IMPORTANT NOTICE
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretariat - Procurement Division (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPD) is aware that fraudulent emails are being distributed purporting to be from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPD or the United Nations (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ), using the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ emblem, logo, initials and signatures from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ senior officials.
E-mail fraud, commonly referred to as ¡°phishing,¡± is the use of e-mail and fraudulent Web sites to trick recipients into disclosing financial information such as your company¡¯s financial statements and website information (such as United Nations Global Marketplace (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGM ¨C ) log-in name and password).
It has been noted that fraudulent emails will likely use public websites, such as Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail accounts (e.g., un.procurement@gmail.com, unpd@yahoo.com, unitednationsvendor@gmail.com, unregistration@hotmail.com).
Also, fraudulent emails will often ask for payment of fees or transfers of money to a designated bank account. Some may threaten your registration status, or threaten to blacklist your company if you fail to do so immediately.
Please note that the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ DOES NOT CHARGE ANY FEE DURING ANY STAGE OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. Do not send money to any account or communicate to anyone. Any information related to your Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGM account should only be provided through the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGM website.
Please do not hesitate to contact Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPD at register@un.org or Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGM at registry@ungm.org if you have reason to be suspect that any activity purporting to be made on behalf Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵPD, may be fraudulent.
22 January 2010