help to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and use the money judiciously over there in your country. I will employ 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 because that is the major reason I am donating this money to you.

I am trying to cede this money in portions through the help of the Bank I deposited it to. I decided to donate to charity and other individuals around the world in need, The Local Fire Department, The Red Cross, Haiti, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes, Just about anyone who could benefit from this.

My children has been given the best gift from me, Giving them the option to create something on their own. They are quite young and could be endangered if given so much wealth as this.

As I send this message to you, I am also sending to other fortunate persons as well. I sent to churches, Orphanages, and individuals and to others whom I have contact with already. Now all this being said I would love to have a detailed information about, Get to know who my beneficiary is and with this you will help me facilitate the disbursement process of the charity funds donation to you.

Full name:
Address:
country:
Age:
S*x:"

Another scam email:


"From: ...
To: ...
Sent: Monday, 25 June 2018, 08:24:23 -03:00:00
Subject: Re: Grant

--
I Mikhail Fridman has selected you specially as one of my beneficiaries for my
Charitable Donation.

Reply as soon as possible with further directives.

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman."

Here is another scam:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Mikhail Fridman"
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2018 9:12:55 AM
Subject: Re:Re: Respond for further directives

Hello Friend,

I appreciate you for writing back as I have now expected. this time life is 100% legitimate. I just make it known to the world by publishing it on the news. However, I have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for The world to see and to ease your skepticism. For so doing you do not need to be skeptical about Donation to you. Also you can check my profile on to know more about me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mikhail_Fridman

The intention of this email is to be of immense blessing to people. With my age, I cannot continue to amass wealth without giving out. It is my hope that you are able to receive this money and use it money wisely and judiciously over there in Your country. I will employ 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 because that is the only only i am donating this money to you .

I am trying to cede this money in parts through the help of the bank I deposited it to. As many as can benefit from it because I do not really have much to do with it. I decided to donate to charity and other individuals around the World in need, the local fire department, the Red Cross, Haiti, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes.

I do not want my children to work with my business and would prefer they would create something on their own. leaving a huge amount of money to my young children, who are now aged between 10 and 22, could ruin their lives. I'm Not a big fan of such public statements, but I can say that I am going to transfer all my money to charity. I don’t plan to transfer any money to my children, I also believes that having that amount of money could make you a target for "bad" people.

As I send this message to you, I am also sending to other lucky ones too. I sent to churches, Orphanages, and individuals, and to others whom I have contact with already. Now all this being said if you know you are ready to Receive this charity donation. Kindly introduce yourself in details to me by providing me the below details at least to know who I am dealing with and to facilitate the disbursement process of the charity funds donation:

Full name:
Address:
Country:
Age:
S*x:
Phone Number:
Occupation:
Valid Identification (ie either Driver's License/International Passport of yours) :

As soon as i receive the above details from you, then I will 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. That you are good to others too, that's all.

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

Best Regards,
Mikhail Fridman.