Email Fraud Alert received from: Tasneem
I recently received an email with this subject line: COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER 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:
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
1775 K ST NW # 400
WASHINGTON D.C., DC 20006-1500, UNITED STATES
TEL/FAX: +1-206-202-1160
Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,
COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER
This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and
scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in
various parts of African countries and Europe, which includes (Nigeria, United Kingdom, Spain,
Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear
at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.
During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam
artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have
ordered that the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the
World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email address and country
name (South Africa) was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated in your local currency
with the sum of R1,200,000.00 (ZAR) (One Million Two Hundred Thousand South African Rand).
We have arranged your payment to be paid to you direct to your bank account in your country. To
receive the above fund, you are therefore advised to contact the (South African Reserve Bank
private Bank Agent) who will transfer the fund to your bank account from Reserve Bank. We have
advised the Bank Agent to open a private email address with a new number as to enable us to monitor
this payment and the transfer communications to avoid further delay or misdirection of your fund. Kindly
contact the South African Reserve Bank private Bank Agent now with the below contact details:
Contact: MR.
Compensation Fund Transfer Dept.
(South African Reserve Bank)
Contact Email: info.resbank@safrica.com
Contact him now and forward the below details to him:
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:
Yours in Service.
MR. WILSON STEWART.
United Nations Funds Investigation Unit.
Warning: Please make sure you are a scam victim to respond to this Email if this mail
come as an Error Ignore it and Delete Immediately
The above email was sent by “MR. WILSON STEWART” from this email address: info.resbank@safrica.com
I, Tasneem, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “MR. WILSON STEWART”:
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