People sometimes steal strange objects and break laws for no apparent reason, so it comes as no surprise to learn that a mother and daughter managed to scam the international beverage company Coca- Cola via their bottle caps. It is amazing that a piece of plastic could cause so much trouble. Coca- Cola offers bottle cap promotions in which customers can send a phone text to find out if their bottle cap number is the winner; if it is, they then email the company with their winning number to collect a prize. Contest rules say that one person cannot win more than twice, and that a household cannot win more than four times during the four months of the contest. It seemed strange then when multiple winners kept appearing in the same town. It turned out to be the same two people, Carrie and Sarah Jones, the mother and daughter identity theft and computer crime culprits. The duo apparently created fake email accounts and identities in order to collect prizes. According to the article, the Joneses then sold the winning numbers in bundles on ebay, which brought in about “six figures” (Officer Mike Wood). Nobody seems to know how the Jones managed to have so many winning numbers. This article told the basic story of Carrie and Sarah’s plot, but it did not include much detail or any other interesting facts. The author neglected to try to explain how the Joneses obtained their winning codes.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/24/oregon-mom-and-daughter-guilty-in-coca-cola-scam/
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