Online users are asked to be aware of David and Susan Nelson lottery charity donation scams. The names of the Swansea, Wales couple, who won £1 million in the Euromillions lottery, are being used by scammers in an attempt to trick potential victims into sending money and personal information. The scammers claim their potential victims were randomly selected to receive donations from the lottery winners as part of their charity project. But, David and Susan Nelson are not randomly donating money to people around the world.
A Sample of the David and Susan Nelson Lottery Donation Scam
Subject: RE: NOTIFICATION!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
How are you and your lovely family? My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation and your email address was chosen as one of the five Lucky winner who won cash donation of £250,000.00 GBP and ten(10)charity organizations was compensated. I quit understand how surprise you are feeling right now, you have to be very happy because of the biggest prize your have won I want you to understand that your email was submitted to My Wife and I by the Google Management Team as the chosen beneficiary.
Please do not ignore this opportunity as you know it only comes one way, once in a life time, we have made so many charity home comfortable, and family we are very happy because when we won the Euro Millions lottery prize of £1,000,000.00 GBP. Year 16th April, 2013 we thought this was a scam but we stood by ourselves and prayed to God almighty should lead us through the successful of this Euro Millions lottery. Note that we are not trying to Scam you neither do we need your money OK, We have a lot of evidence to prove the authentication of this Euro Millions lottery. Believe in God almighty and follow your heart on this.
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Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance,
David and Susan Nelson
Remember, 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 David and Susan Nelson lottery charity donation emails are asked not to respond to or follow the instructions in them. They should just delete the email messages 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.