I Just Won $600,000

This is awesome. I just won $600,000 from Heineken.

I am so excited about this I have decided to keep the world informed of my progress via blog.

Below I've included the first email I got from Heineken about my winnings. Just a couple things I find cool about this.


1. Apparently Heineken doesn't spell check, nor follow any accepted rules of grammar, such as those that outline when to capitalize letters. It's refreshing to see a multinational corporation let accepted rules of communication slide, just like normal people!

2. This email appears to be from 3 unique individuals: Anthonie Van Duckerweg, Reverend Anthoni Mark, and Mr. David Mark. I am very confused by this, but hey, it is Heineken & it is $600,000 so I'm not too concerned.

3. Reverend Anthoni Mark, apparently a man of the cloth (an assumption I'm making based only on the title "Reverend", but an assumption which I'm certain must be true), is my claims agent. I'm glad to see the church has relaxed their status on vices and are now apparently loaning out their leaders to work for a lottery run by a beer company.

4. Apparently this Heineken lottery (which I don't remember entering, but again, it is $600,000 so I'm cool with that) is based out of Africa, where Heineken has set up an Overseas Claims/African Payment Unit. I truly wish other multi-nationals would look to the fine example set by Heineken in their ongoing efforts to stabilize the economy and offer the opportunities to improve their lives to the fine people of Nigeria.

I will heep everyone posted on my progress! Hooray for me!!



On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:55 PM, HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY <onlineheinekenpromo@rusrek.com> wrote:


HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKERWEG
11078 AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS

THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION!
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are delighted to inform you the result of the annual final draws of Heineken Annual Promo.
The online Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of E-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all E-mail addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as one of the Eight (8) lucky winners in the fourth category for the second prize with the following data:
Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
Y o u as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize of Six Hundred United States Dollars $600.000.00USD for the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African representative office in Africa, and your prize of US$600,000.00 will be released to you from your regional branch office.
You are required to fill and Submit the below information to the Processing management via e-mail. rev.anthoni@live.com
Name:.........................
Age:..........................
Sex:..........................
Date of birth:.. ..............
Address:......................
Phone:.........................
Occupation....................
Company:.............. ........
Next of Kin:..................
Nationality:...................
Country:......................
Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this E-mail: Please you are advised to complete the form and send it immediately to our Processing management via e-mail for prompt collection of your fund.
Overseas Claims/Africa Payment Unit
Contact your claim agent: Reverend Anthoni Mark
Email: rev.anthoni@live.com
Your agent will submit your in formation to the authorized Paying Bank:
For security reasons, we advise all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is process ed and your prize released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
All winnings MUST be claimed before the end of this programme; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to the charity organizations.
Thank you and Accept our congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mr. David Mark
HEINE KEN Games/Lottery Coordinator.