British Tobacco Spam

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This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of 1,500,000.00 USD (one million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in the International programs held on the 12TH APRIL 2007 in London Uk.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerizedemail selection system(s) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The British Tobacco Promo is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our executive claims officer through the contact:

Mr. ALBERT GREGORY.
Claims Agent
E-mail: britishtobaccoverification18 at yahoo dot co dot uk

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KAREN PETERSON
Co-coordinator.