Was your Western Union payment part of a scam? Victims may get a refund.

Victims scammed via Western Union may get refund

23 January 2018

The ACCC’s Scamwatch is urging all Australians who lost money to a scammer through Western Union from 2004 to 2017 to take action by 12 February to try to get it back.

Western Union has agreed to pay a penalty of US$586 million to the United States’ Department of Justice (DOJ) after admitting to aiding and abetting wire fraud. The DOJ is using this penalty to provide refunds to eligible people worldwide who were tricked into paying scammers via Western Union.

Australian consumers can use an online form (link is external) or apply by post to have the money they lost refunded by the DOJ. As this is a US-based action, the ACCC is unable to make claims on a consumer’s behalf or assist consumers with their claims

https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/news/victims-scammed-via-western-union-may-get-refund