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From: "malaha loboli" <mahalalobolifoundation@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:02:52 -0700
Subject: PRIZE WINNING........
MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION POWERBALL LOTTO-WHEEL E-GAME 2005,
Date: 29TH December-2005
REF NO: MLF/06/6654/LWG
Dear Consultation Prize Winner,
CONSULTATION PRIZE NOTICE
The Mahala Loboli Foundation international e-games organizers and
co-sponsors, UTHINGO LOTTERIES SOUTH AFRICA officially brings to your
notice, the final draw result of the 20TH December-2005 POWERBALL
LOTTO-wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office
complex in Johannesburg.
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out
prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seeks
to encourage the use of the Internet for academic and business pursuits. Its
major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literary projects in the
social and political arena with a focus on health, as
well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to congratulate and
inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected
among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with Coupon No. PBL242-6914-20 and was selected by
our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was
included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner
international email provider companies. You have won a
consultation cash prize of US $1.500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US Dollars) only. The MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION has approved a
payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to
you by the official Payment Agency. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render
to you complete assistance and provide additional information and
processes for the claims of your consultation prize.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU accredited
claims officer.
MR. ADAMS BELLO
TEL:+27-73-4117189
E-mail:adamsbello@inbox.com
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation
prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming POWERBALL
LOTTO-wheel Email-games end of year sweepstakes special.
Regards,
Mrs Heindel Krugger
NB: In accordance with the POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-games policy and
regulations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky
consultation prize Winners.This notification also contains information that
is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from
disclosure. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Rather,
contact your claims officer whose credentials are listed above. All staff of
MAHALA LOBOLI FOUNDATION and members of their family as well as South
Africans of all ages are barred from this lottery.
_________________________________________________________________
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