"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam

Online users are asked to be aware of "Jeff Lindsay" lottery donation scams. The name of the California Powerball Jackpot winner, who won 447 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, Jeff Lindsay is not randomly donating money to people around the world.

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Jeff Lindsay Lottery Donation Scam

A Sample of the "Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam

From: Jeff Lindsay Charity Projects <jeff.lindsay.@fork.ocn.ne.jp>

Date: Sun, Mar 18, 2018, 9:50 AM

Subject: JLCP/Donation-ref:K011- You have been Chosen for our Donation

Dear Beneficiary,

Greetings to you. My name is Jeff Lindsay from California. On June 10th-2017, I was declared the winner of $447 Million,one of the largest Powerball jackpot Winning in history. Actually I am a very private person so I decided keep my winning and information concealed from the media. I do believe that in humility, a lot could still be done hence I have voluntarily decided to donate some of the Money to charity across the world.

This message is to humbly inform you that you have been selected to benefit from my charity project aimed at touching lives and helping people as God has blessed me. This donation of $1 Million is made out to enable you strengthen your personal issues and generously help extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.

Should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect:

Kindly forward your Message of Acceptance to:

jefflindsay.charityprojects@gmail.com

Remain Blessed.

Jeff Lindsay

©2018 JLCP All Rights Reserved.

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 Jeff Lindsay 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.

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June 2, 2020 at 7:17 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Zurich, Switzerland

"From: wsilvar@buro.com.pe

Replyto: billlawrancedonations@gmail.com

Recipients: wsilvar@buro.com.pe

Ich bin Bill Lawrence, ein älterer Bürger aus Kalifornien, USA. Ich habe einen Jackpot von 150 Millionen Dollar gewonnen. Im Namen meiner Familie und aus gutem Willen spenden wir Ihnen und Ihrer Familie den Betrag von (2.000.000,00 EUR), den ich versuche, die Waisenhäuser für gemeinnützige Zwecke zu erreichen. Beitrag zur Armutsbekämpfung und Gewährleistung einer angemessenen Gesundheitsversorgung für den Einzelnen. Ich möchte auch, dass Sie einen Teil dieser Spende in die öffentliche Infrastruktur investieren, um Arbeitslosen in Ihrem Land Arbeitsplätze zu bieten. Ich habe dich gewählt, weil ich an dich glaube. Ich brauche Ihre uneingeschränkte Mitarbeit in Bezug auf diese Spende. Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich hier unter meiner privaten E-Mail-Adresse: billlawrencedonationorg@gmail.com"

Another scam.

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May 31, 2020 at 9:29 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Zurich, Switzerland

"From: Bill Lawrence <scarlu@mecon.gov.ar>

     Date: May 31, 2020 at 00:34:19 CEST

To: undisclosed-recipients :;

Subject: donation

Reply to: Bill Lawrence <billlawrencedonationorg@gmail.com>

I'm Bill Lawrence, an elderly citizen from California, United States. I won a $ 150 million jackpot. On behalf of my family and for goodwill, we are donating to you and your family the amount of (EUR 2,000,000.00) that I am trying to reach the orphanages for charitable purposes. Contributing to poverty reduction and ensuring adequate health care for individuals. I also want you to invest part of this donation in public infrastructure to provide jobs to unemployed people in your country. I chose you because I believe in you. I need your full involvement in this donation. Please contact me here at my private email address: billlawrencedonationorg@gmail.com..."

Here is another scam.

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October 29, 2019 at 6:31 PM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Mexico City, Mexico

Received this scam:

"ROYECTOS DE CARIDAD JEFF LINDSAY [JLCP]

Querido Beneficiario:

Con respecto a mI fondo de donación para usted, el abogado de mI familia ha procesado el DOCUMENTO DE LEGALIZACIÓN para validar el fondo de donación para usted.

Una vez más, me gustaría felicitarlo por ser uno de los pocos elegidos para beneficiarse de mI proyecto de caridad. Espero que utilices la Donación que se te ha hecho para el curso correcto, para empoderar a los menos privilegiados que te rodean.

Buenas tardes esto es lo que ha llegado a mI correo como puedo desviar los correos que respondí, que antes de hacerlo empece a checar sI esto era real o no pero no encontré información, hasta este día que había respondido un correo.

sI alguien puede ayudar con esto o de que manera me protejo"

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June 6, 2018 at 9:54 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

I received the following email. Please beware.

