A woman from Newfoundland found out the hard way that it's not always a good idea to post everything on-line. She won $100.00 on a "Rrroll Up The Rim To Win" cup from Tim Hortons, and posted a picture on facebook.
One of her 900 "friends" spotted the security number on the cup, swooped in and claimed the C-note ahead of her.
Apparently, she didn't know a winners form for the gift card award could be claimed on-line, which a Tim's official told her would be the easiest way to collect the prize. When she logged on to the company's website to do that, she learned the 100 bucks had already been picked up. Tim's also told her they wouldn't release the winner's e-mail address for security reasons.
She says it all happened in the space of half an hour.
The moral of the story is: Don't post winning security codes on-line.
TTFN
***Update: The woman in question claims Tim Hortons will honour her winning, and will ex[press deliver it to her. Tim's has not confirmed this as yet.***
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