MoneyGram Money Transfers Complaint

Domestic (US) money transfer Fraud or scam

MoneyGram Money transfers department,

Domestic (US) money transfer Fraud or scam Colorado

Am reporting in hopes of saving someone else more than thinking that I will ever get my money back. Was contacted this morning by a person claiming to be my son-in-law, allegedly in jail after crashing his truck into a utility pole. The voice and inflection of the voice did indeed sound like -. He turned me over then to his alleged lawyer who explained the immediate need for $2000.00 cash to get him released. Sent the money via MoneyGram to a - - in Delaware. Then got another phone call saying there was a new complication that another $1800.00 was needed and realized at that point that I had been taken in. Rushed back to WalMart were I executed the MoneyGram transaction, they immediately check and the money had already been picked up. The MoneyGram reference number in this case is -.

MoneyGram customer in Colorado
Feb 13, 2016

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

MoneyGram response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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