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INTERNATIONAL LOTTO BV
BURDENSTRAAT 2
2053 DS BRUXELLS.
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSMENT ADVICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 1st APRIL, 2004 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE BELGIUM /
INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 2nd MARCH, 2004. Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954, drew the lucky numbers
7-14-21-42-49-59,batch number 6858/BELGIUM and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of EURO 1,500.000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
EURO) in credited to file LOTTERY REF NO.SGIL/763276/03. This is from total prize money of EURO 20,000,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in categories C with seriel number: IL/FLW/12C033721192.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
your fund is now in custody of a financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. This lottery program was promoted by our
group of philanthropist headed by the belgium government. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes EURO 10,000,000 million.
International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your
file/claim
officer:RAYMOND WILLIAMS
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER
UNIQUE SECURITY SERVICE FINANCE BV.
BRUXELLS,
TEL/FAX (censored)
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Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of BELGIUM will be required to make a NON DEDUCTABLE advance payment of processment and legal documentation charges of 1.200 Euros to enable our legal department acquire Naturalization papers from the Court prior to award payment policy as required by the paying Financial Securiry Company.
Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by our
processing Agent; that would be designated to your file. For due processment and remittance of your winning prize to your designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 27 september, 2004. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.
Sincerely,
GERARD BILL
(Lottery Coordinator)
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