You're a Good Person, Have Some Money #1

The Pitch

Our Ref: CFG/US/B005
Your Ref:

Dear Beneficiary,

Cargill which was founded in 1865 by W.W. Cargill, was conceived with the objective of Human Growth, Education and Community development. We are pleased to inform you that as part of our 2010 fiscal year promotion, Cargill is donating two hundred million dollars, towards the Cargill Foundation anniversary as specific cash aid to 100 international recipients worldwide in different categories for business, educational and personal development, and at least 30% to be used by each for the development of his/her community or assist those in need. For more details about our charitable donations please visit our website at http://www.cargill.com/corporate-responsibility/charitable-giving/index.jsp.
Cargill has contributed more than US $58 million to nonprofit and/or nongovernmental organizations, schools and local community organizations in locations where we have a business presence. Based on the random selection exercise from all databases and websites on the internet, you were selected among the recipients to receive the sum of USD 2,000,000.00 (Two Million US dollars) as cash aid. It is therefore my pleasure to officially inform you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of the Cargill Foundation, as one of the recipients for 2010 Charitable giving for your own personal, educational and business development.
You are required to contact your cash aid documentation officer with the below information, for documentation and processing.

Full Names:
Gender:
Date of birth:
Contact Address:
Country:
Phone number(s):
Occupation:
Company Name:
Marriage status:

Cash Aid payments are strictly administered by the respective/authorized payment offices of the Cargill Foundation in Asia. On behalf of the Cargill Foundation, board of trustees, kindly accept our warmest congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Jerry Awang
© 2010 Cargill, Incorporated.
http://www.cargill.com
 
Originality
It takes a little effort to go and find a company that has a vague humanitarian responsibility page, and then write a story that somehow implies that my mere existence is worth a massive cash reward from a company I've never heard of. That they found my name 'Based on the random selection exercise from all databases and websites on the internet' kind of undoes the setup of me being worthy of a reward for my ace humanitarian exploits. The use of vague reference numbers, © symbols, a list of details to provide and a real website is quite a nice bluff.

Grammar
A formal tone, nicely written, convincing.

Amount Offered
$2m. A nice round number and not stupidly large.

Gullibility Rating
A decent attempt, but the story is ultimately flawed. Am I a winner because I'm a nice person, or because I was selected at random? If I'm stupid, though, it probably doesn't matter at all.