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From: YAHOO AWARD DEPARTMENT <lotterydraw07@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:52:47 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!!! You won $520,000.00!!!
You won $520,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src="http://www.arabtrans.com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=arabtrans@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $520,000.00!
[http://www.yahoo.com/]Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won prize money of (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($520,000.00) for the month of May Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com every month. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>YAHOO! collects all the mail ID of the people that are online on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying. We are congratulating you for been one of the people selected. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-micr
osoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and <st1:place w:st="on">Oceania</st1:place> as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $520,000.00 USD will be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.<o:p></o:p><o:p>
</o:p>HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>These are your identification numbers;
Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fiduciary Agent <o:p></o:p>DR. RICARDO GONZALEZ
EUROPEAN CREDIT UNION <st1:State w:st="on">MADRID</st1:State> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">SPAIN</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Email: eurounionincs@aim.com [mailto:eurounionincs@aim.com]
Tel: +34 625 856 335 Fax: +34 651 472 278<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>You are required to forward him with the following details:
1. FULL NAME
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
3. PRESENT ADDRESS
4. SEX
5. DATE OF BIRTH
6. AGE
7. OCCUPATION
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER
9. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY)
10. MARITAL STATUS
11. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER
12 THE MONTH YOU WON
13 AMOUNT WON<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>As soon as you contact the Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!!<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Yours Sincerely,
Dr. MOORE (PHD)
LOTTO COORDINATOR.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>The Yahoo.com staff
http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/] In accordance with the YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY -wheel E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 12 lucky top 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 e-mail address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning informations, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
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