I just received an email from "Western Union" saying that I have 300,000 $ in the system. It didn't say much detail except to fill out a form with my name, country, phone number and occupation. And to contact them immediately.
For those who can easily get caught up with the 'good news', one can easily fill out the form in excitement and be in touch with the sender. I would then suspect that the sender will immediately get back to the receipent and would tell him or her that the money is ready but an amount must be paid to do all the processing fees and such. Of course, if one is to receive 300,000 $ any amount requested for fee would seem so little compared with it, right? And when, the receipient doesn't hear anything anymore from the sender about the 300,000$ after paying the 'fees', only then the 'so-called receipient'realizes that he or she has been scammed.
So, what did I do with that 300,000 $ email? I just ignored it. I've read a lot about this in the newspapers and internet and I don't want to be a victim. I would rather want to receive emails from any email marketing campaign rather than some emails of 'good news' which they are not. Please be cautious of emails such as this.
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