Scams re-targeting those who have already been victimized
by wikusgerber Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:57 pm
UNITED NATION ASSISTED PROGRAMME
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE LONDON UNITED KINGDOM WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX029


Attention: Sir/Madam



How are you today?Hope all is well with you and your family? You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 6 months which ended 2days ago with the United nation board of Trustees and Auditors and also with the secretary to the United Nations.


This email involves all the People that have been Scammed in any part of the world, the United Nations have agreed and mapped out the sum of $6,000,000,000 Billion dollars to compensate all the people that have been scammed with the sum of $300,000 dollars each.


This includes Lottery winners,Next of Kins and 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.


Therefore we found your email address 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 Zenith Bank London, as he is our representative in United Kngdom, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$ 300,000. These 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 through this email address.


Email: [email protected]


Tel;+447024068906


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,


Best Regards,

Mr.Ban Ki-moon;

Secretary (United Nations).
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by Jillian Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:09 pm
Hi wikusgerber. This is a recovery scam. Recovery scams usually are often used by scammers to re-target a previous victim but some scammers also send these scripts out to many people, probably in hopes that they'll hit upon victims.

As you can see, the scammer is impersonating the UN who is supposedly offering a form or retribution. The continuation of the scam will be the same as advance fee fraud scams. The scammer will ask for fees to process the supposed repayment/compensation.

We have a forum for recovery scam, here: viewforum.php?f=14 which includes an informational topic explaining the scam. I will move this thread to that forum after you've had a chance to see my response.

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by jolly_roger Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:43 am
Hello wikusgerber

Did I notice the name Jim Ovia mentioned there in the above post?
That individual is also seen on the page here dated from mid - 2008.
Part of the letter says, <Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$ 500,000.00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654
You are advised to contact Mr Jim Ovia of ZENITH BANK PLC, as he is our representative, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$500,000.00 >
Look at http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/0 ... 30320.html

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