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FROM THE DESK OF THE MICROSOFT
COORDINATOR {MICROSOFT GLOBAL E-MAIL LOTTERY}
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS
FILE REF:HL/5564/40/07/MICS
BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:
DEAR WINNER:
It is obvious that this notification will come to you as a surprise but
please find time to read it carefully as we congratulate you over your
success in the following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by Microsoft,in conjunction
with the foundation for the promotionof software products,(F.P.S.)
held on the January 2008,in Amsterdam The Netherlands.
Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award
of USD$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United states Dollars only) which your
file falls in our South African Claim office in Johannesburg Our
winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes
accordingly in each category.
They are arranged in this format below:
CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 USD$2,000,000.00 each
2nd. 8 USD$100,000.00 each
3rd. 13 USD$870,000.00 each
4th. 27 USD$470,000.00 each
We write to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to
contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message
for more information concerning the verification, processing and
eventual payment of the above prize to you.
It is important to note that your award information was released with
the following particulars attached to it.
(1) Award numbers: NL 56/7765
(2) Email ticket numbers: NL553/26/96
(3) Batch numbers: MC11/834/5PDH /EU
(4) The file reference numbers: HL/5564/40/07/MICS
{5} Serial Numbers:McST/006/NL4657
For verification purpose be sure to include:
NAME:........................
ADDRESS:....................
NATIONALITY:.................
SEX:.........................
AGE:.........................
PHONE/MOBILE:................
FAX:.........................
OCCUPATION:...................
COMPANY:......................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:...................
To file for your claim,Please contact your Validating Officer for
VALIDATION of your winning within Twenty-nine working days of this
winning notification. Winnings that are not validated within
Twenty-nine working days of winning notification are termed void and invalid.
You are required to mention the above particulars of your award in
every correspondence to enable the Agent in South Africa validate
your winning
CONTACT:
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CLAIM AGENT NAME:REV. FRED BRUKES
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
SOLD ROCK FINANCE LTD.
FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
TELEPHONE NO.+27 74 114 7691,
EMAIL:solidrockfinancesltd@jmail.co.za
Alt:solid_rockfinanceltd@yahoo.com
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The Microsoft Internet E-mail lottery Awards is sponsored by our
CEO/Chairman, Bill Gates:and a consortium of software promotion
companies. The Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell Computers and other
International Companies. The Microsoft internet E-mail draw is held
periodically and isorganized to encourage the use of the Internet
and promote computer literacy worldwide.
Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS!
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Mark Van Dijk
MICROSOFT E-MAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION COORDINATOR.
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