Rescued From The Spam Boxmichael on 10 Feb 2007 11:01 am
So while going through my latest collection of e-mail spam I discovered the gem below. At first I thought it was a chain e-mail and it caught me by surprise, since I haven’t gotten one of them in a while. Then I realized that it was just a new variation on the lame fake lottery scams.
COCA-COLA ONLINE PROMOTIONS!!!
THE COCA COLA COMPANY Hong Kong office is Giving Away 1 cars For “FREE”!! And cash bonus of $800,000.00
The Company is trying e-mail to e-mail advertising to introduce its products.
The reward you received for advertising for them is a Mercedes-Benz, ML class jeep convertible free of cost! Including cash prize of $800,000,00
To receive your free car all you need to do is send us your
1. Full name:
2. Address / contact number:
3. Country of origin:
4. Occupation:
5. Email:
Within 1 month you will receive a free car. A draw has just been concluded in Hong Kong last weekend
(we contacted you via your email address).
You must send your contact information to,<removed> OR <removed>
Kind Regards,
Sandy Robert
Sales /Marketing Manager
coca cola Asia
Hong Kong
While I know that most of the folks who read this are probably savy enough to recognize this as utter crap, for the education of the less savy folks who may be reading (you probably found this blog because you just couldn’t get enough about Anna Nicole Smith’s death, and to you I say welcome and good job on figuring out how to use a search engine!
) you’ll find my commentary on this message when you “Continue Reading”
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