is this a scam?
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY BID
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent OFFICIAL BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA 2010 LOTTERY DRAWS held in South Africa on the 25th of November, 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:268984667103 with serial number 009/016584332 which consequently won in the 2ND category with the following Winning Numbers 8,10,13,22,32, 38 . You have therefore been approved for a lump sum of .5000,000.(One Million Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars dollar only)
Note that all participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through
a computer ballot system drawn from over 200,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This prog ram is strictly for international participants ONLY!
You have to send following details to your claim agent in order to facilitate the processing and release of your winning fund.
Your full names: …………………………
Nationality:……………………
Country of residence: …………..
Tel number: ……………………
Fax number……………………….
Occupation: ……………………
Sex: ………………………….
Age:…………………………..
Winning E-mail Address:………….
Ticket Number:………………….
Winning Numbers:………………..
Serial Number:………………….
Amount Won:…………………….
You are required to send a photocopy of your International passport/ Identification Card,
or driver’s license for verification purpose This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarrant ed abuse of this program by some winners.You are requested to contact your claims agent Mr. WILSON MERWE, awilsonmerwe01@hotmail.com with your details to assist you with the processing of your winnings fund and subsequent transfer of your money to your account in your country.
Mr. WILSON MERWE
Phone: +27-8375-11411
Fax: +27-865128905
Email:wilsonmerwe01@hotmail.com
Yours Truly,
FRED MARTINS .
Congratulations! Your E-mail Address Won
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Sure. Think about it. If you really did win a lottery wouldn’t you have entered it? And wouldn’t the reply to email address NOT be a Hotmail address? And, of course, there are tons of people out there who are just GIVING away $1.5 million, aren’t there?