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Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach IMPOSTOR

Julie Leach said she was going to give me $250,000.00from her lottery winnings. She had Rita who she said worked for fedex have me purchase a $300.00 apple card and my package would be delivered the next day by fedex. the next day Rita contacted me and said I needed to send $1000.00 for some kind of certificate before my package could be delivered. I told both of them I didn't have any more money and they continued to harass me all day about this. Rita even posted a picture of my house and said "is this your house, well the fedex truck just drove past" almost like she was threatening me. I'm a little scared at this point.

Dollars Lost: $300

Date Reported: August 6, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Investment - Julie Xiao

Scammer reached out to me on a platform on Facebook, asked me lots of questions regarding the sport, then talked about other things and then into cypto. Same thing as others, her uncle in New York has a team and they study the market trends and knows when to do trading nodes for 30 seconds. I only did a small investment and made some money. She really pushed to really put a lot of money into it and I would not. Then my balance got to be fairly large and I went to go withdraw it, from her directions, it become stuck in CONFIRMING on CBOTOP. Customer service there was not helpful and definitely seemed fake. CS and the lady, Julie Xiao, said I have to pay the capital gains taxes before withdrawing the money. She said that I have to use cash and pay and prove I paid taxed for them to release my funds. Now I know for sure it is all fake, and why I only invested a small amount. She was friendly and also a fashion designer, but I could not find her company with the Secretary of State in California, so I also knew that was a flag. I figured I would see where it would go since I already deposited a small amount of money. Once she figured that I was not going to deposit anymore money, she got angry with me. I believe that the CBOTOP was their app and so they can manipulate it anyway they choose, as in making money and not making money. It seemed legit at first but once your money was pulled out of Coinbase and into CBOTOP, that is where they steel your money.

Dollars Lost: $4500

LA, CA

Date Reported: August 4, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Xiao

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Was contacted through Facebook stating that Julie Leach was offering $100,000 out of her lottery winnings to help people. I am currently communicating with her through Facebook Messenger. Not sure if this is the same person as previously reported but they are asking for my address phone number and other information

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 24, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball winner / giveaway

Somebody messaged me about help I need to move, "how can I help you." Then suddenly I've won 50,000 dollars but to get it I need to send whomever 100$ first

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 14, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball winner / giveaway

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach - Powerball Lottery Winner - Charity Organization

Before I fell for the scam I googled the name Julie Leach to find out it is totally a scam. Their text message to me asked for the following: Full Name, Home Address, Phone Number, Gender, Age, Check or Cash. I did NOT answer this text, because I knew it was a scam. I did block the scammer and reported their attempt to scam me.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 26, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach - Powerball Lottery Winner - Charity Organization

Online Purchase - julie-jewelry

The online with lots of photographs suggested an american jeweler going out of business and slashing prices on her jewelry. I ordered in late May and the package took a month. I could track it coming from China. It was suspicious that before coming to me it had been sent to an Illinois address and then readdressed. The 3 items were cheap and nasty in quality, not at all as they looked on the site. I had my credit card stop payment since I had a bad feeling about this.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 21, 2025

Business Name Used: julie-jewelry

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Facebook messages i was receiving 200,000 thousand from lottery winner Julie leach.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: June 14, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie leach / Powerball Winner / give away

They requested a friend request. I thought it was someone else. They said they won the Michigan lottery and was giving away 70k a month and i was selected as a random to win this month. They asked if i was ready to receive my funds. I have not replied. I can tell its a scam

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 10, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie leach / Powerball Winner / give away

Phishing - Lottery winners give away / Julie Leach

They C wanted me to purchase a $100 visa gift card so they can transfer $100,000.00 to it. I didn't go that far. I googled Julie Leach and indeed she won over 300 million dollars but her name a picture has been reported in similar scams

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: June 5, 2025

Business Name Used: Lottery winners give away / Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Encrypted message. Promised first $50,000 then $ $100,000, They have my street address, cell # and my name.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

NA, MI

Date Reported: May 27, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie lench / Julie Leach

Got a txt saying she is julie leach

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Southfield, MI- 48037

Date Reported: May 20, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie lench

Phishing - Julie Gang

I posted Bike for sale on nextdoor.com. The scammer reach out to as potential buyer. Agreed to pay $330 for bike through Zelle. Post which scammer emailed me fake payment Zelle confirmation with email ZELLE [email protected]. From the email - looks like I have to increase my Zelle aacount lime for which scammer will send me additional $250 and I have to payback once I receive it. Here is the email. """Dear Customer We encounter a little problem while releasing your funds. You have a pending payment of $330.00 USD but we have a problem while getting your account Credited with that amount because the status of your zelle account is not a business user which makes your account has a limit and this amount seems to be above your limit, this will not make us get you the money until you expand your limit. You have to take this urgent step to expand your limit: Contact the last payer of your account Julie Gang to send in an additional payment of $250.00 USD so that your account limit can expand, as soon as this is done, we will get your Account credited with the total sum of $580.00 USD

Dollars Lost: $0.0

New York

Date Reported: May 8, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Gang

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach - Facebook - Powerball Winner

Julie leach is a Powerball Winner claiming to help people and asking people to send gift cards to get money

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: May 1, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach - Facebook - Powerball Winner

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Powerball Winner give away. Julie Leach

Julie Leach messaged me on fb and said she was Powerball winner and is giving me 75,000 dollars I didn't follow thru as i knew it's a scam like the whole world is anymore!! I'm sure she needed me to pay 500 dollars for shipping insurance cuz she can't wire that much from what I've read

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 26, 2025

Business Name Used: Powerball Winner give away. Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach (lottery impostor)

Julie Leach sent me a friend request. I accepted because I know a few people with the surname Leach and wasn't sure if she was part of their families. Soon she instant msg'd me and her profile changed showing Julie Leach with Michigan Lottery images. She explained that she won nearly 400 million in the lottery and while feeling blessed, she wanted to share her blessing. I immediately knew it was a scam. She sent over a few links for videos that I did not click on. The last was a facebook account for a Attorney Deborah Smith which I was to msg and set-up arrangements to retrieve my $50,000 gift from Julie. Blocked and reported immediately.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: April 17, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach lottery

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Received a DM on Facebook from Julie Leach Michigan Powerball winner telling me that I have been selected for winnings. I didn’t go any farther.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 15, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach / Powerball winner give away

Contacted through Facebook messenger. I was being gifted $70,000. Then Williams Scotts, a government organization, messaged me through business chat and said they needed $50 and they would mail me my package within 4 hours.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: March 26, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach / Powerball winner give away

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach and Agent Susan Clair Smith on Facebook

Julie Leach P.M sent plenty of friend requests that I eventually submitted to. That led to saying I won $70,000.00 that instructed me to a link that led to the supposedly Agent Susan Clair Smith asking for a fee of $300 for the release of the $70,000.00 winnings. I've taken snap shots of conversations. I have received scams for nearly every year for the past 3 years. I actually paid I believe like $512 to an Outfit in Michigan. I believe I still have the lady's name and the FedEx receipt.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: March 18, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach and Agent Susan Clair Smith

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach - powerball winner give-away

A friend request showed up on FB with two pictures under her name and a description stating her name, that she was the powerball winner of $310,500,000 and is giving away $50,000 to those in need of help. There is no personal location or information listed in the profile and pictures were posted 1hr before I saw the friend request.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: January 9, 2025

Business Name Used: Julie Leach - powerball winner give-away

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball PowerPlay Winner,

Scammer messaged me on Facebook the following: Congratulations!!! I’m Julie Leach the Michigan Powerball PowerPlay Winner, so you have been fortuitously picked among our electoral machine on Facebook lucky winners those getting $200,000, this year 2024 from my giveaway program going on , are you ready to claim your winning?

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: December 30, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball PowerPlay Winner

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball Power giveaway

I was approached Via Twitter DM. She said her name was Julie Leach the Michigan Powerball Power play winner. And that she is doing a $50,000 giveaway and then linked a YouTube video of the real Julie Leach talking with local news about her winnings. I was supposed to give my name, phone number and address. And then message the number 1-859-691-9504 thru WhatsApp that I'm ready to receive my winnings. At that point I realized. I guess it's due to the holiday season and money being a blessing but I fell for it.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: December 24, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach / Michigan Powerball Power giveaway

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Claimed to be giving away money to help with projects. Demanded to get an account on Signal for contact by FedEx. Then alleged FedEx agent called on that social media and demanded $750 for delivery fees and administrative fees

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: December 19, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

I will send a text saying who she was and that she won the Powerball and that she wanted to give me $70,000 and wanted to know if I wanted to cash or check I told my son about it and he said it sounded like a scam and I went back and said something to text to her and then the pictures that showed I'm Julie Leach disappeared and it's all blank now

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: December 16, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

A person stating to be Julie Leach told me that I was the winner of a giveaway conducted by her for $50,000. I was to pay for the delivery charge for $500. Which I only paid $200. Then I was told that I needed to pay FedEx for a certificate of ownership of $1000. Which I did pay $300. Then they stated that there was an IRS certificate which I had to purchase for $1500. I repeatedly told them that I was no longer interested. The person in question would not leave me alone and kept insisting that I would receive the money promised. At this point I have blocked the person but still lost $500 before I got smart!

Dollars Lost: $600

Date Reported: November 12, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Phishing - Phishing - A Julie F Leach, Agent

A Julie Leach added me on facebook, claiming to give money to 1000 of "her" followers. Ask me for my delivery information and to contact an Agent James M Kowalski. Who is suppose to be a Fedex agent. Julie claims to have sent them my information, when i contacted this supposed person, they are asking me to send either $150 delivered in 2 days, $300 delivered by end of day or $550 delivered by 6 hours, where Julie will send me $200,000. They flooded me with videos and photos of person who Julie supposedly helped. I told them it seemed like a scam, and if Ms. Julie is so welathy and wants to help then she should be able to cover the shipping fees. It was obvios James was annoyed that I was not falling for the scam, even began writing in caps. Telling me not to tell anyone to avoid duplication of person. That they need my card 1. for activation your package with certificate of ownership 2. for unlocking the winning security setup 3. to confirm and attach it to your winning document because the fedex man will ask you to show them the card at your door step. i keep telling them i will pass, have a good day. Then this Julie person texts me, how she wants to help. i kept telling them the only proof for me is sending the money. so either send it or stop contacting me. Julie eventually stopped contacting me. Julie was quoting bible verse and saying crap about she swear on er children this is not a scam and is legit. I reported and blocked both on facebook and blocked the number

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: November 5, 2024

Business Name Used: A Julie F Leach Agent James M Kowalski

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Julie Leach or someone posing aa her, a lottery winner says she will send 50K in a check to me, but first I must cover a $150.00 insurance fee. Once I send That, then the check will be sent. I told them no, and she or the poser continued with crying grateful videos and a solemn prayer from God that she's for real. She is still trying to get me to send $300 as I Type This!

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Sayreville, NJ- 08872

Date Reported: August 29, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach

Offers $50,000 for following her but only if I pay a $100 fee

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: August 2, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach Helps

“Congratulations!!! I’m Julie Leach the Michigan Powerball PowerPlay Winner, so you have been fortuitously picked among our electoral machine on Facebook lucky winners those getting $50,000, this month 2024 from my giveaway program going on , are you ready to claim your winning?“ Then they proceeded to ask if I wanted the money via cash or check. I suspected a scam and said “cash can you mail it?” This led to them sending me a link to a supposedly fedex agent to arrange delivery. I identified it as a link to another Facebook account and inquired to why it wasn’t a FedEx link. They because defensive and attempted to assure me this was a normal course of action. I discontinued communication as I had at this point found the other post by the BBB regarding this scam.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 30, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach Helps

Counterfeit Product - Julie Occhino Luxury Beauty

I hired Julie Occhino Luxury Beauty for hair and makeup services for my upcoming wedding. She took at $960 deposit last October and then stopped answering my attempts to contact her. I have attempted multiple forms of communication to get in touch over the last two months. Those forms of contact included email, text, phone call and leaving voice messages, direct messages on instagram and HoneyBook and calling her salon phone number listed on google which is no longer in service. As of this morning, my latest emails now come back as undeliverable, whereas before I received an automated reply that someone would get back to me in 48 hours which never happened. Her website is also no longer up as of this morning. Based on this, I believe she is issuing contracts with clients and taking hefty deposits for services she doesn’t intend to provide. As one can imagine, a bride can’t wait for her to not show up the day of so despite having given her all that money, I now had to secure another vendor for the same services and pay them a deposit and am currently working through a chargeback process with my credit card company. Her linked indicates that’s she’s teamed up with a CPA in Texas and the basis of their partnership is “Profit First”. The name of that business is Mariga CPA PLLC. My hopes in submitting this is that someone is able to look into this and take action to prevent her from scamming other people into signing contracts, taking their money and disappearing.

Dollars Lost: $960

Troy, NY- 12180

Date Reported: July 26, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Occhino Luxury Beauty

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach Powerball Winner $310,500,000 - Impostor

Promises $50,000 as a charitable gesture, after all she won $310,500,000 and she just wants to share because she is so nice. Only catch is that you must pay processing fees up front.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Detroit, MI

Date Reported: July 21, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach Powerball Winner 310500000 - Impostor

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Lottery Scam - Julie Leach

Identical Julie Leach lottery winner giving away $50,000.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: July 19, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie Leach

Online Purchase - Great Dane Puppies for adoption owner Julie Christianson

Facebook site for adopting great danes. She was a breeder selling puppies. After speaking with her through Facebook messenger answering and asking questions she wanted $400 deposit. I asked to send bank check but refused only accepting $ immediately. She then said she would accept $200. Sent through paypal and then blocked me so i can't reach her. She gave references that I checked. After money was sent none of her references responded to my texting telling them i am trying to reach and have been blocked. The Facebook page is still there and she is scamming others.

Dollars Lost: $200

Pittsburgh, PA

Date Reported: May 3, 2024

Business Name Used: Great Dane Puppies for adoption owner Julie Christianson

Phishing - Julie

Get flyers in the mail at least 1 to 3 per month... They talk about real estate investors who are interested in my property, they give me a cash offer on the flyer, they say house as is more or less. Make no repairs, Do i pay closing costs,and more. Name on Flyer says Julie private real estate investor. Call today 253-785-4700, You have 17 days to respond for the cash offer. They say they are Veteran Owned and Operated.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Bellevue, WA- 98006

Date Reported: April 16, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie L Prizelight and Julie Leach The Powerball Winner

Julie Leach Prizelight aka Julie Leach The Powerball Winner is on Facebook posing as a powerball winner of $326mil. She also has a supposed FedEx guy, name and no phone number, and always telling me that if I do not pay, I will loose my package. The last attempt was made today. They are telling me that if I do not pay, FedEx will return the package back to her. My payments were made by apple cards

Dollars Lost: $900

Date Reported: February 14, 2024

Business Name Used: Julie L Prizelight and Julie Leach The Powerball Winner

Online Purchase - Julie Ann Moyer

The scammer sold me goods on FB marketplace, the goods were to be shipped but the sale was not legitimate. I paid 143$ up front then she demanded 100$ "refundable" fee for shipping insurance. I did not pay the fee, and after looking into it discovered reports of other people being scammed by the same seller. Her FB alias was "Julie Ann Moyer"

Dollars Lost: $143

Date Reported: November 11, 2023

Business Name Used: Julie Ann Moyer

Government Grant - Agent Michelle Julie Smith

’M THE AGENT IN CHARGE OF REGISTRATION FOR GRANT, MESSAGE ME NOW TO CLAIM YOUR GRANT WINNING MONEY Page · Personal blog (424) 463-5510 [email protected] i was told by Margaret Kozik that I can get $25,000 grant money thru Agent Michelle(Michael) Julie Smith. She(Agent Michelle/Michael Julie Smith) said that I have to buy Amazon cards, Steam card, Foot locker cards to pay $600. She said I have to pay $300 for the initial fee/deposit. Then $200 for IRS fee. Then $100 for police permit. Then $150 for a late fee. I spent the first $500 on Amazon cards, then $100 on a foot Locker card. Now she wants $150 for a late fee(which I didn't do). This was a face book person Who sent me messages through FB messenger first, then text. They're running an ad on face book.

