Winning the lottery scam email: World Cup South African lottery

Can anyone tell me what they are getting by sending this email. This e-mail read as follows:

PLATINUM LOTTERY

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE CO-ORDINATOR, FIFA INTERNATIONAL /LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (LOC)

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD: PLATINUM LOTTERY

********FIFA WORLD CUP-SOUTH AFRICA 2010********

CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING SELECTED IN THIS PROMO:

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is an official notification that your email address has won among others the sum of US$2, 000,000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) only in the Final category of our first lottery draw of 2010 in promotion of the forth-coming FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Your email address was among millions of addresses extracted electronically from all football playing nations and Middle East as part of a promotional program to support and promote the game of foot ball worldwide. This is a computer ballot system draw.

The world football governing body-FIFA in collaboration with the government of South Africa sorted the support of Multinational Companies in and outside the shores of Africa to get this program actualized.

The draw of this lottery took place on the 4th of May 2010 to mark the year’s count down to this major soccer fiester scheduled between June and July 2010, and your email address drew a lucky numbers of 32, 11, 42, 67, 41, 94 and Insurance Number FIFA/FELOC/MM2010-021 which came up in the second category of the sportstake under the supervision of Fifa general secretary Jerome Valke.

Due to the sensitive nature of this program, we have bar-coded this notification letter so as to make sure that the claimant is not swindled, as such you have to forward your wining numbers as well as your email address to an agent shown below who will facilitate the payment to you without any delay.

Claim Agent: Dr. Timothy Wani (PhD)
Email: twani@webmail.co.za or t.wani@live.co.za
Direct Line+27 76 285 9378
Fax: +27 86 682 0652

Please fill the following columns and send to your agent for the processing of your winning fund. Your personal email address can be sent to him if you so desire for confidential purposes.

Full Names:……………………............ Nationality:………………………..........
Full Address:…………………………… Sex:...................Age:……………………
Phone/Mobile:...................................... Office Tel:…………………………………
Fax:..................................................... Occupation:...........................................

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Grace Sisulu
SECRETARY: SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP BID LOTTERY AWARD COMMITTEE

I received an email saying I won the south africa 2010 world cup lottery with different names, prize amount, and contact information.

South Africa 2010 Lottery
Lottery Headquater
22 sandton Drive,2127
Johannesburg/South Africa

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of South African Lottery, which was held on the 6th of April, 2010. Your e-mail address attached to prize winning Number: 02-08-09-19-27-33-34, and supplementary number: 18-40 drew a prize of $3,000,000.00 (Three Million United States Dollars).
This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake. You will receive the sum of $3,000,000.00 (Three Million United Dollars) from our authorized agent here in South Africa
we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds: $3,000,000.00 is transferred to you by the authorized bank in the South Africa.
You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the release of your funds to you. This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to forestall further occurrence of past mix-ups.
Your e-mail address attached to prize winning number:3 7 9 16 27 28 was selected and; it came first through an e-ballot draw from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses). This program is sponsored by South African 2010 partners Telkom /vodacom/ microsft the biggest telecommunication company in South Africa to compensate faithful internet suffers around the globe and to support/promote the 2010 world cup soccer hosting right .

Congratulations for becoming one of the 10 lucky winners.

You must claim your prize: $3,000,000.00 not later than 30 days from the moment you receive this e-mail.
Please contact Mr. Clyde Sober the claim agent immediately.
Or Call+27 7888-241-56.

saclaimsagent4@gala.net

Provide him with your winning details.
(i). Your name(s), Age
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your winning information

Congratulations.
Danny Jordaan
Coordinator:

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
Yours Faithfully,
{Mrs.} Nelly Chris
(Zonal Co-coordinator Sec.)

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CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD
The international Million Lottery Promotion team (IMLP) is proud to inform you that you have won US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars Only) why you have won? Your E-mail address is one of 7 lucky Addresses who have won in the Monthly Promotion.

The South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup international Million Lottery Promotion team has chosen you to work with us in your country in creating awareness for the forthcoming South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup.

FULL NAME:
COUNTRY:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:
CITY:
AGE:
SEX:
MARITAL STATUS
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY:
MOBILE:
WINNING EMAIL:
FULL ADDRESS:

Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you;
Listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.

