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From: AUSTRALIAN LOTTO <[email protected]>
Reply: AUSTRALIAN LOTTO <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:35:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Instagram Promotion
AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY COMPANY
FROM: PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
Instagram Promotion Office
Batch Number: MML 89705
Winning Number: REF: WIN002/900111/2018
Payment Reference Number: FG436/5551/676IR.
Dear Winner Congratulations
We wish to inform you of the lottery draws held on 14th of February 2018, to declare the winners of the AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS. Your email address, attached to ticket number 900-4675-04854-197, Batch Number: MML 89705, Winning Number: MML 65812, and consequently won the lottery.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 in international ATM MasterCard Equivalent of US$1,500,000.00(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR) to you in your file REF : MML 65812. This is from total prize money of USD100, 000,000.00 shared among the Forty International Winners in this category, drawn from over 30,000 company and 10,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers and social media companies. We hope with part of your winning, you will take part in our next year US$500m international lottery.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now available for claim. Due to the mix up of some numbers and email address, we ask that you keep this award strictly away 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 promotion.
To begin your claim, please contact our claim manager with the following information.
Full name:
Country:
State:
Address:
Email address:
Occupation:
Date of birth:
Phone No:
Ms Margaret Portell
Instagram Promotion Account Office
(New York District Office)
33 Liberty Street, New York,
NY 10005 USA.
Tele: +1-917-382-5806
Fax: +1-844-698-3821 Email: [email protected]
For due processing of your prize money to a designated address of your choice, Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than Four Weeks after notice. 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 our manager. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims manager as! Soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Ms Margaret Portell
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY.