Originally Posted by aromulus
Yup....
Tell your girl to get some kind of ID and she can have the money delivered into her hands in cash... Or if she has a bank account, directly into it. And then withdraw it from her bank's ATM.
You can actually use Paypal too...
Aromulus, thanks for the tips.
I have bad news from Western Union. They confirm the correct payment of the Money Transfer. The receiver's name was correct and the original MTCN number was the same. They say the money was collected 3 days after I sent it.
I have asked my GF to sort the problem out with her uncle and WU now and to tell me when she knows the truth.
I have also said I am breaking off contact until I get the truth.
This has not been easy to do but I cannot be involved with a lady who trusts her uncle to collect the money yet tells me it wasn't collected.
I need trust before any more £ goes over, and more will be required if if if...
I know that there will be a problem there now, but I never lied to her and I don't know the truth.
I know where she lives in Phils is poor and I have compassion for her but I need 100% trust and I do not have this.
The three scenarios that happened were (as I see it):
1. The money was not collected by the uncle.
2. Her uncle took it and lied.
3. She and her uncle conspired together.
Already I am getting sad texts, I have had to ask her to save her money and to only send a text when she has the truth.
The worst thing is the nagging doubt that WU are lying, and that I am making a big mistake.
When is the truth not the truth and vice-versa?
I wanted everything to be simple and above board yet even on my 1st money transfer it went bad. These are the really bad things that LDR gives you, when you just don't know.
I am now looking at the worst case scenarios and not the ones of dreams.
I am not a mug, yet I can't help feeling very sad now