(1)TRAVELLING DOWN HERE TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE COLLECTION OF YOUR PRIZE
(2)ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER

You have to note that this program is being sponsored by the FIFA SUPPORT AFRICAN TEAM, to create awareness for the up
Coming 2010 FIFA world Cup, which will be host here in South Africa?
TO FILE YOUR CLAIM.
Contact Person: Mr. John Martin
Phone: + 27-783-896-132
Fax: + 27-866-547-411
Email: john_martins2010@live.com
Johnmartins2010@hotmail.co.za

Congratulation
Mrs. Theresa Mark
(P.R.O)
YOU SHOULD NOT EXPOSE YOUR WINNING DETAILS SO THAT THE SCAMMERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET YOUR WINNING INFORMATION.
Please do not reply on this email instead contact your claim officer with details above.

N.B. All participants below the age of 16 years old are automatically disqualified.
Copyright © 2010 The Xanga web & South African National lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. For Fifia 2010 SA.

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hi this is what i got in my sms inbox:

Winner: You Have Won A Prize Of $ 1Million USD In Our Canadian Mobile Random Lottery Ballot Draw. Contact Dr.Frank At +447924078012
E-Mail:caontario49@gmail.com

The number from which i got that message is from SOUTH-AFRICA +27832575333

I want know if I won?
becouse i receive de sms on phone
the number is 925101221 adress: Angola - Benguela.

A MASSEGE HAS CAME IN THE MOBILE THAT OF WINNING OF 250000 POUNDS IN 2010 JUNE 11TH SOUTH AFRICA WORLDCUP INTEL MOBILE DRAW PROMO. PLS SEND ALL DETAILS TO MY ACCOUNT.

MINE!
FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS/ PRIZEAWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLDWIDE.BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP BID ONLINE GAME.

UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B.
MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD
REF: BTL/311OXI/02, BATCH: 14/211/0374, WINNER NO: 5, SECURITY CODE: ZA184/08

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP ON 11TH JUNE 2010 IN SOUTH AFRICAN THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD ON 9TH JUNE, 2010, TIME 10:57 AM

YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO MS WORD. WITH REF: NUMBER: BTL/311OXI/02, BATCH NUMBER: 14/211/0374, WINNER NUMBER: 5, SECURITY CODE: ZA184/08, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY.

YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF US$M 1,900,000 00(ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: BTL/311OXI/02 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$50,000,000), SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM GMAIL.COM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES THROUGH OUT OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA,

AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORLD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE YOUR FUND HAS BEEN INSURED AND WILL BE READY FOR PAYMENT.

IT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU BY ONE OF OUR CLAIM AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR ZONE (MR EDWARD KOMO).YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE: ZA184/08, REF: BTL/311OXI/02, BATCH: 14/211/0374, WINNER NO: 5, TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. MR. EDWARD KOMO AGENT OFFICER CONTACT EMAIL: edwardkomo@hotmail.com

CLAIMS AGENT: MR. EDWARD KOMO

EMAIL: edwardkomo@hotmail.com

PHONE NUMBER: +27-78-699-1250

FAX NUMBER: +27 866162206

NOTE: ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER: BTL/311OXI/02, BATCH NUMBER: 14/211/0374 AND SECURITY CODE: ZA-184/08.

TO PROCESS YOUR CLAIMS YOU ARE HEREBY ADVICE TO CONTACT THE CLAIM AGENT IMMEDIATLY WITH THIS INFORMATION:

NAME: .................................................................................................................................................................................................

ADDRESS: ..........................................................................................................................................................................................

NATIONALITY: ....................................................................................................................................................................................

SEX: .....................................................................................................................................................................................................

AGE: .....................................................................................................................................................................................................

PHONE/MOBILE: .................................................................................................................................................................................

FAX: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................

OCCUPATION: ....................................................................................................................................................................................

COMPANY: ..........................................................................................................................................................................................

REFERENCE NUMBER: .....................................................................................................................................................................

BATCH NUMNBER: ............................................................................................................................................................................

WINNER NUMNBER: ..........................................................................................................................................................................

SECURITY CODE: ..............................................................................................................................................................................

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT AND ALL HIS ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

SINCERELY,

MRS. MARIE SMITH MR. FRANCO CARRARO

(CO-COORDINATOR) (PROMOTION MANAGER)

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;
MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA.

MINE!

A BONUS FOR THE WHOLE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD