Subject: congratulations from : the lottery coordinator , international promotions / prize award department dear sir / madam , results for third category draws royal stakes south africa wishes to inform you of the results of it ' s third category draws held on the 3 rd april 2004 . we are happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our third category draws , which is part of our promotional draws . participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 40 , 000 names / email addresses of individuals and companies from africa , america , asia , canada , europe , middle east , and oceania as part of our international promotions program . you / your company , attached to ticket number 28 - 04 - 1376 , with serial number 20 - 431 drew the lucky numbers 12 , 18 , 21 , 32 , 41 , 47 ( 31 ) , and consequently won in the third category . you have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of us $ 2 , 500 , 000 . 00 ( two million five hundred thousand united states dollars ) in cash , which is the winning payout for third category winners . this is from the total prize money of us $ 5 , 000 , 000 . 00 shared between 2 international winners in the third category . congratulations ! ! ! your fund is now deposited with apex finance and investment group insured in your name . in your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind , we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed , and your funds remitted to your account . this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants / nonparticipants of this program . we also wish to bring to your notice our mid year ( 2004 ) high stakes where you stand a chance of winning up to us $ 25 . 5 million , we hope that with a part of your prize you will participate . please contact your claims agent immediately , to begin your claims process ; mr . joshua leon , foreign department manager , apex finance and investment group . tel / fax : + 27 828675346 email : joshualeon 7 @ apexfandigroupsa . net for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice . remember , you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks from the date of receipt of this mail . after this date , all funds will be returned as unclaimed . note : for easy reference and identification , find below your reference and batch numbers , remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent . reference number : 3 rss - 7 batch number : nd - 21 congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program . sincerely , the lottery coordinator , royal stakes , south africa . 11 parkfield road , illovo , jhb . south africa . . tel / fax : + 27 823622669 n . b . any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification . please do not reply to this mail . contact your claims agent . ( terms and conditions apply ) mail sent from noise pollution radio webmail - http : / / radio . noisepollution . com