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Received by us: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:56:06 +0000 (UTC)
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Email analysis
This email is a blatant scam that falsely claims to be from Bill Gates, using the guise of a generous donation to trick recipients into providing personal information. Several key elements demonstrate that this message is fraudulent. Firstly, it originates from a non-corporate Gmail address ([email protected]) rather than an official email associated with Bill Gates or the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is a significant indicator of deceit. Additionally, the email contains glaring grammatical errors, awkward phrasing, and overall poor writing quality, all of which are common characteristics of scams attempting to impersonate legitimate figures.
The outrageous claim of a $5 million donation, combined with a plea for the recipient’s personal contact information—including full name, address, and phone number—highlights the scam’s intent to collect sensitive data. Moreover, the reference to supposed urgency regarding the sender’s health and a fictional charity project is a manipulative tactic to spur impulsive action from the victim. Legitimate organizations do not conduct transactions or solicit personal information through unsolicited emails, particularly with large sums of money promised. Readers should always remain cautious of unsolicited offers, especially those promising significant financial gain, and should never share personal information in response to such communications. Always verify the authenticity of such claims through official channels before responding.
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Greetings You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Bill Gates. Contact me at this email for your claim: [email protected]
I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why/how I selected you to receive a sum of $5,000,000,00 USD,
I BILL GATES decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000,00 USD to you as part of my charity project to improve the 10 lucky individuals all over the world from my $65 Billion Usd I Mapped out to help people. i prayed and searched over the internet for assistance and i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list in google and picked you.i have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. as you could see fromthe webpage above,am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although am a Billionaire investor and i have helped some charity organizations from my Funds.
You see after taken care of the needs of my immediate family members, Before i die i decided to donate the remaining of my Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department the red cross, Haiti, hospitals where Melinda underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer’s and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with my payout bank of this charity donation. i have kept just 30% of the entire sum to myself for the remaining days because i am no longer strong am sick and am writing you fromhospital computer.and i will be traveling to Germany for Treatment.
To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send me
your full names…………….. your contact address……………. your personal phone number…………… SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO [email protected]
So that i can forward your payment to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your City. please you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you have this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.
Thank you for accepting my offer, i am indeed grateful You Can Google my name for more information: Mr Bill Gates or Bill Gates Foundation
Remain Blessed
Regards,
Mr Bill Gates
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Greetings You have been gifted $5 MILLION USD From Mr Bill Gates. Contact me at this email for your claim: [email protected]
I hope this information meet you well as I know you will be curious to know why/how I selected you to receive a sum of $5,000,000,00 USD,
I BILL GATES decided to donate the sum of $5,000,000,00 USD to you as part of my charity project to improve the 10 lucky individuals all over the world from my $65 Billion Usd I Mapped out to help people. i prayed and searched over the internet for assistance and i saw your profile on Microsoft email owners list in google and picked you.i have decided to make sure this is put on the internet for the world to see. as you could see fromthe webpage above,am not getting any younger and you can imagine having no much time to live. although am a Billionaire investor and i have helped some charity organizations from my Funds.
You see after taken care of the needs of my immediate family members, Before i die i decided to donate the remaining of my Billions to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department the red cross, Haiti, hospitals where Melinda underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, alzheimer’s and diabetes and the bulk of the funds deposited with my payout bank of this charity donation. i have kept just 30% of the entire sum to myself for the remaining days because i am no longer strong am sick and am writing you fromhospital computer.and i will be traveling to Germany for Treatment.
To facilitate the payment process of the funds ($5,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, you are to send me
your full names…………….. your contact address……………. your personal phone number…………… SEND YOUR ABOVE DETAILS TO [email protected]
So that i can forward your payment to you immediately. I am hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your City. please you have to do your part to also alleviate the level of poverty in your region, help as many you can help once you have this money in your personal account because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.
Thank you for accepting my offer, i am indeed grateful You Can Google my name for more information: Mr Bill Gates or Bill Gates Foundation
Remain Blessed
Regards,
Mr Bill Gates