My brother went on a trip to nevada for vacation. And someone stole
his wallet!!!! Now hes stuck there bascically with NO type of money!!
I was thinking about using western union money transfer to him , but I
just remembered he does not have his ID!~!!! Is western union required
to have an id to pick up money??!

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Request for Question Clarification by hailstorm-ga on 07 Oct 2004 18:08 PDT

b0ostm,

Does your brother carry any credit cards?  If so, he should call his
credit card company to report the theft as soon as possible, and see
if there's anything they can do for him.

Yeah, you must have your ID to identify yourself.

Are you positive?? because I was reading online that you do not if the
person sets a password for the receiver stating an id is not
required?! please answer back fast someone, this is urgent, thanks
once again.

Call Western Union yourself or visit their website and get the answer
to that question yourself.  Or ask your brother to visit any local
bank to get their wire transfer number so you can wire the money from
your bank to that bank.  Or if either of you uses credit cards, try to
get a cash advance on that credit card.

i did both already, i called western union about that, and the rep
told me you do not need id if there was a set pw. but the thing is i
read online and it said you needed id? what is it??? my brother is
actually not in the right time to call around and ask (would you be
wondering and stressing where your wallet was and searching all over
if you knew you had all your credit cards and money in there....),
that is why iam here to ask.

You contact your bank and explain the problem.

They can probably fix something up bank-to-bank.

Send it by post (recorded delivery)

Hope you have been able to assist you brother already; and commiserations to him.

Whether or not you can use a Test Question seems to depend on the
country.  But the information given on the USA website is not clear.
The telephone representatives would have the correct info for their
own country, so what they told you must be correct; that ID is not
needed if there is a Password.

United States
http://www.westernunion.com/info/faqMT.asp#faqsGeneral10
"Both senders and receivers may need to show a currently valid
government-issued photo ID and provide additional information to meet
U.S. government requirements, depending on the amount being sent or
received."

Ireland
http://www.westernunion.com/info/faqMT.asp?country=IE#faqIntl2
"Customers receiving money only need a valid form of identification
or, in some cases, the answer to a test question provided by the
sender. And, depending on the amount of the transfer, senders may need
to furnish identification or other information to meet U.S. government
requirements."
 
New Zealand
http://www.westernunion.com/info/intlCountryInfoIndex.asp?country=NZ 
"Optional Money Transfer Services
- Telephone Notification
- Message
- Test Question"

United Kingdom
http://www.westernunion.co.uk/info/osMoneyTransfer.asp
"Test Question is NOT available in United Kingdom."