Question about Western Union online

[Jarbeebus]

i have used moneygram online. it's easy and fast.

 

[LVTitan]

Dont you have to send it to a specific person, who wouldnt be able to remain anonymous since they would need ID to receive the money? I guess I'm just WU illiterate, help me out here, pm if necessary. thanks

yes with wu you need to know the name address of the person u are sending the money to. unless they are using an alias, but they still have a name, and you know it. you can go to wu website and use your card there if you want. some people may frown on it, but i have bros that say they do it all the time.

 

[MacGyver]

I sent money to someone using WU online for 'consulting fees.' They required the following:
1)The name, city, and country of the person who is to pick up the money.
2)All of my info
3)On top of that, I had to call their customer service, verify I am who I am, give them a whole bunch more info(like my perm. addy, perm number, etc)
They informed me that this was a measure they took for first time online senders.

 

[poux85]

BEWARE! If you use your credit card to pay for a Western Union online transaction it will not be billed as a credit transaction, but rather it will be charged as a cash advance for the entire thing! This can result in a very large fee! Also if sending funds internationally,on the western union online I did not see a place to select "receive funds in U.S. dollars" This will force you to pay a fee for currency exchange as well!

 

[FknKnuckleHd]

I use western union on sometimes a weekly basis. I have never had an issue to date. I do know one can only send a certain amount online per month...I think its like a $1000 anything over that you have to call and speak to a person. I have no idea how that could be done with a fake id if you are using a debit or credit card because they call my bank and then call me back with the phone # Bank of America has on file to reach me just for these cases. I'm glad they do that...its only done for my protection. Hope that helps someone...
FKH

I forgot to mention that it will cost you about $100 per thousand that you send.

 

[Jabs]

I like to deal with them over the phone. They a 1-800 number that work well if you don't like using the web

 

[Ajax45]

Dont you have to send it to a specific person, who wouldnt be able to remain anonymous since they would need ID to receive the money? I guess I'm just WU illiterate, help me out here, pm if necessary. thanks

I think what he meant to say earlier was "test question". If you go to a WU store you can add a test question & answer, so that the person picking up the money is not required to have an I.D. of any kind. That is how a person remains anonymous. You make up a question & then add the answer. You would then send this info (test question & answer) to the person.

 

[KOArtist]

BEWARE! If you use your credit card to pay for a Western Union online transaction it will not be billed as a credit transaction, but rather it will be charged as a cash advance for the entire thing! This can result in a very large fee! Also if sending funds internationally,on the western union online I did not see a place to select "receive funds in U.S. dollars" This will force you to pay a fee for currency exchange as well!

Damn that's bullshit. There goes that idea. How can they even consider that a cash advance? Odd, and sheitty. Guess my cycle will have to wait a bit. Anyone else w/ "credit card only" funds like me, that have figured out a way to transfer money to certain overseas cats? (Cats=a slang word for "people" of course)

 

[FknKnuckleHd]

(Cats=a slang word for "people" of course)

Thanks for clearing that up

 

[greekhookup]

why does everyone speak of 500 dollars...if you use WU and you are a "******", then you know that $999.99 is your limit until the bank notifiies the police about a 10,000 dollar transaction....moderaters, this topic has made a turn to a noway street close this post unless you want another MESO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!