Thread: Is this kind of payment safe?

Originally Posted by tradeonline

Hi
I am fairly new to Western Union. A seller (whom I do not know well) proposed the following method:

"You go to your nearest Western Union branch and deposit the money you have to pay me on a RANDM name ( E.G you will use your friend name or your wife name as the receiver of the money but the address will be our company address ... etc. )
After you deposit the money you will receive the receipt ( your Send Money Form paper copy ). Scan it and send it back to me in JPEG format. In this way I make sure you that the money have been deposited correctly and .Once I receive the scanned receipt from you, I will IMMEDIATELY ship you the items.
After you will receive the items you have 2/3 days to inspect and test them. If all is OK, you will have to go on Western Union and modify the transfer details by changing the receiver name with my name so I can collect the money.
If you are not satisfied with the items, you can send them back to me and securely withdraw the money you have deposited at Western Union.

It's a 100% safe deal foryou. Your big advantage: you can inspect the items before I get payed."

Is this true that he cannot get the money until I change the name? Is this method safe?
Thanks

If the receiver is familiar with the bank teller,he or she will mange to get your payment although he or she doesn't know that receiver's name.
It depends on the fact that if the bank tell is strict with the transaction.

It's always suggested to check your chinese supplier before payment. as a independent third-party in China, we can verify chinese company's legitimacy, stop you from scammers. need details info, feel free to contact me. stin002@yahoo.com .

of course , it is safe, the escrow guarantee with your money, when you receive the item your order, and you can tell the escorw to pay for the money, otherwise you can apply for the moneyback if allow.

Never use western Union when you do first deal with some seller,unless you can know or trust the sellers!Stay away from using Western Union or Money gram or T/T!there are so many scam can rip of your money via those payment,if you have paypal account,please use paypal to pay for your order,a good company will never decline paypal payment.

I always use paypal as my payment method.
I like shopping online, but most of it only provide visa. Lucky for me, I find one website I can pay with paypal. "ideann".