FreeLotto Exposed — Will You Get Paid or It’s Just a Big Free Lotto Scam?
FreeLotto Review
FreeLotto.com (FreeLotto.site at the moment) is a sweepstakes site that awards members cash and other prizes including cars. People register as a member and then pick their numbers. Okay, maybe it’s not quite that simple, but FreeLotto.com claims to have to date awarded over $95 million. People don’t need a credit card so how does FreeLotto.com make money and how is it able to pay winnings? That’s the big question. Get ready to have your email address flooded with promotional material, spam, and other links to sites that might cost money.
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What Is FreeLotto?
The site was established in 1999 and is owned by PlasmaNet Inc., a company based in New York, USA. This sweepstakes site is not a place to purchase lottery tickets. Players can play six games daily and register up to 10 accounts.
After choosing their numbers for each game, players click on the banner ad of a sponsor and answer a multiple-choice question or click on the FreeBet button. From time to time, FreeLotto.com may ask brief questions about buying preferences. The home site is in English, but FreeLotto also has Spanish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Suomi, and Swedish versions.
First Impressions
It’s evident that something isn’t right the moment you visit the FreeLotto website. The design is outdated, and it pretty much looks like the popup banners that used to plague our computer screens some time ago. Grandiose promises are made right on the homepage, and FreeLotto promises you that you can win more than one million dollars the moment you sign up. Websites that get started with such promises aren’t the most trustworthy ones (unless they can state rather clearly how such opportunities come about).
The homepage features the names and pictures of people that have supposedly become millionaires using FreeLotto. We tried to run a quick online check and figure out whether these people are real and if they’d won money.
We went at random with Isabelle Bradley, who supposedly won 10 million dollars through the website. Interestingly enough, no media or news website has reported such a spectacular win. After all, if it were that simple to become a millionaire, the chances are that the media would jump on the bandwagon immediately.
It’s exciting to point out that the name has taken us to a website called ScamVictimsUnited (uh-oh, not a good start)! The forum features tens of accounts written by people that tried to replicate Isabelle’s success but were unable to claim their FreeLotto prizes.
Alright, maybe there weren’t any reports about Isabelle. This is why we decided to search for a second FreeLotto millionaire. According to the website, Zhivko Zhelev from Bulgaria won 100 million dollars. Now, Bulgaria is a small European country, and it has some of the lowest salaries in the EU. Such a massive winning is big news, and at least a few media should have covered it. There’s whatsoever, no information about such a millionaire.
The final thing we tried to do is reverse the Google image search for Zhivko’s photo. This approach would at least confirm that the person is real. Unfortunately, the picture appears solely on the FreeLotto website. There’s no Facebook profile or another account that features the picture. The same applies to Isabelle’s picture.
Who Can Play at FreeLotto.com?
FreeLotto.com lists under its rules the countries people can NOT play from. Besides underlining, that no one can play from “the United States of America Department of State Trading with the Enemies Countries list”, – there are also state restrictions for some of the USA and Quebec in Canada. A few other countries are listed as not being allowed to participate under the Rules section.
FreeLotto.com – The Catch
This site is supported by advertising, promotions, surveys, and other communication that funds the prizes and pays Freelotto.com. Though they don’t explicitly say they will share your email account with third parties, it is implied that there are also links to other opportunities.
It’s also interesting to point out that if you supposedly win, you don’t get any information about it through the website or your account there. No, no – that would be too simple and legitimate! Rather, you get an email notification in the form of “First name, last name, YOU HAVE WON!” Does that ring a bell? It pretty much looks like the mail lottery scams we write about so frequently.
Also, you’re supposed to wait for a transaction number that will supposedly give you access to the money. There’s no direct transfer of funds because FreeLotto doesn’t ask for your financial information and doesn’t credit money to your account. As you can see, believing that you’ll get any money in this very, very complex method is definitely a stretch of the imagination.
The website doesn’t make a single mention of the exact mechanism by which the money’s going to be paid. Its FAQ section features a convoluted explanation that doesn’t make any sense. In summary, any website that doesn’t have a specific and clearly explained payment method is to be avoided.
FreeLotto.com Customer Support
The site only provides a PO Box located in the State of New York, USA. There is no phone number, email address, or live chat. All communication is conducted through an online form. As there is no need to purchase anything (or so you think), there are no payment options.