"RE: FYI

Watson, Wayne (CCD) <Wayne.Watson@ccd.edu>

Sat 5/5, 1:45 AM

Watson, Wayne (CCD) (Wayne.Watson@ccd.edu)

Congratulations.a donation has been made in your name, please contact ( jefflinday@outlook.com ) for more info."

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May 21, 2018 at 10:16 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Sunnyvale, California, United States

I got the same one I knew it was a scam cause 5 days before I got the same email fome a Patricia Busking found out her phone number & told her what was going on,I don't give no information but I did email him back whit LMFAO

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April 17, 2018 at 10:41 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
info

Received via email:

"Here's another Jeff Lindsay scam email for you. Thanks. I, of course, did not contact them back. Lol. If they really want people to believe it, they should address the email to your actual name. Problem is that scammers probably have no way of knowing your name. Thanks for having your website.

M. Sassa

On Tue, 4/17/18

Jeff Lindsay Charity Projects <jefflindsaycharityproject2017@gmail.com>

From: Jeff Lindsay Charity Projects <jefflindsaycharityproject2017@gmail.com>

Subject: JLCP/Donation-ref:k4501- You have been Selected for Donation

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 5:53 AM

Dear Beneficiary,

Greetings to you. My name is Jeff

Lindsay from California. On June 10th-2017, I was declared the winner of $447 Million,one of the largest Powerball jackpot Winning in history. Actually I am a very private person so I decided keep my winning and information concealed from the media. I do believe that in humility, a lot could still be done hence I have voluntarily decided to donate some of the Money to charity across the world.

This message is to humbly inform you that you have been selected to benefit from my charity project aimed at touching lives and helping people as God has blessed me. This donation of $1 Million is made out to enable you strengthen your personal issues and generously

help extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.

Should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFMs6dftbw8

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/20/news/powerball-winner-california/index.html

Kindly forward your Message of Acceptance to: contact@jefflindsaycharityprojects.com

Remain Blessed.

Jeff Lindsay

©2017 JLCP All Rights Reserved."

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April 13, 2018 at 12:51 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

I got an email saying Jeff Linsey was donating to me a million dollars...but I had to open a bank account with there bank and I had to deposit $100, $200 or $250 into a saving account which would be reimbursed upon closure of the account! That's when I decided to investigate the legitimacy of the email and found out it was a scam! My name is Mindy.

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April 7, 2018 at 9:42 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: New York, United States

This scam was in my spam folder. Thank you for the information

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March 28, 2018 at 7:59 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: San Diego, California, United States

I received the following letter in an email. The website actually exists making this scam even more believable:

"Dear Beneficiary,

Greetings to you. My name is Jeff Lindsay from California. On June 10th-2017, I was declared the winner of $447 Million,one of the largest Powerball jackpot Winning in history. Actually I am a very private person so I decided keep my winning and information concealed from the media. I do believe that in humility, a lot could still be done hence I have voluntarily decided to donate some of the Money to charity across the world.

This message is to humbly inform you that you have been selected to benefit from my charity project aimed at touching lives and helping people as God has blessed me. This donation of $1 Million is made out to enable you strengthen your personal issues and generously help extend hands of giving to the less privileged, orphans and charity organizations within your locality.

Should you wish to verify, below are links to that effect:

https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=GFMs6dftbw8

Kindly forward your Message of Acceptance to:

contactus@jefflindsaycharityprojects.com

Remain Blessed.

Jeff Lindsay

©2018 JLCP All Rights Reserved."

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March 20, 2018 at 8:52 AM by
"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam
an anonymous user from: Houston, Texas, United States

I received an email from Jeff Lindsay this morning and this is unfortunate that people have the time and energy to take advantage of people. Also, note that the original email came from gloria.campos@ct.gov providing instructions

"Please note: You have been selected for a cash benefit, Please kindly contact your donor via his personal email for more info. Email: donations_foundation@outlook.com- Kind regards, Email Coordinator."

I live in a state that was affected by Hurricane Harvey and mistaken the email from a person I recently spoke with but for some reason, I felt that this didn't seem right.

Please proceed with caution and do not provide any of your information!

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"Jeff Lindsay" Lottery Donation Scam