UN Compensation Scam

Antonio Guterres

A non-existant UN Compensation Board together with the World Bank Group (there may be such a Group) and the IMF (a genuine body) have awarded you US$3 Million in compensation and the payment is going to be administered by no less than Antonio Guterres the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Do you believe that? If you do then do read on and we will point out to you the pointers that this is a scam which if you follow through will result in financial loss to you.

E-Mail received:

Date: 4/08/2025, 11:03

From: 37737@sikhiu.ac.th

To: undisclosed recipients

Bcc: {Email address redacted]

Reply To: iunocb.dept247@outlook.com

Subject: ***SPAM*** IRREVOCABLE COMPENSATION PAYMENT ORDER

IRREVOCABLE COMPENSATION PAYMENT ORDER

Official Notification of Approved Compensation Payment

Dear Recipient,

We are pleased to inform you that the United Nations Organization Compensation Board (UNOCB), in collaboration with the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has authorized and approved the release of a compensation payment in the amount of Three Million United States dollars ($3,000,000.00) in your favor.

This payment is part of the ongoing United Nations global initiative to reduce poverty and address victims of internet and cybercrime. Your email address was randomly selected as one of twenty-five (25) beneficiaries worldwide, identified through a secured electronic ballot system administered via global internet service providers.

Please be informed that an irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued for your compensation, and the full amount has been approved and secured for release.

To claim your approved compensation, you are requested to contact Mr. António Guterres via the details below:

Mr. António Guterres
Secretary general, United Nations
Email: un.antonioguterres1949@outlook.com

Please include the following details in your email:

Full Name:
Address:
Phone Number:

Kindly ensure that above outlined details are accurately provided. You are also advised to send the same information to Mr. Antonio Guterres, Compensation Program Coordinator, via email: @outlook.com for comprehensive information and timely release of your funds.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

Sincerely,
Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner
United Nations Organization Compensation Board

Notes: Let's look at the red flags... email received from an academic domain in Thailand, I would have expected the UN to be based in New York or possibly Geneva or Zurich, Switzerland. Thailand does not fit as being the place such a presigeous organisation was based. The e-mail is sent to many recipients. The Reply addresses are iunocb.dept247@outlook.com and un.antonioguterres1949@outlook.com. The UN and especially it's principal officer do not use free email accounts provided by outlook.com.

A Google search shows there isn't a UN body called the "United Nations Organization Compensation Board (UNOCB)". There was however a United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) which was created in 1991 to deal with compensation in connection with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The body ceased it's operations in 2022. So the UNOCB has been invented as part of the scam.

Recommendation:

The e-mail was automatically marked as spam, just delete. Sad to say there will be some people somewhere who will fall for this scam

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Michael Fowler

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