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From: UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION <jessicar_0068@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <wesmax_claimsagent@namnet.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:17:09 -0600
Subject: CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE FROM UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Dear Winner
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION,
HEADQUARTERS:
10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.
REF NO.: UK/61230235017/07
BATCH NO.: 82/00613/PUK
RE- WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draw number 620 of UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION, UNITED KINGDOM / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS which held on the 2nd of July 2007.
This result is today released to you and your e-mail address is attached to ticket number: 014-026-433-162, with serial number 3217-22 drew the lucky numbers 80-62-14-53-11-70, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Category "B" winner of the UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million; Five Hundred Thousand-America Dollars ($US1, 500,000) in cash credited to the file REF NO. UK/61230235017/07. This is from a total cash prize of Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US25, 500,000), shared amongst the first seventeen- (17) lucky winners in this category “B". Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your coupon.
In view of this, the Certified Bank Check of your One Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US1, 500,000) would be released to you by our finance firm in London U.K., They will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.
As a category "B" winner, all participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through the computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 names / companies from Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, South America, Central America and Asia, as Part of International Promotions Program, which is Conducted quarterly. After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only first seventeen- (17) lucky winners were emerged in this category and therefore both are to receive payouts of One Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US1, 500,000) from a total cash prize of Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand-American Dollars ($US25, 500,000), for this category’s winners.
This lottery program was organized by the philanthropist group of computer software’s manufacturers here in U.K. while it was promoted and sponsored by the eminent personalities like, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, Carly Fiorina of Hewlett Packard, Glen Boreham of IBM Australia Limited, the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice Company, and other corporate Organizations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use of computer software and for the benefit of every Computer user.
Meanwhile, find below is the contact information of our Category "B" fiduciary agent who is your claims agent whom you will contact for the claim of your won prize.
MR. MAXWELL WESLEY
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
VINTAGE INVESTMENT SERVICES PLC.
EMAIL: wesmax_claimagent@mailpersonal.com
EMAIL: wesmax_claimagent@namnet.com
And to file your claim, you should send to our aforementioned Category "B" fiduciary agent who is your claim agent, the needed information as requested below for the processing of your won prize. And for the prompt / due processing of your won prize, you are advised to send to your claim agent the correct information in accordance with the required information as stated below.
YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR SEX:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR TITLE OR POSITION:
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:
YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER:
YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR FAX NUMBER:
YOUR OFFICE OR HOME PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
Also, all winners should state clearly to the aforesaid fiduciary agent the MODE/OPTION of their choice with which they will want their won prizes to be received by them, either they will prefer to go to our cash payment office in Spain for the cash / personal collection of their won prize or they will want their won prize to be received by them through bank transfer. This is very important for us to know so as to avoid any misrepresentation / unwarranted situation to the processing of the winner’s won prize.
With the above requested information being properly forwarded to the aforesaid fiduciary agent by you, then the processing of your won prize will be commenced immediately, while your winnings Certificate and further relevant information for your payment accreditation will be sent to you after proper verification and authentication of your claims information.
Meanwhile, it should be noted that all won prize must be claimed not later than 24th of July 2007, while any claim not made before the aforesaid date will be forfeited and returned back to the UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION as unclaimed won prize.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and Complications to your won prize’s claiming, endeavour to always quote correctly your REFERENCE and BATCH numbers in every of your correspondences with your claim agent exactly as stated above on this very message.
More importantly, due to the mix up of some numbers and names, and for security reasons of the winners’ won prize, our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. But all winners are advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims, hence you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is being processed and your won prize is being received by you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements, so be warned.
Finally, all winners should try as much as possible to let their response be in written in English Language as only ENGLISH RESPONSES will be attended to / treated by us since English remain our general language while any response with another language will definitely receive slow responses from us, and should there be any Change of your email address, do also inform our fiduciary agent who is your claims agent as prompt as possible.
Congratulations to you once again from all our staff for being lucky to be part of our promotional lottery program, and it is our hope that apart of your won prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stakes of US$95.4 Million International Lottery.
At your disposal, we remain.
Sincerely,
MRS. JESSICA HARRISON
The Promotions Manager,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO PROMOTION, UNITED KINGDOM.
N.B. Any winner below age of twenty (20) will be automatically disqualify from this promo while any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will also result to disqualification.
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