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"Western Union and MoneyGram" Compensation Scam

If you have received fake "Western Union and Money Gram Office" compensation emails like the one below, please do not follow the instructions in them. This is because the fake emails are being sent by online scammers who are attempting to trick their victims into sending them money for fake a compensation.

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Remember, the FBI, Western Union or MoneyGram will never ask you send money or personal information in order to receive a compensation.

A "Western Union and Money Gram" Compensation Scam

From: Mr Glen Moore - print@testmail.finma.com.tw

Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 8:46 AM

Subject: U.S.250,000.00) has been AWARDED to you

Dear Beneficiary,

After proper and several investigations and research at Western Union and Money Gram Office, we found your name in Western Union database among those that have sent money through Western Union and this proves that you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending money to them through Western Union/Money Gram in the course of getting one fund or the other that is not real.

In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM, the FBI alongside with the Ministry of Finance, As a consequence of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (U.S.250,000.00) should be AWARDED to you out from the funds that The United States Department of the Treasury has set aside as compensation payment for scam victims.

This case would be handled and supervised by the FBI. We have submitted your details to them so that your funds can be delivered to you. Contact the Western Union agent office through the information below:

Contact Person: Glenn Moore..

Address: Western Union Post Office,

Email: glenmoore666610@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,

James Robinson.

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