What is the maximum amount of money you can receive through Western Union?

Maximum payout amount: The maximum Western Union transaction amount is $2000 USD. If your payout is more than $2000 USD, it’s divided into several smaller transactions. Western Union can’t process identical sums on the same day, so if you have a payout of $4000 or more, only $2000 can be processed per day.

Can you get banned from Western Union?

However, the right term will not be banned but your transactions may be under compliance until you submit sufficient information that your transaction is not fraud. Western Union is supposed to follow “Know Your Customer” regulations & is controlled by the US Regulator.

Why would Western Union blocked me from receiving money?

Occasionally, money transfers may be declined. This is due to a variety of reasons, such as WU being unable to confirm your identity. If these are not met, your money transfer may be declined. If you were declined trying to send money online, you may be able to send money in person at an Agent location.

Why is my Western Union account blocked?

If your profile is locked due to several incorrect log in attempts or incorrect answers to security questions, please call Customer Care at 1-877-989-3268.

Can you send 5000 through Western Union?

You can send a maximum of $2,500.00 per online money transfer. Agent locations typically have no limit, however, so long as you can provide adequate identification while sending. Nearly all transactions through Western Union will have a transfer fee attached, ranging from $3.50 to $100 or more.

How do I get off a Western Union blacklist?

If your Western Union name is blocked, you must contact the support team to have it unblocked. The support agents will guide you through the process of unblocking your name. Note that your request may not always be successful. You are likely to have your name unblocked if you were sending money and not receiving it.

Is there a time limit on picking up money from Western Union?

Money transfers are available for 90 days. If the receiver is unable to pick up the money transfer and it has been 90 days, contact Customer Care for the money transfer to be renewed and made available for payout.

What does it mean to be flagged by Western Union?

If Western Union “flagged” this transaction, that means the transaction followed a pattern that in their experience is some scam.

How do I get unbanned from Western Union?

Can Western Union be flagged as money laundering?

If you send large amounts of money say over $10,000 or receive small amount on a continual basis, it could be flagged as money laundering as another Quoran indicated. Again, you need to do some research unless someone here has some experience receiving small amounts of cash many times a day by Western Union.

Can I receive money from Western Union as a freelancer?

Although Western Union should have enquired fully as to your business etc, when you opened an account. Certainly. For businesses they have a bill pay service. You cannot receive money as a freelancer using their service meant for individuals.

What is the maximum amount I can send with Western Union?

International transfers can go up to $10,000. Western Union however reserves the right to raise or lower the limit and it also depends on where you send the money too. They take a look at your transaction history with them and if they see that it’s not normal for you to be sending or receiving that sort of cash,…

What happens if you send money to someone else through Western Union?

Agents will call in the suspected person to Western Union and put a block on the transaction and this will kick back the funds to whoever sent the money and they will put both the sender and receiver into the system, so having someone else sending the money won’t work.