I Received An Email From Ups Saying I Am Eligable For Money Legit?

This is the email that I received. After much attempts to reach you on phone, I deemed it necessary and urgent to contact you via your e-mail and to notify you finally about your outstanding compensation payment. During our last annual calculation of your banking and Internet activities we realized that you are eligible to receive a compensation payment of $2,811,041.00 USD. This compensation is being made to all of you who have suffered losses as a result of fraud, accident or illness. For more information, contact the UPS agent for the delivery of your cashier check ($2,811,041.00 USD). United Parcel Service (UPS)Name: Ford HamiltonTel: +2348057294222E-mail: [email protected] Please take note that you will pay a shipping/handling fee of $95.00 USD to UPS. Thanks for your patience. Hardy DanielProgramme ManagerUnited Nations Human Settlements Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contact UPS Directly via ([email protected]) for your parcel pick-up.

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Answer #1: Posted by quaff on November 25th, 2011 3:06 PM

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This is a scam - ignore it.

Answer #2: Posted by crazyredhead87 on November 26th, 2011 2:12 PM

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It seems fishy to me, I would try to contact the United Nations to report it and ask if it is true. The reason it seems fishy is you would have to pay shipping and handling for the check and a con man would make an awful lot of money if everyone he sent this to paid him 95 bucks for shipping and handling.

Answer #3: Posted by dmcooper2004 on December 11th, 2011 7:00 AM

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What is the "scam 419"?

The so-called scam 419 is a fraud invented in Nigeria and performed by
thousands of scam artists.

It's called “Advance fee fraud” or “4-1-9” scams, after an old Nigerian
criminal code for theft under false pretenses.

Millions of people all over the world have received emails from
pseudo-Nigerian authorities saying that they had large sums of money and that
they needed a bank account off-shore to launder said large sum of money,
generally many millions of dollars. Many people have believed their story and
lost lots of their own money. Some even lost their lives trying to recover their
money. This is tragic for the victims. On another plain, it's surreal. And weirder than any science fiction plot.

What is the "scam 419"?

The so-called scam 419 is a fraud invented in Nigeria and performed by thousands of scam artists.

It's called “Advance fee fraud” or “4-1-9” scams, after an old Nigerian criminal code for theft under false pretenses.

Millions of people all over the world have received emails from pseudo-Nigerian authorities saying that they had large sums of money and that they needed a bank account off-shore to launder said large sum of money, generally many millions of dollars. Many people have believed their story and lost lots of their own money. Some even lost their lives trying to recover their money. This is tragic for the victims. On another plain, it's surreal. And weirder than any science fiction plot.

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