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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by TorKlingberg on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:20PM (#13465588)
Some people have family in Nigeria or Ghana, and everyone is a first time use once. The whole point of Western Union is sending money to places that don't have a solid banking system.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by kbenson on Monday January 23, 2017 @03:27PM (#13465675)
Asking if they are sure it's not fraud is not necessarily preventing them from using the service. People with family in those areas will presumably know based on the wording that it doesn't apply to them. A notice that the person has to acknowledge seems a fairly innocuous defense mechanism.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by jandrese on Monday January 23, 2017 @04:49PM (#13466397)
Even something as simple as:

Have you physically met and personally know the person you are sending money to? Are they a family member?

If you answered no to both of these questions STOP NOW IT IS PROBABLY A SCAM. If you wish to continue please consult with the teller.

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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by partycoder on Monday January 23, 2017 @05:19PM (#13466653)
Under that criteria, 100% of eBay transactions would be scams.
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Re:Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586M by jandrese on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:42AM (#13472905)
If you are buying a laptop off of eBay from Nigeria and they demand that you use Western Union to pay for it there is very close to a 100% chance that you are being scammed.
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