Fraudsters Hack into ELON MUSK companies, demand Secret Donation for Non Existent Foundation to receive bogus $8million pay out
*Impersonators claim to be Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of the SpaceX team
*Lied to be investor, CEO architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI with an estimated net worth of around $245 billion
*Scam letter which originated from ‘Elon Musk Foundation’ <awila@puertoesmeraldas.gob.ec> reads: “Greetings to you, This is Elon Musk. My team has considered donating to randomly selected people as a government approved charity. Your email account has been picked as a donation fund of a lump sum pay out of $7,124,270.00. You are to contact our claims agent for validation: elonmuskcharity2024@gmail.com”
*BY SANNI MOHAMMED/ANTI-GRAFT Senior Writer, Abuja, Nigeria, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER Inc USA
CRIMINALITY AND CRIMES being committed by criminals and hackers around the world is increasing daily. These criminals have allegedly hacked into the companies chaired and owned by Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.
Under the cover of darkness, behind some laptops, these unknown criminals claim to be representing Elon sent out spoof emails to innocent victims requesting the ‘victims’ to keep the mail secret and donate to receive a lump pay out of $8million.
This scam letter which originated from ‘Elon Musk Foundation’ <awila@puertoesmeraldas.gob.ec> reads: “Greetings to you, This is Elon Musk. My team has considered donating to randomly selected people as a government approved charity. Your email account has been picked as a donation fund of a lump sum pay out of $7,124,270.00. You are to contact our claims agent for validation: elonmuskcharity2024@gmail.com”
The impostors who claimed to be Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of the SpaceX team, lied to be investor, CEO architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI with an estimated net worth of around $245 billion.
It is certain that these criminals are working around the clock to defraud innocent and unsuspecting victims around the world.
From: “Elon Musk Foundation” <awila@puertoesmeraldas.gob.ec>
To:
Sent: Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Subject: Please Acknowledge
Greetings to you, This is Elon Musk,
Founder, CEO and Chief Engineer of the SpaceX team; early stage investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. With an estimated net worth of around $245 billion. My team has considered donating to randomly selected people as a government approved charity.
Your email account has been picked as a donation fund of a lump sum pay out of $7,124,270.00. You are to contact our claims agent for validation: elonmuskcharity2024@gmail.com
Advised you to keep their Donation details/information from the public to avoid double claims (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claimed.
Elon Musk and team.
CEO and Chief Engineer at SpaceX;
Early stage investor.
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