Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Beware of scams implying association with the Commonwealth Foundation. The Commonwealth Foundation has been made aware of certain correspondence being circulated via email, from Internet web sites, and via regular mail or facsimile, falsely stating that it is issued by, or in association with the Commonwealth Foundation and/or its officials. These scams, which may seek to obtain money and/or in many cases personal details from the recipients of such correspondence, are fraudulent.
Please note that:
The Commonwealth Foundation is in no way connected with these scams – the people behind them are not employees of the Commonwealth Foundation and they are not acting on its behalf.
The Commonwealth Foundation strongly recommends that the recipients of solicitations such as those described above exercise extreme caution in respect of such solicitations. Financial loss and identity theft could result from the transfer of money or personal information to those issuing such fraudulent correspondence. Victims of such scams should report them to their local law enforcement authorities.
Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an e-mail, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of the Commonwealth Foundation and/or its officials, please send us an e-mail query before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.
Email: foundation@commonwealth.int
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Please review the following message I received in my email does this look like a scam if you also got this email it probably is be careful.frank edward Jun 13, 2021, 6:41 PM (20 hours ago)to meThe Commonwealth of Nations wishes to inform you that theA sum of $ 800,000.00 USD has been donated to you.This is a donationrelief for Covid-19. Please contact for Claims
I also received the same $1,000,000. message on April 8, 2020. It came from kfaulk119-rams.wssu.eduI am in Canada.
I just received a text stating "Your cellphone number won $1,000,000.00 in the (Commonwealth Donation. Reply to - cwnwin-btinternet.com, for details with code L20043.) I went on line there is no such address. I am deleting the text from my cell phone.
It appears they are using email addresses: cwlth-ix.netcom.com, cwwlth-comcast.net, and claim02-earthlink.net.