UN and EU Notification of Cash Aid Phishing Scam
Folks who frequent Venditoris know to be skeptical of emails promising you millions and here’s a new one to add to your list of pure, unadulterated hogwash. Keep an eye out for it in your inbox:
Association Of European Charity Foundations in conjunction with the UNITED NATIONS is giving out a yearly donation of Two Million United States Dollars each to 50 lucky international recipients worldwide in different categories for their educational pursuit, health care, personal Business development and uplift of their environments. These funds are freely given to you to use for your business educational and personal development and at least 30% to be used by you to develop a part of your environment, as this is a yearly program, which is a measure of universal development strategy, and eradication of poverty.
Based on the random selection exercise of internet service providers (ISP) and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the lucky recipients to receive the award sum of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars) as charity donations/aid from the UNITED NATION/Association Of European Charity Foundations. Note that, your email was selected from either the internet, or a Shop’s cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from.
kindly note that you are not the only beneficiary in your country this year, and your country is not the only country that is benefiting from this donation, as beneficiaries have been chosen from countries from all continents. The idea of this donation is that within ten years from now, there will be notable richness amongst many unusual people around the world.
This will give many people the opportunity to get their lives to a stage where they had always wanted. Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the donation once. Which means that, subsequent yearly donation will not get to you again, so it’s your choice to spend the donation wisely on something that will last you a long time.
Due to security consciousness we cannot mail or send you a cashier cheque (draft). we shall do the transfer of your funds bank to bank online/wire transfer. You are required to fill the payment processing form including your personal identification number and return back for processing.
Payment Processing form;
1.FULL NAME:_________________
2.ADDRESS:___________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.OCCUPATION:________________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________ 7.PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:___________ 8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_______ 9.COUNTRY:_____________________________________
Please note that this donations/Grants are strictly administered by “European Union” under delegated powers from the FBI. you are hereby advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect your donation, as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her donation.
On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Kofi Annan
(United Nations Secretary-Genaral)
Apparently the sender, identified in the email as info at uno.org.af, is not aware that Kofi Annan no longer holds the post of United Nations Secretary-General. Sometimes it is the little things that expose a fraud, but in most cases…the too good to be true mega jackpot winnings should be your first clue.
If you’ve received this or similar emails let us know. We are always interested to learn about the breadth of such phishing scams and keep our eyes open for other new and inventive ways that the less than honest folks out there try to take advantage of our readers.
