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[QUOTE=GreatMuta;2450921]I sent 3 webcam girls money down there over about 4 months for photos / videos. Not too much about 30 k-40 k pesos each.

Anyway, when I went to send the 3rd girl money by Western Union, the clerk started asking me if I knew these people and seemed suspicious that I was sending to another person.

Does anyone have any experiences with this? Did I get flagged or something?[/QUOTE]Yes,

They are very restrictive when they notice frequent money being sent to certain places. I was blocked online and they wanted lots of information to allow me to send again. Didn't do it. Not worth it and best not to send anyway. I never sent much but nothing is less and better.

[QUOTE=GreatMuta;2450921]I sent 3 webcam girls money down there over about 4 months for photos / videos. Not too much about 30 k-40 k pesos each.

Anyway, when I went to send the 3rd girl money by Western Union, the clerk started asking me if I knew these people and seemed suspicious that I was sending to another person.

Does anyone have any experiences with this? Did I get flagged or something?[/QUOTE]WU has been well known to be used by fraudsters the world over. Thing that has surprised me if you use credit cards is you just say I didn't use my card for that, and the charge has been taken down. Even one time when I had proof I provided a service to the customer, the bank took the customer's side and refunded his money which REALLY pissed me off. I think WU is very vulnerable to being seen as accessories to fraud.

[QUOTE=GreatMuta;2450921]I sent 3 webcam girls money down there over about 4 months for photos / videos. Not too much about 30 k-40 k pesos each.

Anyway, when I went to send the 3rd girl money by Western Union, the clerk started asking me if I knew these people and seemed suspicious that I was sending to another person.

Does anyone have any experiences with this? Did I get flagged or something?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=BodyAnybody;2450922]Its none of his business. If a western union clerk asks you questions like that, remind him that it's not his business.[/QUOTE]They make it their business. I was blocked by three money transfer companies, but WU wasn't one of them. I don't use WU. I was buying an apartment and was sending money to someone who was doing the transactions for me. I sent less than $1,000 each time because one of the clerks told me $1,000 and over will trigger a review. I think she was correct because it took two of them about a month to block me. The third one refused the initial transfer. In the mean time, I had sent enough to cover the initial payment. The first one gave me different excuses, like because of fraud in Colombia and that I didn't have a relative there. I filed a complaint with the state about them. They responded to the state that their software indicated it was a romance scam.

[QUOTE=BodyAnybody;2450922]Its none of his business. If a western union clerk asks you questions like that, remind him that it's not his business.[/QUOTE]LOL. It is their business. That's the point. They don't have to send your money or anyone else's money if they don't want to. And they are very suspicious a lot of the time because of drug money, fraud, etc.

Perhaps using Western Union online would work better. No clerks to deal with and the recipient receives confirmation. They do have limits on accounts though.

I personally recommend [URL]Remitely.com[/URL]. Recipient receives a text confirmation and picks up at a Colombian Bank with cedula. Or if they have a bank account, it can be transferred directly to the account. Lower transaction cost than Western Union. Would suggest BBVA as it's a more simple process than BanColombia.

[QUOTE=GreatMuta;2450921]I sent 3 webcam girls money down there over about 4 months for photos / videos. Not too much about 30 k-40 k pesos each.

Anyway, when I went to send the 3rd girl money by Western Union, the clerk started asking me if I knew these people and seemed suspicious that I was sending to another person.

Does anyone have any experiences with this? Did I get flagged or something?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2450965]LOL. It is their business. That's the point. They don't have to send your money or anyone else's money if they don't want to. And they are very suspicious a lot of the time because of drug money, fraud, etc.[/QUOTE]Even if clarifications is given by the person, do they harass in the same way? It's really weird because it's a personal choice.

[URL]https://colombiareports.com/the-positive-side-of-colombia-ambassador-can-drink-two-families-monthly-income-in-just-one-lunch/[/URL]

I found a woman on Craigslist Colombia, promoting her friends while lock down goes there, pretty girls and really hot. Search her, her name is Estef Gutierrez, owner of Tours By Locals Medellin.

[QUOTE=GreatMuta;2450921]I sent 3 webcam girls money down there over about 4 months for photos / videos. Not too much about 30 k-40 k pesos each.

Anyway, when I went to send the 3rd girl money by Western Union, the clerk started asking me if I knew these people and seemed suspicious that I was sending to another person.

Does anyone have any experiences with this? Did I get flagged or something?[/QUOTE]It's called Smurfing. Were you doing lots of small transactions? He was checking for money laundering and being a financial institution they are supposed to do that.

[QUOTE=Radar99;2451070]Even if clarifications is given by the person, do they harass in the same way? It's really weird because it's a personal choice.[/QUOTE]Going back a few years I was sending money regularly to a novia in another country. About every 3rd time it would get flagged. I would have to phone some number somewhere and talk to their fraud or whatever department and eventually they would release the money. They would not say what was flagged as that was confidential as it was part of their security system. They might ask odd questions sometimes but basically wanted to make sure I personally knew the person I was sending the money to, and there was a reasonable reason I would be sending money.

In hindsight I wish they could have stopped me.

[QUOTE=YippieKayay;2451966]It's called Smurfing. Were you doing lots of small transactions? He was checking for money laundering and being a financial institution they are supposed to do that.[/QUOTE]Thanks for teaching me something.

A commonly used money laundering method, smurfing involves the use of multiple individuals and / or multiple transactions for making cash deposits, buying monetary instruments or bank drafts in amounts under the reporting threshold. . See Smurfing.

[URL]https://www.acams.org[/URL] index-s.

[QUOTE=Zeos1;2451992]Going back a few years I was sending money regularly to a novia in another country. About every 3rd time it would get flagged.
In hindsight I wish they could have stopped me.[/QUOTE]LOL.. You know they could not have stopped you if they wanted to. The same as every other guy on here insisting on sending money to chicks.

Even though anything the US government says these days is likely a mix of fact and fake, I hope some readers stuck in Colombia will find this announcement helpful.

[URL]https://co.usembassy.gov/alert-humanitarian-flights-from-bogota-may-26-cali-cartagena-may-28-and-medellin-may-30-spirit-airlines/[/URL]

Alert: Humanitarian Flights from Bogota (May 26), Cali / Cartagena (May 28), and Medellin (May 30) – Spirit Airlines.

[QUOTE=YippieKayay;2451966]It's called Smurfing. Were you doing lots of small transactions? He was checking for money laundering and being a financial institution they are supposed to do that.[/QUOTE]I've done three transactions total for $30, $50 and $30 to separate models.

I guess I can see why they think that, but I'm just a pervert trying to get some nudes haha.

After reading about all this Western Union, curious as to why you guys are still using it? Most of the girls I know now are on Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, etc.

Can anyone suggest help for thinning hair, I tried Rogaine and Propecia, both have boner and libido side effects.

I heard about transplants or plugs, I'm guessing these are quite expensive options.

TIA.