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Are Your Winnings Real? Check the Names of Fake Lotteries Starting with H

List of Prize and Lottery Scams Starting with the Letter H

Are Your Winnings Real?  Check the Names of Fake Lotteries


This page identifies and provides links to many actual examples of lottery and sweepstake scam emails. Remember, just because your email is not in this list does not make it legitimate.  The scammers constantly change the names and the content of the letters.  However, if the letter you received is similar to one below, you will know it IS a scam!

Click here to see how the lottery / sweepstakes scams work

Legal lotteries?  There are some.  We're not recommending them; lotteries are called "a tax on the stupid" for very good reasons, but if you're looking for a lottery, here is a list of legitimate lotteries


Directory of Sample Lottery Scams - Real Scam Emails and Explanations

  1. HALIFAX BANK PLC, "Mr. Andrew Charles"
  2. HERITAGE LOTTERY FUNDS PROMOTIONS (2008 version)- "MRS HELEN PALMER", "Mr. Edward Pinto"
  3. HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND (2007 version)- MRS HELEN PALMER, Mr. Edward Pinto
  4. HERITAGE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL - Desmond Duke
  5. HOT LOTTO

For scam company names that start with other letters, click on the letter:

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J-K L  M  N  O  P  Q-R  S  T  U-V  W-X-Y-Z


These are more names of scam lotteries for which we have not yet received a complete example.

If you received an email or letter from on of these, please forward it to us at

H
HALIFAX LOTTERY INCORPORATED
HALLMARK LOTTOGroup Lottery
Hamilton & Reed (Winstons of London)
Happy Center Lottery Organization
Happy International Lottery SweepTAKES Company A.N
Harris & Witherspoon
HARVESTFIELD GLOBAL LOTTERY
Havanna Lottery Sweepstakes Company A.N
Havana Promo Lottery
Health Matters 
Healthy Times International
Hema Loterij
HERITAGE MEGA JACKPOT LOTTERY WINNINGS PROGRAMS
HEWLETT PACKARD NETWORK NV
HIGHPER GOLD SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY GAMES INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
HOLLANDS CASINO INTERNATIONAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH MICROSOFT LOTTERY PROGRAMS
HOLDEN LOTTO AGENCY
HONEST LOTTO INTERNATIONAL HOLLANDHonest Lottery International Lottery
Honest Lotto International Lottery
Hope Foundation Trust International
http://nigeria-connection.de/guaranty_Trust.html
Humana Lotto Promotion


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