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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031917822 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • hbl_drawsdept01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hbl_drawsdept@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:19:24 -0400
Subject: HBL-Prize Alert!

THE HANDBELLS LOTTERY:
P O BOX 5141
Liverpool, P38 6QR
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

REF : UK/5141-I/12
BATCH: Q45/05/2006HBL

DEAR WINNER

We happily announce to you the draw (#7464) of the HANDBELLS LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
10th September 06 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 005 with Serial number 5368/13 drew the
lucky numbers:06-12-19-20-38-39 (bonus no.57),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5
plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (Five hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterling) in cash credited to file No: HBL/0192635373/LN.This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000.00 shared
amongst the (4) lucky international winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification, After this time all unclaimed funds
will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Be advice to keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol and measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

Mr Gram Poly.
Email: hbl_drawsdept01@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +44-703-191-7822

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money.

Note below your winning details:-

Ticket Nº: 56475600545 005
Serial Nº: 5368/13
Lucky Nº: 06-12-19-20-38-39 bonus no.#57
File REF Nº: HBL/0192635373/LN
BATCH Nº: 2006WCLG-06

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Rev. Rosie Court
Online coordinator for THE HANDBELLS LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification.


NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.

*IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:

Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification.

Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our
immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate
commencement of prize remittance.

*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:

Attach a scanned copy of either your driver's linece or international passport for identification purpose after proper
verification and processing of your winnings has been carried out.

OFFICE USE ONLY

Verified by:________________

Confirmed by: ________________

CLAIMS AGENT'S SIGNATURE:________________

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