Comments on: Western Union Scam – WU Fraud

By: sherri

sherri — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:59:03 +0000

I recieved two western uion money orders in the mail..I have no idea who they are from or why I hve recieved them I called western union and cold not get ahold of anyone that could help. Anyone know what I should do are these safe to cash.

By: H

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:55:35 +0000

My story is exactly the same with kaz. I didn’t even tell the the scammer who the receiver is. They took the money anyway. They are still investigating.

By: kaz

kaz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:13:33 +0000

i was dealing with someone about renting a house
lots of emails
they told me that they didnt want the money just to show i have sent it
western union office told me only the person i sent the money too can pick it
i asked again and she told me the same thing
so i sent it to a family member then asked the western union lady can i give the person i am renting off the mtcn number she said yes they cannot do anything with that
wooohooo the took my money from another part of the country
can i get my money back

By: d

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:08:29 +0000

when scammers want your money, you need to send $$ first, then they promise to send the merch that you paid for, once they receive the money.then they never send merch, because it never existed.

when its the other way around, they will send you a check that will bounce, but not until after you have sent your items.

what i wonder is if these scenarios have ever linked up one scammer with another? i mean a published or printed news story of how one scammer sends a fake check to another scammer? i would like to read about that

By: Scooter

Scooter — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:35:59 +0000

Please do not believe anyone who says money cannot be picked up without the MTCN number. I work at store with a Western Union terminal and we pay out money every day to people who have no idea what the MTCN number of their transaction is. All you need to pick up money is the name of sender and your name, address and phone number and ID. If a test question has been included, you don’t even need the ID.

Again, you DO NOT need to know the MTCN number to pick up the money. Anyone telling you they can’t get the money without you telling them this number is LYING!!!

By: pam

pam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:17:51 +0000

well westernunion is now reliable,there is no way some can now pick up money without having the mtcn number,before someone could easily pick up any money without the mtcn number,but westernunion have now come to the terms no mtcn number,no location of where the money is coming,the test quesiton and asnwer and the exact name of the sender the money will not be released to you

By: Patty

Patty — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:27:47 +0000

Never take any checks, money orders, cashiers checks or anything else that appears to be a money in the form of paper! More than 9 times out of ten, you will loose money, merchandise, or both. After taking the negociable funds to the bank, mailing off an item that was purchased with it, or mailing off excess funds, you will get a letter from your banki that the funds were no good! When you sign the back of that check and then deposit it in your bank, you are guaranteeing that the funds are good, and will take the loss, whatever it might be! The scams are changing, but one thing that is not, is the fake ways in which they pay with! Also, if you are buying something, if you are unable to use pay pal or meet the person in person, do not send any funds because you will never see what ever it is that you were hoping to buy! Many of these scams are coming from Nigeria, although I have seen some from Africa, and others as well!

By: Madame President

Madame President — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02:37 +0000

Anything involving someone wanting to purchase your item and make payment by Western Union / Money Gram is a scam. Anyone sending you a check for more than the asking price of your item & then wanting you to W/U the balance is a scammer. When they get really instistent with you regarding the Western Union funds, it is a scam. When they want your item ASAP, 9 times out of 10 it’s a scam.

My son places a “For Sale” ad on Craigslist and received a check for $2200.00 with instructions “Oops – sent too much money. Please send the balance back to me by Western Union”. The name of the bank no longer existed. Doing an Internet search, I called the name on the check (it was a business) and I was advised an old, old account number fell into the hands of crooks who printed fake checks with their old banking info.

If you have been swindled out of money/merchandise by these scammers, go to http://www.FBI.gov and there is a link where these growing crimes can be reported.

By: Mike Luvinski

Mike Luvinski — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:14:36 +0000

I just realize my story is similar to that of Devin (see March 14 2009 above). Someone from abroad insists in buying an expensive but very common item (a musical instrument), wants it ship within 24h and says he’s gonna pay via Western Union. Could this be a scam?

