List of Prize and Lottery Scams Starting with the Letter F
Are Your Winnings Real? Check the Names of Fake Lotteries
This page identifies and provides links to many actual examples of lottery and sweepstake scam emails. Remember, just because your email is not in this list does not make it legitimate. The scammers constantly change the names and the content of the letters. However, if the letter you received is similar to one below, you will know it IS a scam!
Click here to see how the lottery / sweepstakes scams work
Legal lotteries? There are some. We're not recommending them; lotteries are called "a tax on the stupid" for very good reasons, but if you're looking for a lottery, here is a list of legitimate lotteries
Directory of Sample Lottery Scams - Real Scam Emails and Explanations
- Facebook Lottery
- Facebook Powerball Lottery
- Flash Fortune Lottery, DR.JOHN KHUMALO, MRS. MERVIN NKUMA
- Flash Fortune Lottery, Kenneth Zuma, Mr. Mervin Nkuma
- FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY CONSULTING - "Brian Hunt", "Said Sithole"
- FreeLotto.com (a legal scam)
- Free Lotto / PlasmaNet, Kevin J. Aronin, Chairman & CEO
- FREE LOTTO EMAIL PROMO OFFICE - "James Keegan", "James Keegan"
- FREELOTTO GROUP INTERNATIONAL - "ROBERT A. V. BENARD", "LARRY GRAIN"
- Free Lotto International
- Free Lotto Sweepstakes - "Greg Smith", "Mr.Paul Ferguson"
- FreeLotto.com - "FreeLotto Member Services"
- The FreeLotto Company - Archer and Archer Law Firm, "Jeff Peterson"
- Frontier Forwarding Service Ltd
For scam company names that start with other letters, click on the letter:
A B C D E F G H I J-K L M N O P Q-R S T U-V W-X-Y-Z
These are more names of scam lotteries for which we have not yet received a complete example.
If you received an email or letter from on of
these, please forward it to us at
F
Fabulous Fortune
Facebook Lottery
Facebook Powerball Lottery
Fairplay Sweepstake Lottery Company SL
Fame Lottery South Africa Inc
FAME ELECTRONIC LOTTERY INC.
Fame Lotto South Africa
FAMOUS CULTURE LOTTERY
Federated Expediters
FIAG Federation Internationale d'Affirmation de Gains
(also known as Arlimbow)
Filter Lottery International
First Choice International
First Sovereign Equity Group
FIRSTCITY-LOTTO
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY
Flash Fortune Lotto
Flash Fortune Lottery South Africa
Flash Fortune Lotto South Africa
Flash Fortune Lotto, Spanish Sweepstake Lottery Int.
Flash Lottery International
Fortuna International
Fortune International Lottery
FortuneGate Promo Lottery,THE VALENCIA Spain
Fortune Lottery Winners IntrerNational
FORTUNE LOTTERIA - FORTUNE LOTTERY,BACELONA - ESPAQA
Fortune Trust International
Fortune Trust International Lottery Promotion
Foundation Lottery International
FREE LOTTERIES - NOTE: There is NO such
thing as a "free" lottery. All lotteries must charge in order to have
money to give away. And NO major corporation, least of all, Microsoft, is
going to give away money to lotteries, email address holders or as a "promotion"
. They exist to make money, not give it away. If you see the word "free"
in the name, you can be certain that it is a scam.
FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Free Lottery Sweepstakes
Free Lotto 2007 Bonanza
Free Lotto International Organization based in UK (or
any other country!)
Free Lotto
FreeLottery International AWARD NL
FTFS PLC
For more information, see these pages:
- Explanation of lottery scams
- What to do if you think you have been the victim of a scam
- How to report a scam
- How the lottery / sweepstakes scams work
And please let us know about any suspicious calls or emails you receive. We look for patterns so that we can alert the authorities and victims to new scams, before it is too late!
For a comprehensive list of national and international agencies to report scams, see this page.