Fake "Freelotto Award" Emails and Calls Sent and Made by Scammers

You should not send any money or personal information to anyone claiming to contact you in an effort to collect money in exchange for a prize. These emails and/or SMS messages are NOT from FreeLotto® or any of our affiliated companies. The sender of the message you received is not employed or affiliated with FreeLotto® or any of our associates.

A Fake "Freelotto Award" Email

From: ntwst1 ntwst1 - ntwst1@mail.hsbonlinebk.co.uk

Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 8:27:08 PM HST

Subject: CLAIMS

Capital Bank Plc,United Kingdom.

127 Dulwich Road

London

SE24 0NG

Dear Winner,

This email is being sent to you in respect of your FREELOTTO AWARD.

First and foremost,accept our unalloyed congratulations on your award winning of $10,000,000.00USD.

We have been mandated by FREELOTTO AWARD as the transferring Bank for your winnings.

So,to begin with your transfer of funds,you will be required to clarify some basic information in order for us to verify that we are dealing with the right winner.Note that this is just a normal security measure we take just to ensure that we do not pay the wrong person.

Provide us with the following information;

Complete Name

Contact Address

Phone Number

Once all these are provided,we will begin with the transfer of funds.

We look forward to your urgent response.

Sincerely,

Mr.Carles D'Angelo

For:Capital Bank,Plc.

+44 703 197 8837

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Report Fraudulent Emails and SMS Texts

If you believe that you have received a fraudulent message or if you are a victim of fraud, please contact us immediately and send a copy of the scam message to service@freelotto.com. We also advise you to contact your local consumer protection officials or the National Fraud Center at www.fraud.org. You may also submit a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission at their website: www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov

If you reside in United Kingdom we also suggest that you report the fraudulent message to the ActionFraud website http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/scam-emails, which provides information about fraud and internet crime. They will forward these fraudulent messages to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau run by the City of London Police for collation and analysis. This will enable crucial intelligence to be gathered and preventative action to be taken. The activity will seek to disrupt the fraudsters and close down the links between them and the victim.

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