Your Inbox Under Siege
FreeLotto.com works with partners and advertisers to survive. It is only natural to expect that after registering, you will be at the mercy of these companies. You’ve given them permission for the value of promises of prizes and money. You provide your name and address. There are reports about being unable to unsubscribe once you have registered your personal details online. Some players have also said they have had continual problems even after they canceled their membership with FreeLotto.com [complaintsboard.com].
FreeLotto Complaints
Usually, it takes a bit of work to dig up complaints about the online lottery and sweepstake vendors, but ripoffreport.com is an excellent starting point. The amount and range of complaints are quite extensive.
Some players commented they were unable to redeem a prize, as the small print in the Terms and Conditions states that you would need to contact them with specific information at a precise time and date. Other comments include the password reset link did not respond to multiple requests and some affiliates reported that they had sent loads of traffic to Freelotto.com but did not get paid for their efforts [epinions.com].
Now about the LottoExposed.com experience. Look, what we got a couple of days ago. Oops, it looks like we have won one million pounds – NOT! Stay away from such ‘good news,’ folks!
Why You Should Register with FreeLotto
Pros:
It’s Free
It’s a Sweepstake
Why You Shouldn’t Register with FreeLotto
Cons:
No Contact Details
No Customer Service
No Information
Information about Winners Is Largely Falsified
There isn’t a Clear Explanation about how a Prize Can Be Claimed – Long and Convoluted FAQ Section
It May Be Very Difficult, Even Impossible to Unsubscribe from Their Spam Emails
Is FreeLotto Legit?
I don’t think I have ever seen that many diverse complaints about an online sweepstakes/lottery site. The fact that there is no direct way to contact Freelotto.com makes this all the more serious. There is no street address or telephone number; only their online form. Worse, there is every indication that your contact details will be shared so you’ll not be sure who will/could contact you next.
If you want to get involved in winning money online, stick with the tried and true online lottery sites, and pay for your tickets. The bottom line is that you usually get what you pay for – though in this case paying nothing might actually get you an Inbox full of spam emails.
Thomascurby
I played with Freelotto since March 2018. At the beginning I was not sure if they are real or scam. However, their service was good and they replied to all the questions I had. I was still not sure but decided to continue playing with them, and I actually started paying them the $15 per month, so they will submit me to all 6 lotteries they do every day, as it saved me a lot of time. It is basically like I paid them $0.50 per day, which is very cheap compared for getting 6 lotteries per day, which is 180 lotteries per month.
The reason I decided to write this review is that I just won with them the FreeLotto FastCash daily lottery which the jackpot is $10,000.
YEA!!! Now I know it is real and I will keep playing with them forever 🙂
Josh
FreeLotto is for real.
FreeLotto is owned by an American company called Plasmanet Inc from New York, USA.
They are audited by the top 5 accounting firms and are paying the lottery jackpots for real!
They actually let you play the lottery for free. Although I personally prefer to pay them $15 per month and have them register me for all the lotteries on their site on a daily basis, as it saves me lots of time and hassle. And this option they make sure I never miss any lottery draw.
Note: I found few sites that are trying to copy them and use a similar name so be careful that to use one of them.
Paul
These guys enabled me to enjoy a lottery of $1 Million USD for free. So actually I did not have to pay for joining this lottery. They offered me to pay $15 for joining these $ 1 million lottery every day, but I do not have to do it. I liked their offer, and actually I prefer to pay this small amount and enjoy 6 lotteries per day, every day during the month.
CRISTINA VISCONTE
I did my own search for Zhivko Zhelev – he is real enough and won $100,000 not $100,000,000.
CRISTINA VISCONTE
Hmmmm…there is such a thing as “free will”. I think most of us have forgotten how to use it.
It’s a game of chance, play if you want to or not…it’s always free to play. All of us get spam in our inbox – just tag it as spam and it’s gone, never to be seen again. Just a thought…what about the lotteries we pay for? When someone wins a large prize and 30% is taken right off the top…is that not a scam as well? Remember, there are 7 billion people on this earth, less than 1% of 1% is fortunate enough to win any amount of money that actually makes their life better.