Donation scams

Donation scams attract people less familiar with the risks of the Internet : Scammers make believe to their victims that they are the recipients of a gift of money… In the majority of cases, this scam is broadcast by mail but some variations can be found on the classified ads websites.

How does this scam work ?

The scammer attracts his victim by making him believe that he is a beneficiary of a donation : heritage, hidden fortune stuck on a bank account… When exposed on ads classified, they are spread through donations of animals or atypical vehicles (cars without a license, motor homes ...)... The scammer does not hesitate to use photos evoking pity !

The problem is that in all cases, this donation requires a counterpart : Money is required on the pretext of customs fees, legal fees or transportation.

Last reported scams

www.elongives.site (1 comment) 02/19/2021... The scam starts with someone impersonating Elon Musk on Twitter. See image. Then upon visiting the website you are directed to a page claiming that Elon is celebrating the Crypto Tesla collaboration.
hshkmohd@gmail.com catherine wales 02/18/2021... Compliment Of The Day Dear, Please, do not take this message and information as a joke because doing so is at your own peril / detriment. I don't have much to say here but will make it brief and straight to the point for your quick action. I am sending t
empowernigerianyouths2021.web.app (1 comment) 02/16/2021... Comment / Review: I think it's not government. Scam contents: https://empowernigerianyouths2021.web.app/validate-mobile. SUSPECTED SCAM!
mariawillasey44@gmail.com 02/08/2021... Comment / Review: Scam diffuse by mailing. Scam contents: Your Invoice from mariawillasey Dear one With your permission I want to present to you my sincere initiatives and proposals. In the spirit of faith, solidarity, humanity and common sense appeal
dogepromo.com 01/29/2021... Comment / Review: https://dogepromo.com/. Scam contents: https://dogepromo.com/. SUSPECTED SCAM!
feralschuhlchristiane45@gmail.com 0752103720 FERAL SCHUHL CHRISTIANE and Berthier Corinne (2 comments) 01/27/2021... Comment / Review: I will also post pictures of the documents so that the others know what they can be ready for.I managed to recognize the scam, I hope the others will too.
stevethomson@163.com 01/23/2021... Comment / Review: scumm. Scam contents: You have received a relief package, reply for details.. SUSPECTED SCAM!
arab-grants.com (1 comment) 01/21/2021... Comment / Review: They are scammers when they take the money they will stall you so they can scam other people.. Scam contents: They say they give donations and then you have to open a bank they have good relations with. This bank is fake and to open this bank
info@pbcwb.com +12149975140 September2020 LLC 01/20/2021... This is a very elaborate scam. I googled the Lotto Winner in Malta, the e-mail dresses, the September 2020 LLC - and found everything ties up. The e-mails was well written with one grammatical error - Capital Letter after a comma. I even requested that th
dottyframes.com 01/18/2021... Comment / Review: They offer to donate me on something, i donated 79pesos using my paymaya account, it turns out that i fill out is a registration on their website.
support@kiheitai.zendesk.com www.airfunding.com (1 comment) 01/02/2021... Comment / Review: This website steals people's money. Scam contents: Please be aware. This website steals people's money. . SUSPECTED SCAM!
tundela.com (10 comments) 12/28/2020... Comment / Review: This website should be blocked and band . Scam contents: They ask you to donate an amount of money and get it double. SUSPECTED SCAM!
sigridrausing.m@aol.com Frau Sigrid Rausing 12/07/2020... Comment / Review: scum. Scam contents: Beachtung\3a$Eine Spende in Höhe von 750.000 € wurde geleistet, um armen Menschen in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt zu helfen$Spenderin\3a Frau Sigrid Rausing$Wenden Sie sich bitte; sigridrausing.m@aol.com für weitere
customerservice660233@gmail.com Digiwm 12/01/2020... Comment / Review: I sent a report to my bank to check this out. Scam contents: Ordered a catalytic converter walker 82894 wanted to check the shipping status after 8 days web site diverted toservice@proonliveshop.com says no suchsite
robinsonjudith242@gmail.com +18087463774 Mamakoh Zombo 11/28/2020... Дорогой, спасибо за ответ и рад читать от вас. Теперь я полон радости, что Бог дал мне надежного и честного человека. Это контакт Банка в Дакар
Hooplazone.com (1 comment) 11/22/2020... Comment / Review: We don't know why money is taken from our credit card account. We do not know who these people are.. Scam contents: Money is taken from our credit card every month since October 2020 and we do not know what it is for. We did not buy or enter
