Saturday, March 10, 2012

I recieved an email and i think its spam?

so i got the following email a while back and wanted to see if its spam. the email is below.





Dear Sir/Madam,



After much attempt to reach you via phone, I deemed it necessary and urgent to contact you with your email and to notify you finally about the outstanding settlement of your compensation which is being given out by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. This compensation is being made to all the victims that have lost their money through any online transaction as a result of Scam activity. It has come to our notice that many of you have lost your money by falling victim to some internet fraudsters.



The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote humanly, socially and environmentally with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.



As a result of this scam activities spreading over the internet, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT have decided to get details of most victims who were previously scammed by these fraudsters. This Human Settlements Programme is design to compensate every one of you with the sum of $500,000.00 to help settle all your debts and start a new business.



We have concluded all the necessary arrangements towards the release of your settlement Cheque sum of $500,000.00 USD with the financial committee of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in collaboration with the United Parcel Service Nigeria LTD (UPS), to Delivery the cheque sum of $500,000.00 USD, with your settlement Ref No: UN013-0156/UPS-UN-HABITAT to you, prior to your co-operation with them.



You are to contact the United Parcel Service of Nigeria (UPS), with your



Reference Number..........

Full Name...........

Resident Address...........

Country...................

Zip/Postal Code..............

Sex................

Mobile Telephone Number..........



to enable them further the delivery/shipment of your settlement cheque to you as soon as possible.



NOTE:that you are advise to send the reguired informations only to the prescribed contact address as provided below to enable you book for your cheque delivery/shipment immediately.I recieved an email and i think its spam?
SPAM big time. Fraud, scam. Anything asking you for personal info when you didn't ask for it is a scam.



Ok I can't resist; I do reply but I fill in bogus info

Like name: Herial Bunwipe

And phone... I look up and give them the number to a FBI office.

stuff like thatI recieved an email and i think its spam?
Of course it's a scam!!! No one is randomly giving away large sums of money to random people. They are looking to acquire your personal %26amp; banking information. Delete it!!

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