Email Fraud Alert received from: Ban
I recently received an email with this subject line: INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF £2,500,000.00 and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT
Funds Office United Nations
Protection Movement
1775K St New # 400 Washington D.C 20006-1500,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Website http://www.un.org/
Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER
We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary Unit, and Finance Ministry, has investigated your fund, which has been on transfer process for some period of time. During the second quarter of the general Financial Auditing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has recovered your fund at the tune of £2,500,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS), which was to be paid to you through bank-to-bank transfer to your account.
And after the auditing, United States of America Government and International Fund Monetary Unit decides that the entire recovered and returned funds should be paid to their various owners within 8 days. This decision was taking by the Board of the auditors in the Finance Ministry (Office of the Treasury), and at present the fund is in the escrow account with Bank of England. For the security of your funds and was organized in the form of your personal Identification and this will enable only you to have direct Control over your funds, and we will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid any hopeless situation created by officials of the bank.
An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation / Instructions; your complete Inheritance / Compensation funds have been credited in your favor through one of our paying bank in London. You are therefore advised to contact Mr. Albert Desmond, the Payment Director (HSBC Bank Plc London)
Mr. Albert Desmond
8 Canada Square London E14 5HQ
Tel:+447700308541[]Fax:+447733109287[]Email:info@hsbc-bankuk.co.uk, Albert.Desmond@accountant.com
You are therefore advice to contact:
Contact him now for the processing of your payment. And as soon as you establish a contact with him, your payment will be process and transfer to you immediately. So if you like to receive your funds you’re advised to contact (Mr. Albert Desmond) with the following information as stated below:
Please send your payment file Number to the bank Payment file: RBI-DEL/ID1033/12.
1. Your Full Name:
2. Address
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Telephone Numbers:
6. Fax:
7. Country:
NOTE: You are advised to furnish Mr. Albert Desmond with your correct and valid details. Also be informed that the amount to be paid to you now is £2,500,000.00 GBP (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS), We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with Mr. Albert Desmond directed to avoid further delay.
Congratulations and Best Regards,
The Correspondence & Enquiry Unit, Finance Ministry,
Economic and Social Council International Environment
Protection Movement.
1775K St Nw # 400 Washington D.C , 20006-1500,
United States, Tel/Fax: +1-200-202-1160
The above email was sent by “ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL” from this email address: k.pq0@hotmail.com
I, Ban, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL”:
When last I checked the United Nations did have a domain – www.un.org. The email address domain you are writing from – hotmail.com – belongs to that other guy with lots of money – Bill Gates from Microsoft.