Domestic (US) money transfer Other transaction issues
The Western Union Company Money transfers department,
Domestic (US) money transfer Other transaction issues New York
ON -/-/2016 AT AROUND -, I CREATED A TRANSACTION TO SEND MONEY TO SOMEONE USING MY CREDIT/DEBIT CARD. AFTER I CONTACTED WESTERN UNION AROUND - TO FIND OUT THE STATUS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUNDS WAS PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE THERE WAS A PERSON WITH A SIMILIAR NAME THAT WAS ON SOME SORT OF SANCTION LIST. THEREFORE THEY REQUESTED THAT I FORWARD A COPY OF MY PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO WHICH I EMAILED IMMEDIATELY. HOWEVER, MY PHOTO ID E-PIRED AND I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED MY NEW UPDATED ID FROM THE NY DMV. I E-PLAINED THIS TO WESTERN UNION AND AFTER NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES, I JUST ELECTED TO CANCEL THE TRANSACTION IN ITS ENTIRETY. HOWEVER, I AM NOW TOLD THAT I HAVE TO SUBMIT A VALID PHOTO ID TO RECEIVE MY MONEY BACK. HOWEVER, WESTERN UNION WITHDREW MY FUNDS FROM MY ACCOUNT WIHTOUT A VALID PHOTO ID THEREFORE THEY SHOULD RETURN MY FUNDS WITHOUT IT. FURTHERMORE, ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES AND SUPERVISORS THAT I SPOKE TO WERE E-TREMELY RUDE AND COMMUNICATED INFORMATION WITH ME THAT WAS INCORRECT AND MISLEADING. PARTICULARY I SPOKE WITH A SUPERVISOR ( - ) AT ( - ) - ID # - WHO TOLD ME THAT WESTERN UNION DID NOT NEED AN UPDATED PHOTO ID TO REFUND ME MY MONEY AND THAT HE WOULD PUT IN THE REQUEST AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND GET BACK TO ME ( TO WHICH HE HAS NOT ). THEN I CALLED THEIR OFFICE BACK AROUND - TO FIND OUT THE STATUS AND EACH RESPRESENTATIVE AND SUPERVISOR TOLD ME THAT I NEED TO SUBMIT A VALID PHOTO ID.
The Western Union Company customer in New York
Aug 19, 2016
* Source: CFPB Complaint Database
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