Does Western Union monitor the number of times you send money

[harrington]

Really not interested in having any attention brought to myself. I'm trying to get my books funded and will probably be using WU 3 or 4 times in the next few weeks. Also I can't seem to find what the cutoff is in $$ amount sent that requires you to supply a SS#. Thanks boys in advance.

 

[fivestarjake]

i send western union all the time. in fact i'm sending more out today. i'll be back to post what your looking for harrington.

 

[harrington]

i send western union all the time. in fact i'm sending more out today. i'll be back to post what your looking for harrington.

Thanks Jake

 

[stolidog]

Use a different name every single time you send. There are lots of spellings for Ferndandodito Velasquez.

 

[fivestarjake]

thing i hate is the names. i always tell the cashier to make sure they spell the dam name right...check out this doozy...

sanja brkljacic greguric:missingte

 

[stolidog]

thing i hate is the names. i always tell the cashier to make sure they spell the dam name right...check out this doozy...

sanja brkljacic greguric:missingte

Looks like a good name for the #297th ranked women's tennis played from Romania.

 

[Betallsports]

Use a different name every single time you send. There are lots of spellings for Ferndandodito Velasquez.

very true, you can mis-spell your name a few ways....

 

[allinsports]

if you keep em under $1000 you dont have to show ID, but dont use a very different name from your real one in case something goes wrong and you have to take the $back for which you do need ID

 

[oldmanTED]

Harrington:

Here's how it works. Each book that accepts Western Union person to person transfers has a limit on how much they will accept under one name each day. You must talk to the book and tell them you want to transfer using Western Union and/or Moneygram, the latter having lower limits. They will give you the limit amount and name of the person. Some of our sponsors have limits up to $2450. Others $1900 and so on. Western Union will normally ask for an ID, like a driver's license even at those limits. Nothing more. No SS#. Their system does record the transaction and all others for record keeping. So if you went back again and used your same name, they will pull up your record and see your previous transactions but don't do anything from there. They just process your next request. Hope that helps.

 

[patswin]

Use a different name every single time you send. There are lots of spellings for Ferndandodito Velasquez.

what if there is a problem with the transaction?

 

[bigtendominator]

I used to use my passport and give a different address and fake SSN#.

However, they eventually but the brakes on that.

 

[sean1]

Yes. I was banned. Nothing happens thought - you just cant use it anymore.

Thankfully I have two banks who couldn't give a shit about wires regardless of size or location. Plus the books have gotten much smarter. I've noticed many more are using banks in London, Germany, etc instead of Zimbabwee... Doesnt look odd at all to send $25k to London.

Sean

 

[lefty68]

I have heard people getting banned at Western Union. Never heard of anyone getting banned at Moneygram though

 

[stolidog]

what if there is a problem with the transaction?

I do not hand them the $$ unless I have a control ##. At that point, the potential for a problem is less, but always a possibility. I guess there can always be complications but everything done offshore has some risk.

 

[harrington]

Harrington:

Here's how it works. Each book that accepts Western Union person to person transfers has a limit on how much they will accept under one name each day. You must talk to the book and tell them you want to transfer using Western Union and/or Moneygram, the latter having lower limits. They will give you the limit amount and name of the person. Some of our sponsors have limits up to $2450. Others $1900 and so on. Western Union will normally ask for an ID, like a driver's license even at those limits. Nothing more. No SS#. Their system does record the transaction and all others for record keeping. So if you went back again and used your same name, they will pull up your record and see your previous transactions but don't do anything from there. They just process your next request. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the help Ted, I now understand exactly what the deal is now.

 

[oldmanTED]

Thanks for the help Ted, I now understand exactly what the deal is now.

You're welcome and best of luck this football season.

 

[maxdemo]

Yes they monitor your transactions...I have been banned by them for 2 years now