Data Security

The Fund takes information security seriously and has dedicated staff overseeing and maintaining the information management systems and all of the Fund’s external and internal processes. The Fund is ISO 27001 compliant, and has more than 100 controls regulating all aspects of the Fund’s software and hardware, from cryptography to asset management. The Rules and Regulations of the Fund and the Information Security Policy emphasize and define how confidential data must be treated, how information is to be protected and what measure must be taken to guarantee business continuity if there is a disaster.

The security of your personal information is always a priority at UNJSPF. The Fund works hard to secure your personal information.

Please be aware that fraud can come in many different forms. Examine carefully e-mails asking for personal information or e-mails containing instructions on how to receive “unclaimed” benefits. Although these e-mails might seem to be legitimate and originate from the United Nations, they do not.

Reminder: UNJPSF will never send or ask for personal information such as account numbers, PIN or passwords via e-mail or text messages.

If you think you’ve received a fraudulent e-mail, and you want confirmation please forward it to: Digital Security

The Fund will examine the mail and report back to you.

The following are examples of e-mails that have been reported in the past. Have a look to see what type of message you could receive.

Examples of Fraudulent Emails

Scams implying association with the United Nations: Example #1

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1211 GENEVA 10,
SWITZERLAND.
Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,
IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United Nation secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS Monetary Unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and approved in your favour. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their private accounts.

To forestall this, security for your funds was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable only you to have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD. We will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.

An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you that based on our recommendation/Instructions; your complete Inheritance funds have been credited in your favour through ATM VISA CARD.
You are therefore advice to contact:

Mr. James Williams.
Director ATM Payment Department
(Intercontinental Bank United Kingdom)
Email Address: [email protected]
Direct Office lines: +44-703-174-5887 or fax +44-703-174-8582

Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you establish a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately which you can use to withdraw your funds in any Bank ATM Machine in your Country, but the maximum is £1000 per day. So if you like to receive your funds through this means you’re advised to contact (Mr. James Williams) with the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Telephone Numbers:
6. Country:

NOTE: You are advised to furnish Mr. James Williams with your correct and valid details. Also be informed that the amount to be paid to you is £1,000,000,00GBP. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with MR.JAMES WILLIAMS as directed to avoid further delay.

Congratulations.

MR. KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

Scams implying association with the United Nations: Example #2

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund,
Department of Humanitarian Affairs,
7515 Greenville Ave, Suite 603,
Dallas TX 75231 USA.

Attention:

This is to bring to your notice that we are putting down names of some individual, charities home and Non Governmental Organization, for wealth distribution in urban area. So we choose to pick your email address and add your name as an individual to stand as a means of distributing wealth around your locality.

We have allocated Ј1 Million GB Pounds to you to carryout out this humanitarian works and official documents will be send to you shortly for signing.

50% of this total amount must be giving out to the less privileged once/charity homes in your location and the other 50% is to assist you in improving your business.

If you will like to work with us, please get back to this office with your complete details or resume.

Thank you.

Asli Parker
Regional Resettlement Director
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Email: [email protected]

Scams implying association with the United Nations: Example #3

From: Helen Press <[email protected]>
Subject: Attn: Very Urgent
To:
Date: Thursday, 20 January, 2011, 7:33 PM

 

Reply to: [email protected]
Attn: Very Urgent

From the records of outstanding Inheritances (Wills left by deceased persons),
Contract Funds and Lottery claims due for payment submitted by the United
Nations, your Email Address came up as one of the Unpaid Individuals.

I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released
to you as soon as you respond to this letter, irrespective of the
amount you are
been owed by any of the methods mentioned above. To start processing
your claims.

Send the following (Name, Address, Age, Sex, Occupation and Telephone No.) to
Damian Kingland
Email: [email protected]

Thanks for your co-operation and understanding.

Yours Sincerely,

Helen Press.
Office of the Legal Affairs

Fraud Example: Citibank

De: BAN KI-MOON <[email protected]>
Enviado: jueves, 5 de junio, 2008 3:55:57
Asunto: UNITED NATION COMPENSATION

 

CITI BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.
This is to officially inform you that we have come to conclusion that we are going to give back the money of people that have been scammed due to some reason or the other.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$300,000.00
(Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)This includes every foriegn contractors that may have lost their money to due to one scam or the other.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial Crime Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Dr.DAVIS MARK (SAN) of CITI BANK NIGERIA PLC, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque International Bank Draft of USD$300,000.00 ( Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) This funds are in a ATM CARD for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you and you can clear it in any ATM CASH POINT of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address, and contact him on how you want your money to be sent thanks.

Good luck and kind regards,

Person to Contact Dr.DAVIS MARK (SAN)
Tel: 234-7028823139

Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General (UNITED NATIONS).

Fraud Example: ATM Card

Subject: Payment Update From (UN Secretary General)
Body:
Payment Update From (UN Secretary General).

 

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From Mrs. Sussan Munesin
Secretary to:
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary General.
Attention:Beneficiarry,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract/inheritance payment since 2008.Secondly, you are hereby adviced to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by our president, Chief Musa Yar’Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($15,000) Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars in three transactions per day. So, if you like to receive your fund this way,you are advice to get back to us with the following information below to enable us get back to you quickly with full details on how to receive your card.

(1) Your Full Name……
(2) Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD….
(3) Phone And Fax Number.. …..

We shall be expecting to receive your information. Therefore, you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office On this regards, do not hesitate to contact Mr. Jim Ovia with the above mentioned information.

Person to Contact
Mr. Jim Ovia
Email:[email protected]
Tel: +234-802-618-1938.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards,
Mrs. Sussan Munesin
Secretary to:
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
UN Secretary General.

Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct, which is (776) so you have to indicate this code when contacting or emailing this CARD CENTRE. at Email: [email protected]

Fraud Example: ATM Payment

Subject: ATM PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
Body:

 

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT
UNITED NATIONS
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT U NIT
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027
Motto:- A Stronger United Nations for a Better World

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED
NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance/contract fund, recommended and approve
in your favour.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your money into their private accounts, to forestall this,
security for your funds Was organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD, this will
enable only you have direct Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the Presidency that we will handle this
payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of the bank.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from U.K, we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions; your Entire Inheritances fund has been credited in your favor through ATM card. You are
therefore advice to send your contact details to enable us inform you about the paying bank in America to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card.
They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the
maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per a day.So if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the card
payment center and also send the following information as stated below to them as directed above.

{1}.Full names. {Maiden name}
{2}.Home address
{3}.Office address, {P .O Box not accepted}.
{4}.Direct telephone number and cell phone number.
{5}.Marital Status /Age/ Gender/Occupation.
{6}.Companies name and address.
{7} Last 4 Digits of Social Security Number.
{8}.Nationality.
{9} Home Equity {YES OR NO}.
{10}.Credit card {Yes or No}

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH US WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS. AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE
PAID NOW IS $8.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Get back to us through this email address :- [email protected]

Ban Ki-moon
the eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations
Making the world a better place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General

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