Is Money Gram putting names of senders and receivers in a black list?

[Alfapharm]

Does Money Gram have a black list for receivers and senders? Any observation after aproximately what amount a name hits their red button?

Had bad experience with Western Union, obviously they do have a black list.

 

[Handsley]

The very first time I used Moneygram in person to what was supposed to be a new receiver, they denied me.  I tried three different places with three different receivers, tried sending a lower amount, tried sending two transactions with lower amounts and was still denied.  It was the very first time I used Moneygram so I couldn't have been on a blacklist, so it must have been the receiver or I have read it might be just the region.  They advised me to call so I did and they asked me if I knew the person and I said yes, it was a friend of my brother's and they still denied me.  It was very strange because I hear so many people use them and it goes through.  I won't use them anymore.  My blood pressure can't take it.   Sharemoney, on the other hand, loves me but you must give a ton of personal information which makes me very uncomfortable.  I hope this sort of answers your question.  At least it was my anecdotal experience.

 

[Alfapharm]

@Handsley Thanks for sharing your experience. You just had bad luck with the receiver. 

This souns to me clearly that the receiver' name was in the black list so you couldn't do anything. But MG remains a stable payment method and from some countries one can send a MG online or by phone, that easy. Also I heard it's possible to send MG by using Bitcoins. 

Somebody knows who offers such service?

 

[kinder_toten_lieder]

Blacklisting receivers is definitely a thing MG engages in, but I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about senders.

I've only used MG for donations, usually to flagged countries and to several blacklisted receivers.  The past several times I've tried to use their services, it has resulted in more than the usual 'my donation is on hold' NBD response.  The last time (because I'm not dumping cash like that again) they had me re-confirm it after two separate phone calls, give a new number to my receiver, then marked it immediately as received while I was still on the phone.  The receiver said he was told there was no such number when he went later, but there was a new person there.  I'm afraid they're using my donations as a way to identify others.

I stopped using them completely and switched to places that could take card, but now that my site is having issues, I'm back to wondering if this is something anyone else has dealt with and how they got around it.

 

[chilly willy]

I made a payment today with mg nd it was cancelled without giving a reason

 

[scot9k]

Recently had issues with mg too. Back to back, either unable to pick up or was put on hold/frozen. Got refunded and now crossing them off my list as a service to use. Also no reason, I didn't ask many questions though as I had a hard time understanding the correspondent on the phone.