Old Scam in new clothing

[ordnance11]

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFERMALAYSIAN PAY-OUT CENTER
Dear Western Union Beneficiary,
Transaction #: WUMT-MY7910****/2013 ( Your Security Code )
UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.
We wish to inform you that the United Nations (UN) has authorized us
to remit to you a total amount of $1,500,000.00 USD (One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This amount is to be paid to
you because of the fact that you were selected as a beneficiary in the
Last E-mail ballot promotion Held in Malaysia, by United Nations
Poverty Alleviation Program. This Program is inline with the Social
responsibility of the United Nations Organization, which is held once
Every year to change the living status of five (5) lives around the
Globe.
This year, yourself and Four (4) other people were randomly selected.
On behalf of the United Nations Organization, we wish to congratulate
you formally. The funds was paid out to us, by the United Nations,
And they have successfully succeeded in depositing your whole funds
with us Here at Western Union Malaysia. They have now ordered us to
take full Responsibility in the transfer process of your funds and
thus commence the Immediate remittance of your funds to you. Be
strongly informed that because Of our Western Union transfer policy,
your funds will be paid to you via our Western Union Daily Transfer
limit of $7,600.00 USD. This means that you will Continuously receive
a daily amount of $7,600.00 USD from us, and this amount Can be
collected from any of our numerous Western Union outlets in your
Current location.
To begin receiving your daily payment as stated above, we need you to
provide Us with; Your Full Name, Address, and Phone Number. Upon
receipt of the Requested details, your first transaction will be
activated by you, before we can proceed to provide you with the Money
Transfer Control others after 24 hours of Receiving each payment.
For more information on your payment status; E-mail Mrs. Franca Lee:
wunionpayout@mail.mn OR call our 24 hours Helpline @ +601-648-453-21
or 00601-648-453-21 for any inquiries on the above message.
Yours truly,Mr. Jim BurchFor: United Nations/Western Union, Malaysia.

I looking at my junk mail and this showed up. Turns up to be the new version of an old scam.
This one:
http://antifraudintl.org/archive/index.php/t-78313.html
So instead of Nigerian scam, it's now the Malaysian scam?
Edit by Bob:  I rewrapped the scam email so it won't force a horizontal scroll. 
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[Dartz]

I got one of those claiming to be from a US military Sergeant once who found some Iraqi Gold and wanted to launder it.

There're some weird varients out there if you're willing to wait or them to come to you.
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[khagler]

Given that email address, I think it's the Mongolian scam now.

[Terrace]

There's an entire internet subculture of people who bait these scam artists, in an effort to waste the scammer's time and distract them from those who'd actually fall for the scams.

[Bob Schroeck]

My favorite of the that subculture is the one who dragged the scammer into an H.P. Lovecraft story and scared the everlasting crap out of him. Let me see if I can find it... Oh easily! Googling on "nigerian scam cthulhu" turns up many copies. For some reason it seems to be popular. http://sicherheitskultur.at/David%20Ehi ... 20Scam.htm]Here's a nice clean copy someone archived.
Edit:  The archive I originally linked to lacked the "punchline".  This one has it. 
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.