Western Union Company

Type: Company

Name: Western Union Company (The Western Union Company)

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://www.westernunion.com/

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Western Union Company

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Feds charge NJ trainer with steroid distribution

NEWARK, N.J. --A New Jersey man is scheduled in federal court to face charges he ran a nationwide network that distributed illegal steroids.Richard Gray of Port Reading was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute anabolic ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Steroid, Richard Gray, Anabolic Steroid, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Scammers strike again in Terrace, BC

WITHIN A period of two weeks two Terrace citizens have been defrauded of thousands of dollars in the Mystery Shopper Scam.The first incident involved a company misrepresenting themselves as an employee for mystery shoppers.The scam involved money being ... [Published Terrace Standard - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Online Scams, Fraud, Western Union Company, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Column: The meaning of Memorial Day

When I noted in the newsroom that I needed a column topic, our Bloomington community editor replied, “The meaning of Memorial Day!”He was actually joking about a blog post about how the real meaning of Memorial Day is about garage sales and the start ... [Published Sun Current - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Prisoner of War, Battle of the Bulge, Iraq, Western Union Company

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

Aiken woman warns against ‘Grandparent Scam’

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW) -- A couple weeks ago, 80-year-old Sally Hightower got an unusual phone call."I'm about half asleep, but I answer it, and this voice says, 'Hi, Grandma. It's Russell!' I said, 'Well you don't sound like Russell.' He said, 'Well, I have ... [Published WRDW - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Scam, Western Union Company, Colombia, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Food Lion

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Giant Eagle Inc

Counterfeit Bills Passed

The U.S. Secret Service has joined local police in searching for two men who allegedly spent a couple days in the area last week leaving behind thousands of dollars of counterfeit cash.Police in Boardman said suspects targeted the two Giant Eagle supermarkets ... [Published WKBN 27 First News - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Counterfeit, Police, Giant Eagle Inc, Western Union Company, United States Secret Service

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Western Union Company

FTC targets cash-reload code scams CreditCards.com

It's the newest quick and convenient way to send cash -- convenient for fraudsters, that is, who collect fees for bogus job offers or lottery jackpots, then vanish without leaving a money trail.The U.S. Federal Trade Commission Tuesday announced new restrictions ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Online Scams, Moneygram, Western Union Company

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Western Union to return suspect funds to senders

A Bill Express and Western Union outlet at Fairview Shopping Centre in Montego Bay.Avia Collinder, Business WriterGraceKennedy Remittance Services (GKRS), a subsidiary of GraceKennedy Limited, has isolated six parishes in western Jamaica whose money transfer ... [Published Jamaica Gleaner - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Western Union Company, GraceKennedy Ltd, Jamaica, BILL EXPRESS LIMITED, Montego Bay (Jamaica)

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Western Union celebrates mothers with Family Fun Day

Western Union International has climaxed its one month Family Fun Day Promotion with an exciting Family gathering in Kumasi.The day, which was purposefully organized to celebrate mothers across the country, brought together a large number of families ... [Published Myjoyonline.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Western Union Company, Kumasi, CAL Bank Ltd, Zenith Bank plc, Fidelity Bank Plc

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

'Grandparent scams' steal thousands from seniors

Since 2010, the FTC has recorded more than 40,000 cases where scammers impersonate friends and family members. And officials think many more instances go unreported.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors ... [Published CNN Money - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Online Scams, Moneygram, Western Union Company, Transfers

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Club scene: Game at risk of being a wash-out

Richard Young, one of the principal representatives on the Cricket Management Committee of the Western Union, told Herald Sport that three years of consistent wet weather, allied to diminishing numbers of players at clubs such as Weirs, Prestwick, St ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Richard Young, University of Glasgow, Western Union Company

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Remittances: a window to the future?

PrintEmailLast year, foreign workers sent $401 billion in remittances to friends and relatives in developing countries. Remittance flows increased by 5.3% last year – and they are expected to do so again, rising 8.8% to reach $515 billion in 2015. In ... [Published Banking Technology - May 21 2013]

Entities: Western Union Company, Dodd-Frank, Michael Kent

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Western Union may start domestic money transfers

Mumbai: Western Union, a global money transfer services provider, might extend its business to the remittances segment within India.With 100,000 brick and mortar agent locations across this country already, it is thinking of leveraging existing infrastructure ... [Published India Brand Equity Foundation - May 21 2013]

Entities: Western Union Company, Transfers, India

Quotes

"If you receive an email, phone call, or letter that seems suspicious contact the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre" Rabut said

Scammers strike again in Terrace, BC [Published Terrace Standard - 3 hours ago]

"You just need to send them a few hundred dollars to cover the transfer fee then they'll send you the million. Yeah, right."

How not to fall foul of web fraud [Published Marlborough Express - 4 hours ago]

"He called me and he says, 'I cannot believe a woman with above average intelligence fell for that scheme.' And all I could think of was, 'Son, I am so glad you think I am above average intelligence!'" she says laughing

Aiken woman warns against ‘Grandparent Scam’ [Published WRDW - 4 hours ago]

"People are being asked to go down to the store and purchase a reload," said Karen Hobbs, an attorney in the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection. "It is essentially cash -- there's no governance out there."

FTC targets cash-reload code scams CreditCards.com [Published Yahoo! Finance - 7 hours ago]

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