The identities that the scammers used are fabricated or stolen from others.
The scammers use fake identification so they will be difficult to catch.
The site was run from Romania.
Information concerning the site you were ripped off on was sent to:
info@phonebusters.com
Authorities in the UK at SOCA / International Crime
The US Secret Service
on:
Friday, July 21, 2006 8:13 PM
Titled:
US and Canadian victims of gpscourier.co.uk reference IP35/2006-451797 and Borg ref: 2E/228262/06
It would be VERY interesting indeed if transfers were made subsequent to the date you reported this to Western Union.
You may be interested to know that in the USA, Western Union is obligated to inform its customers that their services are known to be used in connection with fraud transactions on the internet.
Western Union was successfully sued by 47 states in the USA:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2005/n ... 4a_05.html
Perhaps your legislature can do the same thing.....
Always remember that nothing can be done without these sites being brought to other people's attention.
Keep an eye out for them and post on message boards.