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Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails

Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails

Scammers are impersonating Bill Gates, by claiming that he and his wife Melinda are giving away millions of dollars via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to some randomly selected online users. Therefore, online users are asked delete email messages claiming they will receive thousands or millions of dollars from Mr. Gates or his foundation and are asked to send their personal information in order to receive their so-called donation. Remember, this is how scammers collect their potential victims’ information, which they will use to contact them.

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Also, online users who have already been tricked by charity donation scams will be contacted by scammers, who will attempt to scam them, either by tricking them into sending them money or trick them into visiting phishing or malicious websites.

For information about Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, please visit their legitimate website at: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

A Sample of the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" Email Scam

From: Mr Bill Gates [test@clmail.chenlong.com.tw]

Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 7:58 PM

Subject: Greetings You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Bill Gates.

Greetings You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Bill Gates. Contact me at this email for your claim: ( billgatesdonation2019@gmail.com )

I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why/how I selected you to receive a sum of $5,000,000,00 USD, our information below is 100% legitimate, please see the link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%26_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

I BILL GATES and my wife decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the 10 lucky individuals all over the world from our $65 Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people. We prayed and searched over the internet for assistance and i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Melinda my wife and i have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. as you could see from the webpage above,am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity organizations from our Fund.

You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members, Before we die we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in truro where Melinda underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with our payout bank of this charity donation. we have kept just 30% of the entire sum to our self for the remaining days because i am no longer strong am sick and am writing you from hospital computer.and me and my wife will be traveling to Germany for Treatment.

To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send me

your full names.................

your contact address................

your personal telephone number...............

SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO ( billgatesdonation2019@gmail.com )

so that i can forward your payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your City. please you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you have this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful You Can Google my name for more information: Mr Bill Gates or Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Remain Blessed

Regards

Mr Bill Gates

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Jun 23, 2023 at 5:43 PM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
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Received this:

"Greetings to you, you have been Donated ($5,000,000.00 USD) from Bill Gates Foundation. BILL GATES decided to donate the sum of $($5,000,000.00 USD) CONTACT WIH YOUR DETAILS Your full names................. Your contact address................ Your personal telephone number............... SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO my Email: bgatesdonation1-outlook.com Remain Blessed Regards Bill Gates Foundation."

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May 16, 2020 at 7:23 PM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
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"From: Mr Bill Gates
Date: May 16, 2020 at 11:14:52 AM PDT
Subject: $5MILLION DOLLARS DONATION FROM BILL GATES
Reply-To: Mr Bill Gates

Greetings You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Bill Gates. Contact me at this email for your claim: bill.gats1976-gmail.com
I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why/how I selected you to receive a sum of $5000,000,00 USD, our information below is 100% legitimate, please see the link below://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_&_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

I BILL GATES and my wife decided to donate the sum of $5000,000,00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the 10 lucky individuals all over the world from our $65 Billion Usd I and My Wife Mapped out to help people. We prayed and searched over the internet for assistance and i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Melinda my wife and i have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. as you could see from the webpage above,am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity organizations from our Fund.

You see after taken care of the needs of our immediate family members, Before we die we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in truro where Melinda underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with our payout bank of this charity donation. we have kept just 30% of the entire sum to our self for the remaining days because i am no longer strong am sick and am writing you from hospital computer.and me and my wife will be traveling to Germany for Treatment.
To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send me
your full names.................
your contact address................
your personal telephone number...............
SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO: bill.gats1976-gmail.com
so that i can forward your payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your City. please you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you have this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.
Thank you for accepting our offer, we are indeed grateful You Can Google my name for more information: Mr Bill Gates or Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Remain Blessed
Regards

Mr Bill Gates"

Here is another scam.

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Sep 11, 2020 at 10:01 PM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
an anonymous user from: Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

This junk polluting the name of Bill Gates and the RBI bank lives by deceiving...

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Sep 11, 2020 at 7:06 AM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
an anonymous user from: Indonesia

I have received drI same email sender but i don't know for sure whether real or fake and use rbI bank Reserve bank india until i pay off $ 350 and ask for another $ 850 fee but i haven't paid it if fake and scammer they really beat me

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May 6, 2020 at 5:49 AM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
an anonymous user from: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

This is the email I received:
"Your E-mail-ID was selected online from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Your draw has a total value of $10 MILLION USD. Please acknowledge the receipt of this mail with the details below:

SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS

Full Name:

Full Address:

Status:

Occupation:

Age

Phone Number:

Country:

This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it.
Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to its contents. To do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation.

NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland. NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and other accredited email services.

For more information and to find out how you can switch, https://portal.nhs.net/help/joiningnhsmail

This email or fax and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. This communication may contain material protected by HIPAA legislation (45 CFR, Parts 160 & 164). If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering this email or fax to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email or fax in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or fax is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email or fax in error, please notify the sender by replying to this email or fax and then delete the email or fax."

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Mar 23, 2020 at 10:34 PM by
Fake Bill Gates Foundation Charity Donation Emails
an anonymous user from: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia

Hi, I've received an email that's similar to these.

Here it is.

"I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why I selected you to receive a sum of $5,000,000.00 USD. The information below is 100% legitimate, please see the link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_&_Melinda_Gates_Foundation

My wife and I decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000.00 USD to you as part of our charity project to improve the 10 lucky individuals all over the world from our $65 Billion USD, My Wife and I Mapped out to help people. We prayed and searched over the internet for assistance and I saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list and picked you. Melinda and I have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. As you could see from the web page above, am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live, although am a Billionaire investor and we have helped some charity organizations from our Fund.

You see after taking care of the needs of our immediate family members before we die we decided to donate the remaining of our Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospital in truro where Melinda underwent her cancer treatment and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with our pay-out bank of this charity donation. We have kept just 30% of the entire sum to our self for the remaining days because I am no longer strong. My wife and I will be traveling to Germany for Treatment.

To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send me the details below:


Your Full Names .................
Your Full Address ................
Your Mobile Number ...............

Send the above details to me so that I can forward your payment information to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your City. Please you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many as you can once you have this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

Thank you for accepting our offer and remain Blessed.

Regards,
Mr. Bill Gates"

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