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I have sent some money from UAE to a citizen of USA on 16th Feb 2011. twice she went over to collect the funds - she was told that she was not entitled to it. I spoke to the counter (in UAE) about it - and they claim she has not visited the WU office in her locality.

Please help me cancel the deal so that I can get the money back. Can you email me on [protected]@gmail.com

Thanks
Hubert

Received an e-mail saying if I want to cancel the transfer of 694.50 Euro's click the below link. This is a copy of the e mail I received:
Dear customer,

Thank you for using the Western Union Money Transferў.

Your money transfer has been authorized and is now available for pick up by the receiver.

Transfers to certain destinations may be subject to further delay or additional restrictions.

Your Money Transfer Control Number [MTCN] is: [protected]

Date of Order: Thrusday, 22 April 2017 8:23:41

Amount Sent: 694.50 EURO

Receiver: First Name : Anna, Last Name : Miles, Address: 36B Ranuid Rd, City : Aukland, Country : New Zealand

If you have not authorized this charge, click the link below to cancel the payment and get a full refund :

http://wumt.westernunion.com/WUCOMWEB/transactions/HomePage/cancel.php?session=&mtcn=590575482&summ=94.50&date=

SERVICE : Western Unionў Money Transfer Service.

Thanks

Hello Dear,
I want to ask about it.
Dear M.Zeeshan Shabbir

I am Mr. Anthony Carmelo of the Western Union Head Office Department here in Lagos Nigeria. Yes, you have an outstanding payment with Western Union here in Lagos Nigeria and it is ready for you to pick up at any Western Union Branch anywhere in the world. I would like to remind you again that this payment is coming to you as a compensation from the Nigerian Government to you because you have been enlisted as one of those who have been defrauded directly or indirectly by Nigerian Citizens. You are to receive a total of 4, 000.000.00 Pounds Sterling.

i got email from by Mr. Anthony. i want to confirm is it true i listed for above amount or not. rep mee sooon

I keep getting repeated emails similar to this one. There is no opt out option or way to stop this harrassment. I've tried email "stop" to them etc.

Attention:,

How are you today, I write to inform you that we have already sent you $10, 000.00 US dollars through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of $1, 500, 000.00, via western union by our Government. I was calling your telephone number to give you the information through phone but you did not pick up my calls throughout that yesterday even this morning. Now, I decided to email you the MTCN and sender name so that you will pick up this $10, 000.00 to enable us send another $10, 000.00 today as you know we will be sending you only $10, 000.00 per day.

Please pick up this information and run to western union to pick up the $10, 000.00 and call me back to send you another payment today, My direct phone line is; +229-[protected] or 00229-[protected], payment officer MR.JOHN GOMEZ Email:( [protected]@voila.fr ) call or email me once you picked up this $10, 000.00 today.

Here is the western union information to pick up the Money;

SENDER'S NAME:Jacob Paul
MTCN : [protected]
AMOUNT:$10, 000.00 US DOLLARS
TEXT QUESTION:WHO?
TEXT ANWSER:ME

I am waiting for your call once you pick up this $10, 000.00, Please email me your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we send any payment for the information’s.

Thanks
MR.JOHN GOMEZ
Payment Officer Western Union
Benin Republic

Attention Beneficiary...‏
3/29/11
Reply ▼
Dr Lee Yung Add to contacts
From: Dr Lee Yung ([protected]@hotmail.com.my)
Sent: Tue 3/29/11 11:58 PM
To:

Microsoft SmartScreen marked this message as junk and we'll delete it after ten days.
Wait, it's safe!
You were awarded $1.5 Million USD from UN/Western Union. Email Dr. Lee Yung on:
[protected]@aol.com
for claims or call +[protected] for further details.

Regards
Western Union Malaysia.

The scammer has been using the name of Western Union to scam peopl
by sending emails concerning inheritance money from Bank of Africa.
I have noticed that these scammers have sent numerous emails incl. to me. However, I am able to find out easily that this is a scam email by tracing their IP Address, which locates in USA.
To those who received these scam emails, please do not think twice but simply use your commence senses and logic and ask yourselves this simply question to yourself: I dont have any African relatives and how in the world someone come into my email address and telling me about inheritance and using Western Union to transfer the daily funds? This is just too good to be true, that the scammers have asked you for your complete details . And do not even bother to reply to this email because you have handed over your data to Nigerian Scammers. Last but not least, there is always a catch to their message: you need to transfer administration costs prior to receiving the Funds...what a silly scammer...only the Fools would believe it!
Here is the current scammer email received and ones are able to read that the sender is an absolutely uneducated person, poor English and grammar, and have no idea what the meaning of Fiscal year...!
Last but not least, please remember this: No Banks in the World would be using EMAILS as a method to communicate but only with FAXES and/or Official letters. So to prevent yourselves being scammed, please GO GOOGLE and find the IP Address first.

