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From: frieslandbv leeuwandam <frieslandbv@leeuwandamfrieslandbv.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 21:14:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT OUR PAYING BANK AGENT
CONTACT YOUR PAYING BANK.
EURO GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
TORENMOLEN 545 MOLENWIJK
1104ZB AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.
EMAIL:euroglobalint@aol.co.uk
TEL::0031-623-269-431
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
We are pleased to congratulate you, and announce to you,the results of the First Category draw of THE 2006 EURO GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially held on the 5th day of November 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 e-mails addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East,and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to Ticket Number:19701212545777, with Serial number:1942/06, which consequently won in the First Category. You have been awarded a lump sum pay-out of â¬800,000,00 (Eight Hundered Thousand United States Dollars), which is the winning payout for Category "A"winners.
This is from a total cash prize of $8,000,000.00 (Eight Million Dollars) shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is currently now deposited with the paying Banks.In your best interest to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice till the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program. Please contact our paying bank (FRIESLAND BANK NETHERLANDS AND THE PLATINUM SECURITIES NETHERLANDS)immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
NOTE: For easy reference and identification,do
remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your paying bank.
To claim your funds, please contact the paying bank.
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CONTACT File/Claim Officer
Mr.Duck Havard.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
International Remittance/Credit unit Facility
Management Region (AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.
Tel: +31 617-578-653
Fax: +31 847-537-844
EMAIL:(fundsclaims@netscape.net]
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N.B: All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today 20th of November,2006.
Congratulations once again from all members of Euro Global Lottery International.
Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Yours in service,
Mrs Tracy Makata
(Lottery Coordinator).
Email::makatatracy@winning.com
NB: In accordance with the EUROPEAN EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 10 lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains information that is proprietary,
privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information,you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
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