Es ist ja eher selten, dass ich im Vorschussbetrug mal etwas neues und einfallsreiches sehe, aber diese Mail ist zumindest ein bisschen originell

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
ITALY PAY-OUT CENTER

Dear Western Union Beneficiary [sic!],

UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) [sic!] has authorized us to remit to you a total amount of $500,000.00, (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Your Cash prize was paid out to us by the United Nations [sic!], and they have successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds with us Here at Western Union Italy.

They have now ordered us to take full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds and thus commence the immediate remittance of your funds to you.

Be duly informed that because of our Western Union transfer policy, your funds will be paid to you via our Western Union Daily Transfer limit of $5,600.00 USD. This means that you will Continuously receive a daily amount of $5,600.00 USD, and this amount Can be collected from any of our numerous Western Union outlets in your current location.

To begin the claim process of your daily payment as stated above, you are require to provide us with the following;

Your Full Name:
Address:
Phone Number:

Upon the receipt of the above mentioned details, your first transaction will be activated and we shall then Proceed to provide you with the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) for the First installment and we will continue to email you others after 12 hours of Receiving each payment.

For more information on your payment status;

Contact Person
Camelia Facci For
Filippo Mazzeschi

OR call our 24 hours Helpline @ +39 327 312 xxxx for any inquiries on the above message.

Yours truly,

Camelia Facci

For: Western Union Italy.
WESTERN UNION… Over 380,000 Outlets Worldwide

Natürlich kommt die Mail nicht von Western Union, und natürlich würden die Vereinten Nationen, sollten sie wirklich jemanden aus völlig unerfindlichen Gründen eine halbe Million Dollar zustecken wollen, auch wissen, wer zum Henker der Empfänger dieses Geldes ist, so dass sich die Angabe des Namens in einer Antwort erübrigte. So weit die übliche Dummheit derartiger Spams

Aber das Originelle ist: Hier wird behauptet, dass der Absender „Western Union“ ist – so dass ein naives Opfer diese Masche nicht den geringsten Verdacht schöpfen kann, wenn es seine Vorleistungen über Western Union abdrücken soll.

Ich befürchte, das wird einen gewissen Erfolg haben.