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WooHoo! I’m rich! Okay, not really. But guess what–I’ve just been notified that there is a cheque for $2,811,041.00 USD for my claim for an outstanding compensation payment, identification number UPS/UNHSP/280/012. Compensation for which I have never claimed, I might add. Here’s the thing–this little scam is much slicker than the Nigerian pleas for a bank account to park money in, and the other ruses that were popular some while ago. This one may have been around awhile, too, but I only just got it for the first time. I’m printing the whole email here so in case you haven’t received it yet, you’ll know what it is.
I must say, they’ve been clever with this one. It’s a doosey. I think the bit about $95 USD for UPS delivery is a nice touch. I seldom get spam, so it was unusual for this one to slip through the gmail filter. I’d be interested to know if any of you have had this one.
Ah, well. I’m off now to clean out the chook house and contemplate what I could have done with the $2,811,041.00 USD. MM
The Email
Smith, Liz (Childrens Services – BST) <liz.1.smith@hants.gov.uk>
Contact UPS Email:- robertayo_upsdisp07@dgoh.org
__________________________________________________________________
Having received your Claim Application, I am writing to inform you that I am a delegate from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to notify you finally about your outstanding Compensation payment of $2,811,041.00 USD with identification number UPS/UNHSP/280/012.
This compensation is being made for losses/damages as a result of accident or illness.
For more information, contact the UPS Dispatch Officer with your Name, Resident Address and Telephone Number for the delivery of your cashier check.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Contact Name: Robert Ayo
Tel: +2347039278107
E-mail: robertayo_upsdisp07@dgoh.org
Please take note that you will pay a shipping/handling fee of $95.00 USD to UPS
Thanks for your patience.
Smith Liz .
Programme Manager
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
The Meandering Matriarch 
Here is the same email that you received, the names are different but everything else is a match!!!!!!!
From: United Nation Compensation [info@uncc.org]
Having received your Claim Application, I am writing to inform you that I
am a delegate from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and to
notify you finally about your outstanding Compensation payment of
$2,811,041.00 USD with identification number UPS/UNHSP/280/012.
This compensation is being made for losses/damages as a result of accident
or illness.
For more information, contact the UPS Dispatch Officer with your Name,
Resident Address and Telephone Number for the delivery of your cashier
check.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Contact Name: Robert Ayo
Tel: +2347039278107
E-mail: robertayo_upsdisp07@dgoh.org
Please take note that you will pay a shipping/handling fee of $95.00 USD
to UPS
Thanks for your patience.
Yesenia Lopez.
Programme Manager
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
Wow! Thank you for that. I wonder how many people got that email. And whether any of them had some sort of outstanding claim that they thought this applied to–and got sucked in. It’s a worry.
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Look at this brazen message I got today. They didn’t even offer me a million or two.
From: RBC Royal Bank [mailto:accounts@rbcroyalbank.ib.int.com]
Sent: 2012, September 17 11:44 AM
To:
Subject: New notice from RBC Royal Bank
Dear Valued Customer,
Financial institutions around the world have always been subject to attempts by criminals to try and defraud money from them and their customers. These attempts can occur in a number of ways (e.g. credit card fraud, telephone banking or Internet scams).
As a part of our ongoing commitment to provide the “Best Possible” service and Protection to all our Members in year “2012”, we are now requiring each member to validate their accounts using our new secure and safe SSL servers. To validate your online banking account click on Log In To Online Banking .
*This Email has being sent to all RBC customers, and it is compulsory to follow as failure to verify account details will lead to account suspension.*
Thank you.
RBC Online Banking Security Team
2012 All Rights Reserved RBC Online Banking
This email and its attachments are intended solely for the personal use of the individual or entity named above. Any use of this communication by an unintended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, any publication, use, reproduction, disclosure or dissemination of its contents is strictly prohibited. Please immediately delete this message and its attachments from your computer and servers. We would also appreciate if you would contact us by a collect call or return email to notify us of this error. Thank you for your cooperation.
The scammers are getting more and more clever, and hard to detect. But the banks all say, they will never contact by email, and never ask you for any details online.
Tempting but.
You could buy a lot of chooks for that sort of money.
Sure could! And they would all be free-ranging, which would no doubt mean all of Tasmania would be a huge chook yard. I’m already overrun with eggs, with only 4 hens!
They don’t give up, do they?
Not as long as there is even a 1% “sucker rate” — and I’m sure there is. There’s always someone hoping to get something for nothing.
… and the really sneaky part is the illness or accident part … who hasn’t been crook or in an accident? .. Nasty buggers!
Exactly. And some recipients may even have an outstanding claim elsewhere, and think this is it.
That is better written than most. Usually there are a couple of obvious language errors that reveal the scam. Here the only clues might be the rather odd “Smith Liz” and “Resident Address.” Of course there is also the minor detail of you not having made any such claim in the first place.
In this one, the use of the United Nations Human Settlement Programme was interesting as there is such a programme but it does not deal with accident claims!