I finally heard back from the UN today regarding the scam emails from people posing as representatives of various UN agencies. Here’s what "eStaffing Support" at the United Nations sent me:
The email that you have received is a fraudulent
email. It does not have anything to do with UN employment. Please ignore this type of email and delete them . The UN is fully aware of these scam emails and have taken measures to eliminate further proliferation.
Well that clears everything up.
One wonders what measures they are able to take to "eliminate further proliferation"? I doubt that black helicopters full of UN special forces will be knocking down any scammer’s doors in the near future. Perhaps the General Assembly will pass a resolution comdemning scam emails. That should do it.