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From: "THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <winners_guide@winnerscontact.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:17:53 +0000
Subject: UK ONLINE EMAIL LOTTERY(WINNING NOTIFICATION)
--The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPDWINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (# 1024) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 5th November 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £118,149 (One Hundred And Eighten Thousand, One Hundred Fourty-Nine Pounds Sterlings Only) in cash credited to fil XYL /26510460037/05 . You can check Your winnings at: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/winCheck/winCheckerStart.doThis is from a total cash prize of £1,772,235 (One Million, Seven Hundred And Seventy Two Thousand, Two Hundred And Thirty-Five Pounds Sterlings Only) shared amongst the (15) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associatons and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place Twice weekly(Wednesdays and Saturday). Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £118,149 (One Hundred And Eighten Thousand, One Hundred Fourty-Nine Pounds Sterlings Only) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent:Fax:+44712436711Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:customercare@winnerscontact.comYou can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.doSIR GEORGE HARRIS
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.
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