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The "Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation" Donation Scams

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Mar 17, 2019 2019-03-17T20:53:33-05:00
May 25, 2020 2020-05-25T09:45:44-05:00

The Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation Donation Scams

If you have received email messages similar to the one below, which claim Charles Koch is donating millions of dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide, please do not follow the instruction in it because it is a scam being sent by cybercriminals to potential victims. Charles Koch, an American businessman, political donor, and philanthropist, is not randomly giving away millions to selected individuals, therefore, recipients of email messages which claim otherwise are asked to delete them.

A "Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation" Email Scam

From: Charle Koch <chrlsk@cosmos.ocn.ne.jp>
Date: Sun, Mar 17, 2019, 2:31 PM
Subject: $5Million Dollars Donation.
Hi, My name is Charles Koch, A philanthropist the CEO and Chairman of the Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation, 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 {$5,000,000.00} 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, to know that your email address is valid.
Email me( charleskoch7799@gmail.com )
Regards,
Charles Koch

Persons who were tricked by "Charles Koch Foundation Charitable Foundation" 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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Oct 5, 2021 at 5:40 PM by an anonymous user from: Haute-Garonne, Bourg-Saint-Bernard, Occitanie, France

Here's an updated version of the scam, received from "Mr. Charles Koch"

Hi, My name is Mr. Charles Koch, an elder brother to late Mr. David Hamilton Koch a philanthropist and the founder of Koch Industries, one of the largest private foundations in the world. Mr. David Hamilton Koch believe strongly in giving while living and had one idea that never changed in his mind, that you should use your wealth to help people and he decided to give USD2,000,000.00 Million Dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide before his death on the 23rd of August 2019.

On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so that I will know your email address is valid. Email me at (charleskoch401-gmail.com) you can also visit the web page of late Mr. David Hamilton Koch to know more about the Hamilton Foundation and this grant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch

Regards,
Mr. Charles Koch.

Jan 5, 2021 at 10:35 AM by an anonymous user from: Jefferson, Port Arthur, Texas, United States

"Hello Dear,

My name is Charles Koch, A philanthropist the CEO and Chairman of the Charles Koch Charitable Foundation, 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 {$1,500,000.00} 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 I would know your email address is valid.( charleskoch302-gmail.com ) Write me only on this e-mail and Visit the web page

to know more about me: http://www.charleskochfoundation.org/ or you can google me ( Charles Koch ).

Regards,

Mr. Charles De Ganahl Koch,

C.E.O. Koch Industries, INC.

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Received this scam.

Jul 18, 2020 at 4:55 PM by info

"From: Mr. Charles Koch

Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020, 06:49:20 AM EDT

Subject: Donation Information!!

Hi, My name is Mr. Charles Koch, an elder brother to late Mr. David Hamilton Koch a philanthropist and the founder of Koch Industries, one of the largest private foundations in the world. Mr. David Hamilton Koch believe strongly in giving while living and had one idea that never changed in his mind, that you should use your wealth to help people and he decided to give USD2,000,000.00 Million Dollars to randomly selected individuals worldwide before his death on the 23rd of August 2019.

On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so that I will know your email address is valid. Email me at (charleskoch401-gmail.com) you can also visit the web page of late Mr. David Hamilton Koch to know more about the Hamilton Foundation and this grant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Koch

Regards,
Mr. Charles Koch"

Another scam.

Jul 2, 2020 at 6:52 PM by info

"From: Charles Koch
Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 6:13 PM
Subject: Hi Donation for you!!!

Hi, My name is Charles 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.

Email me (charleskoch941-gmail.com)

Regards,
Charles Koch.
Email (charleskoch941-gmail.com)"

Here is another scam.

Jun 14, 2020 at 9:33 PM by info

charles.koch-myself.com is being used by the scammers.

Mar 23, 2020 at 8:33 AM by an anonymous user from: North Richland Hills, Texas, United States

Gee, one would think that these m****s would know that when you reply to the email address that it was sent from, which is not the same email address that you are told to reply to, that it would send up a red flag....as you get a response stating that the email address does not exist.....come on, people, wise up!

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