Since this scam is on the rebound I’m republishing the following:
A friend forwarded the following description of a scam aimed at a well-known college. Fortunately, they didn’t fall for it.
I would like to make everyone aware of a recent situation here that is most likely a scam to launder stolen credit card funds, appearing as a gift.
- A $9,000 gift is received and approved from an unknown entity (in this case a “Cassandra Harvey”), with Smyrna, GA address, Yahoo email and legitimate phone number.
- The next day, we receive an email from the donor with the following info: the $9,000 gift amount was a mistake, it should have been $900. The gift was made in memory of the donor’s late mother (never named) who had a wonderful experience at our college. Further, the original credit card from which the gift was made has been closed due to recent suspect activity and could we refund the $8,100 balance back to another credit card.
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- We were able to refund the money back to the original credit card and immediately notified the credit card company and local police. Upon notifying the “donor” that we can only refund the money back to the original card, she replies that the original account is closed and that we need to use the other card.
- The scammer had done enough research to use specific references to our college to make it appear genuine, although there was considerable broken English in the emails.
- With the flurry of gift activity by our gift processing staff and within the context of providing good customer service to our donors, it could have been easy to overlook normal business rules and refund the balance to that other credit card
- Most likely the originating credit card is stolen, and by having us charge it and then remit most of the funds to another card, we would be “laundering” the funds for the scammer
As if we didn’t have enough to do right now!
Jana Byington-Smith says
Robert, thanks for posting. This story is yet another apocryphal example of the reasons to establish strong and smart gift acceptance policies. I’m curious about how the development systems staff worked together to catch and stop the fraud. I presume that the office has a pretty distributed responsibility for audit…which is awesome.
Donna Blakemore says
Hi Robert, We just had the same experience with someone from Smyrna from asked us to refund a $7,500 online gift to his corporate card–MT–as his personal card was lost in a robbery, his account then closed, and he lost his wife in the process. The address given is nonexistent, and we have security looking into this. Donna
Robert says
There’s been another outbreak of this scam. Reports have come in from Millersville University, the University of Puget Sound, Berea College, Northland College, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of Alaska Foundation, Princeton, the University of New Hampshire, William Paterson University, Pathfinder International, and Northwestern University. The “donors'” names and the amounts have varied, and in some cases the “donor” has requested a full refund, not just the difference between the intended and actual donation.
Here’s an example of an email received after a staff member emailed the “donor” to confirm the request:
Greetings
Thanks for getting back to me on this, I’m a first time donor and the address is my business address. Unfortunately the donation was made in error because my system was malfunction due to virus, it was meant for $900.00 not $9,000.00.
Secondly my gift-visa card is no longer valid for transactions, the card has been discarded after it was stolen when I was robbed at our home in Georgia, and I also lost my wife in the process, apparently this is why I did not get back to you earlier.
Kindly make the $900.00 for the gift and on my authorization! Make the refund of $8,100.00 payable to my company corporate visa card listed below;
Globe Trust Inc.
Corporate Card: 4120-xxxx-xxxx-4692
Expiration Date: 08/14
CVV: 941
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Kind Regards
Christopher
Here’s another:
Hi ,
Thanks for your response. I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just $900 and not $9000. It was an error as my system was hanging seriously then as a result of a virus which crept in. Please be kind enough to issue a refund credit for $9000 to The Company Corporate Visa card Number: 4120-xxxxxxxxxxx Exp:08/2014 Cvv:xxxxx on my authorization. My finance Director , Mr williams Darryl can be reached at xxxxxxx@globetrustincorp.comxxxx@globetrustincorp.com for any verification. I m just a friend of the University and the gift is to be applied to the greatest area of need.
Regards,
Cassandra Petra
Karen C. says
Just had the same experiece with some one called Sara Jones from Atlanta Georgia.
Thanks for your response. I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just $900 and not $9900 as this was done mistakenly twice. It was an error as my system was hanging seriously then as a result of a virus which crept in.secondly I lost my husband days ago to cancer and this has dealt devastating blow on my person . Please be kind enough to issue a refund credit to The Company Corporate Visa card Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-1054 Exp:08/2014 Cvv:588 on my authorization. My finance Director , Mr Williams Darryl can be reached at accounting@globetrustincorp.com for any verification. I m just a friend of the school and the gift is to be applied to the greatest area of need.
