Western Union Money Transfers Complaint

International money transfer Money was not available when promised money was not available when promised

Western Union Money transfers department,

International money transfer Money was not available when promised Money was not available when promised Nevada

Hello, I used Western Union ( WU PAY ) service to send money to - for emergency on -/-/-. I call WU on -/-/- to see if they got money from my bank yet and they said due to technical issue so they have not received the money yet. I called my bank company to check if my money has been sent to WU and I was told that money has sent to WU. I called WU pay back and explained to them and was told to call back in 24 to 48 hours to check the status of the money. I called them back daily after the - and until the - I got an email like this : " Your payment was received on -. We sought the assistance of our escalations team to allocate your payment to the order. We had a technical issue that was identified and in the process of fixing it. We will notify you once response is receive. We do apologize for the inconvenience. " I called them right after the email on the - and was told my transaction has been cancelled and I will receive the refund within 3-5 busniness days. I questioned them why did not they notify me about the cancellation and the answer was : " you did not receive an email from us yet? I am so sorry if you did not " Today is -/-/- and after spent 5 hours of talking, waiting from dept to dept I still have not received my refund yet.

Western Union customer in Nevada
Dec 03, 2015

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

Western Union response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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