Question:
what is this?is this a scam?
tensor
2012-12-15 08:12:31 UTC
Dear Beneficiary,

RE: UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD

We have been authorized by the governing body of the United Nations and World Bank, to inform you that compensation payment has been approved to be paid to selected individuals whose names and e-mail addresses were chosen through an open E-mail ballot system initiated by the United Nations (World Bank Assisted Programme) as part of it's 2012 sustainable poverty alleviation programme.

Your email address was among those selected, hence you are receiving this message. To ensure every beneficiary is duly compensated, we have negotiated with the Continental Bank Benin SA and your payment totaling $1,500,000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars) will be released to you via a Personal Identification Number (PIN) ATM CARD with a maximum daily withdrawal limit of $5,000, which can be withdrawn from any ATM machine worldwide.

To receive your PIN and ATM card, please contact the Settlement and Custody Director, Charlene Lasley stating your

FULL NAME.......................
DATE OF BIRTH...................
TELEPHONE NUMBER................
FAX NUMBER......................
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS...........
NATIONALITY.....................
ADDRESS.........................

Please note that this information is needed to enable the bank update and release your ATM Card to you.
We expect your urgent response to this message to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Best Regards,
Choi Soon-hong
Chief Information Technology Officer/
Assistant Secretary-General
United Nations
Five answers:
anonymous
2012-12-15 09:33:31 UTC
This is the most obvious scam I have ever seen!
Kittysue
2012-12-15 16:14:48 UTC
it's a phishing scam to steal your identity. Delete it

There is no such award, no ATN card, no such bank in Benin



Delete it and NEVER open emails from people you don't know - they are often infected with viruses and malware
?
2012-12-15 16:14:05 UTC
Big scam, never give any information about yourself to someone you do not know.
?
2012-12-15 16:34:15 UTC
It is obviously a scam.
who
2012-12-15 18:58:24 UTC
scam big time !!


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