Quote from: 2weiX on March 08, 2013, 04:48:47 PM

why dont you ask that someone who works for WU.
like, in a local WU store.

at your service. though I don't work for WU, I work for a WU affiliate.

Quote from: nckfor

All you need is there name and City/State

Fees vary based on amount sending. Can get kind of high.

Be very careful with this. If they want to use a test question/answer, almost vcertainly they are not who they say they are. Also, once they pick up the money, regardless of ID or not, you won't have much recourse. It's a federal law violation (wire fraud), but they are not gonna touch or investigate anything under 10k total, and probably not even that low. In other words, you better make damn sure you use escrow or get the BTC or whatever goods first.

Hope this helps.

Pay special heed to his warning. Make damn good and sure you know who you're sending to, WU is a bastion for unscrupulous activity.

I would like to add that for sends above three grand you have to present your ID. Also, I'm pretty sure that this wasn't previously the case, but all receives (at least in the U.S.) now require an ID. At least in my location, my auditor freaks out if I do a receive without getting a copy of ID.

Also, be aware individual locations are at liberty turn down anybody, or require an mtcn. I know it sounds weird that we can turn down anybody, but scammers proliferate.

Quote from: BigFigurez on March 10, 2013, 01:51:24 AM

That's weird then because every time I've sent Western Union the agent has stressed to not lose the MTCN code because it's the only way to pick up the money.

Also, found this:

https://thewesternunion.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13

This is misleading. I rarely use an MTCN to look up a users transaction. I do verify it though if they wrote it down (some people don't fill out a form). They go by ID now.