Obvious scams are obvious. Some of them are hilarious and some of them are downright cheeky.
The content of the e-mail below is obviously an attempt at identity theft. What’s so ‘funny’ is that they are using their own activities to motivate people into falling into their little trap.
Obviously you should never respond to this. Handing out your personal details as mentioned above will lead to identity theft and the damages that follow. Just a quick Google will show you what the horrific financial and social consequences are of ID fraud.
UNITED NATIONS
CYBER SECURITY DEPT.
United Nations Branch Office UK,
London Suit N7, NS1T2WK,
Tel: +447937445191E-mail:uncompensation0147@outlook.com
Attention: Scam Victim,
The UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, UK Branch, in conjunction with THE FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY, UNITED KINGDOM is paying
10,000 scam victims the sum of Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling (900,000.00GBP) each. This recommendation was reached during the visit of the British Prime Minister David Cameron to the U.N Headquarters New York, early this year,to discuss the World Economic Situation and Prospects for 2014 and the Global Financial and EconomicCrisis with the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. They were alarmed by the report of the United Nations Cyber Security Department on the activities of scammers and the amount involved and its effect on the world economy.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested at the heathrow airport united Kingdom from Lagos,Nigeria to London,United Kingdom as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever,the US secret service and British Metropolitan police are already on trace of the criminals.
Many banks have been in bankruptcy today, Universal firms, Companies and individuals due to the activity of these hoodlums.Some use Fake lottery to scam innocent citizens,Investment proposal,Fake CBN transfer,Fake Local transfer, Fake Loans, while some use fake military man and civilians fake identity in the name of love and marriages, However,investigation have shown that these people have dropped over 500,000 victims after collecting their money falsely,many committed suicide and others living by the grace of God. In an effort to stabilize the world economy and increase spending power of individuals, the United Nations,with the support of the British Government is now paying 10,000 scam victims Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling (900,000.00GBP)
Your E-mail user/your name was also mentioned by the security intelligent monitoring system as one of the cheated victims.
Already, 291 beneficiaries have been paid; while other applications are being processed.
Please contact the UNITED NATIONS authorized PAYMENT OFFICE for the immediate payment of your Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling (900,000.00GBP) compensations which has been titled on your name by the United Nations.
Please do not redistribute this mail as those not listed may want to infiltrate the system and cause chaos. Others, who are not listed now,will appear on the second batch.
Fill the form below and send it through e-mail the UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE for them to process your payment E-mail:
uncompensation0147@outlook.com
FULL NAME…………………………………….
DATE OF BIRTH…………………………………
POSTAL/ADDRESS………………………………
SEX………………………………………………
NATIONALITY…………………………………..
OCCUPATION……………………………………
MOBILE TELEPHONE……………………………
OFFICE NUMBER……………………………….
SCAN COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY……………….NB:You are advised to send the above information to our payment office E-mail: uncompensation0147@outlook.com
APPROVED BY,
Mr.Ban Ki-moon.
U.N Secretary-General.
In Co-ordination with British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
His vision of a stronger U.N for a better World
Mr.David Helb.K
Publicity Secretary
U.N Monitoring Team UK