The Cyber wing of Kerala police has cautioned people against the bogus SMSs to their phones claiming that they have won huge sum through mobile lottery draws.

People should ignore such SMS and otherwise they would lose money, the department said here today in a release.

Fake SMSs ask mobile customers to send a particular amount to a bank account mentioned in the message to get the prize money. Without knowing that it was fraud, many people used to fall prey to such cheatings.

As foreigners were involved in such cases and majority of such messages were sent from other countries, the state police had limitations to take legal steps in these cases, the police said in a release here.

The better way was to delete and ignore such messages, cyber police sources said.