In a press release, FIFA, “recommends the public to distrust all type of e-mails related to money draws and urges not to bring any type of personal or financial information”.
FIFA expressed its concern “because these lotteries say they act on behalf of the entity or in collaboration with Local Organizer Committee South Africa 2010”, after being informed about the circulation of e-mails which promises large amounts of money to the people that receive that e-mail, saying they are lottery winners”.
FIFA also informs that “many of these e-mails seem official press releases and, in most cases, personal information is demanded, including their bank accounts, with the aim to demand the prize”.