douglasfamilyfoundation@gmail.com Anne Douglas 11/20/2020... Comment / Review: hacked replyto. Scam contents: We confirm that Douglas donate most of his fortune to charity and we confirm you as one of the beneficiary$$Contact Anne Douglas for your donation douglasfamilyfoundation@gmail.com
marypeters05@hotmail.com +2348115141291 Mary Peters (3 comments) 11/17/2020... Comment / Review: IT IS SICK THAT SCAMMERS ARE USING GODS NAME IN VAIN TO ACQUIRE MONEY, AND IT IS DISGUSTING.. Scam contents: It is a woman named Mary Peter’s that claims she is in her death bed with two months to live. She has “inherited 5,000,000 that s
0729522729 SPAZDIET.COM 11/13/2020... Comment / Review: Proszę o zwrot pieniędzy!. Scam contents: Zabrano mi z konta 296,56 zł. Nie chcę aby pobierano mi pieniędzy ze SpazDiet.. SUSPECTED SCAM!
richardcopeland01@consultant.com Richard Copeland AKA Michael Komla Nfodzo (1 comment) 11/10/2020... SCAM REPORT This email was received, analyzed and evaluated 10 November 2020. This email address richardcopeland01@consultant.com is a trap and belongs to some international internet mobsters managed of Michael Komla Nfodzo, who is most wanted of FBI, Metr
0814067446 (2 comments) 11/02/2020... This person named Maria Brummer is a possible scammer, contact number 0814067446. Her profile on facebook is also suspicious, because you can't even see where she really lives.profile. She always asking for money to buy her and her children some food on differ
nielschoeman_attorneys@linuxmail.org Hon Niel Schoeman 10/27/2020... Comment / Review: This person is impersonating me. I am an attorney. He is not. Please be careful.. Scam contents: Hello Dear, I am attorney Niel Schoeman.I have been trying to reach you over your demised relative, email me ASAP on ( nielschoeman_attorne
christinehodgson052@gmail.com Christine Hodgson (3 comments) 10/26/2020... The scammer has this description in the email: If you are not interested in this project, you should discard this email and forget that I have contacted you before. I ask you not to be grudge and destructive. Will not spoil my career, we know that this opport
auto2@servicecentervip.com www.topfoot.top 10/11/2020... Comment / Review: they scam with nike sneakers. Scam contents: sneakers nike. SUSPECTED SCAM!
mtrsicardfrederic@gmail.com 0755991098 Angela Hauck, Frédéric SICARD mester (1 comment) 10/04/2020... She messaged me with this email address hauckangela7@gmail.com Said she s a 61 years old sick woman, and has nobody to give her money. And later on told me to get in touch with her lawyer Frédéric Sicard mtrsicardfrederic@gmail.com
dl@dlgroup.co.za 0617903906 Dillion D.L Group (10 comments) 10/01/2020... Comment / Review: This person is scamming people please help his charging fees for a loan which doesn't come. Scam contents: On 2020-09-11 12:03, Margot Beeton wrote: > Please send me your cell number so we can call. In your current situation that you hav
+17852629512 Mark Hopkins (1 comment) 09/29/2020... Moral of the story do not pay them anything, do not send nudes with your face. I believe that these people operate in groups and there is no use in trying to report Mark Hoskins account on Instagram because it seems as if his account os genuinely his and he do
info.kirkdouglas.foundation@gmail.com Kirk Douglas 09/28/2020... Comment / Review: hacked email. Scam contents: Beste, begunstigde neem contact op met info.kirkdouglas.foundation@gmail.com hoe u uw donatie kunt krijgen$$We sturen u willekeurig berichten om een deel van het fortuin van Hollywood Legend, Kirk Douglas, te ont
0827433341 Bitcoin traders (1 comment) 09/19/2020... Comment / Review: They say invest to recieve money in 6 hours. Scam contents: They make you join a group and say invest to recieve an amount of money in 6 hours starting from 200 and then they don't give it too you even when u call thiier number they don't wor
bailey@mitelmaroc.com George Walker 08/20/2020... Comment / Review: I don't know how this person managed to find my password. He mentions 3 different passwords of mine just in his Name. Pseudonym and Email heading.
Samantha (8 comments) 08/19/2020... This company sell overpriced shirts with stolen logos and pretends to donate to eco-friendly organizations. Once you ask questions to the sale person you will get no answer. No idea who they donate to and how much they donate. It’s all fake.
Vote4Food 08/14/2020... Pupvote stated they would have the name/names of the non-profit organizations that they donate a portion of the money collected from people buying votes at the end of July on their sites. As of 8/14/2020, they have nothing published.
grace_foundation62@aol.com GRACE THERRIEN FOUNDATION, BARR. KILIC GENGIZ 08/10/2020... Comment / Review: Nice try. If you recive some of this e-mails, do not give your information they are just trying to steel your money.. Scam contents: 1. E-mail Potrdi lastništvo e-pošte je bilo po žrebanju elektronskega računalnika Spinball naklj
dedric.watkins@marionstudents.net No name 07/28/2020... Comment / Review: I dont answered the email. Scam contents: e mail that i receive a donation for 950000 euro And u must contact davillaanick15@gmail.com. SUSPECTED SCAM!
alexis.wyckoff@marionstudents.net Gilles Prevost (3 comments) 07/11/2020... Excerpt from the internal dump of the message: X-Atlas-Received: from 212.82.110.86 by +0000 Return-Path: Received: from 40.107.237.134 (EHLO NAM12-BN8-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) X-Originating-Ip: [40.107.237.134] Received-SPF: none (domain of
owenlily75@gmail.com (2 comments) 07/10/2020... Comment / Review: This is a scam message that I found recently. . Scam contents: Greetings my dear, I'm from Bukhara, and my husband is from New Delhi India, but we live here in the United Kingdom. I lost my husband in a car crash on 16Th June 2014, and since
info@fxprimemarket.com +27655348123 Amanda lwethu bontsi (5 comments) 07/09/2020... Comment / Review: This lady is evil i have all her details and pictures she must be arrested she collected R200,000 from my through my luno account please get her arrested
kennedyuzoka907@gmail.com +2348022630701 MR KENNEDY UZOKA 06/30/2020... Texte reçu : MR. ENNEDY UZOKA Mar 30/06/2020 04:49 UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA - AFRICA'S GLOBAL BANK HEAD OFFICE ADDRESS UBA HOUSE 57 MARINA P.O. BOX 2406 LAGOS NIGERIA phone no: +234 802 263 0701 FAX: 234 674 478 8273 I Am Mr.Knnedy Uzoka the direct
heatsbit_contact@yahoo.com Chief 06/15/2020... This message was immediately suspicious, due to it's informal nature. I am a fairly new stock trader, but I have never heard of a brokering service initiating a "Giveaway" program, especially through communications of which are of similar formality to an SMS m
FG lockdown funds (2 comments) 06/15/2020... Comment / Review: They claim to give out lockdown funds.. Scam contents: Site where you fill in sensitive information. SUSPECTED SCAM!
cabinet.wladimir@hotmail.com Wladimir Zandt (3 comments) 06/03/2020... It is a matter of establishing trust, sending false evidence with the possibility of a large profit with little payment in advance. It is possible that behind everything there is one person who introduces himself by various names and contacts.
missmary_kones@aol.com Miss Mary Kones 05/31/2020... Comment / Review: common these days. Scam contents: Dear Friend, Greetings and Nice Day. I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced your email contact throug
patriiableuse@inbox.ru 0756979841 consultant@besfceus.com (2 comments) 05/20/2020... Comment / Review: Riscos .. o uso da minha assinatura e meus detalhes de contato. Scam contents: Bom dia Não tenho outra forma de te contactar a não ser enviar-te este e-mail. Estou em desespero e o meu coração sangra enquanto te envio este correio enqu
online@enquitytbn.com Lisa Robinson (1 comment) 05/13/2020... Comment / Review: .... I think i.m a victim of fraud. Scam contents: Donation deposit of 1.200.000 dolars. SUSPECTED SCAM!
I get scammed by webside (1 comment) 05/10/2020... There was a good deal of it so i both some kind of code frome dundle.com shop. I contacted with markajet.com webside Live support and gave them code they sayed that they cant use this code. But when i write to the dundle.com webside they sayed that my code wa
sherifmohamedaly1985@yahoo.com Sharif Mohamed 05/05/2020... Comment / Review: No comments. Scam contents: Threat to use data from my pc . SUSPECTED SCAM!
support@sparkle-haven.com +12536492352 http://vip.fortunatefellow.xyz/bonus/com-us-c (1 comment) 04/09/2020... Comment / Review: once I click redeem I was redirected to https://support.sparkle-haven.com/en-us?utm_expid=.sezVBFfWQJKZMQXH2_Snzg.0&utm_referrer=. Scam contents: Congratulations! April 9, 2020 Every day, we select a small group of AT&T users to participat
lilyowen651@gmail.com Lily Owen (1 comment) 03/26/2020... My dear, I am very happy to receive your response, How are you today? I have a strong feeling after receiving your message, I have a feeling that you are honest person and courageous and because of that honesty I choose to have this confidential deal with y
georgesleonreulle@gmail.com George Leon Reuelle , Vanessa Laparra (2 comments) 03/07/2020... i have received an email from a person that claims to be called Vanessa Laparra that is almost dying and that she would like to donate a sum of 367.000 euro to me and that i should get in contact with her lawyer named George Leon Reuelle that would facilitate
notaire.juriste.noukpo@outlook.com 0644687505 Madame Véronique Walters (1 comment) 02/26/2020... This is a donation scam/fraud. Something too good to be true should always be looked in carefully. Everything comes with risks. Do not pay anything without having the security of already receiving an expected product. The danger of this scam is that it's reall