Great tidings and broken English:

—–Forwarded Message—–

From: Microsoft Award <mr.petersonjones2@hotmail.com
Sent: Feb 12, 2008 12:10 AM
To: Will Swaim <will@thedistrictweekly.com
Subject: CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10 United Kingdom

Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E

Dear Winner,

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 4,419,864 for our end of year Anniversary Draws.

Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage. The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.

If you ignore this, you will regret it later.

Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £1,350,000.00 (One MillionThree Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw.

You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £1,350,000.00 (One MillionThree Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 19th of Jan. 2008.

These Draws are commemorative and as such special. Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.

To file for your claim Please Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below: DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: NAME OF COURIER FIRM: FRONTIERS DELIVERY SERVICES OFFICE ADDRESS: 60 Great Ormond Street London,WC1N 3HR United- Kingdom. Contact Person: Call MR. PETERSON JONES. Tele:+447031955892 Email: mr.petersonjones1@hotmail.com

You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications:

1) Full name:
2) Full Address:
3) Ticket Numbers:
4) Batch Number:
5) Serial Number:
6) Lucky Numbers: (as indicated in this winning Notification)
7) Telephone and Fax numbers:
8) Amount won:
9) Sex:
10) Age:
11) Occupation:
12) Country Of Origin

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.

We wish you the best of luck as you spend your good fortune in this season. Note: You have One weeks from the date of this publication to claim your prize or you may forefeit your winnings.

In compliance with the sponsoring bodies’,you are to make a remittance of a part of your won fund,not lower than 10-percent, after receiving your allocation to a charity organisation.

Thank you for being part of our commemorative end of year Anniversary Draws.

Mrs. Bryan McDonald
Microsoft Promotion Team
Vice President

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