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This one is a hit! Oh yes. Whoever wrote this one up is probably a millionaire now because there are so many gullible people on the Web who will write to the criminal that sent it: "Just to see what he has." (if you don't believe the Desk, go read the article)
Not only does this email promise you millions of dollars, it comes right out and asks for your account number and a copy of your passport or driver's license.
But somebody some where must believe it and trust in the United Nations and send the scammer everything they want.
First just a touch of debunking then the body of the email: The World Bank doesn't give away money through an email to individuals. The UN doesn't give away money, period.
Moving on.
The reply-to address appears to be a viable address at 'MS Live' Hotmail in France. However, in typical MS fashion, they make reporting abuse of their system by a criminal almost impossible.
Once Again
A Fraud resource page from the REAL Citibank: Citibank.com
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Scam spam below presented as received. Scammers email address edited.
Partial Email Headers
Good Day,
The British Prime Minister in conjunction with U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favor for your contract entitlement, inheritance/award winning payment with the UNITED NATION to your nominated bank account.
As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE CITIBANK OF UNITED KINGDOM, with the help and monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK which is our official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United Nation, has look up to make sure you receive your money. SO contact: MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY on his contact information, Direct Citibank Telephone No +447024071457 Fax Number: +44 8702360525, Email: (edited)wolley11@hotmail.fr for immediate release of your contract, inheritance/Award Winning claim Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, you are required to send bellow:
Information request for your transfer.
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
Note: your personal contact/communication code with Citibank is (511), you are advice to send your full banking information to the Citibank of London international remittance director headed by Mr. Andrew W. Wolley and make sure you speak with him, with your new payment code for release of your payment and send him all your banking information now.
End of Quoted Email Scam spam
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Talk about do it yourself identity theft!
They may end up paying in advance for a cash transfer that never happens, cashing overseas checks- which then bounce- and they will be out their money and in trouble for passing bad checks, or they may just have their bank account and credit rating raped. None of which are fun things to go through.
Also the source email address is a known spam source and even though www.un.org is the website of the United Nations, the spam is not from them.
This same letter has been in circulation for about a year, usually from a European free email server, with some sort of variation on the named used in the scam which makes you think that perhaps it is a play on the criminal's real name. And since it is still out there, and going strong, SOMEBODY must be replying to it in some sort of glassy eyed variation of "you never know, it might just be real".
Well, and the Desk has said it before. You CAN know. It isn't real, and if you believe it, contact the Desk and it will charge you only a minimal fee for the facts in the matter.
Still, the Desk tried.
THIS IS A SCAM! YOU WILL LOSE MONEY, YOUR IDENTITY, OR PERHAPS EVEN YOUR LIFE IF YOU CONTACT THEM!
X-Originating-IP: [195.4.92.92]
Return-Path: un@un.org
Reply-to: (edited)wolley11@hotmail.fr
From: "United Nation" un@un.org
Subject: U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL APPROVAL PAYMENT VALUED $8.3M.
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:52:46 +0100
X-Warning: un.org is listed at abuse.rfc-ignorant.org
Now, your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV,Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex Confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.
2) FULL ADDRESS OF YOUR CITY,STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PHONE,FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME,POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) BANK INFORMATIONS:
a) BANK NAME:
b) BANK ADRESS:
c) ACCOUNT NUMBER:
d) SWIFT CODE/
e) ROUTING NUMBER:
6) PROFESSION,AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
7) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE
Regard. Senate
CONTACT CODE (511)
OFFICER: MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY.
POSITION: DIRECTOR, INTL, REMMITTANCE CITIBANK LONDON.
TELEPHONE OFFICE/BANK: +447024071457.
FAX NUMBER: +44 8702360525
EMAIL: (edited)wolley11@hotmail.fr
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT
UNITED NATION AND USA GOVERNMENT.
SIR BENSON GILBERT.