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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