Saturday, January 19, 2008

Coca-Cola ran a web lottery, and they tell me I won!

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From: romans109@austin.rr.com
Subject: *Detected Spam*YOUR EMAIL ID WAS PICKED !
Reply-To: silverwoodbridge1001@yahoo.com.cn
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Coca-Cola weblottery;

This is to inform you that your email address drawn with REF NO:
MSW-L/200-334841 consequently won you 1,000,000.00 GBP (One Million
Greate Britain Pounds) in the 2nd category of our on going 2008 Web
Lottery.Contact the underlisted for claims procedure;

Agent:Mr.Silver Woodbridge
Email:silverwoodbridge1001@yahoo.com.cn

Mr.Romans Frank,
Co-ordinator, Coca-Cola Award Team,
20 Craven Park, Harlesden
London NW10,United Kingdom.


Wait a minute, even I'm not going to get sucked in on this one. The email came from texas.rr.com, which is Roadrunner Cable. The email purports to come from the UK, and requests a reply to a yahoo.com.cn. That would be the chinese yahoo site.

I mean really. Coca-Cola is headquartered in Atlanta, GA, so why route through Texas consumer cable, claim to be UK, and have an email address on yahoo? in China? What was wrong with Coca-cola.co.uk, cocacola.com, etc etc etc.

And the prize. 1 Mill in GBP, whats that 2, 2.5 million US? Coca-Cola does not give out that kind of lettuce without getting 2 million in value out if it? Aint gonna happen, my friend.

Anyway, good luck. I am sure that you will find someone to take your money.

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