Got blacklisted by Western Union today

FML

join the crowd,i have been banned for 8 years

Why FML?

how much have you been getting for them to do that? if you don't mind sharing...

I got banned years ago. They flagged a transaction one day and the check cashing place handed me the phone and I talked to some uptight chick in their compliance department. She asked me if I knew the person I was sending to. I told her it was one of my cousins because I had a lot of relatives in other parts of the world. She paused and told me I had 23 relatives in 5 different countries that I had sent money to. I got the money back and stayed away for a while.

I use them occasionally. If you keep the transactions under $1000, you shouldn't have any problems. I don't' recommend sending money under a different name because if they happen to flag it, you may not be able to get it back.  

Did this happen sending or receiving money?

Sending. In retrospect, hearing about others getting banned I guess I'm surprised it took this long. 

Send under made up names any transaction less than $1000. Just make sure you use a real phone number of yours (especially if with 5dimes) if there is a mistake or change needed.

So basically use something like Joe Smith, but tell the site what fake name I sent it from since it's not under my name? Seems like a pretty solid solution.

yeah not good idea to send under fake names cuz if it gets flagged and u have to get a refund the places will check ur id,  i highly highly recomend u don't use a fake name, what happened to me i used a friends name as sender he happened to have a common name and it wasn't able to be picked up somebody in the usa had sent to the same country within past week so the sportbooks western union service couldn't pick it up, sucks when money can't be picked up western union flags it they refund u the money in another person's name, 

I've been blacklisted on WU for about 4-5yrs now.  I sent a house payment in for my mom back in the day, and for whatever reason her mortgage company didnt pick it up correctly.  Well, shortly after I had sent this...I moved to Arizona.  There was a refund that needed to be processed...but WU wouldn't change the location to Arizona (Which was my new state of residence) they kept telling me I had to fly home to Washington to get the refund...basically wanting me to spend $500 for airfare to fly home to do a 10min transaction.  This went on for about 1month, calling them everyday...dealing with different reps...different managers etc...

Finally I went to Vegas for March Madness, and got a young guy on the phone around 2am that could speak english...and explained the situation..within 5mins he had the location changed to Vegas.  I went to the casino, got the refund and resent for my mom.

However, they were butt hurt that I bitched at them for a month...and they blacklisted me.  Now to send, I use either my middle name or immediate family members names.  Always use the same 2 phone numbers (Both of which I own) in case there's an issue sending.  The key to being able to do this, is I know most of the people that work at my local Safeway.  So if there's ever an issue, they know all my family members so if I ever need a refund (Which I have had to do) I can use my ID and still get a refund in my original senders name even if it's not mine. 

lame.

I got banned today too. I have been a loyal customer for 20 years and banned out of the blue. I even have a western union credit card and got banned.

ya mine was out of the blue also. no issues for years

what i do is when i send it under a fake name at a western union location like my local grocery store. i stay there make sure the transfer is complete. recently i made up a few fake name and address and its been blocked so they sent it back as a refund and since i was there i was about to get the refund from the lady. she still asked me for my license bc western union want my DL NUMBER.  the lady didnt bother checking the name on the license since i was still in the store so she remb me. so if i was anyone try to stay at the place until your transfer is complete with the book if not the person might not give you a hard time if western unon refund you. even if its  a fake name

what i do is i use a friends name and if it gets screwed up i get him to go pick it up when he is around and throw him a few bucks for the inconvenience . I never tell the friend about it until its an issue. non gamblers don't really understand the western union world

Fukk WU... I use MG small amounts of $700 and under.  Never had a problem with MG for several years now.

WU must be cracking down because I got my deposits denied twice this week. Both deposits were in the $150 range.

  Corporate Fukks.

Did you get Black listed by Ned Isakauff?

I did by Nee!!

Been banned for 7 years but because I tired to buy steroids from someone in Turkey. Not the smartest move I've ever made.

Been banned for awhile, have to use other methods.

why would you want sterroids??and especially from turkey....u must have a little person your trying to compensate for