--- Forwarded Message ----
From: Jonathan Conahan.
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 6:14:00 PM
Subject: CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION AGENT INCHARGE OF YOUR PAYMENT
Dear customer,
This is to inform you that your name and your contact details was given to this office in respect of your outstanding payment owed to you which you have not been able to receive despite your considerable effort to receive your payment and after been cleared by the authorized financial regulatory bodies, it was also discovered that some unscrupulous individuals aiming to frustrating all your efforts have removed some vital documents from your payment file.

After much strict scrutiny on your payment file, we discovered that some top government officials especially in banks are working against your interest in this case.

So to forestall any further atrocious act against you, we have decided to settle your payment through western union money transfer, which is the latest instruction from Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) the western union agent in charge of your payment will be sending to you $4800 per a day until your total funds is completely transferred to you, so if you like to receive your fund in this way, please contact the western union agent in charge of your payment - dr. Samson ego on his contact details below.
Therefore, in order to receive your fund through western union money transfer, you are now required to contact the western union agent in charge of your payment-Dr. Samson ego on his contact details
Below and also send him your following information as listed below

Your;
1. Full name,
2. Phone and fax number:
3. Address
4. Age:
5. Occupation

We have been mandated by the WCOWAS parliament to issue out us$3.7m dollars in your favor this fiscal year 2011.

Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office(s) to avoid any further hitches in receiving your payment.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued our code of conduct, which is (209) so you have to indicate this code when contacting (dr. Samson ego) the western union agent in charge of your payment By using it as your subject.

Here below is dr. Samson ego (the western union agent in charge of your payment)'s contact details, you have to contact him now and supply him your contact details as listed above for him to start sending
Your funds to you $4800 per a day without any delay;

Dr. Samson ego
E-mail: [protected]@ciudad.com.ar
Tel no: +[protected]
Western Union Agent.
Cotonou, Benin.

You will also have to send them the tax clearance charges of $127usd as per the instruction from the international monetary fund (I.M.F) office.
Please contact dr. Samson ego ASAP and send him the fee for him to send you the pick up information for your first $4800 payment.

Mr. Jonathan Conahan
For the management of bank of Africa,
Cotonou, Benin.
Tel:+229-[protected].

Here is another email sent from malaysia. why me...?
For: western union payment service malaysia

Subject: (western union payment) contact lee yung via [protected]@aim.com for payment
Date: thu, 3 mar 2011 10:02:29 +0000
From: [protected]@recordeuropa.com

Western union money transfer
Malaysian pay-out center

Attention beneficiary,

We wish to inform you that the united nations (un) has taken over the inheritance/prize winning payment issue which you currently or previously had with your transaction agents. your funds was withdrawn by un on your behalf based on the fact that you where subjected to too many processes that will make you spend more money before receiving your funds.

Your inheritance/winning payment was paid out to the united nations organization, and they have succeeded in depositing your funds with us. they have ordered western union to take full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds, and we have received your application for the first installment of $7, 600 usd from the total amount of $1, 500, 000.00 usd, one million five hundred thousand united states dollars.

For some security reasons, we need you to reconfirm your name, address, age and phone number before receiving the mtcn for the first installment, and we will email you others after 24 hours of receiving each payment.

E-mail dr. lee yung @ [protected]@aim.com

Or call our 24 hours helpline @ +60.149.423.902 for any inquiries on the above message.

