Even Nigerian Scammers Admit Advanced Fee Schemes Are All "Lies and Deceit"

We must always take the time to appreciate the little things in life.

Like the irony of the Nigerian scam email shown below, posing as a letter from Carman Lapointe-Young, Under-Secretary General at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services, who’s allegedly reached out to return $10 million that was taken by corrupt bank officials once we pay the “Approved Notarization fee.”

Why is that ironic? Refer to the end of the first paragraph in the email. You know, where she explains how it was “all lies and deceit” when top bank officials request that you pay/send money to help them retrieve your funds:

From:    Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young <INFO[at]UN.ORG>
Reply-to: mrs.carmanlapointe_young[at]yahoo.com.hk
Subject: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting and Investigations Division

From: Mrs. Carman Lapointe Young,

To: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that sequel to the recent high rate of criminal acts like scam, fraud, impostors and drug trafficking in Africa and sub-African regions, the United Nations secretary-general has delegated me (Mrs. Carman Lapointe-Young) as the Internal auditor, monitoring & investigation division of the Office of the Internal Oversight services (OIOS). I was delegated and nominated to come down to Nigeria to make sure that fund beneficiaries like you get their funds because the rate at which fund beneficiaries are being treated in this country is not good, some of them has lost everything they have, rendered homeless and some declared bankrupt because the top bank officials continuously ask beneficiaries to pay/send money to them as they claimed that they are from one big offices & will help you get your fund but all these was just lies and deceit to make you believe them.

As of last two days I arrived in Abuja, Nigeria and I have met the president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as directed by the UN secretary-general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the president has issued an approvals for me to work in collaboration with the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission to make sure you get your compensation & approved fund urgently, it was resolved by the president and UN that you are only required to pay only the Approved Notarization fee before you will get your compensation fund valued US$1O MILLION by the British government and the International Credit Settlement (ICS).

Sincerely, as I just arrived the country, I went through your payment file to discover that the top Nigerian & British officials/bank that was supposed to pay you rather decided to embezzle the fund, divert it to their personal account and they are working with some top political officers to frustrate you but you must be rest assured 100% that once I hear from you with the required Notarization fee, you must get your fund because every other fee has been waived off by the United Nations and the president.

I have been given few weeks to make sure you get your fund, so it will be better if you respond to this email urgently and I will advise you on how best to get your fund urgent after the notarization fee payment’s settled.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Carman Lapointe Young
United Nations Under-Secretary
General for Internal Oversight.

Although Carman Lapointe-Young is a real person that actually works for an organization called  Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), she's not really the person that's emailing you. Nigerian scammers often use the names and details of real officials in hopes of building credibility & help persuade targets to do as they're asked.

With that said, if you receive the email above or one similar to it, it's strongly recommended that you do NOT respond, do NOT give out any of your personal or financial information and do NOT send any money.

Instead, you are advised to do one of the following:

• Ignore the email and delete it.


• Forward the email to SpamCop. Be sure to include the full email headers.


• Forward the email to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov. Again, be sure to include the full email headers.

If you’ve fallen for a Nigerian scam, you can file a complaint with the FTC.

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