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From: Western Union Administrator <[email protected]>
Reply: Western Union Administrator <[email protected] >
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 12:20:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Western Union Refund!!!
Petition for Remission Submission
On January 19, 2017, The Western Union Company (Western Union), paid $586 million to settle charges brought by the Federal Trade Commission (or FTC) and the Department of Justice (or DOJ). The company admitted to criminally aiding and abetting wire fraud and to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act.
The U. S. Postal Inspection Service investigated various schemes in which fraudsters contacted victims and falsely posed as family members in need or federal law enforcement officials, or falsely promised prizes, loans, employment opportunities, discounted products or other financial awards. The fraudsters directed the victims to send money through Western Union to help relatives, avoid imprisonment or arrest,or to claim prizes, receive loans, employment, products or some other financial award. No one received the cash, prizes or other promised items.
The Department of Justice hired Gilardi & Co., LLC to serve as the remission administrator in this matter. If you wired funds from a Western Union location between January 1, 2004, to January 19, 2017, and believe you were a victim of the fraud
described above, please complete the information below and by responding to this email without delay.
First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
Primary Address
Continuation of Primary Address
City
State
Zip Code
Foreign Province
Foreign Postal Code
Foreign Country / Abbreviation
Email Address(optional)
Telephone Number (Home)
Telephone Number (work)
How much did you transfer through Western union: $
On what date was the transaction performed?
Western Union Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN):
Sincerely,
Fraud Settlement / Payment Administrator
Western Union Money Transfer Service