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Exchange4free.com-is it Safe to use

Hi all,

I need to transfer money from the UK to South Africa to book my accomodation with a travel agent and have been given the above option to transfer the money from my bank account.

Does anyone have any experience of using it, and if so security wise is it reliable and safe?

Would appreciate feedback as facebook has some mixed feedback.
Thanks.

Comments

  • Kernow666
    Kernow666 Posts: 3,480 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    personally have never heard of them i work in FX and money transfers

    a quick look on google doesnt bring any bad feedback though which is good
    website looks good and plenty of contact numbers which is also good
    "If I know I'm going crazy, I must not be insane"
  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    Never heard of them & thats got to be a bad thing.
    Why not use somebody like this??
    https://transferwise.com/
  • Thanks Kernow666 for your encouragement :) and reply.

    firefox1956 -I would try them if the agent gave me this option!

    Going to go-ahead with exchange4free and keep a close check on security as always.
    Will post here how it goes!
  • savvy09 how did you go transferring the money with exchange4free? I'm looking at transferring money AUS to Zimbabwe & considering using them can you let me know if it all worked out ok & was safe with no hassles please? Thanks
  • fundutzi
    fundutzi Posts: 1 Newbie
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    edited 30 November 2015 at 12:48PM
    I have used them at times since 2010. GBP to ZAR.
    All transactions large but less than 10k GBP.

    No issues.

    I found this post as I was doing a few searches to see if they are still good to use.

    Suppose they are. Making another payment now.
    Seems they sill are listed on fca.
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