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Beware of "Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie" Donation or Grant Foundation Scams

Updated: August 17, 2017 2017-08-17T21:52:24 - Posted: August 17, 2017 - Views: 1,112 - Comments: 6  +
Beware of "Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie" Donation or Grant Foundation Scams
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Recipients of fake text or email messages similar to the ones below, which claim that Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie, the 84-year-old woman who won $590.5 million in the Powerball, is donating millions of dollars to randomly selected individuals, is a scam being sent by cyber criminals to their potential victims. Therefore, recipients of the same text or email messages are asked to delete them, and should not respond to them.

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If a recipient responds to the fake or text or email message, he/she will be asked to send money in order to receive their so-called donation or grant. But, once the money is sent and received by the scammers, they will take collect it and disappear. Remember, once you are asked to send money in order to receive a lottery prize, donation or grant for a lottery game or event that you did not sign up for, it is a scam.

Samples of the "Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie" Donation Scam

From: "Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie" (may be fake)

Reply-To: <donationaward10@gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 11:59:06 -0700

Subject: Donation!

I am Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie, the power-ball lottery winner and I have donated $7,000,000.00 USD to you.

Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie Powerball Jackpot

-----Original Message-----

From: Bellini Gabriella <GBellini@comune.brescia.it>

To: Undisclosed recipients:;

Sent: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:21

Subject: Donation to you, Contact these email-->(mrsgloriacmackenzie07@outlook.com) for more info

Persons who were tricked by "Mrs. Gloria C. Mackenzie" donation scam are asked to report it to the police. And, those who were instructed by the cyber criminals to use their credit cards to make payments for their so-called donation are asked to contact their banks for help.

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  • Posted: 2018-03-06T21:06:19 by info

    Here is another scam:

    -------- Original message --------
    From: "Tamblyn, Tiffany"
    Date: 3/5/18 12:06 PM (GMT-05:00)
    To: "Tamblyn, Tiffany"
    Subject: RE: donation

    Hi I am Mrs Gloria Mackenzie the winner of the florida $590million power ball lottery, and you have been chosen randomly to receive $300,000.00 USD from my foundation as part of my charity donation. contact me for claims and details at (gloria-mackenzie121@outlook.com)

    delete


  • Posted: 2018-03-06T21:05:15 by info

    Here is another scam:

    "From: "Rhoads, Laura"
    Date: March 5, 2018 at 8:01:13 AM EST
    To: Undisclosed recipients: ;
    Subject: DONATION!!!
    Reply-To: "Mackenziegloria346@gmail.com"

    Mrs Gloria Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Trust Potfolio has donated $2million dollar to you...reply via: Mackenziegloria346@gmail.com

    NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This email is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information that is protected by state and federal laws. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying, sharing, forwarding, or distribution of this email or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email and then permanently delete this email and any attachments without reading, forwarding, or saving them. Thank you."

    delete


  • Posted: 2018-01-31T13:08:58 by info

    Here is another scam:

    ------ Original message------
    From: Jones, Kenwanda
    Date: Wed, Jan 31, 2018 12:10 PM
    Subject:Re:

    This might come to you as a surprise, But congratulation's you have been selected and you will be receiving a donation sum of 3.5Million USD from Gloria Mckenzie & family

    delete


  • Posted: 2017-10-02T10:13:38 by info

    Here is another scam:

    "From: "Gennawey, Abla"
    Date: September 30, 2017 at 7:59:20 AM MDT
    To: Undisclosed recipients:;
    Subject: Re:
    Reply-To: "gloriamckenzie9@outlook.com"

    You have been selected & you will be receiving a donation sum of $3.5million USD from Gloria Mckenzie family."

    delete


  • Posted: 2017-09-19T12:20:09 by info

    Here is another scam:

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Gaffin, Teresa
    Date: Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:42 PM
    Subject: Re:

    You have been selected & you will be receiving a donation sum of $3.5million USD from Gloria Mckenzie family.

    -This e-mail and any attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or disclosure of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED; you are requested to delete this e-mail and any attachments, notify the sender immediately, and notify the LabCorp Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@labcorp.com or call (877) 23-HIPAA / (877) 234-4722.

    delete


    • Posted: 2017-09-26T13:02:11 by an anonymous user from or near: Patchogue, New York, United States

      Yup I got this one too!

      delete


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