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“I thought ‘yeah right,’” said Loveall.
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The email turned out to be from a representative working for billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, who is an author and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. According to NPR, Scott, who is worth an estimated $55.1 billion, announced this week that her organization has given away $4 billion over the last four months to charitable organizations in all 50 states and territories.
After receiving a second email, Loveall decided to make the call and her apprehension quickly faded.
“I did some research on MacKenzie Scott and saw that she’s a huge philanthropist, and found the company that was calling me was legitimate, and it went from there.”