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FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL
PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR. REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22
WINNER NO:5
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 promotion of software products,(F.P.S.)held on the 26th of March 2008,in UNITED KINGDOM .
Wherein your electronic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the 1st category and therefore attracted a cash award of £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great British Pounds 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 £1,000,000.00 each
2nd. 8 £800,000.00 each
3rd. 13 £470,000.00 each
4th. 27 £170,000.00 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) BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22 (3) REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937
For verification purpose be sure to include:
(1) Your mailing address. (2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
{4}Your Full Names
(5)Sex.
(6)Age.
(6)Occupation.
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: ******************************************************************* FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER NAME MR.WATSON TACHIE
MICROSOFT SECURITY DEPARTMENT(RSA) TEL:+27 731940738
E-mail:microsoftppromotion01@gmail.com
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