Its western union. I sent someone in el salvador money via western union 2 days ago. They were calling me to make sure it wasnt someone using my credit card fraudulently.
There are both compliance and government stuff “quasi investigation” sections, two separate offices, at Western Union. As for whether or not these calls are legitimate, Western Union says they never call you. They hold the money until you call them.
This caller is supposedly not working for Western Union at all. They are not that nice, to give you a courtesy heads-up that your wife will be waiting in Arctic temperatures while you try to convince WU this is really your wife, and the money is to purchase a warm place and cup of soup. Instead, WU actually makes your wife freeze waiting outside the pick up location. Great idea, though….courtesy call to prevent the suffering. Too bad it is a scam…
I got a call from this number today and she asked me why are you sending money? to whom and so on I told her everything and she asked me my bank account number then I couldn't tell her my bank account then I told her I will call you later. what is this? what is she doing?
Received a call from (732) 694-2151 claiming to be from the Western Union Compliance department. Western Union clearly states they have no such department and this is a fraud. It's from the New Jersey area which doesn't match with Western Union either.