Winning the lottery scam email: World Cup South African lottery

i notice that my e-mail address was winner (top number 1) of the final ballot draw of this competition.
please help me to receive my claim.

erick.
Cameroon
tel 0237 99-57-67-11

I didn't even read this page and now they're going to freaking scam me. D: But I left out the date of birth. OMG i'm scare now, what will happen now since I just submit their form. Please help D:

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The Microsoft Online Promo Mega Jackpot Lottery, United Kingdom wishes to inform you that the results of E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held 15th February, 2010 is out. Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out 1,550,952.00GBP credited to (LOTTERY) Reference NO: BTD/968/06,Batch No:409978E. This is from total prize money of 8,612,170 GBPshared among (5) international winners in this category.

You are to contact our claims agent for validation with

1. FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:

2. RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

3. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:

4. PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:

5. OCCUPATION:

6. MARITAL STATUS:

7. SEX:

8. NATIONALITY:

9. AMOUNT WON:

Claims Agent: Albert Thomas
Tel: +447035993464
E-mail: msnclaimsdepartment01@hotmail.co.uk

Yours Sincerely,

Dr (Mrs.) Elizabeth Andre

On-Line Coordinator, Microsoft Mega Jackpot Lottery.

FIFA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY
Copyright © 1994-2010 FIFA LOTTERY PROMOTION INC.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service – Guideline
100860 8556 2548 9576UK CL – BI 76/07
CONGRATULATIONS! ! ! !
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the FIFA 2010 AWARD draw held
on Feb 13TH 2010. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this
month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of $2, 800,000, 00 USD (Two Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) BATCH NUMBER: FIFA-SA/40/UK-0079
(ii) REFERENCE NUMBER: UK231/SA0079
(iii) PIN: 2131
Here are the details required from you:
YOUR FULL NAME:……………………….
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:………………..
OCCUPATION:……………………………..
AGE:…………………………………………
MOBILE NUMBER:………………………...
EMAIL: ………………………………………
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible with your details for the immediate
release of your winnings:
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Contact Person: Name: Chris D. Benjamin
Tel/Fax: + 44 884 774 9150
Email: intlclaim2010@live.co.uk
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Yours in service,
Once again on behalf of all our FIFA 2010 TEAM,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. All winners under the 5. Please contact your claims agent by fax or email
(Mrs. Deborah Gray).FIFA 2010 ENGLAND.

Oh! This one is really good. Ties itself into an actual gaming site (AOL - games.com) where it is difficult to actually contact anyone to get information. What is really interesting is that the return email is
xxxxxxxx@games.com someone in the company scamming?

Contacted them and got a very hasty reply for a company that should be concerned about its reputation.

Here's the original email:

From: Ms. Nancy Rodham.
Canada Lottery/6/49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M9E3
Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/8510YH1/08.
Batch No.6/49

WINNING NOTIFICATION

The Canadian Government sponsors this lottery for the promotion of the 2010 Soccer World cup to be hosted in South Africa.

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-American Sweepstake Lottery International Programs held on Saturday 30 January 2010 in Essex United Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers, 02 31 32 34 40 49 with a bonus Number 05, for LOTTO 6/49 under the choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of daily three.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Ј820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file EAAL/9080118308/05.This is from a total cash prize of Ј22,200,000.00 Million Pounds, shared amongst the first One Hundred and Thirty-Five (135) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Euro booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon, this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500 participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup 2010.

In view of this, your Ј820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pounds) would be released to you by an accredited commercial Bank in London. Our European Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,800,00 companies and personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information very confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding office in London immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information is as follow: David Campbell e-mail address: 2010claimsboard@games.com To avoid unnecessary delays and Complications, please quote your reference numbers and winning date in any correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that has ensured that you won this competition.
Thank you for being part of our Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms. Nancy Rodham.

Note: To confirm that you have the winning number for Saturday 30 January 2010 draw, copy
http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html and paste on the address bar: OR visit our website:
http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html

Historical winning numbers can be viewed in multiple formats via our winning numbers page at

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Although every attempt is made to ensure that the information in this message is accurate, the official winning numbers are recorded in the official draw files as certified by the independent accounting firm.

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The reply email:

Attn: Lxx Wxxxxxr ,

Find attached for download verification claims form.

Print, fill, and send to us either by Fax or as an email attachment.

We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim is processed.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid third parties from claiming your winnings.

You are required to respond and act without delay to ensure a hitch free claims process that will facilitate the transfer of your prize money.

Note that your winnings will be transferred to your stipulated Bank account within 24 to 48 hours after receipt of all requirements.

