Email Fraud Alert received from: gigi
I recently received an email with this subject line: 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust presents first beneficiaries and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
Congratulations!!!
2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust presents first beneficiaries
We are pleased to inform you that your E-mail address is one of the lucky beneficiaries selected for the ongoing 2010 FIFA Trust Fund. Your E-mail address is one of the 50 email addresses randomly selected through a computer ballot system. You are therefore been approved for a total payout of Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand Rand (R250, 000 .00).
The online draw was conducted from an exclusive list of over 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from South Africa and the African Continent. No tickets were sold. After the automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of 2010 FIFA beneficiaries in the category ‘A’ with the following:
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN
SERIAL NUMBER: F/Z-00168
REFERENCE NUMBER: FIFA-ZA39-825P-4
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO FILL THE FORM BELOW AND SEND IT TO US BY MAIL’s OR VIA FAX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PRIZE.
The above email was sent by “accounting.dept@fifa2010trustfund.co.za” from this email address: accounting.dept@fifa2010trustfund.co.za
I, gigi, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “accounting.dept@fifa2010trustfund.co.za”:
I contacted the lady confirmed is not, but I fill this is really not legal