Our cooperation partners at Watchlist Internet warn that fraudsters are currently sending text messages.
In it they claim that recipients won money from the Coca-Cola Exclusive Offers Rewards. To make a withdrawal, you should contact the email address [email protected] , provide personal details and make advance payments.
There is no promised winning amount for this.
Attempted fraud comes via SMS
Consumers receive an SMS
+49159014292xx or +49159014334xx It says from the unknown senders that the recipients have won a competition:
“You have won a coupon of €1m in the Coca-Cola Exclusive Offers Rewards for EU States. To get a winner's check, email code CK3D to; [email protected] ”
Source: Watchlist Internet
Are there Coca-Cola Exclusive Offers Rewards?
The text message comes from criminals. With the fraudulent SMS, they request that you contact them via the email address “@coca-cola-coupon.com”.
An investigation into who owns this address shows that it was registered by an anonymization service from the USA. Furthermore, the error message “Error 404 (Not found)” appears on the coca-cola-coupon.com website.
It is therefore unknown who the text message came from.
What happens after contact?
Anyone who contacts the criminals using the email address [email protected] should first provide them with personal information, such as their address, date of birth or telephone number.
Disclosing the information can lead to significant disadvantages, as it allows criminals to use someone else's identity to carry out their crimes, make purchases under their victim's name or take out loans.
Advance payments required to pay out winnings
After the perpetrators have the personal data of their victims, they explain to them why they are required to make advance payments in order to pay out the winnings.
For example, they cite legal fees, tax levies or fees that the winners have to pay in advance as reasons for this.
Victims should transfer the money abroad using payment service providers such as Western Union or MoneyGram and send the transaction receipt, photographed, to the perpetrators by email.
This allows the criminals to receive the money. There is no compensation for this because the Coca-Cola Exclusive Offers Rewards are invented. The victim is left with a loss of money and data.
Have you been a victim?
If you have disclosed your personal information and transferred the money to the criminals, report it to the police.
Clarify with your clerks which approach is best so that you do not suffer any further disadvantages. Experience has shown that your transferred money is unfortunately irretrievably lost.
The Internet Watchlist recommends:
Delete the supposed winning notification for the Coca-Cola Exclusive Offers Rewards because it comes from criminals. They demand large payments of money from you for the alleged payment of the winnings. There is no compensation for this!
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