Western Union Virus email Scam

Another attempt to infect people’s computers with viruses is doing the rounds. I received an email that was supposed to be sent from Western Union, the email was informing me that a payment that I had sent had been stopped.

Firstly I have not made any payment by Western Union, secondly it is not common to greet someone in an official letter/email by using “Hello!” now surely these people can do beter than this.

Here is a copy of the email…

Hello!

Attention! The wire sent to Vladimir Kirkorov, Moscow, Russia has been blocked by our security service.
Your credit card issuing bank has halted the transaction by the demand of the Federal Criminal Investigation Service (case No. 74543 since the recipient has been undergoing the international retrieval by the InterPol.

Please contact the closest Western Union office and make sure you have your ID card, the credit card that was used for making the payment and the invoice file with you.

(The invoice file is attached to this message; please print it out and hand it to our agent.)
You can find the address of the closest Western Union agent on our website at www.westernunion.com

Thank you!

The email comes with an attachment named MTCN.zip, the zip file contains an executable file which if run will infect your PC. The best action is to delete it.