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NOTIFICATION OF THIRD CATEGORY RESULTS!!! INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT POWERBALL LOTTO BV. Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the third Category draws of THE MICRO/LOTTO PROMO INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the third Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced this day the 12th of July, 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Your e- mail address attached to serial number: 1174014 with BATCH NUMBER: NL- 030PB44-11. which subsequently won you the lotto in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US$1,300,000.00) in cash credited to REFERENCE NUMBER: PBL/247751407/BV made available from a total cash prize of 13 Million United State Dollars, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category. This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Powerball Lotto. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1.3M USD) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in The-Netherlands. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners will be referred to our Regional Director to assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the notarization of the claim forms and the acquisition of the certificate of award not POWERBALL LOTTO BV. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: You are advised to contact your claim agent by email or telephone number below.Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: PBL/247751407/BV BATCH NUMBER: NL-030PB44-11. To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent. *********************************************** MR. HENK GIBSON. SALEM GUARANTY & TRUST COY. LTD. E-mail: salemtrust@netscape. net Phone: +31-623-117-432 *********************************************** You are to forward the following informations/details to our fiduciary agent for the processing of your claim. 1. Full Names 2. Batch and Reference Number 3. Residential Address 4. Phone & Fax Number 5. Occupation 6. Age 7. Nationality Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely Yours, MRS. KAREN VAART. THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,