Emails claiming to be from Western Union

There are many of these scams claiming to be from Western Union, so here is one to start with. They generally follow the same pattern, but always need fees in advance. Often the emails are covered with images stolen from other websites, and sometimes look convincing, but in every case...
1) There are no funds waiting for you.
2) Western Union doesn't use yahoo or other free email addresses - they have their own.
3) They will never charge an up-front fee for someone to receive money.

FROM OFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU,ANKPA ROAD
OPPOSITE TUNDE MOTORS COTONOU.
WEB SITE.www.westernunion.com http://site.www.westernunion.com/

ATTN; BENEFICIARY
WE ARE INSTRUCTED MY MR VICTOR UMA TO SEND YOU FUND TO YOUR ADDRESS IN YOUR CITY FROM THE FINACIAL DEPARTMENT HERE IN BENIN REPUBLIC.YOU WILL BE RECEIVING YOUR FUND ( $5000 U.S.D ) PER DAY AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE TOTAL SUM OF $1.2 00,000.00 USD BY $5000.U.S.D EVERYDAY UNTILL IT FINSH.

YOU ARE REQUIRE TO SEND US OUR TRANSFER CHARGES THE SUM OF $265,MEANWHILE SEND THE $265 USD TO US IMMEDIATELY TODAY FOR FASTER SENDING OF YOUR FUND BY TOMORROW MORNING.

AFTER THE MONEY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED TO YOUR ADDRESS WE WILL MAIL YOU THE PAYMENT INFORMATIONS YOU NEED TO PICK UP YOUR MONEY IN ANY WESTERN UNION ARROUND YOU..

REASON WHY WE NEED YOU TO SEND US THE $265 USD IS THAT WE TRIED TO DIDUCT THE TRANSFERING FEE OUT FROM YOUR FUND BUT THE MINISTER AMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND OF BENIN REPUBLIC TOLD US THAT NO ONE HAS RIGHT OVER YOUR FUND AS IT HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND STAMPED THAT NO MONEY SHOULD BE DIDUCTED UNTIL IT GETS TO YOUR HANDS TO AVOID STEALING SOME OF THE FUNDS.

ONCE AGAIN REMEMBER TO SEND US THE NAME THAT YOU WILL USE TO PICK YOUR FUND IN ANY WESTERN UNION AROUND YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY,NOTE THAT WE WILL SEND YOU THE MTCN NUMBER AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE ALL THOSE REQUIREMENT.

FINALY URGENT SEND US THE $265 USD TO ENABLE US PROCEED ON YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY RIGHT.

BELOW IS OUR ACCOUNT'S INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SEND THE $265 USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BEEN OUR TRANSFERING CHARGE AND AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE $265 WE WILL SEND YOU THE MTCN FOR THE FIRST $5000 IMMEDIATELY AND YOU WILL MOVE TO ANY WESTERN UNION AROUND YOU WITH THE MTCN AND PICK YOUR $5000.

HERE IE THE NAME FOR YOU TO SEND US OUR TRANSFER CHARGES NOW

1 Name: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Onochie Ezenwa Joseph
2 Location:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cotonou,
3 Country: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Benin Republic
4 Text Q: What,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, transfer?
5 Answer: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,urgent.
6 Amount ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,$265, USD
Mtcn...,,,,,,,,,,,




WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE TO QUICKEN THE PROCESS.

REGARDS
MR TERRY COOL
TELL..+229-93-000-448
GENERAL MANAGER
WESTERN UNION OFFICE BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL [email protected]