Is it possible to return money that was stolen through Western Union?

Do like your daughter says - contact your local police.

I would appreciate it if anyone could have told me that western union is a dangerous method of sending money to a fiend. I had a long relationship with a friend met via facebook and after a few months a need occurred and I was asking for money - everything seem to be safe and o.k. After me sending the money, several signs came up that it was a scam. Is there anything I can be assisted with to track the person and recover the money. I know I made a mistake and take responsibility for that, but I really was not aware of any danger of loosing my money.

What do you suggest

Thank you

Sending money via Western Union is a lot like handing someone cash money right out of your wallet.

If some stranger on the street said, "Hey, I'll sell you a winning lottery ticket for $100"and you hand them a $100 bill, and they walk away, then three days later they still haven't arrived with winning ticket you purchased, what would you do?

You might file a police report, heck, they might even catch the guy, but you'll never see that money again.

For internet crimes, you can file a complaint with www.IC3.gov they're the ones that investigate this kind of thing, but you're not likely to get your money back.

The same thing happend to me today.

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This man take 2500 euro from me. Tomorrow i will go to the western union and the Moers police station. I hope they can do something.
I will never trust in anybody.

Best mot to trust in those who send strange (read that suspicious type) emails! Such as the one you replied to! Sorry to hear you were taken by this scam though.

What it is happens to be what's known as an asvance fee fraud (also the 419 or Nigerian email scam), just one of the variations these criminals use! They will always ask for a specific advance amount for you to wire them using Western Union. That's one big red flag right there! That way you will not get your money back and they end up keeping all of it.

If these criminals continue emailing you delete it! They'll just keep asking for more repeatedly until you have nothing. A little wiser now at least!

I can't understand how can somebody take your money, what's not even his name. And i paid to western union 125 euro for it. What kind of service is this? They didn't have any insurance, for this happenings? I hope tomorrow they can tell me something how could it happend. I will sue them because it's them fouls. How could they still use this system. If somebody see in the post that you have transferd this kind of money, check your name and made a fake id could get your money. And nobody do anything.

Western Union did what you told them to do. Can't hold them accountable. Neither you or Western Union had any idea that the wired money would end up in scamming thieves hands! The fault lies in the thieves mot Western Union.

How it happened was that scammers involved in an advance fee fraud scam spammed everyone here and both in the U.K., Canada, Australia and even New Zealand (and I'm sure to some degree in the EU as well) ... some suspected it as a scam and deleted it, some weren't sure and asked questions and some sadly made the mistake of thinking it was legit. Human error. Many people use Western Union and unfortunately so do these thieves. I'm sure Western Union would at least have sought to do something to stop it if they had known.

All the advance fee fraud scammers use and have always used WU as their preferred means to have people wire them money. The guilty party in all of this is the thieves! But since it has an international 'flavor' to it that makes it difficult to track them down and penalize them justly!

Individually, best to stay slert, stay informed and watch for all the red flags so you (meant in general sense) can avoid falling for this scam (at least in the future).

Hello all!
I have to share my story too, on Dec 3, 2012 my husband sent 2000E via WU on my name to pick it up in London together on 5 of Dec 2012. We wanted to buy a car which was a WV golf in UK and the guy said he lives in Norway and he need guarantee to take plane ticket to UK cos car its there and he is dentist and need to take days off..i was naive and trust him and he also sent me an passport copy for completely trust, the name of the guy it's DARREN NEDLER and i found this guy on Birmingham West Midlands B 31, but the problems its i don't think it's him and only a stole passport or lost one..The idea it's i saw the money were picked up on Dec 4 when i checked status on line and it said MONEY WERE PICKED UP and of course i called customer service and they gave me infos about the transaction and told me money were picked up same day were sent only at 2-3 hrs difference, i filled an fraud letter on WU site and they sent me an answer a few days later telling me the money were paid properly and they even sent me a scan of recipe which had my name on it and all infos, i also went to police here and filled a complain and also to bank my husband sent money and i kept calling Wu since December twice and they told me the case its still under investigation..i had so many proves i was in RO when the money were picked up ,i lost even the plane tickets from Blue Air, i don\t know if money can be paid back from WU Insurance company or so but i really hope criminal will be caught and other ppl won't happen same..so after 4 months of stress and lots of problems i have a new one...someone stole money from my credit card, a PHIL AIRLINES-ECOM PASAY, they took 2294 E which i hope ill get back from my bank,Raiffeisen, so ppl what its best method to keep ur money? I am so disappointed of ppl that commit crimes, id like to use "a Girl with a Dragoon Tattoo technique or Dexter one's"
 I wish u all good luck with solving ur cases

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I was about to be scam too, the guy's name is PAUL TALLER and he ask me to send 4000euro on a friend's name to collect it when i'll go to UK to buy the car. I was about to send it in 2day and read this blog: Thank you so much, very helpful blog.I was planning my trip there too. What a B*******.
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Wow, scamming the scammed.

I think you misspelled Dr Goodluck's name, you need to replace the "l" with an "f".

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Very funny................a scammer from Nigeria gets scammed! Can't stop laughing!

The president of Nigeria is actually named Dr. Goodluck Jonathan...which sounds like a fake name one of those Yahoozees would use.