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From: EURO AFRO LOTTERY <euro_afro-10@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:05:23 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!YOU HAVE WON
SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP FREE LOTTERY DRAW
HEAD OFFICE WELLINGTON HOUSE EAST ROAD, JOHANNSBURG SOUTH AFRICA
CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!!
ATTENSION LUCKY WINNER ,
We are delighted to inform you as one of the 100 lucky winners of the result of the E-mail address ballot lottery draw of the SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP FREE LOTTERY programme,which took place on the 11th JUNE 2007.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 2nd category.
All 100 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails..World cup Draw. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 1,000,000,.00 (One million Dollars) only. Your email address emerged along side 99 others as a category to winner in this year's Annual.
The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,Coca Cola,Nokia,MTN,the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the South African Government.The world cup free lottery draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.And also to advertise the South Africa 2010 World Cup world wide.
We are proud to say that over US $ 100 Million are won annually in more than 150 countries world wide.
World cup 2010 south africa . Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of usd$1,000,000,.00 (one million dollars) only.The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) winning numbers: 11 13 26 34 44 48
(ii) email ticket number: 275-189-657-23-05
(iii) lotto code number: FL8756-05UK(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK
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 and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact your claims agent, MARK ZUMA. at email: euro_afro1agent@yahoo.com . Fill this form below and send it to him to file for your claim .
LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................
MEANS OF PAYMENT:
BANK TRANSFER...........................OR.
ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFER....................
NAME AND ADREESS OF BANK......................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER...........................................................
APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO INDICATE WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERED TO
Please quote your email ticket,lotto code, file Ref number and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate
your file easily .
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
World cup 2010South Africa.
LAST WINNERS ON THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.
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