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From: "UK_ONLINE PROMOTION 2007" <markoliver_esq79@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: markoliver_esq@myway.com
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:03:51 +0000
Subject: YOU EMAIL WON!!!Ref:UK010105MAR
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CLAIMS AGENTUK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION28 TANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON. LONDON
Ref:UK010105MAR
Batch:MAR/1051/02UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESKWe happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:013-2316-2002-577 with Serial number A025-09 drew the lucky number: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) shared among the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category. 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, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place bianually.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet representative office in UK. In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our Finance Department.Your Fiduciary 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 you have received your funds.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, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place bianually.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet representative office in UK. In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One Million Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our Finance Department.Your Fiduciary 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 claim 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. In a situation whereby you go about disclosing your winning information to dishonest people, they could file for your claim and your winnings could be lost.Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our Claims agent:SIR MARK OLIVER (Esq)
CLAIMS AGENT
Tel:+44 703 1928172
+44 701 1147635
Email:agentmarkoliver_esq@yahoo.co.uk
Please, be aware that our Paying Bank will remit Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory report, Verifications and validations provided by our processing Agent that would be designated to your file. Remember, all winning must be CLAIMED not later than 30th of APRIL 2007. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thanks for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified. Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.Yours faithfully,
Sarah Jones.
Director Online International Promotions Unit.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.Do Call Upon Notification Of Your Winning!!!
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