by Peta
Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:27 am
Another recent lottery scam. These criminals have decided that there is less chance or being detected as scammers if they attach their "script" to the email rather than in the body of the email. Wrong! Scammers are using the upcoming South Africa World Cup to be held in 2010 to launch a massive amount of lottery scams.
The contents of the attached file are shown below;
Attention: Valued Winner AFRS:97560.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This e-mail and any attachment thereto are strictly confidential and are intended solely for the use of the e-mail addressee.
Please find attached a document and/or statement relating to your WINNING NOTIFICATION. To view the attached file, double-click on the file icon, and after it has opened, choose file and then click print to print the document. To save the attached file, copy it from this e-mail and save it on your computer.
Mrs Thelma Bruce(Zonal co-ordinator SA 2010 Promotion)
The contents of the attached file are shown below;
FROM: OFFICE OF THE ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY BID
#31 BRIXON COURT EAST GATE MALL,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the annual draw of the South African 2010 WORLD
CUP LOTTERY BID held in Canada. The online cyber annual draws was conducted from a list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate institutions, picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold. Your e-mail address
emerged as one of the winners in the 26th/27th category with the following Qualification
Information attached:
WINNING NUMBERS: 60.84.27.17.36/E-MAIL TICKET NUMBER: B9665 75604546 199
FILE REF. NO: SA2010.60.84.27.17.36/SERIAL NUMBER: 97560
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of USD$1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars)
from our total lottery payout. For security reasons, be advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed upon meeting our, statutory obligations, verifications, and
general requirements as double claim will automatically disqualify your email ticket number.
To file for your claim, Do contact the CLAIM AGENT with the provided contact informations below:
NAME: Mr. Eric Coleman (CLAIM AGENT).
TEL: +27 73 209 8656
FAX: +27 86 666 9224
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days of this notification, thereafter unclaimed
Winning will be returned to the South African Lottery and Gambling Board as unclaimed Lottery
Payment to be included in the next draw. Send the below information to the CLAIM AGENT for the
processing of your winning payment.
NAME:...........................ADDRESS:............................NATIONALITY:..................SEX:..........AGE:..........
PHONE/MOBILE:....................FAX:............................OCCUPATION:.................COMPANY:...................
EMAILTICKET/WINNINGNUMNBER:..........................ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL ID………………………………
Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our
Promotional Program.
SIGNED:
Yours faithfully,
MRS. THELMA BRUCE (Online coordinator)
(Open 7 days 7am-7pm)
This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information which is strictly intended solely
for the use of the person(s) with the intended recipient e-mail address as filed