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From: lottery ukinternational <board_secretary@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 15:37:47 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION "CONGRATULATION"
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERYP O BOX 1010LIVERPOOL, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOMREF NUMBER: HL/05/37504327/ES.TICKET NUMBER: SM/2774/35/98.AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATIONAttn: Winner,We
are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email
lottery programmed draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY held on the
13th(SATURDAY) of MAY 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly
selected from a batch of 5,000.00 international emails, your email
address emerged along side with 9 others as a category 10 winners in
this year's UK NATIONAL LOTTERY award Draw.Most
recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes
based on the computer ballot system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A
TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A
WINNER).Consequently,
you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of (1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION EUROS) only. The following particulars are attached to your
lotto payment order:(i) Result winning numbers: 4-10-20-23-46-48-30-7(ii) Email ticket number: SM/2774/35/98(iii) Lotto code number: ZPD82649PK(iv) The file Ref number: HL/05/37504327/ESPlease note that your lucky winning number falls within our UK -booklet claims office in the (UK)To begin your claim kindly contact our claiming agent in the (UK)NAME: Dr. Gilbert Coleman.E-MAIL: cordinator_lotto_uk1@yahoo.co.ukThe
above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of
your prize money to you. If you do not contact and process your winning
prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Reply to the above
contacts.N.B: Procedures to claiming your prize:1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.2. Indicate your Full Name, Address, Country, Telephone, Mobile, Fax Number, Occupation and Age.3. Your identification document (International passport or any prove of identity)Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform the CLAIMAGENT as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff.Once again on behalf of all our staff CONGRATULATIONS!!!Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.Sincerely,MR BOB.K.DAVIDSLOTTERY SECRETARYThis
email may contain confidential and/or privileged information, which is
strictly intended solely for the use of the person(s) with the intended
recipient e-mail address as already filed. Do visit the web for our
online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a
prize breakdown: -www.national-lottery.co.uk
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