The Western Union Money Transfer Scam Spam   - 2,786 Views,

Summary: There is a new Western Union money transfer scam spam making the rounds. It thanks you for "using Western Union Money Transfer", and gives you a fake confirmation receipt transaction number ("control number") - in our case the Mone Transfer Control number used was 1629752260. The spam includes an attachment that is an HTML file named something like "WU account.html" - don't open it!
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There is a new Western Union money transfer scam spam making the rounds. It thanks you for “using Western Union Money Transfer”, and gives you a fake confirmation receipt transaction number (”control number”) - in our case the Money Transfer Control number used was 1629752260. The spam includes an attachment that is an HTML file named something like “WU account.html” - don’t open it! UPDATE: We have now determined that this Western Union scam drops your phished information at http://logfreshcomment.comoj.com/logfortheatd.php, which is hosted by 000webhost.com

Of course, while you shouldn’t open the Western Union attachment, we here at the Internet Patrol are trained professionals, and so have done it for you.

Here’s what it looks like - don’t be taken in by it!:

Western Union - Thank you for using the Western Union Money Transfer®

Dear customer,

Thank you for using the Western Union Money Transfer®.

Your money transfer has been authorized and is now available for pick up by the receiver.

Transfers to certain destinations may be subject to further delay or additional restrictions.

TRANSACTION DETAILS:

Your Money Transfer Control Number [MTCN] is: 1629752260

Please use this number for any inquiries.

Date of Order: 16 March 2010
Amount Sent: $109,99

***********************************************************************************************
If you did not authorized this transfer you can cancel the transfer at any time
by downloading the secure form attached to your e-mail.

NOTE: This is our new security measure against unauthorized transfers made by a third party.
***********************************************************************************************

Thank you for using Western Union!

©2001 - 2010 Western Union Holdings, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Now, if you’d been duped by this, and provided them with your credit card information and password, when you hit “submit” it actually deposits your information at:

http://logfreshcomment.comoj.com/logfortheatd.php

which is a site hosted by 000webhost.com. But because 000webhost.com provides free and easy hosting, odds are good that they had no idea they were hosting such scammers.

We hope.

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 This article first appeared on 3/16/2010
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