The "Mr. David Hamilton Koch Charitable Foundation" Donation Scam
Online users are asked to be aware of "Mr. David Hamilton Koch Charitable Foundation" donation scams. The name of the American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer, is being used by scammers in an attempt to trick potential victims into sending money and personal information. The scammers claim their potential victims were randomly selected to receive donations from the business magnate as part of his charity project. But, Mr. David Hamilton Koch is not randomly donating money to people around the world.
The "Mr. David Hamilton Koch Charitable Foundation" Donation Scam
From: Mr.David Hamilton Koch - davidhk.@key.ocn.ne.jp
Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 3:53 PM
Subject: Donation For You
Hi, My name is David Hamilton Koch, a philanthropist and the founder of Koch Industries, one of the largest private foundations in the world. I believe 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 secretly give $2,000,000.00 Million 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 that I will know your email address is valid.
Visit my web page to know more about me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch
Email me (dhk1773@gmail.com)
Regards,
Mr.David Hamilton Koch.
Email ( dhk1773@gmail.com)
Remember, once they (scammers) have received their potential victims' personal information, they will use the information to trick the potential victims into sending money, which they will claim is for some advance fees, which will cover banking and transfer costs, insurance payments or tax that the potential victims need to pay before they can receive the so-called donated money. But, if the victims send their money, the scammers will steal it and may continue to trick the victims into sending more money, with the promise of receiving the donated money the scammers claim they would receive.
Recipients of the "Mr. David Hamilton Koch Donation" scam emails are asked not to respond to or follow the instructions in them. They should just delete the email messages instead. For those who have responded, they should be careful going forward because they will be contacted by scammers who will attempt to scam them.
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