Beware of Marie Holmes Powerball Jackpot or Lottery Donation Scam

Here is another scam:

"From: QUINTANA PIÑEIRO, M CARMEN <mquintanap@bcn.cat>
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."

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."

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."

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.

Sent by Amy via email:

Here is a version of the email I received.

-- start of scam --
From: Marie Holmes <mholmesdonation@hotmail.com>
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 --

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 --

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

The following came after a text asking me to contact her. Thank you!

"From: Ms.Marie Holmes <ms.marieholmes@ hotmail.com>
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."

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!"

Received the following from an anonymous user:
"I had a message about a humanitarian donation for this email address marieholmescharity@ gmail.com. addresse was from laurie wilms at lwilms@bedford.k12.oh.us. Thanks, I'm tired of these scam artist sending stuff to my inbox, they need to be arrested."

Wow, just when I thought something amazing was going to happen in my life from Ms. Marie Holmes, I find it all to be a scam, it almost got me too! I received the referral# and banking emails. Those guys SUCK, get a job, and life and stop scamming working people!

--- start of scam ---

Dear Veronica

It gives me great joy and happiness to say hello to you again,you have been appointed as our beneficiary and you are now the sole beneficiary to my donation funds totaling $950,000.00 US Dollars. Also I want to let you know that you and your family might be so happy now that you have received such a donation from me.

...

I have already sent your details to the concerned department of the Northwest Bank New DelhI Branch India, informing them of this development. You will have to contact them with my reference number for easy trace of my file. My Reference Number is: MDH/825355AVL/NBN/2016. Also send them the Court letter which I attached to this email.

...

Please make sure you send our Reference number along with your personal information to the bank (Ref MDH/825355AVL/NBN/2016 e.g your Name, Address, Phone Number and our Ref number to the bank for easy identification and forward them the attached Declaration too.

Below is the details of the bank;

Northwest Bank New DelhI Branch India
(Private Banking Section)

STAR HOUSE C - 6, "F" Block,
Bandra Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East),

MumbaI 400 051, India
Email: northwesterneh@outlook.com
enquiriesindia@bnorthwest.com
Tell: 917219007113

Do send the email to the two emails to ensure the bank receives your mail.
...

GOD BLESS YOU!

Thanks
Ms. Marie Holmes
--- end of scam ---

Here is another scam:
"(Re: HI) Cash donation to be made to you
Donor: Ms. Marie Holmes
Email: marieholmes877@ gmail.com
Contact donor only via email for claim."

I received this text from this email address:

faturamento.saude@santabarbara .sp.gov.br

(Re: HI) Cash donation to be made to you
Donor: Ms. Marie Holmes
Email: marieholmes877@ @gmail.com
Contact donor only via email for claim.

Received the following from an anonymous user:

To Whom it May Concern:

I wanted to contact you about an exchange that has happened with me over the past few days. It is surprising the way it played out, and after my own research, I've definitely decided it needed to be alerted. The actual start to the scam reached me through text message, this part I have yet to figure out how, because the sender subject was not an unknown number, but rather an email address. Attached is a screen shot of what I received. At first I ignored it, believing it to be a scam or mistake, but being a student who had applied for a grant a few months ago, thought it could possibly be related and decided to contact the email, not knowing anything about Marie Holmes.

Below is the first email contact, and then the second regarding my response. Also attached is the "Letter of Authorization" which I believe is a forgery. I have attempted to contact both the original email sender in the text message (which I found belonged to a professor of anatomy at a Canadian University) and the actual High Court of Delhi through their website, both with no response.

I have yet to provide any personal information other than my name and the state in which I currently reside (not the state where my permanent address is located and not any address or phone number given). If I get any more responses relating to this scam I will be sure to send a follow up email.

First Email Contact
Marie Holmes
Mar 30 (1 day ago)

to me

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...

Received the following from anonymous user via email:

"rec'd a text from mjalloh@cau .edu:

"Cash donation to be made to you
Donor: Marie Holmes
Email: marie.hms0@ outlook.com
Contact donor only via email for claim..."

The scam is now coming as text message.

I just got one of these sent to my phone. LOL.

Here is another scam:

"-------- Original message --------
From: Marie Holmes <info@ROSYGREEN.com>
Date: 2/11/2016 7:13 PM (GMT-08:00)

$2 Million Has Been Donated To You By Marie Holmes, Email Back Now For More Info"

Received the following from an anonymous users:

"I received this scam in a text from arthur.r.duckett@mwarep.org
With a request to email this address mailto: mmhdonation@suddenlink.net for questions etc. with a link as follows http://www.modern-woodmen.org/Publis
Just thought I'd let you know it's still going around. Didn't catch me though ;)

From: Marie Holmes <mmhdonation@gmail.com>
Date: February 9, 2016 at 5:09:41 PM CST
Subject: Re: Donation

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 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..."

