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From: Avangarde Consulting Limited <avangarde_consult@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:22:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Claims Procedure!!!
This form is valid for only those who have been notified by SPANISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.
NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g. html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
WINNER'S CLAIM FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA
First Name: [input] *
Middle Name: [input]
Last Name: [input] *
Gender: MaleFemale
Month Of Birth: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchApril MayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovember December
Day: Day 123456 78 910111213141516171819202122232425262728 2930 31
Year: [input]
Marital Status: SingleMarriedDivorced
Nationality: [input] *
Religion: [input]
Occupation: [input]
Address 1: [input] *
Address 2: [input]
City: [input] *
State/Province.: [input] *
Zip Code: [input] *
Mobile phone No.: [input] *
House Phone No.: [input] *
Fax No.: [input]
Email Address: [input] * e.g. username@domainname.com
WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number: [input] *
Winning Number : [input] *
Reference Number: [input] *
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]
Dear Freddi Richhagen,
Thanks for contacting AVANGARDE CONSULTING LIMITED. We are a service organization that is into security, packaging, courier services, advertising and general services. This is to let you know that we will be happy to represent you in the collection of your winnings. We have successfully represented other winners in past draws. Our management team has many years of experience and involvement in a variety of aspects of the lottery and security industry. It has progressively built upon its experience and is now an established supplier of quality security solutions.
The ethos of the company is to promote and maintain a high degree of professionalism and quality throughout its entire operation. All services are provided using the Codes of Practice as a baseline. In addition, the company is consistent in adhering to all Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities and other legislative and good practice guides.
AVANGARDE CONSULTING LIMITED delivers a professional and personalized service to each of its customers. Working with them, understanding and tailoring the service to meet their specific requirements. Monitoring and measuring of service level performance allows us to deliver consistency and quality in service. We believe this constitutes best practice and allows for a business - partner relationship with all customers - We focus on service delivery and quality.
Please be inform that all participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 50,000,000 individual email address from all search engines and web sites. Funds for this draws were accrued from major internet and computer based companies such as Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, and Toshiba, Dell computers, McIntosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The main purpose is to increase computer and internet awareness.
We are therefore obliged to assist you in the processing of your claim. I will be your claims agent. You will be liaising with me until your prize winning is processed and paid. However, you will be required to provide me with some authorization and further information. To this effect, I am sending as attachments to this message, a Claims Verification form. You are please required to fill out the form and send back to me via email attachment immediately.
The total amount which you have won and is available for payout to you is US$685,000 United States dollars this amount shall be paid in your own local currency. The conversion will be made prior to the transfer of your prize winnings.
After the verification of your claims, further requirements will be communicated to you as may become necessary.
Please, expedite action with respect to the above.
Alvaro Torres.
CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER,
AVANGARDE CONSULTING LIMITED
RULES AND CONDITIONS GUIDING THE LOTTERY:
General
A player online has no purchase commitment or monetary expenditure in order to be chosen. The selection process is done by computer balloting chosen at random form names across the globe. All winnings are insured to its original value and as such cannot be deducted any expenses cannot be deducted from it. Only claims on prizes during the prizes specified duration would be considered valid. Prize amounts available to be won may be changed in amount at the jurisdiction foundation. The Management of SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Reserve the right to immediately cancel or suspend outstanding winnings should you exceed the deadline date, viruses, bugs, human intervention or other causes beyond its control, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the game. No electronic devices or software programs may be used to gain false profits and winnings from SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY. Any fraudulent attempts to claim prizes or to circumvent the
rules of this game will subject such individual to prosecution and relative prizes will not be issued. The owners of SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY are not responsible for any technical errors that create a situation whereby an erroneous prize is gained. The SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Server generates the Lottery's winning email addresses and winning numbers. All federal, state, provincial, local and other taxes and tariffs of any kind are the responsibility of the winning party. All winnings are subject to final approval from the apex body in games rules and regulations, UK GAMING COMMISSION (U.K.G.C)
Eligibility of Players
This particular lottery is still in its promotional stage as such winners are chosen by computer balloting at random, please winners should note that subsequent draws would not be free. All winners must provide a copy of their identification to our agents AVANGARDE CONSULTING LIMITED while submitting their winning verification forms. Players must have legal majority age as applied within their country of residence. The winning is void where prohibited by law of your country. The owners, employees, and their immediate families, or persons living in the same household as such employees, of SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY and its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, are not eligible to participate to any winning prizes.
Conduct of Players
The owners of SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY reserves the right, in its own sole discretion, to disqualify any individual or winning player that acts in the following manner: (1) Falsifying or technically abusing the entry process, "spamming" or falsifying in acquiring identification be it in form of passports or driver's license, or any part of the operation of the game and Web Site (2) Being in violation of the official rules (3) Acting with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person employed by SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Player Information
Except as required by law, the owners of SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY and our agents AVANGARDE CONSULTING LIMITED will not share winning information with any third parties without the permission of such winners. Acceptance by a player of any prize constitutes permission, where permitted by law, to use the winner's name, photograph or video, recorded telephone calls and/or likeness without compensation. Statements made by winners may be used as promotional material in connection with SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY without any further financial or other forms of compensation.
Agreement to be bound
By being chosen as a winner in the SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY any winner agrees to abide by all the rules as stipulated: (1) to be bound by all of these rules and the decisions of the owners. (2) Winners, or their legal representative, successors, heirs and assigns, release SPANISH NATIONAL LOTTERY successors, subsidiaries and assigns from any and all liability associated with this contest.
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