The western union scams are money transfers, not money orders. You know how hard it would be to counterfeit a money order? Harder than it would be worth to someone to try it. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - EBay Question I've both accepted and sent Western Union money orders more than once. Why are they a source of fraud? Paul On Sep 19, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> I listed an item on eBay and it sold. Because of a situation here I >> specifically requested payment by USPS money order. The guy was >> late in >> sending payment, which was ok, but then he sent payment using a >> Western >> Union money order, which, because of circumstances here, I cannot >> take >> right now. He says "there's no difference" between a WU money >> order and a >> USPS money order, and is claiming that I'm trying to defraud him >> in some >> way. I suggested that I return his MO when I get it and that if >> he wants >> to send me a USPS money order, I'd be fine with that. Otherwise >> we can >> just cancel the transaction and he can take his MO back to where >> he bought >> it and get his money back. >> >> He's also saying that he'll file a fraud report with eBay ... >> since there's >> no transaction there can be no fraud, right? I suppose he can post a >> negative feedback, but I did specifically request a specific type of >> payment, which I see as no different than requestin PayPal or a bank >> transfer, with other payments being unacceptable. >> >> Anyway, what say the eBay gurus here? >> >> >> Shel >> >> > > Western Union money orders are a common source of fraud. And they are > NOT equivalent to a USPS Money Order, the latter can be cashed at any > post office. As long as you specified USPS Money Order, you are > clearly > in the right. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
