I got this email, which is a slight variation on the usual scam:
*We wish to inform you that we have already sent you 10,000.00 US dollars through Western Union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment of $520,000.00 USD via Western Union by the United Nations. So we decided to email you the MTCN and sender’s name, so you can pick up this $10,000.00 USD to enable us send another $10,000.00 USD by tomorrow as you know we will be sending you only $10,000.00 USD per day. Please pick up this information and run to any Western Union in your area to pick up the $10,000.00 USD and get back to us to send you another payment tomorrow. once you picked up this $10,000.00 USD today. Here is the western union information, you can also track it on-line at westernunion.com for confirmation before going to their office to pick up the money.
Payment information
sender’s first name -George
Sender’s Last name - Vanbuskirk
MTCN: 0284957022
Amount= 10,000.00
Country= United Kingdom
Regards,
George Vanbuskirk*
I checked on Western Union - not, I hasten to add, by going through the link - and to my utter dismay, someone has got to it before me, because it says ‘picked up’.
Ah well, I expect there’ll be another chance.