The Western Union Company Money Transfers Complaint

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

The Western Union Company response to complaint:
Closed with explanation

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