Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation

Victim Location 93063

Type of a scam Phishing

Got a message from a person claiming to be a friend from face book list. said I won a lot of money from the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation

"THIS IS ONLINE CLAIM AGENT ALYSON SUMMERS IN CHARGE OF THE BILL $ MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION GRANT" after many texts back and forth and the bottom line was asking me to wire $1500.00 dollars from a walmat store to another walmart store in Ohio. Odd, [censored] i am in California. I got in touch with my true friend and found out this was a scam. He didn’t send out any messages to anyone.

Scam:

Agent Alyson Summers from Foundation

Friend on facebook lives in a different state from where the phone call was coming.

Friend in scam didn’t answer any personal questions about work or family.

Friend in scam didn’t talk like my real friend and started calling me little pet names like "hi dear". My real friend would never talk to me that way as we are friends and business associates.