MoneyGram
By means of MoneyGram you can transfer or receive money at any place in the world within few minutes. This service has no equals as to its speed and simplicity.
- MoneyGram is available in 160 countries at more than 60 000 locations all over the world.
- Your money is transferred via MoneyGram immediately and reaches the recipient within maximum of 10 minutes.
- You can send a free of charge notice of up to 10 words together with the money to the recipient.
To transfer money:
Having ensured that you carry an identification document (passport or ID card), fill in the form. Pay the amount to be transferred and pay for MoneyGram services. You will receive a secret MoneyGram reference number. Inform the recipient on this number.
To receive money:
Make sure that the payer has provided you with the secret reference number. Go to MoneyGram representative (the payer may suggest the closest MoneyGram branch), taking an identification document (passport or ID card) with you. Present the secret reference number and fill out a short form. You will receive the money immediately, as a rule, in the local currency.
Do you know the receiver of the money you are sending?
If NO read on.
Are you wiring money for a purchase via the Internet?
If YES read on.
Please be prudent. We have come across a number of FRAUD cases.
Fraud is often effected as follows:
- Goods are purchased over the Internet either through online bids or directly from the supplier. The Buyer is requested to transfer money via a fast money transfer service such as MoneyGram to the fictitious Seller, who picks it up but fails to ever send the goods.
There are numerous variations for cheating you out of your money:
- The Buyer may, for example, be asked to send cash to a person he/she knows as proof for holding the necessary funds. The fictitious Seller claims to be able to check with MoneyGram, whether the money has been wired, without being able to pick it up.
- However, as soon as the Buyer discloses the details of the transaction (such as the reference number, the name of the receiver, etc) for the purpose of checking that the money has indeed been sent, the supposed Seller produces a forged passport in the name of the receiver and picks up the cash.
Please be AWARE that:
- A refund is not possible as soon as the named beneficiary has picked up the money.
So, PROTECT YOURSELF:
- Do not send money to strangers!
- Do not disclose any information about the beneficiary and the transaction to third parties!
