Wow! Compensation For People Who Were Being Scammed!

Received an interesting email today titled "For all the scammed victims" from this email address: UnitedNN@seagreen.ocn.ne.jp

Interestingly, the email is being sent to compensation@un.org but somehow I got it.. Yay! I am going to be compensated for being scammed... NOT!

Anyway, the email goes like this:

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The United Nations Headquarters, New York

United Nations Compensation Unit, In Affiliation with World Bank Our Ref: U.N/WBO/042UK/2012.

 

 

Congratulations Beneficiary,

 

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which just ended few days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS in Affiliation with WORLD BANK have agreed to compensate them with the sum of USD $750,000.00 Dollars.

 

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact Dr.PATRICE TEME of our paying center in Africa, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft or ATM CARD of USD $750,000.00 Dollars.

 

This fund is in form of a Bank Draft/ATM CARD/CHEQUE for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice. Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you. Contact MR. ANDREW MARTIN of ZENITH BANK LONDON PAYMENT CENTER with your payment code:ST/DPI/829 immediately for your Cheque/ATM CARD at the given address below:

 

DIRECTOR IN CHARGE: MR. ANDREW MARTIN

E-MAIL: info@zenithbankplc.net-talk.net

Phone: +44 7700077210

Fax: +447092986231

 

I apologize on behalf of my organization for any delay you might have encountered in receiving your fund in the past. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place.

 

You are required to contact the above person and furnish him with the following of your information that will be required to avoid any mistakes:-

 

1. Your Full name:

 

2. Your Country:

 

3. Contact Address:

 

4. Telephone Number:

 

5. Fax Number:

 

6. Marital Status:

 

7. Occupation:

 

8. Sex:

 

9. Age:

 

Congratulations, and I look forward to hear from you as soon as you confirm your payment making the world a better place.

 

Regards,

 

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

http://www.un.org/sg/

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Time for the SPOT THE SCAM TEST AGAIN! ;) What are some of the points that indicate that this is a scam?

• I was almost fooled by this one. I saw an email address at the top that was compensation@un.org and thought this might be the real thing... but I realized in the end that it was actually in the TO column. The FROM column states that the email address that sent out this email is from UnitedNN@seagreen.ocn.ne.jp. Any UN email should be from some UN email addy that goes like abc@un.org.... I rest my case...
  
• Remember how I explained that most emails from official organizations usually use good english and very seldom have mistakes? This one has a glaring one right in the first para "This is HTML source of message you composed. Do not modify here. To modify this message press HTML Messages Editor button." If you read on, you will notice a few typos here and there. I am quite sure an official email from the UN will not have spelling and grammar mistakes!
• If you were to be really careful and do a check of the website:
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon/ http://www.un.org/sg/
  You will notice that it is a genuine website of the secretary General Ban Ki Moon... HOWEVER, if you are meticulous with your research, you will find also this part of the website that says that the UN will not at any time ask for ANY of your personal details over email... and guess what, that comes under the FRAUD ALERT section of the website.
• If you bothered to check the email listed (info@zenithbankplc.net-talk.net), you will note also that this email address  has been posted in a few scam alert websites.
• Really? The UN is giving you money not because you really need help but because you were either gullible or greedy and got scammed? Once and again.. if anything on the internet is too good to be true.. it probably ISN'T TRUE!:) 

I dunno how these people sleep at night.. scamming on people who have already been scammed. Tsk tsk tsk....