Regards,
Sara Jones
Robert says
Thanks, Karen. What organization do you work for?
Myra Daugherty says
Robert,
Thanks for this post. They are still trying the scam. They used the name Cassandra Petra for us and used the GA address. We are a small school in Canada so they will try it anywhere.
Rene Rosengren says
We also recieved a suspicious online gift of $9K on 4/6/2012.
Our organization is, Regions Hospital Foundation & this fraud was done via the online giving site established for gifts to our Alzheimer’s Research Center.
Below is the reply we got from the “donor” (name given, Damian Hawkins) this morning:
Greetings,
Thanks for your response. I’m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just $900 and not $9000. It was an error as my system was seriously hanging then as a result of a virus which crept in. I couldn’t get in touch with you earlier because I recently lost my wife to cancer and I’m seriously preparing for the funeral .
Please be kind enough to issue a refund credit for $8,100 to my Company Corporate Visa card Number: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-4692 Ext: 08/2014 CVV: 941 on my authorization, as my gift-card is inactive due to deactivation.
My finance Director, Mr. Williams Darryl can be reached at or 678-845-8246 for any verification. I’m a friend and a new donor, the gift is to be applied to the greatest area of need.
Regards
Rene Rosengren says
I wanted to add to my comment above to say that a Merchant Services Rep at our bank looked up info for the VISA account that the scammer provided for the “refund”. He found that the issuing bank behind the card is:
Zenith Bank PLC
Plot 84, Ajose Adogun Street
P.O Box 75315. Victoria Island
Lagos, Nigeria
Cheryl F. says
We received a similar “donation” on April 8, for $9,900.00. I called the “800” number to attempt to speak to someone, but the number was a fax machine. The PO Box was located in Louisiana and is assigned to a Vivian Slappy. So I emailed a “thank you” and asked for a phone number so I could speak to someone. There just seemed something a bit odd about the donation. I got a reply email (below) and after reading it, did some googling and found this ongoing discussion.
Dear Cherryl
Thanks for your information. I have been trying to fix up some issues here arising from the donation.I m very sorry for replying late, My intended donation is supposed to be $900 and not $9000.as this was caused by my system which hanged as a result a virus which crept into my system. Kindly refund the $9000 to my Corporate Business Visa card Number 4120-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX Exp :02/2016 Cvv:490 on my authorization. My accounting specialist has been notified also . Williams Darryl can be reached at accounting@globetrustincorp.com for any inquiry or verification.
Kindly get back to me in earnest.
Regards
Mrs Slappy
————
Just got another email today from Mrs Slappy seeking the refund 🙂 We are a dog rescue group. So who do you report this SCAM to?
Robert says
Cheryl,
Thanks for the info. I love the name — Mrs. Slappy! As far as reporting it, your credit card processor is probably your best bet, though some people say they’ve reported the scam to their local police.
Robert
Michael M says
Like Rene, we had a $9000 donation from Damian Hawkins. Our donation was made on 4/3/2012, but otherwise the details (names, email contents, etc) look identical to her report.
A staff member spoke with someone by phone on 4/13 – then got the email asking for a refund the following week.
I called the local FBI office and described the situation. They seemed interested, and asked me to send them a description of what happened.
I will be including the URL of this discussion.
Shanna says
Damien hit my organization up this week. He registered five people to attend a conference we are hosting for principals and paid $900 each, $4500 total. A few days later he sent me the email below requesting a refund. Fortuantely we recognized the scam and didn’t fall for it. We were able to reverse the original charges so that the stolen card received the refund, rather than his other card. We worked with our credit card processing fraud division, but they seemed to think there would be nothing police could do about it.
Mike says
Shanna,
Same here. Our request was verbatim like yours. I work for a third party vendor in the trade show industry. This is the second time they attempted to pull this scam over two events. We basically told them to take a hike. Here’s the first request we received late last year.
