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From: dr.david wilson <dr.davidwilson42@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:16:39 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.
THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY.22 Garden Close, Stamford , Lincs , PE9 2YP, LondonUnited Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
Attention winner you are advice to call +44 703 189 7538 after reading this text
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years' International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on 8th September 2007, in London, England.
This makes you the proud owner of a brand new BMW 5 Series, M Sport Saloon car and cash prize of £450,000.00 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds). The car comes with a special Insurance Cover for one whole year, that is, till the next promotion in 2008. It also comes with a one year warranty and FREE repairs at any BMW AUTOMOBILE depot or service station worldwide.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIZE VEHICLE
YEAR: 2006, MODEL: 550i M Sport Saloon
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: IAWP/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.
For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes. claimwinningoffice@o2.pl
Claims Manager:
Dr David Wilson.
Claims Department
EMAIL:(claimwinningoffice@o2.pl)
Tel : +44 703 189 7538
1.) FULL NAME: 2.) AGE:
3.) SEX: 4.) ADDRESS: 5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 6.) STATE/PROVINCE: 7.) COUNTRY: 8.) PHONE............ FAX: ........................
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION: 10.) COMPANY: 11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
Un behalf of the Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion , congratulations once again
Call me after you have seen this email for futher details
Sincerely,
DR DAVID WILSON(CLAIM OFFICER)
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2007. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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