Hey guys, just wanted to give you a heads up if you use Moneygram for transfers to fund your accounts.
I have been using Western Union and Moneygram very extensively for the past 3 years or so and never had any issues, even though my receiver list on the Moneygram screen is a mile long. FYI: If you login to your WU account online, you can erase that long list of people, WU only though.
Anyways, last Friday I made my usual deposit and got a call from MG asking what it was for. I said "for a friend" and she said okay and told me to hold on.
After getting off hold I have to speak with their Compliance Department. He explains to me that I have sent too much money to too many different people in different countries. I pretty much have no believeable explanation for like 30-40 different people in NIC, PHI, and CR, so I just hung up.
For those of you wondering, I was able to get my money back. I went back to the store, and they couldn't find my transaction, so they called it in. The lady was instructed to just give me back the cash, because the transaction had been canceled and removed from the system altogether.
I do a quick google search, and on that very day, MG announced the hiring of a new compliance officier.
I wasn't taking any chances trying to do another MG, but I was short on time, and got a buddy of mine to do it under his name. He transfers money from time to time, but def not like I do.
So he went in and apparently the system wouldn't even let him send it. They said he would have to call in, so of course he says to F it.
So to make a long story short, if you use MG frequently, be prepared to speak to someone about it next time you send money.
As for me, I've gone back to using western union. It's a couple of bucks ($2) more expensive, but if you deposit enough they will cover the fee. MG is in a lot of financial difficulty, and this will not help them. WU will probably be smart and try to sweep this under the rug, cuz they'd probably lose a lot of business cuz of this.
Last note: If I ever get blacklisted from WU, what methods have some of you guys used to fund into 5 dimes? I realize that sportsbook.com and it's affiliates accept basically any credit card, but I refuse to deal with any other book, sportsbook.com especially.
5 dimes doesn't allow my account to fund using credit card anymore. I'd probably just have to call it quits at that point I guess.