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From: timothy hornsby <timothyhornsby_nlcchairman@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:38:26 +0300
Subject: THIRDCATEGORY WINNER ...!!!
RE: THIRDCATEGORY WINNER
Dear Sir/Madam,
After a successful completion of the Third Category Main Lotto Draws of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY held on Monday 22 October 2007, we are pleased to inform you of the official announcement that you have emerged one of the winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada,Europe, Middle East, andNew Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program. Please note clearly that you do not have to purchase a ticket initially to win in the UK National Online Main Lotto Draws.(Anybody above 16yrs and an internet user
could emerge as a winner).
You/Your company, attached to ticket number 634-2-7199,with serial number 10-37 drew the "Lucky Numbers: 4,15,25,27,33,40 & 20" and consequently won in the Third Category of the main National Lotto draw.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of GBP£1,000,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Third Category Winners. This is from the total prize money of GBP£3,000,000.00 sharedamong the
three international winners in the Third category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the Camelot Payments Office,UK National Lottery, London,United Kingdom, insured on your behalf. To avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep this award strictly from public notice until the entire process of transfering your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2007) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to GBP£1.3 billion, we hope that with a part of your prizeyou will participate.To begin your claims process, Please contact Mr Timothy Hornsby, TheChairman of the National Lottery Commission, who is also the Director
of Payments at Camelot Payments Office,UK National Lottery,London, United Kingdom. He has been duly assigned your claims agent.
Mr Timothy Hornsby
Director of Payments,
Camelot Payment Office,
UK National Lottery,
London.
United Kingdom.
EMAIL: timothyhornsby_nlcchairman@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.lottery.co.uk
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember,you must contact your claims agent within a week of recieving this mail.
All correspondence for your Prize Claim procedure is to be via your claims' agent Email Address above, as this is a protected communication link which the UK National Lottery have provided for the successful transfer of your prize claims. We have in the past experienced cases where Telephone lines are being tapped and this can lead to false,double or counter claim.We hope you understand this plight. In the event that you need to be contacted via telephone or fax, the appropriate office will contact you immediately via our Hi-tech communication power line which
is save,private and confidential. (This will be after filling all informations required by you).
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your "Lucky Numbers" provided below in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent.
"Lucky Numbers: 4,15,25,27,33,40 & 20" You can please confirm your winning results (i.e , Lucky Numbers), or any other informations from the related websites as instructed by the Lottery Company. All you have to do is enter October and 2007 respectively at the "Search historical draw results(Choose Start Month / Year) Section" of the webpage below, you will be forwared a page which should show the dates and Lucky Numbers of all Draws held in August.You may then check your Lucky Numbers and Draw date for confirmation where appropriate.
http://lottery.co.uk/res/
Also visit the links below for further information and confidence of the legitimacy of this lottery programme.
http://www.lottery.co.uk
http://www.thedailydraw.com
http://www.lottery.co.uk/genhtml/Default.asp£page=contact
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
The Lottery Coordinator,
UK National Lottery
PO Box 200
Harrogate
HG1 2YR
England
http://www.lottery.co.uk
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Contact
your claims agent.
PRIVACY POLICY
(How we strive to protect your privacy online from numerous scams we have going on).UK National Online Lottery takes the protection of your privacy very seriously
In short We promise our users that we will:
Guard your personal privacy Protect any personal data that we gather Adhere to the principals of permission marketing
Be clear about how we use information Deal promptly and honestly with any complaints about our practices Be a champion of consumer data protection Endeavour to provide you with a highly personalised experience And that we will not:
Release personal information about you unless the specified below:
(a) to Payment Office,UK National Lottery, London,United Kingdom,which is the office solely responsible for the disbursements of your funds to you. (b) to a third party Agent who works with us to deliver our service to you.
In a little more detail:
General
The Fair Exchange programme and all of the sites within it are operated by PDV Ltd and UK National Lottery, London, United Kingdom.PDV Ltd has developed this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to our users£ personal privacy. It outlines the types of information that we gather and our practices for how we use it. PDV Ltd
is dedicated to continually improving our service and providing you with an experience tailored to your interests and requirements. We gather information via our computer ballot system which registers contact information (i.e. name and email address) and demographic information (like address or age). We use this information as well as other profile data gathered during your use of our services to build a picture of your interests and preferences. This profile allows us to confirm your entries, filter the advertising that we show you and sometimes develop specific offerings based on your personal preferences.
We are registered under the Data Protection Act (Registration 290401987) and we adhere to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. We are members of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).
Permission and Unsubscribing
We only show you advertiser messages when you give us permission to do so. When you first register with us you agree to receive e-mails and you may also choose to receive postal direct mail and mobile phone
offers.
Security
Under the UK's Data Protection regime, we are required to have effective security measures in place to ensure that no one is able to gain unauthorised access to any personal information that we hold about you.
We may need to require proof of identity before we are able to disclose any information covered by the relevant legislation to you. If we change or amend our privacy policy, we will notify you by posting changes on the relevant site.
Handling Your Information
We work with advertisers to deliver targeted advertising to you, but we generally do this without sharing your personal information with them. They let us know the kind of audience they want to reach and provide us with the advertising material for us to deliver. Consequently, your personal information is not and cannot be accessed by advertisers without
your permission.
In specific instances, where advertisers wish to collect your personal data (e.g. on prize draw questionnaires), we pass it on to them ONLY after you have given us your permission to do so. We make this option
and process very clear to you at the time that you are asked to provide the information.
In some instances we may pass your information to other companies involved in its processing but in these cases such companies are contracted to us and are under strict restrictions on the secure handling of your information. Where such a company is outside of the European Economic Area, we have in place a contractual agreement that commits such a company to a level of data protection probity acceptable within EU requirements. In all instances in which your information is processed by companies contracted to PDV, we remain responsible throughout.
We may also disclose certain statistics on an aggregated and anonymous basis to our partners and other carefully selected companies so that we and they can provide you with offers and services tailored to your
interests and requirements.
You can also request a copy of the information about your
winnings/prize money that we hold about you by mailing us at our address below and specifying your name,telephone,fax and the e-mail address with which you want us to get back to you. We will provide the information within 5
working days.
Thank you,
PDV Ltd
Monmouth House
40 Artillery Lane
London
E17LS
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