I’m a broke single mom who got conned by a heartless fake millionaire lottery winner — and I’m furious

A debt-ridden single mother of an autistic young daughter was harassed by a complex online scam involving a fake millionaire lottery winner, South West News Service reported.

Dympna McKenna, 47, thought she had come into contact online with a couple who won the EuroMillions lottery in January and wanted to use some of their nearly $77 million fortune to help her 10-year-old Dakota have a better life.

“She has sleepless nights because of anxiety. I’m still on his bed, holding his hand. I can’t work,” said the mother from Birmingham, England.

The full-time carer, who is almost $9,000 in debt, ‘bared her soul’ on Facebook to alleged couple Richard and Debbie Nuttall, both 54, via Facebook after being connected through ‘a friend of a friend.

The Nuttalls are a real life couple from Lancashire who hit the jackpot and had their identities stolen.

Eventually, and after being pressed for personal financial information, McKenna realized she was part of nothing more than a cruel ruse.

“For the new lottery winners, why did they invest so much time messaging me? You would spend your money,” she added.

“How can a person go from being an innocent baby to a monster? It’s disgusting…I’m angry that these people are doing this.

Now, McKenna is sounding the alarm for others who may be falling victim to this scam – a scam she spotted before it was too late.

“I feel sick for (the victims). They could lose thousands.

Meanwhile, Allwyn, who runs the lottery, is stepping up efforts to issue warnings for fraudulent scams like this.

“We are aware that there are individuals and organizations attempting to obtain payments or personal information under various pretexts,” a spokesperson said, adding that Nutalls’ fake Facebook account had been deactivated.

“We urge people to remember that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.”