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From: info mail <infomail108@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:46:47 +0200
Subject: {Disarmed} CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!=20
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger=20
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src=3D"http://www.arabtrans.=
com/email.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=3Darabtra=
ns@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $820,000.00!=20
Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is random=
ly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes =
from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (Eigh=
t Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for the month of Au=
gust Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com [http:=
//yahoo.messenger.com/] every month. YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the=
people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the world ema=
il we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic=
balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for=
been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a co=
mputer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses f=
rom Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and=
Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted=
annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinati=
onal companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in th=
e commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(=
e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain, as=
indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 USD will be re=
leased to you from this regional branch office in Spain,
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year hi=
gh stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers....................... Batch number..=
...................Lwh 09445 Lotto number.......................Lwh09446 Wi=
nning number...................Lwh09447 To begin your claims, kindly contac=
t the Fudiciary Agent MR DAVID JOHNSON of DUMEX SEGUROS S.A SPAIN email add=
ress [http://us.f510.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?DMid=3D602_11626968_268593_4=
20_52_0_78649_-1_0&YY=3D56395&y5beta=3Dyes&y5beta=3Dyes&inc=
=3D25&order=3Ddown&sort=3Ddate&pos=3D0&view=3Da&head=3D=
b&box=3DDraft]dumexseguro@mail.com Tel:+34-696-111-545 You are required=
to forward Them with the following details: 1.FULL NAME2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN=
3.PRESENT ADDRESS4.SEX5.DATE OF BIRTH6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION8.TELEPHONE NUMBER9.=
FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)10.MARITAL STATUS11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTT=
O NUMBER.12 THE MONTH YOU WON......13 AMOUNT WON................... As soon=
as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to ge=
t your prize money. Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we ad=
vice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public unti=
l your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of o=
ur security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advant=
age of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Yours Sin=
cerely, [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:Zoom(290075)]
Dr. MOORE (PHD)LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.The Yahoo.com [http://yahoo.com/] staff
http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/]=09
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