here's the deal. not illegal to send or recieve funds through w.u. i've stated this so much i'm sick. if you are recieving money. better get it in your real name or you might end up standing there with your dick in your hand. firstoff, for anything under 1000, wu does not reqiure an i.d. at pick-up but the retailer in which the wu. is in most likely will require id to cash it. then also you have a wu check sitting there in someone elses name, but i'm sure you all already knew this, right. way too much woory about w.u. guys. many many other threads just like this one.