MoneyGram/Western Union and tor

[Linville]

As I said, I use WU online and have never had a problem. I've sent money to the Middle East, and Thailand to name a few. There are no questions asked They have accepted every transaction and never ask any questions. It's the most convenient and most easy way I've found to send money.

You have to set up an online account, which only takes a few minutes and after that it's a breeze. One cool thing is you can pay WU online with a CC or let them do a direct bank withdraw. Also the fee is always $10.00, it doesn't matter if you send $100 or $500.

It works for me and I would use any other method except with vendors who accept CCs. Please, none of the "leaving trails" lectures. You leave a so called trail no matter how you send money. The fact is who cares? Who are you trying to hide from? LE doesn't care about your small personal orders.

I totally agree with Zander's post here and until yesterday I'd never had a problem using WU online. Yesterday I went to make a transfer to a middle eastern country and at the final stage of the process it said that my transaction was on hold and that I'll soon receive an email. About 5 minutes later I got an email from WU saying that my transfer had been declined with the only reason given was that it was a "WU business decision". So I called up and spoke to a WU representative and asked for more detail and I was fed the same line that it was a WU business decision. I asked the WU representative if I can try again and she said yes, so I tried twice more then and then once today and was declined every time.

Has anyone else had a problem like this? I'm wondering if WU is blocking transfers to certain countries and whether it has anything to do with what happened in Belgium a few days ago.

Cheers,

Hi Breacher, 
on your subject I did see on a news deed the last few days that the border states of USA have noticed a large increase of money being sent to middle east countries and after the recent events in Europe I am guessing they have clamped down on transfers to those countries.

So this is a very in the last week thing.

I might post a snippet of one article I found talking about this but not the original one, couldn't find it....for you.

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article below..........

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ISIS Crossing Southern Border From Mexico and Money?
ISIS Crossing Southern Border From Mexico? More Smugglers Sending Money Transfers To Middle East, Arizona Official Claims

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098)]IBT: Arizona’s attorney general is raising the alarm about a potential connection between illegal immigration and Middle East terrorism. Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Arizona residents are worried about border security.
“We’ve seen a huge spike in money transfers coming from places like Nogales on the border, to Middle Eastern countries,” [/color]

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In part from Pew Research, illustrating the World Bank is watching the money and transactions closely.