Western union Complaint - Will I now have my identity stolen?

Posted by memoryx57 on 2010-06-23:

yikes, you gave them your SS number? Not Good !! Giving Western Union your social may be standard practice but I wouldn't do it. Doesn't sound kosher to me but I could be wrong.

Posted by Starlord on 2010-06-23:

I am getting fed up with this. I had the entire box filled with my thoughts and they just suddenly disappeared. This is happening entirely way too often.

Posted by ript on 2010-06-23:

Alzheimer's?

Posted by lakisha j on 2010-06-23:

The OP should have done it in person anyway and there is no need to label people by their spoken language or use a state law as an excuse..

Posted by Nohandle on 2010-06-23:

Starlord, I've had the same thing happen on more than one occasion. I never could figure out what I was doing wrong. I try now to type a response on my email account and when received copy and paste from there. Then I post it on M3C. It's something I'm doing wrong but don't have time to find the problem.

Posted by Backlash2 on 2010-06-23:

I would call social security right away and ask them what to do. You need some help quick!

Posted by saj80 on 2010-06-23:

Backlash, what would calling social security do? They don't have any enforcement authority for fraud. This does sound very suspicious, and the OP needs to monitor their accounts, bank and credit, as well as their credit report information to ensure nothing has been compromised.

Posted by lakisha j on 2010-06-23:

They probably meant Homeland Security for what it is worth.
Western Union has always been square with me. The OP was just being careless and is now remorsing about it.

Posted by old fart on 2010-06-23:

When you start getting bills for someone by the name of Arturo or Jose you'll soon enough know if you've got a problem!

Posted by azspots on 2010-06-23:

The Arizona Immigration law (SB1070) does not even take effect until July 29, 2010. I would see if posting a fraud alert to SS and the credit bureaus (if applicable) could be done. NO WAY would I give ANYONE like Western Union my SSN. Next time, bank wire transfer could be an option.

Posted by spiderman2 on 2010-06-23:

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Arizona-to-receive-funds-for-border-security--96986099.html This may have something to do with your issue.

Posted by oldisgood on 2010-06-24:

It sounds to me as if you did NOT reach Western Union but a crew stealing ID's somehow. Especially since they did not send any money to your sister. I sure would put an alert on my credit accounts and find out how to notify SS. NEver, Never give your SS# to people who do not need it. Also, AZ's new law would never be that strict. Also, as someone said, it hasn't even taken affect yet. Yep, you were scammed.