Police warned the public on Tuesday to beware of a so-called ”SA 2010 World Cup Bid Lottery” letter and e-mail fraud.
”Of late, perpetrators are purporting to be from the Local Organising Committee for 2010, when luring and or enticing their potential victims,” said Commissioner Johan de Beer in a statement.
Intended victims received an e-mail telling them they had won the lottery. They were then asked to provide personal details along with an up-front payment in order to claim their prize.
The letters and e-mails came from within and outside South Africa.
De Beer asked anyone who had received such letters, urging them to participate in a game of some sort and being promising a windfall, to contact 012 401 3345 or 012 393 1203 or e-mail [email protected]. — Sapa