Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
FreeLotto.com has claimed that fraudulent emails are being sent out promising to pay FreeLotto prizes. The company says that these e-mail messages were NOT sent by them or any affiliated company. FreeLotto.com is the largest online lotto style sweepstakes site.
The fraudulent e-mail message may claim that the recipient has won a prize in the FreeLotto games.
Here are few a samples of the fraudulent e-mail messages:
For more samples of these fraudulent e-mail messages, please click the following link: http://www.freelotto.com/fraudSample.asp
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Hello, I got the same message in my email and I gave them my personal information. What will they do with this information?
They will attempt to use it to scam you. So, be careful and do not send money to anyone who claim you have won some form of lottery or prize.