"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers

The fake "Stefano Pessina" donation email below is being sent by online scammers who are attempting to trick their potential victims into sending them their personal information and subsequently their money. Stefano Pessina, Walgreens Boots Alliance's CEO, is not randomly donating money to lucky individuals around the world and will never ask you to send him your personal information or money.

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Stefano Pessina Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers

A "Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers

From: Mr Stefano Pessina <see02@centuvry.in>

Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2019 1:59 AM

Subject:

Hello,

I'm Stefano Pessina, an Italian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist.the vice chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and the single largest shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance. I gave away 25 percent of my personal wealth to charity. And I also pledged to give away the rest of 25% this year 2019 to Individuals.. I have decided to donate $2,200,000.00USD (Two million two hundred thousand dollars)to you. If you are interested in my donation, do contact me for more info.

You can also read more about me via the link below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Pessina

Warm Regard

CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance

Stefano Pessina

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March 14, 2023 at 12:51 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Mandaluyong, National Capital Region, Philippines

I'm from the Philippines,and the scammer started communicating with me last Jan 1,2023.How can I protect myself coz I gave some personal info like my whole name,address in my country, and phone number?How can you help social media to be free of scammers,how can Pentagon helps in detecting these syndicates,they are using Facebook acct. like STEFANO PESSINA DONATIONS, STEFANO PESSINA (Personal Blog).I hope this scammers stops and I hope they will not harm us.

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December 22, 2022 at 6:36 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Sectorul 1, Bucharest, Romania

the scam is online right now... take care and ignore this emails.

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July 10, 2022 at 11:15 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: North Olmsted, Ohio, United States

Thanks for this scam info I was about to answer the email from this but as usual I always Google it first to see if it’s a scam appreciate it thank you

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June 7, 2022 at 7:54 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Edenburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Thank you for this info. I also received this email on 30 April this year.

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March 11, 2022 at 8:01 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Almere-Stad, Flevoland, Netherlands

The Dutch version:

Hallo,

Ik ben Stefano Pessina, een Italiaanse zakenmagnaat, investeerder en filantroop. De vice-voorzitter, chief executive officer (CEO) en de grootste aandeelhouder van Walgreens Boots Alliance. Ik gaf 25 procent van mijn persoonlijke rijkdom weg aan goede doelen. Ik heb ook beloofd om de rest van 25% dit jaar 2022 weg te geven aan particulieren. Ik heb besloten om € 2.200.000,00 aan jou te doneren. Neem contact met mij op voor meer informatie. E-mail: pestefano1941@gmail.com

Via onderstaande link kun je ook meer over mij lezen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Pessina

Vriendelijke groet

CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance

Stefano Pessina

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March 7, 2022 at 9:40 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

One more of this scam...

Hello,

I'm Stefano Pessina, an Italian business tycoon, investor and

philanthropist the vice chairman chief executive officer (CEO) and the

single largest shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance I gave away 25

percent of my personal wealth to charity And I also pledged to give

away the rest of 25% this year 2022 to Individuals I have decided to

donate €1,000.000,00Euro to you If you are interested in my donation, do

contact me for more information.

You can also read more about me from the link below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_Pessina

Warm Regard

CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance

Stefano Pessina

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This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.

https://www.avg.com

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February 17, 2022 at 9:46 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia

"Zdravo,

Sem STEFANO PESSINA, italijanskI poslovnI tajkun, investitor in

filantrop. podpredsednik, glavnI izvršnI direktor (CEO) in največji

delničar Walgreens Boots Alliance. 25 odstotkov svojega osebnega

bogastva sem dal v dobrodelne namene. Prav tako sem se zavezal, da bom

preostalih 25 % letos 2022 podaril posameznikom. Odločil sem se, da

vam doniram 2.000.000 EUR (dva milijona EUR). Če vas moja donacija

zanima, me kontaktirajte na ta e-poštnI naslov: pestefano255@gmail.com

za več informacij.

Topel pozdrav

CEO Walgreens Boots Alliance

ElektronskI naslov: pestefano255@gmail.com

STEFANO PESSINA"

Received this.

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November 19, 2021 at 8:42 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Norfolk, Virginia, United States

"From: Stefano Pessina johnmissmum110@gmail.com

Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 12:13 PM

Subject:

Hi, my foundation has chosen to donate $2,000,000.00 USD (Two Million

dollars) to you in my ongoing charity program. You came out victorious. For more details and claims Email: cnicele3@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Mr. Stefano Pessina,

Copyright ©2021 The Stefano Pessina Foundation All Rights Reserved."

Here is another scam.

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November 8, 2021 at 8:46 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
info

Here is another scam:

- Forwarded Message -

From: Stefano Pessina <maryamuisahya52@gmail.com>

Sent: Monday, November 8, 2021, 01:29:22 AM EST

Subject:

-

You have a donation of $2,000,000.00 USD (Two Million dollars) from

Mr.Stefano Pessina . get back via email: cnicele558@gmail.com  for

more info

Best wishes,

Mr.Stefano Pessina

Copyright ©2021 The Stefano Pessina Foundation All Rights Reserved.

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October 17, 2021 at 12:13 AM by
"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers
an anonymous user from: Amman Governorate, Amman, Jordan

"Hi, my foundation has chosen to donate $2,000,000.00 USD (Two Million

dollars) to you in my ongoing charity program. You came out

victorious. For more details and claims Email: cnice096@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Mr. Stefano Pessina,

Copyright ©2020 The Stefano Pessina Foundation All Rights Reserved."

This is my copy past.

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"Stefano Pessina" Donation Scam Being Sent by Scammers