MoneyGram Settles Fraud Class Action for $13M

I would like to start out the story by saying me and my wife are Currently serving in the Air Force. We are both home stationed at Dover AFB. We are are working middle class family with 3 toddlers. I start it out that way to show we do not bother anyone, but just try to live the best we can.

Over the weekend, Saturday to be exact I was looking for a new car on a reputable site called offer up. I found a 2010 Nissan with fairly low miles and contacted the seller (Sally Harper)via email. She promptly responded back and told me she was selling the car and it was available. She only was selling low because her daughter was killed by a truck driver 4 months earlier and the car brought up bad memories. I understood and we moved forward through the process.

The next step included EBay Motors sales company sending me over the invoice to make the payment. I promptly responded back and they showed vin #, make, model etc on the vehicle. She insured me EBay motors was the safest as it protected both her and me from fraud. I gathered up the 2000 dollars and submitted to the EBay agent the Moneygram of 2000 which I still have proof of.

After submitting payment they promptly let me know the money was picked up and I would need to send 1000 more for insurance of vehicle while being delivered. I contacted back the fake individual named Sally Harper and she assured me it was refundable. By this time I was getting sketchy on it all. I decided to do more research and found other members with Similar stories to me and my wife's.

I understand I will probably never get my hard earned 2000 back, but I truly wrote this and hope to be contacted to have these scammers prosecuted to the highest order. Me and my Wife do not have money to essentially throw away. I contacted EBay to inform them of how these individuals operate under there name and same email format, but they were very dismissive of my situation acting like 2000 just grew on trees. I wasn't even offered a gift card for Pete's sake. Just no sympathy at all. I was extremely angry at the way they treated my situation. I really hope to be contacted back

Lastly, I have all the emails and the receipt for the 2000 Money GONE.

HOPE THIS HELPS SONEONE ELSE OUT
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I sent many money gram payments for my credit card and it got my account frequent errors

I AM A CUSTOMER WHO USES MONEY GRAM .

I was part of a money scheme with a company that offered employment sent me $2500 cashier check for programs I would need to purchase through money gram. I lost $1300 and police couldn't help or my bank account because the money was sent through money gram.

Hello I have purchased 2 money grams for 500 each. They got lost in the mail and are not cashed I have done everything money gram has told me. They keep telling me it will be 50 days to get my money back if they get my claim card and I have to pay $36 or 100 to get a response back in 8 days. They are taking so much money from me just for them to cancel money orders that aren't cashed just to send me back my money. But yet they get there money as soon as I swipe my debit card and God forbid one gets lost cause then they get ether $18 per money order or $45 if you want to start an 8 day process. Is this even legal?

Money gram ha recently started asking for lot of personal information to send my money and can't tell me why. This information can be used in fraudulent ways such as opening accounts etcetera, using this information. I want th o know if this is federal mandated to give this information when I am never sending more than two hundred dollars.

I were scam out of thousands of dollars by someone that said they work.with the federal government. I will send them.money though Western Union.

Fruaded through money gram system!!

Anatomy of a scam:
On February 18, 2016 and February 19, 2016 my 92 year old mother, Shirley Pachtman who lives in Torrance, CA, was the victim of a phone scam. She lost thousands of dollars.
I have done extensive research and was in touch with:
-The LA FBI office (they told me they don’t actively pursue these scams)
-The Federal Trade Commission where I put in a formal complaint (never received a reply)
-The Torrance CA Police Department include Victim Assistance (they offer psychological support but no economic reimbursement)
-The Torrance economic crime unit
-The bank where my mother withdrew thousands of dollars in cash without ever being questioned (I spoke to people at various levels of the bank. Their attitude was that if the customer/victim had ID they would give them the cash)
-The supermarket where she purchased cash cards which are used extensively in these scams (their attitude was if the victim has the cash they will sell them hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of these cards)
-The cash card company-(they allowed the scammers to receive $2000 on day one, and $2000 on day 2 but refused to cash anything over $2000 on day 2 so my mother lost $4000 instead of $5000.)

I use money gram all of the time, what I found is that it all most never arrives when they say it will arrive. Please consider me

Please consider me. I use money gram all the time.

I was a victim of Fraud ! I was scammed $2000 dollars money gram . It took all the money I had saved up for the past two years.. that was the money I had worked hard for that was the only money I had...I also received three other checks which I still have and saved texted and emails.

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I am a victim of fraud. Last year I was involved in a check that was sent to me and then money sent back. I am now in overdraft at my bank for over 2 grand! I have to make payments each month to the bank now. Also, they tried to send me 3 more checks which I personally handed to the police. I was told there was nothing they could do about it, and said they would shred the checks for me.