Dear Registrar,
My name is Mikki Madison, I registered myself and my husband (Dave Madison) to attend the NAPE Expo 2012 in Houston, Texas and paid online with my credit card, Our confirmation and Web ID is 35878830, 29075770 and 35878835, 29075775 respectively. Each registration cost $2,495.00 and the total fee paid for both registrant is $4,990.00
This is to notify you to cancel my registration for the above program due to some circumstances beyond my control. I recently lost my husband (Dave Madison) to heart failure because our Company recently filled for a Bankruptcy, and this has really caused a devastating effect on my psyche as I’m seriously preparing for the funeral.
Secondly! All my account including the MC ending in xxxx0814 is no longer valid for transaction, the card account has been discarded and closed permanently due to the Bankruptcy.
I hereby authorize to make the refund of $4,990.00 payable to my Corporate card account receivable listed below;
Mikki Madison
Corporate Card Account: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx6434
Expiration Date: 08/15
CVV: 269
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question.
Thanks for your anticipation and understanding at this time of my trouble. Awaiting your decision
Kind Regards
Mikki
Marc Lapointe says
Hi Robert,
Thanks to everyone for this information. Damian has just tried to send us money also, we got lucky, his card has been declined twice by our system.
He used the same name but changed addresses and e-mail address on the two donations. It all seemed suspicious so we looked it up and found this forum.
Thanks, saves a lot of headaches.
Cheers
Marc
Robert says
Yep, it’s still happening. The following was posted on a listserve a few weeks ago:
Robert says
This scam is still out there. This one was reported by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health:
“I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just $500 and not $2500.It was an error as my system was hanging seriously then as a result of a virus which crept in.Secondly my old card has been discarded after it was stolen when I was robbed at our home in Georgia yesterday morning,I recently lost my husband to complication during surgery, He was hit by bullet while we were robbed in our home in Georgia, and this have caused a devastating effect on my psychic as I’m seriously preparing for the funeral in the process,apparently this is why I did not get back to you earlier.Kindly make the $500.00 for the gift and on my authorization! Make the refund of $2000.00 payable to my visa card listed below”
Girls Action Foundation says
Hello, our organization also received a virtual $7000 donation from a Damien Hawkins on Oct 4 2012. Luckily we saw this forum; as well, we did not receive a call or email asking for a refund.
Thank you everyone for sharing information so we can all protect our important work!
Mike K says
This credit card donation scheme affected me today. I live in Toronto Canada and a $10,000 charge from the Red Cross went through on my Visa. Visa contacted me and I confirmed it was not an authorized charge. Visa will not collect the $10,000 from me and will issue me a new card. This should have been the end.
Since I came across this information on this website Robert L Weiner Consulting, I decided to be proactive. I contacted the Red Cross and informed them of what happenned to me and this type of credit card donation scam. They weren’t familiar of it and were glad to be notified of it and will alert the necessary department. Additionally, I contacted Visa here in Toronto and informed them of the information I found on your website. They weren’t used to this donation scam and will note it on my file and email the necessary internal parties accordingly.
Thanks to your information, I was able to be proactive and prevent the thief from completing the process and succeeding in his/her theft.
Robert says
Good work, Mike!
Daniel Schuster says
Dear all,
I came across your blog post and comments, and I have to say that this Damian seems to be active again!
Same names used, and same story: attendance fee paid, but needs to cancel due to some unfortunate circumstances beyond his control and now wants the money to be transferred back….
Thank you everyone for sharing the information!
Regards
Daniel
Kathy Gray says
Dear all
We have been hit twice within a few days by Damian Hawkins – using two different hotmail accounts. Registration for conferences and purchasing reports. Refunded cardholder immediately as it was recognised as fraudulent. I received an email asking that, as his wife had died (recognise the scenario) he wanted the refund to another card held by Fiber & Ross, I have no doubt that the second transaction would be in the name of Globe Inc.
How can we stop these fraudulent transactions?
Kathy
Pam says
The elusive Mr. Hawkins (or Dr Hawkins as he is now calling himself) has now targetted organisations in the UK…. he tried to book 20 people into our dinner and himself into our Conference. As his contact details were in the US, and his answers to the registration questions didnt match information given elsewhere in the reservation, we did not debit the card. Telephone number given is a disconnect, no response from email address given. Found this website and scam details and have tried to inform Visa – who seem strangely uninterested!
