2. Western Union - WTF?

Since I was on vacation, I could not answer to Carol´s emails quickly. Therefore, Stefanie took over the communication with Carol about the contract issue. Hi Stefanie, Once more Thanks for your interest, I've attached copy of my international passport and lease agreement contract duly prepared by my lawyer and I want you to go through it carefully to study the terms and conditions.If you agree,sign the lease agreement and send it back to me in other to sign my own part.You will be making payment to confirm the reservation and has to be paid to my lawyer, He prefer Western union Money Transfer because is safe,fast,convenient to send money and you can locate Western union services at many post office,bureaux de change, Western union retail outlets and anywhere you see the Western union sign. My Lawyer's Name and Address for the transfer: Beneficiary:Graham Gover Address:10 Southernhay West, City: Exeter, Post code:EX1 1JG, Country:United Kingdom. Immediately,He confirm your payment he will issue you receipt for the reservation.Please get back to me as soon as possible so that I could be positive about the reservation and proceed to next phase of your rent.You can reach me on my MSN messenger baroness.wallace@live.com Looking forward to welcoming you into my apartment. Regards, Carol

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I became suspicious immediately after I saw that she wanted us to pay via Western Union. This company is very well known for turning a blind eye to the use of its services in border-related crime. However, we received a rigorously prepared lease contract, copy of her passport, contact on her solicitor and even a proof of ownership. How we were to know that it was all faked? I checked the lawyer; I found authentic websites reffering to him, several cases he has solved, even few presentations from several conferences and semiars: there was no doubt about him. Nevertheless, I wanted to contrive that I could pay via bank money transfer which I found safer and more secured and this was her response to my enquiry. As you will see, later I suceeded, but it did not help me at all. Both I and Stefanie lost our money.