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Just look at the e-mail address “United@nations.foundation”.

There is no UN foundation, by the way.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: United@nations.foundation
Date: Sep 5, 2008 5:18 AM
Subject: Your ( U.N.F.) Qualifcation Number -(UNF-039455-UNOG)!!!
To:

United Nations Foundation
1800 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C.
20036

Attention:

The United Nations Foundation (UNF),would like to notify you that you
have been chosen by the Board of Trustees as one of the final
recipients of

This is just like most of the messages which are being sent out by African crooks. They are not always logical.

You can see that they use various kinds of messages by reading a part of one sentence

contract fund, inheritance or Lottery Wining

Obviously they are trying to catch people who may have been victims before.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr. Hamilton Huang.
Date: 2008/8/25
Subject: Attn: Sir/Madam.
To: undisclosed-recipients

BNP Paribas Bank
10 Harewood Avenue,
London, NW1 6AA,
UK.
Tel: 447-024-034-163.
Fax Number: +447-006-012-637
(Customer Services) Ref: Ref: MX/9420X2/68

Attn: Sir,

RE: AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF Ј1,800,000.00 GBP.

This is a notification that your contract fund, inheritance or Lottery Wining, which was deposited in our bank; BNP Paribas Bank Plc., since 1994-2007 has accumulated an interest sum of Ј1,800,000.00 GBP only. Base on the joint agreement signed by the board of trustees of BNP Paribas Bank Plc., the management has mandated us to pay you the accrued interest pending when approvals would be granted on the principal contract/inheritance Sum.

Therefore, you are advised to forward to us immediately
Beneficiary Full Name:
Address: Tel:
Fax: Age/sex:
Occupation:
Bank Details, with Account Number, Swift Code etc.

To this email address: hamiltonxx@sify.com

Your prompt attention and urgent reply to this message is needed. For immediate attention call on the above phone numbers.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Hamilton Huang.

Hamilton Huang, Paribas Bank

Why would an employee of the Foundation De France use the private e-mail address of someone called “Hassan Riaz” to send this message?

I reckon Hassan either made a mistake or someone has hijacked his e-mail account.

Personally, I like to believe the he made a mistake.