COCA'COLA PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD scam

[LunarWolf]

THE COCA'COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA'COLA AVENUE
Baley House, Har Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom.

THE COCA'COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held on the (24th January, 2010) by Coca-Cola Bottling Company
in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your
email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on THE
COCA'COLA COMPANY PROMOTION.

However the results were released on the 28th Jan, 2010 and your email was
attached to ticket number (XXXXXXXXXX) and ballot number (XXXXXXXXXXX) The
online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an
exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine(TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Promo is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This Promo is the
3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize winning, However,you will
have to
fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of THE COCA'COLA
COMPANY for verification.

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt collection of your fund
from the designated bank.

NAME:.....................................
AGE:........................................
SEX:........................................
ADDRESS:...............................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:...............................
CITY/STATE:............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:...................................
How Will You Like To Received Your Winning Prize?
(A) Bank Transfer
(B)Cheque Delivery

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)

Mr. Frank Jackson
Baley House, Har Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom.
EMAIL: info.cocacla.claimsdept@gmail.com
Phone Number: Tell: +447024010695

You are to keep all your winning information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a
case of double claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this Promotion.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Joyce Seifert.
Co-ordinator

This is a scam right?

[hellnoire]

Uh... yeah.

Seriously Lunarwolf, if you didn't enter something yourself, it's spam and scam. Especially when it asks for employment, age, and sex, and you didn't even sign up.

[LunarWolf]

I didn't reply. I was 99.9% sure it was a scam. I just had to ask.

Looks like I can spot a scam.

By the way, £ 1,000,000.00 is A LOT of CASH. Wish it was real but since when do people become so "generous" especially I didn't enter anything.

[kavinraja]

I once got a similar thing saying that i had won a big money from google lucky draw.
Whenever i check my yahoo id, i get heaps of scam mails saying that an ancestor of me from singapore has left me a huge money... But i am sure enough that none of my ancestors ever visited foreign countries. I always when i see them.

[Newbie Comp user]

If you look at the email that was used to send scam/spam mails, it already looks "fake"

[bonishah88]

Especially when it asks for employment, age, and sex,

Ok....this might be a stupid question....but what harm can be done if i reply with the above details....i mean i'm not giving any of my bank or financial details......and most of the above details can also be easily obtained from your social networking site....right or am i missing something here...??

[rnbv424140]

Data harvesting I presume? I don't really know... The only thing that differs from each spam i receive is the amount, the currency and the benefactor. You have a point there. I thought hacking social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter is easy. It should be chickenfeed for them.

[hellnoire]

Ok....this might be a stupid question....but what harm can be done if i reply with the above details....i mean i'm not giving any of my bank or financial details......and most of the above details can also be easily obtained from your social networking site....right or am i missing something here...??

You're missing something here. In almost every country that Coca-Cola runs out of, that is, that they make it and run contests and whatnot, it's illegal to ask those questions for a giveaway.

Also, Gender, Age, and Employment tells the spammer if it's worth milking you for your money or not.

If you replied Female,18,Information Technology, there's a damned good chance you know it's spam so for him, it's not worth it.

If you replied Male,81,Retired.... I can't help but think that the scammer would be more willing to milk you for what you're worth, since most times, older people (up there in older people), aren't as wise when it comes to scams.

I'm not saying this is always the case... but that's often how they make sure they can get some money from you. After all, that's all spammers and scammers want: easy money.

rnbv424140, the problem with them for a spammer/scammer is that they can get locked down easily these days, so it's harder for them to get your info. If you try looking up my Facebook account, you can't see anything that I don't let you see. Makes sense?

[bonishah88]

maybeeee............

[hellnoire]

That's what the spammers go after, according to many different studies. The other thing is that it helps narrow down how much they could get from you as well. If you're 81, you're on your pension, meaning limited funds. If you're in your 30s, you're in a job (hopefully) and should make enough to make it worth skimming.

Then again, I'm quoting studies I've read in PC magazines.