These scammers are saying that you've "won" $1.22 million from Coca-Cola, in "conjunction" with the Canadian lottery. They even had a fancy Word document all drawn up with pictures of happy people and an "authorized" signature. All the images were downloaded from the internet, of course. "Your e-mail" has "been approved" as the "lucky winner." Just one of the problems with this is that it was bulk-mailed out to hundreds or perhaps thousands of people.
Yes, Coke might have some special promotions from time-to-time when they'll give away free bottles of Coke products, if you have a winning code under a bottlecap, or something like that. No corporation or company, big or small, however, has any "lottery," and they certainly do not choose "winners" by e-mail address or mobile phone number. It's just a big lottery scam. In the United States, lotteries are strictly regulated by each State. There isn't any such thing as a business giving away "lottery winnings" unless it's been approved to do so. If a normal business like Coke or John Deere do give money away, it is an advertising gimmick known as philanthropy, and the money always goes to worthy causes, not to individual people. If you did not drive down to the store and purchase your very own paper lottery ticket, then you did not win. There's lots more of these lottery scam samples located Here, and please follow me on Twitter @inscamerated. Thank You. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMy name is Gary, and I live in the Midwestern United States. This site is intended to expose the frauds and scams that are so pervasive on the internet, especially today. One hundred per- cent of the e-mails you get that promise you millions are never, ever real. They'll tell you they're "dying," trying to gain your sympathy. They're not dying, they're lying. Click Here for the "Dying" scams. Don't fall for it, and never send them any money, no matter what they tell you. Oh, and good luck hacking this website. It's got a nice strong password on it. Archive
July 2012
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