The Scammer Is Back

This morning upon opening my Inbox I was really surprised when I found an email from Western Union. Actually I have no connections with them. I don't have any account in there so I was really wondering.

In my Inbox it looks like this.

Because of curiosity I hurriedly open the mail and read what's the content. So here it goes...

Western Union Payment

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Sunday, 13 December 2009 1:54:57

From:	WESTERN UNION ... Add to Contacts
To:

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ATTENTION: CUSTOMER


Please be informed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has completed an Investigation on the Lottery issue in which you presently have with your present transaction agents. Your transaction has already been paid out to the Internal Revenue Service of Nigeria whom have presently placed an hold on your transaction due to failure to pay the Nigerian Government tax clearance for your funds.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the real amount of your money is $800,000 US Dollars and it has been dispatched to the Nigerian Western Union Head Office Foreign Operations Manager "Mr. Anthony Carmelo" whom is presently in-charge of your transaction. It has been designated that the sum of $8,000 be paid to you daily using Western Union Money Transfer, therefore your funds is presently with Western Union and has been placed on hold.

Presently, the funds are in the Western Union system and once you have paid the Nigerian Tax Clearance in the amount of $200, your funds will NOT be released. You are required to pay the sum of $200 to the Foreign Operations Manager whom shall deposit to the Nigerian Tax system directly and once this has been completed, the money will then be changed into your name and released for pay-out immediately.

In order to prove that your funds are in the Western Union system, I would require that you go to their website via "http://www.westernunion.com" and then click on the "Check Transfer" or "Transfer Status", you will then be required to enter the MTCN control number as well as the Sender's Name. Kindly enter the following information below:


SENDER'S FIRST NAME: KOLAWOLE
SENDER'S LAST NAME: LAWAL
MTCN:---- 839-840-6503
Amount:--- $8,000 USD

You CANNOT pick up the funds as of yet because the payment was NOT sent to your name but an anonymous name, once you have paid the required $200 for the Nigerian Tax Clearance, the money will be released after 12 hours and shall be made payable to you. Please note that this is the ONLY required fee needed to complete your transaction, therefore you are required to immediately proceed to a Western Union Money Transfer outlet and then request to send $200 to the following information below:

NAME OF RECEIVER: ANTHONY CARMELO
CITY: LAGOS
STATE: LAGOS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION: WHAT FOR?
ANSWER: RELEASE
AMOUNT TO SEND: $200

Once you have completed the Western Union transaction, you will be required to call or send Mr. Anthony an e-mail with the following information below:

SENDER'S FIRST NAME:
SENDER'S LAST NAME:
10 DIGIT MTCN CONTROL NUMBER GIVEN ON RECEIPT:
SENDER'S PHONE NUMBER:

Please send the above requested information to the following information below:

CONTACT NAME: MR. ANTHONY CARMELO
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: +234 802-737-3529
CONTACT E-MAIL ADDRESS: anthonycarmelo001@gala.net

If you are able to send the $200 IMMEDIATELY, the receiver's name on the money transfer will be changed into your name and immediately be ordered for release in ONLY 12 hours. Therefore, kindly proceed towards completing your transaction and send Mr. Anthony required information.

Regards,

James Peterson,
Foreign Transfer Investigations.

Obviously another scam hopped in my mailbox.