Western Union Online Bank to Bank money transfer..is it safe?

hazelc56

Anyone ever used Western Union online to send money from own bank account to another persons bank account. Is it safe and reliable please?
Thank you for any replies.

saverbuyer

Do you know the person you're sending the money to?

Its very expensive and used by a lot of scammers.

hazelc56

saverbuyer wrote: »

Do you know the person you're sending the money to?

Its very expensive and used by a lot of scammers.

Thanks so much for your reply,
I was going to send it to my daughter. I have read a few negative things about it re.scammers etc that's why I am a bit dubious about sending it...don't know much about it really.

hazelc56

hazelc56 wrote: »

Thanks so much for your reply,
I was going to send it to my daughter. I have read a few negative things about it re.scammers etc that's why I am a bit dubious about sending it...don't know much about it really.

PS shes is in Liverpool and I am in n.ireland..its UK to UK

tommie

Why use Western Union anyway?

Bank Account, Yours to hers - Sort Code/Account No, it`s all you need.

Online is how i do it, instant transfer

warmhands.coldheart

^^ dito ^^

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

tommie wrote: »

Why use Western Union anyway?

Bank Account, Yours to hers - Sort Code/Account No, it`s all you need.

Online is how i do it, instant transfer

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

^^ dito ^^

Another ditto from me.
Faster Payments. Less than two hours. Normally less than two seconds, in my experience.

hazelc56

Tommie it was my daughter who mentioned WU I had never heard of them until last night.You are right about skipping WU and going from my bank to hers.Problem is I need to use it via my credit card and not my debit card,so it means that I have to actually transfer from CC to my current account.
The amount I want to send is £100 which the WU calculated at £4.90 plus i'd have to pay £12 on top of that for cash withdrawal fees on the CC to put it into my current account.
Was thinking also of perhaps sending it via Postal Order.But I am just sort of exploring all avenues to find the cheapest method....which undoubtedly is sending none at all lol I know that Postal Orders are quite expensive. WU seemed to be the most straight forward and possibly the cheapest way of doing it but I am not sure if its a safe way.
If I was convinced it was safe id have no problem sending it this way.

D.A.

Why not just send her £100 out of your current account?

Bigcammy

What about Paypal?

tommie

What about two £50`s in a registered envelope? !!