I received an email "from the desk of the Co-ordinator, the GUINNESS ONLINE PROMO, happily announce to you draw No. 309 of her online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday the 14th of July, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 80307727033 750 with Serial number 29-88971 drew the lucky numbers: 01-04-0525-34-49 with Star Number 05, which subsequently won you the Jackpot of the Lottery in the 9th hole. With this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of L695,000 (Sic hundred and Ninety Five Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file BFP/830541232 927. This is from a total cash prize of L12,330,000 (Twelve Million, Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds Sterling) shared amonth the (18) lucky winners in this category i.e 9th hole. You and other participants for the online version have been selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place annually with winners notified via certified Email. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe. In view of this, your L695,000 (Six hundred and Ninety Five Thousand Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. HOW TO CLAIM you can claim your prize from any GUINNESS ONLINE PROMO AGENT upon presentation of your Ticket no, Serial no and draw Lucky no . The AGENT will validate your EMAIL and allow you to check the validation slip if requested. Check it against the amount paid out and return it to the Board. Be warned that, for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To file for your claim, please contact the Fiduciary Agent you are attached to below Name (Mr.) Marshal Hills, Email: [email protected], Tel: +44-704-571-0798. Regards from me and members of staff of the GUINNESS ONLINE PROMO, Best of luck, Sandy Anders (mrs), Online coordinator for GUINNESS ONLINE PROMO, Sweepstakes International Program copyright. 2007.

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