Trust's name misused in spam email
Howard Lake | 18 May 2006 | News
The Peter Harrison Foundation is warning charities that a spoof email is circulating using the grantmaker’s name and offering organisations a grant of US$2.5million.
The spam email does not, however, use the foundation’s correct email address, and instead uses “pe**********************@ya***.com”. That should be enough to warn any recipients that the sender is not genuine, but nevertheless the foundation is advising recipients to ignore the message if they receive it.
It will shortly publish a warning on its website to this effect. Meanwhile, if anyone can shed any light on the spam’s provenance they are encouraged to contact Maria Ersser.
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One example of the spam is below:
—–Original Message—–
From: PETER HARRISON [mailto:pe**********************@ya***.com" data-original-string="NPHXtDdtxiXVL5Xbn8Kur37XMv8F0Sv+VlB76E4F2dooqPhVe0WbSmceelWfk/Hg" title="This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.]
Sent: 17 May 2006 23:16
To: pe**********************@ya***.com
Subject: Peter Harrison Foundation.Foundation
Foundation House
42-48 London Road
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 9QQAttn: The Management Committee,
I, Mr. Peter Harrison on behalf of Peter Harrison Foundation 42-48 London Road Reigate Surrey RH2 9QQ London. .
I write to inform you on my high interest to assist your organisation financially to its obligations. I thereby want to offer your organisation a grant of US$2.5million USD only.
You are advised to indicate your acceptance by return mail within 24 hours to the receipt of this mail.
Thanks in Hand,
P. Harrison (Chairman)
Peter Harrison Foundation
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