Online users are asked to be aware of Mr. James Stocklas lottery donation scams. The name of the Florida Powerball Jackpot winner, who won 291 million dollars, is 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 winner as part of his charity project. But, Mr. James Stocklas is not randomly donating money to people around the world.
A Sample of the Mr. James Stocklas Lottery Donation Scam
Greetings
I am pleased to get across to you through your email, I got your contact through world directory random search, after I decided to contact you as my spirit lead me to do so, I might not know your present condition and what you are going through in life but I believe that this donation will be of good help to you and your family, I am Mr. James Stocklas. I am 67 years old and I'm from Pennsylvania, United State of America. I have decided to share among individuals around the world part of my wealth since money is not everything in life, I may not know you, but I believe if you received my first email and responded back indicates you were chosen to receive my donation of [$2,000,000.00 USD] which will be transferred to you as soon as you respond back to me now, I am a Christian and I believe that Good things happen to good people like you who had the mind to respond back to my mail.
I won $291.4 Million Dollars in the Powerball jackpot and I decided to make sure my winning is put on the internet for the world to see as you could see from this web page http://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-reels-2914-million-powerball-jackpot-vacation/story?id=37420681 After taken care of the needs of my immediate family members and friends, i decided to donate the remaining of the fund to other individuals around the world in need, the local fire department, NGO's, the Red C ross, hospitals and some other organizations in Asia, Africa and Europe that fight cancer. I want to hear from you if my gift of [$2,000,000.00 USD] is accepted by you before I proceed.
Send me the below details to show that you accept my gift.
NAME:..... AGE:...... PHONE NUMBER:.... COUNTRY:....... SEX:....... OCCUPATION:.......
You can form your own charity if you have an idea for a cause you feel hasn't yet represented by an organization. Become active in charities in your community or globally, and raising money or other donations for good causes you feel strongly about.. You can invest in business, help the needy, but endeavor you use this donation judiciously.
Everyone says its an evil world but there are still good people, there is still some good things to say about this world. I will emulate Jesus Christ approach to giving, Matthew 9:29-30 Then he touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be done to you"; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, "See that no one knows about this."........ Let this gift be between you, me and the creator. Remember to pay it forward someday.
Thank you for accepting my offer, I am indeed grateful, I anticipate your earliest response.
Best Regard
Mr. James Stocklas.
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 so-called 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 Mr. James Stocklas lottery donation scam 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.