The fake "Steve and Lenka Thomson" Powerball Lottery Donation email below is a scam. The name of the Euromillions winners who won £105 million 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, Steve and Lenka Thomson are not randomly donating money to people around the world, this is just another advance fee fraud or scam.
The "Steve and Lenka Thomson" Euromillions Charity Scam
From: Steve & Lenka Thomson - christoph.thilker@hs-emden-leer.de
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021, 06:29:29 AM EST
Subject: £500,000 Pounds Donation From Steve & Lenka Thomson
Dear Beneficiary,
Congratulations!! Your email has been selected among the lucky winners of a £500,000 pounds donation from Steve & Lenka Thomson. This is to support the charity and orphanage homes, to help fight against the ongoing COVID -19 pandemic and help the poor get off the streets and get back to business.
For further details: Email: stevelenkathomson@hotmail.com
Warm regards,
Steve and Lenka Thomson
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 Steve and Lenka Thomson lottery donation scam emails are asked not to respond to or follow the instructions in them, they should delete them 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.