The following is an example of the free Coca-Cola email hoax.

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Coca-Cola is offering four free cases of diet coke or regular coke to every person you send this to. When you have finished sending this e-mail to as many people as you wish, a screen will come up. It will then ask where you want your free coke products sent. This is a sales promotion to get our name out to young people around the world. We believe this project can be a success, but only with your help. So please start e-mailing and help us build our database. Thank you for your support!

Always Coca-Cola,

Mike Hill
Director of Marketing Coca-Cola Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia

The Coca-Cola Company denies the email.

The following is an example of the free Gap gift certificates email hoax.

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Hi! My name is Janelle McCan, Founder of the Gap.

You have probably heard about the e-mail from Ambercrombie and Fitch offering twenty five dollar gift certificates to every five people you sent that letter to. My question is: DID IT WORK? Most of you who tried it will probably say NO. But this letter is NOT prank like others you have experienced. I am offering thirty five dollar gift certificates to every seven people you send this to. When you have finished sending this letter to as many people as you wish, a screen will come up. It will tell you how much you have earned in Gap gift certificates. Print that screen out and bring it to your local Gap store. The sales clerk will give you your certificates and you can SHOP BABY! This is a sales promotion to get our name out to young people around the world. We believe this project can be a success, but only with your help.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Janelle McCan Founder of the Gap

The following is an example of the EMI email hoax.

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Subject: EMI and Time Warner.

Due to the merger between EMI and Time Warner announced yesterday, an Unprecendented opportunity to make FREE money and receive FREE gifts has arisen. As you have probably heard, Time Warner recently announced a merger with AOL. AOL is the world's largest Internet Service Provider, and is eager to increase it's market share by providing a Unique Selling Point.

Time Warner, AOL and EMI have begun to conduct a feasability study in music delivery via email, and so are collating data on the way in which emails are disseminated between family, collegues and friends. AOL has cleverly encoded this email with a unique identifier, which allows them to track all the senders and recipients. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE USING AN APPLE MACINTOSH OR PC!!

EMI has promised that for every 10 people that you forward this mail to, they will send you 10 pounds in record vouchers. Time Warner has promised that for every person that forwards your mail, they will send you a 50 pound cheque. I must admit that I thought this would be one of those standard internet scams but yesterday I was emailed by representatives of both EMI and Time Warner asking for my home address. This morning I had both a 10 pound record voucher to spenD at any HMV and a NatWest cheque made out to me for 50 pounds!! If you only send out this mail to as many people as you can then you can also take advantage of this offer. What do you have to lose ???

Miss S***** G*****

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