By: Mike Luvinski

Mike Luvinski — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:08:16 +0000

I would like to know if the following could be a Western Union scam or not. Someone from another country insists in buying me an expensive item I advertized on the internet and wants to pay me via Western Union, nothing else. The person then asks for my full name and address to do the payment and asks me to ship the item within the next 24h. The person insists that she really wants the item for a gift to a church, talks about her autn etc… but it doesn’t sound right.

Something tells me that this is a kind of phishing scheme but I don’t know exactly what kind of a scam it can be. I really don’t know what is going on, but I’m sure this is a scam. Any idea what this is all about?

By: AC

AC — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:53:47 +0000

What do you do when you lose your MTCN number and a transaction went through but cannot be located. We have been trying to locate fund transfered to our Mortgage provider but there is no listing on the date we sent it and without the MTCN number, Western Union have not been helping us much. Please advise.

By: lara stewart

lara stewart — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:35:21 +0000

Hi I got a mail form a transaction on ebay, I was selling an Item and the buyer asked me to deposit 350 via western Union saying he had deposited the money by paypal. I also recieved a fake email from paypal.

This PayPal® payment has been deducted from the buyer’s account and has been “APPROVED” but will not be credited into your account until the payment MTCN information is sent to us for shipment verification, so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the relevant information required before your account will be credited: Send MTCN information to us at (paypalaccount@fundnotifications.com) and our customer care service will attend to you. As soon as we receive the MTCN information for security and safety purpose of the buyer and the seller, the money will be credited to your account immediately.

If I stop the negotiations now is there any possible Ill get scammed?

By: Meredith Carter

Meredith Carter — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:37:46 +0000

I looked at this site as it advertised it would tell me who to report to. Local police can’t take case as I transferred money to NY and fraudsters are in Canada. FBI won’t talk to me as the sum is not great enough. It is to me! I have a money gram agent with foto of the one who picked up the money and have a voice recording of my secret shopper agent. WHO can I report them to?

By: Devin

Devin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:22:00 +0000

Someone offered to pay me through Western Union. All they asked for was my name, phone number and address. Just by giving him this is there any possible way to get scammed still? I did not give him any banking account numbers, etc

By: admin

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:08:01 +0000

There are two possibilities. He may send you cash to clean it. Read more about it in money laundering. Or he'll send you a fake check that will bounce. While you're waiting for the check to be cleared he will tell you that in the mean time you should send the "rest" back to him, from your own pocket of course. The check will not be cleared and the scammer just received a few thousand dollars from you.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:38:44 +0000

I advertised a book i was selling on Facebook, and some guy wanted to buy it (from canada). he wanted to send me 3,500$ for my 100$ book where he would then give me an extra $50 for cashing the check at my bank and then going to western union to send him the rest of the money to his (agent). Through the conversation on e-mail it seemed he wanted nothing to do with the book but gave me all the information necessary for me to send the rest of the money.

Just really confussed and hope you can solve this problem

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:56:16 +0000

You can find your order status by going to westernunion.com and clicking on "transfer status".

By: algie

algie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:47:19 +0000

Is there any other way we can check our MTCN online if this is true or not? I have a friend that was told to be send a money by his chatmate from distant location, at once she told to get the money in western union. By the time, she come by, the MTCN did not appear as she check it with the western union agent. At this point, is there any other way for us to check the status of MTCN online so we know if it true or not?

By: James J. O`Reilly

James J. O`Reilly — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:50:15 +0000

Hello! I just left an e-mail describing the series of events occuring since last Wed., 9-3-08, informing me of my e-mail/web acct. being selected in a random drawing as the winner of 5.5 million Great British pounds in a Microsoft Word Intl. Lottery drawing:United Kingdom Div. I guess this infirmation (my e-mail, etc.) was available through my using MSN as part of my installed systems format and programming. My concern is that has my computer and info contained there-in been compromised? Hacked into? Taken over? and is this “lottery winning” real or fraud? What can I do? Where can I report and seek an investigation to find out if it is real and true? Please reply at your earliest convenience as I monitor daily. Thank you, Sincerely, James O.@ jaoriv@q.com