Email Fraud Alert received from: Laura
I recently received an email with this subject line: PROOF OF OWNERSHIP/ORIGIN OF FUND CERTIFICATE/F.B.I. 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 Association
Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 702 405 5041
Attention: Beneficiary
We are contacting you prior to the instruction we receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Washington, DC stating that the Diplomat delivering your consignment containing your payment worth ($10,500,000), was intercepted at the JFK Airport, New York and of which a Proof of Ownership Certificate and Origin of Fund Certificate was being requested for, in order to enable the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirm the legitimacy of the payment, after which it will be delivered to you accordingly.
It might interest you to know that your payment file with us was dully screened and we have confirmed you to be the true beneficiary of the two consignment boxes worth $10,500,000 which was held at the JFK Airport, New York, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fund in the consignment box is a compensation payment awarded to you from the United Nations and you have the lawful right to claim it and that is why we have concluded after due deliberation on your payment file, to have the payment delivered to you by a Diplomatic Courier service, for security reasons.
Be informed that all document procurement as regards to this Compensation payment, is being handled by the Legal department of this organization and we have informed them of your request and of which they have stated that the procurement of the Proof of Ownership Certificate and Origin of Fund Certificate will cost you a total amount of $380 and as soon as the fee is paid, the document will be secured and forwarded to you accordingly.
To this effect, please find below the information of our regional representative whom you are to send the fee through, either through western union or money gram.
Name: Danielle Adams
Address: Ilwaco, Washington
Text Question: To Who
Answer: You
You are to send the fee right away and then forward to this office the transfer details accordingly to enable our legal department proceed with the next step on procuring the Proof of Ownership Certificate and Origin of Fund Certificate, for subsequent delivery of your fund to you. The F.B.I stated that this is very urgent so we will advise you follow the above instruction before it is too late, so as to avoid them from prosecuting you and confiscating your fund, presently in their custody. We await your prompt response.
Regards,
Philip Mulligan
Executive Director, United Nations Association UK
The above email was sent by “Philip Mulligan, Executive Director, United Nations Association UK “ from this email address: info@united-nations-org.us.ms
I, Laura, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Philip Mulligan, Executive Director, United Nations Association UK “:
I received this after many emails from the so called F.B.I.!! Its a scam!