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Western Union and MoneyGram were designed to send money to friends and family, not to send money to strangers.
NEVER WIRE MONEY TO A STRANGER. YOU CANNOT GET IT BACK ONCE IT'S PICKED UP.
See: How money wires work
This section also applies to Romance Scam victims
SCAM VICTIM SOLUTION CENTER
You received suspicious packages, checks or money orders, credit cards, money wired into your account, instructions from a foreign boss.
EMPLOYMENT & ROMANCE: you've been asked to process payments, engage in collections, receive 3rd party donations or investments, forward checks and money orders, forward packages, forward money received by Western Union, write and sign checks on someone else's account, be a Secret or Mystery shopper, forward cash received in packages and envelopes, make purchases or get money advances on a credit card.
You owe money to a bank, credit union, or store.
You feel you are at risk of arrest.
You have been arrested.
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