Important message: your details for payment must be sent to dr. lee yung @ [protected]@aim.com

Yours truly,

Miss. laine ruus
For: western union payment service malaysia

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Scam-scam-scam-scam

Superiorfakedegrees phony site, scam web site, phony, phony
Owner/operator or who's reall taking your money jared nolan & denise nolan

Owns an operates
Fakediploma-review.com
Fakediplomareview.com
Www.askthetrainer.org close due to scamming

Www.diplomaxpress.com

Superiorfakedegrees.com & fakediploma-reviews.com
Fakediplomareview.com www.creativediplomas.com
Www.diplomaxpress.com

Aka’s or others sites

Diplomaservices.com legally shut down
Superiordiploma.com – legally shut down
Bestfakediploma.com legally shut down
Diplomaxpress.com (sill scamming people)

Fake names used to respond to customers:

Brian quinn – phony name
Brad nolan – phony name
Brad smith – phony name
Frederick donald – phony name
Nolan conor – phony twisted name
Matt dave – phony name
Brad johnson – phony name
Khaled mahmoud – phony name
Jared c. nolan – him self/owner
Denise nolan/his wife
Conor nolan/his son
Has a daughter also?

Please note that subject may be using phony id to pick up western union payments. payment are picked up our of his home town from york, new market ontario etc.

Subject is now attempting to use bank account to get people to eft or bank wire transfer to his bank account under:

Jared c. nolan

Paypal account: frozen for fraud!

Last address/last scam company!

Sky-high printing
Www.askthetrainer.org
Jared nolan & denise nolan
444 terry carter crescent
Newmarket ontario canada ley 961
5/30/06 last know recorded phone number now disconnected
1+ [protected] (old number)

This is just one example of a great online scam whereas the site claims to be some business operating for 10 years which is one big lie. the owner/scammer jared nolan is not knew at scamming people on the web. you see jared nolan use to own/operate another scam site www.askthetrainer.org also know as skyhighprinting. well jared closed the site after scamming so many people and of course so many online complaints he had to create a new site and scam to continue with www.superiorfakedegrees.com. he promises the world with highly detailed emails using phony names like brian to convince spoobs to send money via western union (and you get nothing in return). truth is he has nothing, creates nothing just creates a web site and scams hundreds until the site is burned out due to online complaints.

Jared nolans new trick is to create phony and fake blogs with the title uncovering the truth behind superiorfakedegrees complaints. this is a not new tactic used by scammers to throw the heat on someone or some other to as we know scam more people and keep the web site superiorfakedegrees alive and scamming.

Jared nolan the real owner and operations behind superiorfakedegrees of canada is looking for the next stupid person that somehow believes that he really has a product? nope you get nothing.

Now jared nolan the true real owner on superiorfakedegree not a brian (his phony name) is using his son a conor nolan to accept free money or the payment stupid uneducated people send.

He owns www.fakediploma-review.com

The site www.fakediploma-review.com is owned and operated by superiorfakedegrees or the owner jared nolan of canada. hook line and scam sinker is to rank superiorfakedegrees.com (has now stop complaits) first to fool people into buying from superiorfakedegrees.com. jared nolan/canada the true owner of www.fakediploma-review.com operates this phony fake review site not only to bolster sales sending the dumb uneducated will believe anything person to his site superiorfakedegree.com.

For a scam it's pretty good running a phony review site as jared knows first hand how to scam.

I have been receiving every type of scam e-mailed in the last 7 years from all over this planet. My info has been splashed from North to south and east to West. I was an easy MARK until I stopped being taken in by the GODless heathens out there trying to steal their way into eternity~! Now I tell them all where to get off. Right now, I have about $75 Million USD equivalent in Various and Sundry Banks and Western Union Offices all over this SCAM WORLD, accessible from the wwweb or phone. They call me and start shouting GIBBERISH back at me when I ask for their Name, then they get madder when I insist I don't HAVE the scam fee they insist I have to pay to get my multi-million dollar fund out of their Bank. I have insulted them by insisting I am NOT GOING TO MOVE it, and they better not let any impostor steal it by bringing false documents that purport to be from the HIGH COURT, and shoeing pictures of my FUNERAL with Micheael Jacksons kids in one of the photos. This Scammer/ Bank Fraudster had photos of M.J' Kids, his coffin and my Ca. Drivers license with this white Caucasian (with snow white beard} at 74 years of age, and he is claiming it is my Funeral. The Banker that called me was flabbergasted, but he claims he got the guys arrested when they came back the following week. If anyone wants a good laught, Google my profile- It will amazeYOU!
Howard Leroy Hays.

I have been attached to the OCONUS US SPEC OPS UNIT from 2008 until present. During the length of time, I have sent funds using the western union website numerous times to various locations around the world and also within the country we are based in. On a few of my transactions and my recent one, I received a message online to contact a number for validation or so that the funds can be released. For those instances, while speaking with the representatives, they have always stated my transaction cannot be processed because they are using a third party company to trace the IP address or exact location, which i think is a security issue for us based here, a waste of time and funds if western union is paying for those services, and why even partner with "Mastercard" on the final approval stage on the website. My billing information specifically state that I am deployed, I have to pass the "MASTERCARD" approval stage, and when I tell the representative I'm attached to a Spec Ops Unit in support of OEF, they say we still need to verify your location. That is completely ridiculous, you are using a third party company to accurately track or locate a US Military Unit in support of OEF, which if the location was leaked or landed in the wrong hands, could cause major problems to and for the US deployed personnel based there. I mean, all the terror threats in the media, and your representatives state we still have to accurately track your location, after I just informed them about the security issues associated with that. I think western union needs to correct that, or provide services specifically tailored to & for Personnel Deployed in support of the US interests'. It's hard enough already that we have to be away from loved ones, and then having to add the burden of trying to find a way to send funds to loved ones back home, for emergencies, or to pay for support services, etc. I greatly appreciate your time taken to read this and if there is any action taken. May you have a Happy [protected] Holidays with your loved ones, while we continue to support and show love for our country.

How do I deactivate and erase, delete, or cancel my account and information associated?

I sent a sum of Chf 1237 (approximately USD $1260) from Switzerland, where I live, to my relative in Bamako, Mali in July 2009. The money never reached its intended recipient. There began my nightmarish experience with Western Union, one that has been dragging on for more than a year.

Western Union argued that the recipient had been identified by the person at the counter through a piece of identity which was validated with the photograph of the bearer. I have sent Western Union all the necessary evidence pointing to the contrary (for example, the number on the identity card of the intended recipient is clearly not the one on the form of receipt. In addition, the expiry date on the identity document presented does not match the date of validity of the identity card of the intended recipient) . This clearly demonstrates that the person who collected the money was not the intended recipient and also that none of the identification documents match that of the intended recipient of the funds.

Western Union claims on its website that its method is foolproof and that not only does the company verify the identity of the recipient at the time of collection of the amount but also that the recipient would need to have full knowledge of the transaction number, name of the sender, the originating country and the correct amount of funds transmitted.

This gets me very very worried.

The person who withdrew the money was aware of the transaction number, the sender name and address, and the exact amount of the transaction. This cannot be a coincidence. If Western Unions system is indeed as foolproof as they claim it is, then logic would suggest that the only entities aware of such intricate details of the nature of transaction could either be the sender, recipient or employees of Western Union who handle the transaction.

I recently read that a network operating this type of fraud in Mali have been dismantled, one of whose members is an employee of BDM, a partner agency of the Western Union in Mali.

Its been an more than year and I have been appalled by the callous attitude of the company. I have repeatedly tried to sort this out with Western Union through phone calls and letters (including one from my lawyer) but they just dont seem to care. They havent bothered to even get back to me. It is really unbecoming of a company this large and one that so many of us rely on to send money back to our loved ones. Till now, Western Union had a solid reputation built through more than a century of reliable service. I used to use it without a second thought. However, after this bitter experience, I will never use it again and will also strongly dissuade others from doing so. At this point, Western Union should do return me my money but the prospect of that happening is bleak. I hope they are reading this and will do the right thing.

Hi
I'm from Canada and I here to tell you that I have scammed by the western union people in the London UK . I sent some money to my girl friend there thru the western union people here in Canada and it was recieve by someone or some scammer posing as my girl friend without a photo ID and they recieved the money I sent . My complaint was looked over by the western union people and they say it was recieved in as per there contract. I told them to show me proof that person recieving the money and I could go to the police in london to have this person checked out and arrest if possible. There answer was it was as per contract. Well my complaint is ! you'd think that london UK would have some control of the internet scammers in your internet cafa.
thks for read this f.bayley

good day!

i just want to clarify that this web address is fake and misleading any receiver of their notice here's the address: [protected]@westernunion.com they told m that i need to send my identity info to them coz i do have $5, 000 usd as the full amount i won $300, 000... its a scam dont be fooled...