Heidi Jewell says
Here was ours, it just happened last weekend.
Hello Heidi,i made a donation yesterday in memory of someone special and dear to my heart and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $3500,i have intention of donating $350 not $3500,am really sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $3150 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-2087
Expiry Date: 09/2015 CVV: 226
i hope to hear from you soon.
John Lingner
NB
Transaction Information
————————
Confirmation Number: 30047697
Date: 09-29-2013
Time: 03: 46:54 PM CDT
Total Payment: $3,500.00
keturah hammond says
We just got this yesterday afternoon! We’re wondering what we should do with it.
From: Johnson Qaseem Lawal [mailto:qjohnsonl1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 6:03 PM
To: DG-philanthropy
Subject: Intended Donation Error
Greetings
Thanks for getting back to me on this, I’m a first time donor. Unfortunately the donation was made in error because my system was malfunction due to virus, I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just $150.00 and not $1150.00
Please be kind enough to issue a refund credit for $1000.00 to my Corporate Visa card Number: 4120535000258196 Exp:02/2016 Cvv:823 on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Kind Regards
Johnson Qaseem Lawal
Robert says
Keturah — I’d do what some of the other victims have reported doing: Contact the credit card company about the fraud, refund the donation to the original credit card, and contact any authorities at your organization or in your town that deal with this kind of fraud.
Patti Hommes says
We received an on-line donation of $1,150 yesterday from Dr. Johnson Qaseem Lawal. Not recognizing the donor, I did some “sleuthing” to discover no one by that name at the address given, a different name on reverse phone search, etc. So I googled the name and got your page! THANK YOU! I am waiting for a return phone call from our merchant services to see how they want to handle at their end. So far, nor request for a refund.
Patti
Kim says
I recieved the same donation two days ago, from the same person, Johnson Qaseem Lawal, asking for a partial refund to their credit card. Contacted our online donation service to determine what step I need to take next.
Stephanie Kinsey says
We received the same donation as above from Johnson Qaseem Lawal, once on 10/5/2013 and then again on 10/7/2013. We thought it seemed fishy, especially when we received the second donation. We googled the name and the situation, found this site which from the other comments, determined this was a credit card fraud scam. Fortunately, we refunded back to the original credit cards used, NOT the “Corporate Card” he was asking it to go back to so our non-profit isn’t out any money and neither is the cardholder.
Fran Baxter-Guigli says
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation also received a credit card donation from Johnson Qaseem Lawal on October 12, 2013. Thank you for this very helpful preventive information.
St. Luke's Foundation says
We also got the Lawal Johnson Qaseem fraudulent charge for $1,150 on 10/16/13. I did call the woman whose card was charged and she said she has taken action about it. Thanks to this site, we caught it! I appreciate you!
Rebecca says
I am new to Propel schools and a $1000 gift from Judith Sharp in Mountain View, CA came through in my third week. I emailed a quick thank you to the donor letting her know that a formal acknowledgement was being prepared, asking how she had heard of our schools, etc. She immediately replied letting me know that the gift was to be $100…just lost my husband, could we refund ASAP, needed money to cover immediate expenses, etc.
I suggested that she contact her credit card company. She replied asking for funds to be credited to a different card, then asked for a certified money order to be sent.
I replied letting her know we could not do that, but I would be happy to call VISA to help her get the charge credited to the original card.
when she continued to insist on a different refund method, I googled and found this information.
The scam appears to be moving beyond colleges to other types of non-profit organizations, some of whom may not be used to getting many online contributions and who may fall victim to this fraud. I am going to alert our local association of non profit executives to email all of our members to take care.
thank you to everyone who reported here!
Naomi says
Thanks for having this info out there, it has helped me confirm that the nonprofit organization I work for in Delaware has been targeted with a similar scam. We received this email which immediately had me suspicious:
From: Williams Paul [mailto:williamspauljr1@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:32 PM
To: development
Subject: Mistake In My Donation
Greetings
My Name is Williams Paul, i got to know about about your Organization thru a friend who have already make donation to this Organization once.
