I received the following SMS:

“Congratulation!!

Your no. Was among the lucky winners on the NOKIA YEARLY PROMOTION. You won R95,000.Ticket no. 0166P.Call Richards Williams on 0839431240. For your cash prize immediately from 8am to 6pm.

Sender: (no name) +27722885352

Received: 04:35:08 2010-04-08.

I phoned the number. The person asked the ticket number, service provider and cell’phone number.  He said he had to check the information and that I had to call him again in 5 minutes.

When I phoned after 5 minutes he said that I must send an SMS to him with the following information:

·        Cell’phone number

·        Full name

·        Address

·        ID number

He will then take R180 airtime to process the transaction and then post a cheque to me.

I did not send the SMS.

I have also asked the MTN office at Atterbury Value Mart and the Garsfontein SAP about the validity of the message, both confirmed that it was legal!

Hi all

I Got an SMS:
Congratulations! Your no. Was picked in Fifa 2011 WORLD WIDE MOBILE PROMO . You won, R150 000. Your Ref. no P286. Call: 0739379603. to Claim your cash Prize.

Im not going to phone. This is a scam. Im sure the number can be traced using RICA ? How do these ppl get our numbers.

I received a sms saying that I won R95 000 in a NOKIA 2010 PROMO.  It was a scam. The number I had to phone was 078 217 8336.  They tell you to go buy 4 'pay as you' go vouchers and to give them the codes and then they will pay the money into your account.  I went to my local cellphone shop and they warned me not to do that.

I received an sms stating: " Congratulations!!! Your cell number was among the lucky winners in the Nokia Yearly Promotion 2011/2012. You won R95 000, ticket number e109! Contact Mr Hazem your claims agent on 0838630096 for your cash prize. Thanks, the management."

I then phoned this person the following day who then told me to purchase 3 R200 telkom vouchers and send him the pin numbers for these vouchers as well as my bank account number.

I then smelled a rat. I did not do as he asked. He then poned me once again, asking whether I have done so and insisted on me to keep this a secret!

I told him I thought this is a scam and he assured me that it was not and he then sent me the following: "My personal details - Mr Abbey.D Hazem. ID # 6304115357089. Employee #: D422-007. Company- Nokia Yearly Promotion Centre. # 106 Long street Cape Town. Reg # D04-6675.

I then googled this and found that this is indeed a scam!!!

I received an SMS stating:

Congratulations ! Your mobile number has won you R350,000.00. In COCA COLA YEARLY PROMOTION. Check No: CP/231SA. Call Mr Anthony Floyd on 073-835-5148. For claims.

I checked on coke.co.za and this is a scam. How do we get this cell phone number blocked so that other people who received this SMS can't be defrauded.

Receive sms from this number wich reads as follows : "congatulations you have won R175,000 and laptop in the Rica yearly romo. your ref no(YYK7) call Richard L. on 0789107747".

I've called Richard L (who said he is from Limpompo province ) today and he requested me to sms the following (name, adress and unsed R110.00 vodacom airtime). Airtime will be used to activate my price.