How To Send Money With Western Union?

How to send money by western union and be protected?

• How could I send money by western union or moneygram and be protected just like if I'd make a purchase with my credit card. I need to do international business and many suppliers don't accept credit card or paypal. This is a big problem for me. I lost money a couple of times, since I'd no protection. There are a lot of scamsters. How to make a payment with western union and be 100% protected just like when I pay with paypal? There should be a way to do this.

• Answer:

  There is NO way to ever send money by Western Union or moneygram and be protected. If a supplier doesn't accept credit cards, they are NOT a someone you want to do business with. The ONLY way to have any kind of protection is to use a credit card. Period. All anyone needs to send money by Western Union or moneygram is: 1) A first and last name to use on the form as the sender's name 2) A first and last name to use on the form as the receiver's name 3) Money All anyone needs to pick up the cash is: 1) The first and last name used on the form as the sender's name. 2) The first and last name used on the form as the receiver's name 3) The eight or ten digit money transfer control number (MTCN#) 4) The test question and answer And, all too frequently, only one or 2 of above listed requirements are actually needed to pick up the cash and disappear. That is it, no ID required. If you are: 1) sending money as part of a work-at-home job 2) buying from a website 3) buying a pet or car/truck/trailer/motorhome/caravan 4) helping an online boy/girlfriend 5) paying taxes/fees on a loan/lottery/draw/government grant 6) paying visa/bank/airline/travel fees 7) paying deposit/rent for an apartment/house 8) paying banker/barrister/lawyer/court fees 9) paying a transportation/courier/shipping company 10) receiving/forwarding money onto someone or some company Then you are being scammed. Just keep in mind that Western Union and moneygram are unsafe and unsecure ways to send money. Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off the cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country the money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever. If you google "Western Union scam", "fraud moneygram scammer" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims who lost money via Western Union and moneygram.