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From: "fifa lotto" <sa2010_lott100@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 15:25:32 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE THE WINNER !!!
EURO=AFRO=AMERICAN=LOTTERYINTERNATIONAL=PROMOTION=SWITZERLANDSOUTH AFRICAN2010 FIFA WORLD CUP LOTTERYBUNDERSTRASSE 333324 BERN ECK,SWITZERLANDWINNING NOTIFICATIONWinning Number: and bonus Ball Number:Dear Sir/MadamWe happily announce to you the draw of South African 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP lottery Award International programme held in Zurich, Switzerland.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9665 75604546 199 with
Serial number 97560 drew the winning: 11,13,26,34,44,48,02 which subsequently won you the lottery award in the 2nd category.Your name has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$ 1.200.000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03. This is from a total cash prize of US$ 240,000,000.00 (Two Hundred And Forty million United States dollars)shared among the first 200 lucky winners in this category worldwide.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our lottery
booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play coupon. You are also entitled to free return air ticket and thirty days in the hotel to watch the Soccer World Cup in South Africa come 2010.
In view of this, your US$1.200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you through the assistance of our agent in South Africa immediately he commences the process to facilitate the release of your prize as soon as you contact him.All participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,00 companies and individual email addresses. The lottery programme was organized to
promote South Africa’s 2010 world cup hosting right. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your winning is processed and your money remitted to you in whichever way you deem fit to claim your prize. For claiming of your prize, remember to quote your Reference and Batch Number for easy processing of your claim. That's is! Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claim of your prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Barrister Smith Mathew who has been assigned to assist you.
See below how to claim your prize.Details on the Winnings
Your Winning Reference Number is: FLS-ZR39-825P-4 Batch Number: 74-263-BBN.
TICKET NUMBER:B9665 75604546 199
SERAIL NUMBER:97560
WINNING NUMBERS:11,13,26,34,44,48,02You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your claim and certificate which will facilitate the claiming of winning prize to the tune of US$1.200.000.00 dollar. This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of Instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings. Provided in attachment is a Non resident claim form you are required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information and submit it. We look forward to receive your information.
NAME
Country
country of resident
AGE
MOBILE NUMBER:
Remember, you must contact your claim agent Barrister Smith Mathew immediately you received this message because you stand a risk of losing the prize if you fail to file your claim within a month from the day you received this notification.You must claim your prize after calling him and sending your reference and batch number and all the above informations to his email address and call him to let him know that you have contacted him through email.
Direct line: +27 785725598Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.
(1) TRAVELLING DOWN HERE TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR COLLECTION OF YOUR PRIZE
(2) ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER:......................................
For further confirmation Please call DPU office at TEL: +27 785725598
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions SA2010 WORLD CUP program.Yours sincerely,Mrs. Sandra Nzama[Zonal Coordinator]
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent through his email contact at smiththew30005@yahoo.co.uk
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