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 Mexico

-/-/16 I received a western union transfer from - - NV and tried to transfer the cash to the - prepaid card I had for this type of transaction. I received a notification that the money had been credited to the card but - seconds later western union voided it off the card. I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to get someone from either company to help me. Both companies blame the other. - says they received the money but western union voided it and western union says they sent the money to the card. But I have still no access to it. I have all copies of transaction and even the Representatives from each company claim they can see the issue on the computer system but have to escalate the issue to a higher department each time promising me a call back with in 24-48 hours and I call back 3 days later only to have to start all over and nothing has been escalated at all. I have spent hours calling each corporation and being transferred and told at the end they ca n't help me until it is sent to a mysterious department that I


I tried to transfer the money to my wunetspend card it was credited and than voided within - seconds by western union. And since it sells itself as one company it is really 2 companies with different systems and service reps and instead of getting to the bottom of the problem I have been told ot was the other companies fault not theres and I need to contact the other company. But when I do get someone to conference call the other company I am told that they can see i have not received the funds because of some glitch in the system but still can not resolve the issue without contacting another department that I can not talk to nor when I call back that it has been sent to it.

The Western Union Company customer in New Mexico
Aug 23, 2016

* Source: CFPB Complaint Database

The Western Union Company response to complaint:
Closed with monetary relief

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