Is it Scam or Legit???

Pakistan
September 23, 2012 1:20pm CST
Hi MyLot Members, Today I received an email with the subject of "UNAID HONORARY AMBASSADOR". THe emails starts by mentioning that the United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) just conferred Honorary UN Ambassadorial status on 1500 distinguished personalities form across the globe. Further they mentioned that I am being selected as their newly appointed Ambassador. A huge amount of grant is also mentioned that is to commence UN humanitarian work. I am asked to respond to the email as soon as possible. For this purpose,I want to ask whether it is a legit email or just a scam like many others here.
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5 responses
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
23 Sep 12
Did you ever sign up to or join any United Nations site? I very much doubt it! Of course it's a scam and a hoax! Such emails are known as "phishing" emails. They will usually ask you to reply giving your name, address and full bank details (which the person will use to try to steal money from you, of course).
bknpk333
@bknpk333 (37)
• Pakistan
23 Sep 12
I don't know what is the purpose of phishing emails now a days. Because one can easily differentiate between such type of emails. is there any kind of software to prevent such emails?
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
23 Sep 12
Your email client probably has a spam filter. The most reliable method is to make sure that your Contacts list contains the addresses of all the people you know and expect mail from. You can then change your mail settings so that only mail from people on your contacts list is delivered to your inbox. Everything else will go into the Spam folder.
ESOTSM
@ESOTSM (13)
• Bulgaria
4 Oct 12
My expirience is that when you get a mail, that looks to good to be true, usually it's fake. My advice is not to fool yourself and just delete this one. I also receive mails like this one from time to time, but no matter how tempting it looks, better choice is to ignore it. Good luck!
bknpk333
@bknpk333 (37)
• Pakistan
4 Oct 12
My advice is that we should also not even open these type of mails. They might contain any virus that may access your PC data or Account information.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (158482)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Sep 12
It's a hoax! Iused to get ones like this all the time. It takes some experience with them to really be able to tell. I would check and report it on either of these two sites: www.scambusters.com or scamorlegit.com
arpitshukla99
@arpitshukla99 (84)
• India
2 Oct 12
friend i think this mail is scam because i have also receive this mail with the subject of "UNAID HONORARY AMBASSADOR" Then i have respond this mail then i have not get any response from them. friend i want to give you free advise that please stay away from these scam mail. they are making us fool.
bknpk333
@bknpk333 (37)
• Pakistan
4 Oct 12
I was also having doubt about the said mail. The main reason of discussing the mail here on this forum is to inform and warn Mylotters about this scam.
Traycee
@Traycee (34)
• United States
6 Oct 12
SCAM. I supposed they wanted you to give all your information name, address, phone number, bank info, etc. Don't fall for it.