# Johnnie Walker Foundation email scam

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/06/06/johnnie-walker-foundation-email-scam/
- Published: 2005-06-06T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities are being approached by the “Johnnie Walker Charity Foundation Heritage
Trust” with an offer to donate $2.3 million. Needless to say, it’s a scam.

 

The fictitious trust claims in the email message that it is “celebrating our 184
years anniversary.” The trust then offered $2.3 million “in conjunction with the
British Council”.

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The latter have confirmed it has nothing to do with them, so it is clearly a scam
of some sort.

 

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