Sign up with Neteller, that will end all the hassles. I will say though I have sent a lot of WU's and never been hassled. What happens is every now and then one of the individuals name (they have several) a book uses for the players to send their money to will get flagged. Instead of sending it to a particular book they will have you send it to Alberto Rodriguez or something. Then when he/she gets flagged by WU anyone sending money to that person will get the warning you got. No big deal, the book crosses that name off the list once they realize it and uses another name. You could probably use WU another 100 times and it never happen again.
Still recommend Neteller though.
Still recommend Neteller though.
actually, i send $10,000 to pinnacle each month via Western Union because i get 1% cash-back on all my transactions and my credit card issuer doesn't consider WU a "cash advance", they consider it a "purchase"...
i do this every month, it gets me a free $1,200 each year, just for a few minutes of work (making the call to WU takes about 10-15min.)
then after i cycle my money through pinnacle a bit, i use my free neteller withdrawal, withdraw my funds, send it back to my checking account via an EFT with neteller and then pay off my credit card bill before it's even due...
a lot of people have had problems with WU, but i never have...and i've sent a LOT of money thru them....
they do report every transaction over $3,000 to the IRS along with your SSN, but so far that's never affected me in any way...
the WU reps only ever ask me if i know the person i'm sending the money to. i always say "yes, he/she is a business associate of mine in the philipines." they never ask anything else.
i do this every month, it gets me a free $1,200 each year, just for a few minutes of work (making the call to WU takes about 10-15min.)
then after i cycle my money through pinnacle a bit, i use my free neteller withdrawal, withdraw my funds, send it back to my checking account via an EFT with neteller and then pay off my credit card bill before it's even due...
a lot of people have had problems with WU, but i never have...and i've sent a LOT of money thru them....
they do report every transaction over $3,000 to the IRS along with your SSN, but so far that's never affected me in any way...
the WU reps only ever ask me if i know the person i'm sending the money to. i always say "yes, he/she is a business associate of mine in the philipines." they never ask anything else.
