A new kind of scam !!!

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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:48 am

i got this email recently :

FRAUD VICTIMS/ US$1,500.000.00 BENEFICIARY REF/PAYMENTS CODE:07638

UNMOVIC IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

Attn: Beneficiary,

Note! after series of meeting that lasted for three (3) Months with the secretary General of the UNITED NATION. Your Name and email address were on the list submitted to receive a (UNMOVIC) charity donation, the UNITED NATION under the umbrella of United Nations Monitory Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) has agreed to donate the total sum of US$650,000.00 (Six Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) to fraud victims.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission Observers (EFCCO) and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact the (UNMOVIC) External Relation Officer Mr. Nikita Zhukov , as he is our appointed person for payment endorsement, contact him immediately for immediate processing of your fund endorsement of USD$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) This funds are payable via Telephone Banking to your direct Bank Account, thus, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address for verification purpose.

Person to Contact: Mr. Nikita Zhukov
Email: [email protected]
Phone No: 001-718-395-3839
State: New York
Country: USA

Good luck and kind regards,

Mrs. Inga-Britt Ahlenius.

I'm sure this is a scam , what'd you think?

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:51 am

Scam, no question about it.

The UN doesn't randomly give out obscene amounts of money (except when third world dictators are involved, but that's a different story).

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:29 am

Yeah, it's a classic "recovery scam". It probably started as a way to milk a few more dollars from a victim who has finally stopped paying, but now they tend to be sent out in bulk with the hopes of snaring a former victim, or a someone who is willing to pretend they were scammed in order to claim the money.

It works like most advance fee fraud. You will be asked for fees to pay for documents, barristers, bribes, and whatever else they can dream up.