Grant from the UN Foundation

Wow, a grant from the UN Foundation! That will really help me out, especially now that I am out of school!

Dear Sir/Madam,
GRANT AWARD – 2009.

This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of
the above International (Charity & Human Developmental) Organization, as one
of the final recipients of a Grant/Cash Donation for your personal
development.

The UN Foundation was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist
Ted Turner´s historic $1 Billion gift to support UN causes and activities.
The UN Foundation builds and implements public-private partnerships to
address the world´s most pressing problems, and broadens support for the UN
through advocacy and public outreach. The UN Foundation is a public charity.

In line with the arrangements for the annual anniversary program, the UN
Foundation is giving out a yearly donation of Ten Million United States
Dollars as Grants to 20 lucky International recipients worldwide in different
categories for their personal and community development. The objective is to
make a notable change in the standard of living of people in United Nations
Member Countries.

Based on the random selection, you have been chosen to receive the sum of US
$500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) as developmental
aid from the UN Foundation.
Beneficiaries have been chosen from every UN Member Nation in every
Continent. The idea of this donation is that within ten years from now, there
will be notable wealth among many unusual people around the world. This will
give everyone the opportunity to improve their standards of living. It´s
important to note that you will only be chosen to receive the donation once,
which implies that you will not be selected for subsequent donations.

The Fidelity UK Foundation has been appointed to oversee this development
affair.

You are required to Contact the Executive Secretary of the Fidelity UK
Foundation via the contact information below for documentation and to process
the release of your cash aid, between the hours of 8.00am – 7.00pm on Monday
through Saturday. endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (G-999-747,
UZ-900-77) in all discussions.

Foundation Assistant; Fidelity UK Foundation – Ewa Morgan
Email: fidelity.foundation@live.com Telephone: +44 70457 10691

Please note that the release of your cash aid/donations is to be administered
by The Fidelity UK Foundation under delegated powers from the UN Foundation.

On behalf of the Board,
Yours faithfully,

Timothy E. Wirth
President,
United Nations Foundation.
http://www.unfoundation.org/

You know, wouldn’t it be better to try to scam a college student on an official university account than, say, a Yahoo! or Gmail account?

Note: I’m leaving up the phone number, award number, etc. this time around. I trust that after reading this entire blog entry not to fall for another one of these variants of the Nigerian 419 scam.