The "Peter Jones Foundation (PJF)" Donation Scam
Online users are asked to be aware of "Peter Jones Foundation (PJF)" donation scams. The name of the philanthropist and the founder of the largest private foundations in the world 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 Intel co-founder as part of his charity project. But, Peter Jones is not randomly donating money to people around the world.
The "Peter Jones Foundation (PJF)" Donation Scam
From: Peter Jones Foundation (PJF) - sprky2me@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 1:40 PM
Subject: Hi, Urgent Respond Required
Hi, Urgent Respond Required
My name is Peter Jones, a philanthropist and the founder of The Peter Jones Foundation (PJF), one of the largest private foundations in the world, we offer support to children through innovative education initiatives. Our core focus is to encourage enterprise through education, training and building the right skills today so our young people can become the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. I believed 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 give {$1,500,000.00} One Million Five Hundred Thousand United Dollar. 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 know your email address is valid.
(petjfoundation7@gmail.com) Email me.
Visit Website: http://www.peterjones.com/peter-jones-foundation/
Regards,
Peter Jones CBE.
Peter Jones Foundation (PJF)
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 "Peter Jones Foundation (PJF)" 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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