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

Is it possible to get money back that was basically stolen from you through Western Union. Or am I SOL because I thought I was speaking to someone whom I could trust? The company and number is New Jersey. He had me wire money to The Dominican Republic. I am beyond stupid. I just had never had any problems before.

No.  

Western Union did exactly what you told them to do.  They did not steal from you.  They are under no obligation to give the money back to you.

To get your money back you have to find the thief who has it now and get him arrested, then sue him.  He told you he is in New Jersey but had you send the money to  the Dominican Republic, but he and the money could be anywhere.

Donielle,

I have never heard of a successful recovery of funds sent overseas through Western Union, Money Gram, or any other similar service. How much have you sent? And what did they promise to deliver?

Donielle,

You aren't stupid, but you did make a mistake.  It takes courage to admit that mistake, which you have done.  But you are not alone.  If there weren't a good many people falling for these come-ons, the scammers would go out of business.

There is something you can do to help even the score.  Tell your story.  Explain what happened, and how others can avoid your experience.  The more people hear about these scams, and the more details they know about the process, the more likely they are to think twice about sending the money.

Bottom line with respect to Western Union, unless you are sending the money to a first degree relative who is in a jam, don't do it.  Even then, assume that any money you send by Western Union is money you will NEVER see again.

Hello i was a victim of a Scam!

i received a link on my Email witch is the same like the one on western union. i entered the details to check my status and the scammers received my information about the transfer and the next day they collected my money . I don't know how they managed to collect without my ID or me in present.
Im from Macedonia and i send money to Germany to buy a car on my name as a prove that i have the money send there they requested from me to send them a print screen from the info saying that the money is ready to pick up . i assumed without my presence nobody can pick the money there but somehow they did.
I need some help please find these people and protect other innocent people. This is the link from the website
http://westernunion.org.uk/asp/transferstatus ... nsferStatus.htm
The guys Email address is :monicawalik32@yahoo.it
His phone number is  00393804306941 and its from Italy.
the money was sent to germany so he probably went and picked up from there.
I would like to know at what location was the money collected and how without me there is there a video camera in the place?! i never left my country and was never in Germany.

My name is Emil Vuchkovski  the money was sent to me
the money wasn sent on 09/03/2012 and collected the next day form unknown.

Please help me.

Best regards.

Sorry.

You can pick up Western Union money from any Western Union office anywhere in the world.  It makes no difference where you ~think~ you sent it.

NEVER send money to ANYONE you don't personally know via Western Union, Green Dot or any other money transfer service.  Most times when you are asked to send money this way it is a scam.

Why would ANYONE send money to someone that they have NO verified information on?  

THINK people!

Note that the domain is registered in Romania!

By the way, I re-read your post - the owner of the domain: www.westernunion.org.uk is:


Domain Whois - WESTERNUNION.ORG.UK - Summary
Domain Name: WESTERNUNION.ORG.UK
Registration Status:  Registered
Name Servers: NS11.GLOBEHOSTING.NET
NS12.GLOBEHOSTING.NET
Domain Status: Registered until renewal date.
Sponsor: PublicDomainRegistry.Com [Tag = PDR-IN]
Updated Date: 24-Oct-2010
Creation Date: 22-Oct-2010
Expiration Date: 22-Oct-2012
Registrar
Registrar: Nominet UK
Whois Server: uk.whois-servers.net
Referral URL: http://www.monimet.uk 
Server Information
IP: 92.114.86.21
Country:  Romania
City: Baia Mare
Visit Website: http://www.westernunion.org.uk 
Registrant Information
Organization: None
Address: Tudor Vladimirescu 30
COM MOTCA
IASI
705302
Romania
Domain Whois Details (Full)

Domain name:
westernunion.org.uk

Registrant:
None

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
Tudor Vladimirescu 30
COM MOTCA
IASI
705302
Romania

Registrar:
PublicDomainRegistry.Com [Tag = PDR-IN]
URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 22-Oct-2010
Renewal date: 22-Oct-2012
Last updated: 24-Oct-2010

Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.

