Manny, I dont dispute you have superior knowledge but I wonder if you understand what I mean...
EG Using the same system that the ebay scammers use to sell high end (>5k) gear and get away with it.. You send each payment to a different name and location... To monitor this would require monitoring every Western Union Transacation.
If the collector has the MTCN number they can need present no ID to collect the money and need not be in the city the money was even sent to... This way payment can be sent to Mr Smith in Berlin and be picked up by anyone anywhere in Germany (and I think local countries also with a prior phone call)... Next time send money to Mr Jones in Dortmund... Next time Mr Bloggs in Frankfurt...
Never pick your money up at the same Western Union locations...
Given this random ability and the fact that you are at the western union (100's or even 1000's of miles from where it was 'sent') for a minute at most I find it hard to think of an operation that could successfully intercept you. I see this method as far far safer than cash in an envelope where you must to to the address location for pickup.
Note all of this is from Euro and Asian western union experience... How the US based system works I am unsure...
I guess everyone should geta temp maildrop address... Sign up to iKobo under a flase name... Always mask your face when removing cash from a cashpoint machine due to the possibility of cameras... Use many machines over as large a geographical area as possible.
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