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A reward for being scammed

mjm3346
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edited 18 June 2010 at 1:12AM in I won! I won! I won!
I don't remember being scammed but I am getting $500,000 compensation for it anyway:j
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH ZENITH BANK.

Attention: Friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$500,000.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr Jim Ovia of our paying center in Africa, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of US$500,000. This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you. Contact Mr Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact: Mr Jim Ovia
Email: @@@@@
Phone: +2...

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place.


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Regards,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
http://www.un.org@@


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  • fire**fly
    fire**fly Posts: 148,056 Forumite
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    :eek::eek::D:D:D well done getting compensation for it :D:D
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  • You sure thats not a scam. Looks like it
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  • jaye88
    jaye88 Posts: 174 Forumite
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:honestly! as if they really think that people will fall for that!?!!?? e-mail back saying they have won a competition for $1000000 you just need there bank details, photo id, and whilst there at it house keys, car keys, watch, shirt off their back.........
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  • Enterprise_1701C
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    I have to admmit I chuckled at this one whilst I assigned it to the deleted folder - to think that all those poor souls that fell for one of these scams then might go for this! I know I shouldn't laugh, but you have to admire their ba**s and their sheer tenacity - I guess they only need a handful of people to fall for this to turn a nice profit! It is just a shame that there is no real way of stopping this yet, these scams cross so many borders and their origin is so well disguised that no-one knows where they come from. All we can do is keep publicising them.
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • Fostermummy
    Fostermummy Posts: 19,099 Forumite
    roflllllllllll enjoy lol
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