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The emails seemed like a scam. Then they turned into a $6.8 million gift.

Bob Tedeschi, seated, and Paul Martinez of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.
Jacksonville Daily Record
Bob Tedeschi, seated, and Paul Martinez of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida President and CEO Paul Martinez twice deleted emails offering his organization a $6.8 million grant.

He thought it was spam.

Earlier this year, Martinez said that while going through his 200 or so daily emails, one caught his eye. An unsolicited source wanted to award the area branch $6.8 million. He immediately deleted the email.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.