Here is another scam:

"Good Day! My Client Marie Holmes who just won a power ball lottery has made a donation to you, contact her via her private email (marie-holmes@rogers.com) for more detail on how to receive your donated funds. Please do not ignore, this is the third time trying to reach you.

Sincerely.

Dana Perfetti"

I recently received the fraudulent text:

"My Client Marie Holmes who just won a power ball lottery has made a donation to you, contact her via her private email (marie-holmes@rogers.com) for more detail on how to receive your donated funds. Please do not ignore, this is the third time trying to reach you.

Sincerely.
Mary Jo Popp"
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It was sent from an email that stated a local school district e-mail address. gjcs.k12.in.us

Here is another scam:

"From: tchen81@illinois. edu
Subject: Send your Name, Phone number, Contact address and Country
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 18:20:18 0000
To:

You've a donation of 500,000.00 pounds from Mrs. Mary Hamilton"

Here is another scam:

"Good Day!

My Client Marie Holmes who just won a power ball lottery has made a donation to you, contact her via her private email (marie-holmes@rogers.com) for more detail on how to receive your donated funds. Please do not ignore, this is the third time trying to reach you.

Sincerely.
Mary Jo Popp"

I recently got the text, then an e-mail from "Marie Holmes" about her claim to "donate to me, $950,000"
Luckily, I picked right up on it and will ignore further correspondence from this person. I will forward 2 emails and a copy of the text to you.

As the caretaker son of a 94 year old parent, I fear for others who are vulnerable to this sort of tragic thievery.

Thank you for all that you do!

Received the following:

"Greetings,

From The Goodness of God and that of Ms Marie Holmes POWERBALL winning, Your email have hereby been selected for a special donation, Contact (marie.h11@ hotmail.com) for more details.

Regards,
Marie."

hey also contacted me by telephone number and the email they gave me was marie-holmes@rodgers.com

I have recieved by phone mms from kshwarz.gjcs.k12.us to contact marie-holems@rodger.com for prize winnings. The email indicated I was going to get 2,000,000 USD and ask to send my information.

I received this text from this number at 1:57am PT:

1(410)100-001

FRM:fazli@jps.terengganu. gov.my
MSG:Cash donated to you by Marie Holmes
contact her only via email: marie.hms0@ outlook.com

Recieved a text from poobalan@jpsterengganu .gov saying: "you have a cash gift from Ms. Marie Holmes contact her only via e-mail for details..Email marieh1516@ outlook.com"

Here is another scam:

"RE: CONGRATULATION.

From: Manning, Tammy
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 9:18 AM
To: Manning, Tammy
Subject: CONGRATULATION.


My Client Marie Holmes who just won a power ball lottery has made a donation to you, contact her via her private email (marie.holmes@rogers.com) for more detail on how to receive this. Please do not ignore, this is the third time trying to reach you.

Sincerely. MANNING TAMMY."

1 of 2

FRM:Thomas, Charles R.
SUBJ:Hi
MSG:Cash donation to be made to you
Donor: Marie Holmes
Email: marieholmes877@ gmail.com
Contact donor

(Con't) 2 of 2
only via email for claim...
Send us Full Name, Email address and home address:

Thanks
Marie(End)

I received this phone text today from a (410) number at 2:40 p.m. Hawaii Time and have since deleted it.

FRM:Thomas, Charles R.
MSG:You have a new year cash gift from
Ms. Marie Holmes Contact her only via
email for details... Email: marieh1516@ outlook.com

I just received a text from 410-100-001 that started out "Happy Christmas in Advance" from a Theresa Williamsstating that my number was selected in the on going $2m donation draw by contact and send full name to MARIEHOMES@ROGERS.com FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CLAIMS. It is December 18th,2015 4:52:06 AM where ever they sent it from.

I had the same email (first), then a email from Loyd's England Bank by Sir Lynch, to open an account and she can make the deposit-donation. I just said thanks, I don't have money. Be careful!

Well I played along for a while. The only info I gave was my name and address and no one can really do much with that info. The scammers even sent a really really good looking letter of authorization and used all types of fancy terms. But after back and forth emails for about 4 days, they finally asked for money for it to be delivered to my address.

These guys are good. So be cautious. If you do think its real, then play along until you get asked for money. Also do not give out any info that may hurt your identity! These criminals that prey on others like this is truly sickening and wrong on so many levels. My goal through this comment is to help anyone I possibly can before they fall victim to these disgusting human beings!

I just received a similar e-mail about a month ago, saying that Marie spoke to her ministers and they advised her to donate some of her winnings and she choose me out of list that was presented to her.