Trouble with western union...

I was wanting to purchase bitcoins from LBC, so I went to my go-to-guy, (who's out of the country) and requested $1200 worth of BTC through western union. This is the first time I've transferred over $900, and had previously look up the max transactions available, which, from what I understand is well over $1200. The girl at the desk told me that I can't send over $1000 overseas, so I asked if I could send 2 separate orders. She said "You could send one today, and one tomorrowm but let me check" and called her auditor to find out. She then said that she can't send the order now, period, because her auditor told her that I exibit suspicious behavior for requesting 2 different orders. Is it likely that the auditor reported a suspicious inquiry or something? Should I be worried about that, or am I being overly paranoid?


Comments


[5 Points] iforgotmyotherlogin3:

nah they are jsut being dicks to people that buy btc with western union...they did the same thing to me when i was trading with my go-to guy also


[3 Points] None:

I do lots of western unions every week (as an operator). Lots of people send $1000+ overseas all the time. So what that cashier told you is bullshit. It's not like we have to fill out extra paperwork or anything (with western union once it's over 10k then we do).

The only thing they could do if they REALLY felt was suspicious is fill out a suspicious activity form (a form we're supposed to fill out if it's $2000+ and we feel is suspicious). After that form is filled out we fax it somewhere after that I'm not sure what's done with it. I'm sure it's different for every company.

But in my opinion it just sounded like your cashier was lazy. Western union has tons of locations; just Google where the nearest one is and try there. Lots of grocery stores have them.


[2 Points] Theeconomist1:

Did you tell the girl your name beforehand? Even if so, I seriously doubt you are on any list. I bet the "suspicious behavior" happens all the time. HOnestly if they were going to flag you suspicious, its better they didn't even process teh transaction. I'm not terribly familiar with WU but it could mainly be WU covering their own ass - ie, compliance. Prob not interested in reporting you, they just want to cover their own ass.

Fuck western union anyway.


[1 Points] idkwtfnotme:

western union is useless. Tried to send like 50 bucks to my son an hour away and they wouldn’t...no actual reason for them to kick my order out like they did..but they did. Cashier said it happens all the time.

Meanwhile I saw an elderly lady send over $5000 in a bunch of transactions..so there is no rhyme or reason to why they deny orders.


[1 Points] knewmunn:

That's ridiculous.. I'm just hoping my name isn't on a government list somewhere.


[1 Points] HereWeeGo:

Remember Western Union and MoneyGram are used to send to buy all kinds of things like drugs too :) Also scams. Certain areas especially are flagged as high risk. Quite a few people have had their $ confiscated from WU - sent to the Feds from what I can tell and it's never been returned. MoneyGram seems more 'lenient' and will just stop the transfer and give you your $ back. Though if you don't have id for the name used or used a # you can be reached at it would be hard to get the money back. Both MG & WU the past few years have been pressured big time by the Feds. Yes there is a government list - no FUD at all. Each gets daily and uploads into their database. If a transfer is made to someone on this list or received from someone on this list it's flagged at a minimum. What happens from there I guess depends on why they're on the list. Think about even 5 years ago it was much easy to send $ with no ?'s asked - terrorists could easily send $ this way. WU/MG aren't LE and just follow their business procedures. Feds are investigating someone and bingo there's WU/MG - we can guess what's next - for one pressure MG & WU. Check out some arrest records - it's not a good thing at all to have MG/WU tied to you either receiving or sending. Google blocked transfer for either MG or WU and you'll find threads on forums with a lot of info. Always be careful using a money transfer service. Take this post for what it's worth :)