The Louisiana Lottery has issued a warning about an email scam involving the Powerball Lottery game.
The email scam consists of a fake email that looks like it is an official email from Powerball or the Louisiana Lottery. The fraudulent email asks for personal information, and money up front to collect winnings (most likely called a processing fee). Consumers should know that the Powerball lottery and the Louisiana lottery never ask for money up front in order to collect winnings.
More information can be obtained from the official release at the Louisiana Lottery Web site.