Lottery / prize scam — you didn't win
Fake lottery site taken down after 6-day lifespan, impersonated Brazil's official Lotofácil lottery.
Is bolaodaindependencia.app legit or a scam?
Fake lottery site taken down after 6-day lifespan, impersonated Brazil's official Lotofácil lottery.
This is a fake lottery site that was taken down for policy violations. The domain was registered only 6 days ago and used the Lovable platform to run an unauthorised Bolão scheme for Brazil's official Lotofácil lottery.
Score breakdown
See the live page ↓These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
What this means for you
You were probably about to pay a fee to release your 'winnings'.
You didn't win — you can't win a draw you never entered. The 'tax' or 'processing' fee IS the scam, and the prize doesn't exist.
How this scam works
The trap, step by step
A message says you won a lottery or prize you never entered.
To “release” the winnings you must first pay a “tax”, “processing”, or “insurance” fee.
You pay — and they invent more fees.
There's no prize; the fees were the entire scam.
Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The site is not active and displays a standard takedown notice from the hosting platform, indicating it has been removed for policy violations.
What our vision model saw
2 signalsPage displays a formal website takedown notice
Page is a JavaScript single-page app — screenshot likely caught the loading state before hydration. Domain is live.
Intelligence
The domain bolaodaindependencia.app was registered on 17 July 2026 and removed within days by the Lovable Trust & Safety team. Before removal it offered paid shares in the official Lotofácil da Independência lottery while explicitly disclaiming any affiliation with the real operator, Caixa Econômica Federal. The page used PIX as its only payment method and promised automatic confirmation of lottery entries. ESET flagged the URL as phishing, and the hosting IP carries a high abuse score with 33 prior abuse reports. No legitimate lottery operator would register a brand-new domain, hide its identity, and get removed for policy violations within a week.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for bolaodaindependencia.app, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- The domain 'bolaodaindependencia.app' is currently displaying a 'Website Takedown Notice' from Lovable Trust & Safety, indicating it was removed for policy violations.
- Prior to the takedown, the site operated as a platform for purchasing 'Bolão' (lottery pool) shares for the 'Lotofácil da Independência' lottery.
- The site explicitly disclaimed any affiliation with the Caixa Econômica Federal, the official Brazilian government entity responsible for the lottery.
- The site utilized PIX as its exclusive payment method and promised automatic confirmation of lottery shares.
- The domain was registered very recently (2026-07-17) and was taken down shortly thereafter, a pattern consistent with short-lived phishing or fraudulent campaigns hosted on the Lovable platform.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for bolaodaindependencia.app and didn't find scam reports or complaints. For a new or low-traffic site this is expected and is not by itself a sign of trust.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 17, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 6 days old today.
- Jul 23, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
bolaodaindependencia.app was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Tagged as a lottery / prize scam.
- Lottery / 'you have won' prize-claim language.
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Tagged as a lottery / prize scam.
- Lottery / 'you have won' prize-claim language.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No email uses the site's own domain — legitimate shops usually do.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1302http://bolaodaindependencia.app/
- 2200http://bolaodaindependencia.app/blocked
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
What to do
Lottery / prize scam
You can't win a lottery or prize you never entered, and real prizes are never released only after you pay a fee.
- Do not interact with bolaodaindependencia.app
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Never pay a fee to claim a prize
"Tax", "processing", "insurance", or "release" fees to collect winnings are the scam itself — a real prize is always free to collect.
- Don't share ID or bank details to "verify"
The forms exist to harvest your identity and payment info. A genuine lottery contacts winners through official, verifiable channels.
- OpenReport the message or site
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (UK), and to the MalwareTips community.
Final Verdict
This is a fake lottery site that was taken down for policy violations. The domain was registered only 6 days ago and used the Lovable platform to run an unauthorised Bolão scheme for Brazil's official Lotofácil lottery.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- bolaodaindependencia.app shows every sign of being a lottery / prize scam — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for lottery scam. 1 of 92 security engines flag it (1 as outright malicious). The domain is only 6 days old through Name.com, Inc. — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — bolaodaindependencia.app scored just 3/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on bolaodaindependencia.app, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on bolaodaindependencia.app and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- No — you can't win a lottery or prize you never entered. The tell is being asked to pay a "tax," "processing," or "release" fee, or to hand over ID and bank details, before you can collect. Real prizes are free to claim. Don't pay anything or share personal information; the fee and the form ARE the scam.
- You can report bolaodaindependencia.app through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 1 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged bolaodaindependencia.app, 1 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — bolaodaindependencia.app is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- bolaodaindependencia.app is 6 days old, registered on July 17, 2026 through Name.com, Inc.. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
- bolaodaindependencia.app resolves to an IP operated by Internet Utilities Europe and Asia Limited in PL (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 23, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about bolaodaindependencia.app has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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