"victim of scams" scam

I'm not sure if any of you has posted it before so I just post it here in case you receive a same email as me



From: United Nations ([email protected])
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 4:12:11 PM
To:

Attention:

This mail serves as a listening ear to the victims of scam the world over.
We have been having a meeting for the past 7 months which ended 2
days ago with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization.


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

We have a database of victims and that is why we are contacting you,
this has been deliberated upon and is among our set of priorities
in making the world a better place.

You are advised to contact Mr. Jim Ovia of Zennith Bank, as
he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your
Cheque / International Bank Draft of USD$500,000. This funds are in
Bank Draft for security purpose. It will be sent to you and you
can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name, telephone number, a
valid mailing address where you want him to send your Bank Draft to.

Contact Mr. Jim Ovia immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact: Mr. Jim Ovia
Email: [email protected]
Phone:+2347089121348



*Making the world a better place*



Regards,

Department of Public Information, United Nations 2010

Thanks for posting.
This is a common scam known as a "recovery scam".

Recovery scams are one of the more common types of email-based scams. Often the scammer will claim to be an official government department or agency like the United Nations, the FBI or the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The scammer will ask for details of the original scam and will then assure the victim that the money can be recovered for a fee. Understandably victims are often angry and hope to get their lost money back so they often fall for these very evil scams. If the fee is paid, there will be demands for more and more fees, until the victim realizes they have been conned again.