I received this email Friday Sept . 24, 2010. I know its a hoax and I thought of sending it to you for your info wall, I am also notifying the RCMP, computer fraud division about these clowns. I have attatched a copy of the email so you can post away.

i send funding of $250.00 to my long-distance girlfriend from ghana that we met on match.com when i send the funding over there i've been told somebody else got the funding before she did. it happen twice on this now i like to know did she did got funding but lie that someone else got it since people need to sign release form plus know the secret phrase to get fund to that person.? IT DID CONFIRM PICKUP BUT WHO ; my girlfriend or someone eles? she want me to send money to replace that was supposedly been ripped off or stolen. can somone help me on this? david [protected]@netzero.net for result. or speak to local WU agent on this .THANK YOU.if any.

Do not trust this company! chances are the intended recipient will not get the money.
They say it has been collected already by someone.! it happened to me..what a fraud!

With all due respect;

It is not exactly complain, rather trying and get cleared by the letter `s accuracy or lack thereof;" "" See the letter `S CONTENT LONGER DOWN" "
I ofcause much respect for the sender but also fear that it could be attempted fraud
I have had many similar mail `s not that I react to it, But now I want to know if it's something I can trust;
I should also mention that I have for a long time trying to find an independent adult who can confirm or deny these statements;

With friendly greetings
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FROM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC/ADDRESS 455 AGBOKOU, ANKPA ROAD
WEB SITE.WWW.WESTERNUNION.COM

DIRECTOR
(MR.VICTOR BROWN) OFFICIE INCHARGE
TELL: +[protected]
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Send Money Worldwide

WESTERN UNION HEAD OFFICE DEPARTMENT
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.FOREIGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT OFFICE
TELEPHONE +[protected]
09/09/2010

Attention: Dear Valued Customer,
=====================

Thanks for your email.I want you to know that we have made all the good arrangement on how to transfer your fund to your account which you have with us but the only thing delaying us is the transfer fee of $120 and I want you to know that without the transfer fee the fund cannot be release to your account and it then become important that you have to try and have the money send to enable us get your fund to you.You have nothing to worry about as we are advise by the IMF to get the fund to you.So you have nothing to worry abou as we will transfer your fund to you within 3 hours of making the payment.So get the money send today for urgent attention to you.

Below is the information to send the $120.00 today through Western Union money transfer to make it faster and easier.

Receivers Name: Tagbo F Chuka
Country: Benin Republic
City:Cotonou
Amount to send: $120 usd
Text Question: olny
Text Answer:to day
M.T.C.N: ?
As soon as the fee has been paid, do send back to us the
Senders Name: ...
Senders Address: ...
MTCN NUMBER...

Please don't forget to send the MTCN number to me immediately you send the money and make sure that you send with this information to avoid mistake ok. Waiting to have the MTCN.

Sincerely,

Thanks For Using Western Union Office
SINCERELY REGARDS,
Sir.Jerry White
PHONE # +[protected]
NT FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE INCONJUCTION
WITH WESTERN UNION OFFICE

My mother sent me money by Western Union, she paid for the Urgency fare so the money could be available immediately because it was for a urgent situation. The Portuguese ID card was recently changed and no longer says National Identity card but Citizen Card. It has a biometric system that allows any person to use her finger print for identification. Because my ID Card no longer says National identification card, Western Union is discriminating all Portuguese people who don't carry a Passport (in Portugal we do not identify ourselves with a passport and as EU country we can travel among EU countries exhibiting our ID. As I can't identify myself, according to 4 branches of Western union in London, I can't collect the money. I wonder how they will deal with my impossibility to work next days derivate from that.
One of the ladies even told me: WE DO NOT EXCEPT CITIZEN CARDS, WE ONLY ACCEPT NATIONAL ID CARDS!
If you have a quick look through the internet you can find out that Portuguese national ID Card changed. I wonder if Portugal is being discriminated by this company. (Because I am taking this issue to the Consulate).

One - Sarimah Kasamani
Contact Address: - No20: Simpang 55-14, R.P.N Kampong Pandan,
Jalan Pandan Satu, Kuala Belait KA2131
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Resident: - Bruneian
Country: - Negara Brunei Darussalam
Age: - 29
Occupation: - Royal Brunei Police Force

This citizen is a fraudster she goes about seeking for loans in various companies and she is intending to take a loan form any company and run away with their money so loan compannies be careful of this dangerous woman.