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From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <revfrjohnpalenberg08@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:38:02 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON YAHOO BETA CONSOLATION
PRIZE 2008.
YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2008
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!!
YAHOO BETA /MICROSOFT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA
PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).
Ref No: YBM-EBS-719AF
Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF
Winning Number. YBM-EBS-798AF
Coupon No.MSTL-146478972197
Dear Email Bearer,
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Yahoo Beta private International E-games organizers and Co-sponsors, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of 2008 YAHOO MICROSOFT / STAATSLOTERIJ wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in London.
Most recently this foundation set up the YAHOO BETA LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literature projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education. We wish to Congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 5 lucky consolation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with Coupon No. MSTL-146478972197 was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.
You have won a consolation cash prize of $300,000.00 (Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only).The YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ Group have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.
Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consolation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact your claim Agent Rev.Father John Palenberg who has been assigned to assist you.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:
Name: Rev.Father John Palenberg
E-mail:revfrjohnpalenberg08@hotmail.com
Telephone Number: +447045700888
You are advised to provide him with the following information:
Name:
Phone/Fax Number:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Age:
Ref Number: YBM-EBS-719AF
Batch Number: YBM-EBS-390AF
Winning Number: YBM-EBS-798AF
Coupon Number: MSTL-146478972197
MEANS OF PAYMENT
Cheque Delivery
Atm Card Payment
Bank Account Transfer
Diplomatic Means
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your Consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our Forth coming YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ Email-games.
Regards,
(Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the YAHOO BETA, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 5 lucky consolation prize Winners. This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky number along with the winning information, you are not authorized to read, print, retain copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
YAHOO! UK & IRELAND
COPYRIGHT (C) 1999-2008 YAHOO LOTTERY AWARD INC.
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