Dave
New Westminster,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, November 28, 2006
There's very little that can be done to trace a Western Union transfer. Unless the recipient is willing to incriminate themself by way of a confession, that money is gone. Anyone anywhere could have claimed that money by knowing the MTCN and having "appropriate" ID. The use of Western Union should be a tip-off to the scam. If they can deposit money directly into your account, why can't they accept money directly into theirs? The answer is, they can't. They don't have an account. They aren't going to send any money. They are going to pick up untraceable CASH at Western Union. And laugh. And if possible, try to get even more money out of victims. What you can do at this point is to file all the reports that are available to you. The FTC web-site is a good place to start. You can file a report there, as well as get links to other places. It's not likely that anything can be done, but if enough complaints are filed against a particular type of crime, action will happen. The FBI office in LA recently requested the extradiction of a Canadian to face charges.