Western Union

[Johnny 55]

I know you can be banned from Moneygram but can you banned from Western Union. Do they even care or do they just want the money in this bad economy.

[michael777]

you can get banned,many have

[Johnny 55]

What would you have to do to get banned, send excessive transactions, wouldnt they welcome that because that is how they make money, by sending money and charging a fee

[TeamPlayer]

There is a thing called the "Law." By law, Western Union is supposed to report any "suspicious activity" to the Federal Government. Yes, a lot of transactions, qualifies as being "suspicious activity."

It's "suspicious" to the government because you could be using W.U. to send cash away for purpose of hiding it from the IRS/"money laundering" or to buy drugs or sending it to terrorists or many other illegal things. Oh by the way, the government doesn't like you using W.U. for gambling puposes either.

If W.U. doesn't make any effort to obey the law (such as they don't report your suspicious activity) then they can be put out of business by the Government. So making a few extra bucks isn't worth the risk of losing their entire business.