Wow!! The scammers are getting bolder with Western Union -

[Bobbieo]

Western Union Company thought you would like to see this page from the 1Thing Seattle web site.
Message from Sender:
Hello There,

In any economy like the present United States of America, innovation is important. These days, when the word "recession" is on every Americans mind, it's absolutely crucial to keep positioning your job,business or ability in the strive for success during the current economic downturn, and beyond.

How? By continuing to lower costs,making out opportunities that comes and by being self efficient in all ways as much as possible. By empowering your self esteem with the tools you need to drive your effectiveness forward. And by continuing to seek a better chance of self productivity, no matter what the environment.

The Western Union Company comes in to rescue the Populace from the Down turning Economy,To bring about a new job opportunity that will boost the the financial competency of interested Trustworthy Individuals in the
upcoming job offer,The Job Offer is meant for the employed and unemployed Legal citizens Of the United States.
We are making this offer to help us and help You,...The Western Union view is that innovation and opportunities can make You and your business more agile and more
responsive right now, and that despite the downturn, We are willing to play a key role
in helping business in the States strive for the better boosting the financial capabilities and creating a closer equal terms among the Rich and the Poor. Instead
of just survival,We thinks it is actually possible to think about success.

Your Role:
Your role in this position would be to receive a payment on the Company's behalf,process it,then proceed to any nearby western union office near you to send funds to an address which will be provided afterwards,.
We expect you to get back with a detailed information of how you were treated,served and catered for while sending funds. We have encountered a lot of complains and difficulties from customers in the past few months and we are trying to see truly the customer service level of our so called dedicated staffs of the Company
(Western Union).
Benefits:
You will get a 10% commission of Payment processed. i.e. If you were to be sent a $3000 check,you will have a commission of $300 after cashing and sending the payment,.
Requirements:
A running bank account for payment processing.i.e. This is necessary to cash
the check to be issued to you.
A sound ability to communicate and give reports extensively.
A computer access to give Daily
updates as to when payment gets delivered to you and send emails to our correspondence.
Please note that this can be done Part-Time as it wont affect your other responsibilities.You are to get back with your detailed information as provided below
if Interested.
Full Name...................................................................
Age .............................................................................
Marital Status............................................................
Address Line 1............................................................
City.............................................................................
State/Zip Code..............................................................
Home Phone .................................................................
You will get a reply for confirmation as soon as your information has been confirmed and we'll let you know the date when payment would be delivered.
For your security reasons, Please note that this is a Legitimate Job
Responsibility and we are registered with the CFA,CSFS and other Governmental bodies.
All incurred expenses and charges will be paid for by the Company and
Note: Western Union.
Please note that we do Not Require your personal bank account details Nor any upfront form of Money from You.

Please do not hesitate to get back with questions if you have any.

Regards,
Dr Smith Lawrence.
Customer Service Dept.


Alliance for Puget Sound Shorelines
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[virgogal]

1. Unbelievable,and the extensive use of upper case letters tells

the reader that something is off.

[Bobbieo]

2. In the light of today's economy, how many people will fall for this

scam? Too many - I am afraid,

[Art_from_Ark]

10. Not only that, but it's signed "Dr. Smith Lawrence"

and with a period after Lawrence for good measure.

[peacetalksforall]

3. Money laundering scam. Scam to get bank password in the next step. Or both.

[bluedeminredstate]

4. Scam

It's a bad check cashing scam. They get you to cash bad/fraudulent checks using your bank acct and send the cash to them via Western Union. When your bank finds out the check is bad in a few days and comes to you for payment - they're gone and scamming new people.
I just saw this on the news about two weeks ago. Lots of people fell for it, but just reading the poor grammar and the inappropriate use of caps should alert the reader that something is off.

[Bobbieo]

5. This does not do much for Western Union, either. Sure is giving them a

'bad reputation'.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Is this something the Alliance for PS Shorelines received?

Or is the scam FROM the Alliance?

In any event, I hope whoever got it turns it over to the State AG.

[WillowTree]

7. I didn't realize that Western Union...

...employed Eastern European fourth graders in customer-contact positions.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Well, sometimes the Lads need to fill out the Western Union Re Direction Form

Explain to the Lad after his first transfer payment was accidentally sent to Ouagadougou instead of Accra that he'll now need to fill out this form for any hope of having his money transfered back. It's a cruel world, especially after he has to resubmit the form again, and again, because of mistakes in math.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17224864/Western-Union-Re-Direction-Form

[johnaries]

9. WU is a scam magnet.

I work for a company that also does funds transfer. We had a "phisher" (before the internet was popular) that was pretty slick and effective for a while. After a few close calls (he took off before the police could arrive), we finally caught him. Funny thing, when the police arrested him they not only found lots of our receipts, but hundreds of WU receipts. And WU didn't even know about it!

Interesting ending - he called from the jail's payphone trying to scam us to make his bail. :rofl:

Since then, we have changed our software and procedures to avoid such "phishing".