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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "THE HANDBELLS LOTTERY" <hblnotice.data1@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:07:49 +0000
Subject: HBL-Winning Notification

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 17th March 07 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
£250,000.00
(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to
file No: HBL/0192635373/LN.This is from a total cash prize of
£1,000,000.00 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
prize
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. Adams Martins
Official Email:adamsmartinsclaimsdesk2@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44 70457 06796

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,

Mrs. 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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