I was moved by my friend, So i make donation to this organization but I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just
$150.00 and not $1150.00.
Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a refund credit for $1000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
Visa Card : 4120XXXXXXXXXX81
Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Thanks for Cooperation
Williams Paul
——
First of all, he email reads just like it was written by a Nigerian 409 scammer, the name of the friend and the name of our organization are never mentioned, and who with any brains at all puts their full credit card number and expiration date in an email?
When I checked it out in our donation database, I saw a donation from a Paul Williams (not Williams Paul) in Mounds View, MN for $2,250 ($1000 more than stated in the email) using a credit card with a different expiration date and last four digits than the one given in the email.
I suspected this donation was probably made with a stolen credit card number, and that the scammer probably has access to the other credit card specified in the email and thinks we would issue a refund to that card. He/she would then disappear with the refund money, AND the donation that was made will probably end up being reversed when the owner of the stolen credit card discovers the charge on their bill. I am betting the scammer is counting on us being greedy and going ahead with the refund, thinking we will end up with $1,250 in our possession after it is issued, not $150.
It’s bad enough that innocent people fall prey to scammers like this, but to target nonprofit organizations that are trying to do good in the world is truly despicable!
Dawn Dougherty says
Mr. Williams Paul strikes again! Just hit one of our affliate hospitals in Northern California this past weekend.
Al Turo says
The Foundation of St. Mary’s Healthcare received a credit card donation from Williams Paul. We will not process this “gift.”
Christian Henry says
This was forwarded attempted today, and rejected by our non-profit charity in New Jersey.
From: Williams Paul
Date: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Subject: Error In My Donation
To:
Greetings
My Name is Williams Paul, i got to know about about your Organization
through a friend who have already make donation to this Organization
once.
I was moved by my friend, So i make donation to this organization but
I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just
$200.00 and not $2200.00.
Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a
refund credit for $2000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
Visa Card : 412053XXXXXX0381
Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also
forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Thanks for Cooperation
Williams Paul
Kate T says
Williams Paul has just hit a conservation group in Idaho as well. Luckily we suspected that an unsolicited donation from WI was odd. Does anyone know how we report this to shut it down?
Robert says
Kate — I would certainly contact the credit card company used for the “donation”. If you got to the point where he asked for a refund to another card, contact that company as well. The card merchants may have other suggestions. Maybe the FBI is tracking this. Some of the people who have posted about this scam said they also reported it to their local authorities, but no one has said that that yielded any results.
Carol Potok says
November 19, 2013
We received this email yesterday after getting a donation from a person unknown to us in Morgantown Virginia. When we googled the address, we found that the house was for sale. We see that the same credit card number, expiration date and even the amount is the same as the previous letter.
I suspected it when I read the letter, because the grammar is so bad, and as others have said it does not mention us.
Greetings
My Name is Williams Paul, i got to know about about your Organization
through a friend who have already make donation to this Organization
once.
I was moved by my friend, So i make donation to this organization but
I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just
$200.00 and not $2200.00.
Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a
refund credit for $2000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
Visa Card : 41XXXXXXXXXXXX81
Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also
forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Thanks for Cooperation
Williams Paul
Carol Potok says
I reported it to the local FBI office, and the agent gave me the following web address:
“please go to http://www.ic3.gov and fill out a complaint. This will ensure that the information gets routed to the appropriate squad”
Hope lots of people fill out complaints maybe they will catch these guys.
Melanie says
Thanks for the posts. We were just scammed by Williams Paul as well. By Googling the email address, I found this board and the comment above. Luckily, I did not refund the card in the email.
—–Original Message—–
From: Williams Paul [mailto:williamspauljr1@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 2:23 PM
To: Tuality Events
Subject: Error In My Donation
Greetings
My Name is Williams Paul, i got to know about about your Organization through a friend who have already make donation to this Organization once.
I was moved by my friend, So i make donation to this organization but I m really very sorry to tell you that my intended donation was just
$200.00 and not $2200.00.
Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a refund credit for $2000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
Visa Card : 41XXXXXXXXXXXXX81
Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Thanks for Cooperation
Williams Paul
Yolanda says
I just received this scam today. I also Googled the email address and found this board. I did not refund any monies.
Williams Paul
To Me
Today at 6:21 AM
Greetings
My Name is Williams Paul, i got to know about about your Foundation
through Donors mailing send to my mail box.
After i visit the Foundation homepages i was move and touched, So i
make donation to this organization but I m really very sorry to tell
you that my intended donation was just $200.00 and not $2200.00.
Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a
refund credit for $2000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
Visa Card : 41XXXXXXXXXXXXXX81
Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also
forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
Thanks for Cooperation
Williams Paul
Melanie says
We received this one yesterday.
From: dawn miller [mailto:drdawnmiller@outlook.com]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 5:34 AM
To: Tuality Events
Subject: error in donation
Hello ,i made a donation in memory of someone special and dear to my heart
and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $7200,i have intention of donating $720 not $7200,am really
sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $6480 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 41XX-XXXXX-XXXX-XX87
Expiry Date: 09/15 Cvv: 226
i hope to hear from you soon
Dawn Miller
Chrissie says
Received this week:
Hello ,i made a donation in memory of someone special and dear to my heart
and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $7200,i have intention of donating $720 not $7200,am really
sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $6480 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-XX56
Expiry Date: 08/17 Cvv: XXX
i hope to hear from you soon.
steven ilous
Shelley says
I received this one yesterday.
Greetings
>
> Merry Christmas in advance
>
> I got to know about about your Foundation through Donors mailing send
> to my mail box.
>
> After i visit the Foundation homepages i was move and touched, today
> make donation to this organization but I m really very sorry to tell
> you that my intended donation was just $200.00 and not $2200.00.
>
> Please i will be very appreciate to your Organization to issue a
> refund credit for $2000.00 to my Visa card Account Number list below
>
> Visa Card : 41XXXXXXXXXXXX68
>
> Expiry Date: 02/2017, on my authorization.
>
> Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question, and also
> forward to me a copy of the refund receipt.
>
> Thanks for Cooperation
>
> Ryan George
>
Idaho Foundation says
We also got a donation on 1/4/14 for $7,200 from Dr. Steven Ilous, (229) 638-1052, 900 First Ave.//PA/
King of Prussia, PA 19406, drstevenilous@live.com.
IT IS FRAUD, FRAUD FRAUD! Thanks for hosting this website so I could come and validate my suspicions!!
The Thacher School says
Same here, except Dr. Steven Ilous used a business address in California as that is where our school is located. Here is what he wrote:
Hello ,i made a donation in memory of someone special and dear to my heart
and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $7200,i have intention of donating $720 not $7200,am really
sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $6480 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-XX35
Expiry Date: 08/17 Cvv: 557
i hope to hear from you soon.
steven ilous
Chris Krukewitt says
Here is the version we received:
Hello ,i made a donation in memory of someone special and dear to my heart
and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $7200,i have intention of donating $720 not $7200,am really
sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $6480 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-XX35
Expiry Date: 08/17 Cvv: 557
i hope to hear from you soon.
steven ilous
Christie Larson says
Here is our version that was received January 15, 2014.
Hello Larson,i made a donation in memory of someone special and dear to my heart
and i just check my email now and i discover that i donated $7200,i have intention of donating $720 not $7200,am really
sorry for this silly mistake,
i will be glad if you can return $6480 to my corporate account with the following details CARD Number: 4120-XXXX-XXXX-XX95
Expiry Date: 08/17 Cvv: 672
i hope to hear from you soon.
Davon White
Sarah says
Dr. Steven Ilous strikes again … with a New York address, and MagicJack phone number with Georgia area code. We are a small Delaware nonprofit. Same story as others have experienced: donated $7200, wants refund to another card. We’ve reported it to AmEx. Thanks so much for this thread!
Mrs. G says
I also got hit by Mr. Steven Ilous by a university purchasing credit card held in my name. This guy got me four different times. Glad to know this is a scam and sure hope this person or persons(s) can get caught and punished for their actions!!!