Congratulations once more.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Truly yours,

Mr. David Campbell.
AUTHORIZED PAYMENT AGENT
Fax:+44 207 197 8168
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Reply from an obscure employee at AOL:

kuangyen08@aol.com
Customer Support E-mail

We appreciate your feedback on our site; I understand you received an email from us regarding winning a prize. Please disregard that email because it’s a scam. Please be cautious of these emails and please remember to not respond back with any private information.

Thank you for playing on Games.com
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One would think that a company this size would be jumping all over this not letting, what could be, the office boy replying.

I also got one.Here is it.

CL – BI 76/07
CONGRATULATIONS! ! ! !
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 3 lucky winners in the FIFA 2010 AWARD draw held
on Feb 13TH 2010. All 3 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000
international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 2 others as a 3rd category winner in this
month's draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of $2, 800,000, 00 USD (Two Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only.
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) BATCH NUMBER: FIFA-SA/40/UK-0079
(ii) REFERENCE NUMBER: UK231/SA0079
(iii) PIN: 2131
Here are the details required from you:
YOUR FULL NAME:……………………….
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:………………..
OCCUPATION:……………………………..
AGE:…………………………………………
MOBILE NUMBER:………………………...
EMAIL: ………………………………………
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon as possible with your details for the immediate
release of your winnings:
INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Contact Person: Name: Chris D. Benjamin
Tel/Fax: + 44 884 774 9150
Email: intlclaim2010@live.co.uk
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Yours in service,
Once again on behalf of all our FIFA 2010 TEAM,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
N.B:
1. All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
2. Your Ref number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.
3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.
4. All winners under the 5. Please contact your claims agent by fax or email
(Mrs. Deborah Gray).FIFA 2010 ENGLAND.

Congratulation:

We congratulate you on behalf of FIFA and its partners and sponsors on your World Cup Fantasy Tour Wining. You have won the sum of One Million United States Dollars and a ticket to witness the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

In order to redeem/claim your winning please complete the form below. As soon as your information is verified you would be supplied your verification code and pin code to access your winnings

Full Name:
Age:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Occupation:
Valid Phone:

Please note that the validity of this wining has an expiry date. Please start the processing of your wining asap.

Regina Mallory
Promotions Manager
FIFA 2010 World Cup

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY 2010
SPECIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Be Notified that Your Email Has Luckily Won the Sum of US$840,000.00. There was a computer ballot that was organized by the NATIONAL LOTTERY South Africa. It was not an individual lotto playing, but the computer itself picked out from all over the world, 1,000,000 email addresses and it was selected and picked from the Internet, those email addresses of Participants that was selected and picked from the internet were again selected through a computer ballot system drawn from among the 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world, this is called the computer ballot. (200) email addresses was finally picked out from among the total 1,000,000 email addresses, and out of those 200 email addresses, your email address is among the winners on the ballot. You have to note that this program is being sponsored by the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, to create awareness for the coming 2010 FIFA world Cup, which is to be host by South Africa.

For your claim Call Mr. Frank Williams Processing Director National Lottery S.A. TELL: +27 713-123-723 .Email: frankwiliamas@gala.net Please Quote Your winning References such as your Winning Numbers: 2-9-22-23-33-49 Bonus 5. Reference Numbers: 473061725/09, Batch Numbers: 7056490902/188. Also furnish him your: Name..,Address.,Tel..,Email address..,Country..,Sex..To locate your file for your immediate payment.

Please forward to him the following details below

1. Name (in Full):
2. Country:
3. Address:
4. Direct Telephone No:
5. Age:
6. Occupation/position:

Once again Congratulations to you all!!
Mrs. Joy Johnson.
Cordinator.

The lottery winning scheme was known to me,as the information was displayed through the message on my mobile.
So plz send information regarding the lotttery scheme.
You can inform me on my mobile no.+09415207470 or on my e-mail id i.e.,kumargupta.sanjay24@yahoo.com

i won ?

now if i didnt know my way around the internet id think i was a winner here...

From: "FIFA World Cup™"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:24 PM
Subject: 2010 Draws.

On December 3, 2009, the first leg of the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola came to an end. The second leg of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola will see the trophy visit additional countries across the globe from January to April 2010. This will give millions of fans around the world the chance to have a closer look at football’s most famous prize.

To create international AWARENESS of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, FIFA organised the first ever world cup online awareness (email) draw by contacting Microsoft directly to provide the email contacts of the leading internet using countries that are members of FIFA.
Among the email addresses that were provided by microsoft for the online draw, your email address came out as one of the four lucky winning email addresses of FOUR MILLION DOLLARS ( $4,000,000.00 ). For claims information, Send E-mail to: geoffthompson@t-tdwl.com

Geoff Thompson
Fifa Vice President (English FA Chairman).
Email: thompson@t-tdwl.com
Tel/Fax: 44 7005-931-295