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From: "omega pro sa" <lotto_drawp1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:47:33 +0200
Subject: ..............CONGRATULATIONS..................
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
E-MAIL: williamsalberton@hotmail.com
DEAR: SIR / MADAM,
FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 30th August. 2005,
of winners of the PROMOTERS FLASH FORTUNE LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA /
INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS, held on 30TH March 2005 as part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
electronic business Promotions Program.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we
are running the e-business Promotions for. You/Your Company, attached to
ticket
number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 2, 5,
9, 22,
23, 24, 30 and consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore
been approved
for lump sum pay out of US$10,300,000.00 in cash, which is the winning
payout for Second category winners.
This is from the total prize money of US$72,100,000.00 (Seventy-two million
one hundred thousand united state dollars) shared among the Seven
international
winners in the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the STALLION SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY
(P.T.Y) LTD. insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until
your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year
(2006) high stakes US$1.3 Billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;
MR.WILLIAMS ALBERTON.
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
STALLION SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY (P.T.Y) LTD.
50 SIVEWRIGHT AVENUE
DOORNFONTEIN, JHB
PO BOX 16638
TEL: +27-83-894-6787
FAX: +0044-7092865719
E-MAIL: williamsalberton@hotmail.com
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 10th
September
2005. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every
one of your
correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
PROMOTERS FLASH LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
25 RICHARDS RYLAAN, AUCKLAND PARK 0083
JOHANNESBURG, GAUTENG 2001
SOUTH AFRICA,
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this mailbox. Contact your claims
agent through his email contact above
E-MAIL: williamsalberton@hotmail.com
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