Distribute Money for the U.N.

A United Nations Home Equity Venture Wants You to Help Distribute Funds-Fiction!

Summary of the eRumor:
The email says the United Nations Home Equity Relief, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund are offering financial help to homeowners. The effort is asking you to receive payments that will be distributed and you can keep 10 percent for yourself.

The Truth:
This is just one of the many examples of what is known at the Nigerian Advance Fee scam. These people will communicate with you and convince you that large amounts of money are going to be sent to your bank account, 10 percent of which you can keep for your services of helping distribute it. At the last minute, however, you will be told that there is some kind of glitch that requires you to send some money to them to clear. That's when they and your money disappear. They never had any money to send to you. They just set you up to get your money to them.

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Updated 2/9/08

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

Hello Dear,

This is to inform you that The United Nations Home Equity Relief in
conjunction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund {IMF}
is embarking on its first ever global Home Equity assistance scheme; a
risk free financial windfall for interested participants who currently
own a house.
You MUST be a home owner who currently has a Home Equity Line of Credit
Account with any reputable institution in America . Being a home owner
alone will qualify you to participate as you are expected to have a Home
Equity Line of Credit current at this moment.
We are looking for interested participants who will help receive payments
on our behalf from our teeming individual and corporate sponsors who are
about to start funding our global charitable activities.
If you are interested in participating, we shall inform any individual or
cooperate sponsors/donors to make payments to us through your account.
You will be required to take 10% of each deposit and send the rest {the
remaining 90%} to any of our authorized representative or agent’s
account(s), which we will provide. It will be a tax-free transaction.
Please if you are not a home owner with a current Home Equity Line of
Credit Account, do NOT reply this mail. Note that this is not a lottery
and no fees will be required from you. Note also that a mortgage account,
checking, savings or money market account is not required. It must be a
Home Equity Line of Credit Account.
Reply with your full names and your contact number aswell fax the
office(1-309-405-1125) with details needed bellow so that our seasoned
coordinator in Florida , USA can contact and guide you.

Occupation...........?
Home Address................?
Number of Years and Months at Current

Residence.......?
Date of Birth......?
Home Tel No..........?
Social Security Number?
Employer Name........?
Number of Years and Months at Current Employer........?
Employer Address.......?
Work No:we call you at work regarding this application?
Fax No....?
E-mail.....?
Equity line of credit Account number: ?
Routing number: ?
Swift number: ?
Bank Name........?
Bank Address.......?
Bank Tel & Fax No.........?
Account Limit: [$US]……?
Property Address.....?
What is balance presently owed on your line of Credit...?
What financial institution is your line of Credit with........?

Thanks for your anticipated participation.

Sincerely,

Ms Virginia A. Aquino
Director, United Nations Home Equity Relief
Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland