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As far as I’m concerned, Western Union is complicit in these scams because they skim 10% off the top for these transfers, so they probably make hundreds of millions on allowing this to continue. As the author observed, they have absolutely nothing in place to help prevent or track fraud, and have no interest in doing so. I personally think they should be prosecuted for this. About a year ago, they even had the gall to run a contest where you could win prizes for wiring money to Nigeria! How blatant can they be?

BTW, there are ways to do more detailed tracking of who reads your email. They can be circumvented, but only if the scammer knows to do so. Example at http://www.readnotify.com. I used that for a similar scam I received and traced it to a Florida ISP who served that address to a Nigerian internet cafe.