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From: "Facebook Company" <[email protected]>
Reply: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:55:21 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU FROM THE FACEBOOK COMPANY
FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT.
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD.
BATCH NUMBER: FB-0281/544
SERIAL NUMBER: 99352748-2020
TICKET NUMBER: FB-172-60
CATEGORY: 2ND
THE ENTIRE FACEBOOK TEAM ARE VERY HAPPY TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR NAME
APPEARED ON THE FACEBOOK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND WE ARE
GIVING OUT THE TOTAL SUM OF US$2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS) WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST WON.
YOUR NAME WAS SELECTED IN A RAFFLE THAT WAS MADE FOR THE FACEBOOK
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY FOR THE YEAR 2020 WITH THE LUCKY NUMBER
(FB-225-7736) SO WE NEED YOUR FAST RESPONSE SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED
WITH THE CLAIM PROCESS OF YOUR WINNINGS.
YOUR NAME WAS SELECTED BY MR MARK ZUCKERBERG THE CEO OF FACEBOOK
(FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ). THE PROMOTION WAS MADE TO MAKE
ALL FACEBOOK USERS TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROFIT THE COMPANY MADE WHILE
THEY USE FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK IS THE FIRST AND EVER LARGEST MEANS OF
MEETING BOTH OLD AND NEW FRIENDS, THE PROMO WAS DONE TO SERVE AS A
MEANS OF APPRECIATION TO VISITORS ON OUR SITE AND ALSO TO HELP PEOPLE
TO FIGHT OFF POVERTY AND TO MAINTAIN A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING, KINDLY
CONTACT MR. THOMAS CHARLES THE FACEBOOK PROMO COORDINATOR AND
APPOINTED AS YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA THIS EMAIL
([email protected]) IMMEDIATELY WITH THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION ABOUT YOU BELOW:
Full Name:
Residential Address:
Private Mobile Number:
Date Of Birth
Occupation:
AS SOON AS HE GETS YOUR EMAIL WITH ALL THE INFORMATION STATED ABOVE HE
WILL TELL YOU ON WHAT NEXT TO DO AS REGARDS THE CLAIMING AND RECEIVING
OF YOUR WINNINGS OF US$2,000,000.00
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN ON YOUR WINNINGS IN THE FACEBOOK PROMO
2020, WE DO HOPE YOU BE AMONG THE LUCKY WINNERS OF THE 2021 LOTTERY
NOTE: FOR SECURITY REASONS AND DUE TO THE MIX-UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND
NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS NOTIFICATION STRICTLY FROM PUBLIC
NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED.
THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR
UNSCRUPULOUS ACTS BY NON-PARTICIPANTS OF THIS PROGRAM. BE WARNED
FACEBOOK COMPANY
LOTTERY DEPARTMENT