Marie Holmes Powerball Jackpot or Lottery Donation Scam

Marie Holmes Powerball Jackpot or Lottery Donation Scam

The email message below, which claims that Marie Holmes, the 26-year-old single mother from Shallotte, North Carolina who won the $188 million Powerball Jackpot, is donating thousands of dollars to randomly selected people around the world, is a lottery scam. The Powerball Jackpot or lottery winner is not randomly donating money to people around the world and did not sent the email message below. The fake email message was instead sent by scammers. The scammers/cyber-criminals are who are sending out the fake email messages, and who are pretending to be Marie Holmes, are attempting to trick the recipients into sending them their personal information.

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Once they (scammers) have received their potential victims’ personal information, they will use the information to trick the potential victims into sending money, which they will claim is for some advance fees, which will cover banking and transfer costs, insurance payments or tax that the potential victims need to pay before they can receive the donated money.

But, if the victims send their money, the scammers will steal it and may continue to trick the victims into sending more money, with the promise of receiving the donated money the scammers claim they would receive. Recipients of the Marie Holmes lottery email scam are asked not to respond to or follow the instructions in it. They should just delete the email message instead.

It is important to remember that when someone contacts you, claiming that you have won the lottery or you are the recipient of millions of dollars, and asks you to send money in order to receive your lottery winnings or prizes, it is a SCAM. Legitimate lottery companies will never ask their winners to send money in order to receive their prizes or winnings. And, why would lottery winners who are allegedly donating millions of dollars to you, want you to send a few hundred or thousand dollars for banking and transfer costs, insurance payments or tax? Well, the money that the scammers want the victims to send, which the scammers claim is for taxes, bank transfer cost, insurance or other expenses, is what the scammers will steal. And, the victims on the other hand, will never receive the winnings, prizes or money that they were promised.

So, once you are asked to send money in order to receive money, it is a scam.

The Marie Holmes Powerball or Lottery Donation Scam

From: "Marie Holmes" <holmesmarie945@gmail.com>

Subject: Re: Donor

Let me start by introducing myself properly. I am Mrs Marie Holmes from Shallotte, North Carolina, 26 years old. am a single mother.the link bellow will tell you a little more about me. I have been so indecisive about giving out this donation I just decided to do now. I gladly appreciate your response to the email sent to you by my personal assistant. After thoughtful reasoning I have decided to make voluntary donation of $950,000 USD to randomly selected persons from anywhere in the world. not minding if I know them or not.And you and your family happened to be one of the selected individuals.

I really did not expect a response from you especially due to the rapid scam on the internet and news of people losing their money and homes to fraudsters over the internet with false promises and letters of lottery winnings. I am aware of all these evil deeds in the society in this present age, But considering my present status, I cannot personally go around traveling hours/days to your country and the homes of other two beneficiaries like yourself who are also beneficiaries of my donation, for that reason alone that's why I'm contacting you via email personally to avoid any sort of misconduct.

Considering how evil and selfish people are these days. I don't trust handing over this transaction to anyone at this earliest stage except my pay-out bank, that you will be contacting later on, only after I am satisfied that you can be trusted. My payout bank which is a well trusted bank around the world is the bank i have given the responsibility to handle the transfer and disbursement of donated funds to my church, organizations associated with cerebral palsy, the neurological disorder that afflicts my 7-year-old son, Charity Homes,Communities, and wonderful beneficiaries like yourself.

Although we've just known each other for the first time through an email conversation but I believe our father in heaven as directed me to you. Since I wasn't able to contact you in a more formal and more realistic way I had to ensure that the media took a full video coverage of my Lotto Wins just to prove that my intentions are honest and only focused at making your life and that of your loved ones more comfortable same way I've made the life of my family and that of my loved one’s comfortable. I’m a very shy and modest woman, I don’t have much to say, but I have also provided you some Web links to view below for verification.

Please you can read more about me by viewing the links below;

My donation of $950,000 USD may not be much to you but I believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of life like my lotto Jackpot did to me, I would like you to fill the below details and return back to me and my entire household will be glad for you to visit us after my donation gets to you. Do this on time so you can contact my payout bank for further directives to receive my donated funds.

Name:
Address:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Tel:

Country of Residence:

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you? Don’t blame me for keeping this donation low key, i just don’t want anyone to start hurting innocent people out there with my good name .am just trying to be very cautious.

God Bless You.

Marie Holmes

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Nov 13, 2019 at 8:03 AM by
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Another scam: "From: "Marie Holmes Charity" Date: November 10, 2019 at 10:48:34 PM EST To: Recipients Subject: URGENT CHARITY DONATION Reply-To: mariieholmescharity@gmail.com You have been randomly selected to receive a donation from Marie Holmes Charity. Contact Them for more information: email mariieholmescharity@gmail.com"

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Aug 26, 2018 at 10:37 AM by
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Here is another scam: "From: QUINTANA PIÑEIRO, M CARMEN Date: August 22, 2018 at 1:11:25 PM PDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Good News! A special donation was made to you and your family. Contact ( maryhamilton02038@yeah.net ) for details... Please Note: This is the third time we have been trying to contact you. Best Regards Mrs. Mary Hamilton."

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Sep 19, 2016 at 8:42 PM by
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Here is another scam: "From: Elgin, Christine C Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 5:09 PM Subject: Beneficiary Notification You are a beneficiary to Marie Holmes, contact your benefactor via email { mholmesdonation@prodigy.net } for details."

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Sep 11, 2016 at 8:15 PM by
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an anonymous user from: Mesa, Arizona, United States

This is what I got:
"From: Titler, Sarah S
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2016 6:06 PM
Subject: Award
You have an award. Reply To { mholmesdonation@prodigy.net } For More Details.
Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy all copies of the original message and attachments thereto. Email sent to or from UI Health Care may be retained as required by law or regulation. Thank you."

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Jul 9, 2016 at 9:27 PM by
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Here is another scam: - start of scam - From: marieholmesdonation@gmail.com Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 00:26:34 -0700 Subject: Response To Your Email Thank you for directing your response to us, i am Marie Holmes. A 26-year-old single mother of four kids from the town of Charlotte, North Carolina,am very happy i received your response, I was one of the three $188 million winner of the $564 million jackpot, am so happy that am rich now after too many struggle, i ran outside and screamed when i realized i won. i said i made it. i was fixing breakfast for my kids the day after the Feb. 11 drawing when i saw the winning numbers on Facebook. I just happened to check my Facebook and my friend had a post up with the numbers on it so I looked at the numbers and I had my numbers in my hand and I was like these are the same numbers on my ticket, OMG!. Then I started screaming and my kids ran away from me and I really scared them. my mom who purchased the winning ticket for me on her way to church, was the first person i called. Once she double-checked the numbers on her phone, she was convinced because she saw the numbers in person, but the rest of my family did not believe i won the $564.1 million jackpot, the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history. I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it, i was forced to quit my jobs at Wal-Mart and McDonald's to care for my four children, one of whom has cerebral palsy. My plan is to donate to my church, buy a new house and set up college funds for the kids and donate 2 million dollars to six individuals and organizations associated with cerebral palsy and charity homes in troubled countries before my donation go wide and spread over the internet scams and fraudulent acts.i know you will be thinking how i picked you and got your email, your email was selected randomly from Google team and i believe GOD picked you for this donation just to bless your family like mine.

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Jun 1, 2016 at 9:36 PM by
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Sent by Amy via email: Here is a version of the email I received. - start of scam - From: Marie Holmes Date: 6/1/2016 5:33 PM (GMT-07:00) Subject: Re: Award Dear Friend, Thank you for directing your response to us. I am Marie Holmes. A 26-year-old single mother of four kids from the town of Charlotte, North Carolina, am very happy i received your response, I was one of the three $188 million winner of the $564 million jackpot, am so happy that am rich now after too many struggle, i ran outside and screamed when i realized i won. i said i made it. i was fixing breakfast for my kids the day after the Jan. 11 drawing when i saw the winning numbers on Facebook ... I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I saw the ticket and checked it, i was forced to quit my jobs at Wal-Mart and McDonald's to care for my four children, ... I would like my donation to be utilized on investments that will be a blessing to others, Investments that will create job opportunity and also put smile on the face of those who have forgotten how joy feels. I need you to write back to me and let me know if you can utilize my donation funds in a Godly Manner, Also tell me little about yourself i will like to know who my donation is going to, Tell me about yourself in details NAME, AGE, OCCUPATION, COUNTRY, MOBILE or TELEPHONE. May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and your society as soon as my donation gets to you. Regards, Marie Holmes. - end of scam -

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Jun 1, 2016 at 6:20 PM by
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Here is another scam: - start of scam - From: Marie Holmes [mailto: marieh1516@ outlook.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:44 PM Subject: RE: Cash donation Hello Jocelyn Let me start by introducing myself properly. I am Ms Marie Holmes from Shallotte, North Carolina, 27 years old. The link bellow will tell you a little more about me. I have been so indecisive about giving out this gift/donation I just decided to do it now that I am a little free to. I gladly appreciate your response to the message sent to you by my agent. After thoughtful reasoning I have decided to make voluntary donation of $1.500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) to a randomly selected person in the USA, because I will be traveling to different country outside the USA for charity service. And you happen to be the lucky one. I really cannot personally go around traveling hours/days to your home as the sole beneficiary of my donation, for that reason alone I'm communicating with you via email personally to avoid any sort of misconduct. Considering how evil and selfish people are these days. I don't trust handing over this transaction to anyone at this earliest stage except a reliable company, that you will be contacting later on, only after I am satisfied that you can be trusted to make good use of this donation. The Fiduciary/Security Vault will be responsible to handle the disbursement of donated funds to you and organizations associated with cerebral palsy, the neurological disorder that afflicts my 7-year-old son, Charity Homes,Communities. The bulk of the funds to be shared are deposited with The Fiduciary/Security Vault, I have voluntarily given out $1,500,000 solely to you. And I am hoping that you will definitely be able to use this fund wisely and judiciously on projects that will last you for a long time. To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds and all the legal documents that will be signed, entitled to you, the below details will be needed as to enable my Attorney Barrister Leslie Thomas QC.complete the release process to you. 1. NAME IN FULL: 2. HOME ADDRESS: 3. OCCUPATION & MOBILE NUMBER: 4. GENDER & AGE: 5. PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION: - end of scam -

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May 19, 2016 at 10:59 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Liberty Lake, Washington, United States

The scammers are still at it! Can't they be caught and prosecuted?

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May 15, 2016 at 7:24 PM by
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The following came after a text asking me to contact her. Thank you! "From: Ms.Marie Holmes Subject: Re: Cash Donation Thank you for directing your response to me, How are you today? My name is Marie Holmes from Charlotte,North Carolina,i am a single mother of four, i won the power ball jackpot lottery of $188 million on February 23 2015, after which,i was given alump sum of $127 million before taxes."

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May 31, 2016 at 11:56 AM by
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an anonymous user from: Dallas, Texas, United States

I got a text telling me to contact them too, then got the email saying she wanted to give me 1.5 million.

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May 12, 2016 at 9:44 AM by
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Received via email: "I received an email saying I have a donation from Marie Olmes for $2,000,000 waiting for in exchange for the usual personal info. The reply email address was holmes-marie@ rodgers.com I have not . of course sent anything!"

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