Scammed from thief in Nigeria through western union. Can I get my money back?

I sent a chunk of money to someone, stupid mistake through western union. Can I get my money back?

Please don't tell me the thief in Nigeria pretended to be a beautiful woman and scammed you.

This reminds me of the old story about what happens when money meets experience...the fella with the experience gets the money, and the fella with the money gets the experience. Consider it a relatively inexpensive (I hope) learning experience. I think it's called sadder but wiser.

No, you will never get your money back if you sent it to Nigeria. For the future, do NOT send money to anonymous and total strangers on the internet, no matter what promises they make to you. NO legitimate company, bank or lawyer would ever ask for payment by Western Union and there is no way to trace where the money went. If this was someone who claims to be in love with you, trust me, it's not true. Most likely the person is a male scammer, sitting in an internet cafe in Lagos.

You'll just have to eat the loss, and you've learned a good lesson - I hope. These scammers wouldn't be so successful if there weren't an endless supply of people willing to send them money.

I've send money to Nigeria thru western union but it was this person from fbook ..rafeal Rooney say that I win lottery n for me to arnd money to receive money ..I am waiting in the money to be send to me..its been two yrs since I'm waiting foe it ..now I'm not sending anything ..now I got lawyers from other country n the western union new manager send me emails to help me..but I'm not doin anything ...

kiss your money goodbye. its impossible to get a refund from these frauds

I have been a scam victim too, i send money through Western union to a company which "gives loan" in Malaysia .They asked me to do a payment so i can get the money , which supposed to be involed in the bank.  I dont where i can go or ask to help me.Jf anyone has the same problem or know how to solv it please tell me, its very important...

People people people please. NIGERIA is the #1 scam in the world. The tippity top. Its too much for to type here and I am very emotional and attached with this issue so i can talk for days. If you want to know how serious or important this matter please, all you have to do is Google what 419 scam is. Just type in "419 scam or Nigerian scam" you will see everything you need to know about scams. Please dont be dumb. never send money to Africa...EVER!!!

Your money is gone.  You will never get it back.  Malaysia is one of the countries that doesn't always cooperate with US law enforcement.

I done same thing sent money western union. Saying we need 10% send it wait for wire transfer. Then all the sudden they need you to repeat the process over because it only gave 99% of money to be put into UR account. Now UR out double BUT THEY SAY TRUST ME. I WON'T STEAL OR LIE TO YOU. [***]. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY MONEY BACK . THEY JUST KEEPING MAKING EXCUSES. THREATEN TO CALL THE LAW DON'T PHASE THEM ONE BIT!!!!!!  I'M SO STUPID.

Yes, that's exactly how these scum in Nigeria operate!

It's referred to as the 419 scam! Or in other words ... advance fee fraud!!! They claim that if you just send a certtain amount than they can release the so called promised amount to you ... but in reality you will NEVER get a penny from them! They will keep badgering you until you send more and more and more until your account is bled dry and you're flat broke!!! There's variations of these same scam from lowlife criminals that all originate out of Nigeria, the scam capital of the world!!! And they ALWAYS request western union as the means of money transfer!!!

That's why the scammers LOVE Western Union... because you can't get a refund or do a chargeback ... once they get your money, they keep it!

I am being scammed or He is trying to SCAM  me this Mr.Rafeal Rooney...Under the Pretenses of Deaf Nation on Facebook....I am GONNA BURN this GUY GOOD !

Facts and truth always trump lies and bs scams ...

http://www.419scam.org/

"The so-called "419" scam (aka "Nigeria scam" or "West African" scam) is a type of fraud named after an article of the Nigerian penal code under which it is prosecuted. It is also known as "Advance Fee Fraud" because the common principle of all the scam format is to get the victim to send cash (or other items of value) upfront by promising them a large amount of money that they would receive later if they cooperate. In almost all cases, the criminals receive money usingWestern Union and MoneyGram, instant wire transfer services with which the recipient can't be traced once the money has been picked up. These services should never be used with people you only know by email or telephone!
Typically, victims of the scam are promised a lottery win (example) or a large sum of money sitting in a bank account or in a deposit box at a security company. Often the storyline involves a family member of a former member of government of an African country, a ministerial official, an orphan or widow of a rich businessman, etc. Here is anexample. Variants of the plot involving the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Mauritius, etc. are also known. Some emails include pictures of boxes stuffed with dollar bills, scans of fake passports, bank or government documents and pictures of supposedly the sender.

Though most of these scams use emails sent in English, we also come across emails translated into French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish,Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish and Czech, Indonesian, as well as English and French letters by postal mail, usually mailed from Spain.

Back in the 1980s and 1990s (for this is nothing new!) the main vehicle for this scam were fax machines.

The victims are promised a fortune for providing a bank account to transfer the money to. Then - if they fall for the scam - they are made to part with thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in "bribes" for local officials or other "fees" (taxes, insurance, legal fees, etc) before the "partners" finally disappear without trace. Here are sometypical examples of advance fee demands.

Sometimes fraudulent cashier's checks are issued to the victims, who are asked to wire funds for various charges after the bank says funds are "available" from the check, but before the check has actually cleared. Any transaction that involves cashing a check for a third party and then forwarding funds from it to another person you don't know is almost guaranteed to be a scam."

The above is what these idiotic scammers are attempting ... to scam you by way of advance fee fraud!!! Don't fall for it!!!

Spain is one of the ports of entry for illegal migrants from Africa.