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Coca Cola Email Is A Classic Scam
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-06-16
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SophosLabs has exposed an email scam pretending to from Coca Cola saying that the recipient has one a lottery.
The email, which appears to resemble the oldest trick in the book, has a subject line that reads "COCA COLA PROMOTION". Sophos posted the meat of the body as follows:
We happily announce to you the draw of the coca cola International promootion programs held on the 9th of June 2006 in The United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the Promotion in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred thousand, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/04 made available from a total cash prize of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
Most people would probably see right through this scam, but somebody must fall for these things or they wouldn't keep surfacing. Beware!
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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