Name servers:
ns11.globehosting.net
ns12.globehosting.net

WHOIS lookup made at 22:32:33 27-Mar-2012

The website you listed in your post is NOT a real Western Union website.   It's a fake.

If you put your info in there, you got robbed.

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/vw.passa ... gVersion=bottom

Just to let you know the guy has also posted this on the net.

Be careful from this con artists.

He wrote to me saying that the car is in Germany but he is living in Italy. Never I repeat never pay for something that you or a family member can not check.

At Emil,

If you sent the money to yourself in Germany and somehow they got that money from the Western Union office without you actually being there, then you can sue the Western Union office, or just go and put some pressure on the manager at the local office.

They need an ID at the Western Union office in order to give you that money not just the transaction ID.

Best of luck to you.

Do not give Sara your e-mail address.  She plans to sell it to spammers.  If she sends you a code it will be malware.

salut
azi am fost si eu pus intro situatie asemanatoare cu o parte din cei prezenti pe acest site, numai ca spre norocul meu tranzactia a fost blocata  nu stiu de cine(as vrea sa multumesc pe aceasta cale acelei doamne) spunandu-mi ca este o trufa(teapa) ca nu exista nici o masina etc...adresa de email cu care am fost contactat este -Monica Piotr Walik" <monicawalik32@yahoo.it>, spunand ca se afla in Anglia dar au masina de vanzare in Italia, au lasat si un nr. de telefon-0044 7425927555 si de fax 0044 2030041390 si la fel mi-au cerut sa trimit 1000 de euro prin western union intro localitate de langa Milano pe numele meu trimitind-ule ricevuta de transferiment prin email sau la nr. de fax sub pretextul ca ar fi un fel de garantie la vedere.
Pe scurt asta este ceia ce mi sa intamplat mie azi,am vrut sa-mi expun povestea pentru a atrage un semnal de alarma impotriva escrocilor (antitrufa)as vrea sa mai mentionez ca el sa dat de nationalitate poloneza si este casatorit cu o romanca.
Nu stiu cat este de adevarat dar in spatele acestei afaceri este cu siguranta si un roman (sau mai multi)caci mia raspuns la email in limba romana.


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HEllo!
Thank you mr.Emil Vuchkovski  
I got on the same prolavtsa car from Italy. We called up and he told me that the car is in Gemanii. I really wanted to buy it. I told the seller that my brother lives in Germany and can come see the car, but the seller refused to meet him. This surprised me, but I became more in touch with him. He asked me to transfer him to the floor amount through Western Union. Explained that this would ensure that I do come. But most interesting is that he wants you to send money to your name. That you are at it, and catches. In general, this crook and his data here

The guys Email address is: monicawalik32@yahoo.it
His phone number is 00393804306941 and its from Italy.

Hi,
so I saw a bmw 530d on www.mobile.de and wrote the owner. so got the reply from the same email adress: monicawalik32@yahoo.it
The context of the email was that:
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''Hello,
How are you? Thank you for your interest .
The car is in perfect conditions, never been damage. I have the service book, and i have made all the service in time.
My car is in Germany, Munich,in my garage and i am right now in Italy with my work.
For more info and more photos of the car, please contact me back.
Thank you very much.

Mariusz Filip Walik''
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Straight away I realized that something is wrong. First impression was that the car is too cheap, and everything is to good (no accidents, services in time). So there was that. The next thing was the usual scam story: the thing you wanna buy (in this case a car) is in one place and the guy is in the other place and I think he would ask to send some money for him to keep the car for me. I don't know should I even reply this guy, because I dont know is there a way to bust him. And I do believe that the guy can use google just like me, because at first what i did was tried to find the guy on Facebook (that is the best way of confirming its not a scam), didnt find anything, then I just tried to google the email adress and I was led here.

So just remember the rule ''If it is too good it is not true'' :) . And use your head all the time!  and facebook :D
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