Western Union Money Transfers Complaint

Western Union Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Fraud or scam Fraud or scam District of Columbia

I am writing because Western Union is not taking sufficient steps to prevent fraud or identity theft against consumers. I received a letter in the mail stating that I had transferred funds on a specific date and that these funds had not yet been retrieved. As I had never transferred funds through Western Union, I contacted their Consumer Fraud Hotline. After explaining the situation and citing the specific letter I had received, the representative was able to tell me the location of the transaction and that cash had been sent using my name, address, and date of birth. I explained that I had not made that transaction and that I did not know the person to whom the funds had been transferred. Even after explaining this, the representative failed to even apprehend that I was trying to report a fraud. He simply offered to refund me money. I explained that I had not actually lost any money, as someone else had sent their own cash using my name, and that I simply wanted to report fraudulent activity. He stated that all Western Union could do was to block any use of Western Union under my name ( such that, even


me some confirmation that any use of my name would be blocked in the future. He stated that they did not have the capacity to do so. I asked to speak to a supervisor and he also refused to either send me written confirmation that use of my name to transfer funds would be blocked in the future and also stated that they could not notify me in the future if someone attempted to use my information to transfer money. I expressed concern that this was inadequately protective of consumers and the supervisor still stated that there was nothing more that he could do. He did not offer to open an investigation into the individual who had made the transaction ( even though the name of the recipient of the fund was listed on the letter I received and provided to Western Union by me ). This supervisor 's name was - and his identification number was -, a supervisor in the Consumer Protection Unit. The conversation took place on -/-/15 at about - -.