Dollars Lost: $600

Kendall Park, NJ- 08824

Date Reported: September 15, 2023

Business Name Used: Agent Michelle Julie Smith

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach / Facebook Messenger

Was approached in messenger about winning $50.000. by a woman claiming to be Julie Leach and how I had won money through her donation. The conversation went on and on. She wanted to know my name, address, driver's license, and finally my social security number. I was unaware that this would turn out to be a scam. I finally gave her the credentials of my driver's license but that was not enough she kept insisting to know my social security number and that's where I drew the line. Refusing to give out my SSN I told her that my SSN was strictly my personal Identification and will not be given out to anyone! She checked with her FedEx person to see what else could be done and then she sent me another text message that a credit card or bank information was ok again I drew the line and switch the table around and insisted that she send her FedEx person to my door with the cash prize in hand that, and the numbers she gave me should suffice the identification that she needed but that was not enough. She was trying to make me feel like I was guilty for not claiming my winnings by not giving her my SSN. The next day she was on messenger and again texted me with the warning saying this winning prize was up to me and she hated to see me forfeit my winning cash amount. So I finally told her to hang on and that I was going to do some research by the name Julie Leach and I'm glad that I did. Did not give her my SSN. Thanks for all of the experience other people had and put the results in the reviews.

Dollars Lost: $300

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 28, 2023

Business Name Used: Julie Leach / Facebook Messenger

Phishing - Ask Julie Ryan Fake Psychic WhatsApp Phishing Scam

I was searching for Julie Ryan, who I do want to speak with for a personal reason, and I was immediately contacted with a response to the FB message I sent in Ask Julie Ryan. Thinking I was speaking with Julie, I created a What's App number for easier communication with her. Once I realized I wasn't speaking with her, I thought I may be speaking to someone within her "group", so I fell for the scam and sent money multiple times. I gave my address for a "package" that was being sent to me. I gave my birthdate, as well as my daughter's birthday. Also sent photos. I have the entire What's App chat history saved in my email , plus the FB messages (however they aren't clear since I blocked it and can no longer see their messages) She gave me multiple Paypal email addresses to use and I was able to connect directly with one of the people who was an original recipient of funds. She knows her (sort of) and was able to clarify the email address and that I was being lied to.

Dollars Lost: $470

Unknown Location

Date Reported: April 19, 2023

Business Name Used: Ask Julie Ryan

Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes - Julie Leach2489

They started following me on instagram then Directly messaged me about giving information to sent me something then directed me to text a fedex agent that will take care of the rest (for a 150 fee)

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Date Reported: January 18, 2022

Business Name Used: Julie Leach2489

Debt Collections - John and Julie Rental Scam

Telling me there gonna rent a 2bd house to me for 200.00 a month and will send me keys and documents once i send them 200.00 payment.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: June 30, 2018

Business Name Used: John and Julie Rental Scam

Debt Collections - Julie Smith, 7/11/16, 15229 - Tech Support Scam

She let them remote in and then they crashed her computer. After they said they fixed it so pay 200.00 for 5 more years.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: July 11, 2016

Business Name Used: "Microsoft"

Debt Collections - Julie McCallum, 5/20/2016, 15207, Grant/Lottery

2016 Powerball PBJ. The consumer got a facebook message from what appeared to be from her friend claiming he won a grant and she in the amount $150,000. UPS would deliver your package money to your door within 6 hours. Pick from money list to see how much will issue you. Pay $1000 get $150,000, $2000 get $200,000, $3000 get $300,000, up to $5 million.

Dollars Lost: $0.0

Unknown Location

Date Reported: May 20, 2016

Business Name Used: Powerball 2016 PBJ

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