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An Email with the Subject "IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:49:52 -0400 and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email. The sender shows as "UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE NEW YORK"<unoffice004@googlemail.com>.
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UNITED NATIONS (WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME) DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS. 870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017 WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027 ATTN: Beneficiary, IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT We have been authorized by the UN secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund,recommended and approve the payment in your favour. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials who are trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD this will enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the these Officials. We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the presidency we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favour through a pre-pay Maestro ATM card. You are therefore advised you send your contact to REV (DR) RICHARD HAYFORD International Audit unit, United Nations Liaison Office London on this phone number +44702 403 3266 or EMAIL: richard_heyford2005@live.com to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card, you can withdraw money from any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is fifteen thousand dollars per a day. Please contact Rev Heyford confirming the following information: 1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, 2.YOUR FULL NAME 3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE) 4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION 5. Home Equity {YES OR NO}. NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH REV HAYFORD WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CONFIRM A RECEIPT OF THE CARD. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively. CONGRATULATIONS. MR JAN ELIASSON UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK