If you use wire transfers from time to time as I do, getting an email stating something like this is not completely unlikely:
"The money transfer you have sent on the 20th of April was not collected by the recipient. Due to the Western Union regulation the transfers which are not collected in 30 business days are to be returned to sender. To collect cash you need to print the invoice attached to this mail and visit the nearest Western Union branch."
I have learned never to open a document from an unknown source so I did not "print the invoice attached". Had I done so, here is what would have happened according to http://fraudo.com/2009/05/21/western-union-uncollected-money/:
"The email has an attachment that is supposed to be an invoice. Instead the attachment infects your PC with a virus that waits for you to use internet banking then steals your password."
So, beware!
Brian
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Brian McCabe
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, Caldwell, NJ, 07006
Cell: (973) 865-1863 email: bmcccabe@wessex-homes,com
Game Changer...be prepared for surprises
