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From: "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY BV2006 PROMO" <lbv2006_pro4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:30:35 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!!!!YOUR EMAIL IS AMONG THE WINNERS OF CASH-OUT LOTTO BV2007!!!!
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INTL....WE FACILITATE YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS...OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONSAND PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENTLevel 12, 50Grenfell St ,Adelaide, SA, 5000
Date of issue: 26/04/2007
Dear sir/madam,
LETTER OF NOTIFICATIONWe are delighted to inform you on the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draws of theSouth Australian 2nd category cash-out lotto BV2007 international programme, which took place on the 22nd of february, 2007,during which your e-mail address emmergedas one of our ten lucky winners . This is a computer generated lottery of Internet users using email addresses for draws.
This lotto draw is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses from different World Wide Web (www) sites. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05 with Serial number 8756-05 drew the lucky numbers
and bonus ball number
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02.
This is from the total cash prize of US$2,500,000 Million Dollars, shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from nine hundred thousand e-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually. This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
We also hope that you will avail yourself this golden opportunity in realising the objective of this programme.
For more information,simply contact our correspondent office through the e-mail: salbv_corresp_agency@yahoo.com.au OR contact your regional claims agent:
REV. FR. MASA MUTARN
TELL: +2348063290190.
EMAIL: rev_masa.mtrn@yahoo.co.uk
Fill and send the form below to your claims agent.
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
Please quote your reference and winning number which are stated above and ensure that the data is kept highly confidential for security reasonsuntil your claim is processed and your prize money remitted/released to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some unscrupulous elements, equally to guard against non participant or unofficial personnel taking undue advantage of this programme.
Note that, all winnings MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME. otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.
Congratulations on your winnings!!!
Yours in service,Executive Co-ordinator (National Lottery Agency).
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
PLEASE ENSURE YOU CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDENT OFFICE OR YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.Sponsored by
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