Veiled Threats

To handle the situation, Corky Coker, the outgoing SEMA Chairman of the Board, was dispatched to the Hotrodders Bulletin Board. Coker registered a username on the forums, and posted publicly in defense of the Spank My Monkey marketing campaign.[9]



When Coker failed to convince the forum members of the innocence of the marketing campaign, a "mystery" user registered on the forums. The "mystery" user claimed to live in the same area as the forum administrator, told him to "watch what you say" because it would "come back to bite you", and made veiled threats to the administrator's safety.[10] After examining the website logs, it was determined that the "mystery" user had the same IP address as Corky Coker, and had been posting from the exact same location as Corky Coker.[11] Faced with the evidence, Coker was forced to publicly admit the deception. Although he contended that he had not personally made the threatening post, he did admit that it had been done by Coker Tire.[12] (For more information, see: Corky Coker.)



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